Creative Midlands West |
- The new RoguePlay space is available to hire
- Casting actor for rehearsed reading
- Local novelists talk about their work at Artrix
- Foghorn’s Movie Makeover Show, 28th February, Old Joint Stock
- Central Theatre Supplies Workshop Day for technicians of all experience levels
- Reaction TheatreMakers are seeking a like-minded independent producer
- “Birmingham Fest” a brand new theatre festival in Birmingham, 12-28 July, seeking applications to perform
- Natural Diversions Forum seeking disabled performers
- 10×10: The Journey Home. Ten, ten-minute plays by ten new writers.
- Dressing Room Q and A with Doctors Star Lorna Laidlaw by Rachel Dealtry
| The new RoguePlay space is available to hire Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:28 PM PST The new RoguePlay space is available to hire UNIT 8, MINERVA WORKS, FAZELEY STREET, DIGBETH, BIRMINGHAM B5 5RT We have lots of work to do within our new space but if you are looking for cheap space then now is the time to go for it. Over the next six months the space will be fitted with a semi-sprung floor, matted area for gymnastic activity and mirrors. ****NEW PRICES**** We are also looking for a group to hire our space on a regular basis. We are offering a Sunday all day, a weekday evening plus 4 flexible extra hours for just £250 per month. If you are interested in using our space regularly please get in touch by emailing info@rogueplay.co.uk. |
| Casting actor for rehearsed reading Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:22 PM PST Hello I'm looking for an actor local to Birmingham to take part in a 3 day workshop for a rehearsed reading of a new play in development taking place at The Edge, Digbeth in mid March. Week of 18th March. Caucasian Male – playing ages 15 – 18 during story Dark hair desirable Brief synopsis and character breakdown attached. Interested parties should contact the director, Jouvan Fucinni via email at jfucinni@gmail.com, with a headshot and CV detailing 'Cover Up casting' in the subject line. Kind regards Jouvan Fucinni Writer & Director for stage and screen Tel 07872 833917 United Kingdom @jouvan_ Synopsis for Cover Up The streets of West London, a knife-crime and a teenage boy charged with murder. Jo, a work-weary criminal lawyer from the Midlands has seen it all before. But this time it's different. Through a series of interviews with young Notting Hill socialite Tamara, Jo finds herself drawn into a social world very different from her own…yet where the parallels with her own story, as a child of the seventies, has a shocking resonance. By Jane Campion Hoye Alistair Male (ages 15 – 18 during story). Londoner, Private school educated. Lives at home with Tam and Mother. Over-protective and almost paternal over younger sister Tamara, which is a new development. Poor connection/communication with father David. Has the demeanour of someone with strength but bearing a load – stabbing a man to death for no apparent reason. Facing a murder charge. |
| Local novelists talk about their work at Artrix Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:19 PM PST Local novelists Ron Ronsson and Fiona Joseph will talk about their work at WORDS, in Artrix, Bromsgrove on Friday March 15 at 8pm. Please book via the Artrix web site.
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| Foghorn’s Movie Makeover Show, 28th February, Old Joint Stock Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:17 PM PST Foghorn's Movie Makeover Date: 28th February 2013   |
| Central Theatre Supplies Workshop Day for technicians of all experience levels Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:15 PM PST Central Theatre Supplies take to the stage again – for one night only!
March 16th 2013 see's the staff of Central Theatre Supplies Birmingham mirror what most of their customers do week in and week out by taking a show to the Solihull Arts Complex Theatre for one day only! Central Theatre Supplies are reprising their highly successful workshop day where new and existing customers will get an opportunity to hear about how to light a performance from scratch, how to use sound to enhance the experience, meet other people facing the same challenges and then later on in the day will hear about the "state of the art" in theatre technologies. The day's event will be supported by several of the manufacturers and distributors that have helped Central Theatre Supplies achieve its reputation as "the company that helps". Among the well-known names due to appear are Zero88, Audio Technica, Allen & Heath, Rosco and ProLight. Representatives will be on hand throughout the day to talk to visitors about their latest products and how they could help solve the problems faced by theatre companies working in smaller venues and teachers working in the multi-purpose spaces often found in schools. The event is aimed at drama teachers from small schools through to academies who face the challenge of presenting performing arts in schools and the technicians that support them. The event will also be of value to members of small theatre companies who present drama in temporarily converted spaces or dedicated theatres – some of the basic technologies are undergoing a step change and the event aims to apprise them of the changes. Central Theatre Supplies hope the day will dispel some of the mythology about performing in such spaces and draw on their 30+ years of experience of helping customers overcome challenges and show that they are the company 'Central for all your needs'.
