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.
We all need a reminder to laugh in the winter months. A major photographic exhibition of some of the UK’s comedy legends, past and present, opens at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in February. ‘I photograph comedia...
The iconic smash-hit musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show, as it continues to play its UK tour through 2026 to sell-out crowds for its 52nd year. And thankfully, the musical is showing at the Alexandra Theatre in&helli...
William Shakespeare is as strongly associated with Stratford-upon-Avon as Black Sabbath is with Birmingham. So when it came to filming Chloe Zhao’s new film ‘Hamnet’, which follows the relationship between the Bard and...
“Hello, Patriots!” Elle and Bruiser are coming to a real-life stage in Birmingham in 2026, bringing ‘Legally Blonde The Musical’ to life. The musical is produced by ROYO and Curve, under Made at...
Reading & Leeds 2026 have just gone ahead and dropped the names of all the headliners playing in 2026, with a corker of a first announcement for the festival next year. Topping the bill at Reading & Leeds festiv...
A genius, a gentleman and a cannibalistic serial killer. A lot of words can describe Hannibal Lecter. He’s one of the most complicated and terrifying yet iconic villains ever created. His portrayal in the 1991 film, ‘Th...
After a sell-out West End performance in 2024, Rob Brydon is set to take his celebrated Christmas show around the country. Accompanied by a fabulous eight-piece band, the Gavin and Stacey star will usher in the festive...
Lily Allen is on a roll right now, dropping her shade-throwing, bop-filled album, West End Girl, last month before announcing a string of theatre shows performing it in full next year. Now, after selling all of those ou...
You could be the star of your very own pop concert next week (Saturday, November 29). The biggest live show in Rock Choir’s history will see the audience become an integral part of the performance—with two spectacular s...
It will soon be illegal for anyone to resell tickets to live events for a profit, with a bill cracking down on ticket touts and resale sites reportedly set to be announced by the government tomorrow (November 19). Under...
