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Birmingham Cover August 2018.Qxp Birmingham Cover 23/07/2018 12:48 Page 1 Birmingham Cover August 2018.qxp_Birmingham Cover 23/07/2018 12:48 Page 1 JOHN GRANT PLAYS Your FREE essential entertainment guide for the Midlands SYMPHONY HALL BIRMINGHAM WHAT’S ON AUGUST 2018 AUGUST ON WHAT’S BIRMINGHAM Birmingham ISSUE 392 AUGUST 2018 ’ WhatFILM I COMEDY I THEATRE I GIGS I VISUAL ARTS I EVENTSs I FOOD Onbirminghamwhatson.co.uk PART OF WHAT’S ON MEDIA GROUP GROUP MEDIA ON WHAT’S OF PART inside: Yourthe 16-pagelist week by week listings guide smash-hitMATILDA... musical continues at Birmingham Hippodrome TWITTER: @WHATSONBRUM TWITTER: @WHATSONBRUM brotherhoodORBITAL of love in Brum interview inside... FACEBOOK: @WHATSONBIRMINGHAM FACEBOOK: SIMMER DOWN family-friendly festival returns to Handsworth Park BIRMINGHAMWHATSON.CO.UK Tudor World Ghost Tours F/P August 2018.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2018 15:52 Page 1 Contents August Birmingham.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2018 12:40 Page 2 August 2018 Contents The Comedy About A Bank Robbery - hit West Ender visits The REP... feature on page 8 John Grant Matilda The Musical Insomnia63 the list takes a stand at Birmingham’s continues to delight audiences four days of video gaming Your 16-page Symphony Hall at Birmingham Hippodrome at Birmingham’s NEC week-by-week listings guide page 15 page 26 page 43 page 51 inside: 4. First Word 11. Food 15. Music 19. Festivals 26. Theatre 35. Film 38. Visual Arts 43. Events @whatsonbrum fb.com/whatsonbirmingham @whatsonmediagroup Birmingham What’s On Magazine Birmingham What’s On Magazine What’s On Media Group Managing Director: Davina Evans [email protected] 01743 281708 ’ Sales & Marketing: Lei Woodhouse [email protected] 01743 281703 Chris Horton [email protected] 01743 281704 WhatsOn Editorial: Lauren Foster [email protected] 01743 281707 Brian O’Faolain [email protected] 01743 281701 MEDIA GROUP Sue Jones [email protected] 01743 281705 Abi Whitehouse [email protected] 01743 281716 Lauren Cole [email protected] Ellie Hutchings [email protected] Adrian Parker [email protected] 01743 281714 Contributors: Graham Bostock, James Cameron-Wilson, Heather Kincaid, Katherine Ewing, Jenny Ell, Jack Rolfe, Elly Yates-Roberts Publisher and CEO: Martin Monahan Accounts Administrator: Julia Perry [email protected] 01743 281717 This publication is printed on paper from a sustainable source and is produced without the use of elemental chlorine. We endorse the recycling of our magazine and would encourage you to pass it on to others to read when you have finished with it. All works appearing in this publication are copyright. It is to be assumed that the copyright for material rests with the magazine unless otherwise stated. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in an electronic system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recording or otherwise, without the prior knowledge and consent of the publishers. First Word Birmingham August.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2018 15:58 Page 1 Entertainment news from around the region From script to stage for Benidorm’s writer! The writer of hit TV series Benidorm is to star in the stage version of the show when it visits Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre over the Christmas period. Derren Litten will play the role of Derek dur- ing Benidorm Live’s second-city stop-off (3 - 29 December). Commenting on the news, Derren said: “I’m so excited to be joining the cast in Birming- ham this Christmas. It’s been 25 years since I’ve been on a stage, so I guess you could say I’m back by popular demand! I won’t lie, I’m pretty scared at the prospect of acting and singing in such an amazing theatre, but if I get nervous and forget my lines, I’ll just say it was a last-minute rewrite!” NEC Group ‘makes it social’ Fancy an evening in the of the festival is focusing on raising aware- ness of homelessness in the city, via a collab- NEC Group Arenas and their official box of- company of Peter Andre? oration with the charity Crisis. fice, The Ticket Factory, have teamed up with For more information, visit thsh.co.uk Edinburgh-based start-up ‘make it social’ to offer customers a simple way to purchase tickets with friends. It’s A Knockout for Initially available on selected events, the new initiative allows a group leader to reserve a Midlands Air Ambulance number of arena seats together, and then to Midlands Air Ambulance Charity is urging issue invitations to friends, who can individ- people to get involved in its fundraising ver- ually pay for their seats. sion of hit TV show It’s A Knockout, taking All the group leader needs to do to start the place in Wythall, Birmingham, on Sunday 12 process is click on the ‘book with friends’ August. button featured on The Ticket Factory event The event will