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Alison Brinkworth
@writeralison.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist/writer✍️📚 in Birmingham. News, reviews, theatre.♥️ Wild swimming, museums🏛️. Bylines: Scotsman, Birmingham World, The Mirror, Weekend Notes YouTube: Best Museums In The World https://youtube.com/@bestmuseumsintheworld?si=3NhhN87GO7nhCpCO
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The Nutcracker ballet is back at Birmingham Hippodrome & this gem by Birmingham Royal Ballet is truly magical. Peter Wright's mesmerising choreography is perfect with timeless Tchaikovsky music & divine costumes & dancing.
A truly sublime Christmas show that enchants year after year.Til Dec 13⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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I caught Sherlock Holmes & 12 Days of Christmas world premiere at Birmingham Rep & it's ingenious, hilarious murder mystery. Fantastic characters by comics behind Penny Dreadfuls @humphreyker.bsky.social & David Reed. Every festive ingredient in sharp script.Til Jan 18⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #theatresky #reviewsky
November 21, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Christmas at Blenheim Palace has opened with a Wicked theme transporting visitors to Oz and an illuminated trail - here's a first look inside @blenheimpalace.bsky.social
#reviewsky #suggestsky
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Christmas at Blenheim Palace 2025
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November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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Our new Spring 2026 season has arrived — epic stories, big names, unforgettable theatre 💫

Co-Artistic Directors Daniel Evans and Tamara Harvey bring together a season where the familiar is reimagined, and the new is discovered.
September 11, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Fascinating to hear British murder mystery writer Tom Hindle at Bromsgrove Library on how he moved from PR job to get an agent and now has series of gripping crime thrillers. He's fresh talent @penguinbooksuk.bsky.social
with new book out in Jan - A Killer In Paradise set in Costa Rica #booksky
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Midsomer Murders is now on stage & I caught UK tour at MalvernTheatres. Stars Midsomer's Daniel Casey progressing from Troy to Barnaby. Crazily eccentric, quirky beyond belief & here's why it's dead cert to win over #midsomermurders fans. Til Sat. #reviewsky 👇
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Midsomer Murders UK Theatre Tour Review
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November 7, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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#Outlander star
@samheughan63.bsky.social
headlines ingenious & bloodthirsty new #Macbeth for
@the-rsc.bsky.social
at The Other Place Stratford-upon-Avon until Dec 6. Gangland Glasgow in 1990s in immersive pub setting. Here's #Reviewsky on what it's like: www.weekendnotes.co.uk/macbeth-at-r...
Macbeth at RSC The Other Place Review
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October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Pagan ritual, headless horseman & ancient Egyptian world with the wow factor - read all about what to expect at this year's family-friendly #Halloween At @blenheimpalace.bsky.social that's on til Nov 2. #reviewsky www.weekendnotes.co.uk/halloween-at...
Halloween at Blenheim Palace Review
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October 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Jane Austen's Emma at Malvern Theatres til Sat by @theatreroyalbath.bsky.social. It's satisfying romantic antidote to winter's night. Sprightly & traditional with full on Regency glamour. @oxfordplayhouse.bsky.social @chichesterft.bsky.social next. #reviewsky
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Jane Austen's Emma - UK Tour review
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October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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At @the-rsc.bsky.social for Cyrano de Bergerac #pressnight & seen the most staggeringly perfect performance by @adrianlester.bsky.social. Emotional, romantic, funny, this play with Susannah Fielding & Levi Brown has it all. A must-see in Stratford Upon Avon til Nov 15.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ #reviewsky #theatresky
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Exciting relevant modern take on Shakespeare's Measure For Measure @the-rsc.bsky.social til Oct 25 in Stratford Upon Avon. About hypocrisy of politicians opening with images of Donald Trump & Prince Andrew. Adam James & Isis Haimsworth thrill as leads⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Measure For Measure - RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Review
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September 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Finally seen 2:22 Ghost Story at Malvern Theatres & now understand what the hype is about. It's a lively, clever, slick show with subtle nods to famous thrillers & ghost stories. Keeps you guessing. Charming cast of Stacey Dooley Kevin Clifton Grant Kilburn & Shvorne Marks. Til Sat ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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September 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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#blacksabbath The Ballet is back for a new UK tour by Birmingham Royal Ballet and feels different after the death of #ozzyosbourne. Here's why... #reviewsky from
opening night at Birmingham Hippodrome with surprise appearance by @tonyiommi.bsky.social www.weekendnotes.co.uk/black-sabbat...
