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- ArchitectureWM: RT @RIBAWestMids: RIBA Architects offering FREE consultations in our pop up architecture store in Birmingham on 23/6 @LveArchitecture ht ...
- writingwestmids: Scary to think of Bieber outliving everything but phosphorous... Great creative use of data though from @carolinebeavon #devlab
- writingwestmids: #devlab "anything that spits out data can be made interactive", interested to talk to @bitjam
- writingwestmids: Only 1 day to go until #skillsharingday2012 it's going to be big! http://t.co/uP6Tx3ah
- writingwestmids: #devlab so much variety in the cultural orgs here today. *lovely*
- writingwestmids: Already so much to think about this morning and we've barely begun... #devlab
- writingwestmids: At #devlab in Birmingham today with @helloculture12 ready to be hacked, in a good way!
- ArtsFest are looking for volunteers
- Six Summer Saturdays – Performance Opportunity
- Urban Fusion Dance Summer School
- Devoted and Disgruntled in the (West) Midlands
- Midlands-based erformers and designers sought for devising project
- LAMDA Showcase and Certificates Presentation Evening
- Devoted and Disgruntled in the (East) Midlands
- Underrated: Birmingham the Musical
- Last Fancies: New Production
- Melting Pot’s Production of Hamlet in Birmingham and Stratford in July
- Inamoment productions seeks assistants
- Heartbreak Productions new open air tour
- Rotten Park Road – double bill
| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:56 AM PDT ArchitectureWM: RT @RIBAWestMids: RIBA Architects offering FREE consultations in our pop up architecture store in Birmingham on 23/6 @LveArchitecture ht ... |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 03:08 AM PDT writingwestmids: Scary to think of Bieber outliving everything but phosphorous... Great creative use of data though from @carolinebeavon #devlab |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:57 AM PDT writingwestmids: #devlab "anything that spits out data can be made interactive", interested to talk to @bitjam |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:56 AM PDT writingwestmids: Only 1 day to go until #skillsharingday2012 it's going to be big! http://t.co/uP6Tx3ah |
| writingwestmids: #devlab so much variety in the cultural orgs here today. *lovely* Posted: 15 Jun 2012 02:21 AM PDT writingwestmids: #devlab so much variety in the cultural orgs here today. *lovely* |
| writingwestmids: Already so much to think about this morning and we've barely begun... #devlab Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:50 AM PDT writingwestmids: Already so much to think about this morning and we've barely begun... #devlab |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:51 AM PDT writingwestmids: At #devlab in Birmingham today with @helloculture12 ready to be hacked, in a good way! |
| ArtsFest are looking for volunteers Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:42 AM PDT Get involved! Volunteer at ArtsFest 2012! Join the team for theUK's biggest free arts festival, in Birmingham City Centre, on Saturday 8th andSunday 9th September 2012. ArtsFest is theUK's biggest free arts festival, presenting the best talent in theMidlandswithout extortionate ticket prices. In fact, everything is free! Highlights of this year's festival include live screenings of the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympics and the Last Night of the Proms, alongside hundreds of artists, showcasing the very best of music, dance, drama and art from within the region. We are looking for a large team of enthusiastic and committed volunteers to make ArtsFest happen. Volunteers take on a variety of roles, to suit different levels of commitment and your availability. Amongst other things, volunteers help to ensure the smooth running of venues, answer any enquiries, and help the public to make the most of the festival. Volunteers are also needed at times during the lead up to the festival in the ArtsFest office and on Friday 7th September to help with preparations in the City Centre. The majority of volunteers will be needed to help at the many indoor and outdoor venues around the city centre on the weekend. Successful applicants will have the opportunity to develop skills in communication and team-work. They will also gain first-hand experience of how a major arts festival is organised. Volunteering at ArtsFest is also a great opportunity to meet new people and build confidence in speaking to the public. Volunteers can expect to work in a friendly, supportive environment, with a thorough briefing prior to the festival weekend, and continuous support from Venue Officers and Birmingham City Council staff. To apply, complete the online form at www.artsfest.org.uk/volunteers Volunteers must be over 18 and the closing date for applications is Friday 13th July. |
