Capital Theatre Festival have announced the first two productions for their 2013 programme of events: The Disappearance of Sadie Jones UGLY DUCK! From Capital Theatre Festival: We are very excited to be supporting these plays from two West Midlands-based writers. Keep your eyes peeled for further news in the next couple of weeks The festival … [Read more…]
Cannon Hill Collective mac is looking for seven young people (aged 16-24) to be part of its young people’s programme, Cannon Hill Collective. Starting in October, and running through to April 2014, the Cannon Hill Collective offers young people aged between 16 and 24 the chance to engage and connect with mac: from initiating, producing and … [Read more…]
Vanley’s work represents a photographic document of the Caribbean diaspora in post war Britain, detailing the experience of Black people in the UK and their community identity. There’s 100 photographs dating from 1968 to 2011 and is part of the Mac at 50 programme of events and exhibitions celebrating the Mac’s 50th birthday, and the provision … [Read more…]
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…]
Jane English and Joss Widdowson are the directors of We Are Unfinished Artists and they have a proposition they would like to put to you: We are inviting all you crafties, artists and makers to offer up your neglected creations and also join us in creating new pieces from these collected fragments. So if you’ve … [Read more…]
100m is a film project from Talking Birds: At the time of writing, the world record for the 100 metres is 9.58 seconds and is held by the Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt. In March 2012 we will be screening 8 very short films at the Fierce Festival in Birmingham, where each film will be 9.58 … [Read more…]
CULTURE CLOUD is a digital space for artists to upload their artwork onto a web portal where a team of recognised national and international curators and audiences will vote for the works they like. The most popular and intriguing will be exhibited at New Art Exchange in August 2012 in a unique exhibition that will … [Read more…]
This happened the other day but I only just came across (listings sites are available for Birmingham – CiB isn’t one of them). I’m posting it anyway, partly because it looks like it was an interesting thing and partly because it’s so frustrating trying to find out what’s coming out of FEED that I’ll take what I … [Read more…]