Culture News & Updates
- 18th November 2025
Birmingham Hippodrome’s New Work & Artist Development Department has announced Origins Festival: Celebrating New Work, a week-long festival taking place from Monday 11 to Saturday 16 May 2026.
Wolverhampton Literature Festival will take place across the city’s arts and culture venues from the 6 February to 8 February, with pre-festival events starting on the 31 January.
"This book is a celebration of Birmingham`s rich history, its vibrant communities and the enduring spirit of its people" - Dr Dorian Chan, Secretary General of the Birmingham Chinatown Business Association
Birmingham Rep is one of nine local arts organisations to receive funding from a new programme from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.
- 28th October 2025
Arts Council England Funded Creative Workshops At Chinese Community Centre Leading To A Stage Play By Playwright Ian Henery
Arts Council England Funded Creative Workshops At Chinese Community Centre Leading To A Stage Play By Playwright Ian Henery
Birmingham Rep has launched a bold new fundraising campaign aimed at raising funds to subsidise 5,000 £5 tickets for young people under 25 and state schools, for its forthcoming 2026 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
Presented by BADA - Bangladeshi Artist Development Agency
In partnership with Legacy WM and leading cultural venues across Birmingham, this year’s cultural calendar is about to get louder, prouder and more colourful!
Prints by acclaimed 20th century British artists, including Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach will go on show at The New Art Gallery Walsall later this year
- 2nd October 2025
Local poet Sundari Maheswaran celebrating National Poetry Day in advance of the publication of her debut book which encapsulates her unique identities