Tonight's extra special 'Love Box' sees local girl, award-winning director, performance artist and scriptwriter TaN performing songs from her new album Show Me The World . Drifting between a fusion o

Jason McDougal returns to the Live Box to showcase his vocal talents. He is inspired by jazz, soul and gospel music and the strands come together in his haunting vocal performances. Pianist David Gre

UK street battle champion, lyrical instigator of the Rhyme Book Club and the Don’t Flop tournament. Eurgh! and Soweto Kinch will be hosting the Battle In the Box .. The place where mc's pit their l

A delicatessen of delights from this Netherlands-based group, blending atmospheric film and theatrical themes with twists of hip hop and modern grooves.

Luciano emerged as one of the most important reggae singers in decades and the greatest hope for roots reggae’s survival in the digital dancehall era. With hits such as Shake It Up Tonight , Where

* Family Tickets £28, contact Box Office on 0121 333 2444 for bookings. The sell-out show returns to the Drum. Duleep Singh , the “Black Prince of Perthshire”, was deposed as Maharajah of Lahore

Music by Sanchitta Pal (vocals) Sarvar Sabra (tabla) to uplift the spirit. Event venue: Symphony Hall, Level 3 Foyer, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA, To find venue please follow; http://www.thsh.co

A unique collaboration of Arab and Jewish musicians from across Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Scandinavia, the Middle-East Peace Orchestra delves into the traditions of J

Meet new people Learn new skills Break a world record Work with famous athletes and artists MOB is about sharing the values of the Olympics & Paralympics Gain an Arts Award, work experience in th

An abandoned home. A lost brother. A new generation. A secret love story. Family and friends splintered apart by the politics of race, sex and money, in a stunning new thriller by a playwright descri

Mother India, 21st Century Remix is a dynamic live audio/visual project that re-scores and re-visualizes Mother India, the groundbreaking tour-de-force of Indian cinematic history. Nominated for the

The cool, charming & conscious Mr Cee , presents his first solo stand-up show in Birmingham. It promises to be a lively event giving us a glimpse into his very distinctive world, showcasing his c

When Conteh’s beautiful, virtuous wife Simone goes on holiday to Jamaica, Conteh seizes the opportunity to awaken some old romantic ties -  as well as forging a few new ones. The results are b

Part of the AfroVibes Festival Via Volcano and Benji Reid present Pantsula and Hip-Hop! Dancing is thinking with your body. And that is exactly what South African dance company Via Volcano do, togeth

Growing out of the a cappella tradition, Naturally 7 take the classic close-harmony style to stratospheric new highs. Mixing beat boxing, basslines and uncanny instrumental imitation with rap and hoo

What are the current trends and new directions in Black theatre? Is it locked into a ghetto mentality (as some suggest) in terms of its language and subject matter? Can community theatre transcend th

Muzic4life presents Nu Soul unplugged . This will be a great chance to see one of the leading soul/gospel male groups from the UK perform music from there up and coming album, all supported by their

In Mumbai Jeet and Kaki meet for the very first time. It’s love at first sight. They get married and Jeet leaves everything to start a new life with his wife in the UK. Jeet starts doing theatre an

Amina Khayyam in ONE: a presentation of Kathak Dance. In our beginning is our end. Time in ancient Indian philosophy has traditionally been conceived as a cyclic phenomenon, a repetitive time loop in

A Punjabiwood Comedy Play Back by popular demand, “Money makes the world go round” was never so true as in this satirical play, by the star’s of Channel 4’s ' The Family' . Paiseyan Di Hera P

A charity fund raising event organed by Birmingham Pakistan Flood Relief Campaign and supported by The Drum. A specially choreographed show using music, song, spokenword, theatre and visuals to tell

A rare UK recital by santoor maestro Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, one of the instrument’s greatest living exponents.Support: Rupinder Panesar, sitar, with Upneet Dhadyalla, table. Part of the Darbar Fe

Bangladeshi theatre breathes new life into the greatest love story ever told, Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . Weaving together Shakespeare’s verse and Bengali poetry , People’s Romeo is a dyna

Does one write for the self or for the literary landscape? South African authors Achmat Dangor and Gillian Slovo join Zimbabwean writer Brian Chikwava to discuss the importance of personal resonance

Radhika Chopra trained in classical music at a young age under Pandit J R Sharma . Later she learnt thumri, dadra and traditional ghazal from the well known exponent of the Begum Akhtar school , Shan

Ragarella’s (Charlene Tyrell) two ugly sisters, the single ladies, Lady Saw (Charles Tomlin) and Patra (Devon Morgan), and her wicked stepmother (Lovena Brown), consider her too ugly to be seen at

Raghu Dixit has fast become a shining beacon in the burgeoning Indian independent music scene. Despite shying away from the popular sound of Bollywood, Raghu has always managed to capture the hearts

Earl Bradshaw stars as the ‘Rasta Casanova’ in this Jamaican stage comedy. Rasanova just can’t get enough of one thing… except there’s a twist… no man is good enough for his little sister

Race is back on the agenda in Britain with a vengeance, Darcus Howe argues. Despite gains made in the wake of the inner-city uprisings of the 1980s and the publication of the Macpherson Report , in m