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- Digital Edge – Call for Proposals
- Birmingham – the original design city – joins forces with design guru
- Cinema showing for film shot in Erdington and Castle Vale: The Casebook of Eddie Brewer
- Theatre: Pattison Theatre Arts have master class with Wayne Sleep
- Hamish Fulton to stage alternative walk in Birmingham on Easter weekend
- Awards handed out at <b>Hereford</b> Drama Festival of One Act Plays
- Chaddesley Corbett school musicians strike chord with judges
- Live and Unsigned performers on road to stardom
- Town <b>music</b> project set to entertain residents this Easter
- ArchitectureWM: RT @BirminghamArch: Looking forward to DUGGAN MORRIS lecture tonight - 6PM at MADE - great architecture, wine, nibbles & sun - what more ...
- Rednile Factory Night – Burslem Branch Canal
- Trigger seek writer for Heliotrope
- Live and Local seek Marketing Assistant
- THEATRE ARK
- PluspaceGallery: We have a selection of studio's here in Coventry that need filling with motivated interesting people! hello@matthewmacaulay.net
- Call For Artists – Developing Small Encounters
- Much Ado About Wenlock – Vamos Theatre
- CovArtspace: RT @cattell_matt: @CovArtspace NEW VIDEO FROM LOCAL BAND FILMED IN COV - http://t.co/z9OKf1wr Please retweet. Thanks
- Listen: Million Empire – Don't Get Me Started
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| Digital Edge – Call for Proposals Posted: 30 Mar 2012 01:55 AM PDT Growing live theatre online CALL FOR PROPOSALS How can you create characters and situations using social media and digital technologies? How does audience participation influence and shape the story? How can you build multimedia narratives which resonate within a live theatre space? We are looking for innovative approaches which respond to the way in which digital interactions are now an intrinsic part of most people's social existence, and which explore how social media can support creative interaction between practitioners, and between practitioners and audiences. The Brief Edge Hill University, North West Playwrights and Capital Theatre Festival 2012 invite proposals from writers and theatre practitioners for projects which explore the relationships between virtual and live spaces. We encourage pitches for dramas which develop narratives over multiple platforms. Your project must culminate in a live performance of approximately 30 minutes duration, to be shown at The Rose Theatre in autumn 2012. The Process Project proposals should be no more than 800 words in length and submitted online at www.edgehill.ac.uk/rosetheatre by Tuesday 1 May. Up to 6 proposals will be selected and the shortlisted artists will be invited to pitch their ideas at Capital Theatre Festival at mac birmingham on Thursday 24 May before a panel of judges and a live audience. Support for travel costs will be available. Candidates are encouraged to be as imaginative as possible in approaching the pitch – to explore innovative ways of creating an entertaining theatrical experience for the audience. Up to two proposals will be selected, and will receive practical, dramaturgical and financial support to be developed towards a live showing at a special event at the Rose Theatre, Edge Hill, in Autumn 2012. Support to include: Space to work at Edge Hill Dramaturgy/mentoring provided by NWP and Edge Hill staff Travel costs Accommodation Production costs – to be agreed. If you would like further clarification, or an informal discussion about the project, please contatct Chris Bridgman at North West Playwrights – newplaysnw@hotmail.com or 0161 237 1978. Further Reading For ideas, provocations and previous work in this area, see: http://www.danielbye.co.uk/3/post/2011/01/twitter-a-challenge-to-theatres.html#comments http://disappearances.co.uk/the-team/ http://www.suchtweetsorrow.com/about/ http://thirdangeluk.blogspot.com/2011/03/notes-on-twitterbug.html
http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/media/uploads/pdf/thespace_digital_arts_imagination_rachelcoldicutt.pdf
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| Birmingham – the original design city – joins forces with design guru Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:00 PM PDT 30th Mar 2012 ⁄ West Midlands ⁄ Design and brand guru, Alasdhair Willis – who recently designed a high profile campaign for David Beckham - has backed an ambitious initiative to showcase a selection of iconic designs created in Bi... | ||
| Cinema showing for film shot in Erdington and Castle Vale: The Casebook of Eddie Brewer Posted: 29 Mar 2012 12:49 PM PDT
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| Theatre: Pattison Theatre Arts have master class with Wayne Sleep Posted: 20 Mar 2012 08:22 AM PDT COVENTRY students proved they had star quality when they went to London to be taught by Wayne Sleep. | ||
| Hamish Fulton to stage alternative walk in Birmingham on Easter weekend Posted: 28 Mar 2012 05:00 PM PDT The walking artist plans to lead a group around the regenerative landscape of Curzon Park in Eastside on Sunday. | ||
