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<rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Theatre « Express &amp; Star</title><description>West Midlands theatre news, previews and reviews from the Express &amp; Star.</description><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/</link><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:42:55 +0100</lastBuildDate><ttl>15</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Hairspray role is no  drag for actor Mark Benton]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/hairspray-role-is-no-drag-for-actor-mark-benton/</link><description><![CDATA[Waterloo Road star Mark Benton tells why he is enjoying putting on a dress.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/17/hairspray-role-is-no-drag-for-actor-mark-benton/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:11:01 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[The tow must go on for theatre in caravans]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/17/the-tow-must-go-on-for-theatre-in-caravans/</link><description><![CDATA[Eat!, a unique theatrical experience, is making its way to the Light House says Andy Richardson]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/17/the-tow-must-go-on-for-theatre-in-caravans/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:04:47 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carousel casting complete]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/17/carousel-casting-complete/</link><description><![CDATA[Am dram guru Alison Norton casts her eye over this week’s new shows.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/17/carousel-casting-complete/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:02:17 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ben Richards shines as Mr Nasty in 9 to 5]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/15/ben-richards-shines-as-mr-nasty-in-9-to-5/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/15/ben-richards-shines-as-mr-nasty-in-9-to-5/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:52:30 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Video]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sophie’s on a high with society role]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/14/sophies-on-a-high-with-society-role-2/</link><description><![CDATA[Her homecoming made for a remarkable week. Actress Sophie Bould returned to Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre earlier as the lead lady in a new production of Cole Porter’s High Society.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/14/sophies-on-a-high-with-society-role-2/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:04:32 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: The Office, Dudley Little Theatre]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/review-the-office-dudley-little-theatre/</link><description><![CDATA[The antics of self-styled ‘chilled out entertainer’ and cringeworthy paper firm boss David Brent had a Black Country audience in stitches as an amateur drama group recreated three classic sitcom episodes.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/review-the-office-dudley-little-theatre/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:59:48 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolverhampton choir hoping for Dolly good theatre show]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/wolverhampton-choir-hoping-for-dolly-good-theatre-show/</link><description><![CDATA[A choir in Wolverhampton has been working nine-to-five as it prepares for its big night on the big stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/wolverhampton-choir-hoping-for-dolly-good-theatre-show/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:59:45 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[News Video]]></category><category><![CDATA[Music]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Yes Prime Minister, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton,]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/review-yes-prime-minister-grand-theatre-wolverhampton/</link><description><![CDATA[It is almost three decades believe it or not since the original cast of Yes Prime Minister graced our TV screens, with its biting, satirical humour from the pens of Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, who ventured where comedy writers had never dared to tread before.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/09/review-yes-prime-minister-grand-theatre-wolverhampton/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 10:59:45 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[World premiere of The Office on stage to launch in Dudley tonight]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/08/world-premiere-of-the-office-on-stage-to-launch-in-dudley-tonight/</link><description><![CDATA[He’s Britain’s most cringeworthy boss and now David Brent is back and on stage . . . fact.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/05/08/world-premiere-of-the-office-on-stage-to-launch-in-dudley-tonight/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 10:59:50 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[News]]></category><category><![CDATA[News Video]]></category><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Comedy]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA['David Brent' hits stage in Netherton]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/03/david-brent-hits-stage-in-netherton/</link><description><![CDATA[Am dram guru Alison Norton casts her eye over this week’s new shows]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/03/david-brent-hits-stage-in-netherton/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:01:50 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tango unchained as pair let rip in Birmingham]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/03/tango-unchained-as-pair-let-rip-in-birmingham/</link><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/05/03/tango-unchained-as-pair-let-rip-in-birmingham/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 14:31:31 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: Blood Brothers, Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/04/30/review-blood-brothers-grand-theatre-wolverhampton/</link><description><![CDATA[It is a story that tells the horror of losing a child – and last night there was a sea of tears at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre when the popular Blood Brothers musical was played out on stage.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/04/30/review-blood-brothers-grand-theatre-wolverhampton/</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:59:50 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[No sleeping on the job for pantomime star Joe Pasquale]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/04/27/no-sleeping-on-the-job-for-pantomime-star-joe-pasquale/</link><description><![CDATA[By his own admission a day off is nothing short of a miracle and there is no doubting Joe Pasquale is a man who likes to be on the move.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/2013/04/27/no-sleeping-on-the-job-for-pantomime-star-joe-pasquale/</guid><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:33:32 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Entertainment]]></category><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Editor's Picks]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review: As You Like It, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/04/25/review-as-you-like-it-royal-shakespeare-theatre-stratford/</link><description><![CDATA[It’s one of those boy meets girl / girl puts on a pair of trousers / boy can no longer recognise girl tales.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/04/25/review-as-you-like-it-royal-shakespeare-theatre-stratford/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:43:38 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review - The Empress, Swan Theatre, Stratford]]></title><link>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/04/18/review-the-empress-swan-theatre-stratford/</link><description><![CDATA[Tanika Gupta’s new play, directed by Emma Rice, examines the relationship between Britain and India through two intertwined stories.]]></description><guid>http://www.expressandstar.com/entertainment/theatre/2013/04/18/review-the-empress-swan-theatre-stratford/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 09:27:30 +0100</pubDate><category><![CDATA[Theatre]]></category><category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category></item></channel></rss>
