#Graeme Braidwood

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What the Dickens!

BLEAK EXPECTATIONS The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Saturday 14th September 2024 What started off as a silly Radio 4 comedy series became a silly West End show.  The works of Charles Dickens pillaged and parodied to Pythonesque proportions.  Writer Mark Evans, adapting his own series, makes certain there is plenty of visual humour and physical comedy, things that don’t work too well on the…

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Abuelo Ovalhouse, 2015 & Birmingham REP, 2016

A performance piece sharing the relationship and parallels between a grandfather and granddaughter. ‘Abuelo’ is an exploration of culture, generations and heritage amidst a story of migration, identity, trauma and new beginnings

Images: Graeme Braidwood.

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"Announce Graeme Murty" - These Rangers fans have had enough after latest setback

Loads of Rangers fans have been reflecting on the weekend’s action, and more than a few are calling for Steven Gerrard’s head after yet another disappointing display.

Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw by Kilmarnock at Ibrox on Saturday, and if truth be told they really didn’t deserve anything more.

The Gers fell behind early when Conor McAleny raced right through the middle of the defence to latch on to a long ball and finish past Allan McGregor, five minutes after the shot-stopper had been booked.

Former Wigan & Fulham man, Jimmy Bullard recently showed that he’s still got it! Check out the video below…

Gerrard switched things up at the interval by bringing on Eros Grezda and Borna Barisic, and they eventually drew level when Alfredo Morelos slammed home his 29th goal of the season.

Still, a 1-1 draw at home is simply not good enough, especially when it all but secures the title for Celtic.

Gerrard had an exciting start to his time in charge of the Gers, cruising through the Europa League qualification stages with plenty of drama along the way, but loads of fans have now had enough after this latest setback.

You can find some of the best Twitter reactions down below…

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— Mark Russell Davies (@Kramseivad102) March 16, 2019

Getting sick of feeling like this ever week now. Gerrard ruining our team for all to laurf at. #gerrardout

— Noza Render (@NozaRender55) March 16, 2019

GERRARD OUT !!!

— Adam Biggins (@adambiggins) March 16, 2019

Said it before and I’ll say it again #GERRARDOUT ???

— Sam72 (@__Sam1972) March 16, 2019

As a rangers supporter I want steven gerrard out now as the job is too big for him and mr Rae please let the fans talk and disagree with you over rangers matters

— Isabel Braidwood (@weebluebellizzy) March 16, 2019

Gerrard out

— Sir Walter Smith (@Im_oot_Ma_EBTs) March 16, 2019

Unless it’s a resignation i’m not interested.

— Bruno (@daddybroon) March 16, 2019

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The Death Show

Created and performed by Antonia Beck and Lucy Nicholls

Photo credit: Graeme Braidwood

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Performance of The Marriage of Lady Mede as part of Fair Field at Ledbury Poetry Festival - 1 July 2017 http://ift.tt/2q4pTkS Photography by Graeme Braidwood

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The Nutcracker - Birmingham Royal Ballet

Photo by Graeme Braidwood

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In and Out

HOUSE and GARDEN The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Saturday 3rd/Sunday 4th February 2024 That ever-ambitious lot at the Crescent have chosen to mark the theatre’s centenary by staging Alan Ayckbourn’s double-bill, where two plays run simultaneously, one on the main stage and the other in the studio, but (here’s the rub) there is only one cast between the two.  When someone leaves the house,…

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Ashes to Alaska

A HAROLD PINTER DOUBLE BILL: Ashes To Ashes / A Kind of Alaska The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Saturday 28th October 2023 Relieved to be able to make it to the final performances of this double bill, I settle into my seat.  The Ron Barber Studio has been rendered even more intimate, with seating raked high on three sides of the stage area.  It’s like an anatomist’s theatre.  The whiteness of…

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Odds and Sods

QUEERS The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Friday 12th May 2023 This series of eight monologues, presented in two batches of four, is an excellent showcase of the talented actors and directors of the Crescent.  Simply staged (a bar and a couple of pub tables with stools) the monologues come across as one-sided conversations, the sort you  might have with a stranger in a pub.  Part history, part…

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Great Danes

HAMLET

Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Sunday 1st March, 2020

  I’ve lost count of the number of Hamlets I’ve seen over the years, and a problem I have every time I go to see it again is its overfamiliarity.  It’s not just a question of knowing the plot; the entire script reads like Shakespeare’s Greatest Hits, with almost every line or phrase well-known and, more often than not, part of our…

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Oranges Are The Only Fruit

Oranges Are The Only Fruit

NELL GWYNN

Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Sunday 15th September, 2019

  The Crescent’s new season opens with this banger of a production from director Dewi Johnson.  The Ron Barber Studio is transformed to evoke a Restoration playhouse, with gilded columns, heraldic emblems and decorative friezes.  A purpose-built thrust stage puts us very much in the playhouse, while lending an intimacy to the…

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Boss Play

ONE MAN TWO GUVNORS

Crescent Theatre, Birmingham, Sunday 23rd September, 2018

  Richard Bean’s hit comedy is served up with gusto by director Mark Payne and his energetic ensemble.  Set in Brighton in 1963, this is a world of gangsters, scrap metal merchants and lawyers, where the height of sophistication is ‘a pub that does food’.

Leading the cast as the hapless Francis Henshall is Damien…

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Window on the World

Window on the World

SKYLIGHT

Crescent Theatre, Saturday 30th September, 2017

  David Hare’s 1995 play gets a well-deserved revival in this robust production in the Crescent’s Ron Barber studio.  Set in the dowdy North London flat of Maths teacher Kyra Hollis (Alice Kennedy) it reveals the story of her past affair with restaurateur and self-made millionaire, Tom (Graeme Braidwood) through reminiscence and…

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Concubine Birmingham REP, 2018

A performance piece commenting on race and exploitation, on the fetishisation of Black womxn and girls, on consent and abuse and how the industries are complicit in this. The story is told through the lense of an artist grappling with her place in the industry, a young victim of sexual trafficking and a girl coerced into sexual abuse in manipulation of her dream to become a musician.

Concubine is being remounted and then tours in 2019. This project has spearheaded other works, including a series of workshops for teenagers and an intimate installation and audio project.

Images: Graeme Braidwood.