Theatre

Ben Richards shines as Mr Nasty in 9 to 5

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Love her or loathe her, there is no denying that the pint-sized, yet larger than life country music star, Dolly Parton, is one of the USA’s best known stars, with sentimental ballads, her own theme park and now a musical to her name.

Tango unchained as pair let rip in Birmingham

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Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent and Flavia will fight it out to become King or Queen of the dance floor in their new show, Midnight Tango, at the New Alexandra Theatre, in Birmingham from Tuesday (May 7) to May 11.

Review: The Full Monty, Birmingham Hippodrome

Simon Beaufoy’s 1997 The Full Monty screenplay, telling of unemployed steelworkers hoping to make money by parading their wobbly bits, was underpinned by gritty economic reality.

Review: High Society, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

Charlotte Bell and Aaron Bell, from Wolverhampton and Peter Pingree at High Society. Image: Jonathan Hipkiss

The Wolverhampton Grand Theatre pulled out all the stops last night with a Hollywood glamour-themed evening to celebrate the opening of Cole Porter’s High Society, complete with theatre goers in evening wear, furs and diamonds, drinking cocktails on the red carpet.