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6 December 2016
International Theatre: A review of ‘MDLSX’
Not conforming to typical theatre standards, Silvia Calderoni uses her unique attributions to create a performance as interesting as herself.
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5 December 2016
Living History - a new art form?
Ever since Downton Abbey, the flash of a maid's uniform has always meant some kind of period drama
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4 December 2016
Danni Spooner, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Danni Spooner's evocative short film, FAG, is a telling development of ideas around gender. She gave us her perspective on the Random Acts program, and what went into making the film. Read our review here
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1 December 2016
December is... Read a new book month!
With the cold weather closing in, there has never been a better time to settle down with a good book
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30 November 2016
The Legend Of Rawry by Michael Baillon | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Michael Baillon's animated splendour reveals the beautiful mind of an inspiring artist, and the power of autism.
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9 December 2016 – 22 December 2016
The Little White Bird
An original piece of children's theatre inspired by the novel by J.M. Barrie.
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29 November 2016
Takeover Day 2016 at Time & Tide Museum
Time & Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk embraced the theme of 'The World Takes Over' as they worked with children who spoke English as a second language to create & deliver an exhibition of their own.
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29 November 2016
Vocal Barriers by Thomas Chimiak | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Thomas Chimiak's "Vocal Barriers" is a striking visual accompaniment to a spoken-word poem, focusing on technological advances and its impact on the modern day generation.
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28 November 2016
FAG by Danni Spooner | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Danni Spooner's experimental short film may appear strange, but it is nothing other than a "rebellious reflection on the cis-gendered society we exist in."
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15 March 2017
National Science and Engineering Week: Conservation Masterclass
A free Science Masterclass for A level Physics and Chemistry Students consisting of a day of workshops, talks and discussion led by experts from The Wallace Collection and The National Gallery Conservation Departments.
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28 November 2016
2001 : A Space Odyssey - Keir Dullea & Gary Lockwood
The massive science fiction hit by director Stanley Kubrick welcomed two of the actors from 1968's '2001 : A Space Odyssey'. Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood took part in a panel at Birmingham MCM Comic Con this month.
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27 November 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens film review
A brief film review of The Force Awakens for my silver Arts Award portfolio.
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27 November 2016
The Martian film review
A brief film review of The Martian for my silver arts award portfolio.
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26 November 2016
Contactless by Francis Quigley | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Francis Quigley's short film 'Contactless' forces us to delve into a seemingly dystopian world we have not yet encountered before.
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26 November 2016
Agi K at Mozfest 2016
Back from London and buzzing from MozFest 2016, where thousands of dedicated enthusiastic people were sharing projects directed at making the world a better place.
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25 November 2016
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children - 'a bit like X-Men's Xavier Institute'
We had the Twilight Saga. We had The Hunger Games. We even had Divergent and The Maze Runner. Now, to add to the list of YA (young adult) book-to-screen adaptations is (drum roll please)… Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, based on Ransom Riggs' novel of the same title and directed by Tim Burton, who's known for his gothic, dark movies and adds something fresh to the YA market – it can also be seen to be influenced by various other movies, while largely following the original novel.
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25 November 2016
St. Benedict's and their Silver Arts Award
Bury St Edmunds is not only a town immersed in medieval history, it is also the home of what has become a nationally recognised Christmas Market.
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24 November 2016
Francesca Vern from Wallace Youth talks about Takeover Day
I attended Wallace Takeover day and spoke to Francesca, who took part in the evening Museum Takeover event at The Wallace Collection.