The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
Critically-acclaimed crime writer Peter James sees his 2021 novella transformed into a psychological stage play laced with black comedy. Wish You Were Dead is currently playing at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
The classic Hollywood film The Shawshank Redemption has been transformed into a deeply moving stage play which is currently playing in Birmingham. The Shawshank Redemption is now running at The Alexandra Theatre.
As the heatwave continues to soar across the city a brilliant stage version of Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em is raising comedy temperatures at The Alexandra theatre in Birmingham. The classic 1970’s sitcom set alight the Birmingham stage with slapstick comedy and impeccable dialogue that had the audience literally chortling with joy.
Legendary 1980’s soap opera star Patrick Duffy of Dallas fame is coming to Birmingham to star in exciting mystery thriller Catch Me If You Can at The Alexandra theatre on 25 April. Patrick Duffy, who played Bobby Ewing alongside Larry Hagman as J.R. Ewing in Texan oil soap opera Dallas, will take on a new…
Fatal Attraction – a sexually charged film which shocked audiences in the 1980’s – returns to grip another generation in a psychologically complex and topical stage adaptation starring Coronation Street actors. The play – which originally premiered in the West End under the direction of Trevor Nunn – now comes to The Alexandra theatre in…
A Sikh soup kitchen in Birmingham is determined to continue feeding the homeless despite the threat of coronavirus. The Midland Langar Seva Society – who feed the vulnerable and needy in Birmingham nearly every single day of the year, taking a break only on Christmas Day – have announced they won’t be backing down from their duty in…
Popular Brummie actors have scored a TV hat-trick as Lorna Laidlaw, Bharti Patel and Janice Connolly are set to dominate prime time slots over the next few months. Former Doctors star and director Lorna Laidlaw is set to appear as Agatha “Aggie” Bailey in Coronation Street, as part of the soap’s first ever black family, while Bharti…