Culture News & Updates
Author and marketing director Lindsay Woodward is to take to the stage at Sutton Coldfield’s first Literary Arts Festival to explore the secrets of how to write a gripping page-turner.
Vision for All CIC is sponsoring Eden Arts GB’s upcoming art exhibition, contributing £1,000 to support an event that celebrates creativity, culture and community.
- 4th August 2026
British Youth Music Theatre (BYMT) is returning to Birmingham Hippodrome this month to present the world premiere of new musical, Sea Change, by Birmingham-based writing team, Will Jackson and Elinor Peregrin.
Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery is presenting Lines of Flight, the first major survey exhibition of British Indian artist Balraj Khanna.
Birmingham Royal Ballet has announced new dancers joining the company for the upcoming 2026/27 season.
- 29th July 2026
Birmingham City Council is joining communities across the city in celebrating South Asian Heritage Month.
The National Memorial Arboretum has unveiled a new free summer programme, The Art of Remembrance, inviting visitors to discover how art helps keep important memories alive.
- 22nd July 2026
Actor and playwright Mike Venables is bringing one of history's greatest composers vividly to life in Beethoven: Edge of Silence, an original one-man play
- 19th July 2026
A Lifetime of Travel, Learning,
This book is not simply an autobiography. It is the story of a promise.
Walsall Council is delighted to announce the opening of Mothers without Hands, a major new exhibition by internationally acclaimed Czech-born artist Tereza Bušková at The New Art Gallery Walsall. Opening 31 July 2026 and running until15 November 2026