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Rogue Play’s Jingle Bells

Alex Jones — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:55:16 +0000

RoguePlay are drawing 2010 to a close with “an awkward gathering of the RoguePlay family”, including all their regular events Rhymes, Notes and our Comedy Cabaret troupe, Funbags.

Jingle Bells is taking place on Saturday 11 December from 7pm at New Life Baptist Church, Kings Heath High Street.

Entertainment will be provided by a variety of performers, including music from Irene Aserie, David Sol and Zoidberg, comedy from Lady Josephine Whittle and Darla Daygwar, improvisation from The Funbags Comedy Cabaret and The Young Actors Company, Shakespeare from ElliNoire Midhani and spoken word From Sean Colletti, Andy Cook & Lorna Meehan.

For update announcements and more information on the line-up, visit the Facebook page. The event is free, but donations will be welcomed as part of RoguePlay’s fundraising,

Rhymes & Spoken Word All Stars

Alex Jones — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 12:43:38 +0000

There’s a couple of poetry events coming up which may be of interest to those of you who like to get creative with words.

On 18 November the next Rhymes event, Meet the Laureate’s, is taking place at Margarett Rose Abri Cafe, Digbeth from 8pm.

Poets at this months event will be Roy McFarlane in one of his first outings as Birmingham’s new Poet Laureate and Jordan Westcarr, Birmingham’s phenomenally talented new Young Poet Laureate. Joining them will be Fatima Al Matar, Sean Colletti, and Andy Cook.

Take a look at their Youtube channel for an idea of what Rhymes is all about, tickets for this event are £5.

On 20 November the Spoken Word All Stars national tour is hitting Birmingham’s mac after launching earlier in the year at Latitude Festival.

Poet in the City and Apples & Snakes present a ‘spectacular evening of wall-to-wall words with an unflagging backbeat’, with the following selected All Star Cast…

Kate Tempest – Hellfiery powerhouse of socio-poetry
El Crisis – combines a hypnotic mixture of rap, spoken word, song and chant.
OneNess – Spoken-word Soulsista from Grenada
Kat Francois – Slamtastic, superphysical storyteller
Ventriloquist – Wordsmith wizard from the West
Jason Yarde – the King of improv Sax.

Tickets for this event are £9/ £6 and can be booked online.

Links for 18 June 2010

Chris Unitt — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:12:25 +0000

Bright space – Events
Bright Space have a good list of events, some of which I’d not seen mentioned anywhere else
Researching cultural entrepreneurship by exploring discourse analysis and semiosis « Annette Naudin’s Blog
Annette researches Cultural Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurship Education at BCU. I found this post interesting, although my head’s clearly been away from academic-land for a while – I had to squint at the longer words
An Endless Supply | Issue 14 Launch, Wednesday 16 June 6–8pm
This launched the other day. Speaking of whom…
ARC #5 – curated by An Endless Supply « ARC’s blog
“join ARC at The Vaults on Wednesday 30 June, 6-8pm, for ‘Peace Out June! (Piece in June)’, an exhibition curated by Robin Kirkham and Harry Blackett, the artists behind publishing collaboration An Endless Supply”
call for submissions « ARC’s blog
“I am currently seeking submissions for an exhibition I am developing which explores the physicality of sound”
Ceramics in Birmingham | Birmingham Conservation Trust
“Ceramic tiles cover walls and floors, roofs and pavements, furniture and stoves, and can be seen in churches, mosques, pubs, shops, hospitals and homes in Birmingham” Here are some examples…
genzai·chi » Prototyping games for the whale hat
On Monday I went to a Pervasive Games Lab at the MAC, organised by Fierce with Hide & Seek. It was interesting and fun. Here’s Nikki Pugh’s write-up
‘Rhymes’ Performance Poetry Special
“After a brief interlude, ‘Rhymes’, Birmingham’s premier platform for Performance Poetry and spoken word is back with a special one-off format to celebrate it’s first year”
Screen WM – Driving innovation and excellence in screen media : Blogs
“Professor Roger Shannon, Co – Exec Producer of the new music documentary, MADE IN BIRMINGHAM – Reggae Punk Bhangra”
Ped Shayer: More from Digbeth
Some photos from the walls of the most decorated buildings around town