God Knows is one of the founders of Ireland’s most prolific and exciting labels, narolane records. As a collective, narolane’s creative output conveys their ethos with surety, authenticity and unapologetic ambition.

That ethos is to be true to what is right, what is excellent and what is unexpected. This commitment to excellence has caught the attention of a range of influential media, with NME, The Guardian, BBC, The FADER, VICE, NPR, The Irish Times, RTÉ, The New York Times and France 24 all turning their attention to this revolutionary collective.

As well as announcing the full cast and creative team for the highly anticipated, brand new musical, What’s New Pussycat?, The REP has also released an exclusive first look video and images of the cast in rehearsals.

Inspired by the novel The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling, this romantic musical comedy reimagines Fielding’s classic tale in London’s swinging sixties and sets the story to the iconic hit music of Sir Tom Jones. 

The Wandering Hearts have released their long-awaited self-titled second album, alongside a new video for ‘On Our Way’.

Rich with beautifully crafted vocal harmonies, rootsy rock reflection and folk-tinged songwriting, the album is the culmination of a long journey during which the entire world changed. The project started in 2019 with writing sessions in their studio in Hackney, before they headed to the Catskills for recording with producers Simone Felice (Jade Bird, The Lumineers) and David Baron.

Multi-platinum pop/hip-hop maverick Bryce Vine shares a new single and music video entitled “Miss You A Little” [feat. lovelytheband]. Teaming up with platinum Los Angeles trio lovelytheband for the first time, the track glides atop a glitchy beat wrapped in airy guitars, fusing alternative, hip-hop, and pop seamlessly.

Meanwhile, Bryce’s confessional verses give way to a hypnotic high register hook, “I miss you a little—all of the time.” The accompanying visual takes a trippy Alice In Wonderland-style turn down a literal rabbit hole. After meeting up for a picnic, Bryce and his female co-star plunge into another world where everything may not be as it seems.

After a year online, Birmingham Comedy Festival is back in the room for 2021.

Running from Friday 1 to Sunday 10 October 2021, the popular arts festival features over 40 shows, from big name acts, to emerging newcomers.

A Midlands-based businessman who inadvertently became a global mentor to furloughed recruiters during lockdown, has published a book aimed at helping people get ahead in their careers. Steve Guest, Managing Director of Walsall-based S Guest Consulting Services Ltd – a specialist recruitment business for the construction sector – spent almost 70 hours on Zoom calls, mentoring people in 28 countries.

He made the offer of providing one-to-one advice when parts of the sector almost ground to a halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic. During the calls, he discovered recruiters the world over felt fear and said their careers were at a dangerous precipice because they were furloughed, had lost their jobs or had no income because they were commission only.