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Dear Evan Hansen to return to Birmingham

Due to popular demand, the UK tour of Dear Evan Hansen will return to Birmingham in 2025.

Oct 29, 20241 min read

Poster for Ginger Johnson Blows Off. Ginger wears a large ginger wig, wears a silver leather jacket and holds a helmet under one arm.

Review: Ginger Johnson Blows Off! at the Crescent Theatre, Birmingham

Winner of series 5 of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Ginger Johnson, is hitting the road in her new solo tour 'Ginger Johnson Blows Off!'

Oct 23, 20242 min read

Review: Dear Evan Hansen at Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

The Olivier, Tony® and Grammy® Award-Winning Best Musical, Dear Evan Hansen has arrived at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

Oct 22, 20244 min read

Photo of Eva smiling at the camera. She wears a red dress and hoop earrings. Tattoos are visible up her neck.

Birmingham Pride’s Eva Echo becomes a Queer Britain Ambassador

Queer Britain – the UK’s first national LGBTQ+ museum – has announced new ambassadors including Birmingham Pride’s Eva Echo

Oct 20, 20241 min read

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Birmingham LGBT receive donation from Cadbury Foundation

Birmingham LGBT – a charity supporting the community – has received a donation from The Cadbury Foundation

Oct 17, 20241 min read

Joe Lycett shares ‘Manifesto for the Arts’

Joe Lycett has shared a ‘Manifesto for the Arts’ ahead of the upcoming governmental budget

Oct 15, 20243 min read

Review: Becoming Nancy at The Rep, Birmingham

Adapted from Terry Ronald’s best-selling novel, Becoming Nancy at The Rep, Birmingham is the UK premiere of this new musical

Oct 15, 20243 min read

Midlands-based campaigner wins National Diversity Award

Pliny Soocoormanee, has been honoured with the prestigious National Diversity Award for Positive Role Model in the LGBT+ category

Oct 7, 20242 min read

Promo image for the show. A previous cast gather around a red car, one sits upon the roof smoking.

Review: Four Felons & a Funeral at Birmingham Hippodrome

Four Felons and a Funeral is a queer, rom-com, road-trip musical

Sep 27, 20242 min read

The Village Inn, Birmingham to relocate

The Village Inn, one of Birmingham’s oldest LGBTQ+ venues, has announced plans to move location

Sep 23, 20241 min read

Review: A Chorus Line at Birmingham Hippodrome

A Chorus Line is a torrid tale of ambition, shattered hopes, and the cost of following your dreams.

Sep 10, 20242 min read

Here You Come Again poster, title on a pink background, person playing Dolly can be seen in the O.

Review: Here You Come Again at The Alexandra, Birmingham

Here You Come Again: The New Dolly Parton Musical is a jukebox musical full of some of Dolly's biggest hits

Sep 10, 20242 min read

Poster for Danny Beard's Straight Expectations shows Danny at the centre in a red outfit with matching gloves. They wear their signature white faced make-up and a black and white wig.

Review: Danny Beard, Straight Expectations at Alexandra, Birmingham

Straight Expectations is a new solo tour from Drag Race UK winner, Danny Beard, which sees them hit the road with a full live band.

Sep 6, 20241 min read

(Lead image Staff Nurse Laura Hyslop, Patient Diana Pell, Dr Victoria Siddons, Emergency Department consultant, Dr Steve Taylor, Lead HIV consultant and Clinical Director for the Birmingham Fast Track Cities (credit UHB NHS)

Birmingham begins opt-out testing for HIV & hepatitis

After years of campaigning, opt-out testing for HIV and hepatitis has begun in Birmingham emergency departments

Sep 5, 20242 min read

Poster for Boy Out the City features the shows title and a photo of Declan with his hands raised above his head.

Review: Boy Out The City at The Rep, Birmingham

Boy Out The City is the autobiographical début one-man show from Declan Bennett

Sep 4, 20242 min read

Fatt Butcher is a church type setting, they wear a robe of purple yellow white and black, the colours of the Non-binary flag

Fatt Projects Announces Dancefloor ‘hymns’ Development

an exciting new project with Fatt Projects which will see the creation of dancefloor ‘hymns’. ‘Congregational’

Aug 28, 20242 min read

Drag Night to raise money for Birmingham LGBT

Birmingham’s drag scene will be putting on a ‘Drag Night’ to raise money for a local LGBTQ+ cause &this year’s recipient is Birmingham LGBT

Aug 17, 20241 min read

The Traitors promo image with Claudia at the centre and two traitors, one either side

Birmingham star of The Traitors joins LGBTQ+ modern slavery campaign

Traitors UK star, Miles Asteri has lent his voice to Causeway, a charity supporting LGBTQ+ survivors of modern slavery & human trafficking

Aug 3, 20242 min read

Four drag performers from left to right: Mia Virgin wears a blue sparkly dress, Diablo D'Domme is a drag king, Gina Tonic is a drag queen in a red wig and an orange gown, Empress is a drag queen in a black body suit

Review: Looser Women at The Black Box

Débuting a new show style in Birmingham’s drag scene, Looser Women opened for its first show at Birmingham’s Black Box Theatre

Jul 19, 20242 min read

Lead image: Jonathan Blake For “ Positive “ - Sky Documentary & NOW TV. Jonathan wears a white shirt and a grey knitted vest upon which there are several pins including the pink triangle and the red HIV ribbon.

Interview: Jonathan Blake (Pt. 2)

Activist Jonathan Blake, born in Birmingham, was diagnosed with HIV in 1982. He's one of the UK’s oldest surviving people living with HIV

Jul 15, 20244 min read

Queer-led ceilidh band for weddings, parties and more! The Rainbow Folk. Friendly, inclusive, accessible. Spreading queer joy, one ceilidh at a time!