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Wolverhampton & Black Country Cover August 2017 .qxp_Wolverhampton & Black Country Cover 24/07/2017 18:38 Page 1 ELLIE GOULDING Your FREE essential entertainment guide for the Midlands PLAYS V FESTIVAL WOLVERHAMPTON & BLACK COUNTRY WHAT’S ON AUGUST 2017 2017 AUGUST ON WHAT’S COUNTRY BLACK & WOLVERHAMPTON Wolverhampton & Black Country ISSUE 380 AUGUST 2017 ’ WhatFILM I COMEDY I THEATRE I GIGS I VISUAL ARTS I EVENTSs I FOOD On wolverhamptonwhatson.co.uk inside: PART OF WHAT’S ON MEDIA GROUP GROUP MEDIA ON WHAT’S OF PART Yourthe 16-pagelist week by week listings guide REVEREND PEYTON handmade and timeless - American music at The Robin TWITTER: @WHATSONWOLVES @WHATSONWOLVES TWITTER: GLASS FOR GOOD festival celebrates 50 years of studio glass worldwide FACEBOOK: @WHATSONWOLVERHAMPTON FACEBOOK: @WHATSONWOLVERHAMPTON THE COLOURS OF SOUTH ASIA... WOLVERHAMPTONWHATSON.CO.UK music, food and performance (IFC) Wolverhampton.qxp_Layout 1 24/07/2017 18:42 Page 1 CENTRAL HALL PRESENTS Saturday 7th October 2017 , 7.30pm A BLACK COUNTRY NIGHT OUT with Billy Spakemon (Black Country Radio) l Songs l Poetry l Story Telling l Comedy Sketches Central Hall Methodist Church, Ablewell Street, Walsall WS1 2EQ. Registered Charity Number:1132418 01922 721643 MEETING POINT: corner of Colmore Row & Waterloo Street, Victoria Square TOUR TIMES: 10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm CONTACT: 0121 427 2555 / 07805 115 998 [email protected] AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE HIRE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR Contents July Wolves_Shrops_Staffs.qxp_Layout 1 24/07/2017 17:40 Page 2 August 2017 Contents Brassed Off - Grand Theatre production remembers one of Britain’s longest industrial disputes... page 8 Celine Dion The Overtones Miss Saigon the list Grammy Award winner back at Pop, soul & doo-wop at Smash-hit West End musical Your 16-page the Barclaycard Arena Shrewsbury Flower Show continues at the Hippodrome week-by-week listings guide page 15 interview page 16 page 26 page 53 inside: 4. First Word 11. Food 15. Music 24. Comedy 26. Theatre 35. Film 41. Visual Arts 45. 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We endorse the recycling of our magazine and would encourage you to pass it on to others to read when you have finished with it. All works appearing in this publication are copyright. It is to be assumed that the copyright for material rests with the magazine unless otherwise stated. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in an electronic system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recording or otherwise, without the prior knowledge and consent of the publishers. First Word Wolves_Shrops_Staffs August.qxp_Layout 1 24/07/2017 17:32 Page 1 Entertainment news from around the region Get inspired by the arts at Stoke-on-Trent’s Big Feast A programme of events designed to give peo- ple the chance to experience and be inspired by the arts is taking place in Stoke-on-Trent during the August Bank Holiday weekend (Friday the 25th & Saturday the 26th). The Big Feast festival presents two days of free-to-view street shows for all the family to enjoy. Entertainment includes a ‘fabulously fiendish fox’ playing music, a hitman-turned- healer offering holistic services in a taxi, and a performance by an out-of-this-world urban astronaut suspended 20ft in the air. To check out the full line-up of events, visit appetitestoke.co.uk Groove On Down The (showing from 29 November until 7 January). The Ironwork project culminated in the cre- The open audition takes places at the theatre ation of an angel sculpture made with Road in Wolverhampton on Tuesday 12 September. To be eligible, ap- weapons surrendered to 43 police constabu- Young people from Wolverhampton and plicants must be aged between nine and 15 laries across the country. Birmingham are set to reimagine the magical on 1 September. story of The Wizard Of Oz in a new stage pro- Further information is available at theatre- duction. severn.co.uk and via the venue’s box office Set in ‘a fantastical urban world’, Groove On (01743 281281), where tickets to attend the Down The Road is this month being pre- production can also be purchased. sented at Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre by leading hip-hop dance ensemble ZooNation. The company is inviting audiences to join Legacy projects get green Dorothy - complete with ruby