Birmingham Archives - The Droitwich Standard

4^th Jun, 2026

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LIFESTYLE REVIEW 23^rd Dec, 2025

REVIEW - Robin Hood panto at the Birmingham Hippodrome is as bold, brash and bawdy as it gets

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 7^th Dec, 2025

REVIEW - Head to the Caribbean via the Birmingham REP's sun-kissed Anansi the Spider

LIFESTYLE 29^th Nov, 2025

LET THERE BE LIGHT - Festive trail Luminate opens at Birmingham's Botanical Gardens

LIFESTYLE 18^th Mar, 2025

REVIEW - Rocky Horror Show at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre had bants, quips and everything else you'd want

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 1^st May, 2022

REVIEW - Birmingham Crescent Theatre's clever and enjoyable Little Shop of Horrors deserves a 'growing' audience

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 18^th Nov, 2021

Table Manners at Birmingham's Crescent Theatre gives us a 'trip down memory lane'

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 2^nd Sep, 2021

Pay a visit to this bloomin' great Little Shop of Horrors at Birmingham's Old Joint Stock theatre

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 26^th Aug, 2021

Brilliant Blackadder at Brum's Crescent is 'theatrical wonder'

LIFESTYLE 29^th Nov, 2020

Recipes From My Travels - Paul's take on the 'Brummagem Balti'

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 6^th Aug, 2020

Rush Birmingham - we head to the popular trampoline park to see how it's bounced back

LIFESTYLE 31^st Jul, 2020

Birmingham's Rush trampoline park bouncing back after Commonwealth champion gymnast reopens it

11^th May, 2020

Episode 3 of the Remarkable Mrs Cox Radio Show now available

LIFESTYLE PREVIEW

Put yourself out of your comfort zone this half term at Birmingham's Bear Grylls Adventure Centre

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

28^th Nov, 2019

BMOS' Christmas Carol at Brum's Alexandra is a 'wonderful way to start the festive season'

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 24^th Nov, 2019

The magic of Christmas comes to Birmingham with Vintage Trains' Polar Express

LIFESTYLE 18^th Oct, 2019

REVEALED - the dates of the Birmingham's Frankfurt Christmas Market

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

24^th Jul, 2019

Like ice cream and lollies, Hippodrome's Annie is the perfect sweet treat for the summer

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

23^rd Jul, 2019

Amélie at the Alex is an Eiffel of entertainment and the 'musical experience of the year'

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

23^rd Jul, 2019

Amélie at the Alex is a real Eiffel of entertainment and the 'musical experience of the year'

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

17^th Jul, 2019

Birmingham Hippodrome's Color Purple - stimulating, stirring and soulful

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

10^th Jul, 2019

Theatre-goers will be a 'Happy Breed' watching this Coward classic at The Crescent

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

12^th Jun, 2019

Lead actor Parker 'Steeles' the show in Brum Alexandra's Half a Sixpence

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

Crescent captures Camelot with its super Spamalot

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

24^th May, 2019

Mildred Hubble 'is the best' Worst Witch at the Birmingham Hippodrome

LIFESTYLE REVIEW

14^th May, 2019

Naughtiness in the Second City as the Rocky Horror Show flashes into town

LIFESTYLE 13^th Feb, 2019

Avenue Q at Birmingham's Alexandra Theatre will have you rolling in the aisles

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 11^th Feb, 2019

Triumphant trio Di, Viv and Rose delight the Crescent Crowd

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 23^rd Jan, 2019

Enron at Birmingham's Old Rep makes for very enjoyable theatre

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 6^th Dec, 2018

Not enough 'wonder' in the Crescent's Alice in Wonderland

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 5^th Dec, 2018

'Brash, bawdy and sometimes naughty' - the Benidorm stage show comes to Birmingham

LIFESTYLE REVIEW 12^th Sep, 2018

Breakneck speed 39 Steps at Birmingham's Crescent Theatre is great fun