It’s almost Gin-gle bells time and That Gin and Cocktail Bar is the perfect place to visit for your Christmas catch-up with your mates. ๐ง๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป & ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ is located on Swan Street in Warwick and is the perfect place to head to if you like a tipple or two… or five (we are…
Beauty and the Beast at The Old Rep
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ “๐๐’๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐, ๐ถ๐’๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐น” – Small House Big Trips The students of Birmingham Ormiston Academy and Director Alec Fellows-Bennett have done it yet again, bringing yet another ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐๐น๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ to The Old Rep Theatre in Birmingham, for families this Christmas. A re-imagined version of Beauty and the Beast with original score (I…
Saturday Night Fever
โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Impressive choreography performed by a talented cast filled to the brim of stamina and sex appeal. Forget Saturday Night Fever, last night I had Tuesday Night heart palpitations. Sat in the stalls, transfixed at the calibre of dancing on the stage. The audience drooling over Jack Wilcox, playing the role of Tony Manero and…
Twycross Zoo Competition
Families are invited to enjoy an unforgettable winter experience and step into an all-new Alpine Adventure at Twycross Zoo this December. Promising festive fun for all the family, from Saturday 17 December โ Tuesday 3 January, visitors to the Zoo will be transported to the snowy peaks of the Himalayan mountains, the wild habitat of…
Where to get your Christmas Tree, Midlands
Wondering where to go this year to get your ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ? Let us help you with our Midlands Guide to the best places to get your Christmas Tree in 2022. Firstly, you could head to a ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ. Often called a plantation. These are where you get to choose your tree straight from the…
Noughts and Crosses โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
International Touring Theatre Company, Pilot Theatre deserve huge kudos for this gripping, emotional and raw adaptation of Malorie Blackmans young adult novel by Sabrina Mahfouz. A captivating story of a segregated society where the white-skinned people ‘the Noughts’ and the dark-skinned people, ‘the Crosses’ have different rights and power. A society where Capital Punishment exists,…
The Mailbox at Christmas
It is coming up to the most wonderful time of the year and Birmingham’s iconic Mailbox is ready for the festive season. I headed along yesterday to explore and wanted to share my experience with you to inspire you to visit this Christmas Time. As you enter the Mailbox you are greeted with twinkly Christmas…
Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
“This one got me hooked” – Small House Big Trips Bilston Operatic Company, an award winning musical theatre company, are gracing the stage of Wolverhampton Grand Theatre this week (until Saturday 12th November 2022) performing everyone’s favourite childhood story, Peter Pan. A stage show for all of the family. I headed along this evening to…
The Shawshank Redemption
ExCELLent! It would be a crime to not see this show whilst it is at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham. โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Based on the short novel by Stephen King, Adapted by Owen OโNeill and Dave Johns and Directed by David Esbjornson, The Shawshank Redemption tells a story of perseverance and patience within a maximum-security penitentiary over…
BBC Good Food Show Winter Competition
Win a festive day out to this yearโs BBC Good Food Show Winter. Kicking off the most wonderful time of the year, the BBC Good Food Show Winter will return to Birminghamโs NEC for four fabulous food-filled days from Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th November 2022. Packed with the nationโs favourite chefs, festive fun and…