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| STOCKHAUSEN – a Festival of LIGHT Posted: 17 Aug 2012 01:05 AM PDT STOCKHAUSEN – a Festival of LIGHT 19 – 21 August 2012 This month the University of Birmingham and Birmingham Conservatoire, together with their partners, present Stockhausen: a Festival of LIGHT, a celebration of the work of the highly influential composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Stockhausen (1928-2007) is considered one of the most important and controversial composers of the last century. A ground-breaking visionary, he is known for his pioneering work in electronic music which influenced such artists as The Beatles, Frank Zappa, Miles Davis, Pink Floyd andBjork amongst many others. Stockhausen – A Festival of Light is timed to coincide with the world premiere of Mittwoch aus Licht (Wednesday from Light), performed by Birmingham Opera Company on 21-24 August. The opera is so complex, featuring a Helicopter String Quartet with real helicopters, two choirs, solo instrumentalists, live electronic and acoustic music and a dancing camel, that it has never been performed in its entirety until now. Leading specialists on Stockhausen from around the world will converge on Birmingham to speak at the Festival, with subjects including 'Stockhausen in Birmingham' and 'Stockhausen's musical helicopters'. The Festival includes Modified Stockhausen, an evening at mac Birmingham with performances from musicians influenced by the pioneering composer, including Modified Toy Orchestra playing new material on souped-up versions of children's toys. Birmingham-based experimental electronic collective Ostrich Box and Raffertie also perform. Music historian Dick Witts starts the evening with his take on the links between the composer's work and leftfield electronic music. Other performances will take place across the three days by BCMG, Jack McNeill, Richard Barrett& Chris Cutler, Ian Pace, Chris Brannick and BEAST (Birmingham Electro-Acoustic Sound Theatre). A highlight of the Festival will be an exclusive visit to the dress rehearsal of the sold out Mittwoch aus Licht at Argyle Works on Tuesday 21 August. Tickets for the full, three day festival are priced £65 (£45 concessions). Tickets are also available for individual talks and performances. Booking information and further details can be found at www.stockhausenbirmingham.co.uk. |
| Posted: 17 Aug 2012 01:03 AM PDT We have a shop! Artist Opportunity: We are co-curating a Three Week Window festival in the shop in September, where artists or performers can apply to take over the huge window for a day to showcase their work to the thousands who walk past it! You can find out more information and download the application by clicking here NOT KNOWN AT THIS ADDRESS
We're having great fun rehearsing in our Make.Shift shop, and are well on our way with the development of Not Known at This Address. Tickets are now on sale for the premiere at mac Birmingham on 3rd October and we have sold quite a few already! Book yours here before they go! We will keep you posted with our other Autumn tour dates, but first, we need your help! We have some money to raise for our upcoming tour of Not Known at This Address so click here if you would like to support us. Every penny is greatly appreciated. If we reach our target we will be able to finish and tour the piece and have props (and maybe even feed ourselves)! Fingers crossed. Don't forget we will also be running a devising workshop at mac on the 29th September, exploring how to create stories from scratch, and providing an insight into the working practices of Tin Box! All levels of experience welcome! |
| Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful Posted: 17 Aug 2012 01:00 AM PDT Lyngo Theatre, mac birmingham and The Lowry present: Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful Tue 13 Nov – Sun 2 Dec This winter, mac birmingham is proud to present a tale of friendship set on an island of rubbish with Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful. In this brand new show from Lyngo Theatre, children and adults will join shipwrecked heroes Knick Knack and Doo Dad on the huge pile of non-recycled junk they call home to discover how to celebrate the festive season without shops or money. Knick Knack has been alone for a very long time with just a stuffed dummy for a best friend. Will the arrival of Doo Dad on the island be able to make him smile again? And how will they celebrate Christmas when they can't buy presents and decorations? The pair may have been forgotten about, but they love to invent things and so turn the unwanted scrap around them into brilliant imaginative inventions to help solve the problems caused by their smelly surroundings. In Knick Knack and Doo Dad's world, telephones can become showers, umbrellas can transform into kites and shoes can turn back into telephones. Gradually the pair will make the island a better, and much less stinky, place to live and Knick Knack just might get his smile back. Starring CBeebies' Patrick Lynch (presenter of Let's Celebrate and Razzle Dazzle) and Carlo Rossi who appeared on Melavisione (the most-watched children's programme in Italy) for 10 years, Knick Knack and Doo Dad will teach audiences how to have fun no matter where they find themselves.Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful provides inspirational ideas for children and families in these cash-strapped times. The show carries environmental messages and will feature the same playful interactivity which made their last production Snow Play such a hit with families. Audience members will receive a bag at the beginning of the show filled with recycled objects which will be used at points throughout the performance – with bits which make noises and things which can be used physically as part of the show. Patrick Lynch commented: "We are really excited to be bringing Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful to mac birmingham this winter and can't wait for everyone to join us on Knick Knack and Doo Dad's island of waste to see what we can find – and more importantly, all the brilliant things we can do with it! We wish you a smelly Christmas!" Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful is part of 'mac at fifty' – a series of exhibitions, activities and events to mark mac birmingham's 50th anniversary of providing arts for all. Dorothy Wilson MBE, Chief Executive and Artistic Director of mac birmingham, commented: "We're delighted to have this fantastic new show from Lyngo Theatre as part of our mac at fifty programme. Lyngo has a solid reputation for producing fun and imaginative shows and we're sure Knick Knack and Doo Dad – Reasons to be Cheerful will continue to build on that, giving children and families an immensely enjoyable experience that they will share and remember for years to come." Tickets are now on sale from www.macarts.co.uk or by calling mac birmingham's Sales & Information on 0121 446 3232.   |
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| You can now listen to curator Carol Jacobi's fascinating talk about the Isobel R... Posted: 16 Aug 2012 07:55 AM PDT You can now listen to curator Carol Jacobi's fascinating talk about the Isobel Rawsthorne exhibition - see http://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/isabel-rawsthorne-moving-bodies and scroll to the bottom of the page http://thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk/whats-on/exhibition/isabel-rawsthorne-moving-bodies thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk |
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