Black Sabbath The Ballet UK Tour - Review
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September 20, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Gotta love Banksy
#activism #blueskycommunity
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New Banksy mural appears at Royal Courts of Justice
The artwork, which shows a judge hitting a protester with a gavel, was confirmed by the elusive street artist.
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September 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Saw v satisfying Inspector Morse House Of Ghosts at Birmingham Rep. Gritty case, interesting suspects & intricate plot with Tom Chambers giving good go at role so eponymous with John Thaw. Tachia Newall a likeable Lewis. Murder Mystery fans will love it. Til September 14 #reviewsky #theatresky ⭐⭐⭐⭐
September 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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Saw Pulitzer Prize winning play Fat Ham @the-rsc.bsky.social. So entertaining & clever as modern reworking of Hamlet but far funnier. Set in America's Deep South, playwright James Ijames's work is inciteful but with more eccentric characters with lead gay teen Juicy. Til Sept 13 ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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September 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Review of Bryan Adams at Warwick Castle Live 'endless rock anthems and a Spice Girls twist'. Find it on @nationalworldpub.bsky.social here👇
@melaniecmusic.bsky.social
#reviewsky #music
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Bryan Adams Warwick Castle Live has rock anthems and Spice Girls twist
Bryan Adams reviewed at Warwick Castle Live 2025’s first night with Spice Girls’ Melanie Chisholm as support on August 28 on eve of his new album release Roll With The Punches
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August 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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At Malvern Theatre tonight to review the atmospheric & haunting stage version of Charles Dickens tale The Signalman by Middle Ground Theatre Company. Chris Walker and John Burton star. It's first class theatre that keeps you guessing with fabulous set & special effects. Til Saturday ⭐⭐⭐⭐
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August 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Dazzled by young talent in Stage Experience West Side Story on at The Alexandra Theatre Birmingham til Sat. Vibrant show & sensational singing by leads Amelie Newton & Cree Henson. Big dance routines & fabulous songs with live orchestra. Joe Lycett started in Stage Experience, now in its 20th year
Scene from musical with men and women dancing in a line Scene from musical with girl standing on bed and women around her Cupcake with icing that says 20 years of stage experience Theatre programme being held up in front of stage
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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At seaside spot #Blackpool to #reviewsky Hot Ice XS ice dancing show at Pleasure Beach Arena & it & the city took me by surprise. With 30 World Championship & Olympic ice dancers to sensational routines it's like Strictly Come Dancing on ice #suggestsky ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Hot Ice XS at Blackpool Pleasure Beach Resort Arena - Review
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August 8, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Visitors only have til August 31 to see jaw-dropping military history relics at Worcestershire Soldier Gallery in Worcester City Art Gallery & Museum. Artefacts from Boer, Sikh & English civil wars, WW1​ & WW2 - see what it's like here👇 #suggestsky #bsmuseums ❤️🦴🏺🏛️
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Rare military history and guns in Worcestershire Soldier Gallery from Sikh and Boer Wars to WW1
YouTube video by Best Museums In The World
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August 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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London City Ballet Momentum at Birmingham Rep is expressive #dancing at its best. 4 routines from a Balanchine seen in UK for first time to vivid imaginative ballet about Kandinsky art in Pictures Of An Exhibition, created for @nycballet.bsky.social 2014. Famed ballerina Alina Cojocaru performs ⭐⭐⭐⭐
July 29, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Bertie Carvel is a marvel in sensual new The Winter's Tale @the-rsc.bsky.social in #StratforduponAvon until Aug 30. Beautifully acted in ethereal set despite some cut-throat editing of #shakespeare play by director Yael Farber. #theatresky #reviewsky here👇🏽
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The Winter's Tale at RSC Stratford-upon-Avon Review
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July 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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For #blacksabbath fans in #Birmingham a book of condolence for #OzzyOsbourne has opened in the Round Room at
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. It's aptly next to the Working Class Hero exhibition on his extraordinary achievements
#RIPOzzy #RIPOzzyOsbourne
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Book of condolence for Ozzy Osbourne opens in Birmingham - Central BID Birmingham
Black Sabbath fans can pay tribute to Ozzy Osbourne in a special book of condolence in his home city of Birmingham. Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has
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July 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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It's press night for Mary Poppins musical at Birmingham Hippodrome & this is THE show of the summer. Sensational effects & dance routines, top cast, nostalgic songs & soo feel-good for all the family. It's practically perfect in every way with wonderful finale.Til Aug 23 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#theatresky #reviewsky
July 18, 2025 at 10:47 PM