REVIEW: Dirty Dancing – red hot summer romance with scorching dancing
One of the most memorable dance films from the 1980’s comes to the city as a scorching hot stage musical. Dirty Dancing is now playing at The Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.
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REVIEW: Sleeping Beauty – a Gothic Valentine full of passion and dark desires
World-renowned choreographer Sir Matthew Bourne returns to Birmingham with a barnstorming adaptation of Tchaikovsky’s ballet masterpiece Sleeping Beauty. The lushly romantic show, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary, is currently playing at The Birmingham Hippodrome until Saturday 11 February.
Manchester Pride Parade returns post-COVID to ‘March for Peace’
Manchester Pride has announced the return of its parade for 2022 following a two-year break due to the COVID pandemic, with a brand new theme promoting unity and hope. The Parade, which will take place on Saturday 27 August, is the city’s biggest, with tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people and allies gathering to march…
REVIEW: blond(e) BOY, red LIPSTICK – a daring and true love story from Birmingham
Birmingham born author Geoff Bunn shares his memories of the city and bravely opens his heart about a love that made him see the world in a new light in a daring book called ‘blond(e) BOY, red LIPSTICK’. The book is the true life account of a moment in the author’s life when he fell…
£100,000 lost to heartless online ‘romance fraud’ scammers exploiting single people
Around £100,000 has been lost to cruel online dating con-artists in the last three months by single people searching for love in the West Midlands. Police are warning people to be on guard when searching online for love as new figures reveal a huge loss of money by victims of ‘romance fraud’.
Viral comic creator’s sell-out UK tour cancelled – over “public health concerns”
The creator of an unexpectedly hugely popular online comic strip has cancelled her upcoming UK tour, despite it selling out after only one Instagram post. Catana Chetwynd, creator of Catana Comics, has had to pull out of planned visits to Waterstones bookstores in Birmingham, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds and London, which were due to begin tomorrow.
Olly Alexander on No Outsiders: “We need to show our solidarity with Muslim LGBT people!”
A music superstar has waded into the ‘No Outsiders‘ row over protests being held outside schools across Birmingham. Olly Alexander, frontman for British synth-pop band Years and Years, delivered an impassioned speech in favour of LGBT+ education in schools across the UK during the band’s performance at Birmingham Pride on Saturday night.
15+ inspiring photos of queer Muslims owning Pride! 🔥
Birmingham Pride this year is all about diversity – especially for representing people of colour and other ethnic minorities in Birmingham. The event has made history with Muslim groups leading the Birmingham Pride parade for the first time in the event’s 23 years history. Alongside ‘No Outsiders’ founder and school teacher Andrew Moffat stood Khakan Qureshi…
15 incredible moments from the Birmingham Pride parade 2019!
It’s a celebration of love, tolerance, and diversity at Birmingham Pride 2019. Now in its 23rd year, it is the UK’s biggest two-day LGBT event, with the most iconic moments coming from the parade event. With almost 18,000 people turning up, it’s hard to believe that Birmingham Pride first started in 1997 on a single stage…
Valentine’s Day Candy
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihjNvkMBmso&hl=en_GB&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b&border=1] FILM: CyberCandy share their Valentine’s Day gift candy ideas. LOCATION: CyberCandy Shop, Bull Street, Central Birmingham DATE: Friday 12th February, 2010 INFO: Birmingham candy store CyberCandy (http://www.cybercandy.co.uk) takes us through their special ranges of niche, quirky and international chocolate and sweets and shares ideas for ideal Valentine’s Day candy gifts. FILM CREDITS: Featuring: Jodie…