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Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize for Comedy
The Birmingham Rep. Photo Ross Jukes. The Birmingham Repertory Theatre announce the creation of the Victoria Wood Playwriting Prize for...
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David Court
- May 20
A Blooming Great Night Out with the Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors, Birmingham Botanical Gardens on 19 May Review by David Court The evolution of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ is an odd...
Beth Mustard
- May 19
National Drama Festival returns to the Albany Theatre
National Drama Festival at the Albany Theatre, Coventry from 20 – 23 July. The National Drama Festival takes place at the Albany Theatre,...
Ann Cee
- May 16
Forest Bathing and Butterflies at Brandon Marsh
Brandon Marsh. Photo Credit: Warwickshire Wildlife Trust Brandon March, Brandon Lane, Coventry. Review by Anne Cee. Spring has sprung in...
ann-evans
- May 16
RSC Announce Full Casting for As You Like It
As You Like It cast, first day of rehearsals. Photo Ellie Kurttz (c) RSC As you Like It, by William Shakespeare, Royal Shakespeare...
Alison Manning
- May 14
Community Arts Venue Reborn
Community Arts Venue. Photo courtesy of LTB Showrooms Community Arts Venue Reborn By Alison Manning Coventry City Centre Arts Space, LTB...
ann-evans
- May 14
Boldfest's Bold New Music Festival
Becca Shaw, Beth Tysall and Elizabeth Long. Photo Rob Tysall Pro Photography. Boldfest, Newbold RFC, 13-14 May. Review by Ann Evans Rugby...
ann-evans
- Apr 29
Heavy Metal Pirouette
Black Sabbath meets ballet. Tony Iommi and Christopher Austin with BRB dancers.Photo Rob Tysall - Pro Photography. Black Sabbath: The...
ann-evans
- Apr 11
Coventry's Young Writer of the Year
Group of finalists Kanivily Srikanesh, a year 6 pupil from Aldermoor Farm school, has beaten over 2,200 young writers to be named...
Pete Willow
- Feb 22
Pete Willow, looks back at some significant moments in the cultural life of Coventry
Grand Finale Ukraine fundraiser. 2022. Photo by John B.Smith. As already reported in Elementary What’s On, it’s been ten years since the...
ann-evans
- Feb 14
Visit Hill Close Victorian Gardens to aid NGS Charities
Photo by Rob Tysall This year, the National Garden Scheme (NGS) is looking forward to the opening of 3,500 gardens across England, Wales,...
ann-evans
- Jan 27
Talisman Theatre's website 'moves on a stage.'
Fantastic range of shows at your fingertips with Talisman Theatre’s new website. The Talisman Theatre and Arts Centre in Kenilworth...
ann-evans
- Jan 20
Priory Theatre launch their new website
There’s a brand-new look to the Priory Theatre’s website, making it easier and more accessible to everyone who uses it. Whether you’ve...
ann-evans
- Jan 17
Young Actors Look to the Past
Aged 17, the horror and tragedy of the Holocaust occurred decades before acting student Will Hopwood was even born. But this drama...
Peter Walters.
- Dec 4, 2020
When Coventry's plays were fit for a king
It is a Thursday in June, the Feast of Corpus Christi, and between the cobbles and the eaves of Gosford Street the procession of Coventry...
Peter Walters.
- Nov 30, 2020
Coventry - the silver screen's extra
The city's surprising connections with some of the great (and not-so-great) moments in British cinema In 1928, British Filmcraft...
Les Grafton
- May 12, 2020
Return to the Fringe (not a lock down haircut option)
In January this year my wife and I decided to celebrate our 45th wedding anniversary with a return to Edinburgh for the annual arts...
Margaret Mather
- May 4, 2020
How I regret the day I snubbed my Living I-dol
I once refused Cliff Richard’s autograph when I met him at a party in the British embassy in Oslo. The party took place in the cocktail...
Jane Barker
- Apr 29, 2020
Confessions of a theatrical landlady
What's it like to share your home with touring thespians? Fun and enriching, says JANE BARKER Can you help us out? A simple question from...
John Gore
- Apr 21, 2020
How the Fab Four opened up my big screen universe
JOHN GORE, founder of StokeScreen Film Club, on how the great film music of the 60s and 70s brought the world to his ears Growing up in a...
Peter McGarry
- Apr 20, 2020
The way she was cost Barbra her biggest fan
Stars can be difficult to work with - unfortunately for PETER McGARRY, a former leading entertainments editor, he had to One of the...
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