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A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
Arts Council grant secures
future of Midlands orchestra
An orchestra which faced an uncertain future
following the closure of West Bromwich arts
venue The Public last November has
received a £100,000 grant from Arts Council
England. The People’s Orchestra, which
formed two years ago, was both located and
regularly performed at The Public. The funding will allow the orchestra to employ two
essential members of staff - a Volunteer
Manager and a Concert Manager.
Co-founder Sarah Marshall said of the grant:
“This is fantastic news for the orchestra, and
we can push on with an exciting artistic programme. As an amateur orchestra, run solely
by volunteers, the move from The Public was
very disruptive, and our existence has been
very hand-to-mouth ever since.”
The People’s Orchestra perform an evening
of Film Greats at Birmingham’s Adrian Boult
Hall on Sunday 22 June.
Photography competition
winner announced
Thirty-one-year-old Sarah Harding from
Cradley Heath in Birmingham has won a
unique photography competition celebrating
the traditional Japanese cherry blossom festival, Hanami.
Sarah was up against an impressive number
of entrants, but triumphed in the competition
because the judges felt that her image had
‘rather uniquely captured the cherry blossom
on a rainy day’. The competition was organised in partnership with Ikon and Cafe Opus at
Ikon. Sarah’s winning photograph will now be
on public display at Cafe Opus.
Belgrade Theatre Unplugs its new season
A festival which offers audiences the opportunity to enjoy rehearsed readings from the
Coventry Belgrade Theatre’s forthcoming autumn season of home-produced drama is making
a welcome return after enjoying great success last year. Entitled Unplugged, the week-long
performance programme takes place at venues throughout Coventry and Warwickshire.
Highlights of the 2014 programme include readings from Peter Arnott’s Propaganda Swing,
2Tone musical Three Minute Heroes and the popular B2 Christmas show Oh No It Isn’t.
Commenting on the return of Unplugged, the Belgrade’s Artistic Director, Hamish Glen, said,
“These events have been devised to offer people the chance to come and hear excerpts from
our forthcoming autumn season in the form of rehearsed readings in interesting and inspiring
settings. They aren’t fully realised productions with big sets and lighting; they are stripped
back, ‘unplugged’ readings that I’m putting together with a group of talented actors, to give
you a unique taste of what’s in store at the Belgrade throughout the rest of the year. Whether
you’re a theatre aficionado or just looking for a fun and entertaining cultural experience,
Unplugged promises to be a great showcase of some of the exciting theatre we’ve got coming up this autumn.” For more information, visit belgrade.co.uk/unplugged.
Parking Around in Brum
A unique theatrical event is to be showcased
at three outdoor venues in Birmingham this
month. RoguePlay Theatre’s project - supported by Birmingham Rep, Active Parks and
Birmingham City Council - will feature twelve
local people who’ve undertaken an intense
training programme in various circus disciplines. The result - a highly physical piece of
theatre with a strong but simple narrative
played out through circus acts, dance and
physical theatre sequences - will show at the
city’s Small Heath Park (8 June), Eastside
Park (15 June) and Walkers Heath Park (15
June). All events are free, and will be supported by participatory workshops for both
adults and children.
Lizard Lick Crew in Malvern
North Carolina’s famous trucking duo, Ron
and Amy Shirley, are to appear at this year’s
Truckfest, at Malvern’s Three Counties
Showground on 5 and 6 July. The couple,
who host the hit show Lizard Lick Towing,
will appear alongside celebrity truck driver
Mark Dixon, The Only Way Is Essex star
Joey Essex and Coronation Street actress
Michelle Keegan.
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Gala Opera event for
Compton Verney
Warwickshire’s Compton Verney Estate has
announced plans to host a Gala Opera in
July. It’s hoped that the evening event will
raise £15,000 for the restoration of the
venue’s landscape and Grade I-listed
chapel. The Gala will see one of Britain’s
foremost chamber opera companies, Diva
Opera, perform Mozart’s Don Giovanni in a
marquee in the art gallery’s park. A range of
tickets options is available for the black tie
event. For more information, contact
Alexandra Grimes on 01926 645 547, or via
[email protected]
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Glee Club in search of weird
and wonderful performers
Birmingham comedy venue The Glee Club
is on the lookout for unusual talent to take
part in the venue’s latest venture, Andy
Robinson’s Comedy Carousel. The brainchild of local comedian Andy, the Thursday
evening slot will feature ‘people with weird
and wonderful talents’ performing alongside
top comedians from across the UK.
Described as ‘the biggest change in live
comedy in the past twenty years’, the new
initiative will feature a high level of audience
interaction, live use of the internet and a
competitive element. Performers interested
in taking part in the Comedy Carousel can
apply via: [email protected]
Lenny Henry kicks off new season at The REP
Gala boosts funds for
Hippodrome Plus
A recent fundraising event at Birmingham
Hippodrome theatre has been hailed an
unqualified success by its organisers. More
than three hundred people from the region’s
business community attended the fundraiser on 10 May. The event - sponsored by
Hotel La Tour Birmingham in association
with Shakespeare’s and supported by pantomime producer Qdos - raised nearly
£50,000 via an auction and donations.
Money raised will help the theatre’s
Hippodrome Plus programme, which funds
education projects, access services and
outdoor performances that increase
engagement with young people across the
city.
New Patrons for The Drum
A Birmingham venue renowned for its programme of intercultural arts has welcomed
two ‘phenomenal artists’ as its official
Patrons. Pioneering jazz player Courtney
Pine and Birmingham-born poet Dr
Benjamin Zephaniah have chosen to lend
their support to The Drum arts centre in the
city’s Aston district, and will be instrumental
in the venue’s Raising The Roof campaign.
The £4.8million fundraising project plans to
redesign, refurbish and upgrade The Drum
with new features, facilities and equipment.
The upgrade will increase the venue’s auditorium capacity and upgrade facilities for
young people working in digital, arts, dance
and drama.
Of his appointment, Courtney Pine said:
“It’s a great honour to become a Patron of
The Drum, particularly during the organisation’s twentieth anniversary. The Drum has
evolved into an essential part of
Birmingham’s cultural ecology, providing a
creative intercultural platform in the UK’s
most diverse city, which is home to
Europe’s largest under-sixteen population.”
Courtney added that he hoped people
would join him in “helping to make this
visionary scheme a reality for young people
in Birmingham.”
Dudley-born laughter merchant Lenny Henry is returning to the Midlands later this year to
headline Birmingham Repertory Theatre’s Autumn and Winter season. The former Tiswas and
New Faces star will appear at The REP in the stage premiere of Rudy’s Rare Records, which
runs from 4 to 20 September.
Based on the successful BBC Radio Four series, which Henry co-created and in which he
also starred, Rudy’s Rare Records is a touching comedy set in an old Birmingham reggae
record shop at risk of redevelopment.
Commenting on his forthcoming engagement at The REP, Lenny said: “I’ve performed comedy gigs many times in Birmingham over the years, but this is my first straight acting role in the
city and the first time I’ve been on stage at The REP, which is something I’m really looking forward to. Growing up in Dudley, I would come into Birmingham every Saturday to hang out in
a record shop not too dissimilar to Rudy’s, so it’s a play that’s very close to my heart."
Rudy’s Rare Records kicks off a season at The REP which also includes a brand new staging
of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men, a new production of JB Priestley’s Dangerous Corner,
Frantic Assembly’s award-winning production of Othello, a critically acclaimed stage adaptation of The Kite Runner, and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell To Arms. The venue’s Christmas
show is Roald Dahl’s The BFG.
IN BRIEF
Classical feast
in Coventry
Coventry’s Warwick
Arts Centre has
announced an exciting
season of classical
music for its 2014/15
season, launching with
the Russian State
Philharmonic
Orchestra in October.
Armonico Consort get
festive with Handel’s
Messiah in December,
with the St Petersburg
Symphony Orchestra joined by acclaimed
Anglo-Russian violinist
Alexander Sitkovetsky
- visiting in February.
Celebrating the
University of Warwick’s
fiftieth anniversary next
year, the Royal
Philharmonic
Orchestra will perform
a programme of
American music from
Gershwin, Copland
and Bernstein. The
Royal Phil will be
joined for the concert
by the University of
Warwick Symphony
Orchestra.
Arts Council Collection’s committee
acquires work from local artists
Four West Midlands-based artists have had their artwork bought
by the biggest loan collection of contemporary British art in the
UK. Barbara Walker, Stuart Whipps, Chris Clinton and Lucy
Hutchinson are among twenty-one artists whose work has been
purchased by the Arts Council Collection's Acquisitions
Committee. The Collection, which was founded in 1946, supports
artists via the purchase and display of their work.
Commenting on the purchases, Peter Heslip, National Director
Visual Arts, Arts Council England, said: “The Arts Council
Collection’s Acquisition Committee is fortunate to have representation from curators and directors who work outside of London
and bring their knowledge of regional artists. This means it’s one
of few national art collections which is truly active supporting
artists in the regions and helping them reach a wider public.”
The Collection’s acquisitions policy is
characterised by a spirit of risk-taking
combined with an informed appraisal
of current practice. Across the years,
the Collection has purchased works
by numerous up-and-coming artists
who’ve gone on to achieve international recognition, including Francis
Bacon, Grayson Perry, Damien Hirst
and Tracey Emin.
Coventry theatre company out on tour...
A theatre company which set up home in a former fish and chip
shop five years ago is to head out on tour for the first time with a
triptych of plays by Steve Waters. Shop Front Theatre will perform
Waters’ Far From The Sea - a drama which dissects the fate of a
city in a world of conflict - at Theatre Absolute along Coventry’s
City Arcade from 17 to 21 June. The company then tours to Hull,
Leicester and Exeter before returning to the region to perform at
Birmingham’s Old Joint Stock Theatre on 11 and 12 July.
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What we’ve got is four plays which are
completely different from one another. They’re
all really fun; really sunny and sparky. And
they’re very badly behaved, too...
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Erica Whyman
talks about Midsummer Mischief at the RSC...
interview...
A woman of numerous firsts, the Royal Shakespeare Company’s Deputy Artistic Director, Erica
Whyman, has many years’ experience in theatres across the UK, and has a particular interest in
championing new work. In 2013, Erica’s services to theatre were acknowledged with an OBE in
the New Year’s Honours List. In her role at the RSC, Erica has been hugely instrumental in the
planned re-opening of The Other Place, the Stratford venue in which the Company will this
month present four new plays as part of its Midsummer Mischief festival. What’s On recently
caught up with Erica to talk about her role at the RSC, gender politics in theatre, and why ‘wellbehaved women seldom make history’.
First and foremost, Erica, what’s your
remit at the RSC?
I’m Deputy Artistic Director, so basically I do
what it says on the tin. I deputise for Greg
Doran, the Artistic Director, which I suppose
means not just being in the places that he
can’t be, but working with him on the
programming. I have a special responsibility
for our new work, so Greg and I will talk in a
lot of detail about, for instance, what we’re
going to do in the Swan, which is a
combination of Jacobean and Elizabethan
work and plays that we might be unearthing,
or plays that people love that they can only
see with us, and new plays that we’ve
commissioned. I have to look at how it all fits
in with everything else in the programme. I
also have a particular interest in making
connections, inviting different kinds of
theatre-makers to Stratford and to the West
Midlands, either to spend some time working
at the RSC or with other West Midlands
artists.
You’ve been with the company now for
just over twelve months. Coming from
Northern Stage to such a major institution,
was the transition a bit of a culture shock?
It was a bit strange at first because the
theatre I was running in Newcastle had a
staff of about forty-five. But there are big
similarities between my previous and current
roles, which I guess is why Greg asked me
to come. At Northern Stage, we were
interested in new work and were engaging
with writers and other kinds of theatremakers - people who were devising new
theatre. The year before I left, we’d joined a
programme in Edinburgh which had quite a
lot in common with my plans for The Other
Place. So in terms of content it’s quite
similar, but the scale and size of the RSC is
quite different. There are some things about
it that are completely wonderful and other
things which are utterly bewildering, but I’m
getting my head around them slowly.
So what was your brief when
programming for the Midsummer Mischief
Festival?
I sort of gave myself the brief. I’m charged
with working out how we might open The
Other Place, and I’m very excited about that.
We want to take hold of the steel box that
houses The Courtyard auditorium and turn it
into, amongst other things, a Studio Theatre.
That’s going to take us a couple of
years, because although it’s not a huge
project, we need to raise some funding for it,
half of which we’ve already got in place. I
was very aware that I’d talked quite a lot
about radical mischief, the idea that
Shakespeare’s spirit would encourage us to
be quite daring in our theatre, both in our
content and the way that we make theatre.
Also, 2014 is the fortieth anniversary of when
Buzz Goodbody set up the The Other Place
in a tin hut on Waterside, essentially the
same place where The Courtyard is now.
And so we didn’t want to miss this year. We
wanted to celebrate her legacy, the legacy of
The Other Place and, I suppose, herald what
we’re going to do in the future. And also give
people a little bit of faith that we mean what
we say and that we’re going to do a different
kind of smaller theatre in Stratford, in
dialogue which complements the main
programme. That’s where it came from. Then
I started thinking about the Roaring Girls
season. Obviously, Greg and I had
programmed the Roaring Girls together, and
I’ve been very close to the directors and the
way that they’ve thought about those plays.
The plays really are magnificent, and are
about quite remarkable women - but usually
in a man’s world. So it seemed important to
me that one of the roles of a national
company, and a national theatre company
with Shakespeare in our title, should be to
make sure we’re listening to contemporary
voices. We’re sort of asking ourselves, ‘what
would Shakespeare be writing about now?’.
He was very interested in gender, as we
know, and was quite bold about it. Four
hundred-odd years ago, there was a lot of
planned thinking about gender but also the
asking of serious questions about equality.
So to me, it seemed completely appropriate
to devise a very simple brief for our writers
and say to them, ‘Actually, what if you wrote
about well-behaved women’.
Why ‘Well-behaved women seldom make
history’?
I came across a book titled the same about a
year ago in New York. It was by the woman
who’d originally said it, quite inadvertently, in
a history article. She was a fascinating
academic researcher and she’d been writing
about a religious community in North
America. At the bottom of a paragraph,
almost as a throwaway line, she wrote: ‘Wellbehaved women seldom make history’. Years
later, the slogan had been sent to her on a
mug and she’d gone: ‘Oh crikey, it’s become
this thing that everybody quotes!’. I came
across her book and it started me thinking
about good behaviour and bad behaviour,
and how that feels like something which is
applied to women in a different way to how it
is men. So we started a process with the
writers of thinking about that and, I suppose,
gave them permission to be quite radical and
quite daring about the issues.
And what about the plays you’ve chosen?
What we’ve got is four plays which are
completely different from one another.
They’re all really fun; really sunny and
sparky. And they’re very badly behaved, too,
in the sense that there’s one which I’m
directing that doesn’t really behave like a
play at all. It’s a series of little vignettes that
kind of amount to a revolution and ask the
question, ‘what would a revolution look like
in 2014 if we were to have one?’. A sexual
revolution, I suppose, or a revolution more
broadly. These are not plays about women,
but they take women seriously. I have a play
in my double-bill that Timberlake
Wertenbaker has written. It’s a new play
about economics, about Europe and about
how our language is limiting us. With the
other two plays, which Jo McInnes is
directing, one is more domestic in feel and is
by EV Crow. It asks deep questions about
how we treat mothers and what it is to be a
mother. The fourth play, by Abi Zakarian,
really thinks about how the debate around
feminism has got so stuck, again using quite
theatrical techniques to suggest we’ve got
ourselves in a place we can’t get out of in
terms of men, women and gender politics.
The result of it all is quite thrilling, as they’re
quite bold and unusual. They’re all short and
sharp - each play is only an hour long - and
it feels very nice to be doing something like
this in Stratford, by contrast to the work that
we make on The Swan stage or the RST
stage.
Are there any plans to tour the plays postStratford?
I suspect they won’t have a long life, but
never say never. The really lovely thing is that
we have a collaboration with the Royal Court
in London. The productions play Stratford for
a whole month and then go to the Royal
Court for a week to take part in their summer
programme. One of the other plays, by Alice
Birch, then goes on to be performed at
Latitude Festival. It’s great they’ve got that
London connection, but I was keen for it to
be this way round and for more people to
see the plays in Stratford.
Gender imbalance in theatre remains an
issue. How do you personally think this
can be addressed?
It is an issue, of course, but part of my
answer is that we should celebrate our
successes. I’ve been either running theatres
- or, more recently, deputy of a major theatre
- for seventeen years. I was the first woman
to do any of the jobs that I’ve done, but I’m
really not alone now. So I suppose I think it’s
important that we notice when people do
break through, when they’re in positions of
influence, because I think we’re a bit hooked
on the story that it’s all a disaster. I think
there are other fields - I’m thinking about
parts of the world where women and girls
aren’t even allowed to go to school - which
feel higher up the agenda. On the other
hand, what I think is really shocking is how
few terrific roles for women we have, both in
terms of the images and stories we tell about
women and the balance of our actresses,
who don’t get as much of a look-in as our
actors. We’ve obviously been talking about
this a lot recently, and we were saying that
the thing which is shocking is that you very
rarely see a play in which a woman is
responsible for a significant piece of the
world - whether that’s in the private sector,
public sector, in government, in school, or
whatever it might be - without it being
thoroughly and utterly about her private life.
There’s a very strong sense that the women
in our plays - and, indeed, on our television
screens - are there to remind us that there’s
a domestic sphere. This, to me, seems
extraordinarily old-fashioned, because there
are lots of women in very senior positions
making a difference in the world. Women are
doing very complicated jobs all over the
place, but we don’t tell those stories. If we
cover them, it’s about their love life and their
marriages falling apart, or them not being
able to cope with their washing machine.
These are all things which are part of life, but
I do think there’s a gender bias in the way
we select our stories. ‘State of the nation’
plays tend to be plays around men. That’s
the thing which interests me most because I
think there’s something we can do about it.
We can encourage writers - female writers to write us big plays, and male writers to
remember that women play all sorts of roles
in life and not just domestic ones. Of course,
the more women in senior or influential
positions in theatre, the better, because more
of us are likely to be thinking about these
issues. But we also have to expect our male
colleagues - and Greg is very much on
board with this - to take it seriously too.
that building as well. Our current costume
store is a bit cramped and not in a great
place, so much so that it’s difficult to have
them on show to the public. So we’ll be
rehousing that department so that the
costumes will be on constant public display.
This will then create opportunities to tour the
store and see the nitty gritty of many, many
years of making costumes. There’ll also be
the studio theatre, with about three hundred
seats.
You’ve been in the business for a long
time. How do you think people’s tastes
have changed since you started out?
I suppose there’s more of a sense of
adventure. There’s a generation of theatregoers who’ve now grown up with cinema
and television screens being completely
pervasive, including on their computers. I
think this is a generation who want
something from the live experience that’s a
little bit more self-conscious, and I think
that’s an exciting development. I also think
that right now there’s a renewed seriousness
about theatre and other art forms. The
world’s been through quite a lot of change
and continues to do so, with very difficult
wars around the world, and we’re in a
moment of trying to understand ourselves.
Maybe fifteen years ago we were a bit more
preoccupied with entertaining ourselves.
There’s nothing wrong with that, but I think
there’s a renewed interest in looking to
theatre to present complex questions and
maybe get some answers.
Again to quote ‘Well-behaved women
seldom make history’, which female
character in history has inspired you most
on a personal level?
One of the plays, Timberlake’s play, deals
with a woman who I knew nothing about. A
woman called Bouboulina, who was an
eighteenth century Greek naval commander
who set up a fleet of ships to take on the
Ottoman Empire and get Greece its freedom.
She sounds fabulous, and recently I’ve been
very inspired by her. Also, I suppose some of
the groundbreaking politicians that we forget
about. People like Barbara Castle and Shirley
Williams, who’s still going strong, really did
change the way we think about politics and
women. I worry that we forget they made so
much change. We have these great role
models and all we need to do is follow them.
Your first Main House production opens
later this year. How would you describe
The Christmas Truce?
I’m absolutely loving working on it. It’s such
a moving and inspiring story which is, I think,
quite an important antidote to - quite rightly remembering the tragedies of World War
One. Although it won’t shy away from how
tough it was, it’s a story not only of courage
but also of peace. It’s about people who
couldn’t resist peace, even if it were only for
a night or two. That, to me, seems like a very
Christmassy thing to do. We did some work
on the script about six weeks ago and we
were all in tears at the end - for the right
reasons! It’s a beautiful story that’s set
locally, so we’re really doing our research
about the Royal Warwickshires.
Tell me about the long-term plans for The
Other Place?
If we get all the funding in place this year,
which I hope we will, then next year we’ll go
on site. We won’t be changing the structure
at all, but what we will do is build two new
rehearsal spaces so that we can have the
performing company for the main stages in
You sent out a plea to local people to
come forward and share information. Has
that benefitted the play?
Yes! I can’t tell you how many stories we’ve
received! Hundreds! Too many to use, but
even the stories that won’t make it into the
play, or into the research, have been very
useful background in helping us try and
Midsummer Mischief playwrights, from left to right: E.V. Crowe, Timberlake Wertenbaker,
Abi Zakarian, Alice Birch. For further information on all four plays, visit www.rsc.org.uk
understand how people feel about that war
and what they remember. We’ve learned
some things that we really didn’t know about
Stratford. There were a couple of field
hospitals - one of them in one of the theatre
buildings and one of them in the Town Hall which were quickly overrun, so they had to
move out to a big hall nearby. Also, we didn’t
know that soldiers were shipped from
Australia to the front line, and that when they
were injured they were sent to Stratfordupon-Avon. So yeah, we’ve learned all sorts
of things.
The RSC has a reputation for producing
very successful Christmas shows. Is there
a commercial pressure for this to be an
all-singing, all-dancing production?
There’s always a pressure, but the pressure I
feel is to make sure families have a really
fantastic, Christmassy evening while telling
them this true story. I don’t feel it has to be
an all-singing version. There’s going to be
live music, but it’s not a musical in the
conventional sense. We’re aware that it’s a
very different kind of show to make at
Christmas, but I still think it’ll be uplifting and
a lot of fun.
What are your future plans in your current
role at the RSC. Do you have a personal
plan?
Oh my God, no! As an organisation, we’ve
got a five-to-six-year plan to think through all
the Shakespeare that we want to do and
which order we want to do them in. We’re
giving a lot of energy to 2016 because it’ll be
the four hundredth anniversary of
Shakespeare’s death. His death has very
rarely been commemorated, if ever. That’s a
very important fixture, and I’m going to play
my part in that by directing my first
Shakespeare. I’ll be directing A Midsummer
Night’s Dream in a rather unusual way, in
that I’m going to have a different group of
amateur actors in different touring venues
across the country. So there’ll be twelve
touring venues, as well as Stratford and
London, and we’ll work over the next two
years to find amateur actors to play Bottom
and the Mechanicals. We’ll find children to
play Titania’s fairy train. It’ll be an
extraordinary thing, and then each of those
groups will come to Stratford in the summer
of 2016 and do a couple of nights on the
main stage here. That’s a fairly big plan and
takes up any remaining room in our heads!
