Having just been nominated for a Grammy Award for Best American Roots Performance for his song ‘Oh Betty’, Fantastic Negrito (real name Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz)  today announces a special tour which focuses upon his acclaimed multi-genre  album/film project ‘White Jesus Black Problems’. The tour offers fans the first opportunity to see the film on the big screen, and each show will also include a short solo acoustic live performance and a Q&A.

Birmingham-born piano virtuoso Reuben James releases his first ever collection of solo recordings with Piano Love 1, a 5-track EP featuring a selection of music recorded at his home studio in south-east London. 

Based around the themes and emotional impact of love, James invites us into his home to sit around his piano for the most intimate of recitals.

In Spring next year, families can experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World Live (Fri 24 – Sun 26 Mar 2023) in a roarsome interactive show, exploring uncharted territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs.

Birmingham Royal Ballet’s new season will include their Summer Triple Bill (Thu 8 – Sat 10 Jun 2023), which will see the return of David Bintley’s ‘Still Life’ at the Penguin Café, alongside Balanchine’s Apollo and Juliano Nunes’s Interlinked which was premiered as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival earlier this year.

Birmingham Rep have released new production shots from Nativity! The Musical, which continues performances at the venue until Sat 7 Jan 2023.

Nativity! The Musical returns home to The Rep after a smash-hit run of touring the UK and playing in London’s West End since its world premiere at The Rep in 2017.

Jyoti Bhatt was among the early students of one of the first art schools set up after India's Independence in 1947.

Born in the western state of Gujarat in 1934, Bhatt documented rural Indian culture and captured the traditional ways of life and craftsmanship that are at risk of vanishing.

Following the recent death of Gerry Anderson, a partner in the Hawkeye record shop, in the north-west London borough of Brent, a community event in the area set for this Friday is to be dedicated to the life of the veteran retailer.

Anderson and his business partner, Roy 'Hawkeye' Forbes-Allen, opened the record shop in Craven Park Road in 1977.