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CBSO win South Bank Show award
29 January 2010The City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra flew the flag for Birmingham on Tuesday 26 January, scooping the Classical Music Award at the South Bank Show’s 14th and last ever Awards. The...... Continue reading
Birmingham hippodrome welcomes the year of the tiger Chinese New Year celebrations: Sunday 14 February
29 January 2010Birmingham Hippodrome will be the second main performance venue for this year’s Birmingham’s Chinese New Year celebrations, sponsored by Lebara Mobile, it was announced today. The...... Continue reading
Public favours Birmingham Airport over Heathrow's third runway
28 January 2010• Only one in four people think Heathrow’s third runway should be built• Two thirds of people would travel two hours from London to use another airport • High speed rail will make...... Continue reading
Edgbaston - Grand Marquee to Arrive in March
28 January 2010Edgbaston - Grand Marquee to Arrive in March
Warwickshire are pleased to announce that from 1st March 2010, to replace the old Pavilion Suite, there will be a state of the art facility on-site at...... Continue reading
Legendary US singer Tony Bennett is to appear at Symphony Hall Birmingham
26 January 2010Legendary US singer Tony Bennett is to appear at Symphony Hall Birmingham on Saturday 3 July, as part of an intimate five date UK and Ireland tour. Early on in his career Bennett worked as a singing...... Continue reading
Crowded House announce full UK tour for Summer 2010
26 January 2010Crowded House announce full UK tour for Summer 2010
London 26th January 2010 – Crowded House have today announced that they will be returning to the UK in May/June this year for a nationwide...... Continue reading
Birmingham Hippodrome wins environmental award.
26 January 2010Birmingham Hippodrome wins environmental award.
It is the first theatre in UK to be listed on QA register.
Birmingham Hippodrome, the most visited theatre in the UK, has recently won an...... Continue reading
Drayton Manor Theme Park recruits for 2010 season
26 January 2010Drayton Manor Theme Park recruits for 2010 seasonThe award-winning Drayton Manor Theme Park is holding a Recruitment Day on Sunday 7th February.The attraction, located near Tamworth, is looking to...... Continue reading
Flatpack Festival flies the flag for Birmingham at international film festival
26 January 2010Flatpack Festival flies the flag for Birmingham at international film festival
Flatpack Festival has been invited to present work as part of the 39th International Film Festival Rotterdam, which...... Continue reading
Moseley Rugby Club - Planning for New Stand 2010
25 January 2010MOSELEY RUGBY CLUBBillesley CommonYardley Wood RoadBirmingham B13 0PT0121 443 3631 www.moseleyrugby.co.uk info@moseleyrugby.co.uk
“Moseley given go-ahead for 5,000 seat stand”Moseley...... Continue reading
The Oriental to celebrate the year of the tiger
25 January 2010The Oriental to celebrate the year of the tigerThe Oriental Bar and Restaurant in the Mailbox will be celebrating the Chinese New Year in February to herald the arrival of the Tiger.According to the...... Continue reading
Great British Eatery crowned 3rd best chippy in the UK
25 January 2010Great British Eatery crowned 3rd best chippy in the UK
A Midlands fish and chip shop has been crowned the 3rd best fish and chip shop in the UK at the national Fish & Chip Shop of the Year...... Continue reading
etc.venues Birmingham named UK’s No. 1 venue.
