Voicebox: Random Acts Midlands

Random Acts is a major 3-year Arts Council England/Channel 4 project that supports young artists and film makers age 16-24 with creative ideas, from all art forms, to create stunning new short films. There are 5 network centres across England and The Rural Media Company is the network centre for the Midlands. Find out more on our website pages,
We want to know what you think about all things Random! Upload your blog stories, news and views, photos and clips. You need to register on Voice then select the Voicebox called Random Acts Midlands when you upload - and your posts will appear here!
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8 January 2025
World-famous, West End Lion King!
Review about the beautiful Lion King West End performance.
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13 March 2017
Turmoil by Georgina Colman | FIRST ACTS
Coming face-to-face with yourself is never easy.
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30 January 2017
Michael Baillon, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Michael Baillon gives the audience his personal reflection on the story of a dragon named Rawry, through a short animation.
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19 January 2017
Oblivion by Sarah Worcester | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Sarah Worcester brings us an animated experimental film, Oblivion, that explores mental health in a style that plays with vivid visual expressions of the first-hand experience.
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19 January 2017
Sarah Worcester, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Sarah Worcester's astonishing animation, Oblivion, strikes a chord with the visuals alone.
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19 January 2017
Ben Norris, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Ben Norris's Send Her Victorious was one of the most daring films made as part of the 2017 cohort for, as we've learnt, some of the most essential reasons for today.
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18 January 2017
Emma Powell, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, we caught up with Co-Producer, Emma Powell about hers and Dale Cullis's visual iteration of the 'glass ceiling' that is faced by women in the workplace.
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11 January 2017
Caldonia Walton, Random Acts Filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, dancer, Caldonia Walton's Everyday Choreography is a joyful poem about the choreography of our everyday movements. We asked about her exploration of dance on screen.
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22 December 2016
Glass Girls by Dale Cullis and Emma Powell | FIRST ACTS
By Random Acts Midlands, Dale Cullis and Emma Powell bring us an enthusiastic expression of the barriers still faced by women today.
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20 December 2016
Detritus by Dion Kitson | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Dion Kitson has made a brilliant poem about the alluring yet worrying detritus of Dudley.
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20 December 2016
Everyday Choreography by Caldonia Walton | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, dancer-choreographer, Caldonia Walton gives us a poetic, jolly, expressive demonstration of what music makes us feel
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18 December 2016
Harrison Kelly, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Harrison Kelly with Future Curious' short film, Organum, explores our reliance on social media and screen culture. We pried into his @motivations and #thoughts.
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15 December 2016
Send Her Victorious by Ben Norris | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Victorious is an enigmatic film, a relevant film in the throes of controversial topics.
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11 December 2016
Re-Code by Man Made Youth | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, filmmaking group, Man Made Youth, provides a moving interpretation of how dyslexia feels
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11 December 2016
This Movement is Silent by Paul Stringer | FIRST ACTS
From Random Acts Midlands, Paul Stringer's powerful, poignant and potent portrait of Birmingham combines poetry and filmmaking.
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6 December 2016
Thomas Chimiak, Random Acts Midlands filmmaker
From Random Acts Midlands, Thomas Chimiak's visual poem, Vocal Barriers, is a statement on the role of technology in our society. He shared with us his experiences about the Random Acts project.
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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