I missed this when it was first announced. Fraser Grace is the playwright who wrote, among other things, Breakfast with Mugabe for the RSC, which I remember doing very well. He’s now at the University of Birmingham, heading up the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts.
I’ve been forwarded the following which has been written by Anita Bhalla, chair of mac’s board of trustees. As it’s an open letter I figure there’s no problem with me reproducing it in full. Excuse me for dispensing with the usual blockquote rigmarole. ———————————————————- Dear Friends, Colleagues and Supporters, As you may be aware, Birmingham … [Read more…]
Made in Sutton is an arts forum created in Sutton Coldfield. Others have been created across Birmingham (see info on the Birmingham City Council arts pages for the others). Their first meeting is on Saturday (26 November) and they say: All local arts organisations are welcome to participate, so whether you run an amateur dramatics society … [Read more…]
I Like Theatre is a lovely, simple idea and a nice progression from last year’s theatre pledge cards. Note: a mention of the West Midlands Theatre Awards 2012. You saw it there first. I Like Theatre was prompted by Ian Craddock at Old Joint Stock Theatre from an initial idea and Pledge Card from James Yarker at Stan’s … [Read more…]
144 do films, like this one of Brotherhood of Filth – a three piece dubstep turntablist outfit featuring Malicious DJ, The Doctor and DJ Switch (three times DMC World Champion). It was recorded at the Bulls Head in Moseley.
Yam Big Richard Richard’s DJing, hacks, collages and write-ups from events Warwick Bar A website for Minerva Works, the small industrial estate in Digbeth currently home to Grand Union Studios, Fazeley Park, Street Print and Clifton Steel Fast Forward – 6.8 million items in our collections! Phew « Museum Network Warwickshire Fast Forward 2010, the … [Read more…]
Yesterday lunchtime I went along to the launch of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012. For the uninitiated, IDFB is a massive festival of dance organised by Dancexchange and the Hippodrome. There’s a good round-up of what’s being planned over on West Midlands Dance. There’s plenty of good stuff lined up, but the bits that made me … [Read more…]
Whack-a-Cake is a game that was built by: volunteers from the UK tech community as part of the “Children in Need Tech Challenge” hosted at The Oxygen Accelerator in Birmingham. 600 schoolchildren in the Birmingham area were asked to come up with a game idea and the characters that they saw being part of it. The … [Read more…]