Dig Brew rises to Birmingham Beer Week

City enterprises combine for celebration of brewing.

Hailing the King

New show starring award-winning comic set for city theatre.

TILT19 announced

Birmingham’s only dedicated aerial and physical theatre festival returns.

Measure for Measure review at Stratford: ‘..the stage sweats sex…’

Richard Lutz is whisked back to a Shakespearean play set in a turn of the century Vienna.

Six hit in 2020

Multi-award-winning West End smash hit musical SIX comes to Birmingham Hippodrome.

Up, up and away

Simon Hale reports back from the RAF Museum Cosford.

Murder on the Terrace

Foghorn Unscripted return to Winterbourne House & Garden for tea and mayhem.

Guarding the Bodys

Award-winning actor Jack Loy talks about growing up in Birmingham and appearing in Wolverhampton.

Stage legend hands boost to Rep fundraiser

Ian McKellen raises £140,000 for Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Renovation plans revealed for Birmingham Rep

£2.5 million scheme to put Birmingham Repertory Theatre centre stage.

Scenes from a Brummie Iliad at the Rep

Ark at that! Homer’s Trojan war poem gets the Brummie treatment.

Review: Hobson’s Choice

Simon Hale watches a revival from Birmingham Royal Ballet.

Two new directors for Birmingham Hippodrome

City theatre adds to management team.

Review: Venice Preserved at The Swan, Stratford

Richard Lutz is dragged into the world of Restoration noir at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

Review: Don Pasquale

Simon Hale enjoys an updated version of a classic opera.

Lottery grant boost for Old Rep

Funding will help increase accessibility at iconic theatre.

Chance to see backstage at the Rep

Backstage Pass offers a taste of life at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Cast of hit musical visits local gardens

Calendar Girls plant a legacy of sunflowers at Birmingham’s Winterbourne House & Gardens.

Birmingham European Festival launches anniversary programme

Celebrating ten years of exceptional performance from Europe’s four corners.

MAC presents The Chef Show

“Deliciously entertaining” cookery comedy play coming to Birmingham.

Drag show for kids begins UK tour

Event aims to celebrate diversity in response to anti-LGBTQ protests.

Birmingham theatre company enters Wonderland

Crescent to stage production of adapted classic.

Commissioning boost for young Birmingham artists

Thirteen Birmingham-based artists to join Gallery 37 commissioning programme.

Review: The Bizarre World of Frank Zappa at Symphony Hall

Richard Lutz grabs a barstool for a 3D version of the original Mother of Invention.

Review: The Provoked Wife at The Swan in Stratford

Richard Lutz takes a pew for a 300 year-old sex comedy that’s still alive and kicking.

Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns at The Birmingham Rep

Richard Lutz takes his pew for a play about Afghanistan’s enduring nightmare.

Environmental message to be performed at city gardens

Picnic and a play to show the effects of sea pollution.

Jay talking

A chat with rock’n’rollers the Bluejays.

Two takes on Africa and the tale of the dragon

Richard Lutz dips into African theatre twice and finds a lost church.

Review: The Half God of Rainfall

“A torrent of words but a drop too much,” says Richard Lutz.