Highlights
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BBC Gardeners’ World Live
With exciting new Show Gardens, fresh themes and more.
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Good Food Show Summer
With a delicious line-up of chefs, tastings and workshops.
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Dirty Laundry
Set in the heart of 1950s Stoke-on-Trent.
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The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe
This much-loved story from the pen of CS Lewis is rightly regarded as an all-time classic of children’s literature. It sees the lion-god Aslan coming to the aid of four youngsters who’ve accidentally...
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Through Their Eyes: 80 Years On
Marking this month’s 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, Through Their Eyes is part of the National Memorial Arboretum’s The Year Was 1945... project. The initiative comprises displays, even...
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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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The Festival of Brilliant
The children's book festival returns to Biddulph Old Hall this July.
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Whatever Happened To Phoebe Salt
Forming part of the Arthur Berry 100 and Stoke-on-Trent centenary celebrations, Whatever Happened To Phoebe Salt is here receiving its world premiere, 37 years after unsung local playwright Berry wrot...
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Bing’s Birthday
Bing’s Birthday’s promoters are confident that their brand-new show is a perfect ‘first theatre trip’ for pre-schoolers and their families.
Latest...
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Six the Musical makes a royal return to Stoke-on-Trent
Showing at Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 March 2026.
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Outdoor exhibition by The National Gallery goes on display in Stoke-on-Trent
The exhibition includes 15 famous masterpieces from the world-famous London gallery.
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Free street velodrome is returning to Lichfield and Burntwood
The Street Velodrome is returning to Beacon Park and Burntwood Leisure Centre.
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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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Adrian Lester to make his RSC debut in Cyrano de Bergerac
The play shows at the Swan Theatre from 27 September to 15 November.
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Lichfield Cathedral's Tower Tours are back
Explore hidden walkways, narrow spiral staircases and stunning views of Lichfield.
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More trains for Lichfield confirmed as Midlands Rail Hub gets go ahead
Lichfield will be getting more trains connecting the city to Birmingham it was confirmed today, as p...
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The Potteries celebrate 100 years of Stoke with new murals
The two murals will capture the city’s rich heritage.
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The New Vic adds to 2025 programme
From outstanding comedy through to brilliant music and the return of David Graham Productions.
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Six the Musical makes a royal return to Stoke-on-Trent
Showing at Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent from Wednesday 25 - Saturday 28 March 2026.
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Outdoor exhibition by The National Gallery goes on display in Stoke-on-Trent
The exhibition includes 15 famous masterpieces from the world-famous London gallery.
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Free street velodrome is returning to Lichfield and Burntwood
The Street Velodrome is returning to Beacon Park and Burntwood Leisure Centre.
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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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Adrian Lester to make his RSC debut in Cyrano de Bergerac
The play shows at the Swan Theatre from 27 September to 15 November.
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Lichfield Cathedral's Tower Tours are back
Explore hidden walkways, narrow spiral staircases and stunning views of Lichfield.
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More trains for Lichfield confirmed as Midlands Rail Hub gets go ahead
Lichfield will be getting more trains connecting the city to Birmingham it was confirmed today, as p...
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The Potteries celebrate 100 years of Stoke with new murals
The two murals will capture the city’s rich heritage.
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The New Vic adds to 2025 programme
From outstanding comedy through to brilliant music and the return of David Graham Productions.
Coming soon to the Midlands
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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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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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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming weeks...
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Havin' a laugh!
Get your ribs well and truly tickled over the next few 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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Let's get classical
concerts to check out across the Midlands this month...
Latest Reviews
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Review: Whatever Happened To Phoebe Salt
It all comes good in the last twenty minutes and the cascading conclusion is well worth waiting for....
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Review: Marie and Rosetta at Wolverhampton Grand
"Beverley Knight received a standing ovation as she took to the stage"
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Review: Whatever Happened To Phoebe Salt
It all comes good in the last twenty minutes and the cascading conclusion is well worth waiting for....
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Review: The Rocky Horror Show at Stoke's Regent Theatre
Thrills, fun and naughtiness are in abundance in Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show which takes...
Features, interviews & blogs...
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A Sort Of Homecoming
Local lad taking lead role in this summer’s Stafford Shakespeare production of Hamlet.
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Whip-crack-away
Hit musical Calamity Jane rides into town...
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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...
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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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Practically Perfect
Mary Poppins flies back to Birmingham.
What's On Theatres
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Regent Theatre
When the Regent first opened its doors, it wasn’t a theatre at all but a cinema, presenting its firs...
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Lichfield Garrick
The purpose-built Lichfield Garrick Theatre opened in 2003 and has a main auditorium seating more th...
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New Vic Theatre
Purpose-built as a theatre-in-the-round and opened in 1986, the New Vic is the regional producing th...
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Stafford Gatehouse Theatre
Opening in 1982, Stafford Gatehouse Theatre programmes both professional and amateur shows, and thro...
Places To Visit across the Midlands
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Lichfield Cathedral
Lichfield Cathedral is one of the oldest places of Christian worship, the burial place of Anglo-Saxo...
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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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West Midlands Police Museum
Discover stories about some of Birmingham’s most notorious criminals, including the real Peaky Blind...
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Weston Park
Weston Park is a house set in 1,000 acres of Capability Brown-landscaped parkland, making it the per...
What's On Elsewhere
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Step Back To The 1940s
Two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun.
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Mary Poppins
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Everybody’s favourite magical nanny is opening her umbrella and...
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Brick Dinos
This new exhibition provides families with the opportunity to step back in time to the prehistoric w...
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Shrewsbury Food Festival
The award-winning festival is back this June.
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Bat Out Of Hell
The Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf musical extravaganza...
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Step Back To The 1940s
Two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun.
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Mary Poppins
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Everybody’s favourite magical nanny is opening her umbrella and...
-
Brick Dinos
This new exhibition provides families with the opportunity to step back in time to the prehistoric w...
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Shrewsbury Food Festival
The award-winning festival is back this June.
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Bat Out Of Hell
The Jim Steinman/Meat Loaf musical extravaganza...
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