Midsummer Mischief shows at The Other
Place at The Courtyard Theatre
from Sat 14 June to Sat 12 July
Jason Manford
Despite winning ITV1 charity-based talent competition Born To Shine, putting his new-found talent
into practice by joining Alfie Boe on tour, and then starring in the critically acclaimed West End
production of Sweeney Todd alongside Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton, Jason Manford hasn’t
forgotten his stand-up roots. Currently on the road with his First World Problems tour, Jason here
talks about the attraction of stand-up - and why he sometimes wishes he was as miserable as
Jack Dee...
“I’ve been really enjoying this show,” says
Jason. “I have fun with the audience; it’s very
friendly and relaxed and I never get bored of
it. It’s an absolute joy. I love being on stage,
and I want to say a huge thank you to the
brilliant crowds for their loyal support!”
Jason’s charismatic style generates a real
rapport with his audience, and his winning
friendliness is no act. With this particular
comic, what you see is what you get. “I’m the
same on stage as I am in real life, which can
be incredibly annoying at home! Jimmy Carr
says that because he’s quite rude on stage, if
he says 'hello' to a fan in the street, that will
make their day. By contrast, because I’m nice
on stage, unless I ask a fan if they fancy a
brew, they’ll say, ‘He’s a bit rude’. I’m a victim
of my own niceness. Sometimes I wish I’d
gone down the Jack Dee misery route!”
Jason, who’s performed stand-up on BBC1’s
Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s
Comedy Roadshow and multiple Royal
Variety Shows, has been struggling to contain
his excitement about returning to live
comedy.
“My show is essentially moaning about
everyday life, but with punchlines,” says
Jason. “People who haven't done stand-up
focus on the negatives. They ask, ‘what’s it
like to die on stage?’, and I always say, ‘It’s
horrendous, the worst feeling in the world’.
But the lows are so low because the highs
are so high.
“Stand-up is a huge risk, but when it goes
right, there’s nothing better. It creates a
communal feeling that you just can’t beat.
You get all these people laughing and you
think, ‘I did that!’. If you make one person
laugh in a day, that’s great. Imagine
multiplying that by ten thousand!”
Despite his sojourns into television with
shows like 8 Out Of 10 Cats, QI, Big Fat Quiz
Of The Year, League Of Their Own, Would I
Lie To You, Show Me The Funny and
Comedy Rocks, Jason admits that stand-up
remains his overwhelming passion. “TV is
simpler. You can do re-takes. But you're not
getting an immediate response. You don't
know if something is funny till weeks later. A
lot of the time, it’s just professional reading.
It's reading while trying to make it look like
you're not reading. Stand-up, on the other
hand, is much more demanding. On stage,
you're everything. You're the boss. You're the
performer, writer, editor, director. You’re even
Ofcom. You decide what to say. It's brilliant.”
Jason now has a very wide fanbase. “By
now, people know that we share a sense of
humour. They’re aware of what they're
getting, and I’m aware of what makes them
laugh. The weirdest thing is fans who
remember jokes that I’ve forgotten.
Sometimes I say to them, ‘I don’t remember
that one. I must put it back in the act, it’s a
good gag!’.
“It’s also really interesting to see the
demographic of my audience. I get grannies,
their kids and their kids. It’s great to see.”
Jason’s material is constantly evolving. “I only
tour every couple of years. Over that period
of time, your life and the people who
surround you have changed. Also, as you get
older, you get more opinionated.”
So why is his latest stand-up show entitled
First World Problems?
“I’d seen the phrase online and liked it. It just
sums up so much. I think the phrase
emphasises those times when we moan
about the most trivial things. It's as if we
invent problems so we have something to
moan about. I imagine someone in the third
world just thinking that we’re all complete
idiots!”
Jason Manford appears at Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton, Fri 13 June; Palace
Theatre, Redditch, Wed 9 July; The Place,
Oakengates Theatre, Tues 15 July; Royal
Spa Centre, Leamington Spa, Wed 16 July
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Rhys Chatham
on bringing A Secret Rose For 100 Guitars to Brum
Rhys Chatham is a composer, guitarist and trumpet player from Manhattan who’s credited with
‘altering the DNA of rock music’. For over thirty years, Chatham has composed music for
orchestras of electric guitars, combining classical compositions with the drive and rhythms of
hard rock. His latest composition, A Secret Rose For 100 Guitars, receives its UK première as
part of Frontiers Festival. What’s On recently caught up with Rhys to find out more...
Tell us more about A Secret Rose. What
should audiences expect?
A Secret Rose is an orchestral piece written
for one hundred electric guitars, bass guitars
and drums. I’m a classically trained musician
and didn’t really discover rock music until I
saw a gig by The Ramones in 1976 at the
New York club CBGB. From then on I went
about merging the minimalist style of
composing I was used to with the rock’n’roll
music I loved. I started out composing for
three guitars. By the 1980s, I’d worked my
way up to one hundred. That many guitars
playing together produces an amazing
sound. Anyone who likes rock will enjoy this
music.
The piece is performed by one hundred
guitarists, many of whom have been
recruited especially for this event. How
did you find that number of performers?
I’ve created guitar orchestras all over the
world. I put together a small team of
musicians and technicians and we then work
with a local promoter, who puts out a call for
guitarists. Anyone can apply, as long as they
can play; it doesn’t matter if they’re amateur
or professional. My team then reads through
the applications and checks what kind of
guitars people have, as some kinds work
better with our amps than others. We’re
usually over-subscribed. In Birmingham,
we’ve had one hundred-and-sixteen
applications, I think.
have the chance to play in an orchestra, but
it really is such a powerful way of learning
and enjoying music. I’ve seen many new
groups form as a result of people meeting in
our orchestras. One Portuguese man met his
wife in our orchestra, and they’ve now been
together for over seventeen years!
How do you go about teaching one
hundred guitarists a piece of music in
three days?
Well, you have to remember that I’m a
minimalist composer, so the actual piece
isn’t that difficult to learn. The complicated
bit is putting all the separate parts together! I
split the guitarists up into three groups, each
of which learns the piece with a guitarist from
my team. After two days of playing
separately, we bring everyone together for a
final day of rehearsals. It’s intense; three
days is not a long time to learn seventy
minutes of music.
Over your long career, you’ve worked and
hung out with some unusual and
incredible people. Do you have any
particular stand-out memories?
I remember when Brian Eno came onto the
scene I was in, in New York in the 1970s. He
had his own label and he asked me to be
part of a recording he was doing. Alas, I
stayed out too late the night before and
clean forgot all about it. I’ve regretted it ever
since. New York then was such an exciting
place. You could earn your keep from a few
nights working in a bar or waitressing, and
devote the rest of your time to music and art.
Things are so different for young artists these
days.
I expect the guitarists have a great time,
though?
I hope so - and, of course, they’re the stars
of the show. It’s uncommon for guitarists to
Rhys Chatham presents A Secret Rose at
Birmingham Town Hall on Sat 7 June.
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Music
George Ezra
The Glee Club, Birmingham, Mon 16 June
Bristol-based Ezra is often described as having a
voice beyond his nineteen years, and plays bluesy
music that’s earned him extensive BBC attention.
With ‘new music’ champion Zane Lowe calling him
‘one of the most powerful and compelling new vocalists around’, Ezra featured on the Sound Of
2014 list, and has already supported stars
including Willy Mason
and Tom Odell. Debut
album Wanted On
Voyage, featuring Did
You Hear The Rain?
and breakthrough single Budapest, is released at the end of
the month. Support at
the Glee comes from
Port Isla and Dancing
Years.
Scott Bradlee/Postmodern Jukebox
The Institute, Birmingham, Mon 16 June
The original mashup artist, Scott Bradlee began
rewriting pop music back in the noughties, later
gaining recognition for his Motown interpretation of
Nickelback (in 2012). The musician, pianist and
composer has reworked numerous hits - including
Careless Whisper (a must-listen) and the Game Of
Thrones theme - into 1920s-style smooth jazz
tunes. Setting out to create “an alternate universe
of popular music”, Scott wants audiences to see
how “songs can be twisted, shaped and altered
without losing their identities”. Don’t miss this rare
opportunity to hear your favourite songs in a different light.
Public Enemy
The Assembly, Leamington Spa, Wed 4 June
Named after a term that was used to describe individuals whose actions were deemed criminal or
dangerous to society, Public Enemy have been
around for twenty-five years, winning fans with their
politically charged lyrics and hip-hop beats. Still
courting controversy, rapper Professor Griff recently insulted Kanye West and his fiancée Kim
Kardashian in the press, downplaying the association between music and the illuminati and concluding “Stuff ain’t real, man”. The band were inducted
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, joining
fellow hip-hop favourites Grandmaster Flash And
The Furious Five, Run-DMC and the Beastie Boys.
Nick Mulvey
Civic Hall, Wolverhampton, Fri 6 June
Nick is no newcomer to the music scene, having previously performed in the internationally successful jazz band Portico Quartet. After six years and numerous worldwide shows,
he left the ensemble in 2011 to pursue his career as a singer-songwriter. His African-inspired guitar riffs, stunning vocals and captivating performances have bagged him a slot
on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury this month. Nick visits Wolverhampton as London
Grammar’s support on their summer headline tour, following the release of his debut
album, First Mind.
Dolly Parton
LG Arena, Birmingham,
Sun 22 June
Now here's a woman
who's always had an ‘upfront’ sense of fun. Dolly
Parton is one of the
biggest and best-known
names in country music and with a larger-than-life
personality further recommending her, it's little wonder she's a living legend.
Inducted into the Country
Music Hall of Fame, Dolly is
the most honoured female
country performer of all time,
and boasts a back-catalogue
of classic hits that includes 9
To 5, Here You Come Again,
Jolene and I Will Always
Love You. She visits Birmingham as part of a
world tour in support
of her forty-second
studio album, Blue
Smoke.
Music PREVIEWS
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Sun 29 June
Proving time and again that he’s much more
than just a front man, Steve Harley’s not
afraid to look at new ways of developing himself as a musician. Still, from his fans’ point of
view, it’s his back-catalogue of hits that matters most - and Harley’s sensible enough to
know that however much you may reinvent
yourself, trying to deny a memorable past is
futile in the extreme. With this in mind, he
here performs (in full) the first two Cockney
Rebel albums - 1973’s The Human
Menagerie and 1974’s The Psychomodo and is ably assisted by the Orchestra of The
Swan and its choir. A highlight of the show is
sure to be the epic Death Trip. At twelve minutes in length, the song has never before
been performed live with the full orchestration
of the recorded version.
Thea Gilmore
Artrix, Bromsgrove, Wed 4 June; The Assembly, Leamington Spa, Fri 6 June
A distinctly English take on the angst-rock blueprint of American artists such as Ani DiFranco
and Alanis Morissette has seen Thea Gilmore gain both a cult following and critical acclaim.
Thea has played to sell-out crowds throughout the UK, and has appeared at major events
such as T In The Park, V Festival and Cambridge Folk. She visits the Midlands following the
massive success of her 2013 album Regardless, which featured the hit single Love Came
Looking For Me.
Dexys
rock album Dig. Resurrecting classic rock,
Heaven & Earth are refreshingly accessible,
and very much in the same vein as Deep Purple and Bad Company.
Kasbah, Coventry, Wed 25 June
Rebranded from Dexys Midnight Runners in
2003, Dexys is the brainchild of the famously
intense Kevin Rowland. A pop band with real
soul, they’re very much on the comeback
trail, and will here be performing songs from
2012’s One Day I’m Going To Soar - released
a staggering twenty-seven years after their
previous album. The band haven’t played
Coventry in over thirty years, and are stopping off in the city as part of their warm-up
schedule for Glastonbury. Old favourites such
as Come On Eileen and Geno also feature on
the playlist.
Remi Harris Trio &
TG Collective
Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, Thurs 5 June
The young and contemporary Remi Harris
Trio bring together traditional gypsy jazz and
swing characteristics with influences from
bebop, blues, rock, world music, contemporary jazz and popular melodies.
They’re joined for this Studio gig at Warwick
Arts Centre by instrumental seven-piece TG
Collective, whose sound features an intriguing mix of gypsy jazz, flamenco, jazz and
contemporary classical
music. Greatly admired
for the intensity of their
live performances, their
original arrangements
touch on influences as
varied as Paco de Lucia,
Django Reinhardt and JS
Bach.
Hatful Of Rain
Kitchen Garden Cafe, Birmingham,
Tues 10 June; Henry Tudor House, Shrewsbury, Sun 15 June
Named after a Tom Waits lyric, Hatful Of Rain
are based in East Sussex, influenced by Old
Time and remain true to the British stringband format whilst playing in a folk and roots
style. Composing material strongly influenced by tradition, they perform using a single microphone to present a communal style
of singing that’s both warm and intimate. True
to their roots, they recorded their 2012 debut
album in a converted barn.
Amp Fiddler
Hare & Hounds, Birmingham, Wed 11 June
Singer and producer Joseph ‘Amp’ Fiddler is
a keyboard, organ and piano player who’s
shared stages and studios with Prince, the
Brand New Heavies and Primal Scream.
Performing and creating in a musical style
that encompasses funk, soul, dance and
electronica, he’s a charismatic performer
who’s best known for his work with Enchantment. Laying low in recent times, he released
Basementality 2 earlier this year, a six-track
EP featuring a duet with Raphael Saadiq.
Parquet Courts
The Institute, Birmingham, Mon 23 June
Heaven & Earth
O2 Academy, Birmingham, Thurs 26 June
Starting out as a solo project for guitarist Stuart Smith, Heaven & Earth came about when
the former Sweet guitarist enlisted friends
Richie Sambora, Joe Lynn Turner, Glenn
Hughes, Camine Appice, Howard Leese and
Kelly Hansen to help him record an album.
Released in 1998 to great critical acclaim,
Stuart Smith’s Heaven & Earth was followed
by Windows To The World in 2001. More recently, the band have released bluesy hard
New York punk-rock four-piece Parquet
Courts have the energy of The Clash, and
perform with surly disdain. Putting out their
first EP, American Specialities, on cassette in
2011, they followed up a year later with Light
Up Gold, which was recorded in three days
after the band pulled sickies from work. Now
on the road with Sunbathing Animal, the boys
have said it was “out of character” for them to
spend so long in the studio recording the follow-up. They play five UK shows ahead of
their Longitude and Latitude festival appearances in July.
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Prince LG Arena, Birmingham
Given that Prince is one of the most influential recording artists of all
time, it’s hardly surprising that the announcement of his return to Birmingham after a nineteen-year absence was greeted with a veritable
frenzy of expectation. But could the reality of his long-awaited return
live up to the expectation?
The answer was a resounding yes.
Throwing himself body and soul into a mammoth thirty-four-song set,
the now-fifty-five-year-old ‘godfather of funk’ ably illustrated both his
seemingly endless talent for self-reinvention and his pretty much unrivalled ability as a multi-instrumentalist and live performer.
A set by no means short of surprises got off to a characteristically
playful start, courtesy of three false-alarm dips of the lights. Entering
the stage to the pounding bass riff of Funk’N’Roll, and decked out in a
fitted white suit and flared trousers, Prince (complete with full-bodied
afro) channelled the spirit of his icon, Jimmi Hendrix. This was a performance refreshingly free from frills or special effects, the live experience instead being allowed to speak for itself.
The set combined funked-up reinventions of popular crowd-pleasers 1999, Controversy, Kiss - with extended renditions of lesser-known
album tracks such as Raspberry Beret, and tantalisingly brief mashups spanning the entirety of Prince’s eclectic back-catalogue.
What stood out most, though, beyond the artist’s undisputed showmanship, was his musicianship. Shifting from virtuoso guitar solos
reminiscent of Hendrix in his prime to stripped-back acoustic solos
highlighting his pitch-perfect vocal delivery, Prince presented a set
marked by chameleonic shifts in style, texture and mood, successfully
steering the line between self-indulgence and celebration.
Special mention, too, must go to the all-female backing band, 3rdEyeGirl. Lead guitarist Donna Grantis’ intricate and unremittingly energetic
solo sequences were a joy to behold.
Highlights of the evening included a full-bodied funk-rock reimagining
of the 1999 album track Something In The Water (Does Not Compute),
a richly soulful performance of How Come You Don’t Call Me Anymore?, and the hotly-anticipated versions of ’80s pop classics 1999,
Kiss and When Doves Cry. But the pinnacle of the evening came in the
form of an epic live rendition of Purple Rain, which combined richly
layered instrumentation with soaring guitar solo sequences reminiscent of a later-era Pink Floyd.
An awe-inspiring performance! Katherine Ewing ■■■■■
Neil Finn Symphony Hall, Birmingham
With teatowels and tote bags for sale alongside tee shirts on the merchandise stand, it would be easy to dismiss Neil Finn as a middleaged, middle-of-the-road act. But while his audience demographic
might suggest otherwise, the brilliant New Zealand singer-songwriter
is anything but MOR. His former (and now on-off) band, Crowded
House, always had far more depth and edge than a perfunctory assessment would suggest, and Finn’s recent solo album, Dizzy
Heights, adds a variety of contemporary twists and textures to his typically melodic palate. But if the album is a triumph, this live show totally
eclipsed it. Ably supported (as well as rejuvenated) by a formidable
backing band featuring his wife and a group of musicians young
enough to be his offspring (his two sons are regular cohorts), Finn
showcased material from all areas of his CV in an inspired and inspiring performance. Bookending the curfew-breaking one hundred-andfifty-minute set with stunning solo acoustic readings of Crowded
House classics World Where You Live and Better Be Home Soon, he
slipped as effortlessly between piano and electric/acoustic guitar as
he did between the various phases of his career. Indeed, it was surprising how easily the thirty-plus years of tunes slotted together;
whether it was energetic rock (Locked Out, I Got You), psychedelic
pop (Divebomber, Suffer Never), piano balladry (Message To My Girl)
or simply the Weather (With You). Finn’s genial bonhomie - he performed the requested Enz song Six Months In A Leaky Boat despite it
being one of his brother Tim’s tunes - further enhanced the experience. So, too, did the musicians, who seemed to be enjoying the
evening every bit as much as the audience. Guitarist Jesse Sheehan
even got an extended solo slot while Finn retuned his instrument.
In short, there really was some-Finn for everyone to enjoy.
