Random posts that don’t fit anywhere else.
I’m not about to do a full on ‘best of’ thing, but there was plenty of goodness about in 2009: Birmingham Opera Company’s ‘Othello’ Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Quantum Leaps’ ‘Birmingham Seen’ at BMAG Zena Edwards’ ‘Security’ at The Rep Tom Dale Company’s ‘Roam’ at DanceXchange The Event Kindle Theatre’s ‘All You Can Eat’ And plenty … [Read more…]
Mischief Bunnies are the invention of Chris Phillips. They’re a bunch of plasticine bunnies who explore Birmingham, occasionally getting into sticky situations. As well as the Mischief Bunnies website (where you can see some of Chris’s other work) there’s a Facebook group for keeping up with their antics.
Merry Christmas one and all. I’m spending a couple of days with the family Unitt and will be back on the case shortly. Festive thanks to everyone who reads, comments, supports or sends me bits and bobs to write about. Most importantly, biggest thanks to everyone in Birmingham who does creative stuff, whether we get … [Read more…]
Manuela Voigt specialises in branding, print design and web design. However, the pic above is from one of her free design projects and is called ‘Casette Fashion‘: Have you ever wondered what to do with all the audio cassettes that are hiding in the back corner of your cupboards? There are several things you can … [Read more…]
This one knocked me back on my heels – a really (and I mean really) impressive company doing amazing work on, quite literally, some of the world’s biggest stages. Specialz Ltd is Keith Owen and Dave Smith and they describe their company as a ‘Production Design and Manufacturing House’. That is to say that they … [Read more…]
Mohammed Ali is holding an evening of live graffiti-art and poetry in The REP’s soon-to-be-demolished workshop (Kate Beatty’s photos of which you can see here) on 21 January 2010. Tickets available from The Rep. Jonzi D is directing the event with Dreadlock Alien, (the superb) Zena Edwards and Amir Sulaiman performing new poetry. After the … [Read more…]
I hadn’t spotted any announcement, but it seems that Sally Luton, head of Arts Council England WM will be stepping down in June 2010. From the Express and Star (and spotted by D’Log), and to answer the question posed in the title: an answer to a parliamentary question from West Bromwich East MP Tom Watson … [Read more…]
With big changes happening at The Rep over the next few years, Kate Beatty‘s been asked to use her photographing prowess to document life behind the scenes at the theatre: I have been shooting the interiors, back stage, workshop, wardrobe, wigs, props and the people behind the scenes….and there sure are some characters! Photos will … [Read more…]