Venue: Solihull Arts Complex Theatre, Homer Road, Solihull Date: Saturday 16th March 10:00am to 4:30pm Tickets:£5 each (£4 for students) in advance from Central Theatre Supplies – by phone, over the counter or their eShop http://www.centraltheatresupplies.co.uk for more details   |
| Reaction TheatreMakers are seeking a like-minded independent producer Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:10 PM PST Reaction TheatreMakers are seeking a like-minded independent producer. For a flavour of our work check out http://www.reactiontheatremakers.com/ and send relevant work history to reactiontheatremakers@yahoo.co.uk by March 30th.   |
| Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:07 PM PST "Birmingham Fest" is a brand new performing arts festival celebrating the second city's venues & arts scene. Artists and companies from across the UK will showcase their work in an exciting two and a half week programme of events. "Birmingham has fantastic theatres and performance venues. It has the potential to host a festival to rival (and possibly better) other cities. This festival will be great for the city & its arts scene. As well as having such an eclectic programme of performances it will introduce companies and patrons to some of the city's venues that they may not be familiar with". "It is also an excellent opportunity for performers in a pre-Edinburgh slot. Artists and companies may use this festival as a taster before going up (or as a stop-over). They may use it as a try out before taking the leap. Others may use it as a less expensive alternative, especially those in the southern half of the country". Anyone from individuals to full companies can apply: theatre, dance, music, comedy, poetry, workshops or seminars – absolutely anything. APPLICATIONS BEING TAKEN NOW! For further details please visit www.birminghamfest.co.uk The festival will take place between 12-28 July in venues across the city.   |
| Natural Diversions Forum seeking disabled performers Posted: 21 Feb 2013 01:00 PM PST Hi all, I would be most grateful if you could pass this email onto any disabled performers you know. (Apologies for any cross posting) Many thanks and best wishes, Sarah Allen
Are you a disabled performer? Are you interested in street theatre? Would you like to be a part of an exciting new company? If yes, we want to invite you to the Natural Diversions Forum. When: Saturday 9th March, 10am – 4pm Where: Graeae HQ, Bradbury Studios, 138 Kingsland Rd, London, E2 8DY How much: Free The Natural Theatre Company, one of the founders of promenade street theatre, with over 40 years experience, is working with Graeae, the boldly inventive disabled led theatre company to create Natural Diversions. This is a new branch of the company, using solely disabled performers. We would like to invite interested performers, directors and practitioners to a forum day to experience the Natural Theatre style and explore the direction the new company will take. The Forum Day will also serve as an audition for the next stage of the project. Following the forum, six performers will be employed to create some new pieces of street theatre at Natural Theatre HQ in Bath. These pieces will initially be performed as part of the Bath Comedy Festival, Bath Fringe Festival, Unity Festival and Devises Street Festival. To apply for a place on the forum please send a letter of application and a CV via email by 1st March to:
Mark Bishop
Many thanks Mark   |
| 10×10: The Journey Home. Ten, ten-minute plays by ten new writers. Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:58 PM PST UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM MRES PLAYWRITING STUDIES PRESS RELEASE 30 JAN 2013: 10X10 Further info. Contact: f.j.grace@bham.ac.uk
10×10: The Journey Home Ten, ten-minute plays by ten new writers. Each year for the past 23 years, the University of Birmingham Masters Playwriting course has attracted some of the best new playwrights from the UK and abroad. Together they study the theory and craft of playwriting in the Department of Drama and Theatre Arts in George Cadbury Hall, on the Selly Oak campus. Now this year's crop bring ten – yes 10! – exciting new plays to the Arts & Science Festival. What's more, you can see them all on one night. Featuring writers from UK, Ireland and the US, and performed by a professional company assembled especially for the event, 10×10 is a new take on the (second) oldest journey. Tuesday 19 March, 7pm George Cadbury Hall, Selly Oak A pay-what-can-event in aid of the Playwrights' Workshop*. Booking required, drama@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Stop Press!! A second date has already been added! 10×10: The Journey Home will transfer to Old Joint Stock Theatre, Temple Row, Birmingham on Wednesday 20 March, 7.30pm. All tickets £5, in aid of Playwrights' Workshop*. Booking hotline 0121 200 0946 *Playwrights Workshop is the annual showcase event for the MRes Playwriting Studies Course, this year taking place at GCH Friday May 31st. Extracts from students' final project plays are presented to an audience of general public and theatre professionals. Contact drama@contacts.bham.ac.uk for further details.   |
| Dressing Room Q and A with Doctors Star Lorna Laidlaw by Rachel Dealtry Posted: 21 Feb 2013 12:51 PM PST Dressing Room Q and A with Doctors Star Lorna Laidlaw aka Mrs Tembe
It's a rainy Thursday in Birmingham, but I'm heading down to the BBC Drama Village in Selly Oak to interview Lorna Laidlaw aka Mrs Tembe. It's her birthday tomorrow, so as we grab a coffee and head for her dressing room, colleagues keep popping up to say Happy Birthday; one even came in to sing her a jazz version! She is friendly, striking and a real hoot. Her dressing room is a home from home and you get a real sense of her bold personality. Keep reading the full interview on Rachel Dealtry's blog   |
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