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Catherine Lockhart
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Writer, author and poet; published in Night Time Economy and Body Odyssey.
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Tickets to Fiddler on the Roof at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham: prf.hn/l/0eQVVG1/ (Affiliate link supports Midlands Rainbow)
Production photo. Review quote reads: "Raising the roof both figuratively and literally, Fiddler on the Roof deserves a resounding ‘mazel tov’" - Midlands Rainbow. There are five stars, rating the show. Production photo of the Fiddler ‘bottles’ dance by Marc Brenner Production photo - Roman Lytwyniw (The Fiddler), Matthew Woodyatt (Tevye). Credit - Johan Persson Production photo by Marc Brenner
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Review: Fiddler on the Roof at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

#FiddlerOnTheRoof #PressReview #Musical #QueerMedia #TheatreShows

Production photos by Johan Persson/Marc Brenner

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Review: Fiddler on the Roof at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Following a completely sold-out run at The Barbican, London, the three-time Olivier Award-winning production, Fiddler on the Roof, plays at Birmingham’s Alexandra Theatre for four weeks, direct from t...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Midlands Rainbow recommends: 2026 Shows
#TheatreRecs #Musicals #Drag #Cabaret #GiftIdeas

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Midlands Rainbow recommends: 2026 Shows
2026 is fast approaching, and with it comes a new year of great productions in Birmingham and across the Midlands. We've picked just a few of our favourites in theatre, dance, musicals, drag and cabar...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Review: Sleeping Beauty at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

#TheatreReview #Panto #Pantomime #SleepingBeauty #Wolverhampton #WolvesGrandPanto #PressReview #QueerMedia #DannyBeard #Drag

Production photos Alex Styles & Tyler Whiting

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Review: Sleeping Beauty at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
Following annual tradition, panto season is back in full swing in Wolverhampton with this year’s production at the Grand Theatre, Sleeping Beauty.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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La Voix to join cast of Annie tour coming to Birmingham

#Annie #Musical #LaVoix #DragQueen #Birmingham

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La Voix to join cast of Annie tour coming to Birmingham
Drag star, La Voix, has been announced in exciting new casting for the UK tour of the hit musical, Annie. La Voix (the drag persona of Christopher Dennis) will play Miss Hannigan across several venues...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Review: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas at The Rep, Birmingham

#TheatreReview #PressReview #SherlockHolmes #ChristmasShow #QueerMedia #Birmingham #BirminghamRep #BirminghamTheatre #SherlockChristmas

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Review: Sherlock Holmes and the 12 Days of Christmas at The Rep, Birmingham
The world premiere of Sherlock and the 12 Days of Christmas plays at The Rep Theatre, Birmingham this festive season. Penned by Fringe-favourites and the writers behind The Penny Dreadfuls, Humphrey K...
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November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Birmingham-based artists join forces to centre real stories of HIV

#HIV #WorldAIDSDay #WAD2025 #LivingWithHIV #UEqualsU #EndTheStigma #LGBTQBirmingham #HIVMemorial #TheRibbons #Birmingham #QueerMedia #BirminghamCreatives #BirminghamArtists

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Birmingham-based artists join forces to centre real stories of HIV
Birmingham creatives are joining forces to give voice to people living with HIV, centring stories of hope for the future as they mark this year’s World AIDS Day held on 1st December.
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November 12, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Review: Starter For Ten at The Rep, Birmingham.

#Musical #PressReview #TheatreReview #StarterForTen #MusicalReview #BirminghamRep #TheRepBirmingham #BirminghamTheatre #Entertainment #NewMusicals

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Review: Starter For Ten at The Rep, Birmingham
Based on the novel by David Nicholls and the film of the same name, Starter for Ten is a new coming-of-age comedy musical set in the colourfully bright 80s.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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Review: Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho at The Rep, Birmingham.

#Theatre #TheatreReview #BirminghamRep #PressReview #Section28 #LGBTQRights #Cabaret #Eighties #Disco #MagaretThatcher #QueerMedia

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Review: Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho at The Rep, Birmingham
Created by Olivier Award winner Jon Brittain and Matt Tedford, Margaret Thatcher – Queen of Soho imagines a world in which, on the eve of the vote on Section 28, Prime Minister Maggie Thatcher gets lo...
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October 25, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Beverley Knight and Sharon Rose to reprise their roles in tour of Sylvia, the Olivier-nominated musical

#Sylvia #Musical #MusicalTour #BerverleyKnight #LeicesterCurve #BirminghamHippodrome #Theate #Suffragette

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Beverley Knight and Sharon Rose to reprise their roles in tour of Sylvia, the Olivier-nominated musical
Wolverhampton-born singer, songwriter and performer, Beverley Knight MBE will reprise her Olivier Award-winning role as Emmeline Pankhurst, alongside alongside Sharon Rose as the title character, Sylv...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Our crowdfunder for Up//Roar poems of Queer Resistance is live! This anthology of #LGBTQ+ #poems will be edited by Cherry Potts and Jeremy Dixon (Hazard Press). Help get our tiger roaring! submissions (UK/RoI only) still open til 1st nov www.crowdfunder.co.uk/uproar-poems-of-queer-resistance
cartoony tiger face head-on, in shades of pink and yellow looks a bit sad. words read Up//Roar Poems of Queer Resistance
October 21, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Book Review: Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley

#LGBTQBooks #QueerBooks #ComingOfAge #BookReview #QueerMedia #YANovel #YABook #YAQueerBooks #YALiterature #QueerLit #DebutNovel #Nottingham #Notts #Bisexual #Gay #Lesbian

