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Midlands Cover - Oct LW_Layout 1 23/09/2013 15:00 Page 1 MIDLANDS WHAT’S ON WHAT’S MIDLANDS THE MIDLANDS ESSENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE ISSUE 334 OCTOBER 2013 OCTOBER www.whatsonlive.co.uk £1.80 ISSUE 334 OCTOBER 2013 DAVID TENNANT RETURNS TO THE REGION INSIDE: Michael Morpurgo talks about backing a winner... interview inside Diane Keen on her return to the stage interview inside THE DEFINITIVE LISTINGS GUIDE INCLUDING coming Alive with BIRMINGHAM WOLVERHAMPTON WALSALL DUDLEY COVENTRY PART OF MIDLANDS WHAT’S ON MAGAZINE GROUP PUBLICATIONS GROUP MAGAZINE ON WHAT’S MIDLANDS OF PART STRATFORD WORCESTER REDDITCH MALVERN SHREWSBURY TELFORD STAFFORD STOKE What’sOn MAGAZINE GROUP interview inside... ISSN 2053 - 3128 - 2053 ISSN grand_whatson FP Oct_Layout 1 23/09/2013 16:31 Page 1 Great Theatre at the Grand! MON 30 SEPTEMBER - SAT 5 OCTOBER TUES 8 - SAT 12 OCTOBER TUES 15 - SAT 19 OCTOBER South StaffS MuSical theatre coMpany proudly preSentS the rodgerS and haMMerStein claSSic “Some excellent singing and acting performances” Express & Star Guys and Dolls 2011 “A cast of 40 hit the peaks of performance” Birmingham Mail The Sound of Music 2012 An amateur production Directed and Choreographed by CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD WITH DANIEL HILL ROBIN SEBASTIAN DIRECTED BY ROY MARSDEN TUES 22 - SAT 26 OCTOBER MON 28 OCTOBER - SAT 2 NOVEMBER TUES 5 - SAT 9 NOVEMBER By E R Braithwaite Adapted by Ayub Khan-Din Starring The favourite musical set in the depths of the 1930s sees Annie, a fiery young orphan girl, MATTHEW seeking escape from her life in a miserable KELLY orphanage run by the tyrannical Miss Hannigan. and ANSU KABIA An amateur production TUES 19 - SAT 23 NOVEMBER ALSO BOOKING TUES 26 - SAT 30 NOVEMBER SUN 13 OCTOBER THE UPBEAT BEATLES ##### ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ‘WILL YOUNG’s SUN 10 NOVEMBER THE SENSATIONAL TRIUMPH. 60s EXPERIENCE Tomorrow does ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- indeed belong to him’ MON 11 - TUES 12 NOVEMBER TIM WALKER - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ELLEN KENT OPERA LA BOHEME & AIDA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THURS 14 - SAT 16 NOVEMBER MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAT 7 DEC - SUN 19 JAN SLEEPING BEAUTY ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MON 27 JANUARY - SAT 1 FEBRUARY STARRING PRISCILLA WILL YOUNG QUEEN OF THE DESERT SIOBHAN DILLON Follow us on @WolvesGrand Like us on Facebook: Wolverhampton Grand Box Office 01902 42 92 12 BOOK ONLINE AT www.grandtheatre.co.uk Contents- Oct_Layout 1 23/09/2013 14:12 Page 1 October 2013 Editor: Davina Evans INSIDE: [email protected] 01743 281708 Editorial Assistants: War Horse Brian O’Faolain [email protected] National Theatre production 01743 281701 at the Hippodrome p31 Lauren Foster [email protected] 01743 281707 Adrian Parker [email protected] 01743 281714 Sales & Marketing: Jon Cartwright [email protected] 01743 281703 Chris Horton [email protected] 01743 281704 Subscriptions: Adrian Parker [email protected] 01743 281714 Managing Director: Paul Oliver [email protected] 01743 281711 Publisher and CEO: Martin Monahan [email protected] 01743 281710 Graphic Designers: Lisa Wassell Chris Atherton Accounts Administrator Cats Julia Perry Jessie J: Keeping it Alive in the Midlands - interview page 6 Andrew Lloyd Webber [email protected] 01743 281717 musical in Stoke p37 Website Development: Jim Pallett Contributors: TO GET THE VERY p4 Graham Bostock: Theatre LATEST LISTING News James Cameron-Wilson: Film; Anita Champaneri: INFORMATION, Eating Out; Music p15 Alev Dervish: Music VISIT: Eva Easthope, Kate whatsonlive.co.uk Evans, Jessica Matthews, Comedy p28 Patsy Moss, Jack Rolfe, INCLUDING Jan Watts, Reggie White BOOKING ONLINE Theatre p31 Head Office: 13-14 Abbey Foregate, The Midlands’ most Shrewsbury, SY2 6AE comprehensive p50 Tel: 01743 281777 entertainment website Dance e-mail: [email protected] Diane Keen p53 Follow us on... 