I’m disappointed I missed a talk by Birmingham Opera Company‘s Graham Vick at the Barber Institute yesterday lunchtime. I need to keep a closer eye on what happens over there (and maybe, y’know, get round to visiting at some point). Anyway, Ian from 7 Inch Cinema went along and has blogged his notes. Lots of … [Read more…]
Things we learned by hosting Popcorn Comedy – Dice Productions I’m a sucker for this kind of thing. Lessons here from putting on a stand-up comedy/short film night in a pub Six Birmingham nominations for the RPS Music Awards Big ups to BCMG, Oliver Knussen, Andris Nelsons, CBSO’s Igor Fest, Colin Matthews and Birmingham Opera … [Read more…]
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…]
There was a good showing for Birmingham on last week’s Culture Show. It’s available until Friday 11 Dec, so there’s still time to catch it. Birmingham Opera Company were featured (at 11mins). Othello is currently racking up rave reviews in a manner approaching unseemly – 5 stars in the Guardian and Times and the Birmingham … [Read more…]
It’s taken me a while to mention this one although it’s been on my radar for ages. Birmingham Opera Company are doing Othello on 7 dates between 5-19 December. It’s going to be amazing and epic because, by and large, amazing and epic are what Birmingham Opera Company do. Like last year’s King Idomeneo, this … [Read more…]
Jamie at Audiences Central has blogged about something interesting which makes me wonder which is more likely: Traffic wardens are routinely told to wander around abandoned industrial units in Ladywood at night looking for cars to ticket; or Visitors to (the nationally acclaimed) Birmingham Opera Company’s King Idomeneo are being opportunistically targetted by the city’s … [Read more…]
Independent Of The Month – Style Birmingham Lora Leedham – Studio 6, The Merlin Centre of Contemporary Design, Hockley Isaac – a man of many talents who redefined the word legend Roger Shannon pays tribute to the late Isaac Hayes in an article most remarkable for the idea of a band consisting of Isaac Hayes, … [Read more…]
Time for another one of these I reckon. If you spot a review, some photos, film or whatever (or produce something yourself) then let me know in the comments. I’ll be searching out what I can and hopefully we’ll collect together some interestingness. First up the Birmingham Opera Company website and the Birmingham Opera Design … [Read more…]