Indulge your passion for all things cake this weekend
Have you joined the nation and embraced the ever-growing trend for cake decorating?
Comedy Christmas Cracker returns to Coventry
This Christmas Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre welcomes the return of its annual B2 Xmas Show, which sees festive comedy musical, Crackers take to the B2 stage from Sat 8 to Sat 22 Dec.
The Lynx effect arriving in Telford
A Royal Navy Lynx helicopter and her crew from 815 Naval Air Squadron will help bring a sense of perspective to this year’s Scale ModelWorld exhibition at the Telford International Centre
Thea Gilmore back in Bromsgrove
Following her successful first visit to Artrix one of Britain’s most enduring singer-songwriters, Thea Gilmore, makes a welcome return to the Arts Centre
Artists invited to submit work to two unique digital open exhibitions
Submissions are currently being accepted for two unique open exhibitions; Touch Interactive 2013, for interactive artists and Screening 2013, for those working in film and video.
The Noise Next Door headline monthly comedy club
Highly acclaimed comedy five-piece, the Noise Next Door are the latest high flying act heading to The Public in West Bromwich.
BBC Radio’s Rob Nothman to give talk on sports commentary
Veteran BBC radio presenter Rob Nothman will be visiting Coventry later this month to present a special lecture entitled Fifty years of Radio Sports Commentary.
Andy Fairweather Low and The Low Riders cantering to Bromsgrove
Andy Fairweather Low’s pedigree is one that rock dreams are made of and he makes his Artrix debut on Thursday, November 22nd.
Hi Ho Silva
Dave Woodhall talks to American singer-songwriter Joe Silva.
Why is the winner of the Australian Turner Prize exhibiting above a pub in Birmingham?
On the second floor of a pub in Birmingham, something very different is being attempted with an art exhibition.
Now We Are Weekender returns to The Public
After the success of the Now We Are Weekender in 2012, the Midland’s finest indie-pop festival is returning to The Public in West Bromwich for its second year!
Into the greenwood
Join poet & writer Helen Calcutt, in the breathtaking heathland of Cannock Chase.
A week of music, dance, circus and drama at Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre
A packed week of shows on the Belgrade Theatre’s Main Stage will help to chase away the winter blues this November
Alison Baskerville ‘Makes Do’ with Winning Images for Poppy Appeal 2012
‘Make Do and Mend’ is an exhibition by award winning photojournalist Alison Baskerville. The exhibits will be on show at The Lake Side gallery, The Custard Factory, Digbeth, over Remembrance weekend.
Bite-sized theatre with dim sum and tea
The REP is bringing theatre to a very different kind of venue when it stages its latest performance in a restaurant in the heart of the city’s Chinatown.
Digital exhibitions light up The Public
A series of visually stunning exhibitions are set to light up The Public in West Bromwich this winter, including work by cutting edge video artists, AntiVJ.
The Demon Barbers present The Lock In
After its very successful first visit to Artrix earlier this year, The Demon Barbers return to the Arts Centre in Bromsgrove
Fancy a bite out this Halloween?
Fearful favourites Victorian specialist theatre company “Don’t Go into the Cellar!” are bringing a Halloween horror show that’s good enough to eat to The Old Joint Stock
The Wind In The Willows at Birmingham Rep
Birmingham Repertory Theatre heads downstream to the riverbank this Christmas for a new production of Alan Bennett’s wonderful stage adaptation of The Wind In The Willows
CBSO’s Nutcracker brings a touch of Russia to Birmingham
Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker is a seasonal highlight for many and, this year, the acclaimed CBSO Youth Orchestra and the stunning voices of the CBSO Children’s Chorus join forces for an exhilarating performance.
Me, Mum and Dusty Springfield
A black comedy, sprinkled with Dusty lyrics and coated with a song or two
The People’s Orchestra inaugural concert
The People’s Orchestra, launched in March, are holding their inaugural concert at the Adrian Boult Hall, in Birmingham, on the 4th November.
Bands line up to play exclusive photography exhibition gig
Midland rock musicians and the photographers who snap them are launching a unique exhibition celebrating the best of live music photography.
The Johnny Cash Roadshow
Clive John and The Spirit Band return to Artrix with their popular The Johnny Cash Roadshow.
Boxing Night
A local boxing champion is backing fund-raising for a young peoples’ charity
Dancing the Night Away
News of a photographic exhibition just opening
Propeller return to Coventry with Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night
Internationally acclaimed all-male Shakespeare company, Propeller, return to Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre with their adaptation of Twelfth Night
Wounded at Birmingham Rep
As British military casualties continue to return from the war in Afghanistan, Wounded – an emotional new play by Jenny Stephens – tells the stories of two soldiers, fighting a century apart
The Frog Who Wouldn’t Hop
A magical children’s theatre production, about the tales of a mischievous frog, takes place at The Public in West Bromwich on Thursday 25 October.
Henning Wehn – Henning Knows Bestest – UK Tour 2013
German Comedy Ambassador Henning Wehn returns with his new show Henning Knows Bestest, coming to Glee Club Birmingham in February