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LOVE WINE? LOVE WINE
If you're in the market for bubbles, find over 30 varieties of sparkling wine and Champagne at Love Wine, on November 7. You'll also find 40 exhibitors, from the classic vineyards of Bordeaux to the emerging regions of Croatia, India and more, talking (and tasting) all things wine. There'll be artisan food producers and a goodly number of experts, including a few familiar faces from TV, to run masterclasses. An ideal chance for early Christmas shopping? Love Wine is hosted at Hotel Du Vin and remaining tickets are from £19. Use code ICHOOSELOVE for 15% off. Entry includes a Riedel tasting glass to take home and a bag of goodies. Book.
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EXPECT GREATNESS
Thirteen. While it may be unlucky for some, Charles Dickens' thirteenth novel, Great Expectations, did rather well by all accounts. So well in fact that the book - which was first published as a serial in 1860 - is still being performed regularly, including at Brum's own Crescent Theatre. From October 31 to November 7, join Miss Havisham, Pip and and that fog shrouded graveyard through loss, love, manipulation and self-knowledge, to the sophistication, wealth and hypocrisy of Victorian London. Tickets are £15 and you could win a pair here.
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GHOSTS, GHOULS AND GRUYERE
This year, Halloween falls on a Saturday. And while there's a place for running along Broad Street wearing only a sheet, that place was university and the candle-lit surrounds of Hotel du Vin is where you'll find us. Situated in what was the city's eye hospital for over 100 years, Ian Jelf of Birmingham's ghost tours will be sharing tales of HdV's resident eye surgeon (who also happens to be deceased.) Last seen earlier this year in the hotel, enjoy a cocktail and dinner while you decide if you'll be taking a tour of the surgeon's bedroom or sticking to a cheese board. Tickets (£49), include a cocktail, wine and 3-courses from this menu. Email: events.birmingham@hotelduvin.com to book your spot.
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LORD OF THE FLIES (CRASH) LANDS
Yep, it's an aeroplane's fuselage and you'll find it at the Rep from November 3 to 7. You'll also find the acclaimed production of William Golding's Lord Of The Flies, on tour following its hugely successful run at London’s Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. And just in case your class did To Kill a Mockingbird at GCSE: after a group of British schoolboys survive a plane crash, a classic desert island adventure gets just about as bad as possible, as quickly as possible. The resulting struggle for survival in a world of superstition and immorality is as sinister as it is thrilling and the spectacle is cinematic in scale. Tickets cost from £13.50, rising to £35. Mock papers at the interval optional.
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Venue: Meating, First Floor, Arcadian, Hurst Street, B5 4TD; website
Choice: The Lazycow burger (£14.50) Chooser: Manager
There's a new breed of independents in Brum that have such accomplished branding, you'd be forgiven for mistaking them for chains. Created and run by Andys D & M (formerly of Crust Solihull), Meating is utterly independent and perhaps unsurprisingly deals in native and rare breed meats (as well as more fish and veggie options than we were expecting). Unless you're famished, skip the okay starters and proceed directly to the main event. The Lazycow is a joyous union of Galloway beef patty, short rib meat (oh yes), béarnaise and caramelised onions. Though served separately, the sumptuous pan juices are an integral part of Meating's creation, which comes in a Peel & Stone buttermilk washed brioche bun, surely incepted to dunk. Avoid the tomahawk chop, which though enormous was distressingly dry. Menu.
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