There is a brand new outdoor Circus Theatre performance being developed by RoguePlay in Birmingham. EVER WANTED TO JOIN THE CIRCUS? Well, now you can. RoguePlay has been funded by Birmingham City Council to train 12 local people in a variety of skills so they can rehearse and perform alongside us in our next big outdoor … [Read more…]
International Dance Festival Birmingham (IDFB) one of Europe’s biggest dance festivals, co-produced by DanceXchange and Birmingham Hippodrome, returns for its fourth year. The festival “officially launched” yesterday afternoon. In less than three months’ time, this award-winning biennial celebration of dance, returns to the city from Thursday 24th April 2014 – Sunday 25th May for over … [Read more…]
The Comedy Hut is a new monthly night at the Custard Factory which will be held on the first Wednesday of every month, and will feature some big name comedians playing intimate gigs for bargain prices; testing out new material. The first event isn’t until 5th March, but do put it in your diary if … [Read more…]
A whole host of arts organisations across Birmingham are involved in Get into Creative Employment Birmingham 2014. If you’re aged 16-24, interested in getting a job in the arts then pop along to their fair on Saturday 25th January. The drop-in event is being held at the Birmingham REP, and is on 10am-1pm. There … [Read more…]
There’s a new exhibition on at Moseley Exchange – Bethan Lloyd ‘Attention Seeker’ – excerpt from PR here: Bethan Lloyd is a Conceptual Textiles Artist and recent BCU Graduate with First Class BA (hons) Fine Art. Bethan’s work utilises people’s personal accounts of their experiences with mental illnesses to create emotionally charged Textile Installations. In her most recent work, text is embroidered onto a … [Read more…]
Way back in October last year we mentioned Art Box was coming to Birmingham early this year. Well, that time has come! The festival starts today (Friday 17th) with the opening of an exhibition of street photography by Castro, at Yorks Bakery Cafe. There are several events dotted around the city centre over the duration of … [Read more…]
New project from poet Jo Bell: Are you sitting comfortably? Never mind. Let’s begin anyway. Welcome to 52, a weekly kick in the arse for your Muse. Bookmark us or follow us – there will be guest blogs from big names and unexpected sources; prompts, discussions and projects. What is poetry for? Everything. Every damn thing. … [Read more…]
Launching Saturday 11th January 2013, made at mac features recent work from the Introductions to Art Techniques course, led by artists tutor Helen Tarr. made at mac: From the Inside explores the interior of the mac – participants were encouraged to make large drawings combining usual perspectives of the building, created with mixed media … [Read more…]