The Midlands Arts Magazine
Welcome Midlands Arts Magazine
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We are here to cover the wonderful arts and culture scene of both the West and East Midlands. On stage, on screen, or at a lovely restaurant table we are here to talk about it and to recommend it to you. We review the very best from our arts world here in the Midlands. We have some of the best live theatre in the country, all surrounded by superb restaurants, and in case you want to make it into a long weekend we will be able to recommend some beautiful hotels as well.
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This is your one stop arts and culture magazine for the Midlands.
Reviews​
Midlands Theaters covered by MAM include:
The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham
The Curve Leicester
The Grand Wolverhampton
The Hippodrome Birmingham
The Rep Birmingham
+ Plus many others across our region
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David has been acting and writing professionally now for over thirty years.
National and international tours have taken in venues such as The Swan Stratford and nearly twenty annual visits to the Edinburgh Fringe. Productions include The Screwtape Letters, Chamberlain: Peace in our Time, Noel Coward and Friends, Mr Laurel and Mr Hardy and Woodbine Willie: Poet and Padre, which he also wrote. David also regularly tours a two-man comedy show called Would You Adam and Eve it? He is the Artistic Director of the Searchlight Theatre Company based in Dudley in the West Midlands.
He recently played The King of France in All’s Well that Ends Well at the beautiful Minack Theatre in Cornwall. He has been reviewing theatrical productions for many years for local publications and recently more nationally for The Reviews Hub. For over a year he has been presenting his own weekly programme on Box Office Radio. The Musical Magazine Show plays tracks from stage and screen and allows David to review and preview all the latest productions.
He has also taken the opportunity to conduct several star interviews on his programme. He has lived in The Midlands for over thirty-five years.