| Six Summer Saturdays – Performance Opportunity Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:31 AM PDT Birmingham Hippodrome as part of "Six Summer Saturdays 2012″ and in collaboration with "Natural Theatre" are offering an unique professional development performance opportunity. We are looking for fifteen regional practitioners with an interest in expanding their knowledge and experience of presenting work outdoors. Practitioners will work with Mark Bishop from Natural Theatre over a two day workshop programme which then culminates in the performance of "REDS" with Natural Theatre on August 11th in Birmingham City Centre. Natural Theatre has been based in Bath for nearly 45 years. In that time they have taken their particular brand of street and non-stage comic theatre to nearly 80 countries including China, Japan, South and Central America, Nigeria, Central Asia and even Lapland. www.naturaltheatre.co.uk "The Reds. Why are they there? What are they doing? Is it a flash mob? They are so purposeful; there must be a reason for their gathering. Where are they going? Whatever they were, I got some brilliant photos!" Workshops The first workshop will deal with the basic Natural Theatre techniques and theories. Use of space, keeping an eye on the team in undisciplined spaces, leadership, being led, character within uniformity. Less is more. No showing off…pay attention, the overall effect is paramount, not individual skills. Working alone as part of a group piece…quite often in a Naturals performance we don't see each other until the end but we can hear from what the public are saying that the others are around, doing their job! And about how to set about finding the costume and accessories, how they must match exactly to obtain the amazingly vibrant effect the Red People can have in dull surroundings. The participants will learn one of the other NTC scenarios, one which requires more regimented actions, such as Freezies or Walkies. They will undoubtedly take part in a short foray into the outside world for a public try-out of what they have learned. As with many Naturals performances it is the preparation for something pretty simple that transforms that simple act into something memorable. The dates for workshops are July 18th 11am-5pm and August 10th 11am-5pm and they will take place at Birmingham Hippodrome. The final performance follows on 11th August. It is essential that performers are able to commit to the full three days. The project is free but you will be asked to attend an evaluation meeting at the end of the three days.         |
| Urban Fusion Dance Summer School Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:26 AM PDT Space2Develop (S2D) is creating a unique opportunity for young people aged 7 to 10 and 11 to 14 years, to attend an exclusive week of Urban Fusion Dance over the school summer holiday. Urban Fusion workshop fuses together different styles such as street and contemporary dance. The project is led by top Choreographer Shaun Cope who is part of Space2develop (S2D), a company committed to developing the sector in the region and establishing a space in the Digbeth area to develop artistic creativity. The week will involve creating dance inspired by The 2012 Olympic Games, a short performance piece where the group's show off their work at the end of each workshop week. There will be elements of drama and photography for dance and each young person will be given a S2D certificate for their achievement. The two workshop age groups will run on consecutive weeks: 7 to 10 years from Monday 23th July to Friday 27th July Times for the Urban Fusion Dance Summer School is from 9.30am to 3.30pm daily and cost £80 for either workshop week. Each young person will be required to bring a healthy packed lunch, wear suitable clothing and provide their own appropriate footwear for dancing.         |
| Devoted and Disgruntled in the (West) Midlands Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:23 AM PDT From Theresa Heskins at the New Vic: If, like me, you've been trying and failing to get along to a Devoted & Disgruntled event, then I hope you'll be glad to hear that the D&D Roadshow will be visiting the New Vic on Friday 13th July. It's a unique opportunity to have the conversation about theatre that you want to have. If you've never attended an open space event, please make this your first. It will change your way of thinking about conferencing, and I guarantee you'll go away inspired. It's an open-ended event that enables a self-organising group to use its collective imagination to deal with complex issues. Although you'll set the agenda when you come along, there are plenty of thing I already want to get talking about: In the face of the Institute for Economic Affairs' suggestion that £1.6bn could be saved by cutting DCMS, how can we as an industry make the case for continuing subsidy of the arts? With a catchment area that includes a city with some of the highest levels of multiple deprivation in the country, including literacy levels amongst primary aged children that stand out as being the poorest in the country, our work in the fields of education and social change is some of the most important the New Vic does. We're not alone: throughout North Staffordshire, there seems to be a clear emphasis on art for social change rather than for art's sake. What does this mean for artists? For the society we make art with and for? For the local economy? If you'd like to hear more about the event, and for details of how to register, travel, catering etc, visit the D&D website athttp://www.devotedanddisgruntled.com/events/dd-roadshow-newcastle-lyme/ I'd be very grateful if you'd pass this email on to anyone you think may be interested, or write your own invitation. Looking forward to seeing you on the 13th July, Devoted & Disgruntled at the New Vic         |
