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11 October 2024
Kick Some Class: Debbie Kermode on making arts accessible in Birmingham
The CEO and artistic director of Midlands Arts Centre chats to Voice about how MAC works hard to open the door to the arts for people of all backgrounds.
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4 October 2024
La fille mal gardée: The most opulent of fairytales...right in the heart of Birmingham
An exquisite and original ballet, destined to be both a treasured classic and a modern marvel as it playfully recounts the story of two divided lovers.
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17 September 2024
Kick Some Class: Claudia Jessie talks going from council estate to Bridgerton
Claudia Jessie is best known for playing Eloise Bridgerton in Netflix's delightful Regency romance series Bridgerton. But before her TV success in fancy frocks and stately homes, she had to smash the class ceiling.
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18 May 2024
What's Next: The true story of one woman's brave endeavour to be herself
Harriet Quimby: America's pioneering writer, journalist, and pilot. Unjustly forgotten by most, her long-lost legacy is revived in this immersive and striking one-woman play.
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27 February 2024
Katherina Radeva's radical, joyful 40/40 tours for International Women's Day
Kat is a woman (has been for quite a while now). She is a migrant (since 1999) from the Thracian Valley in Bulgaria. In April 2022, surrounded by family and friends, she turned 40.
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1 February 2024
The Full Monty Review: A Euphoric Celebration of Humanity
Six unlikely comrades swap dead-end job centres, custodial battles and suicide for a red curtain, a sparkly police uniform and a blue silk thong…
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25 November 2023
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - an ingenious adaptation of the revered fairy tale
Hope, bravery, kindness, and love flow bountifully from the enchanting tale of Narnia and its saviours, yet malevolence lurks beneath its fantastical façade in this phenomenal adaptation.
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7 December 2022
Review of Sea Girls Hometown Tour in Birmingham
Sea Girls recently embarked on their Hometown tour in the UK and performed at Birmingham’s O2 Academy in a SOLD-OUT show.
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1 November 2022
Pay as you can bakery is the icing on top of the cake for Birmingham!
I visited Lil's Parlour CIC Birmingham's first award winning pay as you can bakery in Northfield and interviewed founder and director Lucy Scott to find out more.
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12 July 2022
An Interview with Spilt Milk Society
The band on their new EP, their inspiration, tape machines and Flyte demos,
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18 January 2022
KAVO releases new song ‘AIRFORCE ONE’
The Birmingham-based rapper is set to take 2022 by storm after the release of his energetic new single.
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18 October 2021
Critical Mass 2022: Young people offered the chance to dance at the Commonwealth Games
Critical Mass, a new initiative bringing together movement performance and accessibility, seeks applicants to participate in their events across the West Midlands in 2022.
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11 October 2021
Want my job? With filmmaker Idriss Assoumanou
"Seeing it happen, come together and creating a story out of nothing with the limited resources, it’s like performing magic..."
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26 July 2021
Birmingham artist's design displayed on Selfridges building
Artist Osman Yousefzada’s ‘Infinity Pattern 1’ has been selected by Ikon Gallery to surround the Birmingham Selfridges building.
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21 July 2021
Registration opens for Commonwealth Games ticket ballots
You can now register to enter into a ballot for tickets to events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Tickets will start from £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults.
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26 February 2021
Birmingham Commonwealth Games cultural festival awarded £6m
The 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games have been awarded £6m towards a cultural festival.
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25 February 2021
Birmingham to receive £18 million in funding for new Creative Hub
A new Creative Content Hub will be developed in Birmingham. Designed to help consolidate the film and TV industry in the city, the project is also intended to serve as a platform for other creative productions in the West Midlands.
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17 September 2020
Stereophonics: 'Kind' tour concert review
My Stereophonics concert review for Bronze Arts Award Part B.