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Review: Always Already at Birmingham International Dance Festival (online)
11 June 2021
Reviews • Birmingham • National

Review: Always Already at Birmingham International Dance Festival (online)

3 June
By Andrew Edwards

‘It requires work’: Andrew Edwards writes on Karen Christopher and Tara Fatehi Irani’s rewardingly dense durational performance.


Review: Rebel Music at Birmingham REP
27 September 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National

Review: Rebel Music at Birmingham REP

19 September - 5 October
By Naomi Obeng

‘Why and when did the other side stop Rocking Against?’: Naomi Obeng on music and activism in Middle Child’s new show about the Rock Against Racism movement.


Review: Summer Rolls at Bristol Old Vic
30 July 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National

Review: Summer Rolls at Bristol Old Vic

By Ben Kulvichit

Say cheese: Ben Kulvichit reviews Tuyen Do’s finely wrought domestic drama, the first Vietnamese-British play to be seen on a UK stage.


Review: The Color Purple at Birmingham Hippodrome
20 July 2019
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Review: The Color Purple at Birmingham Hippodrome

16-20 July
By Ben Kulvichit

‘I’m beautiful and I’m here’: Ben Kulvichit reviews Tinuke Craig’s soulful, stirring production of the musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s famous epistolary novel.


Review: The Half God of Rainfall at Birmingham REP
20 April 2019
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Review: The Half God of Rainfall at Birmingham REP

16-20 April, then touring
By Ben Kulvichit

Improbable feats: Ben Kulvichit writes on heroes and villains in Inua Ellams’ new play, which fuses Greek and Yoruba mythology.


Review: Blue/Orange at Birmingham REP
9 February 2019
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Review: Blue/Orange at Birmingham REP

1-16 February
By Eve Allin

Nightmare room: Eve Allin reviews Daniel Bailey’s surreal production of Joe Penhall’s dissection of systemic racism in the mental health care system.


Review: Commonism at Birmingham REP
10 January 2019
Reviews • Birmingham • National

Review: Commonism at Birmingham REP

8-11 January
By Eve Allin

Starting a conversation: Eve Allin reviews a new collaboration between Andy Smith (UK) and Amund Sjølie Sveen (Norway)


Review: The Capital at Birmingham REP
28 October 2018
Reviews • Birmingham • National

Review: The Capital at Birmingham REP

24-27 October
By Eve Allin

Walking, standing still: Eve Allin writes on Stan’s Cafe’s new show about urban inequality, performed on two travelators.


Review: All You Need Is LSD at Birmingham REP
15 October 2018
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Review: All You Need Is LSD at Birmingham REP

4-13 October
By Eve Allin

A bad trip: Eve Allin writes on Leo Butler’s surreal new play for Told by An Idiot.


Review: i ride in colour and soft focus, no longer anywhere at Fierce Festival
25 October 2017
Reviews • Birmingham

Review: i ride in colour and soft focus, no longer anywhere at Fierce Festival

19 October 2017
By Eve Allin

A subtle, gracefully outlined coping mechanism: Eve Allin reviews Jamila Johnson-Small’s solo project as part of Fierce Festival 2017.


Review: Folk at Birmingham Rep
22 April 2016
Reviews • Birmingham • National • Reviews

Review: Folk at Birmingham Rep

Birmingham Repertory Theatre ⋄ 14th - 30th April 2016
By Catherine Love

“Sort of exquisite in its own tender, unassuming way.” Catherine Love reviews Tom Wells’ Folk.


Hopelessly Devoted
25 September 2013
Reviews • Birmingham

Hopelessly Devoted

Birmingham Repertory Theatre ⋄ 23rd September - 5th October 2013
By Stewart Pringle

Kate Tempest’s soaring second play.


Time has Fallen Asleep in the Afternoon Sunshine
5 April 2012
Reviews • Birmingham

Time has Fallen Asleep in the Afternoon Sunshine

Birmingham Central Library ⋄ 30 March - 07 April 2012
By Natasha Tripney

Living books.


The Cleansing of Constance Brown
6 March 2011
Reviews • Birmingham

The Cleansing of Constance Brown

1st - 19th March 2011
By Natasha Tripney

Corridor of power.


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