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SUN 1 JUN
MAKUINI AND THE
HOODOO MEN The
Robin, Bilston
SMOKE FAIRIES Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
TOUMANI & SIDIKI DIABATE Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
BLAKE & BRAZIL Irish
Centre, Birmingham
ROO PANES The Yardbird
Jazz Club, Birmingham
BACKYARD MUSIC BOYS
Oozells Square, B’ham
STEVE AJAO’S CLUB
BEBOP Spotted Dog,
Birmingham
THE DAVE FARRANT
BAND, BLANK PARODY &
SECOND TRIP The Actress & Bishop, B’ham
COWER, HOUNDS!, ONE
LIFE LEFT & KRITICAL
CHARGE The Flapper,
Birmingham
MON 2 JUN
THE DUNNETT/BAXTER
BIG BAND The Yardbird
Jazz Club, Birmingham
HOT POTATO FEATURING
YEDO GIBSON Birmingham Conservatoire
CARNABY STREET: THE
CONCERT Solihull Arts
Complex
VERSES The Asylum,
Birmingham
TUE 3 JUN
HOLLIS BROWN Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
ANGELA BROWN The
Robin, Bilston
KROCK - THREE OBJECTS
IN A CONCERT HALL
Birmingham Conservatoire
HOWLING BELLS Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
JOHN FULLBRIGHT The
Glee Club, Birmingham
THE MARRAKESH EXPRESS Kitchen Garden
Cafe, Birmingham
THE WEDDING CRASHERS
The Jam House, B’ham
WED 4 JUN
THE SEARCHERS Tamworth Assembly Rooms
JONNY COLE'S BLACK
COUNTRY BEACH PARTY
The Robin, Bilston
THEA GILMORE Artrix
Bromsgrove
ALPHA MALE TEA PARTY,
MOUNT FUJI, WAX FEATURES & POCKET APOCALYPSE The Flapper,
Birmingham
SAM BAKER Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
THE BLUES BAND Solihull
Arts Complex
PUBLIC ENEMY The Assembly, Leamington
Spa
UPRAWR 4TH BIRTHDAY
The Asylum, B’ham
FRANÇOIS THÉBERGE
ANTA The Tin Music And
Arts, Coventry
ABANDOMAN - MOON
ROCK BOOMBOX TOUR
Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton
WOODEN SHJIPS O2
Academy, Birmingham
ALLUSONDRUGS, MILK
TEETH & FIZZY BLOOD
The Actress & Bishop,
Birmingham
THE SPEAKEASY Kitchen
Garden Cafe, B’ham
LAURENCE JONES BAND
The Assembly, Leamington Spa
THE FAMILY RAIN Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
LUCAS D & THE GROOVE
GHETTO The Jam
House, Birmingham
HANSU-TORI Ort Cafe,
Birmingham
THU 5 JUN
THE BEE GEES SATURDAY
NIGHT FEVER PARTY WITH
STAYIN' ALIVE Crewe
Lyceum
THE MOVE The Robin,
Bilston
THE BOHEMIANS - A
NIGHT OF QUEEN Solihull
Arts Complex
BIG WOLF BAND The
Roadhouse, B’ham
ANGEL OLSEN Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
MONKATHON FINALE The
Yardbird Jazz Club,
Birmingham
WARREN SMITH WITH
SPECIAL GUESTS Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
REMI HARRIS TRIO & TG
COLLECTIVE Warwick
Arts Centre, Coventry
JILL AND KATE The Actress & Bishop, B’ham
MR BEN The Jam
House, Birmingham
MJ HIBBETT, GRACE
PETRIE & GAVIN OSBORN
Ort Cafe, Birmingham
FRI 6 JUN
CBSO HEROES AND SUPERHEROES Symphony
Hall, Birmingham
THE INTENTIONS The
Jam House, B’ham
MOSTLY AUTUMN The
Robin, Bilston
HENRY PRIESTMAN Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
LONDON GRAMMAR Civic
Hall, Wolverhampton
NICK MULVEY Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton
VOODOO ROOM Artrix,
Bromsgrove
THEA GILMORE The Assembly, Leamington
Spa
HOZIER O2 Academy,
Birmingham
PUTTING ON THE RITZ
Upton House & Gardens, Warwickshire
FOREST Hare & Hounds,
Birmingham
PIAF IN CABARET Theatre
Severn, Shrewsbury
THE RONALDOS Fleet
Street Kitchen, B’ham
MISTY'S BIG ADVENTURE
Hare & Hounds, B’ham
FRAN THE MAN Irish
Centre, Birmingham
JOHNNY 2 BAD Irish Centre, Birmingham
HOT RED CHILI PEPPERS
The Marr's Bar,
Worcester
THE SUPERSKAS
Newhampton Arts Centre, Wolverhampton
MELLOW PEACHES, CHRIS
CLEVERLEY & ELLIS TALBOT Ort Cafe, B’ham
THE DESERT MONKEYS
The River Rooms,
Stourbridge
THE QUO The Roadhouse, Birmingham
THE SHAPES, DOMESTIC
BLESS & HUFFY Route
44, Birmingham
BLUES BOY DAN OWEN
The Tin Music And Arts,
Coventry
THE YAMAHA SCHOLARS
Symphony Hall, B’ham
JACQUI DANKWORTH The
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury
THE JAKE LEG JUG BAND
The Water’s Edge
Bandstand, B’ham
MILOS Malvern Theatres
SAT 7 JUN
THE INTENTIONS The
Jam House, B’ham
THE JENTS The Slug and
Lettuce, Birmingham
LIMEHOUSE LIZZY The
Robin, Bilston
THE TREORCHY MALE
VOICE CHOIR Royal Spa
Centre, Leamington
Spa
CARLTON MALE VOICE
CHOIR Huntingdon Hall,
Worcester
RHYS CHATHAM'S A SECRET ROSE Birmingham
Town Hall
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL PARADISE
The Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury
SYMPHONY SOUNDS
NICK OLIVERI The Institute, Birmingham
NICK MALCOLM QUARTET
The Hive, Shrewsbury
DRENGE Kasbah,
Coventry
FABIO, BRYAN G & LENZMAN Hare & Hounds,
Birmingham
WHOLE LOTTA LED Ludlow Assembly Rooms,
Shropshire
MAETLOAF The River
Rooms, Stourbridge
SWEET BABOO Warwick
FOLLOW YOU HOME O2
Academy, Birmingham
THE ELO EXPERIENCE Artrix, Bromsgrove
BBC BIG BAND Bedworth
Civic Hall
TASKERS, THE MONICAS
& SIERRA HOTEL The
Flapper, Birmingham
THE FATHER TEDS Irish
Centre, Birmingham
BROOKE SHARKEY, ADAM
BEATTIE & LEANDER
JONES Ort Cafe, B’ham
BLOODSTOCK FESTIVAL'S
METAL TO THE MASSES
SEMI FINAL The Roadhouse, Birmingham
DAVID COSLETT & JOSH
KEMP Hare & Hounds,
Birmingham
THE CLONED STONES
Route 44, Birmingham
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Music LISTINGS
GOD DAMN The Slade
Rooms, Wolverhampton
SUN 8 JUN
TALON - THE BEST OF EAGLES Lichfield Garrick
COLIN BLUNSTONE &
BAND The Robin, Bilston
RED DRAGON CARTEL The
Slade Rooms, Wolverhampton
KAST OFF KINKS Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
DAVID LANG - CROWD
OUT Millennium Point,
Birmingham
ELECTRIC CAKE SALAD,
THE ROZ BRUCE INFUSION, TANG & ULYSSES
The Actress & Bishop,
Birmingham
INTERPLAY & SONRISA
Warwick Arts Centre,
Coventry
GENTLE FRIENDLY Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
MARIAN & ALLY HARRON
Irish Centre, B’ham
MAGIC & LOSS - THE
MUSIC OF LOU REED The
Roadhouse, B’ham
MON 9 JUN
THE ENEMY The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent
PEACE The Assembly,
Leamington Spa
BELLA HARDY New Vic
Theatre, Newcastleunder-lyme
THE KENNEDYS Henry
Tudor House,
Shrewsbury
GHETTS The Institute,
Birmingham
TUE 10 JUN
HATFUL OF RAIN Kitchen
RIVAL SONS O2 Academy, Birmingham
BEN DRUMMOND The
Jam House, Birmingham
WED 11 JUN
GOSPEL CENTRAL The
Jam House, Bi’ham
THE FOUR SEASONS
Number 8 Community
Arts Centre, Pershore
JOHN BRAMWELL The
Robin, Bilston
THREE STEP MANOEUVRE
FUNKY ORGAN TRIO The
Yardbird Jazz Club,
Birmingham
AMP FIDDLER Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
ASIA Malvern Theatres
DESERT SUN, VINYETTE &
NEVERENDER The Roadhouse, Birmingham
THU 12 JUN
BELLA HARDY mac,
Birmingham
ABBAMANIA Prince Of
Wales Centre, Cannock
JUDIE TZUKE Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE FOLK ENSEMBLE
Foxlowe Arts Centre,
Leek
ANATHEMA The Assembly, Leamington Spa
CLUB CLASSICS LIVE The
Jam House, B’ham
MERCHANTS OF COOL
The Roadhouse, B’ham
FRI 13 JUN
ROCKET The Jam
House, Birmingham
PANIC ROOM The Robin,
Bilston
LADY BE GOOD Dovehouse Theatre, Solihull
THE DRIFTERS Dudley
Town Hall
MAGOOL mac, B’ham
THE MUMBLECORES The
Flapper, Birmingham
CASINO The Actress &
Bishop, Birmingham
PET SHOP BOYS LG
Arena, Birmingham
FRED ZEPPELIN The
River Rooms, Stourbridge
THE WEDDING CRASHERS
The Water’s Edge
Bandstand, B’ham
ROBBIE MOORE QUINTET
BOYS MAKE NOISE Artrix,
Bromsgrove
THE MAGIC OF MOTOWN
Malvern Theatres
1215 Fleet Street
Kitchen, Birmingham
HIGHGRADE - SUMMER
SESSION The Institute,
Birmingham
FOUR ACES Irish Centre,
Birmingham
THE FOO FIGHTERS TRIBUTE The Marr's Bar,
Worcester
MIDNIGHT BONFIRES
HOT RED CHILI PEPPERS
The Roadhouse, B’ham
BEAR & STEVIE E'S ROCK
DISCO Route 44, B’ham
THE PERSONAS The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent
SMITHED Moochers,
Stourbridge
QUILL The Assembly,
Leamington Spa
DUKE & DETECTIVE O2
Academy, Birmingham
HOLLYWOOD ENDING
Kasbah, Coventry
SAT 14 JUN
ROCKET The Jam
House, Birmingham
TAKE THAT RELIGHTING
THE FIRE The Robin,
Bilston
THE MOTOWN BLACK TIE
MIDSUMMER BALL WITH
RICHIE SAMPSONS
DRIFTERS Nailcote Hall,
Berkswell, Warwickshire
STRICTLY ABBA Theatre
On The Steps, Bridgnorth, Shropshire
JOE BROUGHTON'S CONSERVATOIRE FOLK ENSEMBLE Huntingdon
Hall, Worcester
ROXY MAGIC The Roadhouse, Birmingham
PHOENIX GOLD Irish Centre, Birmingham
RHOMBUS The Marr's
Bar, Worcester
The Pet Shop Boys - LG Arena, Birmingham
THE STRANGEST FEELING
Ort Cafe, Birmingham
BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNITY Route 44, B’ham
THE BOOTLEG SHADOWS
Tamworth Assembly
Rooms, Staffs
THE MOTIVES The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent
HALFWAY TO PARADISE
Prince Of Wales Theatre, Cannock
KILL THE ROMANTIC,
STORMRIDDEN & PRIMER
The Flapper, B’ham
PIERRE BENSUSAN mac,
Birmingham
SUN 15 JUN
THE GRIMETHORPE COLLIERY BAND Theatre
Severn, Shrewsbury
ANDY JORDAN O2 Academy, Birmingham
ADRIAN EDMONDSON &
THE BAD SHEPHERDS The
Robin, Bilston
THE KENNEDYS Kitchen
HOLLYWOOD ENDING O2
Academy, Birmingham
HATFUL OF RAIN Henry
Tudor House,
Shrewsbury
TOM HEALY Irish Centre,
Birmingham
THE REMI HARRIS GYPSY
JAZZ PROJECT Ludlow
Assembly Rooms,
Shropshire
MARTIN & ELIZA CARTHY
Ludlow Assembly
Rooms, Shropshire
SARA SMITH TRIO Quality
Square, Ludlow
GIOCOSO SAXOPHONE
QUARTET Oozells
Square, Birmingham
MON 16 JUN
WALSALL JAZZ ORCHESTRA Forest Arts Centre,
Walsall
ANDY JORDAN The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-Trent
GEORGE EZRA The Glee
Club, Birmingham
ROD CLEMENTS Kitchen
SCOTT BRADLEE & POSTMODERN JUKEBOX The
Institute, Birmingham
TUE 17 JUN
THE ILLEGAL EAGLES Bel-
grade Theatre,
Coventry
THE DELINES Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
THE CYBORGS The
Robin, Bilston
TROYKA & PULCINELLA
The Tin Music And Arts,
Coventry
JEFFREY LEWIS & THE
JRAMS The Actress &
Bishop, Birmingham
WED 18 JUN
MOTOWN'S GREATEST
HITS - HOW SWEET IT IS
Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry
TAKING CARE OF ELVIS
Malvern Theatres,
Worcestershire
HAMILTON LOOMIS The
Jam House, B’ham
BABAJACK The Robin,
Bilston
THU 19 JUN
TAKING CARE OF ELVIS
Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry
QUEEN ALIVE The Robin,
Bilston
THE BLUES BAND Tamworth Assembly Rooms
MEL DAY & THE SOUL
SURVIVORS The Jam
House, Birmingham
HARP DUO Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Shropshire
FRI 20 JUN
UP4 THE DOWNSTROKE
AND FINALLY - PHIL COLINS TRIBUTE SHOW The
Robin, Bilston
LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Solihull Arts
Complex
SHERRY COUNSELLORS
The Sugarmill, Stokeon-Trent
THE STAFFORDSHIRE
BAND - MYTHS AND LEGIONS Forest Arts Centre, Walsall
ABBA MANIA Belgrade
Theatre, Coventry
THE CLASSIC ROCK
TRIPLE HEADER The
Roadhouse, B’ham
THE LOVED & LOST O2
Academy, Birmingham
MISTY IN ROOTS The Assembly, Leamington
Spa
COLDPLACE The River
Rooms, Stourbridge
PETE CHURCHILL Symphony Hall, B’ham
THE DETACHED COLLECTIVE The Actress &
Bishop, Birmingham
PLASTIC PANTOMIME
Fleet Street Kitchen,
Birmingham
LIFE & GOD DAMN Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
HOT CLUB DE SWING FESTIVAL TEA PARTY
JOHN KIERNAN Irish Centre, Birmingham
THE BIG WOLF BAND
Route 44, Birmingham
THE DELRAY ROCKETS
Moochers, Stourbridge
DAVID REA Quality
Square, Ludlow
RUDIE AND THE REVOLVERS The Water’s
Edge Bandstand,
Birmingham
MR GEORGE’S FAMOUS
LAST WORDS, KLASSIDE
& ABBERLINE The Flapper, Birmingham
SAT 21 JUN
UP4 THE DOWNSTROKE
THE MOTELLAS Nailcote
Hall, Berkswell
AND FINALLY - PHIL
COLLINS TRIBUTE SHOW
Solihull Arts Complex
THE STONES The Roadhouse, Birmingham
KASABIAN Victoria Park,
Leicester
WORBEY AND FARRELL
Huntingdon Hall, B’ham
MICHAEL KING PRESENTS
THE BILLY FURY YEARS
Theatre Severn,
Shrewsbury
MOTOWN MAGIC The
Swan Theatre,
Worcester
GREEN DAY UK The
Robin, Bilston
OLLY MURS TRBUTE The
Great Barr Hotel, B’ham
PRELUDE The Edge Arts
Centre, Much Wenlock
ROCK ANTHEMS Number
8 Community Arts Centre, Pershore
THE WEEKEND ANTHEMS
The River Rooms,
Stourbridge
BIG BAND FINALE CONCERT Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
TIGER CUB O2 Academy,
Birmingham
THE HOT HEADS The Actress & Bishop, B’ham
KIRVANA - A TRIBUTE TO
NIRVANA The Flapper,
Birmingham
HOTWIRED Irish Centre,
Birmingham
RIFF RAFF The Marr's
Bar, Worcester
SOUR MASH Route 44,
Birmingham
WHITE NOISE THEORY
The Sugarmill, Stokeon-Trent
SOULSHAKE The Yardbird Jazz Club, B’ham
KING PLEASURE & THE
BISCUIT BOYS Moochers,
Stourbridge
SOUNDS OF SUMMER
Town Hall, Birmingham
WOODEN HORSE Artrix,
Bromsgrove
SUN 22 JUN
DOLLY PARTON LG
Arena, Birmingham
ALOHA FROM HAWAII
Lichfield Garrick
GEORGE BENSON Symphony Hall, B’ham
THE SOUTH Crewe
Lyceum
TOUCHSTONE The Robin,
Bilston
CATHERINE FEENY
Kitchen Garden Cafe,
Birmingham
MALONE MALONE The Institute, Birmingham
SHAWN CUDDY Irish Centre, Birmingham
THE PEOPLE'S ORCHESTRA Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham
SAM SAX MAN The
Water’s Edge Bandstand, Birmingham
MON 23 JUN
DOPETHRONE The Asylum, Birmingham
PARQUET COURTS The Institute, Birmingham
DAVID GRAY Symphony
Hall, Birmingham
TUE 24 JUN
MITCH LADDIE The
Robin, Bilston
JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER
ORCHESTRA Symphony
Hall, Birmingham
SUMMER PROM CONCERT
Evesham Arts Centre
Music LISTINGS
HOLLY WILLIAMS TRIO
The Glee Club, B’ham
CHERRY GHOST The Institute, Birmingham
EDWINA HAYES The
Roses Theatre, Tewkesbury
WED 25 JUN
NURVRAX JAM The Yardbird Jazz Club, B’ham
GARETH GATES O2 Academy, Birmingham
MISFITS The Assembly,
Leamington Spa
MORELAND & ARBUCKLE
DEXYS Kasbah, Coventry
THU 26 JUN
DEL CAMINO The Jam
House, Birmingham
ROY ORBISON AND
FRIENDS Lichfield Garrick
HEAVEN & EARTH O2
Academy, Birmingham
MONOCLED MAN Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
PANSPERMIA & LET
VENGEANCE RISE O2
Academy, Birmingham
NILE The Robin, Bilston
BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST Artrix, Bromsgrove
QUEEN ALIVE The Road-
house, Birmingham
FRI 27 JUN
ONCE IN A LIFETIME: The
Final Tour Featuring The
Osmonds, David Essex,
Showaddywaddy & Les
McKeowan's Bay City
Rollers, LG Arena, Birmingham
AND FINALLY - PHIL COLINS TRIBUTE SHOW Lichfield Garrick
SONGS OF STRUGGLE The
Drum, Birmingham
RAGHU DIXIT The Glee
Club, Birmingham
JESSIE J Cannock
Chase Forest
GRAPPELLI SWING Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
SKABUCKS The Roadhouse, Birmingham
DANCING QUEEN Theatre
Severn, Shrewsbury
THE RED LEMONS The
Jam House, B’ham
AC/DC UK The Robin, Bilston
ROCK IT! Malvern Theatres
HIGHTOWER O2 Academy, Birmingham
SIMON SPILLETT QUARTET
ONLY SHADOWS The Actress & Bishop, B’ham
DEVIL RED THE REMEDY
The Slade Rooms,
Wolverhampton
MJ TRIBUTE Fleet Street
Kitchen, Birmingham
BOAT TO ROW Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
PAT BRESLIN Irish Centre, Birmingham
GREEN HAZE Route 44,
Birmingham
POLICE DOG HOGAN The
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury
MALLEN The Flapper,
Birmingham
SAT 28 JUN
THE RED LEMONS The
Jam House, B’ham
AND FINALLY - PHIL
COLLINS TRIBUTE The
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury
THE BEATLES WITH TOP
TRIBUTE BAND THE NAKED
BEATLES The Robin, Bilston
PAUL WELLER Cannock
Chase Forest
HAT FITZ & CARA Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING Theatre Severn,
Shrewsbury
THE RAT PACK VEGAS
SPECTACULAR Malvern
Theatres
SWEDE DREAMZ - ABBA
TRIBUTE NIGHT The
Great Barr Hotel, B’ham
THE BON JOVI EXPERIENCE The River Rooms,
Stourbridge
WARLORD UK O2 Academy, Birmingham
THE MANFREDS Lichfield
Garrick
Jessie J, Cannock Chase Forest
HAWK EYES The Flapper,
Birmingham
UNDER THE COVERS Irish
Centre, Birmingham
BOXCAR ALDOUS HUXLEY
& ANDY OLIVERI Ort
Cafe, Birmingham
IVOR & LYNN'S CLASSIC
ROCK DISCO Route 44,
Birmingham
SUN 29 JUN
STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL Symphony
Hall, Birmingham
SIMPLY DYLAN Kitchen
FRANKLEY GUITAR CLUB
SUMMER CONCERT Artrix,
Bromsgrove
KENNY DANCE FEIS Irish
Centre, Birmingham
BLAKE & BRAZIL Irish
Centre, Birmingham
MON 30 JUN
LARKIN POE Hare &
Hounds, Birmingham
NEW AMERICAN TROUBADOURS Henry Tudor
House, Shrewsbury
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Barbara Hannigan
Classical Music PREVIEWS
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Wed 18 June
Hot on the heels of her performance as
Marie in Zimmerman’s Die Soldaten,
acclaimed Canadian soprano Barbara
Hannigan this month performs alongside
the CBSO in the UK premiere of Hans
Abrahamsen’s Let Me Tell You.
Hannigan’s much-anticipated performance
features in a programme of works entitled
Strauss And Shakespeare, Abrahamsen’s
orchestral song cycle having been
inspired by the works of the Stratford
bard. Under the baton of Andris Nelsons,
the evening begins with Mendelssohn’s A
Midsummer Night’s Dream and culminates
with Strauss’ Symphonica Domestica 44’ a no-holds-barred musical diary of a day
with the Strauss family.
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group: Crowd Out
Millennium Point, Birmingham, Sun 8 June
Here world-premiered in an epic-scale production, David Lang’s new piece for one thousand
untrained voices is one of the largest vocal events ever to be staged in Birmingham. The work
has been commissioned by Birmingham Contemporary Music Group (BCMG) and encompasses a wide range of public singing and vocalising - including football chanting. CBSO Chorus
Director Simon Halsey - widely regarded as one of the world’s top choral conductors - leads
the performance. The production visits Berlin and London following its Birmingham debut.
Welsh National Opera: Faith
Wagner’s Ring:
Götterdämmerung
Birmingham Hippodrome, Weds 18 - Fri 20 June
Founded in Cardiff in 1943, Welsh National Opera (WNO) is committed to producing highly accessible work for its audiences,
whether they be opera-going regulars or people attending for the
very first time. Here presenting three works from its summer season, the company explores the subject of faith, and the way in
which music and religion are brought together.
Schoenberg’s rarely performed Moses Und Aron opens the Hippodrome season. Standing as one of the most powerful political
statements of the twentieth century, the three-act opera is a
response to the composer’s reflections, both on the existence of
God and his own musical and religious identity.
A piece from the opposite end of the operatic spectrum follows
when the company presents Nabucco. One of Verdi’s earliest
hits, the work is often referred to as ‘the operatic equivalent of a
1950s biblical Hollywood epic’. It includes a rousing score featuring The Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves.
WNO ends its latest Hippodrome season with a double-bill, bringing together Debussy’s La Chute de la Maison - based on Edgar
Allan Poe’s The Fall Of The House Of Usher - and the world
stage premiere of Gordon Getty’s Usher House.
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, Sat 21 June
Dante Quartet
Avoncroft Museum,
Bromsgrove,
Wed 25 June
Held in high regard for
their imaginative programming, the Dante Quartet
are resident at King’s College, Cambridge. They’re
also the team behind the
esteemed Dante Summer
Festival, which takes place
in the Tamar Valley every
July.
Comprising Yuko Inoue
(viola), Richard Jenkinson
(cello), and Krysia Osostowicz and Oscar Perks
(violins), the quartet this
month return to the Midlands for the Bromsgrove
Festival, where they’ll perform Haydn’s Quartet Op
33 No 1 and Schubert’s
Quartettsatz.
Opera North’s four-year traversal of Wagner’s Ring Cycle here comes to a conclusion with the composer’s awe-inspiring
final opera. Sung in German with English
surtitles, Götterdämmerung finds Siegfried
falling amongst enemies, Brünnhilde’s love
being betrayed and the gods themselves
confronting the end of a world.
Alwyn Mellor, who garnered great critical
acclaim for her 2012 portrayal of Sieglinde
in Opera North’s Die Walküre, sings the
role of Brünnhilde. She’s joined by Estonian tenor Mati Turi as Siegfried and
Swedish bass Mats Almgren as Hagen.
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Classical LISTINGS
For full listing information on classical
concerts, including times and dates,
THE SACCONI QUARTET
With Freddy Kempf
(piano). Programme
includes Elgar's Piano
Quintet & Schubert's
Piano Quintet in A
Major 'The Trout', Sun 1
June, Malvern Theatres
EDWARD DUSINBERRE &
CHARLES OWEN Programme to include
works by Brahms,
Bach, Mendelssohn
and Beethoven, Sun 1
June, Royal Pump
Rooms, Leamington
Spa
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH ROGER
OWENS The programme
will include works by
Gershwin, Mozart and
Addinsell, Mon 2 June,
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
SINFONIETTA CONCERT
Featuring music from
James Oldham, Fang
Fang, Richard Stenton,
Luke Deane, Andy
Ingamells and Ryan
Probert, Mon 2 June,
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH NIGEL ALLCOAT Mon 2 June,
Coventry Cathedral Of
Ruins
BRAHMSIAD Tues 3
June, Adrian Boult Hall,
Birmingham
CBSO SUMMER SERENADE Featuring Laurence Jackson
(violin/director) &
Christopher Yates
(viola). Programme
includes works by
Grieg, Mozart, Dvorak
& Tchaikovsky, Thurs 5
June, Symphony Hall,
Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE PERCUSSION
ENSEMBLE Thurs 5
June, Birmingham Conservatoire
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE ORGAN DEPARTMENT IN CONCERT Fri 6
June, St Swithun’s
Church, Worcester
CBSO HEROES AND
SUPERHEROES Featuring
Richard Kaufman (conductor) and music from
Superman, Dance with
Wolves, 633 Squadron,
Saving Private Ryan,
The Sea Hawk, SpiderMan, Silverado and
many more, Fri 6 June,
Symphony Hal, Birmingham
THE TREORCHY MALE
VOICE CHOIR Sat 7 June,
Royal Spa Centre,
Leamington Spa
CARLTON MALE VOICE
CHOIR Sat 7 June, Huntingdon Hall, Worcester
SYMPHONY SOUNDS Presented by The Salvation Army and featuring
The International Staff
Band and International
Staff Songsters, Sat 7
Birmingham
BACH ORGAN RECITAL
Sun 8 June, St Chad’s
Church, Shrewsbury
CHORAL EVENSONG TO
COMMEMORATE 70TH
ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY
Church, Shrewsbury
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH JONATHAN
ALLSOPP Mon 9 June,
Ruins
LUCY CHANG Tues 10
Birmingham
COMPOSERS’ PLATFORM
Tues 10 June, Recital
Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
BACH ORGAN RECITAL
Tues 10 June, St
Chad’s Church,
Shrewsbury
CBSO THOMAS ADES:
NEW HORIZONS Featuring Thomas Ades (conductor) and Nicolas
Hodges (piano). Programme includes works
by Ravel, Barry, Coll
and Ades, Wed 11
June, Symphony Hall
CBSO SCHOOL’S CONCERTS: CARNIVAL OF THE
ANIMALS Devised specially for students at
Key Stage 2. Featuring
Michael Seal (conductor) and Nikky Smedley
(presenter), Thurs12
Birmingham
THE NAVARRO STRING
QUARTET Programme
featuring works by
Mozart & Beethoven,
Thurs 12 June, Recital
THE PRIMROSE PIANO
QUINTET Programme
includes works by; JS
Bach, Bridge, Francaix
& Schumann, Fri 13
June, Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire
THE HEPPLEWHITE TRIO
Programme includes
works by Bridge & Dvorak, Fri 13 June, Recital
RUISI STRING QUARTET
Programme includes
works by Mozart,
Haydn & Debussy, Fri
13 June, Recital Hall,
THE MARRIAGE OF
FIGARO Fri 13 - Sun 15
June, Barber Institute,
Birmingham
THE SCHUBERT ENSEMBLE OF LONDON Sat 14
June, Adrian Boult,
Birmingham
THE CBSO PLAY THE
ADRIAN BOULT HALL Programme includes works
by Grieg, Pehkonen,
Elgar & Strauss, Sun 15
Birmingham
BPO CONCERT Featuring
Elgar’s cello concerto
and King Arthur Suite,
Vaughan Williams’ overture The Wasps and
Five Variants on Dives
and Lazarus, Sun 15
Birmingham
BACH ORGAN RECITAL
Church, Shrewsbury
D-DAY AFTERNOON CONCERT Featuring the
Glebe Symphonic
Winds, Sun 15 June,
RAF Museum, Cosford,
Nr Wolverhampton
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT: THOMAS TROTTER
Mon 16 June, Birmingham Town Hall
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH FLORIAN
ZSCHUKE Mon 16 June,
Ruins
CBSO STRAUSS AND
SHAKESPEARE Featuring
Andris Nelsons (conductor) and Barbara
Hannigan (soprano).