25 January 2010etc.venues Birmingham named UK’s No. 1 venue.
etc.venues Maple House venue in Birmingham, has been crowned No. 1 conference venue in the UK in terms of service by the Business Development...... Continue reading
Avatar spells out-of-this world success for IMAX
22 January 2010Avatar 3D has now broken all previous box office records to become the highest grossing film, ever shown at IMAX Cinema, Birmingham. As of Monday 18 January, the film grossed over £350,000 with...... Continue reading
B'ham restaurant awaits first plaice in national chippy contest
19 January 2010B'ham restaurant awaits first plaice in national chippy contest
Birmingham’s Great British Eatery (GBE) could be crowned National Fish & Chip Shop of the Year this week. The...... Continue reading
Heritage Motor Centre announces radical artist ‘Ian Cook’ as artist in residence
19 January 2010Heritage Motor Centre announces radical artist ‘Ian Cook’ as artist in residence
The Heritage Motor Centre is delighted to announce that radical artist, Ian Cook, infamous for using...... Continue reading
How Birmingham Changed the History of the World
18 January 2010How Birmingham Changed the History of the World
The fascinating story of how a company of wire makers from Yardley in Birmingham helped to connect Europe and America and revolutionise...... Continue reading
Matthew Bourne's multi-award winning Swan Lake returns to Birmingham Hippodrome
18 January 2010Matthew Bourne’s multi-award winningSwan Lake returns to Birmingham Hippodrome
Premiering at Sadler’s Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne’s triumphant modern re-interpretation of Swan...... Continue reading
Loves Restaurant triumph with three AA Rosettes
18 January 2010Loves Restaurant triumph with three AA RosettesThe AA has announced the latest additions to its restaurant awards, with Birmingham’s newest fine dining restaurant winning three AA rosettes after...... Continue reading
Tin Tin Returns!
13 January 2010Brindleyplace’s legendary Tin Tin Chinese Restaurant has reopened under new management and with a fantastic new menu.The restaurant, which closed last year, has been rescued by its original...... Continue reading
Mohammed Ali’s WRITING ON THE WALL
13 January 2010Birmingham’s award-winning aerosol artist Mohammed Ali and a group of leading international poets will present Writing On The Wall at Birmingham Repertory Theatre on Thursday 21 January. This...... Continue reading
Birmingham restaurant Lasan wins Gordon Ramsay's F Word final
13 January 2010The Jewellery Quarter-based restaurant, beat off competition from 10,000 restaurants to be crowned Britain’s Best Local Restaurant in Channel 4’s F Word programme.Head chef Aktar Islam and...... Continue reading
Building work begins on £193m city library
13 January 2010Birmingham City Council Leader of the Council Mike Whitby has launched the building work on the new £193 million Library of Birmingham.Leader Mike Whitby said: “This marks the start of an...... Continue reading
Victoria Beckham remark inspires warm-hearted play - Cling To Me Like Ivy at Birmingham Rep this Spring
12 January 2010WORLD PREMIERECLING TO ME LIKE IVYBy Samantha EllisDirected by Sarah EsdaileThursday 11 – Saturday 27 February 2010Press Night: Monday 15 February 7.00pmCling To Me Like Ivy receives its world...... Continue reading
Orchestra plays on despite the effects of the big chill
12 January 2010Musicians of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra are being forced to take extra precautions to protect themselves and their instruments from current freezing conditions.
The precious...... Continue reading
Machine envy exhibition
11 January 2010MACHINE ENVY: January 11 - March 20 2010MACHINE ENVY an online exhibition by photographer and film maker Pogus Caesar, featuring 24 colour photographs taken at MOTOR SHOW LIVE 2004, NEC, Birmingham,...... Continue reading
Paul Bassi has been awarded a CBE in the New Year's Honours List
11 January 2010Mr Bassi has been given the honour in recognition for his services to business and the community in the West Midlands. Mr Bassi is the current president of the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and his...... Continue reading
The greatest drum & bass show on planet earth is back!
07 January 2010The National Drum and Bass Awards 2010 take place on Saturday 27 February and are bigger, better and bolder than ever before!Supported by Birmingham City Council, the awards are welcoming back both...... Continue reading
New Comedy Club to Open on Broad Street
04 January 2010- ‘Famous for Comedy’ opens on former Jongleurs site -From Friday 8th January 2010, Jongleurs Comedy Club shows on Broad Street will be re-launched as ‘Famous for Comedy’,...... Continue reading
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