It’s not long til the next BE Festival (previously known as the Birmingham European Theatre Festival, in case that helps you get a grip on what it’s about). That means it’s time for another nicely produced, lighthearted promo film: I reckon that looks really rather good. It’s 2-8 July at AE Harris and MAC and, … [Read more…]
There’s a load of entertaining-looking madness happening at AE Harris today, presented by Birmingham Conservatoire. If you were to drop in between midday and 5pm you’d be able to catch: Ping! Which involves table tennis players and a string quartet. It was at Warwick Arts Centre recently and seemed to go down well Five Triple … [Read more…]
In a world where nothing seems real, everything’s a distraction and actions no longer matter, a young woman sets out on a preposterous mission – to change things for the better… I missed Jane Packman Company’s last thing but heard lots of good reports about it. This latest, called A Thousand Shards of Glass (at AE … [Read more…]
I Like Theatre is a lovely, simple idea and a nice progression from last year’s theatre pledge cards. Note: a mention of the West Midlands Theatre Awards 2012. You saw it there first. I Like Theatre was prompted by Ian Craddock at Old Joint Stock Theatre from an initial idea and Pledge Card from James Yarker at Stan’s … [Read more…]
Autumn Glory reviews « Birmingham Royal Ballet’s tour blog This is good – an even-looking spread of reviews from BRB’s recent tour (from both big newspapers and individual tweets) with links through to the source Open Studio at Birmingham Printmakers “At Birmingham Printmakers we are holding an Open Studio on Saturday 26th November from 10am … [Read more…]
It’s taken me a few years to finally get round to going to Pilot. I’m not sure whether to kick myself for missing so many or pat myself on the back for finally making it along (what the heck, it’s the end of the week so I’ll go for the latter). There was a packed … [Read more…]
Continuing the theme of writing about some of the stuff I get out and about to, last night I followed the robots down to AE Harris for the Fierce Start Party. The idea with these things is to introduce next year’s artists to Birmingham and vice versa. There are a few Fierce stalwarts and returning … [Read more…]
AE Harris will host a two day Open Space conference on 23rd and 24th June, under the title “What more can we do to create a better future for theatre in the West Midlands?” The event is open to anyone working in the broad area of Theatre within the West Midlands. Open Space is a fun and … [Read more…]