Festival season is starting with all manner of events happening between now and the end of August. Here’s what I know about, if I’ve missed anything then perhaps you could mention it in the comments. In chronological order: International Dance Festival Birmingham Now – 25 May. Various venues in Birmingham. A month of world class … [Read more…]
A testament to the passion and drive of Soweto Kinch, the award-winning jazz saxophonist/MC/producer/poet/writer/whatever he wants: For one day only the entire area beneath the Hockley flyover will be alive with inspiring sights and sounds, ground breaking art and music. For the line-up see the flyer, for other info see the Flyover Show on Myspace. … [Read more…]
A perfect storm of Birmingham creative scene interestingness is happening on Monday 26 May with Capsule producing an event for the Fierce Festival at the really-rather-good Town Hall (who seem to be widening the scope of the events they’re putting on). Julian Cope will be presenting his lecture entitled ‘Ancient Worship Of The Gods Beyond … [Read more…]
The results of an interesting collaborative project, carried out in 2007, are just coming out. The project used the question ‘what does this city really look like?’ as a starting point. Locations were shared-out between a team of ‘photographers’ (none of them are photographers) according to a grid imposed over the area. The photographers were … [Read more…]
OJS Theatre – What’s On May to July 08 Comedy and theatre listings for the Old Joint Stock Theatre during May to July 2008 Birmingham Words handover The National Academy of Writing/BCU are taking over Birmingham Words from 12 May. Good luck to all involved and I’m looking forward to seeing what the “new and … [Read more…]
Creative Republic (who fund this blog) are organising a series of events over the next few months, the first of which focuses on the West Midlands Cultural Olympiad which is a four year celebration of culture and creativity that will be launched over the weekend of 26 September as part of the plans for the … [Read more…]
The Birmingham International Film Society launches today with a season of films at the Birmingham Library Theatre in conjunction with Cuba Solidarity. The films to be shown are: 12 Chairs (8 May, 8pm) Beloved (20 May, 6pm and 8.15pm) Death Of A Bureaucrat (5 June, 7.30pm with a talk) The Adventures Of Juan Quin Quin … [Read more…]
CABE, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment, are partnering with Bham City Council for what is apparently “the world’s first climate change festival” between 31 May and 8 June. They’re promising “no guilt and no finger wagging. This will be collective, dramatic and fun”. CABE’s thinking is that the environmental crisis is largely … [Read more…]