What’s On
Brummie hat-trick as actors Lorna Laidlaw, Bharti Patel and Janice Connolly set to appear on prime time TV shows
Vimal Korpal
April 15, 2019
Popular Brummie actors have scored a TV hat-trick as Lorna Laidlaw, Bharti Patel and Janice Connolly are set to dominate prime time slots over the next few months. Former Doctors star and…
Marvel star Sebastian Stan will be meeting fans at MCM London Comic Con
Staff Reporter
March 26, 2019
Sebastian Stan, star of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and other hit movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, is making his first appearance at MCM London Comic Con this May.…
LIVE UPDATES: MCM Comic Con Birmingham | March 2019
Staff Reporter
March 23, 2019
We're at the NEC in Birmingham for this year's first MCM Comic Con in the city, with special guests including Umbrella Academy stars Emmy Raver-Lampman and Tom Hopper, Sex Education star Asa Butterfield, Supernatural talent Felicia Day and Mario voice…
Birmingham’s first-ever LGBTQ film festival launches with incredible arts line-up
Paul Stringer
March 15, 2019
Birmingham is getting its first ever LGBTQ film festival next week that promises an incredible line up of films, panels and events across two days taking place from the 22nd…
Brum film gathering Yellow Wednesdays returns with screening of ‘3 Seconds Divorce’
Nikki Bi
March 12, 2019
The 'Yellow Wednesdays' monthly film screenings in Digbeth are making a return following a brief hiatus since last year, and their first film of the year is 3 Seconds Divorce, a groundbreaking movie…
Birmingham’s ‘fierce’ media women unite for representation in male-dominated industry
Fahima Khatun
March 8, 2019
The BBC has been celebrating women in the media for a special public event to coincide with International Women's Day. Fierce Women, a day-long event with masterclasses, top tips, and Q&A…
‘Sigh of the Musaafir’ show promises to bring an exotic theatrical experience to Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
March 7, 2019
'Sigh of the Musaafir' - an exciting new theatrical experience comes to Birmingham Repertory Theatre this month that weaves music, dance, poetry, and visuals to tell the story of the…
‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ – an opera once banned by Stalin is to be performed in Birmingham
Rangzeb Hussain
March 7, 2019
Birmingham Opera Company, the internationally acclaimed company led by Graham Vick CBE, is unveiling ‘Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk’ - a work once banned by Stalin - as its 50th project…
Sex Education star Asa Butterfield will be in Brum this month for Comic Con!
Staff Reporter
March 4, 2019
Netflix's 'Sex Education' star Asa Butterfield is heading to Birmingham this month to meet fans at MCM Comic Con at the NEC. Currently starring opposite Gillian Anderson in hit new…
New three-year project launched to increase diversity in Birmingham’s heritage organisations
Fahima Khatun
March 1, 2019
Beatfreeks, a creative organisation which focuses on giving young people in Birmingham a voice, has launched a new project called Don't Settle, which aims to make all stories in museums visible…