LIVING THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG CRASHES INTO THE ALEXANDRA THEATRE If you haven’t seen the Olivier Awardwinning box office hit, The Play That Goes Wrong, then make sure you catch it as it stops of on tour at Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre from the 16th May. The play features the (fictional) Cornley Drama Society who are putting on a 1920s murder mystery, but as the title suggests, everything that can go wrong… does! As the accident prone thesps battle against all the odds to reach their final curtain call, hilarious results ensue! It is genuinely, side splittingly funny – and couldn’t we all do with a good laugh right now? Tickets at atgtickets.com/birmingham
RETURN OF BIRMINGHAM WINE WEEKEND THIS APRIL
SUPPORT NEEDED FOR AIDS & HIV MEMORIAL Back for the first time in two years, Birmingham Wine Weekend (BWW) is gearing up to take over the city again this April. In a bid to make up for lost time, the festival is returning with more venues, days, and wines than ever before; and even features a brand new app, to make this reallife event doubly immersive. BWW will be running for a full week in 2022 from 4 to 10 April, meaning participants are set to enjoy extended access to exclusive festival wines, events and offers. Festival-goers can purchase their £10 e-ticket from today, giving them access to each venue’s festival wines. Venues will all present two of the following: a specially selected wine for £5 per glass; or a wine and canapé pairing for £7. What’s more, a selection of hand picked venues will offer premium wine flights, taking the wine discovery journey to new heights. Added to this, the Birmingham Wine Weekend experience will include a curated line-up of special events, and dining options exclusively for festival-goers.
In a festival first, this year e-tickets will grant access to the brand-new BWW App, which is where each festival-goer will find their Wine Pass: a personalised digital wine passport for the week. The Wine Pass is the key to unlocking the festival. This year the line up features close to 30 hand-picked venues– the most in the festival’s history – giving both those who know a little about wine and those that know a lot the opportunity to discover the city one glass at a time, via Birmingham’s best venues. BWW begins on Monday 4 April and will run through until the last venues close on Sunday 10 April. Wine Passes will be valid for the entire week, enabling attendees to dip in and out of the festival as they please or take advantage of the entire seven days. Tickets are now on sale and can be purchased via the Birmingham Wine Weekend website: birminghamwineweekend.co.uk
Following the announcement of the Birmingham AIDS & HIV Memorial (BAHM) last year, the project is now in search for businesses and individuals across the region to help raise funds for the completion of the memorial. With the help and generosity of those across Birmingham and beyond, the team behind the memorial hope that they can reach their target of £218,000. The memorial itself will be part of the newly developed Hippodrome Square. Fabricated by local known talented sculptor Luke Perry, it will be made of weathering steel, with heartshaped red ribbons representing two figures entwined, as if embracing and supporting each other. The ribbons represent the dual entities of HIV and AIDS: the past and the future and symbolises remembrance of those we have lost to AIDS, whilst simultaneously celebrating those who are now able to live with HIV today. The monument will also serve as a reminder of the work that still needs to be done to educate; helping end both stigma and discrimination. To get involved further, or to pledge visit the website at: www.bahm.co.uk
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