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WHAT: Birmingham Heritage Week with the BRB WHEN: 20 September WHERE: Aston Hall,
AS WE RETURN TO SOME KIND OF NORMALITY, LOCKDOWN RESTRICTIONS ARE
www.birminghammuseums.org.uk Celebrate Birmingham Heritage Week with
EASING AND WE’RE EVEN SEEING SOME INDOOR THEATRE, MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE VENUES ABLE TO REOPEN WITH SOCIALLY DISTANCED AUDIENCES. HERE’S A ROUND-UP OF A FEW THINGS THAT MAY TICKLE YOUR FANCY, BOTH LIVE AND VIRTUAL… BUT PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL ARE SUBJECT TO LAST-MINUTE
a visit to this magnificent 17th century mansion and also meet staff from Birmingham Royal Ballet. The BRB is breaking the stereotypes and bringing ballet into the communities. Learn that ballet isn’t
CHANGES OR CANCELLATION.
posh, it’s not just for girls and theatres aren’t scary places. Ballet is for everyone. What better way to find out about dance, costumes and how dancers train.
WHAT: Birmingham Comedy Festival WHEN: 2 to 11 October WHERE: Various, www.bhamcomfest.co.uk With a bit of luck, the annual 10-day city-wide, mirth-filled extravaganza is set to return celebrating a wonderful mix of big comedy names with emerging talent. Featuring dozens of great performances with theatre, improv’, film… and much more.
WHAT: The Social Cheese Fest WHEN: 5 and 6 September WHERE: The Bond, Digbeth via Facebook The first socially distanced version of the city’s annual Cheese Festival is in town with some of the cheesiest street food traders in tow, including Patty Freaks, Yardbirds, Paneer Wrap Street Food Company and Urban Cheesecake. There’s also drinks, live music, talks and much more. Pre-booking essential.
WHAT: Virtual open day – Strensham WHEN: 13 September WHERE: Midlands Air Ambulance Facebook page, facebook.com/MidlandsAirAmbulance Following the success of this year’s Tatenhill airbase open day going virtual, Midlands Air Ambulance has decided to take its Strensham airbase open day online, too. Supporters can expect to experience a virtual tour of the base and helicopter aircraft, live Q&A interviews and an aircrew demonstration of how they tend to an incident scene.
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