sneakers - for a light as Telford turns 50 high-energy hip-hop dance version of L A proposal to create a range of lasting legacy Frank Baum’s famous tale. projects celebrating Telford’s 50th anniver- The production shows at the Arena on Thurs- sary next year has been given the green light. day 31 August and Friday 1 September. The projects will cost a total of £2million, It then visits Birmingham Hippodrome from with Telford & Wrekin Council keen to canvas Wednesday 27 to Friday 29 September. residents’ views about the kind of projects they would like to see developed. Commenting on the announcement, the Council’s leader, Councillor Shaun Davies, said: “This is a great opportunity to create a lasting legacy that reflects the community’s views, and to help communities run their Wolverhampton artist’s own 50th anniversary celebration.” miniatures go on display Microscopic artworks by Wolverhampton- Shropshire attraction born artist Willard Wigan are this month receives peace award going on display at Birmingham’s Museum of the Jewellery Quarter. Shropshire’s British Ironwork Centre has Willard Wigan MBE: In The Eye Of The Nee- Theatre on lookout for been awarded the prestigious Rotary Interna- dle showcases 21 miniature works from the tional Peace Award for its Save A Life, Sur- artist’s collection which sit within the eye of talented girl performers render Your Knife weapons amnesty project. a needle or on the head of a pin. Talented girls from across Shropshire are The Peace Award annually recognises an in- Showing from Friday 4 August to Saturday 28 next month being given the chance to audi- dividual or organisation that has contributed October, the exhibition is being displayed in tion for Theatre Severn’s pantomime produc- ‘to the furtherance of peace and understand- the museum’s new commercial gallery space tion of Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs ing throughout the world’. in the Smith & Pepper Tea Room. 4 whatsonlive.co.uk First Word Wolves_Shrops_Staffs August.qxp_Layout 1 24/07/2017 17:33 Page 2 First Word Paw Patrol to the rescue in Brum The hero pups of hit kids’ TV show Paw Patrol are touring to Birmingham with a new live show. Airing on the Nickelodeon chan- nel, the television series follows the adventures of a team of res- cue pups who save their town from everyday emergencies. The live show, Race To The Res- cue, visits the city’s Barclaycard Arena on Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 August. To book tickets, visit pawpatrol- live.com/uk Jersey Boys returns in new Wolverhampton Grand season The return of smash-hit musical Jersey Boys and an on-stage dinner with Christopher Biggins are among the many highlights of the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre’s brand new season. Other shows of note stopping off at the venue include Crazy For You, Doctor Jekyll And Mr Hyde and Menopause The Musical. Directing courses A Grand Theatre production of Henry James’ famous ghost story, Turn Of The Screw, also features. for West Mids deaf For more information about these and other shows at the venue, visit grandtheatre.co.uk. Tickets for and disabled all productions can be purchased by calling 01902 42 92 12 or via the Grand’s website. A course for West Midlands- based deaf and disabled people who are interested in a career in This Way Up! directing has been launched by Birmingham Repertory Theatre An exhibition celebrat- and the Regional Theatre Young ing the artistic talents of Director Scheme. people living in Wolver- The free-to-attend Introduction hampton and Stafford- To Directing will include weekly shire is on display at workshops with professional Wolverhampton Art theatre directors and practition- Gallery until Sunday 27 ers from The REP and further afield. It will focus on the skills August. and resources individuals will The works on show have need in order to take work ‘from all been produced by the page to the stage’, and to people who took part in continue to develop their craft. the This Way Up creative The first workshop takes place wellbeing project. on Wednesday 13 September, Working with profes- with the course running every sional artists, partici- week for 10 weeks. pants had a rare opportunity to develop A prehistoric adventure in the Potteries their art & design skills A brand new interactive dinosaur show is this month visiting the Regent through a series of ac- Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent.