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Hairspray Is A Sunny Delight!
With the self proclaimed ‘nicest kids in town’ entertaining you, Hairspray rates very highly when it comes to the feelgood factor. It was back in Wolverhampton last night at the city’s Grand Theatre, bringing the story of the larger than life Tracy Turnblad, and her battles against racism and sizism in 1960s Baltimore. As ever, it was as fun and frothy as a musical can be, but with a real moral story behind it. For audiences old and new, it once again proved that you really can’t stop the beat! 1960s Baltimore is a bastion of segregation, and this is highlighted perfectly in the teen music programme ‘The Corny Collins…
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The Woman in Black – The Ultimate Spinechiller
A virtually bare stage of a 1950’s Theatre. An actor and an old man with a story to tell. Imaginary horses and a dog called Spider. None of it sounds particularly scary, but these are the ingredients of the most celebrated theatre chiller of them all. The Woman in Black has been frightening theatre audiences for more than 30 years, and last night it brought its own brand of menace to the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, and the audience loved it. The play is a two (three?) hander. An old man Arthur Kipps (Malcolm James) wants to tell his horrific story of The Woman in Black in the hope it will…
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Some Mothers Do Ave Em – Hilarious Fun
Frank Spencer was one of the the most beloved characters from 1970s television, a time often called the golden age of British comedy. A hapless innocent, almost a man child, Frank seemed to be followed by mayhem, disaster and destruction, and this recipe for disaster made Some Mothers Do Ave Em a bonafide smash hit that had TV audiences laughing out loud. Now it has been transformed into a stage production with Joe Pasquale taking on the Frank role made famous by Michael Crawford. It opened at the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre last night, and once again has the audience laughing out loud. Frank Spencer is a walking disaster area. Married…