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Shropshire Cover Online.Qxp Cover 25/11/2015 12:53 Page 1 the MIDLANDS ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE Shropshire Cover Online.qxp_cover 25/11/2015 12:53 Page 1 THE MIDLANDS ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE SHROPSHIRE ’ Whatwww.whatsonlive.co.uk sOnISSUE 360 DECEMBER 2015 MADONNA BACK IN BRUM more inside... VICTORIAN INSIDE: CHRISTMAS FILM COMEDY THEATRE LIVE MUSIC WEEEKND VISUAL ARTS EVENTS Join the people of Blist’s Hill Victorian Town FOOD & DRINK as they prepare for Christmas... & MUCH MORE! p02 (IFC) R2.qxp_Layout 1 23/11/2015 17:04 Page 1 Contents December Region 2 .qxp_Layout 1 23/11/2015 15:23 Page 1 December 2015 Peter Pan - swashbuckling action awaits panto fans in Wolverhampton and Stoke, page 27 Clothes Show Live Jonn Penney Festive fun aplenty fashion extravaganza returns to Ned’s Atomic Dustbin headline awaits visitors to Tamworth’s the NEC page 57 new festival interview page 10 Snowdome page 57 INSIDE: 4. News 15. Music 24. Comedy 27. Theatre 45. Film 53. Visual Arts 57 Days Out 65. Food @whatsonwolves @whatsonstaffs @whatsonshrops Birmingham What’s On Magazine Staffordshire What’s On Magazine Shropshire What’s On Magazine Publishing + Online Editor-in-Chief: Davina Evans [email protected] 01743 281708 ’ Sales & Marketing: Lei Woodhouse [email protected] 01743 281703 Chris Horton [email protected] 01743 281704 WhatsOn Editorial: Brian O’Faolain [email protected] 01743 281701 Lauren Foster [email protected] 01743 281707 MAGAZINE GROUP Abi Whitehouse [email protected] 01743 281716 Adrian Parker [email protected] 01743 281714 Contributors: Graham Bostock, James Cameron-Wilson, Chris Eldon Lee, Heather Kincaid, David Vincent, Helen Stallard, Clare Higgins, Offices: Wynner House, Emily Ambrose Managing Director: Paul Oliver Publisher and CEO: Martin Monahan Graphic Designers: Lisa Wassell, Chris Atherton Bromsgrove St, Accounts Administrator: Julia Perry [email protected] 01743 281717 Birmingham B5 6RG This publication is printed on paper from a sustainable source and is produced without the use of elemental chlorine. and 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. 13-14 Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6AE 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. News December Region Two.qxp_Layout 1 23/11/2015 20:24 Page 1 News A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Celebrating fifty years of Asian programming Fifty years of Asian programming on the BBC is being celebrated at The Drum in Birmingham this month. A special comedy night at the Aston venue on Friday 11 December is hosted by BBC Asian Network’s Breakfast Show presenter, Tommy Sandhu. Guz Khan, Shaista Aziz, Aditi Mittal and newcomer Tez Ilyas are the mirth-makers charged with the challenge of providing a memorably side-splitting evening. Image credit: Jakki Carey Regional showcase for regional artists Forty-three artists from five regional art schools are set to exhibit new work at four leading Additions to Strictly’s galleries as part of New Art West Midlands 2016. A launch vehicle for emerging artists, New Art West Midlands is a Turning Point West star-studded line-up Midlands initiative. It will next year use Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, mac, Georgia May Foote, Ainsley Harriott and Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Coventry’s Herbert Gallery & Museum to display the new Anita Rani are to join Strictly Come work, which includes paintings, photographs, sculptures, videos and conceptual pieces. Dancing’s Live Tour next year. Launching at The artists selected to display their work - five of whom will win cash prizes of £1,000 - have the Barclaycard Arena in Birmingham from all graduated from one of the West Midlands’ art schools in the last five years. 22 to 24 January, the show is hosted by Wendy Law, Director of Turning Point West Midlands, commented: “There’s a diverse range Great British Bake Off’s Mel Giedroyc. of talent and work coming out of art schools and universities in the West Midlands. New Art Len Goodman, Craig Revel Horwood and West Midlands provides an important opportunity at a crucial point in the careers of these Bruno Tonioli are the judges. artists, enabling them to have their work displayed in highly respected galleries and to be The Saturdays’ Frankie Bridge will also join seen and enjoyed by a wide public.” the line-up after being unable to make last year’s tour. Of her involvement following the birth of her second Prestigious award for Team GB to take on Japan at child in August, Frankie said: “I’m Midlands theme park Barclaycard Arena thrilled to have been Drayton Manor Theme Park has enjoyed a Birmingham is to host Great Britain’s first- asked to join the 2016 major success at the prestigious Enjoy round tennis match in