
Birmingham Heritage Week – Rep Backstage Tour
Sat 12 Sept09:45
Discover the hidden world of one of Birmingham’s most iconic theatres as our knowledgeable guides take you behind the scenes of The Rep. Explore areas usually closed to the…
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Sat 12 Sept09:45
Discover the hidden world of one of Birmingham’s most iconic theatres as our knowledgeable guides take you behind the scenes of The Rep. Explore areas usually closed to the…

Sat 12 Sept10:45
Discover the hidden world of one of Birmingham’s most iconic theatres as our knowledgeable guides take you behind the scenes of The Rep. Explore areas usually closed to the…

Sat 12 Sept12:30
Celebrate the remarkable story of Birmingham Rep’s home on Centenary Square and discover the vision behind one of the city’s most distinctive cultural landmarks. Marking over 50…

Fri 9 Oct19:30
Now, in Tudors on Tour, historian and broadcaster Tracy Borman OBE – Chief Curator at Historic Royal Palaces and one of the UK’s most trusted voices on Tudor history – brings the…

Fri 9 Oct20:30
George Michael: musician, icon and writer of arguably one of the greatest love songs of the 20th century. But alongside the magic of the music, his life led him through one of the…

Sat 10 Oct13:00
In Deepa Anappara ’s much-anticipated second-novel The Last of Earth , two separate British expeditions strike out for Tibet, relying upon the intimate geographical and cultural…

Sat 10 Oct14:30
The British Isles: a landscape rich in history; of mythology, symbols and age-old custom. But what if there’s another tale to tell about the times we have already lived through?…
Sat 10 Oct19:00
Historically, the concept of Flamboyance may perhaps have encouraged misguided visions of the in-yer-face, the out-there, the over-the-top: a term often deployed to denigrate…

Sun 11 Oct14:00
£8Writing Nature with Paul Evans, Gregory Leadbetter and Brett Westwood Sunday 11 October, 2pm–3pm, Eastside Jazz Club £8/£6.40 (concs) Beginning with the experiences of wonder and…

Sun 11 Oct16:00
£8Birmingham Literature Festival 2026 En Pointe, Off Kilter with Thomas Glave Sunday 11 October, 4pm – 5pm, Eastside Jazz Club £8/£6.40 (concs) In conversation with his two previous…

Fri 16 Oct19:30
Brothers Patrick and Gregory Kane formed Hue and Cry in 1984, and the duo made a huge impact with the release of their debut album Seduced and Abandoned (1987), which featured…
Fri 16 Oct19:30
Fierce Festival
Sat 17 Oct15:00
Fierce Festival
Sat 17 Oct17:00
Seventy minutes, no interval, no concession to comfort.
Sat 17 Oct17:00
Fierce Festival

Sat 17 Oct17:00
Second City Sonic Attack Returns: Seven Hours of DIY Experimental Electronica in Digbeth BIRMINGHAM, UK — Underground collective New Weird Birmingham and Kushikatsu unite to…
Sat 17 Oct18:30
Fierce Festival