Buy The Bench’s sofa
Digbeth is Good have pointed out that the graffiti supplies shop in the Custard Factory, The Bench 504, have put their sofa up on eBay. Here’s the listing.
Digbeth is Good have pointed out that the graffiti supplies shop in the Custard Factory, The Bench 504, have put their sofa up on eBay. Here’s the listing.
A couple of theatre festivals for your consideration – one kicking off this week and the other taking place in early July. Capital Theatre Festival This one kicks off this week, running from 24-27 May, The festival’s director, Catherine Edwards, has sent me this quick summary of what’s on: A play about vampires that’s nothing … [Read more…]
It was a close run thing but, having been excited about it for a while, I finally got the chance to get down to Victoria Sq on Saturday night for the final performance of Wings of Desire, the big, public, outdoor show as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2012. It was good too – … [Read more…]
Birmingham-made film NFA to premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival – News “not only was it filmed on location but also stars Birmingham-born actor Patrick Baladi, who played Ricky Gervais’s boss in The Office, and was produced by 104 Films, a production company co-founded by acclaimed Sutton Coldfield filmmaker Justin Edgar” Cultural Entrepreneurship Annette Naudin’s … [Read more…]
подаръци I’ve been sent a copy of the user’s manual for Eastside Projects. It’s the fifth one they’ve produced and it’s quite a lovely thing – part guide to the gallery, part document of their work and part choose-your-own-adventure book. My favourite bit is an explanation of what they call ‘dog-whistling’: As a contribution to … [Read more…]
Via a tweet from Shaun McLernon. It’s part of the preparations for Wings of Desire, the big outdoor dance/visual spectacular as part of International Dance Festival Birmingham. Happening in Victoria Sq tonight and running until Saturday. It’s free and I bet it’ll be ace.
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Hold tight – this is a post about local politics. The Birmingham Press has posted some news about Labour’s planned changes to how Birmingham City Council will now be run (since they’re in charge now). There’s discussion about it on the Restirred forum too. Martin Mullaney, the previous Cabinet Member for Leisure, Sport and Culture explained: … [Read more…]