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News October_Layout 1 23/09/2013 19:09 Page 1 News A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Ironbridge Gorge wins coveted award The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has received a Gold Award for the sustainable way that it manages the World Heritage Site’s ten museums. The award has been given to the Trust by the Green Business Tourism Scheme, the world’s leading sus- tainable tourism accreditation scheme. Commenting on the success, Anna Brennand, Chief Executive of Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, said: “Over the last six years we have worked hard to change the way we operate, to ensure that we reduce our carbon footprint, and we’re delighted that all our efforts have been recognised with a Gold Award from the Green Tourism Business Scheme. Achieving a Gold Award is wonderful, and demonstrates that we can operate our museums in a sustainable way, enhancing our visitors’ experience whilst minimising our impact on the environment.” Spectacle to Illuminate Southside Birmingham’s Southside district can be seen in a different light this month, courtesy of a three-day interactive lightworks presentation called Illuminate (Fri 25 to Sun 27 October). The event’s fea- tured attractions include the Lanterns of Terracotta Warriors Exhibition. Inspired by the famous Terracota Army, these brightly coloured, lifesize figures will be presented in family groups in and around Hurst Street. Illuminate also features a three hundred-and-sixty-degree film igloo and a light-inspired live dance performance. All attractions will be presented just a short five-minute walk Birmingham arts weekend from the Birmingham Hippodrome theatre. pulls the crowds It’s estimated that around ninety-five thou- highlight the historical significance and give sand people attended last month's 4 Calling all Shropshire bands visitors an opportunity to explore and appreci- Squares Weekender in the heart of and choirs... ate a charismatic and distinct era of the early Birmingham. The free event, which featured twentieth century." All visitors are welcome to The organisers of next month’s Christmas a performance of As The World Tipped in drop in and explore the auditorium and in- lights switch-on in Shrewsbury are on the Victoria Square, was presented by house museum for free. The cinema is open lookout for choirs and bands who’d like to Birmingham Arts Partnership (BAP) in cele- Monday to Friday from 10am until 2pm, with make a contribution to the event. To take bration of the opening of the Library of full box office facilities. part, choirs and bands will need to be avail- Birmingham. Organisers have revealed that able to perform on 20 November between early indications suggest sixty-six per cent - 5pm and 8pm. Time slots and locations will two-thirds - of audiences made a special trip be allocated on a first come, first served into the city for the festival and to see the basis. To register for the event, email new library, spending an estimated £900,000 [email protected] or call over the course of three days. Local busi- 01743 257654. Registrations must be nesses reported a significant rise in takings received by 25 October. over the weekend - up by three hundred per cent in some instances. Art Deco cinema reopens The Regal Cinema after £750,000 refurb RAF Cosford competition The Regal Cinema in Worcestershire’s Tenbury Wells has reopened after a £750,000 refurbish- winner announced ment. The seventy-six-year-old venue is one of A civil servant from Ledbury in Herefordshire just a few surviving Art Deco cinemas in the has won the 2013 RAF Cosford Air Show Midlands, and boasts a singularly unique audi- Photographic Competition. Michael Brazier’s torium with a fully restored mural decoration. stunning shot of a Shorts Tucano training air- Commenting on the refurb, Regal Heritage craft in flight beat off stiff competition from Access Officer Sarah Fellows said, “Our over three hundred other entrants. To check restoration is only part of the aims of this major out his winning photo, visit www.cosfordair- As The World Tipped project. Of equal importance is the need to show.co.uk. 4 www.whatsonlive.co.uk News October_Layout 1 23/09/2013 19:09 Page 2 Henry VIII plate to feature amongst special display A pewter plate bearing the mark of a crowned ostrich feather, and believed to have been used during the Coronation ban- quet of Henry VIII, is just one of many items on show at the Autumn/Winter Antiques For Everyone this month. Part of a special dis- play from The Pewter Society, the presti- gious plate will feature alongside Charles Dickens’ celebrated gin punch jug, a plate used in the coronation banquet of George IV in 1820 and a beautiful Art Nouveau style vase produced for the Oscar-winning movie Titanic by Birmingham pewtering firm, AE Williams. Antiques For Everyone shows at Birmingham’s NEC from 31 October to 3 November A double success for Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre Legendary director Trevor Nunn is this autumn reviving in London a play originally produced by Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre.