Big news of the day is that the programme for the Fierce Festival has been announced and by heck there’s a lot on. Starting right now is the previously blogged Mirage Film Festival with the rest of the events clogging up the month of May like so much artistic hair in the creative plughole. Rather … [Read more…]
Steve Gerrard is a photographer whose name you’ll have come across if you pay attention to music photography. With 20 years experience in the music industry shooting bands and gigs he currently works freelance for Metal Hammer, NME, Rock Sound and Fused Magazine. Alongside this he’s recently set up a weddings and portraiture business, Steve … [Read more…]
TAK! get a nice profile in the Birmingham Post which has some background to how the design agency formed. via themselves. The nearby Litchfield Festival looks to be more impressive that you might have thought with the festival opened by Philip Glass, a performance by the Soweto Gospel Choir and work by locals Ex Cathedra. … [Read more…]
As you may know, there’s a vacancy at Advantage West Midlands for the Digital Creative Industries Manager. The deadline for applying was April 13th but I stumbled across the advert in an old Guardian and thought you might like to see it. (Click for bigger)
I got an email last week from Banner Theatre about their current production, Strangers in Paradise Circus, which is currently playing in schools across the city. A bit of digging revealed the fascinating history of the Banner Theatre. Formed in 1973 at the inspiration of broadcaster and musician Charles Parker the theatre is avowedly political … [Read more…]
From Birmingham Words: Local writer Jon Hartless has just had his second novel, An Officer and a Blob, appear at Double Dragon Publishing, an online publisher specialising in science fiction and fantasy. The site offers each of its books in a variety of digital download formats, and has recently added a paperback option to its … [Read more…]
Andrew Cowen on the Birmingham Post Blog has news of the Electric Cinema‘s new in-house eight piece orchestra. In a unique twist on cinema organists from the silent movie era, the Electric Cinema Film Orchestra play live music along to specially edited highlights from some of the world’s greatest films. Cinema owner and professional soundtrack … [Read more…]
It’s Just Noise are a relatively new (to me anyway) gig promotion setup who are putting on a significant number of gigs over the next month. Based around the oft-renamed King Edward’s Inn (aka Chapter 11 / Ben Johnson) nr Aston Uni and The Planet in Wolverhampton, they appear to have a Friday night residency … [Read more…]