The Black International Film Festival 2010 takes place October 25-31. Now in its fourth year of existence and continues to be a film festival with a difference, incorporating music, live arts and education providing platforms for practitioners and film makers to exhibit their creative talents. The deadline for festival submissions is 24 September, and is … [Read more…]
ARC takes place on the last Wednesday of the month, showcasing work selected by guest curators. This months ARC is on 25 August, 6-8PM at The Vaults (Jewellery Quarter), and has been curated by Laura Coult. an exhibition of artist’s moving image, performance, and sculpture exploring the ways in which we experience sound as light, … [Read more…]
Six Summer Saturdays Week 2 from Birmingham Hippodrome on Vimeo. If you’ve been in and around Birmingham for the past four weekends you’ll have seen all sorts of shenanigans going on as part of Six Summer Saturdays. Shows and highlights from the best outdoor theatre have been organised by the Hippodrome, which are free to … [Read more…]
Following critical acclaim from Edinburgh Festival, 2010 Scotsman Fringe First Award Winner ‘My Romantic History’ is honeymooning at the The Rep from 1 to 11 September. If you haven’t met someone by the time you graduate, you’re going to marry some idiot from your work. It’s that simple. Do you know how they get animals … [Read more…]
There seems to be a lot of talk of human shaped animals roaming Canon Hill Park at the moment. Some say they have seen rabbits chasing foxes through the bushes, only to find human footprints when they reach the spot… Whatever the explanation, these creatures are known locally as The Changelings. Expeditions to discover more … [Read more…]
Call for Participants: The slightest movement, Fierce & Quarantine Quarantine, in partnership with Fierce, are hosting a project entitled The Slightest Movement, bringing together groups of strangers to create a temporary community which openly debates difference, exploring tolerance and ‘otherness’. The task is repeated every day for a week. Each day the event is re-invented … [Read more…]
Just as the dark nights start creeping in, Birmingham Library Theatre will be hosting a ‘Crime Night In’, with writers Mark Billingham, Andrew Taylor and Martin Waites on 29 September. Mark is well known for his Tom Thorne series and his new book From the Dead is no less gripping and fast paced as his … [Read more…]
Cooler than your average comic book convention, this years British International Comic Show 2010 is being held at Thinktank Millennium Point on 16 & 17 October. So far they have a whole bunch of comic legends announced as guests for the weekend, and are open to submissions for this years Portfolio Review. This is your … [Read more…]