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Stage Review Starter For Ten at The Rep
cast members of Starter For Ten a new musical at The Rep, Birmingham - October 2025. Photography Pamela Raith ⭐⭐⭐ Starter For Ten Director and writer Charlie Parham Lyrics Emma Hall Introduction Based on two written works by author, David Nicholls: the novel Starter For Te
debra Hall
Oct 233 min read


A Thousand Splendid Suns Stage Review at Birmingham Repertory Theatre 2025
Rina Fatania (Mariam) and Kerena Jagpal (Laila) A Thousand Splendid Suns 2025 at Birmingham Repertory Theatre Photograph Ellie Kurttz Review ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Based on the book A Thousand Splendid Suns Author Khaled Hosseini Adapted for stage by Ursula Rani Sarma Directed by Roxana Silbert Background Ursula Rani Sarma's stage adaptation based on Khaled Hosseini's heartwrenching and compelling fictional story of the plight of two Afghan women, Mariam and Laila, has returned to The
debra Hall
Apr 163 min read


Stage Review of Community A Drama / Comedy
Sayyid Aki (Khalil) in the play Community at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Feb 2025 Photography Graeme Braidwood Writer, Farrah Chaudry Directed by Alice Chambers With her suitcase and designer bags in tow, Zoya loiters near a Birmingham bus route south of the centre. She is secretly relieved when her plan succeeds and she comes across an old acquaintance, the benevolent Leyla. Zoya remembered that Leyla lived locally (somewhere between Cannon Hill Park and Moseley) and th
debra Hall
Feb 62 min read


Stage Review BRIGHT PLACES
Lauren Foster, Aimee Berwick, Rebecca Holmes Bright Places at Birmingham Repertory Theatre (The Rep) Photography by Graeme Braidwood ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Peggy Ramsay Foundation helps dramatists in direct ways, a winning recipient of a bursary fund from this organisation is writer, Rae Mainwaring, for this play: Bright Places, which is at Birmingham's Repertory Theatre this week and kicks off a UK tour. Mainwaring was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at the age of 24 and so this pla
debra Hall
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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