The Lasting Sense back in Brum – 3rd May, 7pm
“A brave and (in every sense) revealing performance.” * * * * onestoparts.com FRED, probably Birmingham’s newest theatre company, is bringing new play The Lasting Sense of Sudden back to Birmingham for one night only this week, before setting off to Dublin. The play, which premiered at last month’s SHOUT Festival, is making audiences laugh, … Read more
Call for Artists
Looking for a cash injection and industry support to help realise your outdoor arts idea? Then look no further… Gone in 20 Minutes (Gi20) gives eight artists or companies a development grant of £3,000 to realise their small to medium-scale idea or project. The winners will participate in mentoring sessions with Gi20’s partners and will be … Read more
News from Capital Theatre Festival
We’re very excited to announce that Cuddles, by Joseph Wilde, will be produced by Ovalhouse and Arch 468 in May.Cuddles was one of three plays showcased at Capital Theatre Festival last year, and we’re delighted that it’s found a home at Ovalhouse. Capital is an independent theatre festival designed to nurture, celebrate and promote the work of writers and theatre-makers … Read more
Artist Opportunity: Bradford
We are a performance collective based in Bradford and are curating a three day festival of art and performance in an empty shop in Bradford. Please find all details below. I have attached an image, however it is a portrait image. “The free space of commodities is constantly being altered and redesigned in order to become ever … Read more
WOW! Festival 2013
6 weeks, 6 Wednesdays, lots of performance! Where? The Public Art Centre www.thepublic.com in collaboration with Freshold Theatre is currently curating WOW! (Watch Out Wednesdays!) – An eclectic festival of street performance in the heart of West Bromwich. WOW! Will be held every Wednesday during the summer holidays outside The Public building and we are looking to pull a diverse programme … Read more
Generations: Thinking Straight and The Lasting Sense of Sudden
Generations―a double bill of one act plays for the 2013 SHOUT Festival―opens this week at Birmingham’s Custard Factory, and features a new play based on real life experiences collected by FRED through interviewing members of the LGBTQ community in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The Lasting Sense of Sudden will make you laugh, cry, become infuriated, and … Read more
Call for Actors
Three passionate and accomplished playwrights seek foolhardy skilled and committed actors to embark on an adventurous new adventure that will bring dynamic wonderment (hopefully!) to the first ever ‘Birmingham Fest’ theatre festival, taking place in July 2013. Frank Bramwell, Ian Kendall,Tim Wright: Our mission as playwrights – and as people with a true passion for the theatre – … Read more
Theatre Fever: 9-24 March 2013
Theatre Fever is a celebration of theatre made in the West Midlands, performed right across the region. The West Midlands is a hotbed of creative theatrical talent and activity and we want to make a noise about it. For a lot of people theatre is a bug that you just can’t shift once you catch it. … Read more
Pint Dreams
We have been busy devising our new show, Pint Dreams,a piece for pubs! Commissioned by Holding Space, Pint Dreams will tour to pubs in the West Midlands, as part ofTheatre Fever festival, and London, as part of Camden People’s Theatre’s Sprint festival, in March 2013. So if you are in Birmingham or London this March and fancy a little bit … Read more
Glasgow 2014 Cultural Programme Open Fund
From 23 July – 3 August 2014, Glasgow will host the XX Commonwealth Games, one of the world’s most significant multi-sports events. Glasgow 2014 will be Scotland’s largest ever combined sporting and cultural celebration, and the vision is to stage an outstanding Games that will be celebrated at home and across the Commonwealth. As an … Read more