| Awards handed out at <b>Hereford</b> Drama Festival of One Act Plays Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:40 AM PDT THE overall winner of this year's Hereford Drama Festival of One Act plays at The Courtyard was The Hereford Players with In the Blinking of an Eye, directed by Beverley Powell. Roz Reader, who played Madge in the production, was selected best actress. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chaddesley Corbett school musicians strike chord with judges Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:39 AM PDT Year five Winterfold House School pupils Edward Lathe, Archie Kimberley, Nathan Williams and Lucie Fletcher won first prize in the under-10s wind, brass, music stage and open classes respectively, at the Worcester Competitive Music Festival. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Live and Unsigned performers on road to stardom Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:13 AM PDT
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| Town <b>music</b> project set to entertain residents this Easter Posted: 29 Mar 2012 11:09 AM PDT Members of Birmingham Symphony's Youth Orchestra, Diego Vassalo, Zoe Hayes, Charlotte Moseley and Duncan Wall have been involved with the Orchestra of St John's Church. Ref:s A BROMSGROVE music project is set to again entertain residents at a Easter ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Posted: 29 Mar 2012 04:56 AM PDT ArchitectureWM: RT @BirminghamArch: Looking forward to DUGGAN MORRIS lecture tonight - 6PM at MADE - great architecture, wine, nibbles & sun - what more ... | ||
| Rednile Factory Night – Burslem Branch Canal Posted: 29 Mar 2012 08:24 AM PDT Factory Night @ Bed of closed Burslem Branch Canal Calling artists and creative people with an interest in industrial heritage, regeneration and the changing landscape – This Factory Night will start with a canal boat ride from Westport Lake down to the start of what was the Burslem arm of the Trent and Mersey canal. The artists will then hike along the bed of the canal which was closed by a major breach in 1961 viewing the old Cooperative buildings, recently uncovered walls of the canal and the natural valley adjacent to the site. This tour will be lead by the knowledgeable Burslem Port Trust who are working on an exciting project to bring the Canal back and activate the site. The walk will end with time to explore the historic whalf, loading warehouse and surrounding Middleport community currently undergoing major development. We aim for this Factory Night to provide an insight into the rich history of the Burslem Port site and for artists and creative people to be involved in the future visioning of the site. More info at www.rednile.org         | ||
| Trigger seek writer for Heliotrope Posted: 29 Mar 2012 08:00 AM PDT Triggerare looking for a professional writer to join the Heliotrope team. Heliotrope is about seasonal affective disorder and the impact of the sun on our health. We are working with a collaborative team of artists, designers & scientists including DO Architecture, sound artist Hanna Tuulikki and psychiatrist John Eagles. This summer the team will develop Heliotrope at a creative lab at the CCA in Glasgow. During this lab we will explore concepts for an immersive light & sound-filled space, informing designs for a prototype installation at Glasgow's Botanic Gardens in November. We plan to tour Heliotrope during the winter of 2013/2014. We are looking to commission a writer to create one piece of fiction for use in the printed programme and online in a complementary digital space. The completed work must deal with the themes of Heliotrope, and can be prose or verse. We would like you to explore some of the issues surrounding our relationship with light to create a piece that engages our audiences with the project. We're open to suggestions as to how best to achieve this. We imagine your piece will be between 500 and 2000 words long (to be confirmed once an approach has been agreed.) Your work will be accompanied by factual prose written by SAD experts who will explain the medical and historical contexts of the disorder. During the commission period, you will have access to all the creative & scientific members of the Heliotrope team who will be able to talk you through what they're making and why. Logistics Dates: Location: Fee: Who can apply? How to apply: 1. A biog / CV (including evidence of the milestone/s you have achieved to meet our criteria, see above.)         | ||
| Live and Local seek Marketing Assistant Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:47 AM PDT Live&Local are looking for a Marketing Assistant… The Marketing Assistant will join a team of five in Warwick and assist the Marketing Officer in providing publicity support for all Live & Local activities with specific responsibility for print management. They will also provide general administrative support within the office in conjunction with the Administration assistant. You should be an efficient and enthusiastic person with good organisational, communication and computer skills, a friendly personality, good written English and numeracy abilities and an interest in the arts. Deadline: 11th April         | ||
| Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:43 AM PDT A GROUNDBREAKING theatre group run by young people from across Birmingham is to bring Shakespeare to life when they stage a performance of The Tempest in a disused factory building. Theatre Ark is a company of 20 young members aged 14-20 who are developing the skills to run their own theatre company. Its aim is to forge a new learning route into employment, through developing skilled and experienced young artists and arts managers with an independent voice on the city's art scene. They are supported by theatre professionals who develop opportunities for creative management and administration, in balance with a firm perspective on presenting the experience of young people in the city through high quality arts products. The company has based itself in the city's most exciting and challenging venue – the A.E. Harris Warehouse in the Jewellery Quarter – and makes innovative use of space to create exciting theatre and film events. Theatre Ark is working on the second stage of a year-long project called The Name of Action. This follows an exciting and acclaimed series of experimental films using Shakespeare texts to explore the fears, frustrations and aspirations of young people in Birmingham, and the contradictory forces shaping the city's next generation in the aftermath of the riots. The company intends that the second stage of the project – its bold and immersive theatre production of Shakespeare's The Tempest – will further employ the Bard's language and imagery, in combination with its own energy and distinctive approach, to resonate with the lives and experiences of today's young audiences. The Tempest is commonly acknowledged as Shakespeare's last play and is infused with the myths and realities of an ever-expanding, far-flung world at the turn of the 17th Century. It deals with themes of mastery and servitude, devotion and treachery, love and loathing. Prospero, usurped Duke of Milan and self-taught sorcerer, conjures the forces of nature and the island's spirits in order to manipulate his enemies, friends and family alike and bend them to his greater purpose. But is that purpose revenge or redemption? And what will be its resolution? Arts Council funding has enabled the company to realize its aspiration to take on its first young employees, one as a part-time Theatre Project Assistant and the other as a Creative Apprentice. The company is planning the next stage of its growth and looking forward to building on its achievements with the support of local people, and in particular the business community. If you would like to support Theatre Ark's development the company warmly welcomes offers of training, advice, contacts and sponsorship. "Watch out for Theatre Ark because this is an example of Birmingham's future which we should all try to support. If ever there's a group to watch it's these youngsters. " The Tempest is on at AE Harris Warehouse on Wed 4th – Sat 7th April Tickets for The Tempest are £5.50 – £8.50 and can be booked at theatreark.eventbrite.co.uk Contact: Ceri Townsend at theatreark@hotmail.co.uk         | ||
| Posted: 25 Mar 2012 07:57 AM PDT PluspaceGallery: We have a selection of studio's here in Coventry that need filling with motivated interesting people! hello@matthewmacaulay.net | ||
| Call For Artists – Developing Small Encounters Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:35 AM PDT Developing 'Small Encounters': Tuesday 8 – Friday 11 May 2012 Organised by the Small Encounters Collective. Supported by Midlands Arts Centre (mac), Birmingham and funded by Arts Council England. The laboratory will run for four days at mac, Birmingham, and will consider the challenges of creating work specifically for one-to-one performance or for small audiences or groups of participants. The research will also explore bespoke tent-like portable prototypes as potential environments for intimate encounters. At the end of the laboratory, works-in-progress will be shared with an invited audience and there will be an opportunity for feedback and discussion. Our ambition is for this development piece to become part of a mini-festival of intimate performance hosted by mac in November 2012, and that some may go on to tour festivals and other venues into 2013 and beyond. During the laboratory, artists will be mentored by Adrian Howells, an internationally-respected artist in this area, whose work includes Foot Washing for the Sole, Salon Adrienne and The Pleasure of Being: Washing, Feeding, Holding. Adrian has a keen interest in ethics, intimacy and mutual exchange. Successful applicants will be paid a fee of £300. How to apply Please also attach a CV The Small Encounters Collective is Antonia Beck, Jill Dowse, Charlotte Gregory and Lucy Nicholls.         | ||
| Much Ado About Wenlock – Vamos Theatre Posted: 29 Mar 2012 07:30 AM PDT Vamos Theatre, in association with The Everyman Theatre Cheltenham, presents its latest mask theatre production Much Ado About Wenlock Swan Theatre, Worcester Box Office: 01905 611427 Solihull Arts Complex, Solihull Box Office: 01217 046962 "very, very funny…you won't fail to be delighted" The Stage "Much Ado About Wenlock is one of the most charming, delightful and perfectly inventive pieces of theatre seen in years" Chris Eldon Lee, BBC Radio 4 Producer         | ||
| Posted: 27 Mar 2012 10:02 AM PDT CovArtspace: RT @cattell_matt: @CovArtspace NEW VIDEO FROM LOCAL BAND FILMED IN COV - http://t.co/z9OKf1wr Please retweet. Thanks | ||
| Listen: Million Empire – Don't Get Me Started Posted: 29 Mar 2012 06:50 AM PDT Born out of a lust for expressing raw passion through music, Million Empire came hurtling onto the Midlands music scene in October 2008. Lacking in direct-to-vein, sincere, alternative music, the area was awash with mediocre, stale metal bands and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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