Coventry playwright selected for Hotbed Festival
A play by Coventry playwright Chris O’Connell has been selected for this year’s Hotbed Festival, which runs from 26-29 January at The Junction, Cambridge. Forgive Our Paranoia By Chris O’Connell This one act drama from multiple award winner and founder of Theatre Absolute, Chris O’Connell, tells the story of sisters Beth and Joy, and their … Read more
Writing for the Stage @ mac
Capital Theatre Festival, in collaboration with MAC, presents a 6-week course run by West Midlands playwright Arzhang Pezhman. Arzhang’s new play, Gravity, is produced by Birmingham Repertory Theatre and is presented at mac from 23rd February-3rd March. The course will provide a comprehensive introduction to the tools and techniques of writing for the stage. This includes generating … Read more
Fierce Festival Returns: 29 March – 8 April 2012
Fierce Festival, Birmingham’s premier festival of live art, performance and public intervention returns from 29 March – 8 April 2012. Artists from across the globe will bring boundary-pushing performances and art installations to Birmingham. Festival highlights: Dachshund U.N. A model of the United Nations assembly will be populated with 47 dachshunds from across the West Midlands, … Read more
My Story Through a Lens: Journeys through Photographs and Words
You are invited to Previews on the 10th January 2-4pm and 7-9pm With the Birmingham Poet Laureate, Jan Watts. My Story Through a Lens aims to challenge & reduce stigma & discrimination through the content of work produced & its accessibility to the public. This Exhibition is the culmination of a ten week project involving … Read more
Decathlon – Call for Contributions
Decathlon CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: 100 METRES 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 theFierce Festival in Birmingham, where each film will be 9.58 seconds long. These 8 films … Read more
Update from Stage2
A brief news-flash from Stage2: Firstly, our January Shows Shockheaded Peter and Picasso’s Women are selling well at the end of the weeks (Shockheaded Peter is actually already completely sold out on Fri night) but the starts of both weeks could do with more sales. There are full details about the productions here but basically if you were wanting to go … Read more
Impro Basics – One Day Workshop
Come and play with Box of Frogs! By popular and frequent demand, Jon Trevor of Box of Frogs will be running a one-day workshop on Impro Basics in Birmingham on Saturday January 14th 2012. If you’ve never done any Improvisation before – this is for you. If you’ve seen one of our shows, thought Impro … Read more
Artists/Workshop Leaders required
Deadline: Wednesday 4th January Friday 17th February To run drop-in workshops on inclusive arts day for disabled children their families and friends. The event is open to children with physical and learning disabilities and non-disabled children. Funding is likely to cover two or three workshops/artists. We are particularly interested in visual arts/crafts activities and music/drumming … Read more
Education and Community Co-ordinator, Performances Birmingham
Education & Community Coordinator £15,000 per annum plus benefits Town Hall and Symphony Hall seeks a dynamic arts administrator to join the team as Education & Community Coordinator. You could be a recent graduate or self started with a passion for music and the ability to provide strong administrative support to our busy programme. An … Read more
Motionhouse Masterclasses
As part of the London Olympic celebrations Motionhouse will be holding two masterclasses for professional dancers/performers and dance students/graduates in our studio in Leamington Spa on Saturday 14 and Saturday 21 April 2012. The sessions will be led by our Artistic Director, Kevin Finnan and some of our company dancers; there will be a small charge. Anyone interested … Read more
