The curtain has gone up on comedy Sister Act at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre – and is already proving a huge hit.

Shropshire’s two major have pantomimes have proved to be runaway successes – with theatre bosses hailing one as a recordbreaker.

After a triumphant year when Strictly trounced X Factor in the TV ratings, the live tour stopping off at Birmingham NIA last night had the feel of a victory parade.

Theatre bosses in Telford have hailed this year’s pantomime as a huge success, with nearly three quarters of the tickets sold despite the recession.

Multi-faceted Shropshire student Laurence Abel is hoping for a career as a magician, or a comedian, or a journalist . . . he’s not sure which. He combines his three passions here, as he describes the terror of stand-up comedy and magic

Producers of this year’s record-breaking Aladdin Christmas pantomime in Shrewsbury have been re-hired for the next two years, theatre bosses have revealed.

Emmerdale star James Sutton had too much energy to burn, writes Andy Richardson. His mother, Jeanette, put him on the path to a life on the stage.

If you were to say ‘Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, which is the fairest panto of all’ it would probably reply Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, playing at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre.

When they took to the stage in Shrewsbury for a new musical, youngsters could not have imagined it would end up winning five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival and a slot in the West End of London.

Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood – or the Francis and Wheatley Show?

Birmingham Royal Ballet brought festive magic to the stage in a sensational production of The Nutcracker.

Review: How ironic that the heartbreaking story of a wife losing her husband to leukaemia should result in Tim Firth’s absolutely hilarious play, Calendar Girls, which completely filled the house last night.