Programme includes
works by Mendelssohn,
Abrahamsen and
Strauss, Wed 18 June,
MOSES AND ARON Welsh
National Opera present
Sergio Morabito and
Jossi Wiesler's highly
charged production,
Wed 18 June, Birmingham Hippodrome
ORGAN RECITAL: VINCENT
GRAPPY Wed 18 June,
St Chad’s Cathedral,
Shrewsbury
BEORMA VOCAL QUARTET
Programme of English
music spanning four
centuries, Wed 18
June, Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove
CBSO BEETHOVEN’S
EMPEROR CONCERTO
Featuring Andris Nelsons (conductor) and
Paul Lewis (piano). Programme includes works
by Beethoven and
Strauss, Thurs 19 June,
ASTARIA STRING QUARTET Programme features works by Haydn,
Schumann, Janacek &
Smetana, Thurs 19
June, Grafton Manor
Chapel, Bromsgrove
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
OF USHER Welsh National Opera bring Edgar
Allan Poe’s macabre
tale to the operatic
stage, Fri 20 June,
Birmingham Hippodrome
BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY
SINGERS AND UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CHOIR Fri
20 June, Barber Institute, Birmingham
BIRMINGHAM CONSERVATOIRE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA: SYMPHONY
OF DREAMS Fri 20 June,
Town Hall, Birmingham
WAGNER’S RING: GOTTERDAMMERUNG Performed by the Orchestra and Chorus Of
Opera North and Huddersfield Choral Society. Performance sung in
German with English
surtitles, Sat 21 June,
THE RAF COSFORD MILITARY WIVES CHOIR Sat
21 June, The Abbey,
Shrewsbury
SHREWSBURY CANTATA
CHOIR Featuring vocalists Victoria Adams,
Rosie Walker, luno Connolly, Robert Tilson &
Daniel Wyman with
accompaniment by
musicians from the
Birmingham Conservatoire. Programme features works by Handel,
Brahms, Gabrieli,
Bruckner & Stravinsky,
Sun 22 June, Holy Trinity Church, Meole
Brace, Shrewsbury
THE PEOPLE’S ORCHESTRA Featuring a selection of film greats,
including Schindler's
List, The Lord of the
Rings, Harry Potter,
plus many more... Sun
22 June, Adrian Boult
Hall, Birmingham
CHARLES BURNEY BICENTENNIAL MEMORIAL
CONCERT Sun 22 June,
Maidment Hall, Shrewsbury School
LUNCHTIME ORGAN CONCERT WITH MARTYN
RAWLES Mon 23 June,
Coventry Cathedral of
Ruins
SUMMER PROM CONCERT
Presented by Prince
Henry's High School,
Tues 24 June, Evesham
Arts Centre, Worcester
THE GILBERT AND SULLIVAN OPERA COMPANY
Tues 24 - Sat 28 June,
Wolverhampton Grand
Theatre
DANTE QUARTET Programme includes works
by Haydn & Schubert,
Wed 25 June, Artrix,
Bromsgrove
CBSO MOZART’S C MINOR
MASS Featuring Andris
Nelsons (conductor),
Sarah-Jane Brandon
(soprano), Lisa Milne
(soprano), Ben Johnson (tenor), Vuyani
Mlinde (bass) and John
Tattersdill (double
bass), Thurs 26 & Sat
28 June, Symphony
Hall, Birmingham
WESTCOMBE BRASS Programme includes works
by Bach, Handel, Bar
tok, Berlin & Sherwin,
Fri 27 June, St Mary the
Virgin Church, Ullenhall, Nr Henley in
Arden, Warwickshire
JUNIOR CONSERVATOIRE:
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Sat 28 June, Adrian
Boult Hall, Birmingham
ACADEMIA MUSICA CHOIR
Sat 28 June, Great
Malvern Priory,
Worcester
THOMAS TROTTER: SUMMER REQUESTS Mon 30
June, Birmingham
Town Hall
NIGEL KENNEDY Mon 30
June - Weds 2 July,
Malvern Theatres
Classical Box Office
ADRIAN BOULT HALL,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 331 5901
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH,
OSWESTRY
01691 654832 / 652810
BARBER INSTITUTE,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 414 7333
MAIDMENT HALL,
SHREWSBURY SCHOOL
01743 280810
MALVERN THEATRE
01684 892277
BIRMINGHAM
CONSERVATOIRE
0121 331 5901/2
BIRMINGHAM & MIDLAND
INSTITUTE
0121 236 3591
ST CHAD’S CHURCH,
SHREWSBURY
01743 365478
0121 780 3333
ST LAURENCE’S CHURCH,
LUDLOW
01584 872073
BRAMALL CONCERT HALL,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 414 3344
SYMPHONY HALL,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 780 3333
CBSO CENTRE,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 780 333
VICTORIA HALL,
STOKE-ON-TRENT
0870 060 6649
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Comedy
The Improlympians
Comedy
Box Office
mac, Birmingham, Fri 13 June & Fri 11 July
If you like your comedy seriously ‘off the cuff’,
The Improlympians are the act for you.
Regulars at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the
talented troupe of lighthearted, family-friendly
performers never present the same show twice,
with their act on any given night depending
entirely on suggestions made by the audience.
As you’d expect, their comedy is bold and
adventurous, their wit razor-sharp. How else
would they manage to present a show based
on, for example, the tale of a mother bear who
travels to India on a bus in order to seek
vengeance on a talking zimmer frame?...
ARTRIX, BROMSGROVE
01527 577330
BEDWORTH CIVIC HALL
02476 376707
0121 780 3333
THE DRUM, BIRMINGHAM
0121 333 2444
DUDLEY CONCERT HALL
01384 815 577
GLEE CLUB, BIRMINGHAM
0871 4720400
HIGHLIGHT, BIRMINGHAM,
0844 844 0044
HUNTINGDON HALL,
WORCESTER,
01905 611427
FOXLOWE ARTS CENTRE,
LEEK, STAFFS
01538 386112
Made In Britain Special
The Drum, Birmingham, Fri 6 June
Made In Britain Special shows at The Drum as
part of the Bass Festival 2014. Suitable for audience members aged eighteen and above, the
evening sees funnyman Don Curtis Walker
headline a programme that also features gags
aplenty from fellow rib-tickler Lateef Lovejoy.
Soul music comes from promising RCA
Records talent Jamie Joseph and the honeyvoiced Kezia.
Pete Firman
The Glee Club, Birmingham,
Thurs 12 - Sat 14 June
Pete Firman's been described as 'funnier than
most comedians and more magical than
Dumbledore on a good day' - which, as reviews
go, isn't a bad one. Combining comedy and
magic to excellent effect, this Middlesboroughborn funnyman wears ill-fitting suits like they’re
going out of fashion
and is perfectly
happy hammering a
nail into his face in
the name of comedy.
His gags are delivered at breakneck
speed and he’s got a
bagful of tricks
designed to leave his
audiences openmouthed in disbelief.
This Birmingham
date is followed later
in the year by a
national tour.
Dawn French
Victoria Hall, Stoke-on-Trent, Fri 13 June; New Alexandra Theatre,
Birmingham Weds 18 - Fri 20 June
One of the UK’s foremost and best-loved comedians, Dawn French is
this month visiting the Midlands as part of her first ever solo tour.
The Vicar Of Dibley star stops off in the region with a show entitled
30 Million Minutes - roughly the amount of time, according to Dawn’s
calculations, that she’s been alive.
"I'm sick with excitement about this solo tour,” says Dawn. “I’m enjoying the fact that I can't categorise exactly what it is, but it's somewhere between a monologue, a play, and an autobiographical
slideshow with a few funnies thrown in.”
Dawn’s previously toured with her longtime comedy partner Jennifer
Saunders, and has also trodden the boards as Bottom in A
Midsummer Night's Dream. In 2003, she starred at the Apollo
Shaftsbury in Geraldine Aron’s one-woman play, My Brilliant Divorce.
Marlon Davis
Players Bar, Birmingham,
Sat 14 June
Described by Chortle as a
fella with 'an impish grin, boyish enthusiasm and an effortlessly open, confident style',
Marlon Davis uses his
upbringing in urban Britain as
the inspiration for his act,
tackling social issues with
skillful characterisations.
Winner of FHM’s Search For
A Stand-Up competition,
Marlon has also been finalist
in both the Laughing Horse
and So You Think You're
Funny? new act competitions.
KITCHEN GARDEN CAFE,
BIRMINGHAM
0121 443 4725
LG ARENA, BIRMINGHAM
0844 338 8000
LUDLOW ASSEMBLY
ROOMS
01584 878141
MAC, BIRMINGHAM
0121 446 3232
NEW ALEXANDRA
THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
0844 871 3011
PALACE THEATRE,
REDDITCH
01527 65203
THE PUBLIC, WEST
BROMWICH
0121 533 7161
DRUMMONDS BAR,
WORCESTER
01905 28190
RICOH ARENA, COVENTRY
0844 873 6565
THE ROSES THEATRE
TEWKESBURY
01684 295074
ROYAL SPA CENTRE,
LEAMINGTON SPA
01926 334418
STAFFORD GATEHOUSE
THEATRE
01785 254653
SOLIHULL ARTS COMPLEX
0121 704 6962
THE SLADE ROOMS,
WOLVERHAMPTON
0870 320 7000
THE GEORGE HOTEL,
BURSLEM, STAFFS
07763301081
TAMWORTH ASSEMBLY
ROOMS
01827 709618
THEATRE SEVERN,
SHREWSBURY
01743 281281
VICTORIA HALL, HANLEY,
STOKE-ON-TRENT
0844 871 7649
WARWICK ARTS CENTRE
02476 524524
WEST BROMWICH TOWN
HALL
0121 596 4429
WULFRUN HALL,
WOLVERHAMPTON
0870 320 7000
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Comedy LISTINGS
For full listing information on comedy
gigs including times and dates visit
SHOULD I STAY OR
SHOULD I GO Sun 1
June, Drummonds Bar,
Worcester
LEE EVANS - WORK IN
PROGRESS Sun 1 June,
Oakengates Theatre,
Telford
MILES JUPP Tues 3
June, Birmingham
Town Hall
ABANDOMAN Weds 4
June, Wulfrun Hall,
Wolverhampton
THE NOISE NEXT DOOR
Thurs 5 June, Artrix,
Bromsgrove
RETURN OF THE GRUMPY
OLD WOMEN Thurs 5
June, Royal Spa
Centre, Leamington
Spa
MATT RICHARDSON Thurs
5 June, Solihull Arts
Complex
KUM-N-AVALOFF COMEDY
NIGHT Thurs 5 June,
Stourbridge Town Hall
IAN COPPINGER, JOJO
SMITH & CHRIS TURNER
Thurs 5 June, The Glee
Club, Birmingham
VIKKI STONE, DAVID
TRENT Thurs 5 June,
mac, Birmingham
CUT THE CHAT Thurs 5
June, The Glee Club,
Birmingham
IAN COPPINGER, JOJO
SMITH, CHRIS TURNER &
ROB HUGHES Fri 6 June,
CARL DONNELLY Fri 6
Birmingham
CURTIS WALKER, LATEEF
LOVEJOY & JOHN SIMMIT
Fri 6 June, The Drum,
Birmingham
TOPPING AND BUTCH,
MAFF BROWN, CAREY
MARX & MATT RUDGE Fri
6 - Sat 7 June,
Highlight Comedy
Club, Birmingham
JAMES ACASTER, JOJO
SMITH, IAN COPPINGER &
CHRIS TURNER Sat 7
Birmingham
DOUGIE DUNLOP, PHILL
ELLIS DAN EVANS & TONY
COWARDS Sat 7 June,
Coventry Showcase
BOBBY MAIR, NICK
DODDY, SIMON BLIGH &
KAREN BAYLEY Sat 7
June, Players Bar,
Birmingham
ROUGH WORKS New
material from the
Midlands' finest comics,
Sun 8 June, The Glee
Club, Birmingham
OPEN MIC COMEDY
HOSTED BY LOUDEEMY
SOUP Mon 9 June, The
Blue Orange Theatre,
Birmingham
ANDREW O'NEIL, ALAN
MOORE Tues 10 June,
Rose Villa Tavern,
Birmingham
MERCEDES BENSON,
JULIE JEPSON, JEN
BRISTER & MAUREEN
YOUNGER Weds 11
June, Kitchen Garden
Cafe, Birmingham
JETHRO Thurs 12 June,
Evesham Arts Centre
PETE FIRMAN, ANDY
ROBINSON & DAVE
FULTON Thurs 12 June,
The Glee Club,
Birmingham
JAMES ACASTER & ROB
DEERING Thurs 12 June
mac, Birmingham
JASON MANFORD Fri 13
June, Civic Hall,
Wolverhampton
DAWN FRENCH Fri 13
June, Victoria Hall,
Stoke-on-Trent
BRENDON BURNS & JOHN
HASTINGS Fri 13 June
Station Pub, Sutton
Coldfield
JEFF INNOCENT, JEREMY
O'DONNELL, DAN
NIGHTINGALE & NATHAN
CATON Fri 13 June,
Highlight Comedy
Club, Birmingham
THE IMPROLYMPIANS Fri
13 June, mac, B’ham
PETE FIRMAN, DAVE
JOHNS, DAVE FULTON &
JEN BRISTER Fri 13 - Sat
14 June, The Glee
Club, Birmingham
JEFF INNOCENT, JEREMY
O'DONNELL, DAN
NIGHTINGALE & ROMESH
RANGANATHAN Sat 14
June, Highlight
Comedy Club,
Birmingham
WES ZAHARUK,
JONATHAN ELSTON,
MICHAEL FABBRI &
DANNY DEEGAN Sat 14
June, Coventry
Showcase
MARLON DAVIS, STEVE
SHANYASKI, JOHN
MOLONEY & JOJO SMITH
Sat 14 June, Players
Bar, Birmingham
ARIES SPEARS Sun 15
Birmingham
BEN NORRIS Sun 15
June, Theatre Severn,
Shrewsbury
NATON CATON WITH FOIL,
ARMS AND HOG, DAMIAN
CLARK Sun 15 June,
Coventry
TOADALLY FREE COMEDY!
Mon 16 June, The Blue
Orange Theatre,
Birmingham
BARNSTORMERS COMEDY
NIGHT Tues 17 June,
Royal Spa Centre,
Leamington Spa
DAWN FRENCH Weds 18
- Fri 20 June, New
Alexandra Theatre,
Birmingham
NORMAN LOVETT Thurs
19 June, Huntingdon
Hall, Worcester
JOHN FOTHERGILL, ANDY
ROBINSON, TIFFANY
STEVENSON & COMEDY
CAROUSEL Thurs 19
Birmingham
LORETTA MAINE, GAVIN
WEBSTER Thurs 19
June, mac, Birmingham
IAN MOORE, BARRY
CASTAGNOLA, DAVID
WARD & STUART
MITCHELL Fri 20 - Sat 21
June, Highlight
Comedy Club, B’ham
JOHN FOTHERGILL, PETE
JOHANSSON, BRENDAN
DEMPSEY & TIFFANY
STEVENSON Fri 20 - Sat
21 June, The Glee
Club, Birmingham
ANDY WHITE Sat 21
June, mac, Birmingham
DANA ALEXANDER, RYAN
MCDONNELL, LUKE
BENSON & ADAM ROWE
Sat 21 June, Coventry
Showcase
BENNY BOOT, SOFIE
HAGEN, ANDY ASKINS &
ANDRE VINCENT Sat 21
June, Players Bar,
Birmingham
JOHN BISHOP Weds 25
June, Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry
JASON MANFORD Weds
25 June, Crewe
Lyceum
GAVIN WEBSTER, ANGELA
BARNES & JOHN
HASTINGS Thurs 26
Birmingham
MILES JUPP Thurs 26
June, Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry
DANNY BUCKLER, MARTIN
MOR Thurs 26 June,
mac, Birmingham
JOHN BISHOP - WORK IN
PROGRESS Thurs 26
June, Huntingdon Hall,
Worcester
BARNES, JOHN HASTINGS
& MATHEW HEARD Fri 28
Birmingham
DANNY BUCKLER, MATT
HOBS, NEIL MCFARLANE,
PAUL DUNCAN
MCGARRITY & PHILIP
SIMON Fri 27 June,
National Brewery
Centre, Burton Upon
Trent
PAUL & ANDREW
NIGHTINGALE, RICHARD
PULSFORD, BISHA K ALI,
JON PEARSON, ALEX
HYLTON & MATTHEW
BAYLIS Fri 27 June,
Evesham Arts Centre
BARNES & JOHN
HASTINGS Sat 28 June
JIM SMALLMAN, SCOTT
BENNETT, GARETH
BERLINER & SOFIE HAGEN
Sat 28 June, Coventry
Showcase
PRINCE ABDI, VIKKI
STONE, STEVE HARRIS &
JOHNNY CANDON Sat 28
June, Players Bar,
Birmingham
THE LAUGHING SOLE COMEDY CLUB FOR KIDS
Sun 29 June, mac,
Birmingham
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Theatre
Woman In Mind
The REP, Birmingham, Fri 13 - Sat 28 June
Mention Alan Ayckbourn and a list of brilliant observational comedies
springs readily to mind, including classics such as Season’s Greetings, The Norman Conquests and Absurd Person Singular.
Although not as famous as the aforementioned offerings, Woman In
Mind certainly deserves to keep company with them in terms of its
quality, and is widely regarded as one of the playwright’s most affect-
ing works. Premiered in 1985 and marking Ayckbourn’s first use of
first-person narrative and a subjective viewpoint, it tells the story of
vicar’s wife Susan, whose best way of escaping the challenges of her
real-life family is to create a fantasy one. But when her two worlds
begin to overlap, it soon becomes evident that Susan is beginning to
unravel...
The Rape Of Lucrece
The Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon,
Mon 23 June - Fri 4 July
The Rape of Lucrece is a brilliant, brutal narrative
poem giving an account of the terrible crime of rape
and its dreadful consequences for victim and perpetrator. As ever, Shakespeare goes beyond the obvious, following the ramifications of the crime wherever they take him, and in so doing shining a light on a
level of human behaviour that encompasses both
the bestial and the beautiful. This particular version
of Shakespeare’s famous work is described as ‘an
hypnotic evening of song and storytelling’, and stars
internationally acclaimed singer Camille O'Sullivan.
Propeller Theatre
New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, Tues 3 - Sat 7 June
Mask work, animation, and both classic and modern film and music have all influenced the work of the Worcestershire-based Propeller Theatre, a talented all-male
ensemble who seek to find ‘a more engaging way of expressing Shakespeare’. Having toured extensively across the globe and bagged numerous awards for their highenergy endeavours, the company is this month visiting Birmingham with a double-bill
of Shakespeare comedies - A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Comedy Of Errors.
Theatre PREVIEWS
Fame The Musical
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry,
Mon 2 - Sat 7 June
The original mega-hit film and its spin-off TV
series are now both so old that their oncenimble dancers might soon be reaching for
zimmer frames! By contrast, Fame The Musical continues to get up a sweat on a regular
basis. And as high-octane, choreographedto-the-rafters stage musicals go, it hits the
Midlands this month with a reputation second
to none. Set in New York’s legendary High
School For The Performing Arts, the show
focuses on the highs and lows of the students who’re desperately seeking success,
and offers a dazzling evening of foot-tapping
music and breathtaking dance.
Re-envisioned songs include Let’s Play A
Love Scene and the title track itself.
Annie Get Your Gun
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, Tues 10 - Sat 14 June; New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham,
Tues 1 - Sat 5 July; Malvern Theatre, Mon 28 July - Sat 2 August
Jason Donovan returns to the Midlands this month to star in this major new version of the
Tony Award-winning musical. Donovan, who’s previously appeared in the region in stage productions of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert, The Rocky Horror Show and Sweeney Todd, plays
the sharpshooting Frank Butler, appearing alongside Emma Williams as Annie Oakley and
Norman Pace as Buffalo Bill. The show was written by Irving Berlin in 1946 and includes such
famous numbers as There’s No Business Like Show Business and Anything You Can Do, I
Can Do Better.
“I've been very lucky in having some great roles to get my teeth into in the past,” says Jason,
“but now having the chance to star in the UK premiere production of this award-winning version of such a classic musical is very exciting. I'm very much looking forward to performing
such brilliant songs and appearing alongside a truly great cast, as we bring the Wild West to
theatres across the country.”
20th Century Boy:
The Musical
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre,
Mon 30 June - Sat 5 July
Marc Bolan was one of glam rock's most
iconic superstars until his life was tragically
ended in a car crash in the autumn of 1977.
This high-energy musical, exploding onto the
stage to coincide with the thirty-seventh
anniversary of the T-Rex singer's demise, is
impressively packed with the band’s classic
1970s hits, including Ride A White Swan,
Metal Guru, Get It On, I Love To Boogie, Children Of The Revolution and, of course, 20th
Century Boy.
the life he thinks he needs to follow,” Geoff
continues, “the man ends up becoming cripplingly insecure. He would like to talk to the
person who abused him, but he’s too
scared. He’d like to talk to the people who
love him, but he’s too fragile. He’d like to talk
to God, but he’s too
angry. So he talks to a
tape recorder instead, and
professes his shame, his
guilt, his anger and his
rage.”
A one-man performance
starring Nigel Francis,
Fragile has been co-directGeoff Thompson
ed by Thompson.
Blackadder
Paiseyan Di Hera Pheri
Morecambe
The Drum, Birmingham, Sat 28 June
Fragile
Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham,
“Fragile is about a man who has an abuse
outed upon him when he’s twelve,” explains
the play’s BAFTA award-winning writer Geoff
Thompson, “and that abuse sends his life at
a right-angle.”
Coventry-born playwright Geoff premiered
Fragile to rave reviews at the city’s Belgrade
Theatre in 2012, and admits that the play is
semi-autobiographical. “Instead of following
When the spirit of a dead father takes a trip
around the home in which he’d once lived,
he doesn’t much like what he finds.
Rather than mourning him, his children have
descended into greed and bitterness, and
think only of the money which will soon be
coming their way. Faced with such an upsetting reality, what’s a ghost to do but take
action to change the content of his Will from beyond the grave...
This comic portrayal of the darker side of
humanity is performed in Punjabi.
