Culture News & Updates
Poems inspired by the life and works of internationally acclaimed poet, author and activist Benjamin Zephaniah are set to take over Birmingham Botanical Gardens this spring.
Birmingham Hippodrome’s New Work & Artist Development department has announced the programme for Origins Festival: Celebrating New Work, taking place from Monday 11 to Saturday 16 May 2026.
- 18th February 2026
At the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, The Battle explodes like a Champagne Supernova as the bands clash onto the stage like a Britpop firework with a short fuse from the start To The End – you just gotta Roll With It.
Blue Orange Arts presents –
William Shakespeare: Henry V
& D.H. Lawrence: The Prussian Officer
- 14th February 2026
Life, love and loss. The poignant and absorbing portrayal of one
man's journey into old age.
- 9th February 2026
What is there still to be said about the Black Country?
- 7th February 2026
RM Francis is a lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University of Wolverhampton and is currently the poet in residence for the Black Country Geological Society
- 5th February 2026
Local poet, Glyn Phillips, is the 2026 Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Slam Champion, having been awarded the title after a tense (please excuse the pun), fast-moving and exciting competition held at Wolverhampton’s Arena Theatre
- 3rd February 2026
Birmingham Chinese Festival Committee and Birmingham Hippodrome have announced the return of the city’s annual Chinese New Year celebrations to Southside next month - bringing thousands of people together to celebrate.
- 3rd February 2026
Kings Heath launches Literature and Music Festival for 2026