The video for Goodnight Lenin’s new track was done by Chris Keenan and Steven Spencer and was filmed at Second Home Studios. The latter two were also involved in First Light’s ‘How to’ videos we mentioned a little while back.
Women & Theatre are using crowdfunding website Angel Shares to raise money for Underrated – Birmingham The Musical, which will be: a multi-voiced theatrical extravaganza celebrating the best bits of Brum through the eyes of its young people. We are interested in exploring their Birmingham; the Birmingham they want to shout about; beyond The Bullring … [Read more…]
The other day Supercool’s Katie Parry tweeted about meeting Graham Short. I followed a couple of links, as you do, and was blown away. If you’ve not encountered Graham before (and in the years I’ve been doing CiB I’m surprised this is the first time I’d heard of him) then check out his website and … [Read more…]
Ted Hiscock is: a Birmingham-based artist with a flair for drawing, oil and Gouache. Wikipedia informs me that Gouache is “a type of paint consisting of pigment suspended in water”. I bet you knew that. Anyway… His new exhibition, called ‘Sixty Five and a Half’, features a collection of his most recent paintings and will … [Read more…]
Still Walking is: A festival of walking taking place across Birmingham, 15th March – 1st April 2012. Artists, architects, historians, ramblers and lovers will show you the city in a new a light The programme’s now online and features all sorts of tours by all sorts of people across much of the city centre. Very … [Read more…]
Although I made it along to the Pointe Blank launch on Monday, I missed the launch of The Voyage – a big, public spectacle taking place in Victoria Square over four nights (21 to 24 June) as one of the opening events for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. It’s being produced by the Hippodrome and created by Motionhouse … [Read more…]
There are three types of people: Happy people who get tickets for Birmingham Opera Company productions (they sell out quickly); Grumpy people who miss out; and Oblivious people who don’t know what they’re missing Tickets for Life is a Dream are on sale now and I strongly recommend you get yourself in Group 1. Oh … [Read more…]
On Monday I went to the launch of the latest Pointe Blank project which featured illustrators creating posters in response to Birmingham Royal Ballet‘s latest production, Hobson’s Choice. You can tell I was there because I took a horribly grainy pic with my phone. That’s journalism, that is. It’s the second time they’ve done this … [Read more…]