Highlights
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Saturday Town
A pop-up portrait studio documenting youth culture since 2013
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Disenchanted!
The musical fairytale that bites back!
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Being Hazel
An exhibition celebrating Coventry Singer/actress Hazel O’Connor
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Titanic Exhibition
Featuring new artefacts, immersive experiences, and insight into the true story of the world's most famous ship.
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Stratford Literary Festival 2026
The festival returns, with guests including Mark Gatiss, the Scummy Mummies, Natalie Haynes & more...
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Royal Three Counties Show
This award-winning show celebrates the best of rural life, agriculture and community.
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Resonate Summer Festival - Day Out!
Featuring lots of new and exciting activities to explore!
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Troublemakers And Prophets
An exploration of ‘art, isolation and extraordinary vision’
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RHS Malvern Spring Festival
Providing a plethora of plants and gardens to inspire new and established gardening enthusiasts alike.
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AJ Bell Great Birmingham Run
The Midlands’ biggest and most exciting mass-participation running event, returns this May.
Latest...
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Bill Pullman joins cast of the RSC's The Cherry Orchard
Bill joins the previously announced Kenneth Branagh and Helen Hunt in the production
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The Tin Music and Arts Champions Grassroots Music
The venue takes part in Everywhere at Once National Festival
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Production images released for Driftwood at the RSC
It runs at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon before transferring to London's Kiln Theatre
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The new Stockman’s Café opens at Three Counties Showground
The local community is invited to be a part of the story...
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Inspiration visits Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre
The Railway 200 exhibition train has been touring the country since June 2025
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New programme launches to bring grassroots music to Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford Sound Pathways launches this May from new home venue, Rother Street Arts House
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Digbeth Dining Summer Tour returns to the Midlands in 2026
Pairing award-winning street food with notable heritage sites.
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Midlands-grown new play Flashbang comes to the Belgrade Theatre
The play is inspired by the lives, voices and experiences of young people in towns like Coventry
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Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrated in Parliament
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust hosted a special event on the eve of the writer's birthday
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Bill Pullman joins cast of the RSC's The Cherry Orchard
Bill joins the previously announced Kenneth Branagh and Helen Hunt in the production
-
The Tin Music and Arts Champions Grassroots Music
The venue takes part in Everywhere at Once National Festival
-
Production images released for Driftwood at the RSC
It runs at The Other Place in Stratford-upon-Avon before transferring to London's Kiln Theatre
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The new Stockman’s Café opens at Three Counties Showground
The local community is invited to be a part of the story...
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Inspiration visits Porterbrook’s Long Marston Rail Innovation Centre
The Railway 200 exhibition train has been touring the country since June 2025
-
New programme launches to bring grassroots music to Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford Sound Pathways launches this May from new home venue, Rother Street Arts House
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Digbeth Dining Summer Tour returns to the Midlands in 2026
Pairing award-winning street food with notable heritage sites.
-
Midlands-grown new play Flashbang comes to the Belgrade Theatre
The play is inspired by the lives, voices and experiences of young people in towns like Coventry
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Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebrated in Parliament
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust hosted a special event on the eve of the writer's birthday
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...
Festivals
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House on the Hill
Bringing top DJs, fresh from the White Isle, to Warwickshire.
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Cheltenham Jazz Festival
Celebrating 30 years of Jazz in Cheltenham.
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Shrewsbury Folk Festival
Line-up includes: Andy Fairweather Low and Ferocious Dog.
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Bearded Theory
Line-up includes: Pixies, Garbage and Skunk Anansie.
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Glastonbudget
Line-up includes: Flash and Antarctic Monkeys.
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Cafe Mambo Ibiza Classics
Line-up includes: Groove Armada, Roger Sanchez and Chicane.
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Penkridge Open Air
Line-up includes: The Drifters, ABC and 2 Unlimited.
Latest Reviews
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Review: Barnum at Birmingham Hippodrome
"dazzling theatrical extravaganza"
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Review: Legally Blonde The Musical at The Alexandra
"the ultimate feelgood show"
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Review: To Kill A Mockingbird at Birmingham Hippodrome
An extraordinary and utterly absorbing piece of work
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Review: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui at the RSC's Swan Theatre
"vital theatrical viewing - catch it at the Swan while you can"
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Feature: A Grand Day Out
The University of Warwick’s Resonate Summer Festival returns.
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Feature: In A League Of His Own
Mark Gatiss makes his RSC debut in a role he’s always wanted to play...
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Feature: Puck In Brum
Adam Carver talks about starring in a very different version of A Midsummer Night’s Dream...
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Feature: Top of the Voix
RuPaul’s Drag Race UK favourite La Voix stars as Miss Hannigan in Annie at The Alexandra.
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Feature: Trocks Away
All-male comedy ballet company Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo are heading for Wolverhampton.
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Feature: Going Her Own Way
Katriona O’Sullivan chats about her bestselling memoir, Poor, and its stage adaptation.
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Feature: Riding on a Wave
A new production of The Tempest opens at the RSC.
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Feature: An Insight into Origins
We chat with to two of the creatives involved in the new-work festival.
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Feature: Pots of Talk
Keith Brymer Jones and Marj Hogarth bring their Us, Pots And A Welsh Chapel show to the Midlands.
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Feature: Pop Party
A collection of works by the Pop Art icon will go on display in the city.
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Feature: Dying Matters
BrumYODO’s annual festival, A Matter Of Life And Death, returns to the city this month
What's On Arts Venues
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre
The home of the Royal Shakespeare Company was originally opened in 1932 as the Shakespeare Memorial...
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Belgrade Theatre
The Belgrade was built in 1958 as part of the city’s reconstruction after the Second World War. The...
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Albany Theatre
The Albany is a beautiful Art Deco theatre in the heart of Coventry which stages in-house and profes...
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Warwick Arts Centre
One of the largest multi-artform venues in the UK, Warwick Arts Centre first opened its doors in 197...
Places To Visit
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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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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...
Competitions
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A family ticket to Midsummer Night's Dream
Showing at The Rep from 25 April - 24 May.
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Two tickets to see Driftwood
Showing at The Other Place from Fri 17 April - Sat 30 May.
What's On elsewhere in the West Midlands...
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Suzi Ruffell: The Juggle
It’s hard to be good all the time...
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Ellen Kent's Madama Butterfly
Puccini’s opera is among the most popular of all time...
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I Photograph Comedians
A selection of images of beloved comics by Andy Hollingworth
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Suzi Ruffell: The Juggle
It’s hard to be good all the time...
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Ellen Kent's Madama Butterfly
Puccini’s opera is among the most popular of all time...
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I Photograph Comedians
A selection of images of beloved comics by Andy Hollingworth
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