The third installment in the highly popular Dreamboats and Petticoats theatre series opened at The Alexandra Theatre last night, bringing its own brand of nostalgic charm to Birmingham. Bringing on Back the Good Times follows the return of Laura and Bobby and the gang after the couple’s first taste of success, as they now travel in different directions – Laura being pushed into being an all-round TV star guesting with Mike and Bernie Winters, Bobby playing as part of a group in a bid to conquer his stage fright. How will the couple be able to keep their love strong whilst they are kept apart for the summer and will…

For many people, The Osmonds were the early 1970s band. With their toothy grins, wholesome image and catchy songs, they offered something for everybody, and seemed to have it all. The truth, as a brand new musical by Jay Osmond reveals, is that there were rivalries, unhappiness about the direction the band took once they became all-round musical entertainers, and ultimately money worries that almost led to bankruptcy in 1980. But there was also the music, performed by one of the most talented groups of musicians to ever grace the charts, and as the delighted audience of the Wolverhampton Grand shows, the music has stood the test of time, even…

Since its release in 2003, The Da Vinci Code has become a phenomenon, the book that launched a thousand theories about the truth of the bible, of Jesus Christ, and the possibility of a bloodline that exists through the ages right up to the present. A so so film adaptation followed, with Tom Hanks totally miscast as Robert Langdon, but now the story has been adapted all over again in the form of a stage play and is delighting audiences with it’s dazzling staging, exciting premise and a wonderful central performance from Nigel Harman as Robert Langdon. As a true fan of the book,  I watched this last night at…