see 24 teams of 10 compete pages. across nine different inflatable obstacle Pop singer Peter Andre is heading to Birming- courses. ham next month (The Hagley, Saturday 22 Commenting on the event, Jason Levy, September). fundraising and marketing director for Mid- The one-time I’m A Celebrity star will be talk- lands Air Ambulance Charity, said: “Each ing about his life and taking questions from Midlands Air Ambulance Charity mission the audience in an event entitled Life, Love costs on average £2,500, and with no govern- And The Mysterious Girl. ment or National Lottery funding, events The evening will also include a memorabilia such as We’re A Knockout keep our heli- auction, audience games, a prize draw and a copters in the air and delivering vital pre- Imagine peace in our time three-course meal. For more information, hospital emergency care every day.” at Lichfield Cathedral... visit showfighter.co.uk/peter-andre To find out more or register a team, ring An immersive and interactive exhibition at 07841 489157 or sign up online at midland- Lichfield Cathedral is this month inviting vis- Brum festival to focus on sairambulance.com. itors ‘to imagine what peace might feel and look like in our time’. homelessness in the city Imagine Peace uses objects, artworks, light Birmingham’s SoundLounge Festival makes a and sound to encourage viewers to reflect on welcome return this month. the hard-won peace of 1918 - following four Created and curated by a collective of young years of fighting during the First World War - people and taking place at the city’s Town and then to turn their attention to the future. Hall on Saturday 18 August, the event show- The exhibition shows at the cathedral every cases some of Birmingham’s most talented evening from 17 to 27 August. solo artists and musicians. The 2018 edition 4 whatsonlive.co.uk First Word Birmingham August.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2018 15:58 Page 2 First Word Flapper dresses and baker boy caps at the ready... A Midlands arts centre is this month hosting a Peaky Blin- ders-themed night of boxing and music in aid of Birmingham Children's Hospital. Bromsgrove’s Artrix venue is inviting visitors to get dressed up in their flapper dresses and baker boy caps to ‘experience the dark 1920s underbelly of Birmingham’ (Saturday 18 Au- gust). The evening features a full bar, live 1920s-themed box- ing, a live Peaky Blinders- themed band and a ‘best dressed’ competition. To find out more, visit artrix.co.uk Hit show to tie The Knot at DanceXchange this autumn A Midlands dance house will this autumn host a touring production by celebrated choreographer Canadian comic Didy Veldman. Stewart to head DanceXchange in Birmingham Hippodrome presents The Knot on Thursday 8 November. The well-re- Into The Punset viewed show explores the subject of marriage, focusing on the role of ritual in a happy couple’s ‘big Canadian comedian Stewart day’ and also exploring issues connected to ‘doubt, religion and gender’. Francis is visiting the Midlands For more information, visit dancexchange.org.uk during what he says will be his last ever standup tour. Punchline wizard Francis will be bringing his new show, Into Bowie band in Comedian goes classical at Bramall The Punset, to venues in Birm- Birmingham Comedian and impressionist Alistair McGowan will be showcasing ingham, Wolverhampton, Midlands-based David another of his talents when he appears at Birmingham University’s Bromsgrove, Malvern, Dudley, Bowie fans can pay Bramall Hall this month (4 August). Telford, Coventry and Shrews- Alistair will be playing a number of tracks from his bury. For more information, visit homage to their hero in the recently released piano album, as well as some stewartfrancis.com company of some of his favourite backing musi- other short classic piano pieces. In the process he’ll cians early next year. be paying homage to composers including Gersh- A Bowie Celebration, tak- win, Grieg, Mompou, Mendelssohn, Satie and ing place at Birmingham Schubert. o2 Institute on Sunday 13 Prospective audience members are warned to ex- January, sees Bowie band pect ‘a lot of beautiful music with the odd mistake’! alumni including Mike Garson, Earl Slick, Gerry Leonard and Carmine Virtuoso violinist is back in Birmingham Rojas performing a selec- Nigel Kennedy is heading back to Birmingham. tion of the late singer’s The multi-million-selling virtuoso violinist will play Symphony Hall greatest hits. on 18 October, performing works by Bach and Gershwin as well as his For more information, visit own self-penned pieces, including the recently composed Magician ABowieCelebration.com Of Lublin. For more information, visit thsh.co.uk. whatsonlive.co.uk 5 First Word Birmingham August.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2018 15:58 Page 3 First Word Second star to the right..
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