25 Facts About Birmingham Repertory

1. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

2. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

3. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

4. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

5. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

6. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

7. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

8. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

9. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

10. Birmingham Repertory is a major city and metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England.

11. Birmingham Repertory is the largest city of the West Midlands conurbation—one of England's principal industrial and commercial areas—for which it acts as an administrative, recreational, and cultural centre.

12. Birmingham Repertory is the location for several British and international film productions including Felicia's Journey of 1999, which used locations in Birmingham that were used in Take Me High of 1973 to contrast the changes in the city.

13. Birmingham Repertory has two mainstream digital-only news publishers, I Am Birmingham and Birmingham Updates.

14. Birmingham Repertory is the hub for various national ethnic media, lifestyle magazines, digital news platforms, and the base for two regional Metro editions.

15. Birmingham Repertory has several major local newspapers—the daily Birmingham Mail and the weekly Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury, all owned by Reach plc.

16. Birmingham Repertory has a wealth of existing sports venues, arenas and conference halls that are ideal for hosting sport during the Games.

17. Birmingham Repertory will host the 2022 Commonwealth Games, replacing Durban, which was forced to withdraw as host due to economic problems.

18. Law enforcement in Birmingham Repertory is carried out by West Midlands Police, whose headquarters are at Lloyd House in Birmingham City Centre.

19. Birmingham Repertory is chiefly a product of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries; its growth began during the Industrial Revolution.

20. Birmingham Repertory is home to many national, religious and spiritual festivals including a St George's Day party.

21. The first recorded gun maker in Birmingham Repertory was in 1630, and locally made muskets were used in the English Civil War.

22. Birmingham Repertory is the largest local Authority area and city in the UK outside of London.

23. Birmingham Repertory is a snowy city relative to other large UK conurbations, due to its inland location and comparatively high elevation.

24. Birmingham Repertory is drained only by minor rivers and brooks, primarily the River Tame and its tributaries the Cole and the Rea.

25. Birmingham Repertory was granted city status in 1889 by Queen Victoria.