Fierce Festival Returns
Fierce Festival, Birmingham’s premier live art and performance festival, returns from Thursday 29 March to Sunday 8 April. Performers from around the world will converge on Birmingham to bring boundary-pushing performances and art installations to venues and unusual spaces across the city, including the Brutalist Central Library, the city’s warehouses, backstage at Symphony Hall and … Read more
Capital Theatre Festival – Get Involved
Capital Theatre Festival is delighted to announce a host of opportunities for people to get involved in this year’s event. If you’re interested in writing for theatre, making connections, or adding new skills to your CV, Capital is on the lookout for participants and volunteers. BACKGROUND Capital is an independent theatre festival to be held … Read more
BASS Festival 2012 – Commissions Now Open
BASS Festival (British Arts and Street Sounds) is the UK’s only month long celebration of Black Music and Art. Every June, the UK comes alive with a phenomenal line up of events, new commissions, gigs, exhibitions, master classes, showcases, club nights, theatre, conferences and film. To mark the 50th anniversary of Jamaican Independence and to welcome the … Read more
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
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
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
Gay Birmingham: Back to Back
Delve into Birmingham’s hidden gay past 17-19th & 22-26th November Women & Theatre present live performances within the National Trust Back to Back Housing on Hurst Street. Gay Birmingham, Back to Back uncovers the lost histories of Birmingham’s queer people from the 1850s – 1970s. 1840s: Meet Charles, a manual labourer, Birmingham born and bred, who spent most of … Read more
Match by Polly Wright
Match A play by Polly Wright Directed by Jenny Stephens St.Paul’s Church Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th November at 7.30pm St.Paul’s Square, Birmingham. B3 1QZ Jasmin and Helen have been together for a few years and everyone says they’re the perfect couple. Neither of them is able to have kids naturally, so they adopt a … Read more
Invisible by Sayan Kent
Invisible Producer/Director Hannah Phillips premiers SHOUT commission Invisible written by Sayan Kent. The gripping work explores the invisibility and often isolation facing Black, Asian and Minority Ethnicity Bisexual, Gay and Queer Women living in Birmingham today. The work builds on the research and verbatim reading performed at mac for SHOUT 2010 and uses an exciting … Read more
Faith and Festivals Symposium – 9 November
Soul City Arts in partnership with mac birmingham is running a symposium which looks at the explosion of festival culture in the UK and how faith related perspectives impact. It is on Wednesday 9 November from 12:30pm to 5pm. International and UK based speakers will offer inspiration, information and key networking opportunities for faith, community … Read more
