More than 300 artists will deliver 120 performances including 26 new commissions at the second city’s “biggest arts festival” Birmingham Weekender.
Festival directors Graham Callister from Birmingham Hippodrome and Piali Ray of South Asian arts organisation Sampad said, “we’re delighted to oversee the return of this ever-popular family-friendly festival which this year again celebrates all things Birmingham—its diversity, its communities and its artists.”
Theatre fans can see a preview of Outbox Theatre’s As a Tiger in the Jungle at Birmingham REP which uses circus skills and spoken word to tell a story of life and survival.
Birmingham Royal Ballet will be performing in the Bullring while in the Mailbox Birmingham Opera will present three world premières from three Birmingham composers: Susannah Self, Chloe Knibbs and Yfat Soul Zisso.
The festival will take place from 22 until 24 September.