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The inaugural Birmingham Drag & Burlesque Festival launched in 2026 with a wide range of events including: creative panels for performers, nightclub productions, and theatre shows. Produced by House of Allure’s powerhouse, Dominus Von Vexo, the festival showcased the diversity of Birmingham, UK and even global drag and burlesque, making it the first of its kind in the UK.

Dudley-born drag performer, Naya Thorn, has made the West Midlands proud, making it to the finale of series eight of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK.

Midlands Rainbow recommends some of the best theatre shows, drag productions, and musicals on the horizon for 2027, across the West and East Midlands regions.

Celebrating its 20th anniversary tour, the Tony® award-winning musical, Jersey Boys returns to Birmingham for a three-week run. The hit musical, which has won 65 major awards and been enjoyed by audiences of over 27 million people worldwide, tells the real-life story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, featuring music from the much-loved band.

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre is set to premiere a brand new production of Jonathan Harvey’s BEAUTIFUL THING; a coming-of-age story “about finding the courage to be yourself – and discovering that love can blossom in the most unexpected places.”

First published in the UK in 1962, and then re-published in 2023 by Fox, Finch & Tepper, Winter Love is a short novel by Han Suyín set during the Second World War.

The hit musical Mamma Mia! returns to Wolverhampton for a two-week run. Set on a Greek island, this much-loved tale of love, friendship and family is told through the music of ABBA. Sophie begins a quest to discover who her father is ahead of her upcoming wedding, and in doing so, brings her mother face-to-face with three men from her romantic past.

The West End hit musical Titaníque is setting sail on its first UK tour in 2027 with dates announced for Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.

Several MPS are calling for an investigation to be launched into Dudley Councillor Caley Ashman over social media posts using racist and homophobic language.

A mother whose daughter passed away in 2023 has launched a campaign with Trans Legal Clinic against NHS England, Wolverhampton NHS Trust, and Bart NHS Trust, claiming her daughter missed out on much-needed treatment due to her gender identity.

Reform UK-led Staffordshire County Council has announced new guidance for libraries that appears to exclude celebrations such as Pride Month and Black History Month from its schedule.

Leicestershire-based trans ambassador and campaigner, Katie Neeves (AKA Cool2BTrans) has collaborated with Pride in Education founder, Laïla El-Métoui to publish a new report that shines a stark light on young people’s experience of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) and Relationships, Sex, and Health Education (RSHE/RSE).

Direct from the West End, the Olivier Award-nominated, jukebox musical, The Choir of Man is out on its first UK tour, playing at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre this Autumn. Created by Nic Doodson and Andrew Kay, and directed by Nic Doodson, this musical is a tale of community and friendship, set in a traditional British pub; a space familiar to all.

Over the last two years, ALWAYS HERE has been collecting real untold stories from the LGBTQ+ community in North Staffordshire, capturing queer history in the creation of a new exhibition.

Drag icon and winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race season six, Bianca Del Rio, is set to return to the UK with her latest tour in 2027. The ‘It Gets Bitter’ tour will play at venues across the UK and the Republic of Ireland including theatres in Birmingham and Nottingham.

An independent feature film created by a Wolverhampton-based company, exploring queer love and South Asian culture, has been picked up by a major distributor. A Teacher’s Gift, co-produced by New Lion Films, based in Wolverhampton city, will be given a limited cinema release later this year by Peccadillo Pictures; a UK-based distributor of art house, gay and lesbian, independent and world cinema.

Leicestershire LGBTQ+ Centre, one of Britian’s longest running organisations for the community, celebrates a historic 50th anniversary in 2026.

Over thirty new Hate Crime Reporting points have been rolled out across Warwickshire as part of a project developed by equality charity EQuIP in partnership with Warwickshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner.

Birmingham Museums are set to celebrate Pride in STEM Day with an event at the Think Tank.

Transtoyou is a new digital healthcare platform, providing healthcare services to adults across the United Kingdom and several European countries, with gender-affirming care pathway to supports trans and non-binary people seeking medically appropriate hormone therapy, monitoring, and ongoing care.