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…]
The first of what might become a regular thing, Knowing Me, Knowing You was fun last week. As part of Capsule’s longest birthday party… ever, we got together and invited a bunch of interesting people along to introduce themselves and say (for the sake of getting a conversation going) what they might do if 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…]
Shooters in the Pub (Birmingham) Timely this, seeing as how Film Forum WM seems to have gone a little quiet. “‘Shooters in the Pub’ is a new casual, but productive networking night for Shooting People members”. First one will be from 6-9pm on 4 Jan. Birmingham Seen – Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Now extended … [Read more…]
Harmonic is a jazz festival that’ll be hosted by a few Birmingham venues – The Yardbird, CBSO Centre and Symphony Hall foyer – from 11- 14 March 2010.
stereographic » We are X Yet another 10th birthday – Sam and George from Stereographic are celebrating double figures 2009 in review: Art – The Observer Ikon supplies the only non-London shows on the list. Good work Brumcast 142 ‘Festival Strength’ I had a Brumcast binge on the way to Cornwall the other day (if … [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…]
Local Heroes, Birmingham UK from Platform. Starts with fightin’ talk: Birmingham, that murky, grey metropolis. It’s easy to think of everything in the ’second city’ as indistinct and ethereal as a cloud of smoke, a no-man’s land slap bang in the middle of the country, not far enough south to have a snobby art streak, … [Read more…]