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Travel facts

Currency: € Euro.

Visas:
Generally tourists from Europe, USA and the Commonwealth do not require Visas for UK holidays. Check out: www.ukvisas.gov.uk
Getting there:
Flights into Birmingham are serviced by Express trains to the New Street station. There is also the Airbus to and from the airport every 30 minutes.
Getting around:Public busses in Birmingham are very reliable and many of the major routes run 24 hours. Check out: Centro
Tipping:
10-15% is normal in cabs and restaurants (where a service charge is usually included in your bill).

Theatre

The Wizard of Oz
Birmingham Rep. Centenary Square. Tel. 0121 236 4455
Playing: 30Nov-21Jan
There´s no production like The REP´s production of The Wizard Of Oz. This Christmas don´t miss your second chance to see the smash hit sellout musical that wowed both audiences and critics two years ago.
Macbeth
Crescent Theatre. Sheepcote Street. Tel. 0121 643 5858
Playing: 31 Jan - 4 Feb
Sleep no more! Macbeth doth murder sleep... Be prepared to have your own sleep disturbed by this most unrelenting of Shakespeare`s tragedies. Greed, ambition and madness are bedfellows with gory murder to create a spectacle of fascinating complexity.
Pinocchio
Crescent Theatre. Sheepcote Street. Tel. 0121 643 5858
Playing: 14-28 Jan
The timeless classic for all the family

Cinema

Wallace & Gromit - Curse of the Were-Rabbit
UGC Cinema, Broad Street Broad Street Tel. 0871 200 2000
It`s `vege-mania` in Wallace and Gromit`s neighborhood, and our two enterprising chums are cashing in with their humane pest-control outfit, "Anti-Pesto." With only days to go before the annual Giant Vegetable Competition, business is booming but suddenly, a huge, mysterious, veg-ravaging "beast" begins attacking the town`s sacred vegetable plots at night, and the competition hostess, Lady Tottington, commissions Anti-Pesto to catch it and save the day.
Doom
UGC Cinema, Broad Street Broad Street Tel. 0871 200 2000
Something has gone wrong at a remote scientific research station on Mars. It`s a level 5 quarantine, and the only souls allowed in or out are the Rapid Response Tactical Squad--hardened Marines armed to the teeth with enough firepower to neutralize any enemy. The research being done at the station has opened a door, and all hell has broken loose. Sealing off the portal to Earth, Sarge, Reaper and their team must use every weapon at their disposal to carry out their orders: nothing gets out alive.

Exhibitions

National Fine Art and Antiques Fair.
NEC Birmingham NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 767 2596
18-22 January
This prestigious Fair will once again be staged in the ever popular Forum, stylishly presented with dramatic lighting effects and lavish floral displays. The Forum lends itself happily to the display of the splendid furniture, fine porcelain, paintings, sculpture and exquisite objets d?art on sale.
National Wedding Show
NEC Birmingham NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 767 2596
17-19 February
The National Wedding Show takes the hard work, the legwork and the guesswork out of all your decisions. It`s a fun, fresh and fabulous way to compare, contrast, touch, try on and tryout (even taste) all those essentials (and all those non-essential must haves) for your Big Day...

Music

Katia Melua
NEC Birmingham NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 767 2596
31 January
Following the release of her second number 1 album Piece by Piece, British songstress Katie Melua announces a 16 date tour of Britain and Ireland. The popular UK artist performs at The NIA Academy on Tuesday 31 January 2006.
The Darkness
NEC Birmingham NEC, Birmingham. Tel: 0121 767 2596
19 February
Lock up your sons and daughters as The Darkness are set to return to the stage, announcing an arena tour for 2006. Debuting material from their new album, One Way Ticket To Hell?And Back, the NEC Arena show on Sunday 19 February will as always, be so much more than just an ordinary live show.