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Book Review: Tart by Becki Jayne Crossley
Becki Jayne Crossley’s début novel, Tart, is a queer coming-of-age, friends-to-lovers story set in small British village where everyone knows everyone, and gossip is hard to avoid.
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October 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Review: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre

#FRIENDS #Musical #Parody #Wolverhampton #WolvesGrand #Theatre #TheatreReview #PressReview #MusicalReview #FRIENDSTheMusicalParody

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Review: FRIENDS! The Musical Parody at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
From the producer of hit musical, Hairspray, and the director of The Full Monty, FRIENDS!: The Musical parody is ‘The One Where They All Sing’, offering a new take on the 1990s sitcom with an entirely...
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October 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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World AIDS Day Flash Mob to be held in Birmingham

#HIV #WorldAIDSDay #Dance #Dancer #Dancing #FlashMob #EventsBirmingham #QueerMedia #UEqualsU #LGBTQBirmingham #HIVMemorial #TheRibbons

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World AIDS Day Flash Mob to be held in Birmingham
Art Thou Ok Bab's Project +1 Positively Me in partnership with Saving Lives Charity are presenting a World AIDS Day Flash Mob in 2025, as part of activities marking the designated day that aims to rai...
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October 13, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Review: The Party Girls at The Rep, Birmingham

#ThePartyGirls #MitfordSisters #Mitfords #PressReview #TheatreReview #RepBirmingham #Play #Theatre #QueerMedia

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Review: The Party Girls at The Rep, Birmingham
Amy Rosenthal’s The Party Girls is a timely new play that explores the true story of the Mitford sisters; an infamous high society family divided by political extremism.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Interview: Ell Potter, the gender-fluid actor taking on the role of Unity Mitford in The Party Girls

#ThePartyGirls #MitfordSisters #Mitfords #PressReview #TheatreReview #RepBirmingham #Play #Theatre #QueerMedia

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Interview: Ell Potter, the gender-fluid actor taking on the role of Unity Mitford in The Party Girls
Gender-fluid actor, Ell Potter is currently taking on the role of the infamous, fascist Mitford sister, Unity, in Amy Rosenthal’s play The Party Girls, running at Birmingham’s Rep Theatre until 11th O...
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October 6, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Review: Cirque Éloize: iD Reloaded at Wolverhampton Grand

#PressReview #WolverhamptonGrand #Cirque #CirqueÉloize #CirqueEloize #Circus #Dance #Dancing #Theatre #Show #QueerMedia

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Production photos: Caroline Thibault
Cirque Eloize iD Reloaded, photo 202 Caroline Thibault. The review quote reads:  A spectacle of movement and soaring stunts. Four stars show the review rating.  Chinese Pole Trial bike Cyr
October 4, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Review: Surinderella at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre.

#Surinderella #TheatreReview #WolvesGrand #Review #PressReview #QueerMedia

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Review: Surinderella at Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
The well-trodden fairy tale of Cinderella meets Bollywood blockbusters in the modern, vibrant, and exciting re-telling of Surinderella, directed by Ameet Channa with music and songs from PBN.
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September 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Review: The Bodyguard at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham

#Review #PressReview #TheBodyguard #Musical #QueerMedia #AlexandraThatre #Birmingham #TheatreBirmingham #WhineyHouston

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Review: The Bodyguard at The Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
Based on the hit film of the same name, The Bodyguard Musical is a romantic thriller featuring the irresistible music of the great Whitney Houston. Starring international leading lady Sidonie Smith as...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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In Scottish Gaelic folklore, the Northern Lights are known as the Na Fir-Chlis – 'the Nimble Men', this beautiful poem from 'Wain', reimagines them as queer men dancing together in the skies above 💙💚🩵💜
Photo of the poem taken from Wain
September 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Review: Calamity Jane at Wolverhampton Grand

#CalamityJane #Musical #WolverhamptonGrand #CarrieHopeFletcher #TheatreReview #MusicalReview #PressReview #QueerMedia

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Review: Calamity Jane at Wolverhampton Grand
The whip-cracking classic comedy musical, Calamity Jane, based on the much-loved movie of the same name has ridden over the rolling plains to Wolverhampton’s Grand Theatre. Starring the multi-award-wi...
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September 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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International Day of Birmingham returns for 2025

#JoeLycett #Birmingham #InternationalDayOfBirmingham #UnitedStatesOfBirmingham #QueerMedia

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International Day of Birmingham returns for 2025
Joe Lycett’s celebration of all things Brummie, the International Day of Birmingham, is returning for its second year in 2025.
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September 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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New exhibition celebrates Coventry's LGBTQ+ community

#Coventry #Exhibition #QueerMedia #TheYard #Photos #Photography #Art #Photographer #CoventryPride #TransPride #QueerLives #LGBTQCommunity

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New exhibition celebrates Coventry's LGBTQ+ community
A new exhibition, ‘Queer Without Fear: Pride in Who We Are’, which has opened at The Yard, Coventry, celebrates the city’s LGBTQ+ community and history.
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September 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Coventry’s Viola joins Drag Race UK cast

#RuPaulsDragRace #DragRaceUK #DRUK #DragQueen #Drag #Viola #Coventry #MeetTheQueens #QueerMedia

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Coventry’s Viola joins Drag Race UK cast
The cast for series 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK has been announced and among them is Coventry’s own Viola.
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August 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Book Review: Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian. A queer coming-of-age novel set in New York City during the height of the HIV pandemic

#BookReview #LGBTQBooks #YALiterature #YABooks #QueerBooks #ComingOfAge #Reading #QueerMedia #ACTUP #HIV #Madonna

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Book Review: Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian
Like a Love Story by Abdi Nazemian is a queer coming-of-age set in New York City during the height of the HIV pandemic.
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August 25, 2025 at 2:56 PM