Carl Orff's Carmina Burana is a musical setting of a series of 13th century songs discovered in a Bavarian monastery who... [more]
Birmingham's Symphony Hall will see a host of top musicians take to the stage for a performance by the Jazz at Lincoln C... [more]
There will be dancing in the streets in Birmingham this June with three huge festivals taking across venues and outdoor ... [more]
Premiered by Cambridge University students at Edinburgh Fringe just three years ago, Six has become an international hit... [more]
The Faust legend is given a new guise in this bold re-telling of a classic story by Headlong Theatre Company. John Faust... [more]
In 1910, two unknown actors sailed together to New York as part of a music hall troupe – the comedians, Charlie Chaplin ... [more]
Open Theatre's Twisted Tale of Hansel and Gretel is a light-hearted romp through a somewhat different version of the cla... [more]
Celebrating their 70th anniversary this year, Iceland Symphony Orchestra have embarked on their first UK tour, taking in... [more]
Created last year as the student company for Birmingham's Elmhurst Ballet School, Elmhurst Ballet Company comprises the ... [more]
Full mask theatre company Vamos have tackled thorny issues like dementia and post-traumatic stress in the past and their... [more]
2Faced Dance Company celebrates its 20th anniversary with a dynamic new triple bill which premieres in Birmingham.
Th... [more]
Ballroom dancers Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag returned to Symphony Hall with new show Dance Those Magical Movies. The cou... [more]
Montenegran guitarist Milos Karadaglic is equally at home with the great composers like Rodrigo as with modern pop music... [more]
A new play by Vamos Theatre Company is aiming to encourage audiences to examine our attitudes towards death and dying th... [more]
'So you think you know the story of The Little Mermaid – well think again' warns Ursula the sea witch in this musical pa... [more]
Mick Inkpen's Kipper stories are huge best-sellers so they are an obvious choice for a children's theatre show and when ... [more]
Peter Pan flies into Birmingham Repertory Theatre this Christmas – but it's not Peter Pan as we know it. This new modern... [more]
It's panto time, oh yes it is, and Birmingham's Blue Orange Theatre is well into the festive spirit with the Christmas c... [more]
Children's favourite Kipper comes to the stage this Christmas with the musical Kipper's Snowy Day at Midlands Arts Centr... [more]
The rest of the country may be going mad for the newest Frozen movie but Birmingham has its very own icy world under the... [more]
Winsome Pinnock's play begins with an act of self-destruction as Sonny ends his life by jumping in front of a train. But... [more]
Hans Christian Andersen's classic The Snow Queen is given a re-telling in a new festive musical at Birmingham Old Rep Th... [more]
Birmingham has opened a new Dance Hub which will foster and promote dance across the region. Housed in a new top floor w... [more]
Welsh National Opera's revival of its 2002 production of Verdi's Rigoletto couldn't be more timely. Set in 1960's Washin... [more]
Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Laundrette was a hugely successful film in the mid-1980s so in some ways it's a surprise i... [more]
Visitors to Midlands Arts Centre can enter mysterious worlds created by two Canadian artists who have been in residence ... [more]
The circus rolled into town in dramatic style with acrobats, contortionists and even elephants thanks to Circus 1903 at ... [more]
Families from across Birmingham are being invited to light up a life in memory of their loved ones this December. John T... [more]
Following interviews collecting real-life stories, Birmingham-based Women and Theatre's Prime Time shines the spotlight ... [more]
Blood of the Young Theatre Company take the Jane Austen classic and shake it up in this riotous comedy Pride & Prejudice... [more]
It's rare that you see an actor really become his character but that's just what happens as Robert Lindsay takes on the ... [more]
A new production of Bizet's Carmen by Welsh National Opera is aiming to bring us a new take on the tragic love story. Th... [more]
Internationally renowned tanbour player Seyed Ali Jaberi brought his latest production All Because Of Love to Birmingham... [more]
Penguin Café kicked off their 2019 tour at Birmingham's Town Hall and it was with some regret that they announced that o... [more]
'The barber's shop is a lighthouse' says one of the many characters in Inua Ellams' hit show Barber Shop Chronicles. And... [more]
Rosie Kay's new work is in some ways one of her most traditional pieces but in others one of her most subversive. Explor... [more]
Birmingham writer Robin French takes us back to the seventies when the country was riven with racial tension and music w... [more]
Royal Birmingham Conservatoire launches its autumn season with a free performance from the Multi-Story Orchestra. Taking... [more]
Birmingham Royal Ballet's triple bills are a real treat for dance fans – featuring a wide range of productions which dem... [more]
Music Theatre Wales and London Sinfonietta bring Gerald Barry's opera The Intelligence Park to Birmingham Repertory Thea... [more]
Birmingham-based choreographer Rosie Kay is examining beauty in her new work Fantasia which premieres at Birmingham Hipp... [more]
The classical ballet Giselle is given a radical makeover in a new production by South African dancer and choreographer D... [more]
Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones launches an autumn season packed with theatrical treats at Birmingham Repertory Theatre.... [more]
Music, literature, art and entertainment will be on the programme for this year's Kenilworth Arts Festival. Taking place... [more]
A new event for dog lovers has been launched in Birmingham.
The 5k Doggy Dash will be held in the scenic settings of ... [more]
Elmhurst Ballet School's Summer Shows are a chance for the pupils to have their moment in the spotlight and for us to se... [more]
Welsh National Opera's Sunday afternoon concert is a fun and interactive event for children of all ages. Aiming to intro... [more]
Birmingham's John Taylor Hospice is holding a free summer fayre with activities for all ages.
The Mary Poppins themed... [more]
Walkers are being invited to step out and take part in a new summer fundraising event in aid of John Taylor Hospice.
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This Birmingham Royal Ballet triple bill demonstrates the versatility of the company and its dancers as they perform thr... [more]
Welsh National Opera's touring adaptation of the Donizetti comedy is Don Pasquale with a difference. The company has tak... [more]
Louis de Bernieres' novel Captain Corelli's Mandolin is an international best-seller which was made into a Hollywood hit... [more]
Birmingham's biggest theatre is celebrated in a new book marking the 120th anniversary of the founding of the Hippodrome... [more]
Jill Murphy's books about a schoolgirl in a witches' academy have been huge best-sellers for decades and now they are br... [more]
Jon Brittain's Olivier-award winning drama comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre as part of a UK tour. A bitter-sweet co... [more]
Birmingham has launched a three-year project to see it become a leading international centre for contemporary arts from ... [more]
This production by Lost Dog dance theatre company is a total re-working of the Romeo and Juliet legend. In this contempo... [more]
Based on the film of the same name, Kinky Boots tells the story of an ailing shoe factory in Northampton. After a chanc... [more]
Writer James Kettle created this one-man show based on the life of actor David Tomlinson specifically for comedian Miles... [more]
Composer Sir Karl Jenkins' 75th Birthday Concert at Birmingham's Symphony Hall proved to be a sell-out and led to a stan... [more]