Academic Stewart Brown has produced an extensive set of prints in which he adopts and twists the words which constantly surround him, while combining this with his experiences of African buses, Caribbean carnival and postmodern Birmingham. I live in Letterland, an illuminated Babel, beautiful, unsayable, meaningless, profound. His current exhibition Babel is on display at … [Read more…]
On 6 October at 7.15pm, ARC (Anti Racist Campaign) and Duende Performance Co. will be hosting this event at The Drum. A panel featuring film and theatre makers Kenan Malik, Colin Prescod (Institute of Race Relations) and Dave Rogers (Banner Theatre) will dicuss why they believe immigration has been, and is, good for Britain.
Brewers’ Troupe Present: Pub Poetry Slam at the Hollybush (Cradley Heath), hosted by performance poets Emma Purshouse and Heather Wastie. This slam poetry sesh is on 19 September, starting at 7.30, and is open to all slam virgins, beginners, novices or maybe even the more experienced slammer keen to try out new material in a … [Read more…]
Hiya, still here. I’ve just been off, away and working for a bit. Here’s some stuff: Rhymes from the Rocks is a showcase for poetry inspired by the geology of the Black Country and its storehouse of unusual and beautiful objects. The poems on this site have been produced by young people from the Dudley … [Read more…]
Speakeasy is be a get-together for West Mids theatre folk hosted by The Drum and in association with The Rep. It’s on Monday 7 June. Alison Gagen from ACE West Mids and Tyrone Huggins who the chairs the Sustained Theatre West Midlands Hub (which I’d not come across before) will be there. The general format … [Read more…]
sampad turn 20 this year and have just published their brochure with details of how they’ll be celebrating. The Sampad Story is an exhibition that will open on 1 May at the mac and run through to 30 August. It’ll be accompanied by a book edited by Tasawar Bashir. From the blurb: Come and find … [Read more…]
I saw Mother India: 21st Century Remix in 2008 and it was honestly one of the best things I saw that year. It’s been off on tour since but will be back in Birmingham on Sunday (11 April) to crown Mother India weekend – a bunch of events happening at the Town Hall and Symphony … [Read more…]
interchat at The Drum “a dialogue on arts and communities with local and international perspectives” Why have costly arts projects that were supposed to transform the country’s cultural landscape flopped? The Independent sticks the boot into the New Art Gallery Walsall, their (online) community rallies round in the comments. Beautiful Scripting Futures – new workshops … [Read more…]