Artrix, Bromsgrove, Tues 24 - Sat 28 June
South Birmingham-based semi-professional
theatrical group All & Sundry is the company
behind this stage version of the hit Rowan
Atkinson television comedy. The production
reworks three popular episodes from the
Richard Curtis and Ben Elton-penned 1989
series, which was set in the trenches during
the First World War... All & Sundry is this year
also presenting a theatrical version of another Richard Curtis television hit, The Vicar Of
Dibley, as well as a new production of John
Steinbeck’s Of Mice And Men.
The Roses, Tewkesbury, Fri 13 June
Hailed for lovingly and thoughtfully bringing a
little of Eric and Ernie’s sunshine to the London West End stage, this is a one-man show
exploring the life and times of John Eric
Bartholomew - better known, of course, as
the comedian Eric Morecambe.
Bob Golding’s the man charged
with the sizable task of portraying one of Britain’s best-known
and most-loved funnymen,
and it’s a challenge which
he meets head on. Indeed,
there are moments when
he so effectively captures
the spirit of Eric that
audience members of a
certain age may feel like
they’ve actually been
transported back to the
1970s, the decade
most closely associated with the
legend that is
Morecambe and
Wise.
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHTS DREAM
TWELFTH NIGHT
8th June
OAKENGATES THEATRE
Telford, Shropshire, TF2 6EP
01952 382382
9th July
BLUE COAT SCHOOL
Tupsley,
Hereford HR1 1UU
01432 347506
13th July
AVONCROFT MUSEUM
Bromsgrove, Worcs, B60 4JR
01332 258328
31st July
WHITBOURNE HALL
Worcestershire, WR6 5SE
0774 703 1701
1st August
MARY ARDEN’S FARM
Wilmcote, Nr Stafford CV37 9UN
01332 258328
12th July
MAC (ARENA)
Cannon Hill Park,
Birmingham
B12 9QH
0121 446 3232
1st August
MARY ARDEN’S FARM
Wilmcote,
Nr Stafford CV37 9UN
01332 258328
www.oddsocks.co.uk
[email protected]
01332 258328
Theatre PREVIEWS
Under Milk Wood
The REP, Birmingham, Mon 2 - Sat 7 June
Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood started out
as a 1954 radio drama, later being adapted
for both stage and film. Widely considered to
be a work of real genius, it provides its audience with the opportunity to share in the lives
of a host of eccentric characters, all of whom
reside in the small Welsh fishing village of
Llareggub (the village name is ‘bugger all’
written backwards). This new production,
directed by Terry Hands, has been well
received by theatre critics, and is touring to
mark the centenary of Thomas’ birth in 1914
and the sixtieth anniversary of the play’s
British premiere.
Happy Days
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, Tues 10 - Sat 14 June
Horrible Histories:
Barmy Britain
Birmingham Town Hall,
Weds 11 - Sun 15 June
If you love the Horrible Histories series - and
why the heck wouldn’t you?! - then Barmy
Britain is a show well worth catching.
Alongside providing answers to such searching questions as ‘what would happen if a
Viking moved in next door?’ and ‘would you
stand and deliver to dastardly Dick Turpin?’,
the show also invites its audience to escape
the clutches of Burke and Hare, move to the
groove with the partying Queen Victoria and
prepare to do battle in the First World War.
In short, and as its publicity says, it’s ‘a truly
horrible history of Britain - with all the nasty
bits left in!’.
The Duchess Of Malfi
Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham,
This is a Birmingham School of Acting version of John Webster’s Jacobean masterpiece. An example of English renaissance
drama at its finest, The Duchess Of Malfi
starts as a romance but ends as a tragedy,
along the way touching upon a wide range
of themes, including the status of women
and the misuse of power. When a recently
Television viewers of a certain age will well remember Happy Days, the legendary US sitcom
about Milwaukee-based family the Cunninghams, set in the rock’n’roll days of the 1950s. The
show scored a massive hit with 1970s and ’80s telly-watchers, in the process making a star of
Henry Winkler, the actor who immortalised the character of the self-styled King of Cool, Arthur
‘The Fonz’ Fonzarelli. This brand new musical promises to reacquaint fans of the TV series
with all their favourite characters, including Potsie, Ralph Malph, Joanie, Chachi and Pinky
Tuscadero, the latter being played on this occasion by former Sugababes and Atomic Kitten
star Heidi Range.
widowed duchess marries a lowly steward
and bears him three children, her two corrupt
brothers decide to exact a terrible revenge...
A Taste Of Honey
Malvern Theatre, Tues 17 - Sat 21 June
Shelagh Delaney was only eighteen when
she wrote A Taste Of Honey. In so doing, she
not only gave notice that a bright new talent
had arrived on the scene but also established herself as a major player in the cultural movement that became known as ‘kitchen
sink realism’. The movement was at its
height during the late-1950s and early-1960s,
and saw playwrights such as Delaney and,
equally famously, John Osborne, exploring
social and political issues by focusing on the
domestic situations of the working-classes.
At the centre of Delaney’s play is the character of seventeen-year-old Jo, whose attempts
to break free from the shackles of her manhunting mother lead her into the arms of a
black sailor, by whom she becomes pregnant. A touching tale of a young girl’s journey into adulthood in 1950s Salford, A Taste
Of Honey here stars Shameless and Waterloo Road favourite Rebecca Ryan, and is
helmed by Hull Truck Theatre’s new Artistic
Director Mark Babych.
Sizwe Banzi Is Dead
mac - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham,
This thought-provoking revival has enjoyed
plenty of critical acclaim since opening last
summer, with actors Sibusiso Mamba and
Tonderai Munyevu garnering great praise for
their terrific performances. Helmed by Genesis Future Directors Award-winner Matthew
Xia, the play is set in apartheid-era South
Africa, and was written in 1972 by white
South African playwright Athol Fugard and
black actors John Kani and Winston Ntshon.
Sizwe Banzi’s looking for work, but his passbook has expired and deportation seems
inevitable. So when he stumbles across a
dead body with a passbook, Sizwe has a
choice to make - either to accept the fact
that he can’t get work to support his family,
or to pretend that he’s met with a tragic end
and instead adopt the identity of the dead
man... Eclipse Theatre and the Young Vic are
the organisations behind this Tony-nominated exploration of life under a brutal regime.
3 Summers
Library of Birmingham, Tues 17 - Sat 21 June
A national tour follows for this production after it’s become the first full-scale musical to
be staged in the Library of Birmingham’s Studio Theatre, that is. Set in the psychedelic
’60s, the show follows the efforts of four
young girls seeking fame and fortune. When
Pen, Maz, Heff and Princess rent rooms from
the reclusive Freddie Savage, they soon
realise they’ve found themselves a ‘mother
hen’... Boasting a live band and backing
singers, 3 Summers features sixteen Swinging ’60s-inspired original numbers.
JUNE 2014
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Saturday 21st June
WOODEN HORSE
FANTASTIC MIX OF COUNTRY
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HIGHLIGHTS
Friday 6th June
VOODOO ROOM
FANTASTIC TRIBUTE TO
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Tues 24th –
Sat 28th June
BLACK ADDER
GOES FORTH
ALL & SUNDRY RE-WORKING
OF THE COMEDY CLASSIC
FORTHCOMING CINEMA: Calvary (15) // Tracks (12A)
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Theatre LISTINGS
For full listing information on theatre
productions, including times and dates,
From
SUN 1 JUNE
SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
Lichfield Garrick Rep
Company present John
Godber's semi-autobiographical play which is
loosely based on the
lives of his own parents, until Thurs 5
June, Lichfield Garrick
KHANDAN (FAMILY) Birmingham Repertory Theatre in association with
The Royal Court presents Gurpreet Kaur
Bhatti's tale of extended
family life, until Sat 7
June, The REP, B’ham
CRAZY FOR YOU The
Crescent Theatre present the story of Bobby
Childs, a well-to-do
1930s playboy whose
dream in life is to
dance, until Sat 7 June,
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
INHERIT THE WIND
Jerome Lawrence &
Robert E Lee's American drama, inspired by
real-life events, until Sat
14 June, New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-underLyme
HENRY IV PART’S I & II
RSC Associate Artist
Antony Sher returns to
the Company to play
the infamous comic
knight Falstaff, until Sat
6 Sept, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
THE ROARING GIRL Jo
Davies directs Lisa Dillon as the dynamic,
cross-dressing heroine
in a new version of
Thomas Middleton &
Thomas Dekker's
Jacobean comedy, until
Tues 30 Sept, The
Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM
Polly Findlay makes her
RSC debut, directing
this darkly comic thriller
which focuses on a
husband, wife and lover
who find themselves
locked within a deadly
game, until Thurs 2
Oct, The Swan Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon
PEPPA PIG'S BIG SPLASH
All-singing, all-dancing
adventure for children,
Sun 1 June, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
JUNGLE BOOK Indigo
Moon Theatre bring
Rudyard Kipling's story
to life, Sun 1 June, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
KING LEAR: NATIONAL
THEATRE LIVE Acclaimed
actor Simon Beale
takes the lead role in
this National Theatre
production of Shakespeare's bloody tale,
Mon 2 June, Warwick
THE MOUSETRAP Touring
production of Agatha
Christie's famous
thriller, Mon 2 - Sat 7
Shrewsbury
UNDER MILK WOOD A
new production of
Dylan Thomas' work of
genius, Mon 2 - Sat 7
June, The REP, B’ham
FAME - THE MUSICAL
Presented by Bill Kenwright, Mon 2 - Sat 7
June, Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry
FOXFINDER Dawn King's
tense play, set in a
future where the state
controls the land, Mon
2 - Sat 7 June, Highbury Theatre Centre,
Sutton Coldfield
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Propeller Theatre present Shakespeare’s
most farcical play, Tues
3 June, New Alexandra
Theatre, Birmingham
THE ENERGY SHOW Science Museum Live take
to the road with an
explosive family theatre
show for curious minds,
Tues 3 June, Warwick
LADIES IN RETIREMENT
Set in the 1880s and
based on a famous
murder that took place
in a remote country
house, Tues 3 - Fri 6
June, Wolverhampton
Grand Theatre
THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK Presented by Sutton Coldfield Musical
Theatre Company, Tues
3 - Sat 7 June, Lichfield
Garrick
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG
Presented by Artz Productions, Tues 3 - Sat 7
June, Stoke Repertory
Theatre
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S
DREAM Propeller Theatre present Shakespeare’s magical play,
where love and illusion
collide, Weds 4 - Thurs
5 June, New Alexandra
Theatre, Birmingham
ALICE BY HEART A new
rock-musical take on
Alice In Wonderland,
from the writers who
took Spring Awakening:
The Musical to the London stage in 2009,
Weds 4 - Sat 7 June,
Stafford Gatehouse
Theatre
TONIGHT AT 8.30 Noel
Coward's collection of
nine one-act plays, performed together - three
per night - for the first
time in the UK since
Coward starred in them
in 1936, Weds 4 - Sat 7
THE DREAMBOYS ‘The
UK’s top male glamour
show’, Thurs 5 June,
Regent Theatre, Stokeon-Trent
ARTHUR SMITH Thurs 5
Shrewsbury
RETURN OF THE GRUMPY
OLD WOMEN: FIFTY
SHADES OF BEIGE Thurs
5 June, Royal Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD
Eclipse Theatre &
Young Vic present Athol
Fugard’s award-winning
play, Thurs 5 - Sat 7
June, mac - Midlands
Arts Centre, B’ham
THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW RumDoxy Theatre presents its innovative interpretation of
Shakespeare’s tale of
mistaken identity and
unrequited love, Thurs
5 - Sat 7 June, Crescent Theatre, B’ham
FRAGILE Geoff Thompson’s semi-autobiographical drama which
charts a broken man’s
journey through abuse
to reconciliation and
redemption, Thurs 5 Sat 7 June, Old Joint
Stock Theatre, B’ham
THE MIKADO Presented
by Blue Orange Arts,
Thurs 5 - Sat 14 June,
The Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham
THE DREAMBOYS ’The
UK’s top male glamour
show’, Fri 6 June,
Crewe Lyceum
THE RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN SONGBOOK
Fri 6 June, Prince Of
SING-A-LONG-A GREASE A
brand new sing-along
version of the classic
film starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, Fri 6 June, Royal
Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
LEVEL UP WITH ANTHONY
ANAXAGOROU AND KARIM
KAMAR Evening of spoken word in performance, Fri 6 June, The
REP, Birmingham
TANGIBLE THINGS A new
play by Matt Beames
which explores a man's
desire for a physical
achievement in an
increasingly electronic
age, Fri 6 - Sat 7 June,
Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
Propeller Theatre present Shakespeare’s
most farcical play, Fri 6
- Sat 7 June, New
Alexandra Theatre,
Birmingham
STAR QUALITY The
Billesley Players present Noel Coward’s
behind-the-scenes look
at a theatre company
putting on a new West
End production, Fri 6 Sat 7 June, Old Rep,
Birmingham
THE CHUCKLE BROTHERS
IN A 2014 SPACE ODDITY
A new show promising
fun for all the family, Sat
7 June, Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
TWELFTH NIGHT York
Shakespeare Project
present a fast, fun &
folky approach to the
bard’s comic masterpiece, Sat 7 June, The
Dell, Stratford-upon-
Avon
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
THE TAT MAN David Calcutt’s one-man show
features tales of travelling folk, blacksmiths,
devils and talking horses, Sat 7 June, Walsall
Museum
DREAM Propeller Theatre present Shakespeare’s magical play,
where love and illusion
collide, Sat 7 June,
New Alexandra Theatre,
Birmingham
THE MERCHANT OF
VENICE Rain Or Shine
Theatre present Shakespeare's famous work,
Sun 8 June, Witley
Court, Worcestershire
IMMORTAL CHI Fusion of
jaw-dropping Chinese
Martial Arts, multimedia images and an
original musical score
incorporating the Chinese Girl Drummers,
Sun 8 June, Regent
Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
PARKING AROUND
Rogueplay present
highly physical theatre
with a strong but simple narrative, Sun 8
June, Small Heath
Park, Birmingham
THE WINTER’S TALE
Staffordshire University’s Drama & Theatre
Arts graduates present
an outdoor production
of Shakespeare’s tragicomedy, Sun 8 June,
The Dell, Stratfordupon-Avon
From
MON 9 JUN
STAY Geese Theatre
Company present a
challenging insight into
one man's cycle of
abuse, Mon 9 June,
The REP, Birmingham
O WHAT A LOVELY WAR
Presented by Nonentitties, Mon 9 - Sat 14
June, The Rose Theatre, Kidderminster
THE MOUSETRAP Touring
production of Agatha
Christie's famous
thriller, Mon 9 - Sat 14
June, Crewe Lyceum
ALL SHOOK UP South
Staffordshire College
Performing Arts Department present a performance inspired by
and featuring the songs
of Elvis Presley against
a new twist on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night,
Tues 10 - Weds 11
June, Lichfield Garrick
HAPPY DAYS Tues 10 Sat 14 June, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
SOUTH PACIFIC Adaptation of the Rodgers &
Hammerstein musical,
New Alexandra Theatre,
Birmingham
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Presented by
Queensbridge Musical
Theatre Society, Tues
10 - Sat 14 June, Solihull Arts Complex
SHE STOOPS TO CON-
QUER Creative Cow
present Oliver Goldsmith's comedy, Tues
10 - Sat 14 June,
Malvern Theatres
ANYTHING GOES Amateur
production presented
by Bourneville Musical
Theatre Company, Tues
10 - Sat 14 June, Crescent Theatre, B’ham
ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
Major new production
of the Tony Award-winning version of Irving
Berlin's classic musical,
Regent Theatre, Stokeon-Trent
THE TEMPEST A Birmingham Ormiston Academy Acting Pathway production, Weds 11 June,
The Old Rep, Birmingham
RUNAWAY BOY Thirty
young people, many
from disadvantaged
backgrounds, retell the
classic story of Carlo
Collodi’s Pinocchio,
Weds 11 June, Royal
Spa Centre, Leamington Spa
FINDING JOY A comic,
anarchic, touching and
heroic full mask adventure from Worcesterbased theatre company
Vamos, Weds 11 Thurs 12 June, The
Swan Theatre, Worcester
PETER PAN AND THE LOST
BOYS Heartbreak Productions present an
innovative adaptation of
JM Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Weds 11 Thurs 12 June, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa
LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Amateur production presented by
Shrewsbury College
Performing Arts, Weds
11 - Thurs 12 June,
Theatre Severn,
Shrewsbury
GREASE Amateur production grom Get Your
Wigle On, Weds 11 Sat 14 June, Theatre
Severn, Shrewsbury
PESTS Clean Break,
Royal Court Theatre
and Royal Exchange
Theatre present a searing new play from Vivienne Franzmann, Weds
11 - Sat 14 June, The
REP, Birmingham
THE VALLEY OF ASTONISHMENT Théâtre des
Bouffes du Nord present the UK premiere of
Peter Brook and MarieHélène Estienne's kaleidoscopic journey into
the wonders of the
human brain, Weds 11 Sat 14 June, Warwick
HORRIBLE HISTORIES:
BARMY BRITAIN Presented by Birmingham
Stage Company, Weds
11 - Sun 15 June, Birmingham Town Hall
THE WORLD'S WORST
SERIAL KILLER SHOW
Note that this show
contains original crime
scene and victim's photographs, many of a
graphic and explicit
nature, which some
people may find disturbing, Thurs 12 June,
The Place, Oakengates
Theatre, Telford
DREAM Presented by
Ormiston Academy Acting Pathway, Thurs 12
June, Old Rep, B’ham
ANYTHING GOES Amateur production of Cole
Porter's comedy musical presented by
Nuneaton Pantomime
and Revue Society,
Bedworth Civic Hall
AVENUE Q Amateur production presented by
the Old Joint Stock
Musical Theatre Company, Thurs 12 - Sun 22
June, Old Joint Stock
Theatre, Birmingham
MACBETH The Festival
Players Theatre Company present Shakespeare’s bloodiest play,
Fri 13 June, St John’s
Church, Bromsgrove
ROMEO & JULIET Presented by Ormiston
Academy Acting Pathway, Fri 13 June, Old
Rep, Birmingham
THE MERCHANT OF
VENICE Rain Or Shine
Productions present an
outdoor production of
Shakespeare famous
work, Fri 13 June,
Wightwick Hall, Wolverhampton
WOMAN IN MIND Alan
Ayckbourn's poignant
play about a woman
slowly unravelling, Fri
13 - Sat 28 June, The
REP, Birmingham
THE SOOTY SHOW A
brand new family show
featuring Sooty and his
friends... Sat 14 June,
Stafford Gatehouse
Theatre
SING-A-LONG-A DIRTY
DANCING Brand new singalong screening of the
classic film starring
Patrick Swayze and
Jennifer Grey, Sat 14
June, Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury
MACBETH The Handlebards bring their innovative style to Shakespeare’s tale of ambition, magic and murder,
Sat 14 June, The Dell,
Stratford-upon-Avon
PARKING AROUND
Rogueplay present
with a strong but simple narrative, played
out through circus acts,
dance and physical theatre sequences, Sat 14
June, Eastside Park,
Birmingham
JM Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Sat 14
June, Birmingham Lord
Mayor’s Show, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham
MONDAY’S CHILD Tutti
Frutti & York Theatre
Royal tell a simple
poetic story of the
unique bond between a
grandmother and child,
Sat 14 June, Warwick
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MONDAY 2 - SATURDAY 7 JUNE
SUNDAY 15 JUNE
BEN NORRIS
MR AMBIGUOUSNESS
After a fantastic time supporting Ed
Byrne on his national tour Ben Norris is
hitting the road on his own
"A wonderful disgrace of a
human being" Daniel Kitson
MONDAY 16 - FRIDAY 20 JUNE
Comedy Theatre Company present
CLASSIC ITV COMEDY
From the producers of the stage
versions of Victoria Wood's
dinnerladies and Birds
of a Feather.
SATURDAY 21 JUNE
THE BILLY
FURY YEARS
2014 commemorates over 30 years since
the untimely passing of Billy Fury. However
it is reassuring to know that his name and
music is far from forgotten. THE BILLY FURY
YEARS is quite simply 'The Ultimate Billy
Fury show to ever hit the stage'.
SATURDAY 28 JUNE
A TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF
Michael Ball
love changes
everything
Join Michael Courtney and his live band in this spectacular salute to the music of Michael Ball, brought to you
by one of the UK’s finest singers.
Theatre LISTINGS
For full listing information on theatre
productions, including times and
dates, visit www.whatsonlive.co.uk
HALFWAY TO PARADISE THE BILLY FURY STORY
Sat 14 June, Prince Of
THE TRIALS OF OSCAR
WILDE European Arts
present a dramatisation
of the libel and criminal
trials of Oscar Wilde,
Sat 14 June, Theatre
Severn, Shrewsbury
MACBETH The Festival
Players Theatre Company present Shakespeare’s bloodiest play,
Sat 14 June, mac-Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
TREASURE ISLAND Rain
Or Shine Productions
present an outdoor version of Robert Louis
Stevenson’s buccaneering adventure, Sat
14 June, Kinlet Hall,
Bewdley, Worcester
RAINBOW OF DREAMS
Charity event showcasing the wealth of talent
on offer from Worcestershire's youth, Sat 14
- Sun 15 June, The
Swan Theatre, Worcester
THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA
ALBA Federico Garcia
Lorca's Spanish drama,
Sat 14 - Sat 21 June,
Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
AS YOU LIKE IT Shakespeare's popular comedy starring John Challis
stars as Jaques while
Eric Potts features as
Touchstone, Sat 14 Sun 22 June, Ludlow,
South Shropshire
MIDSUMMER MISCHIEF A
festival of exciting new
plays, performed in a
purpose-built temporary studio on the current Courtyard Theatre
stage, Sat 14 June - Sat
12 July, The Courtyard,
Stratford-upon-Avon
THE SOOTY SHOW Sun
15 June, Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent
JACK AND THE
BEANSTALK Lyngo Theatre present a giant of a
show, adapted & performed by Patrick
Lynch, Sun 15 June,
Stafford Gatehouse
Theatre
OLD MACDONALD HAD A
FARM Presented by
People's Theatre Company, Sun 15 June,
Wolverhampton Grand
Theatre
A SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS A National Theatre Live screening of
Alan Ayckbourn’s
riotous exposure of
entrepreneurial greed,
Sun 15 June, Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury
PARKING AROUND
Rogueplay present
with a strong but simple narrative, played
out through circus acts,
dance and physical the-
atre sequences, Sun 15
June, Walkers Heath
Park, Birmingham
The Handelbards present an innovative take
on Shakespeare’s classic, Sun 15 June, The
Dell, Stratford-uponAvon
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR Amateur production by The Musical
Theatre Production
Company, Sun 15
June, The Place, Oakengates Theatre,
Telford
PENN & TELLER An
evening of classic
magic tricks and niche
comedy from the American duo, Sun 15 - Mon
16 June, New Alexandra Theatre, B’ham
Week Commencing
MON 16 JUN
IMMORTAL CHI Fusion of
jaw-dropping Chinese
Martial Arts, multimedia images and an
original musical score
incorporating the Chinese Girl Drummers,
Mon 16 June, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
RISING DAMP The Comedy Theatre Company
present a stage adaptation of Eric Chappell's
acclaimed ’70s sitcom,
Mon 16 - Fri 20 June,
Theatre Severn,
Shrewsbury
ARTHUR & GEORGE
Adapted by David
Edgar from the novel
by Julian Barnes, Mon
16 - Sat 21 June, Hall
Green Little Theatre,
Birmingham
THE TAMING OF THE
SHREW Shropshire
Drama Company present Shakespeare’s
timeless story of love,
surprise and betrayal,
Mon 16 - Sat 21 June,
Church Green, Much
Wenlock, South Shropshire
THE LADYBOYS OF
BANGKOK Tues 17 June,
Lichfield Garrick
ACCRINGTON PALS Stoke
Repertory Players present an amateur production of Peter Whelan's
1982 play, Tues 17 - Sat
21 June, Stoke Repertory Theatre
3 SUMMERS The world
premiere of Euan
Rose’s musical, set in
the psychedelic ’60s,
Studio Theatre, Library
of Birmingham
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER An amateur production of Oliver Goldsmith's popular comedy, Tues 17 - Sat 21
June, Highbury Theatre
Centre, Sutton Coldfield
DESIGN FOR MURDER
Psychological drama
culminating in a tense,
chilling climax with a
bitter twist, Tues 17 Sat 21 June, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
CRAZY FOR YOU Amateur
by Bromsgrove Operatic Society, Tues 17 - Sat
21 June, Artrix, Bromsgrove
A TASTE OF HONEY Hull
Truck Theatre present
Shelagh Delaney's
touching tale of a
young girl's journey into
adulthood. Rebecca
Ryan (Shameless &
Waterloo Road) star,
Malvern Theatres
MOSES AND ARON Welsh
National Opera present
Sergio Morabito and
Jossi Wiesler's highly
charged production,
Weds 18 June, Birmingham Hippodrome
DREAM Presented by
Oddsocks, Weds 18
June, The Place, Oakengates Theatre,
Telford
THE EPIC ADVENTURE OF
NHAMO Tiata Fahodzi in
association with Watford Palace Theatre
present Denton Chikura's madcap farce
which turns storytelling
on its head, Weds 18 Sat 21 June, The REP,
Birmingham
THE BRIGHT AND BOLD
DESIGN A production
about art versus politics, presented in association with The
Agency, Weds 18 - Sat
21 June, Old Rep,
Birmingham
CARRIE'S WAR Apollo
Theatre Company present a brand new staging of Nina Bawden's
classic novel, Thurs 19
- Fri 20 June, Lichfield
Garrick
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE
OF USHER Welsh National Opera bring Edgar
Allan Poe’s macabre
tale to the operatic
stage, Fri 20 June,
WILDE WITHOUT THE BOY
A dramatisation of De
Profundis, Oscar
Wilde’s letter to his
lover, Lord Alfred Douglas, written from his
prison cell in Reading
jail, Fri 20 June,
Stafford Gatehouse
Theatre
BRY0NY KIMMINGS:
CREDIBLE LIKEABLE
SUPERSTAR ROLE MODEL
A tale of hopeless protection, blind fury, nineyear-old brains and taking on the world with
your family, Fri 20 June,
mac - Midlands Arts
Centre, Birmingham
AROUND THE WORLD IN
EIGHTY DAYS Fri 20 June
- Sat 5 July, New Vic
Theatre, Newcastleunder-Lyme
THE SOOTY SHOW Sat 21
June, New Alexandra
Theatre, Birmingham
AN AUDIENCE WITH DES
O'CONNOR Sat 21 June,
Lichfield Garrick
THE MERRY WIVES OF
WINDSOR Greater Fool
present an outdoor production of Shakespeare’s farcical comedy, Sat 21 June, The
Dell, Stratford-uponAvon
FROM RAGS TO RICHES
The RJ Academy of
Singing & Dramatic Arts
presents an evening of
entertainment based
around the theme of
rich and poor, Sat 21
June, Bedworth Civic
Hall
GANDINI JUGGLING:
SMASHED Fusion of circus and theatre
inspired by the work of
Pina Bausch, Sat 21
Arts Centre, B’ham
Week Commencing
MON 23 JUN
SALLY MORGAN Mon 23 Tues 24 June, Lichfield
Garrick
BUDDY - THE BUDDY
HOLLY STORY Awardwinning musical, Mon
23 - Sat 28 June, Birmingham Hippodrome
THE RAPE OF LUCRECE
Mon 23 June - Fri 4
July, The Swan Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon
JM Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Tues 24
June, Castle Bromwich
Hotel, Solihull
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Presented by
The Gilbert & Sullivan
Opera Company, Tues
24 - Weds 25 June,
Wolverhampton Grand
Theatre
MACBETH Heartbreak
outdoor version of
Shakespeare's bloodiest play, Tues 24 Weds 25 June, Jephson Gardens, Leamington Spa
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER An amateur production of Oliver Goldsmith's popular comedy, Tues 24 - Sat 28
June, Highbury Theatre
Centre, Sutton Coldfield
BLACKADDER All &
Sundry present a stage
version of the popular
British sitcom, set during the Great War of
1914 - 1918, Tues 24 Sat 28 June, Artrix,
Bromsgrove
BLOFELD AND BAXTER:
MEMORIES OF TEST
MATCH SPECIAL Weds
25 June, mac - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
AN IMPROVISED MURDER
Presented by Foghorn
Improv, Thurs 26 June,
Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham
MACBETH Shakespeare's Globe screening of Shakespeare's
bloodiest play, Thurs 26
THE ONLY WAY IS DOWN-
TON Luke Kempner's
parody of the muchloved period drama,
Thurs 26 June, Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury
IOLANTHE Presented by
the Gilbert & Sullivan
Opera Company, Thurs
26 - Fri 27 June,
Wolverhampton Grand
Theatre
CRAZY FOR YOU Amateur
by the Coventry Musical Theatre Society,
Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry
THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
Old Rep, Birmingham
MACBETH Heartbreak
outdoor version of
Shakespeare's bloodiest play, Fri 27 June,
Hartelbury Castle, Kidderminster
JM Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Fri 27 June,
Merrie Lion, Fenny
Compton, Warwickshire
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Amateur production
presented by Reach
Musical Theatre
School, Fri 27 - Sat 28
June, Arena Theatre,
Wolverhampton
THE SUPERHEROES A
new piece of playful
work fusing storytelling,
song, music, dance,
physical theatre and
animation, Fri 27 - Sat
28 June, mac - Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham
THE MERCHANT OF
VENICE Open-air performance presented by
Billie Shakespeare Travelling Co, Fri 27 - Sat
28 June, St Andrews
Church Gardens,
Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire
THE MIKADO Presented
by the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company,
Sat 28 June, Wolverhampton Grand Theatre
PEEP! Language Alive
present theatre for children that revolves
around Uncle's Story
Shop, a place full of
exciting objects which
he uses to make storybags for his customers,
Sat 28 June, The REP,
Birmingham
DETENTION! Stage 2 Performing Arts Academy
present a classroom
drama featuring classic
songs, Sat 28 June,
Theatre Severn,
Shrewsbury
BEHIND THE BLINDS Serrated Edge present a
new show for persons
aged fourteen-plus
which weaves together
lyrically witty and
sophisticated songs to
reveal what goes on
behind the blinds on an
ordinary-looking suburban street, Sat 28 June,
Artrix, Bromsgrove
PAISEYAN DI HERA PHERI
Sat 28 June, The Drum,
Birmingham
JAMES AND THE GIANT
PEACH Company Theatre School present
Roald Dahl’s fruity tale,
Sat 28 June, The Crescent Theatre, B‘ham
INTO THE WOODS Musical weaving together
the plots from several
fairytales, Sat 28 - Sun
29 June, The Place,
Oakengates Theatre,
Telford
ROMEO AND JULIET
Birdiedoes present an
outdoor production of
‘the greatest love story
ever told’, Sat 28 - Sun
29 June, The Dell,
Stratford-upon-Avon
JM Barrie’s classic children’s tale, Sat 28 Sun 29 June, Norman
Chamberlain Playing
Fields, Shard End,
Birmingham
AT WAR WITH LOVE
Oxford Actors Company present a selection
of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, set against a
backdrop of World War
One, Sat 28 - Sun 29
June, The Dell, Stratford-upon-Avon
MACBETH Heartbreak
outdoor version of
Shakespeare's bloodiest play, Sun 29 June,
Shugborough Historic
Working Estate,
Stafford
WE SALUTE YOU Music
and laughter to celebrate Armed Forces
Day, Sun 29 June,
CIRCLES Rachel Delahay's vivid and powerful
new play explores violent relationships, love,
trust and friendship,
Sun 29 June, Artrix,
Bromsgrove
AS YOU LIKE IT Stafford
Festival Shakespeare
presents an outdoor
production of one of
Shakespeare's most
popular musical comedies, Sun 29 June - Sat
12 July, Stafford Castle
Week Commencing
MON 30 JUN
20TH CENTURY BOY - THE
MUSICAL Musical based
on the life of Marc
Bolan, with Warren Sollars leading the cast,
Mon 30 June - Sat 5
July, Wolverhampton
Grand Theatre
BLACK COFFEE Mon 30
June - Sat 5 July, Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
ANOTHER COUNTRY A
Chichester Festival production of Julian
Mitchell's thought-provoking drama, which
follows a company of
public schoolboys
through a summer term
in the early-1930s, Mon
30 June - Sat 5 July,
Malvern Theatres
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Theatre REVIEWS
Below are reviews of theatre
productions we checked out last
month. For further theatre reviews, visit
Lord Of The Flies
There comes with the work of Matthew Bourne a
great expectation of extravagance and challenge and a belief that any sign of classical ballet will be
replaced with something completely unexpected.
Bourne’s latest work, an adaptation of William
Golding’s Lord Of The Flies, is partnered with the
choreographer’s sister company, Re:Bourne, and
is touring as part of a community-led project that
aims to increase the popularity of dance among
boys. And the show certainly does that, inspiring
youngsters not only to dance but to do so in a professional dancing environment.
There’s no doubt that the community boys featured
in Lord Of The Flies play equally as large a part as
the professionals - the show is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity for the chosen twenty-two.
The production itself is exactly what you’d expect
from Bourne. The boys are not lost on an island
but in an abandoned theatre; in this case, the
Birmingham Hippodrome. The set is striking, offering the boys plenty of opportunity to climb, swing
and run. Multiple entrances and exits are revealed
throughout the course of the production.
The piece starts on a high, utilising choreographed
movement rather than dance to introduce the
youngsters; the leaders, the bullies and the less
confrontational. As the interval approaches, large
choreographed sequences involving drumming
and chanting convey the fact that things are starting to get out of hand.
The second act steps up the violence and mob-like
behaviour, both of which are evident in Golding’s
story. The boys turn on each other and blood is
shed. Finally, the large metal shutter opens and
they leave one by one.
Ballet technique shines through Bourne’s choreography - although by comparison with what one
might expect, there’s a lack of dancing in the production. That said, Bourne’s attempt to foster a
connection between boys and dance should be
applauded. In so doing, the experience he has
given the young men appearing in this show is
priceless. Jamie Ryan ■ ■ ■
Protein Dance: Border Tales
DanceXchange, The Patrick Centre, Birmingham
Lucu Silvestrini’s Protein Dance Company here
presented a glimpse of twenty-first century multicultural Britain, in the process addressing issues
such as immigration and racism. The story was
mainly told through the eyes of Stuart, a man
caught up in stereotypes and hampered by a lack
of knowledge about the world around him.
Significantly, the show was performed in the
round. This meant that audience members were
facing one another, so could observe each other’s
reactions to what was being said on stage, plenty
of which made for uncomfortable listening given
the contentious nature of the subject matter. If a
performer said something that was racist yet
funny, should you laugh? Should you smile? And
what would the audience members sitting opposite conclude about you if you did? Talk about
feeling self-concious with regard to one’s reactions!
Comprising mainly spoken text, the narrative was
supported by Silvestrini’s wonderful choreography, featuring beautiful solos, complex duets and
plenty of group work. Jamie Ryan ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Rock Of Ages
New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
After a very successful two-year run in the West End, Rock Of Ages is now out on its
first UK tour, and last month stopped off in Birmingham.
Set in a run-down bar called the Bourbon Room in a mid-to-late-1990s Los Angeles,
the boy-meets-girl, boy-loses-girl story unfolds against a rocking soundtrack that
includes REO Speedwagon, Bon Jovi and Slade.
Drew, played by Noel Sullivan (formerly of pop group Hear’Say), works at the Bourbon
Room. He writes rock songs, dreams of fame and fortune - but mostly spends his time
putting out the rubbish. Farm girl Sherrie, played by Cordelia Farnworth, arrives in the
city and, with Drew’s assistance, gets a job at the bar. But the course of true love
never runs smooth, and life becomes really complicated for Drew and Sherrie when
drug-fuelled rock god Stacee Jaxx, played by Ben Richards, returns to play at the bar
when it’s threatened with closure...
The music throughout the show is extremely loud, as befits a rocking world. Cordelia’s
voice is lost on the big tracks but beautiful when singing More Than Words, and there
are some great vocals from both Noel and Ben. The production is very tongue-incheek, with some of the performances self-conscious to the point of bordering on
hammy. It’s a show that craves audience participation, but which sometimes seems
more of a rock concert than a musical.
Genuinely funny moments are provided by Stephen Rahman-Hughes, who plays show
narrator Lonny, and Daniel Fletcher as Dennis Dupree, the rock-hippie proprietor of the
Theatre Box Office
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Theatre WEST END
WEST END LISTINGS:
MUSICALS
Jeeves role for John Gordon Sinclair
Olivier Award-winning actor John Gordon Sinclair, best known
from the 1981 film Gregory’s Girl, is to take over the role of dutiful
valet Jeeves in Sean Foley’s Perfect Nonsense. Sinclair will join
the cast at the end of June, along with James Lance (Smack The
Pony, Teachers, I’m Alan Partridge), who’ll play the bumbling
Bertie Wooster. Previous actors to have enjoyed great acclaim in
the award-winning comedy include Stephen Mangan, Matthew
Macfadyn and, more recently, Robert Webb and Mark Heap.
Perfect Nonsense is currently booking at Duke of York’s Theatre
until 20 September, after which it embarks on a UK tour.
BILLY ELLIOT –
THE MUSICAL
Victoria Palace Theatre,
booking until 16 May
2015
BODYGUARD Adelphi
Theatre, booking until
30 Aug 2014
BOOK OF MORMON
Prince Of Wales Theatre, booking until 30
Aug 2014
CHARLIE AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY THE MUSICAL
Drury Lane Royal,
2015
COMMITMENTS
Victoria Palace Theatre,
booking until 19 Apr
2015
DIRTY ROTTEN
SCOUNDRELS
Savoy Theatre, booking
until 29 Nov 2014
JERSEY BOYS
Piccadilly Theatre,
booking until 15 Feb
2015
LES MISÉRABLES
Queen's Theatre, booking until 25 Apr 2015
LION KING
Lyceum Theatre, booking until 28 Sept 2014
MADE IN DAGENHAM -THE
MUSICAL Adelphi Theatre, 9 Oct 2014 - 28
Mar 2015
MAMMA MIA! Novello
25 Apr 2015
MATILDA THE MUSICAL
Cambridge Theatre,
2015
MEMPHIS THE MUSICAL
Shaftesbury Theatre, 9
Oct 2014 - 28 Mar 2015
MISS SAIGON Prince
Edward Theatre,now
booking until 25 Oct
2014
ONCE Phoenix Theatre,
booking until 4 July
2015
PAJAMA GAME
Shaftesbury Theatre,
now booking until 13
Sep 2014
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Her Majesty's Theatre,
2015
PORGY AND BESS
Open Air Theatre,
Regents Park, 17 Jul 23 Aug 2014
STOMP
Ambassadors Theatre,
booking until 21 Dec
2014
THRILLER LIVE
Lyric Theatre, booking
until 19 Apr 2015
WICKED
Apollo Victoria Theatre,
2015
DRAMA
1984 Playhouse Theatre, booking until 19
Jul 2014
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Shakespeare’s Globe
24 Aug 2014
BAKERSFIELD MISTDuchess Theatre, booking until 30 Aug 2014
BRING UP THE BODIES
Aldwych Theatre, booking until 6 Sept 2014
DOCTOR SCROGGY’S WAR
Shakespeare’s Globe
Theatre, 12 Sept - 10
Oct 2014
FATAL ATTRACTION
Haymarket Theatre
Royal, booking until 21
Jun 2014
GHOST STORIES
Arts Theatre, booking
until 17 Aug 2014
GOLEM Young Vic
17 Jan 2015
HANDBAGGED
Vaudeville Theatre, 3
Apr - 2 Aug 2014
KING LEAR Olivier
National Theatre, booking until 28 May 2014
OTHER DESERT CITIES
Old Vic Theatre, booking until 24 May 2014
COMEDY
39 STEPS Criterion Theatre, booking until 18
Oct 2014
CONFESSIONS OF
GORDON BROWN Ambassadors Theatre, booking until 30 July 2014
RELATIVE VALUES Harold
Pinter Theatre, booking
until 21 jun 2014
TWELFTH KNIGHT
RE-IMAGINED Open Air
Theatre, Regent’s Park,
21 Jun - 12 July 2014
Gina McKee in Shakespeare’s history play
Gina McKee is to join Martin Freeman in the much-anticipated production of Richard III when it opens at Trafalgar Studios next
month. Best known for her roles in Notting Hill and Our Friends In
The North, McKee will play Queen Elizabeth opposite Freeman’s Duke of Gloucester in Shakespeare’s bloodthirsty history
play. The production’s director, Jamie
Lloyd, is widely regarded as one of the
UK’s hottest talents. Lighting design for the
show is by Charles Balfour, set design by
the award-winning Soutra Gilmour.
Richard III shows at Trafalgar Studios Theatre from 1 July to 27 September.
Extended booking for Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Jerry Mitchell’s musical adaptation of the movie Dirty Rotten
Scoundrels has extended its booking period until March 2015.
The all-star production features Robert Lindsay in the lead, as
sophisticated conman Lawrence Jameson, and comedian/actor
Rufus Hound as the larger-than-life Freddy Benson. Based on the
book by Jeffrey Lane, the story follows the escapades of Jameson
and Benson as they pursue the affections of millionaire soap
heiress Christine Colgate, played by Katherine Kingsley.
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Dance
Flash Mob
Regent Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, Thurs 19 June; New Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham, Fri 27 June
Flash Mob is the latest celebrity-driven dance show to grace venues across the UK. Described as celebrating ‘the various emotions that dance
can bring to an audience’, the show promises to provide an exhilarating night out for all ages, with performances in Latin, locking, Celtic, contemporary, jazz and jump-jive all taking their place on the evening’s agenda. Headlined by Kevin Clifton (Strictly Come Dancing), the production features performances from World Street Dance champions Flawless (pictured), the Olivier-nominated Tommy Franzen (from BBC’s So
You Think You Can Dance), contemporary duo Alleviate, and Irish fusion duo Brosena (from Sky One’s Got To Dance).
Birmingham Royal Ballet
Birmingham Hippodrome,
Wed 11 - Sun 15 June
Frederick Ashton’s ever-popular La
Fille mal gardée, a choreographed
exploration of rural life, forms one half
of Birmingham Royal Ballet’s
Hippodrome offering this month. A firm
family favourite, the simple and engaging story tells of Lise and her mother’s
attempts to find her a wealthy suitor.
Described by the Daily Telegraph as
being ‘as finely wrought an English
comedy as My Fair Lady or The
Importance Of Being Earnest’,
Ashton’s 1960s creation is here programmed alongside a triple-bill of his
earlier works. Darkness And Light (4 to
7 June) comprises: Les Rendezvous Ashton’s first major ballet for the thenVic-Wells Ballet; Dante Sonata - a simple and poignant piece created at the
height of World War One; and Facade a work of wit based on Edith Sitwell’s
nonsensical poetry.
Sonia Sabri Company: Labyrinth
Glasshouse Arts Centre, Stourbridge, Fri 6 June
A work of opposites, Labyrinth is a collaboration
between dance artists Sonia Sabri and Ash
Mukherjee. Originally inspired by Woody Allen’s
Death Knocks - a one-act play which formed part of
Woody’s famous stand-up routine - Labyrinth fuses
Kathak and Bharatanatyam dance styles through
solos and duets which take the audience on a journey
between the classical and contemporary worlds.
Live music, performed by Sarvar Sabri (SSC Musical
Director), Shoma Dey and Dan Nicholls, accompanies
the performance.
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Dance LISTINGS
For full listing information on dance,
including times and dates, visit
DARKNESS AND LIGHT
Birmingham Royal
Ballet presents three
early works from the
founder choreographer
of the Royal Ballet
Companies - master of
the art form, Frederick
Ashton, Wed 4 - Sat 7
June, Birmingham
Hippodrome
KARLA SHACKLOCK
DANCE COMPANY
Double-bill of works
including The
Buttercup - a powerful
story about hope - and
The Crutch, an intense
piece exploring the
relationship between
two beings, Wed 4
Shrewsbury
A MAGICAL EVENING OF
DANCE From
Tewkesbury School &
Amy Bastin Dance,
Thurs 5 June, The
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury
SONIA SABRI COMPANY:
LABYRINTH Renowned
Indian classical dancer
& choreographer Ash
Mukherjee performs
with the Sonia Sabri
Beauty And The Beast - Ballet Cymru,
Company in a work
which fuses elements
of Indian & British culture, music, words &
movement vocabulary,
Fri 6 June, The
Glasshouse Arts
Centre, Stourbridge
DANCE TO THE MOON
Showcase of work from
Happy Steps Dancers,
raising funds for Acorns
Children's Hospice, Fri
6 - Sun 8 June, The
Swan Theatre
Worcester
STREET DANCE TELFORD
Sun 8 June, The Place,
Oakengates Theatre,
Telford
LA FILLE MAL GARDEE
Birmingham Royal
Ballet presents
Frederick Ashton's choreographed exploration
of rural bliss, Wed 11 Sun 15 June,
Birmingham
Hippodrome
Ballet Cymru present a
sparkling and refreshing ballet based on the
eternal fairytale, Thurs
12 June, The Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury
AN EVENING WITH STARS
FROM STRICTLY COME
DANCING Starring Pasha
Kovalev & Katya
Virshilas, Sat 14 June,
Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry
RED CROSS DANCE: MAKE
YOUR MOVE
COMPETITION The UK’s
largest charity dance
competition, Sun 15
Arts Centre,
Birmingham
CONSTELLATIONS Dance,
puppetry and digital
visuals are brought
together in this choreographed performance
suitable for children
and their families, Tues
17 June, The Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury
JALEO FLAMENCO
Andalusian dance,
song and guitar, Wed
18 June, Lichfield
Garrick
FLASH MOB Dance
worlds collide in this
new show, presenting a
fusion of different
dance genres, Thurs 19
June, Regent Theatre,
Stoke-on-Trent
Ballet Cymru present a
sparkling and refreshing ballet based on the
eternal fairytale, Wed
25 June, New Vic
Theatre, Newcastleunder-Lyme
AN EVENING WITH STARS
FROM STRICTLY COME
DANCING Starring Pasha
Kovalev & Katya
Virshilas, Fri 27 June,
Prince Of Wales Centre,
Cannock
FLASH MOB Dance
worlds collide in this
new show, featuring a
fusion of different
dance genres, Fri 27
June, New Alexandra
Theatre, Birmingham
Jaleo Flamenco, Lichfield Garrick
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THEATRE
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Starring John Lloyd Young, Erich Bergen, Michael Lamenda, Vincent Piazza, Christopher Walken
Directed by Clint Eastwood (USA)
Before The Beatles, the most popular rock band of all time was The Four Seasons. With number one hits
like Sherry, Big Boys Don’t Cry, Walk Like a Man and Rag Doll, the group racked up sales of an estimated
one hundred million records worldwide. The Broadway musical that chronicled their amazing career went on
to win four Tony awards and, in London, ensnared the Olivier for best new musical. Now Clint Eastwood, at
a sprightly eighty-four years of age, has brought the musical to the big screen. Eastwood, while best known
for Westerns and .44 Magnums, is a musical aficionado, having composed the scores for eight of his own
films and originally intended to be a musician and not an actor (he still loves playing the piano). So, this
could be a match made in Heaven.
