Epic Encounters, Birmingham REP’s eight week programme of events celebrating the ideas, stories and plays of Bertolt Brecht, is in full swing. Curated by playwright Mark Ravenhill, Epic Encounters is “a feast of inspiring theatre, stimulating debate and hands-on activities for all ages” and it is taking place until 12th April. There are plenty of … [Read more…]
The new Birmingham Loves Photographers programme kicks off on Thursday 20th March with the launch of the first exhibition along with a film screening of ‘Everybody Street’ in association with Flatpack Film Festival. Between March and October, there will be a series of over 20 photography events, open to photographers of a variety of abilities and interests … [Read more…]
This Saturday is the third Birmingham SketchCrawl. Here are the plans for the day from organiser/illustrator Tim Richardson: Just a quick reminder that the next sketch crawl will be next Saturday the 1st March. Starting at Birmingham Moor Street Railway Station at 11:00, I’ll hang around the main concourse. Half way meet up in the … [Read more…]
Still Walking Festival Birmingham’s Festival of Walking, Still Walking festival, is back Friday 14th March – Thursday 20th March. The Still Walking outlook is that there’s a lot to discover in the city and guided tours are a great way to do this. Our programmes highlight the many layers of the city and just … [Read more…]
Illustrated Brum, a new illustration blog, is described by editors Louise Byng and Sarah Isaacs as “visual anecdotes of their relationship with the city. Their first post says: Here we will document the creative, cultural and social goings on we encounter to create an illustrated guide to Birmingham life. Through drawings, photographs, artifacts and ephemera we seek to capture the city … [Read more…]
Small Talk = “A polite conversation about unimportant or uncontroversial matters”. There’s an event coming up – which although is sold out – is without a doubt, still worthy of a mention so that you don’t miss out next time. You can get on the waiting list via their eventbrite page just in case there any … [Read more…]
The Birmingham Good For Nothing team have announced the first date for their first gig, ‘Changin’ The Kitchen’. (we wrote about Good For Nothing back in October if you need a reminder about what GFN Birmingham is) Below is an excerpt from their invite… We’ll be getting together for 24hours of thinking, making and … [Read more…]
Kirsty M is a papercraft artist/illustrator from the Black Country – she’s very recently relocated and is now based in Cornwall. Last year Kirsty was asked to be part of Handmade Boutique, the pop-up shop shop in the Great Western Arcade. In response to this she created a beautiful, intricate piece of artwork of some recognisable … [Read more…]