Highlights
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Watch Us Lead
Bringing together stained glass and drawings with nine newly recorded interviews, the show investigates themes of stigma, belonging and agency.
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The Offbeat Sari
“The idea for the exhibition came from a desire to challenge the way that South Asian culture is conventionally depicted - as being timeless, or rigid in the colonial or post-colonial past.”
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Jewellery Quarter Festival 2025
Live music, tours, creative workshops and much more...
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Thread The Loom
This group exhibition, celebrating the art of weaving, provides visitors with the chance to observe, engage with and participate in traditional and contemporary art & craft practices.
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Mary Poppins
Everybody’s favourite magical nanny is opening her umbrella and flying back into the Midlands!
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Birmingham Cocktail Weekend
40+ venues will be serving up a £6 signature cocktails.
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Motionhouse: Hidden
The world premier from the dance-circus company.
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John Bishop
John Bishop is celebrating 25 years in comedy!
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Dara Ó Briain: Re:Creation
Dara’s new show Re:Creation sees one of Ireland’s finest live comedians back doing his favourite thing: standing in a theatre, telling stories and creating madness with the audience.
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Dianne and Vito - Red Hot & Ready
A dynamic new dance show-with-a-difference.
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Festival of Sport
The UK's largest sport-themed event comes to the Midlands.
Latest...
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Lewis Capaldi brings new UK tour to Birmingham
The superstar plays Utilita Arena Birmingham on Tuesday 23 September.
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World-first Ozzy Osbourne exhibition now open at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
The free exhibition runs until 28 September 2025.
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The Prodigy bring 2026 tour to Birmingham
The electronic punks play the city's Utilita Arena on Saturday 18 April.
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Barber launches online Fragments Of Devotion
Bringing together manuscript cuttings from the V&A's world-renowned collection.
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Lee Mead stars as the World's Greatest Showman at Birmingham Hippodrome
Barnum shows from from Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026.
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Mean Girls The Musical is coming to the Midlands
The show will visit Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent.
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New 63-seat MediCinema planned for Birmingham Children's Hospital
The hospital cares for 100,000 of the UK’s sickest children.
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The Hundred returns to Edgbaston Stadium this summer
Cricket's action-packed, unmissable entertainment spectacle returns for 2025 with another stellar mu...
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Casting announced for Miss Saigon in Birmingham
Showing at The Alexandra from Tuesday 18 – Saturday 29 November.
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Lewis Capaldi brings new UK tour to Birmingham
The superstar plays Utilita Arena Birmingham on Tuesday 23 September.
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World-first Ozzy Osbourne exhibition now open at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
The free exhibition runs until 28 September 2025.
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The Prodigy bring 2026 tour to Birmingham
The electronic punks play the city's Utilita Arena on Saturday 18 April.
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Barber launches online Fragments Of Devotion
Bringing together manuscript cuttings from the V&A's world-renowned collection.
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Lee Mead stars as the World's Greatest Showman at Birmingham Hippodrome
Barnum shows from from Tuesday 21 - Saturday 25 April 2026.
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Mean Girls The Musical is coming to the Midlands
The show will visit Wolverhampton, Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent.
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New 63-seat MediCinema planned for Birmingham Children's Hospital
The hospital cares for 100,000 of the UK’s sickest children.
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The Hundred returns to Edgbaston Stadium this summer
Cricket's action-packed, unmissable entertainment spectacle returns for 2025 with another stellar mu...
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Casting announced for Miss Saigon in Birmingham
Showing at The Alexandra from Tuesday 18 – Saturday 29 November.
Coming soon to the Midlands
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Things to do in the Midlands
Check out our selection of things to do in the Midlands during the next few weeks.
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Let's go to the theatre…
Check out our selection of shows coming to venues across the region during the next few weeks...
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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming weeks...
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Get looking! Visual arts across the Midlands
Check out some of the fantastic exhibitions showing across the region this month.
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Havin' a laugh!
Get your ribs well and truly tickled over the next few weeks...
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Let's get classical
concerts to check out across the Midlands this month...
