17 Jan 2010
Critic’s Choice
Very handsome of The Times to make SKELLIG their Theatre’s No.1 critic’s choice. We like that! Just one week to go – and close to sell-out – so if you’re... read more
17 Jan 2010
The Real Skellig
Awful, awful, awful. I was driving down to HORRIBLE SCIENCE rehearsals on Saturday when I saw a tramp falling over and unable to get up. I stopped the car to... read more
17 Jan 2010
Damages
Avid readers of this blog (hi Dad) will know how much I loved the American TV series THE SHIELD. Actually ‘love’ does not adequately describe the strength of my feelings... read more
06 Jan 2010
Twelfth Night
This doesn’t happen very often: you pick the phone and you are asked if you’d like to bring a new production of a play of your choice by Shakespeare to... read more
06 Jan 2010
The Waiting is Over…
The Guardian is in…so there’s just over two weeks left to see “a darkly glittering production that makes you see the extraordinary in the everyday and the turbulent intensity of... read more
05 Jan 2010
Horrible Science
A fantastic first day for HORRIBLE SCIENCE. It’s wonderful to have an idea about producing a show and 18 months later sit round together in a rehearsal room reading a... read more
04 Jan 2010
You Again!
On a cold winter’s morning, a warming 4 star review for SKELLIG from The Times for “the always reliable Birmingham Stage Company”: “There aren’t many shows around that offer a... read more
02 Jan 2010
Reviews
The first of the three reviews we’ve been expecting are in: “Enters into the quirky, fantasy world of the story with aplomb and an enormous sense of glee” says The... read more
11 Dec 2009
2009
This year has been hugely difficult for the BSC, as for many companies. Yet since September things have rapidly improved and it is with huge relief that we approach 2010... read more
04 Dec 2009
George the First!
The Dahl Estate came to The Old Rep Theatre on Monday and the wonderful news we received today is that GEORGE’S MARVELLOUS MEDICINE has been given approval to make its... read more