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Send in the Clowns, a cabaret collective made up of performers: Fatt Butcher, Blü Romantic, Alanna Boden, and Dahliah Rivers, will return in 2027 with a new show. Following the success of ‘Queeny Todd’ in 2026, the Clowns will return to The Rep Birmingham with their latest drag revue, ‘Send in the Clowns - Nancies!: The Great Brit-ish Musical’.

Drag performer and RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star, Divina De Campo, has been announced for an upcoming UK tour of Everybody’s Talking About Jamie.

Part of the multi-award-winning ‘Grandad’s Camper’ series, Harry Woodgate’s latest children’s picture book, Grandad’s Christmas is the third instalment in the collection.

Birmingham-born and raised actor, Bethany Antonia, has been announced as one of the celebrity dancers in 2026’s Strictly Come Dancing cast.

Shelter Birmingham has announced ‘Stride with Pride’; a daytime walk, raising awareness and funds for the charity, to take place on World Homelessness Day. The event that plans to map three cities in the UK — Birmingham, Manchester, and London — will bring together community in a group walk, pinpointing local queer landmarks.

In association with SHOUT Festival, The Pansy Project will be returning to Birmingham. The project, launched and run by artist, Paul Harfleet, plants pansies at the sites of homophobic and transphobic abuse.

Professional footballer, current Aston Villa W.F.C. striker and former England Lioness player, Rachel Daly, and former Aston Villa teammate, Sutton Coldfield-born professional footballer, and current Leicester City defender, Sarah Mayling have announced that they are expecting a baby.

The longest-running West End show and longest continuously-running play worldwide, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap embarks on its 75th anniversary tour across the UK and Ireland, with a stop at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre this Autumn.

Birmingham-based Drag King, Blü Romantic AKA Gabe (32) is set to appear on the latest series of The Great British Bake Off.

Walsall Pride returned to the Arboretum extension on Saturday 29th August, and come rain or shine the show went on. Following extreme heat and drought, then thunder, lightning and heavy rain in the area, and with more rain forecast for the bank holiday weekend organisers were forced pivot and adapt to the changing circumstances to deliver this year’s event.

Our Story is a touring exhibition that brings together a gallery of portrait photographs, personal ephemera, and audio stories, to showcase the lives of trans and gender-diverse people in Nottinghamshire.

Congregational, a newly-composed choral service for the nightclub, from artist and vocalist, Fatt Butcher, is heading on tour across England. Opening in Manchester, the tour will then visit various venues across the nation including: Brighton, Liverpool, and Coventry, before completing its run in Fatt’s home city, Birmingham. Tickets for the live performance at Birmingham’s Town Hall on Saturday 20th February 2027 are now on sale.

New research by Birmingham City University (BCU) has found comedy can be a useful tool for improving mental wellbeing and resilience for Birmingham’s LGBTQ+ community. A new study published in the psychology journal, Behavioural Sciences, reveals findings from the LGBTQTeeHee! course, which has taken place at Birmingham Rep Theatre since 2024.

Cole Porter’s High Society returns to stages in its first major UK revival in over a decade, playing at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre direct from a sell-out run in London’s West End.

Redditch Pride CIC, which runs the annual Pride event in the town, are set to host a summer Pride Fete. The family-friendly event which caters to all ages will be held at Arrow Valley Lake Boat House at the end of August.

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK is set to return to BBC iPlayer and BBC Three this autumn, and among the fresh new cast of drag queens are three performers hailing from the West Midlands. Staffordshire’s KY Kelly, Dudley’s Naya Thorn, and Birmingham’s Anita Piss will hit TV screens in series 8 of Drag Race UK, competing for the title of the UK’s next drag superstar.

Inspired by tarot, illustrator Sam Prentice-Jones made their writing début with the recently published graphic novel series Arcana: The Lost Heirs (2025), followed by Arcana: The Cursed Fate (2026). Following publication, Sam took some time to talk to Midlands Rainbow about his writing and illustrating process, and the intrinsic connection between witchcraft and ‘otherness’.

Organisers for Warwickshire Pride, which is set to take place at the end of August, have announced that security measures have been increased ahead of this year’s event. In response to growing anti-LGBTQ+ hostility, the safety of the team and those who attend are their top priority organisers have assured.

Described by British Rowing as the greatest Paralympic rower, Lauren Rowles OBE, has been honoured by Birmingham City University at a ceremony today (30th July) at Symphony Hall.

Grindr the Opera: The Unauthorised Parody is a musical production for the modern world that puts the best-known gay hook-up app at the centre of an opera. Exploring gay dating and hook-up culture, this winner of Best New Musical in the Off-West End Awards takes audiences on a humorous and thought-provoking journey of music and satirical comedy.