Tomorrow night (Thursday) I’m taking a wander over to Warwick Arts Centre, as are a couple of Birmingham-based outfits, for It Came From Pilot: Father and son duo, Kings of England perform Where We Live and What We Live For. In 2001 75 year old Peter Bowes had a trans-ischemic attack, a stroke. In this … [Read more…]
Friday, 05/06/09, 19:00 Ten high-backed chairs, some seating elderly people and some seating younger people, spanned the back of the stage area at The Door, the studio theatre at Birmingham Rep. Above this seating arrangement was a large screen, showing slow panoramics of the Birmingham skyline. In front of them, a gently-lit bed with a … [Read more…]
The latest performance from Stan’s Cafe is as weird and wonderful as usual. Timed to coincide with the official Le Mans 24hr race, Stan’s Cafe have converted their factory HQ into the site of a major Scalextric track on which six teams will do battle in a gruelling 24hrs of slot-car racing. There will be … [Read more…]
Stan’s Cafe is one of Britain’s foremost contemporary theatre companies, famous for experimental theatre in unusual locations. If you went to last year’s Arts Fest you may remember their brilliant ‘Of All The People In All The World’ – a performance which used huge piles of rice representing people of the world. Their new production … [Read more…]
Black Tonic is a new, unusual theatre experience from The Other Way Works, a Birmingham based theatre company formed in 2001. The production is an interactive performance staged in the bedrooms and corridors of the Radisson Hotel Birmingham. You are invited to unravel an original detective story, where even love can be bought for the … [Read more…]
Phillip Pullman’s Dark Materials has been adapted by Nicholas Wright, from three novels into two full-length plays and is being directed by Rachel Kavanaugh at the REP. The productions are from Birmingham Repertory Theatre Company in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse. Image by Catherine Ashmore Philip Pullman’s magical story unfolds in a world where young … [Read more…]
The REP have commissioned a play entitled These Four Streets inspired by the stories of local people who were connected to or affected by the Lozells disturbances of October 2005, where the rumour of a rape sparked disorder leading to a man’s death, widespread damage and a fracture between two communities. These Four Streets tells … [Read more…]
Birmingham based theatre company Little Earthquake will be embarking on a regional tour of their brand new production in March, The Haunting. The project will look at the phenomenon of Victorian Spirit Mediums and through performance, story-telling and illusion will recreate the atmosphere, mystery and titillation of a mid-nineteenth century Séance. Performances will take place … [Read more…]