Presented by John Florance , live from Birmingham.
Including a look at two new productions of classic musicals: at the Leicester
Haymarket, Paul Kerryson is directing Sondheim and Bernstein's West Side
Story, while the Birmingham Rep are presenting The Wizard of Oz directed by Ian Forrest. The Birmingham Royal
Ballet's production of The Nutcracker marks the ballet's 100th anniversary, and the Royal Ballet of New Zealand make their
UK premiere at
Northampton Demgate. The Twin Cities Jazz
Octet, a special project for Sounds Like Birmingham, consists of two players from Birmingham and each of its twinned cities -
Milan, Frankfurt and Lyon. The players have come together to perform specially commissioned music.
Singing live in the studio will be the Black Voices. Producer David Corser