Tag Archives: Birmingham Rep

Remembering Sir Laurence Olivier

Posted on July 9, 2014 by Sylvia Morris

Friday 11 July 2014 is the 25th anniversary of Laurence Olivier’s death in 1989. By chance I was in the RST that evening and before the performance artistic director Terry Hands delivered an onstage tribute to Olivier. At the end … Continue reading →

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Birmingham’s theatre archives and Shakespeare

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

One of the sessions I most enjoyed at the Birmingham REP 100 celebration weekend was Gwendolen Whitaker’s lecture on the Rep’s archives and the stories which they are telling. With my own background in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s archives I’m … Continue reading →

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Looking back and forward: the Birmingham Rep at 100

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

I spent Saturday in Birmingham, at the Old Repertory Theatre in Station  Street, which this year celebrates its centenary. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog about the history of Barry Jackson’s great theatre. The keynote speech was … Continue reading →

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Celebrating Barry Jackson at the Birmingham Rep and the Shakespeare Memorial

Posted on March 16, 2013 by Sylvia Morris

This year the Birmingham Repertory Theatre celebrates its centenary, and over the weekend of 23 and 24 March there is to be a series of talks, discussions and an exhibition to be held at the original theatre in Station Street. … Continue reading →

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Innovating in Birmingham: Barry Jackson and modern dress Shakespeare

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Sylvia Morris

This week it’s been confirmed that a new and vastly expensive high speed rail link between Birmingham and London is to go ahead. Known as High Speed 2, or HS2, it’s expected to open in 2026, and a second phase, … Continue reading →

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