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Thinking Games
Alan Davies talks about returning to the stage for the first time in a decade.
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Odd Ones, Out
Fun-loving Oddsocks bring Shakespeare into the open air - and it works like a Dream...
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Kindred Spirits
Acclaimed RSC production My Neighbour Totoro is enjoying an extended run in the West End.
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Lichfield Festival: Best Of The Fest
Featuring a feast of entertainment and a smorgasbord of performances.
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Take A Chill Pill
The Old Joint Stock brings contemporary musical theatre to Birmingham.
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Sari Summer
An innovative exhibition showcasing contemporary sari design is visiting MAC.
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Lights, Camera, Action
Become a film-maker at BOA Stage & Screen Production Academy.
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Hello, Cruel World
Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical brings a Bitter Sweet Symphony to Birmingham.
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Practically Perfect
Mary Poppins flies back to Birmingham.
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Constant Evolution
A new version of Somerset Maugham’s The Constant Wife opens at the RSC’s Swan Theatre this month.
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Comic Relief
Paul Hendy’s new play, The Last Laugh, is a love letter to a golden age in British comedy...
Latest Reviews
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Review: Picture You Dead at The Alexandra
"an extremely charming evening"
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Review: Chicago at The Wolverhampton Grand
"to be given the Ol’ Razzle Dazzle - head to Wolverhampton without delay"
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Review: Greg Davies Full Fat Legend at BP Pulse Live, Birmingham
"rude, grisly, puerile and most importantly hilarious"
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Review: TINA - The Tina Turner Musical at the Hippodrome
"be thrilled, moved and inspired by this extraordinary story of resilience and triumph"
What's On theatres
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Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham Hippodrome is one of the country’s biggest theatres, staging top West End shows all year...
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The Alexandra
The Alexandra is situated in the heart of Birmingham and originally opened in 1901. The theatre host...
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The Old Rep Theatre
The Old Rep is a young people driven theatre situated on Station Street in the centre of Birmingham,...
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Old Joint Stock Theatre
Originally a library, then the Birmingham Joint Stock Bank, the Old Joint Stock was purchased in 188...
Eat & Drink in Birmingham
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Glynn Purnell and Phil Innes open new Birmingham restaurant Trillium
Trillium brings together seasonal dishes with an ever-evolving wine list.
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Matt Wilden to open new Mexican restaurant Perro in Birmingham
Perro will fuse Mexican-influenced small plates with cocktails.
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MasterChef: The Professionals winner Stu Deeley launches new restaurant in Leamington
Opening on Wednesday 18 June.
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Birmingham Restaurant Festival reveals final list of 50 restaurants
Running across the city from from 1-31 August.
Places To Visit
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Thinktank Science Museum
Located in Birmingham city centre, Thinktank offers a great day out for visitors of all ages....
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The Roundhouse
The Roundhouse was built in 1874 and was originally stables and stores for the Birmingham Corporatio...
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West Midlands Police Museum
Discover stories about some of Birmingham’s most notorious criminals, including the real Peaky Blind...
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Cotswold Farm Park
An award-winning visitor attraction on the outskirts of Guiting Power, Gloucestershire. Cotsw...
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British Motor Museum
The British Motor Museum is home to the world’s largest collection of historic British cars. Take a...
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Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Telling the story of aviation history and housing one of the UK's largest collections of its kind....
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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
What's On elsewhere...
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Jimmy Carr
Brand new live tour: Laughs Funny
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Troubled
An explosive tale of love, loss and human connection.
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Kinky Boots
A feelgood evening of catchy tunes and warm-hearted humour.
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Three Counties Food & Drink Festival
The ultimate food lover’s paradise...
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The Rocky Horror Show
Richard O Brien’s scantily clad and seductive cult musical
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Jimmy Carr
Brand new live tour: Laughs Funny
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Troubled
An explosive tale of love, loss and human connection.
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Kinky Boots
A feelgood evening of catchy tunes and warm-hearted humour.
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Three Counties Food & Drink Festival
The ultimate food lover’s paradise...
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The Rocky Horror Show
Richard O Brien’s scantily clad and seductive cult musical
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