the 2016 Davis Cup. tour. It will be great to Staffordshire Tourism Awards. The tie takes place at the Barclaycard Arena get my dancing shoes The much-loved visitor attraction scooped from 4 to 6 March and sees the Aegon GB back on and be part half a dozen gongs at a special lunch cere- Davis Cup Team take on Japan. of the Strictly family mony in its Tower Suite last month. The Commenting on the fixture, GB team captain again. Roll on theme park won in the categories of Best Leon Smith said: “Birmingham is a city with January!” Tourism Event of the Year (for the launch of a great sporting history that’s hosted some its £2.5million Thomas Land expansion) and incredible Davis Cup ties in the past. Japan Access For All. It also picked up a silver will be a tough contest but I’m sure the Twenty-five years of award and was commended in two further Birmingham fans will get right behind us and categories. make as much noise as they can.” Disney On Ice... Colin Bryan, the theme park’s CEO, accept- An action-packed adventure celebrating ed a special Outstanding Contribution Award twenty-five years of Disney On Ice is coming on behalf of himself and his parents. The Contact centre opens in Stoke to the Midlands next year. award was in Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG), the Disney On Ice Presents Silver Anniversary recognition of largest owner and operator of theatres in the Celebration invites audiences to enjoy ‘the all that the UK, has opened a contact centre in one of ultimate sightseeing holiday’. It features Bryan family its Midlands venues - Stoke-on-Trent’s Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and has done for Victoria Hall. Commenting on the develop- Donald and Daisy Duck as they visit the Staffordshire ment, Victoria Hall General Manager Andrew magical worlds of The Lion King, The Little during the sixty- Nicklin said: “We’re delighted that the con- Mermaid and Peter Pan. five years since tact centre is based here. It’s provided a Disney On Ice Presents Silver Anniversary Drayton Manor number of job opportunities for the area, Celebration visits Birmingham’s Genting first opened its which is something that’s very positive for Arena from 6 to 10 April. doors. Stoke-on-Trent.” 4 www.whatsonlive.co.uk News December Region Two.qxp_Layout 1 23/11/2015 20:24 Page 2 Choir offers a triple dose of festive cheer Birmingham Bach Choir is marking Christmas with three festive appearances, all of which are in aid of charity. The popular choir is performing at St Peter’s Church in Harborne, Birmingham, on 5 December as part of Singing For Syrians, a nationwide initiative helping to support peo- ple whose lives have been torn apart by the ongoing conflict in their country. Christmas Carols At QEHB, meanwhile (Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham,15 December), finds choir members joined by the Midlands’ Military Choir. Proceeds from the event will go to the QEHB Charity fund to support injured service personnel. The choir is also performing Nine Lessons And Carols at St Paul’s in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter on 20 December. Monies raised from the service will be donated to doctors working in Aleppo, Syria. Casting announced for Chicago Ex-EastEnder John Partridge is to star in a new touring production of Chicago, which stops off in the Midlands next year. John will be joined by Emmerdale's Hayley Tamaddon and X Factor winner Sam Bailey, who'll play Mama Morton. Based on real-life events in the Roaring ’20s, Chicago centres on the character of nightclub singer Roxie Hart (Tamaddon), who shoots her lover. Together with her cell block rival, double- murderess Velma Kelly, Roxie fights to stay off Death Row with the help of smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn (Partridge). Described by The Times as 'the sharpest, slickest show on the block', Chicago is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins and features music and lyrics by the legendary John Kander and Fred Ebb. Local poet celebrated The recipient of numerous awards - including six Tonys, two Oliviers, one Grammy and, for its in the Potteries movie version, two Baftas and six Oscars - the show made its debut at London's Adelphi Staffordshire artist, writer and poet Arthur Theatre in 1997. It currently holds the record for the longest-running musical revival in New Berry is being celebrated at the Potteries York. Museum & Art Gallery this month with a multi-arts event entitled Jazz, Beer And Oatcakes. Dance festival launches at the House of Lords The special evening has been inspired by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome have launched the 2016 International Dance and will include excerpts from Arthur’s 1978 Festival Birmingham (IDFB) at a special reception at the House of Lords.
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