FILM BOX OFFICE
1 Godzilla (12a)
2 Bad Neighbors (15)
Amazing
3 The
Spider-Man 2 (12a)
Two Faces
4 The
Of January (12a)
5 The Other Woman (12a)
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The Fault In Our Stars CERT 12a (126mins)
Starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Nat Wolff, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe Directed by Josh Boone (USA)
Josh Boone made his directorial debut with last year’s sassy and touching Stuck In Love, so let’s hope this
is as good. Based on John Green’s critically acclaimed novel of 2012, it tells the story of a witty, unconventional young man and woman who fall in love at a cancer support group. The buzz is building, helped by the
film’s audience-friendly soundtrack, with acts like Ed Sheeran, Birdy and Jake Bugg on board. Filmed in
Pittsburgh and Amsterdam.
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Film NEW RELEASES
Released from Fri 6 June
Grace Of Monaco CERT PG (103mins)
Starring Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Frank
Langella, Parker Posey, Milo Ventimiglia,
Derek Jacobi, Paz Vega, Robert Lindsay
Directed by Olivier Dahan
(USA/Monaco/France/Belgium/Italy)
Olivier Dahan’s biopic (slated at Cannes) deals
with the marital crisis of the former Grace Kelly,
who went from Hollywood royalty to bona fide
European sovereignty. Tim Roth, a fine actor,
seems an odd choice to play Prince Rainier III,
but then Dahan did help to earn Marion
Cotillard an Oscar for playing Edith Piaf (in La
Vie En Rose).
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22 Jump Street CERT tbc
Belle CERT 12a (104mins)
Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice
Cube, Dave Franco, Nick Offerman
Directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller (USA)
Starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Tom Wilkinson,
Miranda Richardson, Penelope Wilton,
Matthew Goode, Emily Watson
Directed by Amma Asante (UK)
21 Jump Street, the film of the 1987-1991 TV
series, was crass, crude and hugely successful.
To be fair, Hill and Tatum worked up an engaging chemistry and this time they pair up as coproducers. The twist
now is that the overgrown kids-cum-cops
are put on a mission
to infiltrate college.
Expect a cameo from
Brad Pitt.
Based on true events, this is the story of
Dido Elizabeth Belle (Mbatha-Raw), a former slave who is brought up by her great
uncle. What is surprising is that Dido is
mixed race and her uncle was the 1st Earl
of Mansfield, William Murray (Wilkinson).
Consequently, Dido is raised as an aristocrat. Mbatha-Raw herself was born in
Oxford and made her film debut opposite
Tom Hanks in Larry Crowne (2011).
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Fruitvale Station CERT 15 (85mins)
Starring Michael B. Jordan, Melonie Diaz,
Octavia Spencer, Kevin Durand, Chad
Michael Murray
Directed by Ryan Coogler (USA)
Oscar Julius Grant III is not presented as an
honest man. In fact, he’s a fairly typical product
of his environment: an ex-con, petty drug dealer, doting father and loving son, a streetwise
African-American brother from Oakland,
California, who is finding it hard to hold down a
job. As played by Michael B Jordan, he’s also
quite a charismatic character with an engaging
smile - if an occasionally incendiary temper.
You just don’t dis his mother or his girlfriend…
Although based on a true incident that
occurred in the early hours of New Year’s Day
in 2009, Fruitvale Station is actually a fairly
leisurely docudrama, a slice-of-life piece focusing on a certain corner of America today. What
makes the film so compelling, though, is
Jordan’s performance and the authentic voice
of its debutant director, Ryan Coogler. Coogler
has managed to pinpoint the dynamic of his
subject matter with an honesty and integrity
that draws the viewer into his world, making its
outcome all the more affecting.
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Oculus CERT 15 (103mins)
Starring Karen Gillan, Brenton Thwaites, Rory
Cochrane, Katee Sackhoff
Directed by Mike Flanagan (USA)
Karen Gillan - Amy Pond in Doctor Who makes her American film debut in this slice of
supernatural horror. She plays Kaylie Russell,
whose brother is convicted of murdering their
own father. But Kaylie suspects the killer was
something entirely less human… These things
happen.
A Perfect Plan CERT tbc
Starring Diane Kruger, Dany Boon, Alice Pol,
Robert Plagnol
Directed by Pascal Chaumeil (France)
Isabelle’s family has a very unusual curse: the
first marriage of every female ends in divorce.
So, although Isabelle (Kruger) adores her
boyfriend, Pierre, she
decides to sidestep
the jinx by marrying a
complete stranger
first… This is the sort
of French romcom
that looks as if it were
made to produce a
Hollywood remake.
Watch this space.
Devil’s Knot CERT 15 (114 mins)
Starring Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon,
Dane DeHaan, Mireille Enos, Bruce
Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Alessandro Nivola
Directed by Atom Egoyan (USA)
Based on the book by Mara Leveritt, this is the
true story of three eight-year-old boys who went
missing in 1993 in
West Memphis. In the
event, the boys’
naked bodies were
found horrifically
beaten and sexually
mutilated. Colin Firth
plays the private
investigator on the
case.
The Young And Prodigious
T.S. Spivet CERT tbc
Starring Kyle Catlett, Helena Bonham
Carter, Judy Davis, Callum Keith Rennie,
Niamh Wilson Directed by Jean-Pierre
Jeunet (France/Canada)
With the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost
Children, Amélie and Micmacs, Jean-Pierre
Jeunet has proved to be one of the most
inventive of modern filmmakers. Here, he
journeys to Montana to tell the story of a tenyear-old cartographer who sets across country to receive a prize at the Smithsonian
Institute for his discovery of a perpetual
motion machine. Expect vivid characters and
lashings of charm. In 3D.
Chinese Puzzle CERT 15 (117mins)
Starring Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile
De France, Kelly Reilly, Sandrine Holt
Directed by Cédric Klapisch (France)
The Food Guide To Love CERT tbc
Starring Richard Coyle, Leonor Watling,
Lorcan Cranitch, Bronagh Gallagher
Directed by Dominic Harari and Teresa de
Pelegri (Spain/Ireland/France)
The cinema is littered with great films about
food, not least Babette's Feast, Ratatouille and
Ang Lee's Eat Drink Man Woman. This romantic
comedy about a food critic (Coyle) who uses
his recipes to win the hearts (and bodies) of
women, looks like a cordon bleu addition to the
genre. Filmed in Dublin.
When the mother of his two children moves
from Paris to New York, Xavier Rousseau
(Duris) can’t bear to be away from them. So he
moves to New York, too. What’s not to like?
Duris is arguably the most charismatic actor
working in France today, and
Mlles Tautou, De France and
Reilly are not to be sniffed at
either. This completes the
romantic trilogy that started
with Pot Luck (2002) and
Russian Dolls (2005).
The Art Of The Steal CERT 15 (86mins)
Starring Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn
Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Terence
Stamp, Matt Dillon
Directed by Jonathan Sobol (Canada)
We’re back in the world of art heists, and Kurt
Russell plays an art thief called Crunch
Calhoun (no, seriously). After seven years in
prison he rounds up his old gang for one last
heist. Is it just us, or does this sound wildly
familiar?
3 Days To Kill CERT 12a (117mins)
Starring Kevin Costner, Amber Heard, Hailee
Steinfeld, Connie Nielsen, Richard Sammel
Directed by McG (USA/France)
As CIA agent Ethan Renner, Kevin Costner is
running out of time. But before he dies, he
wants to re-connect with his daughter
(Steinfeld) from whom he is estranged. Then
Renner is offered an experimental drug by a
CIA assassin (Heard), which would help to
extend his life - albeit at a cost… Amber Heard,
incidentally, is engaged to Johnny Depp in real
life.
Chef CERT 15 (114mins)
Starring Jon Favreau, Sofía Vergara, John
Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Oliver Platt,
Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Robert
Downey Jr Directed by Jon Favreau (USA)
More humour and food this month (see the 13
June release The Food Guide To Love), this
time from Jon Favreau. Before Favreau went on
to direct Elf, Iron Man and Cowboys & Aliens,
he made the small, wryly amusing and character-driven Made (2001). He now returns to this
more intimate scenario with this story of a disgraced chef (Favreau himself) who starts up his
own business running an eatery on wheels.
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own mind as to the rationale of Camille’s internment. An austere and minimalist piece, it is likely to alienate the casual viewer, but its currents
run deep.
Third Person CERT tbc
Camille Claudel 1915 CERT tbc
Starring Juliette Binoche, Jean-Luc Vincent,
Robert Leroy, Marion Keller
Directed by Bruno Dumont (France)
To this day, there is considerable ambiguity surrounding the mental health of the celebrated
sculptor Camille Claudel. Still best known for
being the student and lover of Rodin, Camille
was sectioned by her brother, the poet Paul
Claudel, in 1913. A year later she was transferred to the Montdevergues Asylum in the
South of France. The French filmmaker Bruno
Dumont specialises in ambiguity, allowing his
landscapes and the faces of his actors to provide any narrative insight. His coup here is to
cast Juliette Binoche, an actress who not only
has a wonderful face but a ferocious intelligence. In contrast to the other inmates, her
Camille is a model of composure, a cultured
woman naturally disturbed by her incarceration
- and by the outbursts of her fellow inmates. As
such, Dumont’s film is an uncomfortable
tragedy that allows the audience to make up its
Starring Liam Neeson, Mila Kunis, Adrien
Brody, Olivia Wilde, James Franco, Maria
Bello, Kim Basinger Directed by Paul Haggis
(UK/USA/Germany/Belgium)
Paul Haggis, who wrote and directed the
Oscar-winning Crash (2004), is good at the
multi-narrative. Here, he interweaves three
love stories set in Paris, New York and Rome.
Mrs Brown’s Boys D’Movie
CERT tbc
Starring Brendan O'Carroll, Eilish O'Carroll,
Nick Nevern, Paddy Houlihan
Directed by Ben Kellett (Ireland/UK)
Since the phenomenal success of The
Inbetweeners Movie, there’s nothing to stop
the flood of smutty TV series to the big
screen. This one is a spin-off of Mrs Brown’s
Boys, in which the Irish writer and comedian
Brendan O'Carroll played Agnes Brown,
based on his own books and radio show.
Here, Mrs Brown’s fruit & veg stall is threatened by developers, so she enlists the help
of a troupe of blind Ninja assassins and a
barrister with Tourette’s Syndrome.
Incidentally, O’Carroll’s Agnes Brown [sic]
was previously played on screen by Anjelica
Huston. You couldn’t make it up.
Cold In July CERT tbc
Starring Michael C. Hall, Sam Shepard, Don
Johnson, Vinessa Shaw, Nick Damici
Directed by Jim Mickle (USA)
With actors like Sam Shepard and Don
Johnson on board, you sort of know what to
expect. Set in East Texas in the 1980s, Jim
Mickle’s crime drama - based on the novel by
Joe R Lansdale - is
the story of a man
blighted by an accidental killing.
Michael C Hall plays
the latter, an actor
forever associated
with the role of the
serial killer Dexter
Morgan on TV. But
now he may not be
quite so cold-blooded…
Film A-Z LISTINGS
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12 Years A Slave 15
Based on the autobiography of Soloman Northup,
who was kidnapped and
sold into slavery in 1841.
Chiwetel Ejiofor and
Michael Fassbender star.
Showing at Foxlowe Arts
Centre, Leek, Staffs, Tues
10 June, Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, Sun 15
June
Beyond The Edge PG
Docudrama charting
Edmund Hilary's historical
ascent of Mount Everest
in 1953. Combining
reconstructions, found
footage, photographs and
interviews. Stars Chad
Moffitt, Sonam Sherpa,
John Wraight, John Hurt.
Showing at The Light
House Media Centre,
Wolverhampton, Mon 2 Weds 4 June
Blue Is The Warmest
Colour 18
At fifteen years old, Adele
doesn't question it: girls
go out with boys. Her
life is changed forever when she meets
Emma, a young
woman with blue
hair who will allow
her to discover
desire; to assert
herself as a woman
and as an adult.
Stars Léa Seydoux,
Adèle Exarchopoulos.
Showing at The Edge Arts
Centre, Much Wenlock,
Mon 2 June
Mon 9 June
Calvary 15
Brendan Gleeson plays a
priest - a good one, to
boot - who is constantly
disappointed by the
small-mindedness of his
flock. He’s then threatened during a routine
confession and finds that
he must combat a very
real evil head-on. Also
stars Chris O’Dowd.
Showing at Artrix,
Bromsgrove, until Sun 1
June; Old Market Hall,
Shrewsbury, Mon 2 Thurs 5 June; Ludlow
Assembly Rooms, South
Shropshire, Fri 6 & Mon 9
June; Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry, Fri 6 Mon 9 June; Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, Tues
10 - Weds 11 June; Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury, Sun
22 June
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The Book Thief 12a
A young girl sent to live
with a foster family in
World War Two Germany
learns to read, with
encouragement from
Max, a Jewish refugee
who they’re hiding under
the stairs. Showing at
Warwick Arts Centre, Sun
1 & Weds 11 June
The Butler 12a
Loosely based on real
events, The Butler in
question works at the
White House, and it’s
through his eyes that we
see many of the major
historical episodes of the
twentieth century.
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Divergent 12a
A futuristic Chicago in
which the populace are
divided into five distinct
classes of personality, or
‘virtues’. But Beatrice 'Tris'
Prior is a ‘divergent’,
which means she’s without an official virtue which makes her very
dangerous. But why, she
wonders? Stars Shailene
Woodley. Showing at
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury, until Thurs 1
June
The Double 15
Based on the novella by
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, The
Double stars Jesse
Eisenberg as a man gradually driven nuts when he
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realises that his life has
been taken over by his
double. Showing at
Hereford Courtyard
Theatre, Fri 13 - Tues 17
June; Old Market Hall,
Shrewsbury, Fri 13 - Tues
19 June
East Of Eden PG
Cal is continuously at war
with his brother Aron, with
whom he competes for
his father’s affection.
Things come to a head
when Cal not only falls for
his brother’s girlfriend but
also finds out the truth
about his and Aron’s
estranged mother. Stars
James Dean, Raymond
Massey. Showing at
Weds 18 - Thurs 19 June
Eat Drink Man Woman
PG
Mr Chu is a widower and
a master Chinese chef.
Each Sunday he makes a
glorious banquet for his
three daughters, to which
each daughter brings
‘announcements’ as they
negotiate the transition
from the ‘father knows
best’ tradition to a new tradition which encompasses old values in new
forms. Directed by Ang
Lee. Showing at The Hive,
Shrewsbury, Fri 27 June
Fading Gigolo 15
A comedy drama about
a couple of friends who
set up a gigolo business to help the lonely
women of New York.
Stars Woody Allen,
John Turturro. Showing
at The Light House Media
Centre, Wolverhampton,
until Thurs 5 June;
Coventry, Fri 20 - Sun 22 &
Weds 25 June
A Farewell To Arms PG
A tale of the love between
ambulance driver Lt
Henry and Nurse
Catherine Barkley during
World War One. The
action takes place in Italy,
the two falling in love during the war and stopping
at nothing to be together.
Stars Gary Cooper, Helen
Hayes. Showing at
Malvern Theatres, Thurs 5
June; Warwick Arts
Centre, Fri 6 & Sun 8 June
Frank 15
Frank is the lead singer of
a band called Soronprfbs
[sic], who wears a large
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showers, too. Jon
Burroughs is the wannabe
musician who joins the
band when they move to
Ireland to cut an album.
Stars Michael Fassbender,
Domhnall Gleeson.
Showing at Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry, Mon 9 Thurs 12 June
Frozen PG
Loosely based on Hans
Christian Andersen’s The
Snow Queen, in which the
kingdom of Arendelle is
turned into an eternal winter by the Princess Elsa.
Showing at Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, until
Sun 1 June
Gentlemen Prefer
Blondes U
Two singers, best friends
Lorelei Lee and Dorothy
Shaw, travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by Lorelei’s
fiancé’s disapproving
father to keep an eye on
her, a rich, enamoured old
man and many other doting admirers. Stars Jane
Russell, Marilyn Monroe.
Showing at The Light
House Media Centre,
Wolverhampton, Sun 8
June
Half A Yellow Sun 15
The film adaptation of
Chimamanda Ngozi
Adichie's Orange Prizewinning novel, set during
the Nigerian-Biafran War
of 1967-1970. Stars
Thandie Newton, Chiwetel
Ejiofor. Showing at Ludlow
Shropshire, Tues 3 - Weds
4 June; Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury, Weds 4 - Sun
8 June
Ilo Ilo 12a
A Philippino nanny arrives
in Singapore from Ilo Ilo to
look after Jiale, a spoilt
and difficult ten-year-old
boy. The boy tries his best
to get rid of her, but she
patiently perseveres, and
a touching bond develops
between them. But how
will his mother react? And
meanwhile, what exactly is
his father up to? Showing
at Warwick Arts Centre,
Coventry, Mon 2 - Thurs 5
June; Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury, Mon 23 June;
Ludlow Assembly Rooms,
South Shropshire, Mon 23
& Weds 25 June
Inside Llewyn Davis 15
Set in Greenwich Village,
New York, in 1961, and
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loosely based on the
memoir of folk singer
Dave Van Ronk. Oscar
Isaac stars. Directed by
the Coen brothers.
Showing at Foxlowe Arts
Centre, Leek, Staffs, Tues
24 June
The Invisible Woman
12a
The
film focuses on Dickens’
extra-marital relationship
with Ellen ‘Nelly’ Ternan.
Ralph Fiennes & Felicity
Jones star. Showing at
Foxlowe Arts Centre, Leek,
Staffs, Tues 10 June
Jimmy’s Hall 12a
Barry Ward plays the reallife political activist Jimmy
Gralton, who becomes the
only Irishman ever to be
deported from Ireland.
This is the story of the
dance hall he built. Also
stars Simone Kirby.
Showing at Old Market
Hall, Shrewsbury, Mon 6 Sun 12 June; Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry, Mon 13 Sun 19 June
Julie And Julia 12
A culinary legend provides
a frustrated office worker
with a new recipe for life.
This is the true story of
how Julia Child's adventures and cookbook
inspired fledgling writer
Julie Powell to whip up
five hundred-and-twentyfour recipes in three hundred-and sixty-five days,
introducing a new generation to the magic of
French cooking. Stars
Amy Adams, Meryl
Streep. Showing at The
Hive, Shrewsbury, Sat 28
June
The Love Punch 15
The Love Punch is the
story of two divorcees.
Reunited at a wedding,
the ex-couple decide to
team up to retrieve the
retirement money stolen
from them. Stars Pierce
Brosnan, Emma
Thompson. Showing at
Hereford Courtyard
Theatre, until Fri 6 June;
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury, Mon 9 - Weds
11 June; Ludlow
Shropshire, Thurs 12 - Fri
13 June; Old Market Hall,
Shrewsbury, Fri 13 - Thurs
19 June
The Lunchbox PG
Middle-class housewife Ila
is trying once again to add
some spice to her marriage, this time through
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her cooking. She hopes
that this new recipe will
arouse some kind of reaction from her neglectful
husband. She prepares a
special lunchbox to be
delivered to him at work.
But, unbeknownst to her,
it’s mistakenly delivered to
another office worker.
Stars Irrfan Khan, Nimrat
Kaur. Showing at Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury, Mon
2 June; Stoke Film
Theatre, Tues 3 June;
Wem Town Hall, North
Shropshire, Weds 4 Thurs 5 June; Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, Weds
25 - Fri 27 June
Mon Oncle U
Monsieur Hulot visits his
sister and her family.
Confused by their futuristic
and automated world, M
Hulot finds a kindred spirit
in his ten-year-old nephew,
Gerard. Showing at
Coventry, Sat 7 June
Muppets Most Wanted
U
This
time the gang are on tour
in Europe (London, Berlin,
Madrid) and find themselves involved in an international crime racket
headed by Kermit’s double. Stars Ricky Gervais,
Ty Burrell. Showing at
Malvern Theatres, until Sun
1 June
Noah 12a
Russell Crowe stars as
Noah, rounding up a formidable menagerie of
species to rescue them
from the flood. Showing at
Hereford Courtyard
Theatre, Sat 17 - Weds 21
May; Ludlow Assembly
Rooms, South Shropshire,
Sat 24 - Mon 26 May;
Roses Theatre,
Tewkesbury, until Tues 3
June
The Other Woman 12a
It’s hard to imagine any
man double-dealing
Cameron Diaz, but this is
the case in this revenge
comedy. Once Amber
(Diaz) realises that her
boyfriend is actually married, she teams up with his
wife to plot suitable retribution. Also stars Leslie
Mann. Showing at
Hereford Courtyard
Theatre, Tues 21 - Fri 27
Jun
Philomena 12a
Dame Judi Dench plays
Philomena Lee, an elderly
woman who decides to
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search for the son taken
from her when she was
just a teenager. Also stars
Steve Coogan. Showing at
Forest Arts Centre, Walsall,
Thurs 19 June
Pioneer 15
A conspiracy thriller set in
the world of deep sea diving at the beginning of the
Norwegian oil boom.
Petter is a veteran deep
sea diver; it’s dangerous
work, but following a tragic
accident, Petter finds himself in far more dangerous
territory - as a whistleblower in a situation where
the stakes are very high…
Stars Aksel Hennie.
Showing at mac,
Birmingham, Mon 9 Thurs 12 June; Ludlow
Arts Centre, Thurs 19 - Fri
Tewkesbury, Mon 30 June
Pulp tbc
A documentary following
the Sheffield rock group
Pulp on the day of their
homecoming gig at the
MotorPoint Arena on
December 8, 2012.
Showing at Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry, Sat 7
June
The Railway Man 15
Based on the autobiography of Eric Lomax who, as
a POW for the Japanese,
helped build the ThaiBurma Railway. Colin Firth
and Nicole Kidman star.
Mon 16 June
The Sea 12a
The story of Max, recently
widowed and struggling
with grief. He revisits the
remote Irish seaside village where he spent his
childhood summers, and
finds himself engulfed in
memories, both of his
recent loss, and of the
long-ago summer of 1955
when he was twelve years
old. Stars Bonnie Wright,
Ciarán Hinds. Showing at
South Shropshire, Tues 17
- Weds 18 June; Roses
Theatre, Tewkesbury,
Thurs 19 June
The Shawshank
Redemption 15
Andy Dufresne is convicted of the murder of his
wife and her lover, and
sent to Shawshank Prison
to serve two consecutive
life sentences. While
inside, he befriends fellow
lifer Red, and together
they battle to survive the
evils of prison life, under
the watchful eyes of corrupt prison warden
Norton. Stars Tim
Robbins, Morgan
Freeman. Showing at
Coventry, Weds 25 - Thurs
26 June
Sunshine On Leith PG
Inspired by the album of
the same name by The
Proclaimers, Sunshine On
Leith went from vinyl to
CD to stage musical. The
film version follows the
story of two soldiers
returning from
Afghanistan who have to
adjust to civilian life in
Edinburgh. Showing at
Forest Arts Centre, Walsall,
Fri 6 June
Tracks 12a
Director John Curran
brings to the screen the
1980 memoir by Robyn
Davidson, which chronicles her 1,700-mile trek
across the Australian
Outback with just a dog,
four camels and the
National Geographic photographer Rick Smolan.
