Thoroughly modern celebration
An amateur theatre group has been putting the finishing touches to its latest show, as it celebrates 50 years of performing at one of Birmingham's top venues. An amateur theatre group has been putting the finishing touches to its latest show, as it celebrates 50 years of performing at one of Birmingham's top venues. Members of the Birmingham and Midland Operatic Society Musical Theatre Company will take to the stage at the Birmingham Hippodrome tonight for its production of A Thoroughly Modern Millie. Chairman and director of the group Alan Hackett said it has had an illustrious history that has seen it described by a trade magazine as "one of the great success stories of amateur theatre". It was officially founded in 1923, however it wasn't until the late 1950s when the group found its "spiritual home". Read the full story in the Express & Star.