Highlights
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Blood Brothers
Willy Russell's iconic musical.
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Chris McCausland - Yonks!
A brand new show for 2024...
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Painted Dreams: The Art Of Evelyn De Morgan
Wolverhampton Art Gallery exhibits 30 of De Morgan's oil paintings and drawings.
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Hairspray
The joyous, uplifting and hilarious musical is back!
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Earthbound
Work by nine artists and community makers is featured in this topical exhibition, a show set within the context of global anxiety about the climate crisis. Addressing earthbound themes that connect...
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Jimmy Carr
Brand new live tour: Laughs Funny
Latest News
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Wolverhampton Literature Festival returns for 2025
Taking place across the city’s arts and culture venues from Friday 31 January to Sunday 2 February.
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Wolverhampton Grand celebrates most successful pantomime season
Over 57,000 people attended the show over a five-week period.
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Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White shows at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
One of the greatest storytellers in the history of art.
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LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham launches search to find Global Mini Master Model Builder
Young creators are invited to enter the very first Global Mini Master Model Builders competition at...
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West Bromwich venue crowned number 1 restaurant in the UK
Lucarelli West Bromwich was crowned the Number 1 restaurant in the UK by The Fork.
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CBeebies' Bing Live comes to the Midlands
The brand-new live stage show packed with fun, laughter and surprises.
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Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra nominated for prestigious award
The orchestra has been shortlisted in the ‘Award for Inspiration’ category.
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Major city centre transformation starts this month
Improvements will be made to Lichfield Street, Queen Square and Darlington Street.
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Memories of life on Low Hill Estate wanted for library project
The exhibition will look at life on the estate through photos, maps and stories from local people.
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Wolverhampton Literature Festival returns for 2025
Taking place across the city’s arts and culture venues from Friday 31 January to Sunday 2 February.
-
Wolverhampton Grand celebrates most successful pantomime season
Over 57,000 people attended the show over a five-week period.
-
Rembrandt: Masterpieces in Black and White shows at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
One of the greatest storytellers in the history of art.
-
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Birmingham launches search to find Global Mini Master Model Builder
Young creators are invited to enter the very first Global Mini Master Model Builders competition at...
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West Bromwich venue crowned number 1 restaurant in the UK
Lucarelli West Bromwich was crowned the Number 1 restaurant in the UK by The Fork.
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CBeebies' Bing Live comes to the Midlands
The brand-new live stage show packed with fun, laughter and surprises.
-
Wolverhampton Symphony Orchestra nominated for prestigious award
The orchestra has been shortlisted in the ‘Award for Inspiration’ category.
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Major city centre transformation starts this month
Improvements will be made to Lichfield Street, Queen Square and Darlington Street.
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Memories of life on Low Hill Estate wanted for library project
The exhibition will look at life on the estate through photos, maps and stories from local people.
Coming soon to the Midlands
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Great gigs coming soon
A selection of gigs worth grabbing a ticket for in the coming weeks...
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Havin' a laugh!
Get your ribs well and truly tickled over the next few weeks...
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Get looking! Visual arts across the Midlands
Check out some of the fantastic exhibitions showing across the region this month.
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Let's get classical
concerts to check out across the Midlands this month...
Latest reviews
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Review: Peter Pan at Birmingham Hippodrome
King and Queen of Brummie Pantomime, Matt Slack and Alison Hammond, are on fine form...
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Review: The Nutcracker at Birmingham Hippodrome
"an enchanting theatrical experience"
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Review: A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at The Birmingham Rep
Warm and Christmassy - with plenty of ghoulish moments...
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Review: Here & Now: The Steps Musical at The Alexandra
"camp, silly, tongue in cheek, and simply hilarious"
Features, interviews & blogs...
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Twenty-five for ’25
Check out our selection of 25 great plays and musicals to see in 2025...
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The Cuban Touch
Carlos Acosta talks about bringing Nutcracker in Havana to Wolves Grand
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Toto Riding The Yacht Rock Wave
The American rock band are finally getting the ‘love and respect’ they deserve...
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Love And Loss
A stage adaptation of Sebastian Faulks’ wartime novel Birdsong comes to Birmingham Rep this month......
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Perpetual Motion
Dance-circus favourites Motionhouse will next month premiere a dynamic new show…
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Swanning around
Sir Matthew Bourne's groundbreaking production of Swan Lake returns to Birmingham Hippodrome
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All For One, And One For All!
The Three Musketeers ride into Newcastle-under-Lyme...
What's On Theatres & Arts Centres
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Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The Wolverhampton Grand is one of the Midlands’ best-established theatres. Opening in 1894, the venu...
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Birmingham Hippodrome
Birmingham Hippodrome is one of the country’s biggest theatres, staging top West End shows all year...
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Walsall Arena & Arts Centre
The Walsall Arena is one of the most technically advanced venues in the West Midlands and stages a v...
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Newhampton Arts Centre
Newhampton Arts Centre presents a wide range of entertainment across the year, including music, thea...
Competitions
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Win two tickets to see Hairspray
The musical shows at Wolverhampton Grand from Mon 3 - Sat 8 February.
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Win a Young Driver Experience
Children as young as 10 can learn to drive in dual control cars.
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Win four tickets to Birmingham International Tattoo
Experience the pomp, pageantry and spectacle at bp Pulse LIVE.
Places To Visit
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Thinktank Science Museum
Located in Birmingham city centre, Thinktank offers a great day out for visitors of all ages....
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Severn Valley Railway
Beautiful railway operating mainly steam-hauled passenger trains between Bridgnorth, Bewdley & Kidde...
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West Midlands Police Museum
Discover stories about some of Birmingham’s most notorious criminals, including the real Peaky Blind...
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Royal Air Force Museum Midlands
Telling the story of aviation history and housing one of the UK's largest collections of its kind....
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Weston Park
Weston Park is a house set in 1,000 acres of Capability Brown-landscaped parkland, making it the per...
What's On elsewhere...
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Calamity Jane
Starring West End actor and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher
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Romeo And Juliet
Shakespeare and Rap. A love story.
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SIX The Musical
The wives of Henry VIII take to the stage to tell their own versions of their lives.
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The Shark Is Broken
Jaws - Steven Spielberg’s breakthrough big-screen offering - opened in cinemas a half century ago th...
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War Horse
The acclaimed production returns in an all-new UK tour.
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Calamity Jane
Starring West End actor and singer Carrie Hope Fletcher
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Romeo And Juliet
Shakespeare and Rap. A love story.
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SIX The Musical
The wives of Henry VIII take to the stage to tell their own versions of their lives.
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The Shark Is Broken
Jaws - Steven Spielberg’s breakthrough big-screen offering - opened in cinemas a half century ago th...
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War Horse
The acclaimed production returns in an all-new UK tour.
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