Your guide to the arts in Birmingham: exhibitions, plays and musicals, and concerts and gigs. Plus, discover what’s on at galleries, museums and cinemas across the city.
After much anticipation, one of the UK’s most successful bands, Take That, has announced an epic UK tour is on its way, in celebration of their ninth studio album, This Life. Booking dates in major cities includin...
It’s as instantly recognisable as the flag of Amsterdam (three white crosses on a black and red banner) or as widespread as the City of London flag (a St George’s Cross with a red sword in the top left corne...
Sometimes the best part of a film or tv show is its theme song and soundtrack. Do you find yourself belting out the lyrics to “Shallow” or transported to the battlefields when you hear the a famous theme son...
Teen sensation and worldwide sweetheart Olivia Rodrigo has announced her world tour dates and locations today, coinciding with the release of her new album GUTS. We’re particularly excited here in Birmingham as Ol...
Be it JRR Tolkien’s fantastical tales of Middle Earth, or Henry Green’s realistic documenting of factory workers, Birmingham has inspired countless literary tales over the years. But Birmingham writing exploits aren’t j...
Top Boy has been capturing our attention for over a decade, with the cult show giving us an unflinching drama set in the housing estates of east London. Each chapter has a momentous feel to it and, as bittersweet as it...
Been on Twitter recently, or should we say X? Sorry Elon Muck, but we’re just never going to call it that. We still call them Opal Fuits and my mom still calls it a Marathon bar. We Brummies don’t budge when it comes to...
Everyone knows about Birmingham’s heavy metal roots. The city’s love for it is so huge that it recently named the Commonwealth Bull after Ozzy Osbourne. But fewer know that the Second City was also the birthplace of ano...
Adding to a roster of talent set to perform in Birmingham this year, Mike Skinner has announced the release of the first full-length album from The Streets in more than a decade. The English rapper also announced that t...
By now, most people have seen the movie ‘Pretty Woman’ starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere. Vivian will meet Edward once again once stage on a UK and Ireland tour, following a massively successful West E...