Bull Ring (Flickr)
From suselstahl Photos are posted here from the Birmingham Flickr community. Click on the image for more details.
Author: Pete Ashton
Ballet on the Buses
Photos from Ballet on the Buses are starting to appear. Here are mine (including the above), these are Matt Murtagh’s and Candice Smith has a few. There were loads of cameras out there (including, I noticed, a rather nice Leica, but I digress) so if you have any shots or even video online leave a … [Read more…]
Fierce: The Pandora Effect / The Frozen Sea
On Friday I went to see The Pandora Effect / Frozen Sea at the REP and without getting into a review I was completely blown away by it. Not being a drama aficionado I’ve been burnt a few times at the theatre (most recently at Stratford for the RSC’s Tempest which was terrible) but this … [Read more…]
Solihull Fine Art Degree Show
The Solihull College Fine Art Degree show for 2007 runs from June 9th to 21st from 10am – 4pm (noon on Saturdays) with a Private View on the 8th at 6-8pm. The Fine Art degree at Solihull has something of a reputation apparently with many graduates going on to professional arts careers so this should … [Read more…]
Pride Parade
I was just making a note to go photograph the Birmingham Gay Pride Parade on Sunday when it occurred to me it easily fits under the umbrella of the performing arts, which makes it fodder for this blog. So here’s the route. They’ll start gathering at Victoria Square at noon with the parade running from … [Read more…]
Roundup
Roger Shannon will be giving a talk at the Emma Jesse Phipps Lecture Hall, Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, UCE, Gosta Green, Birmingham on Thursday 7th June, 6.30-8.30, the subject being “The Place of British Film”. If you’re going please RSVP to paul.long@uce.ac.uk I should have mentioned this last week but completely forgot. Billy … [Read more…]
UCE Art Department at Margaret Street to close, relocate
News reaches me from a trusted source that the UCE campus at Margaret Street (map), which houses the Art department of the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, is to close and the classes relocate. The Wikipedia entry for the building tells us it was purpose built for the Birmingham School of Art in 1885 … [Read more…]
Fierce: Ballet on Buses is a good thing
I went to the Ballet on the Buses today in Victoria Square and can heartily recommend it, especially if you get into the bus itself so make sure you get there early-ish for a ticket. The proximity to the dancers is quite the experience and the general oddness of the performance, especially when they move … [Read more…]