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Tom Gates Live On Stage – Great Fun
I have to start this review with a confession – I had no idea who Tom Gates was before last week. My ten year old son was a totally different proposition however, whilst I was fumbling to remember the surname of the Tom I was going to review, he told me straight away and gave me a potted history of the character. I was thoroughly educated about Tom, Norman, Delia and the Dog Zombies. Consider myself told. Tom Gates is currently live on stage at The Alexandra Theatre, a new show from Birmingham Stage Company and the acclaimed author and illustrator Liz Pichon , and if you have a tween then…
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Miles Jupp Is Wonderful In ‘The Life I Lead’
David Tomlinson is a face that is familiar to everyone who watched ‘Mary Poppins‘, or ‘Bed knobs and Broomsticks’, during their childhood. Disney’s epitome of an upper class English gent, or an upper class twit if you were not so kind, Tomlinson was decency and the stiff upper lip personified. But now, in ‘The Life I Lead’, comedian and actor Miles Jupp has brought Tomlinson back to stunning, vibrant life, and shows there was far more to the actor than foil for Julie Andrews. ‘The Life I Lead’, which opened at the Birmingham Rep Theatre last night, is a real tour de force for Jupp, a one man show where…
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Ghost The Musical – Beautifully Heartbreaking
It is one of the most iconic movie love stories and translates beautifully onto the stage. Ghost The Musical may well be the best show you can see to open 2019 theatre season. Hauntingly beautiful, spine-chilling and heart-breaking, Ghost, which is now showing at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, paints pictures that linger in the memory long after it’s emotional finale. In short, it is a memorising piece of theatre. The story is true to the film, Sam and Molly are the young couple with a perfect present and a promising future. All this comes to a sudden and violent end when Sam is murdered, seemingly in a mugging incident…
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Movie Week at The Alexandra Birmingham
On the day that BIrmingham celebrated its 130th birthday as a city, the city’s newly revamped theatre, The Alexandra launched its first film festival, with every ticket being totally free. Last night saw a showing of the cult 90s movie Clueless, and I went along to enjoy what is one of my favourite, feelgood movies with a whole lot of fashion thrown in. View this post on Instagram Great night tonight watching #clueless at @thealexbham with the lil sis. #wiwt #ootd💗 #lotd💋💄 top @nextofficial #asif #rollinwithmyhomies😎 #brumbloggers #brumhour #cinema #90scinema #brumisbrill #brumatnight #style #mumsthatslay #mumstylist #passonsomepositive #ukbloggerlife A post shared by Emma Iannarilli (@fashionmommywm) on Jan 14,…
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The Wolves Panto: A Chat With Doreen Tipton
There are now less than two weeks until the opening of Sleeping Beauty at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, so today I’m bringing you my chat with the inimitable, hilarious Doreen Tipton who is returning to the Grand for the third year. Although Doreen wasn’t very happy about not being able to stay in bed this year (check out this post here if you are not sure what I am talking about) we were still able to chat about what she has coming for the next year, and all about her role in this year’s panto. Fashion-mommy: Doreen, we meet again. Can you tell me about this year’s character Nurse Doreen?…