| Midlands-based erformers and designers sought for devising project Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:21 AM PDT Teasel Theatre Company is looking for performers and designers interested in working on a devising project in early November 2012 and late January 2013. After extensive r&d work, we're aiming to finish the piece in readiness for an eventual production at the Edinburgh festival next summer followed by a UK tour, although no commitment is required at this stage. The story is of a little girl in 1930s Germany who has a series of bizarre dreams which she writes up as a Christmas present for her psychiatrist father and then dies shortly after. He is devastated and becomes obsessed with the idea that the dreams contained a warning about her death that he should have spotted. Ultimately it emerges that the dreams were in fact a warning about the work he was becoming more and more involved in. The piece looks at dreaming and the unconscious – it comes from a Jungian case study – and an under-explored vein of 20th century history. It's also about grief, regret, legacy and inheritance. This might all sound very gloomy but the plan is to keep it dynamic and packed with light and beautiful moments and humour too. We're aiming for something like Pan's Labyrinth crossed with A Disappearing Number via Oh What A Lovely War (if that makes any sense!). More information is available here.: http://www.teaseltheatre.co.uk/Teasel/Dreams_To_Her_Father.html Funding and dates are to be confirmed but the proposal is to work in the Birmingham area and we're expecting to be able to pay performers around £400 per week for 5-6 weeks work in total. If you're interested in principle, please get in touch as soon as you can via the contact details at www.teaseltheatre.co.uk. Please include a CV and any information that might be of interest about similar work you've been involved with. We're looking forward to hearing from you. Teasel         |
| LAMDA Showcase and Certificates Presentation Evening Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:18 AM PDT On: Friday 29th June 2011 7.30pm         |
| Devoted and Disgruntled in the (East) Midlands Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:16 AM PDT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THEATRE AND THE PERFORMING ARTS IN 2012 AND BEYOND? Feel like you've had this conversation before? Feeling disconnected? Feel like your voice isn't heard? This is the time and event for you to move the debate on. London 2012 Festival, Improbable and Curve invite you to the grand opening of the The Devoted & Disgruntled 2012 Roadshow: 21 June & 22 June 2012
Devoted & Disgruntled is part of the London 2012 Festival, a spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists from across the world with the very best from the UK, from 21 June to the 9 September 2012. For more information check www.london2012.com/festival         |
| Underrated: Birmingham the Musical Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:13 AM PDT Women & Theatre Present Underrated: Birmingham The Musical Mac, Birmingham 14 & 15 June, 6pm & 7.30pm More miles of canal than Venice? Unlikely. A tree for every person? Doubtful. Underrated? Definitely. Underrated: Birmingham The Musical is a multi-voiced theatrical extravaganza celebrating the best bits of Brum through the eyes of its young people. Beyond the Bullring and the Balti triangle, what our city means to our most dynamic residents – the next generation who will shape its future. This project has been funded by BCC Next Generation, The Edward & Dorothy Cadbury Charitable Trust, The Eveson Trust, The Ernest Cook Trust, the Harry Payne Trust, The Rowland's Foundation, The Grantham Yorke Trust and supported by mac birmingham. Book your tickets (and see a lovely animation made by the young people) here: http://www.macarts.co.uk/event/women-and-theatre-underrated-birmingham-the-musical         |
| Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:10 AM PDT Tuesday 12 June to Sunday 17 June 2012 Arena Theatre, Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SE Join Last Fancies for a journey across a desolate, long abandoned theatre.
West Midlands based theatre company Last Fancies follow up the sell out success of 2011′s multi-venue opus The Death of Georgia Bwith a new, innovative theatrical experience staged throughout Wolverhampton's Arena Theatre. In a world where art is outlawed, the cinemas stand in ruins, galleries are ransacked and books are burnt. But deep in the heart of a derelict theatre, a resistance is under way. Nowhere is out of bounds as you journey through the decaying corridors of this long abandoned and derelict labyrinth to uncover the desolate building's last mystery…. A unique site-specific theatrical experience that plunges the audience into a fully interactive, immersive environment. ABOUT LAST FANCIES Last Fancies were formed by Wolverhampton-born director Joseph Hancock, a former member of Central Youth Theatre, along with co-writer and director Joe von Malachowski and designer Jess Banting. As well as The Death of Georgia B ('Industrious and innovative' – Birmingham Post), previous productions include, the National Student Drama Festival 2010 award-winning The Whitehouse Institute, a promenade performance set in the world of contemporary art and inspired by ill-informed protest.         |
