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Queer Staffordshire comedian, Josh Reynolds, nominated for comedy award

Queer Staffordshire comedian, Josh Reynolds, nominated for comedy award

Josh Reynolds, a regular guest at Queer as Joke events in Birmingham, has been nominated for the Breaking Talent Award 2023 at this year’s Birmingham Comedy Festival. Raised “all over Staffordshire”, Reynolds currently lives in Newcastle-Under-Lyme, and their stand-up début was a five-minute spot al

Second series of Joe Lycett’s ‘Late Night Lycett’ commissioned by Channel 4

Second series of Joe Lycett’s ‘Late Night Lycett’ commissioned by Channel 4

Comedian Joe Lycett’s mischievous live entertainment show, Late Night Lycett, which broadcast from Birmingham, has been recommissioned for a second series. In series one, Joe combined some of the biggest names in show-business – including Dame Joan Collins, Dame Joanna Lumley, Richard E. Grant, Munr

Birmingham Pride and West Midlands Police announce new hate crime reporting partnership

Birmingham Pride and West Midlands Police announce new hate crime reporting partnership

The Loft bar will become a hub where those who have experienced or witnesses a hate crime can report the incident.

Deirdre O’Halloran to join Birmingham Hippodrome as Head of New Musical Theatre

Deirdre O’Halloran to join Birmingham Hippodrome as Head of New Musical Theatre

Birmingham Hippodrome has announced that Deirdre O’Halloran will be joining them as the Head of New Musical Theatre. The first UK venue to launch an in-house department dedicated to musical theatre, O’Halloran will head the Birmingham Hippodrome’s development of new musicals for the West Midlands.

Fierce Festival appoints new artistic director

Fierce Festival appoints new artistic director

Clayton Lee will be joining Fierce Festival’s team as the new artistic director after Aaron Wright left in the spring to become Head of Performance and Dance at the Southbank Centre, London.

Memorial quilt for Terry Higgins – the UK’s first named person to die from AIDS-related illnesses – unveiled at The Festival of Quilts

Memorial quilt for Terry Higgins – the UK’s first named person to die from AIDS-related illnesses – unveiled at The Festival of Quilts

A new memorial quilt paying tribute to Terrence (Terry) Higgins – the UK’s first named person to die of AIDS-related illnesses – is to be revealed today (Thursday, August 3) for the very first time at The Festival of Quilts in Birmingham’s NEC – four decades on from his death.

Director of Birmingham LGBT receives honorary doctorate from Aston University

Director of Birmingham LGBT receives honorary doctorate from Aston University

Aston University has awarded the director of Birmingham LGBT, Steph Keeble, an honorary doctorate in business administration (DBA) for her exceptional contributions to education, social justice and the advancement of learning.

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