This arrived in my inbox a little while ago: Being an obedient sort, I went to the website and it seems that, having had a few months to settle into their new roles, Laura and Harun, the new co-artistic directors of Fierce are starting to let their influence hang out. Their blog’s up and running and … [Read more…]
I have to admit to be SUPER excited about the impending re-opening of the mac. So ANY news, or any work linked to the opening, in turn excites me too. In addition, my personal interests are deeply rooted in events which involve an element of participation – and with that in mind, I’m particularly excited … [Read more…]
Friday, 05/06/09, 19:00 Ten high-backed chairs, some seating elderly people and some seating younger people, spanned the back of the stage area at The Door, the studio theatre at Birmingham Rep. Above this seating arrangement was a large screen, showing slow panoramics of the Birmingham skyline. In front of them, a gently-lit bed with a … [Read more…]
Birmingham based theatre company Little Earthquake will be embarking on a regional tour of their brand new production in March, The Haunting. The project will look at the phenomenon of Victorian Spirit Mediums and through performance, story-telling and illusion will recreate the atmosphere, mystery and titillation of a mid-nineteenth century Séance. Performances will take place … [Read more…]
One for the younger people: At long last The Drum is launching “Young Gifted Brum“, a free and continuous program of performing and digital arts for Children and Young People. The launch will take place on Thursday, 6th November at 5.30pm – 7.30pm at The Drum, Aston and all Young People aged 8-18yrs are welcome … [Read more…]
A free, one-off performance will take place at Ikon Eastside at 10pm on Tuesday 3 June. The Society of Futopia has been developed by four final year students at BIAD, Birmingham City University and will take place during the New Generation Arts Festival. One of the artists, Gareth Burnett did have a blog he was … [Read more…]
In the video for Amnesty International’s Unsubscribe campaign, Birmingham-based artist Jiva Parthipan ‘played’ the part of a detainee subjected to waterboarding. That is, for a short while he was actually subjected to it with the treatment (judged by the Bush administration not to be torture) filmed in slow motion at 1000 frames per second. The … [Read more…]
The International Dance Festival Birmingham started today and continues until Sunday 25 May at venues all over the city. Pete mentioned this back in January and pointed out how truly international the line-up is, with performers from Taiwan, Australia, South Africa, Cuba and Russia, as well as “rising star” Rosie Kay from Birmingham. The full … [Read more…]