by David Baldwin The RSC is taking a bit of a gamble this summer by launching a new season based around Russian theatre, commissioning two new plays entitled The Drunks and The Grain Store. Completely different from the company’s usual…
by David Baldwin and Louise Fearn That screeching sound Brummies heard coming from the NIA this week wasn’t a John Barrowman concert (love ya, John), but rather the arrival of the Walking With Dinosaurs event. A hugely expensive £10 million…
by Annette Rubery Anyone with time to spare around Brindleyplace this week might have been baffled by a brightly painted canal boat (pictured) – resplendent in yellow, red and blue, with rectangles of black and white stripes on its side…
by David Baldwin The recent cuts to Advantage West Midlands’ budget have left a large number of projects writhing in the dust, including a new exhibit for the Black Country Living Museum. But what caught our inquisitive eye – and…
by Annette Rubery Last week, the Lichfield Festival came to a close with the traditional fireworks display in Beacon Park. It’s been a mixed year, cursed by bad weather, but studded with highlights such as the return of the CBSO…
by David Baldwin Oh Lord, here we go again. Birmingham is gearing up to make a bid for the Capital Of Culture 2013, after we were ‘robbed’ of the title last year. Now I’m the first to declare that Birmingham…
by Dan Davies It hopefully hasn’t escaped your notice that today’s Metro featured a large interview with Birmingham musician Mr Hudson (pictured) about his new album Straight No Chaser, who’s recently been hanging out with superstar names like Jay-Z and…
by Annette Rubery I went down to Stechford Cascades swimming baths on Monday to check out the Wet Sounds events, and what can I say? It was one of the weirdest, yet most enjoyable art events I’ve attended in a…
by David Baldwin Picture the scene… The impish fairy Puck weaves his way through a tangle of tree branches, alighting next to Oberon, king of the fairies. There he is told to retrieve a magical flower so that he might…
by Annette Rubery It seems that Birmingham City Council has entered yet another minefield with regard to baltis. Calling for the term balti to be protected, so that people outside Birmingham don’t have the right to use it, looks like…
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