Highlights
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Extreme Wheels Weekender
Wolverhampton’s Market Square will be transformed into an action packed arena.
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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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Chicago
It would be criminal to miss it...
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Hrair Sarkissian: Other Pains
“Keeping the same way of thinking is depressive,” Hrair Sarkissian told whitehotmagazine.com. “I am someone who makes a lot of jokes, and my work is completely depressive, melancholic, and [tells] onl...
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Anton Du Beke and Giovanni Pernice: Together
More fun, more dance, more song, and even more entertainment.
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Sara Pascoe
Comedy actor, sketch performer, improviser and writer Sara Pascoe put her best foot forward into the realm of stand-up comedy back in 2007. Only a year later, she was voted runner-up in the Funny Wome...
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Dear Evan Hansen
The production makes its two Midlands stop-offs as part of its first-ever UK & Ireland tour.
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Jonny Cole
“It’s difficult for me to put my brand of comedy into an industry-standard soundbite,” says local comedian Jonny Cole. “There are a lot of people who love Black Country humour and who’d love to go int...
Latest News
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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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Walsall set to celebrate Black Country pride with summer festival
Walsall Arboretum will host the Bostin’ Black Country Bash on Saturday 5 July.
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Cat café opens in Wolverhampton
The Qattery is the home of cats that have been rescued from the heat of Qatar.
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Smestow Valley to host community festival this month
Live music, nature walks, yoga classes and children’s crafts can all be enjoyed by residents.
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Under 5s day returning to Himley
The annual Under 5s Day returns to Himley this month.
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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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Armed Forces Day celebrations return to Wolverhampton
The free family event at West Park takes place on Saturday 28 June.
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Colourscape comes to Wolverhampton this summer
The Colourscape Weekend will be part of the Same Difference Youth Festival on 2 & 3 August.
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Dudley Writers’ Festival is back
Writers, poets, musicians and performers will be showcasing their talents at the festival this June....
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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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Walsall set to celebrate Black Country pride with summer festival
Walsall Arboretum will host the Bostin’ Black Country Bash on Saturday 5 July.
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Cat café opens in Wolverhampton
The Qattery is the home of cats that have been rescued from the heat of Qatar.
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Smestow Valley to host community festival this month
Live music, nature walks, yoga classes and children’s crafts can all be enjoyed by residents.
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Under 5s day returning to Himley
The annual Under 5s Day returns to Himley this month.
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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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Armed Forces Day celebrations return to Wolverhampton
The free family event at West Park takes place on Saturday 28 June.
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Colourscape comes to Wolverhampton this summer
The Colourscape Weekend will be part of the Same Difference Youth Festival on 2 & 3 August.
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Dudley Writers’ Festival is back
Writers, poets, musicians and performers will be showcasing their talents at the festival this June....
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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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: Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew, Wulfrun Hall
With the chances of a fully-fledged Talking Heads reunion about as likely as Donald Trump finding a...
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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: Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
"prepare to be entranced by a truly wonderful show"
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Review: Kinky Boots at Birmingham Hippodrome
"it surely doesn’t get much better than this"
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Whip-crack-away
Hit musical Calamity Jane rides into town...
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Razzle Dazzle
Janette Manrara talks ahead of Chicago in the Midlands.
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Practically Perfect
Mary Poppins flies back to Birmingham.
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Lights, Camera, Action
Become a film-maker at BOA Stage & Screen Production Academy.
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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...
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Hello, Cruel World
Cruel Intentions: The 90s Musical brings a Bitter Sweet Symphony to Birmingham.
What's On Theatres & Arts Centres
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The Wolverhampton Grand is one of the Midlands’ best-established theatres. Opening in 1894, the venu...
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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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Walsall Arena & Arts Centre
The Walsall Arena is one of the most technically advanced venues in the West Midlands and stages a v...
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Wolverhampton Arts Centre
Wolverhampton Arts Centre presents a wide range of entertainment across the year, including music, t...
Eat & Drink in Wolverhampton and the Black Country
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Dine 'N' Devour returns to Tettenhall
The free event will be held at Upper Green on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July.
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Heavenly Desserts opens at Merry Hill
The brand-new restaurant opens on Saturday 21 June.
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Digbeth Dining Club to take place at Black Country Living Museum this summer
DDC will deliver nine food traders for the spectacular one-off event.
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Dine 'N' Devour returns to Tettenhall
The free event will be held at Upper Green on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 July.
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Heavenly Desserts opens at Merry Hill
The brand-new restaurant opens on Saturday 21 June.
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Digbeth Dining Club to take place at Black Country Living Museum this summer
DDC will deliver nine food traders for the spectacular one-off event.
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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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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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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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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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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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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Step Back To The 1940s
Two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun.
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Hamlet
This year’s Stafford Shakespeare show is a somewhat more conventional version of Hamlet than the Rad...
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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...
-
Shrewsbury Food Festival
The award-winning festival is back this June.
-
Step Back To The 1940s
Two rip-roaring weekends of 1940s fun.
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Hamlet
This year’s Stafford Shakespeare show is a somewhat more conventional version of Hamlet than the Rad...
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