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Louise English and David Essex Lead All The Fun Of The Fair UK Tour

Ms English is one of the UK's leading musical theatre stars and has led West End shows and national tours to record-setting success. And she is well-known to Birmingham area theatergoers, having earned rave reviews for her roles as Grace Farrell in Annie and Irene Molloy in Hello, Dolly! and in many other national tours that played sold-out runs at the New Alexandra Theatre, the Birmingham Hippodrome, the Wolverhampton Grand, the Malvern Grand, and the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. She is also one of few British actors to have an international following, including a large fan base in the United States.

Set against the backdrop of a travelling funfair and packed with dazzling stunt sequences, hilarious crafty cons and plenty of rock ‘n' roll, All The Fun Of The Fair is an action-packed musical from legendary singer and songwriter David Essex and the creator of Boogie Nights, Jon Conway.

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Midlands youngsters can shine in Wolverhampton Grand panto
Midlands youngsters can shine in Wolverhampton Grand panto

At 11am on Saturday, August 13, Sam Kane and Jonathan Kiley, the executive producer of Snow White, will be holding an open audition at the Grand Theatre to find the magnificent seven. “They'll be queuing up the street,” said Sam.



Big roles for small stars in Grand Theatre panto
Big roles for small stars in Grand Theatre panto

They are little people with big ambitions and all rose to the occasion when 50 children auditioned for a role as one of the seven dwarfs in Snow White at Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre. The kids got their chance to shine on the big stage in this year's



Wolverhampton University students enjoy graduation ceremonies
Wolverhampton University students enjoy graduation ceremonies

Around 4000 students will attend ceremonies at the city's Grand Theatre, in Lichfield Street, over the next week. Among those graduating today was Charlotte Cunningham, of Boley Park, Lichfield. The 21-year-old, said she was delighted to achieve her



Shaun Williamson preparing for Grand Theatre entrance

The actor and singer soon to appear in Rhinestone Mondays at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre was going to have to endure being called Barry again until he put his foot down. Also appearing alongside Shaun are Lyn Paul, and former Steps group members H and



Teenagers take leading roles in Bugsy Malone

Imogen, of Sabrina Road, has been in a number of productions previously including roles in the musical Annie at Wolverhampton's Grand Theatre and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang at the Birmingham Hippodrome.




The Wolverhampton Grand Theatre | Wolverhampton West Magazine

The theatre was designed by eminent theatre architect Charles J. Phipps and incorporated four shops, two on either side of the main entrance, on its 123-foot frontage. Wolverhampton builder Henry Gough was appointed to carry out the construction work, which cost at that time an estimated £10,000. Astonishingly the theatre was completed in less than six months, from the laying of foundation stone by Mrs C.T. Mander on 28 June 1894 to the grand opening on 10 December 1894. The Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is renowned as being one of Phipps’ greatest achievements The seating capacity in 1894 was a staggering 2151. In the nineteenth century, seating in the auditorium was segregated by class, with the Dress Circle reserved for the gentry. For those “ordinary” people lucky enough to get in, they watched from the gallery where seats could not be booked in advance. The interior was overwhelming with its predominant colours of cream and claret and the ornate ceiling plasterwork. The decorations adorning the box and circle fronts and proscenium arch were painted gold. The theatre, with the exception of the stage, was lit by electricity. For the next few years, people enjoyed entertainment varying from large-scale musicals and Shakespeare’s plays to “wholesome” dramas. Starring in such productions the Grand played host to both the famous and soon to be famous. These included Sir Henry Irving the renowned Lyceum actor and a young Charlie Chaplin who was recorded as being company call boy in 1902. Until the early 1920′s, the Grand was a touring theatre. It had no resident corps of actors but rather played host to a huge number of visiting professional companies, and also to various local amateur groups. During the recession all this changed and the Grand became a repertory theatre, initially under the direction of Leon Salberg.


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Theatre

If theatre were a religion, explains David Mamet in his opening chapter, “many of the observations and suggestions in this book might be heretical.” As ...

Theatre, a way of seeing

Theatre, a way of seeing

The book includes the appropriate coverage of the history, diversity and most critical moments in theatre in a way that encourages students to experience ...

Theatre, Essays on the Arts of the Theatre

Theatre, Essays on the Arts of the Theatre

THE ACTOR In the extensive literature of the theatre, so much of which is concerned with the life and personality of the actor, very little has ever been ...

The Grand Design

The Grand Design

The best-selling author of A Brief History of Time presents a new study of the cosmos that will blow peoples' minds, presented in clear, concise language this ...

At this theatre, 100 years of Broadway shows, stories and stars

At this theatre, 100 years of Broadway shows, stories and stars

This is the ultimate backstage tour of Broadway! AT THIS THEATRE tells the complete history of Broadway in the 20th century, theatre by theatre.

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