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.

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.

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.

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.

Here & Now: The Steps Musical is an original new British musical, created using the pop classics from platinum album, multi-million record-selling dance-pop group, Steps (Claire Richards, Faye Tozer, Ian ‘H’ Watkins, Lee Latchford-Evans, and Lisa Scott-Lee). Following its world premiere in Birmingham (2024), the musical is embarking on its UK tour, currently running at Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre.

James Ijames’ Pulitzer prize-winning queer comic tragedy, playing at the RSC’s Swan Theatre is a tale of love, loss, liberation and joy that brings Shakespeare’s Hamlet into the modern-day.