SHOUT Festival to return in November

SHOUT Festival, Birmingham’s annual festival of queer art and culture, which “celebrates and platforms the work of LGBTQ+ artists and communities”, is returning in 2021 from November 5 until November 28.

This year’s line-up includes a variety of events held in spaces and venues across Birmingham and the West Midlands, plus some events still available online, as they were last year, during the pandemic.

There are crafting sessions at the Birmingham LGBT Centre, the Glee Club will play host to a comedy line-up, while at the Midlands Art Centre, Greg Homann will share extracts from his upcoming, new verbatim-based theatre work In Our Skin that highlights the experiences of gay men in Birmingham and Johannesburg, South Africa.

SHOUT’s line-up will also feature art and photography exhibitions, musicals and other shows, and even see the return of Birmingham’s Vogue Ball.

For the full line-up and to book tickets, visit www.shoutfestival.co.uk/shoutfestival-2021/. Many of the events on offer are free but you may still need to book.