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Feb 242 min read
LGBTQ+ History Month: James Whale
James Whale was an English film director, theatre director and actor, who was often dubbed “The Queen of Hollywood".
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Feb 42 min read
European premiere of Pulitzer prize-winning Fat Ham for RSC
James Ijames’ Pulitzer prize-winning play, Fat Ham, will make its European premiere at the RSC’s Swan TheatreÂ
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Feb 13 min read
Review: Queenz, Drag Me to the Disco at The Wolverhampton Grand
A follow-up to their previous show, Queens: The Show with Balls, Drag Me to the Disco has a playlist of uplifting & fun disco songs
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Dec 14, 20244 min read
Midlands Rainbow recommends: 2025 Shows
2025 is fast approaching & with it comes a new year of great shows in Birmingham & across the Midlands. We've picked just a few of our faves
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Nov 21, 20242 min read
Review: A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story at Rep Birmingham
Adapted by Mark Gatiss’, ‘A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story’ is an acclaimed re-telling of Charles Dickens’ winter classic,
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Nov 20, 20243 min read
Review: Here & Now at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Here & Now: The Steps Musical is a sparkling, brand-new production premiering in Birmingham; based on the pop classics of Steps.
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Oct 30, 20243 min read
Review: Gwyneth Goes Skiing at Birmingham Hippodrome
(Very loosely) based on the court case that amused the nation, Gwyneth Goes Skiing is a hilarious, high-camp show from Awkward Productions
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Oct 28, 20245 min read
Interview: After The Act: A Section 28 Musical
After The Act: A Section 28 Musical is a production based on commentary from people who experienced living under the infamous Section 28
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Oct 16, 20243 min read
Interview: Farah Ashraf on Santi & Naz, identity and queerness
“Santi and Naz is a coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of the India/Pakistan partition," Farah Ashraf tells Midlands Rainbow
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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
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Sep 27, 20242 min read
Review: Four Felons & a Funeral at Birmingham Hippodrome
Four Felons and a Funeral is a queer, rom-com, road-trip musical
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Sep 10, 20242 min read
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
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Sep 4, 20242 min read
Review: Boy Out The City at The Rep, Birmingham
Boy Out The City is the autobiographical début one-man show from Declan Bennett
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Jul 30, 20242 min read
Review: The Wizard of Oz at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The Wizard of Oz at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre stars Drag Race UK winner, The Vivienne as the Wicked Witch of the West
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Jul 30, 20243 min read
Review: The School for Scandal at the RSC, Stratford-upon-Avon
The School for Scandal at the RSC is a new production of Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 1777 'comedy of manners' play
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Jul 14, 20245 min read
Interview: activist, Jonathan Blake (Pt. 1)
Jonathan Blake is a British gay rights activist from Birmingham, perhaps best known for his role in Lesbians and Gays support the Miners.
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Jul 12, 20242 min read
Review: My Son's A Queer at Birmingham Hippodrome
My Son's a Queer (But What Can You Do?) is a multi-award-winning show by playwright Rob Madge.
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