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Good Dog by Arinzé Kene

A fearlessly told story of growing up in a multi-cultural community

Tara Finney Productions and tiata fahodzi present good dog by Arinzé Kene, retelling the stories of multiple characters, families and years…

Magical Lantern Festival 2017

Penguins, peacocks and Santa pop up at the Magical Lantern Festival

The Magical Lantern Festival is returning to Birmingham, from Friday 23rd November to Tuesday 1st January, with a colourful array of new lanterns…

Charlotte Jarvis - Ort Gallery - Birmingham events 2018

Mortality and cancer are the unusual topics for art installation in Birmingham

Visual artist Charlotte Jarvis’ Et in Arcadia Ego, an unusual installation at Birmingham’s Ort Gallery, will open on Thursday 10th May, taking a look at how we view cancer and our own mortality…

Yvette China Plate Theatre Image: Ed Collier

A story of teenage angst and survival with Yvette

China Plate presents Yvette, a one woman show about a stolen childhood and growing up with a secret, touring to Birmingham and London this May…

Anna Vasof - Flatpack Film Festival 2018 - Birmingham

Acrobats, animated sushi and a paper cinema at Flatpack 2018

A one-of-a-kind film fiesta, the critically acclaimed Flatpack Festival returns to Birmingham this spring, with everything from animated sushi and a Paper Cinema, to Swedish witchcraft and the Solihull underground…

Ikon Slow Boat, Looping the Loop - Birmingham events 2018

Take the Slow Boat in Birmingham

Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery has converted an old narrow boat into a unique artistic space. Step aboard the Slow Boat on Wednesday 21st March for the free launch event and make your own screenprint…

Women's Strike 2018 - International Women's Day - Birmingham

Breakfast, badges and banners in Birmingham for International Women’s Day

This International Women’s Day (Thursday 8th March), join the staff of Eastside Projects in Birmingham for a cuppa, some conversation and a spot of banner making at 122 Fazeley Street…

Ghost Streets of Balsall Heath, The photography of Janet Mendelsohn - Birmingham exhibition 2018

Discover the Ghost Streets of Balsall Heath

Discover the lost streets of Balsall Heath with a new exhibition by American filmmaker and photographer Janet Mendelsohn at Birmingham’s Ort Gallery…

The Death Show - Photo Graeme Braidwood

A darkly comic show that talks about death

The Death Show is a darkly comic journey of discovery and contemplation, exploring our universal relationships with death and dying…

SHOUT 2017 - Jinkx Monsoon - The Vaudevillians

A festival to SHOUT about in Birmingham

SHOUT, the Festival of Queer Arts and Culture, returns to Birmingham this November with an eclectic mix of theatre, visual arts, comedy, and music…

Axe Throwing - Whistle Punks

Give boredom the chop with some urban axe throwing

Fed up with the usual days and evenings out in the city? Then why not give Whistle Punks’ Urban Axe Throwing a whirl?

Flatpack Film Festival 2017 - Birmingham

Kino trains and special film-themed menus at Flatpack Festival

Birmingham’s Flatpack Film Festival will take place from 4th to 9th April, with special kino trains, themed menus to accompany screenings and fun immersive events…

Hardeep Pandhal - Bame - Eastside Projects

Late night opening at Eastside Projects in Birmingham

Birmingham’s Digbeth area comes alive on the first Friday of each month with late-night openings, special events, and culture in unexpected spaces…

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

Take a spooky Halloween walk around Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter

Taking place around Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter, the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter are putting on a spooky Halloween themed walk…

Birmingham Cabaret Festival 2016

The intimate and quirky Birmingham Cabaret Festival returns

Head over to the Grade II listed grandeur of the Old Joint Stock in Birmingham for a festival of quirky comedy and extraordinary performances…

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Curiosity of the Week

Orkney’s Italian Chapel
Italian Chapel, Lambholm, Orkney

For our latest Curiosity of the Week we are heading over to Orkney to discover a rather unusual piece of history…an Italian Chapel made from Nissen huts and a shipwreck!

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Exhibition finds beauty in forgotten and discarded items
Jimmy Turrell & Richard Turley exhibition Unforsaken at The Book Club in Shoreditch

This month, Jimmy Turrell and Richard Turley will be taking over The Book Club in Shoreditch with their exhibition Unforsaken, finding true beauty in forgotten and discarded objects…

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