Creative Midlands West

Inspiring start at youth theatre gave children great start
Centre for arts in Cirencester scoops grant aid
Songs of Praise films at RSC's Theatre Tower
Pictures: Bablake School concert at St John the Baptist Church in Coventry
Gun Dogs hope to be Best in Show
Calling Shropshire Daleks – your time has come in new Doctor Who
News in brief round-up
Slovick, O'Reilly & Stott to Perform Live At Dress Circle Showcase Of Debut ...
Tony Iommi could line up with Black Sabbath at Lollapalooza show
Bruce Forsyth: My family values
The Singing Stewarts: Recalling the pioneering work of the Midlands harmonizers
Midlands hits right note in battle to be The Voice
Glenn Howells and Mike Hayes Join Board of Birmingham Hippodrome
Crescent Unplugged
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Inspiring start at youth theatre gave children great start

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:21 PM PDT

YOUNGSTERS with stars in their eyes developed a unique "discipline" as they took to the stage in Cheltenham. And now past members of the Everyman Youth Theatre – many of whom have gone on to roles in West End shows including Joseph and Mamma Mia!
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Centre for arts in Cirencester scoops grant aid

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:21 PM PDT

AN ARTS hub in Cirencester is celebrating a double dose of success after grants worth almost £250000 and an award for its chief. New Brewery Arts (NBA) in Brewery Court has been awarded £227852 by the Arts Council England for the next three years after ...
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Songs of Praise films at RSC's Theatre Tower

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:11 PM PDT

by Hayley Draper, Coventry Telegraph FILMING for BBC's Songs Of Praise is taking place in Stratford-upon-Avon on Tuesday. Cameras will be shooting at the Royal Shakespeare Company's iconic Theatre Tower, combining hymns with personal stories.
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Pictures: Bablake School concert at St John the Baptist Church in Coventry

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT

Young musicians from Bablake School gave a brass concert at the medieval church in Fleet Street, Coventry city centre. Trombones, tubas and euphoniums were among the instruments in the concert. The pupils performed a fanfare composed by one of their ...
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Gun Dogs hope to be Best in Show

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:09 PM PDT

BBC Coventry & Warwicshire's Band of the Month for April, Russian Gun Dogs, say they are improving all the time. And it is hard not to agree with them. Their name may conjure up images of water dogs prowling the Baltic coast, but if truth be known the ...
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BBC News

Calling Shropshire Daleks – your time has come in new Doctor Who

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:02 PM PDT

And as well as his Daleks, of which he has two from the 1960s television series – the days of William Hartnell and Patrick Troughton – and a replica of one from the 1965 Peter Cushing film Doctor Who and The Daleks, Dave is even prepared to offer his ...
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News in brief round-up

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:01 PM PDT

Shropshire based Matthew Mills Graphic Design has created a new brand for Radnor Hills Water, used across the brand's plain, fruits and fizz variants. Further ranges are expected to roll out into schools, where the brand is mostly sold, later this year ...
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Design Week

Slovick, O'Reilly & Stott to Perform Live At Dress Circle Showcase Of Debut ...

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 03:58 PM PDT

Any musical theatre fans who savour the chance to experience new writing may wish to drop in to Dress Circle on Saturday April 21, when London's premier musical theatre store will showcase the newly released debut album of Shropshire-born ...
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Tony Iommi could line up with Black Sabbath at Lollapalooza show

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:56 PM PDT

The heavy metal giants, founded in Aston, will top the bill at America's most famous music festival, in Grant Park, Chicago, from August 3 to 5. They will join the likes of Jack White, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Florence and the Machine, The Black Keys, ...
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Bruce Forsyth: My family values

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:49 PM PDT

I started in showbusiness aged 14 with a song, dance and accordion act called Boy Bruce, The Mighty Atom. My first appearance was at the Theatre Royal, Bilston, in the West Midlands, where my parents put £25 into the show to keep it going.
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The Guardian

The Singing Stewarts: Recalling the pioneering work of the Midlands harmonizers

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:47 PM PDT

The death of broadcaster Frank Stewart in Birmingham on 2nd March 2012 is the closing chapter in a key part of the development of British gospel music. For although in recent years it was Frank's radio work where for more than a decade he presented The ...
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Cross Rhythms

Midlands hits right note in battle to be The Voice

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:34 PM PDT

Three singing sensations from the Midlands wowed the judges to secure a place in the next round of hit BBC television contest The Voice. Black Country Living Museum worker Lindsey Butler, Dudley barmaid Jenny Jones and Kidderminster student Becky Hill ...
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Glenn Howells and Mike Hayes Join Board of Birmingham Hippodrome

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 02:33 PM PDT

Birmingham Hippodrome Theatre Trust, the charity which operates the UK's most popular theatre, today confirmed two new Trustee appointments. One of the UK's leading architects, Glenn Howells, and the Chief Executive of the innovative games creator SEGA ...
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Crescent Unplugged

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 04:50 AM PDT