The latest news, updates and events in Birmingham
A play exploring how Covid-19 impacts an intergenerational South Asian household is being performed this week as part of a Birmingham arts festival highlighting stories around mental health and wellbeing. Produced by Sampad and written by Farrah Chaudhry, The Walls Between Us brings to the stage researched, personal experiences of Covid-19, looking at issues of grief,…
After a successful run in Cambridge, the Town and Gown Theatre company brings its latest barefoot play Bonnie and Clyde to The Old Join Stock on Temple Row. Directed by Karl Steele, the show focuses on the love, and love lost, in the final hours of the life of notorious crime power couple Bonnie Parker…
A brand-new book featuring a collection of writings by women and girls in Bangladesh, Pakistan and the UK, has been launched in Birmingham. Unveiled at a special event at Midlands Arts Centre hosted by writer and author Kavita Bhanot, ‘My City, My Home‘ – published in English, Urdu and Bangla – is a ground-breaking publication…
A series of stunning murals have been unveiled throughout Lozells in Birmingham as part of an interactive arts trail created to inspire local residents. The colourful artworks have been designed at 10 different locations across the north Birmingham neighbourhood by artist Bunny Bread as part of the Gallery37 project, a city-wide 3-year visual arts project…
Birmingham Weekender has made a welcome return this August bank holiday weekend, with over 100 free events for the public to enjoy. Once again produced by the Birmingham Hippodrome, this year all of the action has been taking place at Bullring & Grand Central as well as the surrounding New Street Station concourse; along with…
To mark the 50th anniversary year of Bangladesh’s independence, a family fun day is being held at the MAC in Birmingham this month. Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage and Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) are hosting the free event for families from all communities on Sunday 22 August between 1.30pm-5.30pm.
Birmingham-based Sampad South Asian Arts & Heritage has been awarded nearly £40,000 worth of funding for a vital community project in one of the city’s most deprived neighbourhoods. The Baring Foundation awarded the money to the arts organisation to help them continue to develop creative initiatives to aid vulnerable women in north-east Birmingham.
The Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham has been injected with a £1.17 million capital investment to support on-site development, including the launch of KILN, a new café and restaurant. The MAC’s revamp is part of a wider, ongoing redevelopment capital project, Making MAC More, which began in 2018.
A brand new jazz festival has been announced to be held in Birmingham this summer, along with the return of a free summer school course for local young people. The event is expected to bring live jazz to Symphony Hall’s redeveloped foyers in August, in partnership with Jazz FM.
A team of Hip-Hop dance artists have been announced for a new ‘Roaming Dance’ commission for Birmingham International Dance Festival 2021. In partnership with DanceXchange and Punch Records, north Birmingham community arts hub Saathi House have commissioned the talented Joseph Toonga, Emma Houston and Bellatrix to deliver two projects for ‘Roaming Dance’, one of six large-scale…