5 SOLDIERS: The Body is the Front Line by Rosie Kay Dance Company is a contemporary dance piece that was commissioned for last year’sInternational Dance Festival Birmingham. It toured to good reviews and was especially well received by the military. Rosie Kay received funding through the Arts Council’s Digital Content Development programme to do something interestingly … [Read more…]
Since Birmingham lost the City of Culture bid, it’s fair to say there’s been a bit of naval gazing going on. Why did it happen? What’s Derry got that we haven’t? Where has all this belly button fluff come from?? But maybe we’ve been looking at this all wrong. Maybe, we should be looking at … [Read more…]
Today’s the last day for picking up discounted early bird tickets for Biting Back, taking place on 21 March: a one day event from Birmingham City Council, mac and Sampad that will address how arts sector professionals and individual artists can learn from examples of successful partnerships in austere cultural landscapes. Tickets will still be available, … [Read more…]
We Are Fierce – Open Invite to Flatpack & Fierce Festival Launch, Tues 22nd March Don’t forget to RSVP YouTube – Motionhouse Machine Dance ‘The highlights’ A dancing digger. Cool Culture – Funding opportunities 2010 | EACEA Apparently something on this page says that Birmingham Rep have been given some European cash for ‘Four Cities, Four … [Read more…]
Stirchley Village, St Irchley, Stirchville … Stirchley. It’s quite a hard word to type, but don’t let that put you off. This hitherto un(der)heralded little corner of Birmingham is undergoing something of a renaissance. Largely untouched by the nationals and multi-nationals, Stirchley has become the centre of a grassroots movement with a community focus. Leading … [Read more…]
Luke Brookes is an illustrator based in Birmingham. His work has a mythical feel, with a focus of fictional characters, along with short stories to accompany some of his pieces. This a cute one about a bear and a fisherman. He also has a really fun website, complete with rainbows, clouds and a hot air … [Read more…]
Being a classical musician, I have often found that contemporary music is met with extreme unnecessary prejudice from most audiences, and even from the musicians themselves. However, we have come a long way since Arnold Schoenberg and his band of merry Serialist pranksters. We are lucky to live in city so diverse that there is … [Read more…]
As a musician, I love reading autobiographies and biographies of rock stars. As an unsigned musician, I’m always left disappointed that there isn’t more in these books about their time before they were famous. I don’t mean stuff like their Dad working in a factory and their cat being called Tiddles, or whatever. I mean … [Read more…]