Twilightofthefreakingods is Stan’s Cafe’s celebration of five wonderful years @ A E Harris. It’s a large scale theatrical experiment taking place this Thursday and Saturday (Saturday event sold out), with a cast comprising of companies who have performed @ A E Harris over the last five years. There will be no rehearsals, and the … [Read more…]
Two Snowhill is the latest addition to Birmingham’s skyline and from the 12th April to 21st April it will play home to ‘Of All The People In All The World’. This award-winning show from Birmingham based theatre company Stan’s Cafe has been viewed in 50 different cities around the world and is returning home for its … [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…]
Although I made it along to the Pointe Blank launch on Monday, I missed the launch of The Voyage – a big, public spectacle taking place in Victoria Square over four nights (21 to 24 June) as one of the opening events for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. It’s being produced by the Hippodrome and created by Motionhouse … [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…]
A touch of grouchiness for a Monday morning. Ammo reckons Birmingham’s arts scene is too safe and middle-aged, claiming that rather than providing art that appeals to Brummies, “a human tide of middle class professionals floods Birmingham each day from the suburban shanty towns that ring our city”: Groomed by the local authority and a … [Read more…]
Following the closure of the Creative Partnerships Programme, Bright Space announced that they would be closing. Today’s their last day. This from Stan’s Cafe: It’s sad because Brightspace were behind a huge number of inspirational projects that took artists into schools to work creatively with students and teachers. Now, despite a great report from OFSTED … [Read more…]
Dance blogs in the West Midlands If you like dance, these are the blogs to follow Tindal Street Press’s summer ebook success | Tindal St Press “This summer the clear genre appeal of a regional crime novel and a summer beach romance have reached more readers than we could have expected”. Nicely done. Iona Waite … [Read more…]