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Orelle restaurant celebrates 1st anniversary

D&D London’s first Birmingham location, Orelle restaurant, will be marking their 1st birthday on Saturday 14th October with an exclusive 5-course tasting menu. For one night only, the birthday menu, which is available to enjoy during one of two evening sittings, will be priced at £75 and include…

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Disney's Aladdin lands in Birmingham

Disney Theatrical Productions, under the direction of Thomas Schumacher, present the critically acclaimed Broadway and West End musical Aladdin which will land in Birmingham in 2024 as part of its first ever UK and Ireland tour. Disney’s Aladdin will open at Birmingham Hippodrome on Wednesday 9…

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Cbeebies star to visit Sandwell Play by Night event

Sandwell Council is inviting children of all ages to a Play by Night on Friday 3 November, at Dartmouth Park, West Bromwich. The event will start at 5pm. Headlined by major Cbeebies star Andy and the Odd Socks, the event will start by lighting the playground up in many colours like a rainbow! There…

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Fe-fi-fo-fum Panto cast land in Brum

Jack and the Beanstalk cast members came together for the first time yesterday (Wednesday 20 September) to launch this year’s spectacular pantomime at Birmingham Hippodrome. The cast took a trip to Birmingham Botanical Gardens where they had some fe-fi-fo-fun getting to know each other ahead of…

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Shakespeare’s First Folio at Bullring Birmingham

Birmingham’s First Folio’s unprecedented tour as part of the ‘Everything to Everybody’ Project culminates in a day of Shakespearean celebration at Bullring & Grand Central. The First Folio – belonging to all residents of Birmingham – will be unveiled on the day by Project Patron, actor and director…

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Autumn at Castle Bromwich Hall Gardens

Did you know we open all year round - more or less. Why would we close when we’d be depriving you of the beautiful colours of autumn, the wonderful sunsets, the dew-spangled spider webs and the (finally) ripening apples and pumpkins?! The summer, with notable exceptions, has been mostly a washout…

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