The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
With all eyes are on Coventry today (15 May) as it celebrates officially becoming UK City of Culture, a West Midlands Police officer has penned a poetic tribute to the city. For the next 12 months, Coventry will be host to a variety of arts and cultural activities and exhibitions, aiming to show how diverse and modern…
A team of Hip-Hop dance artists have been announced for a new ‘Roaming Dance’ commission for Birmingham International Dance Festival 2021. In partnership with DanceXchange and Punch Records, north Birmingham community arts hub Saathi House have commissioned the talented Joseph Toonga, Emma Houston and Bellatrix to deliver two projects for ‘Roaming Dance’, one of six large-scale…
Birmingham’s celebration of Black History Month has been launched with a special virtual event held over the weekend. As well as reflecting the city’s diversity and heritage, this year’s programme also reflects on the Black Lives Matter movement and the impact COVID-19 has had on Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.
A video has been released for Learning Disability Week featuring young school children from across Birmingham sign performing a poem written by a dyslexic poet from the city. Joe Cook, 28, is a dyslexic poet, performer and musician who works in a primary school teaching poetry and rhyme Year 4 to Year 6 pupils. To mark Disability…
Vamos Theatre, the UK’s leading mask theatre company based in Worcester, have set up their own tree grove in the Scottish Highlands to help offset the carbon emissions from their forthcoming UK premiere tour of their new production Dead Good. Working with conservation charity Trees for Life, the trees will help to rewild the Caledonian…
Solo acoustic singer Jack Savoretti is heading to the West Midlands next year, performing in Telford in summer. As Savoretti puts the finishing touches to the biggest year of his career, highlighted by his number one charting ‘Singing To Strangers’, he’s looking ahead by announcing a huge summer evening performance at the QEII Arena in Telford…
A group of deaf young people from across the UK showed off their talents in music, dance and drama at a performance in Birmingham last week. The 20 deaf young stars performed on stage at the Ruddock Performing Arts Centre after a weekend of intensive mentoring from leading deaf performance companies Music and the Deaf, Deaf…
Security at an Ariana Grande concert in Birmingham was stepped up yesterday as airport-style security measures were enforced, demanding attendees reveal all their belongings in transparent bags. Ticket holders for Ariana Grande were informed there would be new security measures taking place to increase safety at her concerts and were instructed to bring items in clear PVC…
A three-day festival of political ideas is set to take place in Birmingham this weekend, organised and being attended by national Labour members and supporters. The World Transformed – promoted as TWT – is being held across several venues around Digbeth in the city and will host public figures including Aaron Bastani, Shelly Asquith, Sasha…
Tara Fitzgerald, star of Game of Thrones and Waking the Dead, will be joining Robert Lindsay in this year’s production of Prism, which opens at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on 3rd October, ahead of a UK tour. The duo will be joined by Victoria Blunt and Oliver Hembrough. Written and directed by multi-award winning Terry Johnson, Prism…