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W H AT ’ S O N<br />
What’s On in September<br />
WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE TOP SHOWS<br />
AROUND THE MIDLANDS THIS MONTH<br />
WHAT: DERREN BROWN - SHOWMAN<br />
WHERE: THE ALEXANDRA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM<br />
WHEN: <strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> 6 TO 10<br />
Derren Brown returns to the stage with his brand-new live show. The multi awardwinning<br />
master of mind control and psychological illusion, Derren Brown, is at his very<br />
best on stage. His one-man shows have received wide critical acclaim and more Olivier<br />
wins and nominations than any other in history.<br />
Now with his first brand new theatre show in six years, Derren Brown returns to<br />
astonish and amaze audiences up and down the country. The content of Showman<br />
remains a closely-guarded secret, but if you’ve seen him before, you know you’re in for a<br />
powerhouse treat!<br />
Derren says: “All I can reveal is that the show will ultimately be about you, the audience<br />
member, because that’s what I find most interesting. There are places I’d like to take the<br />
audience where we haven’t been before. I always aim to have it deliver more than you’d<br />
expect. I’m excited to be at the starting point of that process. Getting it on the road will<br />
be my favourite part of the year.”<br />
For more details and to book tickets visit www.atgtickets.co.uk/birmingham<br />
WHAT: THE COLOR PURPLE<br />
WHERE: BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME<br />
WHEN: <strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> 13 TO 17<br />
Based on the Pulitzer prize-winning novel by Alice Walker and adapted for the stage<br />
by Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winner Marsha Norman, The Color Purple tells the<br />
story of courageous heroine Celie, as she journeys through joy, despair, anguish and<br />
hope in her own personal awakening to discover her unique voice in the world<br />
Winner of Best Regional Production (WhatsOnStage awards), the critically acclaimed<br />
Birmingham Hippodrome and Made at Curve production is a moving and soul-raising<br />
family chronicle set in racially divided southern America in the 1900s.<br />
As the years go by, abused and oppressed Celie becomes resigned to her unfortunate<br />
lot in life, but when her friendship with fiercely independent Sofia and love affair with<br />
glamorous singer Shug start to shake things up, she begins to question her world; and<br />
understand that there must be more to life.<br />
For more details and to book tickets visit www.birminghamhippodrome.com<br />
WHAT: JOE LYCETT - MORE, MORE, MORE!<br />
WHERE: UTILITA ARENA, BIRMINGHAM<br />
WHEN: <strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> 16 AND 17<br />
Join Joe Lycett (the artist formerly known as Hugo Boss) doing what he does best: talking<br />
at a room of people in a queer and comedic fashion. His first tour in years promises to<br />
be packed with MORE jokes, MORE comedy anecdotes and MORE inappropriate<br />
and arguably disturbing paintings, all in the hope of answering the age-old question:<br />
How do you Lycett? How do you Lycett?<br />
Comedian, painter, filmmaker, sculptor, television presenter, poet, gardener, dietician,<br />
radio presenter, tuning fork, Fiat Punto manual and queer, Joe Lycett has been<br />
performing stand-up comedy since 2007, embarking on two sell-out UK tours and<br />
numerous international appearances.<br />
His television work has won him two Royal Television Society Awards plus Rose D’or<br />
and BAFTA nominations, his work as an artist has been featured in the Royal Academy,<br />
Manchester Art Gallery and Birmingham IKON and his work as a Fiat Punto manual is<br />
unrivalled. For more details and to book tickets visit www.utilitaarenabham.co.uk<br />
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