| Melting Pot’s Production of Hamlet in Birmingham and Stratford in July Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:06 AM PDT Seven actors, one iconic play, no problem! In July, in Birmingham at the Station Pub, Kings Heath and in Stratford, at the Dirty Duck,Hamlet will be getting the Melting Pot treatment. Brace yourselves for a pacy intense and moving drama that's funny and dark in equal measure. There's definitely no doublets! but there's doubling and coupling and couplets aplenty, swordplay and wordplay, love and death – what else is there? All the essential ingredients have once again been thrown in the Melting Pot. Cut to fit the Station and the Dirty Duck and the time, this is Hamlet Unwrapped! Sunday 8th and 15th at 3pm at the Station and Sunday 22nd July at the Dirty Duck, Stratford at 4pm – theses are the dates and times and tickets are £5 and are available on the door. At the Duck it will be taking place on the garden terrace at the rear of the pub, so there's plenty of time to have a leisurely meal beforehand or just a refreshing drink. "The light & shade in the production & the performances was superb, and the time flew by. I can honestly say it was the first time I really got what this play is all about (that includes performances by Branagh & Anton Lesser) & it was truly riveting, perhaps partly due to the intimacy of the setting which created an intimacy & involvement that drew in the audience and which combined with the power & honesty of the performances" – audience reaction to Hamlet, The Lamp, Digbeth, April 2012 Contact details: – Amanda Bonnick, 07903 339 669, Amanda@bonnick.fsworld.co.uk, Facebook Melting Pot,www.meltingpottheatre.co.uk, www.trappingsandsuits.blogspot.com.         |
| Inamoment productions seeks assistants Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:05 AM PDT At an extremely busy time in our existence as an established professional Theatre Company in Birmingham, inamoment is looking for assistants to be an on-going part of our small but extremely dedicated team. There is no pay, only the buzz and excitement of being part of a lively, original and creative set up, and is likely to be of interest to people who rise to challenges, and who recognise that hard work produces interesting and satisfying outcomes. Administrative Assistants - Events: front of house, helping to make the occasion work, programmes, making tea, welcoming people etc. - Publicity: mailouts, Press Releases, Marketing, database management, flyer creation &distribution,Social Media & Website development. - Funding: liaising with Arts Council, City of Birmingham and local businesses. - General: dealing with the public, promoting the company, office work. Creative Assistants - Auditions: reading in, selecting Cast, contacting Actors, reading CVs - Rehearsals: deputising when necessary, working individually with Actors, helping with scenery/props/costumes. - Workshops: working as a Creative to the Actors, working with Writers to develop scripts. - Productions: sound, lighting, music, running the show. These may well be attractive to a range of people – younger people who are passionate about Theatre and who want to learn the necessary skills, older people who want to develop interests in other directions, or maybe people who want to broaden their horizons or career prospects. What matters most of all is enthusiasm and willingness to get involved. We do not imagine for one second you will have everything we are looking for (this is not a perfect world!), but equally we know that we all of us come with our own set of strong skills and qualities – when applying please indicate what you think are your strengths, and what areas you would like to gain more experience in. If you are interested, have a look at our website and check out if what we do is the sort of thing you are interested in. If it is, then email me with your CV or background details, and why you are interested in coming on board. We will be arranging to meet people within the next week or so, so don't dally too long!         |
| Heartbreak Productions new open air tour Posted: 15 Jun 2012 01:01 AM PDT Heartbreak Productions will be touring their version of Noel Coward's PRIVATE LIVES this Summer – all shows are open air, often in the setting of beautiful National Trust properties and gardens. All dates and venue details can be found at: www.heartbreakproductions.co.uk
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| Rotten Park Road – double bill Posted: 15 Jun 2012 12:58 AM PDT Midlands-based new writing production company Rotten Park Road have recently been awarded funding from Arts Council England and Big Lottery Fund and are extremely excited about their forthcoming project. Entitled 'Infinity: Researching the Mind', this is a theatre project that aims to raise awareness of neuropsychiatric disorders. The project will culminate in the production of a theatre double-bill of two works in progress: 'Infinity' and 'Playtime for the Suicidal- The Musical' at Blue Orange Theatre. 'Infinity' is a new play highlighting behaviour and substance abuse issues associated with mental illness. Written by a service user, and developed through working with a professional team of artists, 'Infinity' marks one man's journey through the pschiatric system. It will be presented alongside a new play/musical, 'Playtime for the Suicidal – The Musical' – an experimental darkly comic psychological drama/musical set in a therapist's office.Over the past 5 years, Rotten Park Road have worked with National Health service users, which has informed the content of their professional productions. The double bill of 'Infinity' and 'Playtime' is on Saturday 7th July 2012, 7.15pm at Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham. THIS IS A FREE EVENT but seats will need to be reserved. For more information or to reserve a seat, please contact Lynne on: email: lynnep@rottenparkroad.com tel: 01538 398501 / 07779 096959         |
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