Stars Mia Wasikowska.
Showing at Stoke Film
Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent, Fri
6 - Sat 7 June; Ludlow
Shropshire, Sat 14 & Mon
Tewkesbury, Fri 20 - Tues
24 June
Transcendence 12a
Not content to be a brilliant scientist, Dr Will
Caster downloads his
mind onto a computer. It’s
not ethical and there are
people out to stop him.
Meanwhile, Dr Caster is
gaining unprecedented
power… Stars Johnny
Depp, Morgan Freeman.
Showing at Hereford
Courtyard Theatre, until
Tues 3 June
The Two Faces Of
January 12a
The ubiquitous Oscar
Isaac (Inside Llewyn
Davis) is back in this
thriller based on the novel
by Patricia Highsmith. He
plays Rydal, a tour guide
who shows an American
couple around the
Acropolis of Athens. But
Rydal is not all he seems and neither, for that matter,
is his new friend Chester
MacFarland... Also stars
Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten
Dunst. Showing at The
Light House Media
Centre, Wolverhampton,
until Thurs 5 June;
Malvern Theatre, until
Thurs 5 June; Electric
Cinema, Birmingham, until
Thurs 5 June; Warwick
Arts Centre, Coventry, until
Thurs 5th June; Ludlow
Shropshire, Thurs 26 Mon 30 June
Under The Skin U
This science fiction thriller
stars Scarlett Johansson
as an alien who preys on
hitchhikers in Scotland.
Showing at Ludlow
Shropshire, Mon 2 June
Venus In Fur 15
Having adapted Leopold
von Sacher- Masoch’s ode
to sadomasochism, Venus
In Furs, playwright Thomas
is struggling to find an
actress for the role of
Vanda. When a boisterous
fortysomething called
Vanda waltzes into the theatre, Thomas has no
choice but to audition her.
As they read through the
script, what follows is a bat-
tle of wits which is in turns
seductive and unnerving.
Directed by Roman
Polanski. Showing at
Coventry, Fri 20 - Thurs 26
June
Volver 15
A Pedro Almodovar film
about three generations of
women and how they deal
with death and the rich culture that surrounds it in the
region of La Mancha. Stars
Penélope Cruz, Carmen
Maura. Showing at The
Hive, Shrewsbury, Fri 6
June
We Are The Best 15
Three thirteen-year-old girls
roam the streets: brave and
tough, strong and weak,
confused and weird. Taking
care of themselves way too
early, they find joy in starting a punk band without
any instruments, even
though everybody says
that punk is dead. Stars Liv
LeMoyne, Mads Korsgaard,
Mira Grosin. Showing at
Stoke Film Theatre, Stokeon-Trent, Thurs 5 June;
South Shropshire, Tues 10
- Weds 11 June
The Wind Rises PG
Hayao Miyazaki is one of
the leading talents in animation today, having won
countless awards and even
an Oscar (for his peerless
2001 fantasy Spirited
Away). Here, he’s adapted
his own manga comic, a
fictionalised biography of
the aircraft designer Jiro
Horikoshi. Showing at
Electric Cinema,
Birmingham, until Thurs 5
June; Warwick Arts
Centre, Coventry, Fri 13 Sun 15 June
The Wolf Of Wall Street
18
Over its three-hour running
time, there’s so much bad
behaviour, so much profanity, so much cocaine, and
so many hookers and parties that it’s like The
Hangover that swallowed
Wall Street. Leonardo
DiCaprio stars. Showing at
The Edge Arts Centre,
Much Wenlock, Mon 23
June
The Yes Men 15
The story follows Andy and
Mike and their tasteless
parody of the WTO website. Some site visitors don't
notice it’s a fake and send
speaking invitations. Mike
and Andy play along and
soon find themselves
attending functions as WTO
representatives. Showing
at Foxlowe Arts Centre,
Leek, Staffs, Weds 4 June
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The Rocket explores the
displacement of a rural Lao
community as a new dam
is constructed. The central
character is Ahlo, a tenyear-old boy believed to
bring bad luck wherever he
goes. Nonetheless, Ahlo is
filled with a sense of adventure and mischief.
Released 2 June
Bruce is a loser who’s got
a crush on his beautiful
boss, Julia. Then he discovers she has a secret
passion: salsa. And many,
many years ago, Bruce
was something of a child
prodigy of the Latin
dance… Stars Nick
Frost, Rashida Jones.
Released 9 June
Last Vegas 12a
Three sixtysomething
friends take a break from
their day-to-day lives to
throw a bachelor party in
Las Vegas for their last
remaining single pal.
Stars Robert De Niro.
Released 12 May
Lone Survivor 15
Adapted from Marcus
Luttrell's book of the same
name, this is the true story
of four SEAL soldiers who,
in 2005, attempt to capture
and/or kill the Taliban leader
Ahmad Shahd. Starring
Mark Wahlberg.
Released 9 June
The Monuments Men
Robocop 12a
Here, the law-enforcing
cyborg is played by the
Swedish-American actor
Joel Kinnaman, who
starred in the American
remake of the cult Danish
TV series The Killing. Let
the killing commence…
Released 9 June
12a
Based on the book by
Robert M Edsel, this is
the true story of a group
of art historians and curators who’re conscripted
to infiltrate Nazi Germany
in order to track down
invaluable works of art by
Leonardo Da Vinci and
Michelangelo, amongst
others. Stars George
Clooney.
Released 16 June
Exhibition 15
Tom Hiddleston is becoming this year’s James
Franco (as a constant pres-
ence on our screens).
Here, he plays an estate
agent, but the central characters are an artistic couple
whose lifestyle is threatened when their London
home is put up for sale.
Also stars Liam Gillick.
Released 23 June
Her 15
Non-Stop 12a
As it happens, ‘Her’
(voiced by Scarlett
Johansson) is invisible
both to us and our protagonist, Theo Twombly
(Joaquin Phoenix). In the
not-too-distant future,
Theo, who is going
through a divorce, downloads a voice-activated
operating system.
Choosing a female identity for his new programme,
Theo finds himself
becoming totally reliant on
‘Her’, both practically and
emotionally.
Released 23 June
Liam Neeson is back as an
air marshal who’s sent a
text announcing that a passenger will die every twenty
minutes unless $150million
is transferred to a secret
bank account.
Released 30 June
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Festivals
Lunar Festival
Umberslade Estate, Tanworth-in-Arden,
Warwickshire, Fri 6 - Sun 8 June
After a successful debut in 2013, Lunar returns to
Umberslade Estate for the second time. Set in the
spiritual home of Nick Drake and based on sister
festival Moseley Folk, this three-day event prides
itself on creating a relaxed, family-friendly atmosphere. A variety of dance and craft workshops can
be enjoyed throughout each day, as well as a kids’
climbing wall and a separate family camping area.
Musically, the line-up boasts a strong collection of
alternative rock, indie and folk bands - British Sea
Power (headliners), Tim Burgess, Lanterns On The
Lake and Crazy World Of Arthur Brown, to name
but a few. The arrival of evening finds the festival
offering more of a clubbing environment, with the
main bar becoming the centre stage for household
DJs to keep Lunar alive into the early hours.
Call me unique
Holi One Colour Festival
BASS14 Festival Various Birmingham venues, Sun 1 - Sat 14 June
The Rainbow Arena, Digbeth, Birmingham,
Sat 28 June
‘Made In Britain’ provides the theme for BASS14, two weeks of celebrations which
highlight the quality of Black arts, music and entertainment in the Midlands.
Award-winning record producer Curtis Lynch kicks off the festival with his challenge to
produce the BASS14 theme tune in a twelve-hour period and using only local talent.
Curtis’ aim is to go live on air with his Made In Britain theme song by 8pm. Fingers
crossed!
BASS14 programming includes: The Bass Informs sessions, providing a platform for
young artists to learn from some of the biggest names in the industry (2 June); a
screening of ’80s movie Babylon, followed by a Q&A session with Aswad frontman
Brinsley Forde (4 June); an evening of laughter from Drum regulars and two of Britain’s
‘finest’ comedians, Curtis Walker and John Simmitt (6 June); and visual art with a difference, when Birmingham-based artist Sweaty Eskimo is tasked with creating a largescale painting in just seven hours at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (10 June).
Musical contributions to the festival come courtesy of Grime Unplugged.
Demonstrating the versatility and range of the music and artists, BASS14 is also going
acoustic with some of the biggest artists in the genre, including Ghetts, Blizzard and
Eyez... For full details of all festival events, visit, www.bass14.co.uk
This over-eighteens event is said to be inspired by
the original Indian Holi fest - but rather than promoting religious aspects, it’s instead promoting
the ideas of togetherness and the colour of everyday life. Every hour, on the hour, natural, non-toxic,
coloured powder will be thrown in celebration.
International DJs including Florian Kunicke,
Richard Grey, Eddy Karmona and Mauro Pierotti
present throughout the day, ensuring the arches of
Digbeth are filled not only with brightly coloured
powder but also the sounds of house, electro,
funk, hip-hop, breaks and plenty more.
Food and drink are available to purchase on site.
Attendees are encouraged to wear white clothing.
Ludlow Arts Festival
Ludlow Caste, Ludlow Square, Shropshire
Sat 28 June - Sun 6 July
Having been running now for over fifty years,
Ludlow Arts has arguably earned itself a reputation
as one of Shropshire’s most prestigious events.
This year’s festival, as always, features an impressive line-up of drama, comedy, music and family
entertainment.
Eleven-piece contemporary folk ensemble
Bellowhead headline on 5 July, with ’70s legends
David Essex, Showaddywaddy and The Bay City
Rollers taking their place in the outdoor concert
line-up on the 6th. Multi-award-winning comedian
Milton Jones and master ventriloquist Paul Zerdin
also appear (2 July), with family favourite The
Sooty Show kicking things off on the festival’s
penultimate day (5 July).
Aerosmith
Download Festival
Donington Park, Castle Donington, Derby, Fri 13 - Sun 15 June
Bellowhead
Seen as the spiritual home of rock, Donington Park has played host to this major festival for more than ten years. Organised by Live Nation, Download regularly attracts the
creme de la creme of rock, heavy metal and punk, with more than one hundred-andforty acts this year scheduled to appear across three days and five stages.
American rock takes top billing, with Avenged Sevenfold headlining the main stage on
the Friday. Linkin Park take centre-stage on the Saturday, while Aerosmith close the festival on the Sunday. Fall Out Boy, Status Quo, Alter Bridge, Trivium, The Pretty
Reckless, The Offspring and Twisted Sister also feature in an impressive line-up.
Festivals Listings
For full listing information on festivals,
including dates and line-up, visit
JUNE
BASS FESTIVAL
Featuring Ghetts,
Harleigh Blu, Brinsley
Forde & Call Me
Unique, Sun 1st - Sat
14 June, various venues around
Birmingham
ENGLISH HAYDN FESTIVAL Featuring The
Chiaroscuro String
Quartet, The Salomon
String Quartet, The
Barbican Piano Trio,
The English Hayden
Orchestra, Tues 3 - Sun
8 June, Various locations around Bridgnorth
SOUTHWELL FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring Feast Of
Fiddles, The Kennedys,
The Henry Girls & The
Poozies, Thurs 5 - Sun
8 June, The
Workhouse,
Nottinghamshire
WELFEST ON THE MEADOW Featuring Medicine
Head, SO2F, Jazz
Morley & Wes Finch,
Sat 7 June, Synder
Meadow, Stratford
Upon Avon
DETONATE FESTIVAL
Featuring Bonobo,
David Rodigan, LTJ
Bukem & Bad
Company, Sat 7 June,
Nottingham
Racecourse
NO TOMORROW FESTIVAL
Featuring London
Grammar, Sam Smith,
Clean Bandit, Duke
Dumont, Sat 7 June,
Wollaton Park,
Nottingham
MUCH WENLOCK FESTIVAL Featuring Ceilidh &
Male Voice Choir, Sat 7
- Sat 21 June, Various
locations around Much
Wenlock
DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL
Featuring Linkin Park,
Aerosmith, Avenged
Sevenfold & Killswitch
Engaged, Fri 13 - Sun
15 June, Donington
Park, Derby
FOLK ON THE PARK
Featuring Jinski,
Jonathan Day Trio,
Keith Donnelly &
Sunjay Brayne, Fri 13 Sun 15 June, Lower
Lacon Caravan Park,
Shropshire
GREGYNOG FESTIVAL
Featuring BBC National
Orchestra Wales, The
Nash Ensemble,
Flemish Radio Choir &
Alamire, Fri 13 - Sun 29
June, Powys
LEAMINGTON PEACE FESTIVAL Featuring
Amapola Latin Band,
Babal, Becky Syson &
Ben River, Sat 14 - Sun
15 June, Pump Room
Gardens, Leamington
Spa
LUDLOW FRINGE FESTIVAL Packed programme
of genre-crossing
events, including performances from Remi
Harris & the Gypsy Jazz
Project, Martin & Eliza
Carthy, comedians
Andrew Lawrence &
Carl Donnelly & an
ElectroSwing DJ Music
Night, Sat 14 June Sun 6 July, various
locations around
Ludlow, South
Shropshire
LINTON MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring Walter Trout,
Vintage Trouble, Geno
Washington, Pat
McManus, Fri 20 - Sun
22 June, The Alma Inn,
Hertfordshire
LAINFEST Featuring
Young Kato, I Am I
Love, The Other Tribe,
Jaws, Fri 20 - Sun 22
June, Gopsall Hall
Farm, Leicestershire
Roots Manuva- Nozstock, Bromyard
FOXTON LOCKS FESTIVAL
Featuring Stevie Jones
Band, Halfcut Theater,
John Fryer & Daz
Lynch, Sat 21 - Sun 22
June, Foxton Locks,
Leicestershire
KINETON MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring Bad Janet,
Battered Soul, Nik
Lowe, Klasside, Sat 21
June, Kineton Sports
and Social Club,
Warwickshire
EXILE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring Blue
Wallpaper Incorporated,
The Cats Charis, Rita
Payne, The Lucky
Stikes, Fri 27 - Sun 29
June, Sabine Hay,
Derbyshire
HOLI ONE FESTIVAL BIRMINGHAM Featuring Piloy,
Hard Rock Sofa,
Goodluck, Florian
Kunicke, Sat 28 June,
The Rainbow Venues,
Digbeth, Birmingham
LUDLOW ARTS FESTIVAL
Featuring music from
Bellowhead, David
Essex, The Bay City
Rollers &
Showaddywaddy.
Comedy from
Facinating Aida, Milton
Jones & Paul Zerdin,
Sat 28 June - Sun 6
July, Ludlow Castle,
South Shropshire
JULY
LICHFIELD FESTIVAL
2014 line-up includes;
Brodsky, Catrin Finch &
Seckou Keita, Benjamin
Baker & Aquarelle
String Quartet , Fri 4 Sat 13 July, Various
venues around Lichfield
NATIONAL FOREST FOLK
FESTIVAL Featuring
Steeleye Span,
Shoolenifty, The Mighty
Doonans, The Shee, Fri
4 - Sun 6 July, Conkers,
Leicestershire
GODIVA FESTIVAL
Featuring Happy
Mondays, Funeral For A
Friend, We Are
Scientists & Buzzcocks,
Fri 4 - Sun 6 July,
Memorial Park,
Coventry
WIRELESS FESTIVAL
Featuring Kayne West,
Outkast, Bruno Mars,
Drake, Fri 4 - Sun 6
July, Perry Park,
Birmingham
BLUES AT THE FOLD
Featuring Steve
Morrison, MumboJumbo, Wily Bo Walker
and the Mescal Canyon
Troubadours & The
Blues Duo featuring
Tommy Allen and
Johnny Hewit, Sat 5
July, The Fold,
Worcester
2000TRESS FESTIVAL
Featuring Frightened
Rabbit, The Bronx, Kids
In Glass Houses, Blood
Red Shoes, Thurs 10 Sat 12 July, Upcote
Farm, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire
NAPTON FESTIVAL
Featuring Grace Solero,
Voodoo Vegas, Nina
Baker & The Fallows,
Fri 11 - Sat 12 July,
Napton Village Hall
Grounds, Warwickshire
MOSTLY JAZZ, FUNK &
SOUL FESTIVAL
Featuring Mavis
Staples, Earth Wind &
Fire Experience featuring Al McKay, Fun
Lovin’ Criminals &
Omar Souleyman, Fri
11 - Sun 13 July,
Moseley Park, B’ham
BROMSGROVE FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring Dougie
Mclean, Richard
Digance, Anthony John
Clarke & Mike Silver, Fri
11 - Sun 13 July, The
Bowling Green,
Bromsgrove,
Worcestershire
WORKHOUSE FESTIVAL
Featuring Ash
Mandrake, Bleedin
Noses, Soul Preachers
& The Misty Blue Trio,
Fri 11 - Mon 14 July,
Llanfyllin, Powys
BIRMINGHAM FEST 2014
line-up to be
announced, Fri 11 Sun 27 July, Various
locations throughout
Birmingham
NOISILY FESTIVAL
Featuring Max Cooper,
Slam, Gaudi &
Symphonix, Fri 11 Sun 13 May, Coney
Woods, Leicestershire
THE ROCK AND BIKE FEST
Featuring White Coast
Rebels, Chase The Ace,
Snakecharmer & Evil
Scarecrow, Thurs 17 Sun 20 July, Carnfield
Hall, Derby
BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL JAZZ AND BLUES
FESTIVAL 2014 line-up
to be announced, Fri 18
- Sun 27 July, Various
locations throughout
Birmingham
L FEST Featuring Erin
McKeown, Never The
Bride, D’lys, Jenny
Lockyer & Sounds Of
Sirens, Fri 18 - Mon 21
June, Uttoxeter
Racecourse,
Staffordshire
HOLE IN THE WALL Blind
Lemon, The Bookends,
Mummy Mia! & The
Quo AKA Four Rossis,
Fri 18 - Sun 20 July,
Hopton Court,
Kidderminster
ALIVE AT DELAPRE PARK
Featuring Simple
Minds, Boyzone,
Bananarama & Rick
Astley, Fri 18 - Sun 20
July, Delapre Park,
Northamptonshire
SPLENDOUR Featuring
Tom Odell, Happy
Mondays, Boomtown
Rats & Reverend And
The Makers, Sat 19
July, Wollaton Park,
Nottingham
FOLK BY THE OAK
Featuring Seth
Lakeman, Kathryn
Tickell & The Side,
Josienne Clarke & Ben
Walker, Sun 20 July,
various venues around
Nottingham
SIMMER DOWN FESTIVAL
Featuring Steel Pulse,
Apache Indian, Reggae
Revolution & Musical
Youth, Sun 20 July,
Handsworth Park,
Birmingham
ROCK AND BLUES OLD
SCHOOL WEEKENDER
Featuring Toseland,
Eddie and the Hot
Rods, Pig Iron &
Slaveout, Thurs 24 - Sat
26 July, Coney Grey
Showground,
Derbyshire
WARWICK FOLK FESTIVAL
Featuring Habadekuk,
John Tams and Barry
Coope, Gordie
MacKeeman and his
Rhythm Boys &
Breabach, Thurs 24 Sun 27 July, various
venues around
Warwickshire
GLOBAL GATHERING
Featuring Prodigy,
Chase & Status, David
Guetta & Knife Party, Fri
25 - Sat 26 July, Long
Marston Airfield,
Stratford upon Avon
DEERSTOCK Featuring
This Wicked Tongue,
Cadets, Parasite,
Bongolistic Intent, Fri
25 - Sun 27 July,
Newton, Nottingham
SINGING STICKS FESTIVAL Featuring Los
Monkeys Musica, Inta
Africa, Dub Didge &
Super Roo, Fri 25 - Sun
27 July, The Overstone
Scout Camp,
Northamptonshire
INDIETRACKS MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Gruff
Rhys, Allo Darlin’, Dean
Wareham & Spearmint,
Fri 25 - Sun 27 July,
Butterley Station,
Derbyshire
BAREFOOT FESTIVAL
Featuring SuperEvolver,
DC Fontana & Laurel
Canyons, Fri 25 - Mon
28 July, Prestwold Hall,
Leicestershire
LEICESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Professor
Green, Tinie Tempah,
Kool & The Gang,
Labrinth, Fri 25 - Sat 26
July, Welford Road
Stadium, Leicestershire
CAMBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring Van
Morrison, Sinead
O’Connor, Newton
Faulkner & Ladysmith
Black Mambazo, Thurs
31 - Sun 3 Aug, Cherry
Hinton Hall Ground,
Cambridge
AUGUST
Y-NOT Featuring Dizzee
Rascal, White Lies,
Frank Turner and The
Sleeping Souls & The
Fratellis, Fri 1 Aug - Sun
3 Aug, Mouldrige Lane,
Derbyshire
CARFEST NORTH
Featuring Jools
Holland, Seasick Steve,
Erasure & Eliza
Doolittle, Fri 1 - Sun 3
Aug, Oulton Park Race
Circuit, Cheshire
NOZSTOCK Featuring
Roots Manuva, The
Heavy, The Skints &
Molotov Jukebox, Fri 1
- Sun 3 Aug, The Farm,
Bromyard,
Worcestershire
LOUNGE ON THE FARM
Featuring Fun Lovin’
Criminals, Peter Hook
and the Light, DJ Yoda
& Courtney Pine, Sat 2
May, Merton Farm,
Barkby, Nr Leciester
BULLDOG BASH
Featuring Dirty DC,
Aynt Skynyrd, The
Kommitments, Half
Deaf Clatch, Thurs 7 Sun 10 Aug,
Shakespeare County
Raceway, Stratford
Upon Avon
BLOODSTOCK OPEN AIR
Featuring Megadeth,
Down, Emperor &
Carcass, Thurs 7 - Sun
10 Aug, Catton Park,
Derbyshire
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
FESTIVAL Featuring
Reverend And The
Makers, Steve Lawler,
The Rifles & Catfish and
the Bottlemen, Fri 8 Sun 10 Aug, Cattow
Farm, Leicester
FARMER PHIL’S FESTIVAL
Featuring The Orb, The
Blockheads, Ferocious
Dog & The Delray
Rockets, Fri 8 - Sun 10
Aug, Gatten Farm,
Shrewsbury
JUNCTION 16 Featuring
Katherine Jenkins, Fri 8
- Sun 10 Aug, Betley
Court Farm, Crewe,
Cheshire
LAKEFEST Featuring The
Bad Shepherds,
Buzzcocks, Shed
Seven, Lightning
Seeds, Fri 8 - Sun 10
Aug, Croft Farm
Waterpark, Tewkesbury
RUGBY MUSIC FESTIVAL
Featuring Dead
Frequency, White Men
Can’t Funk, Soul
Rhymaz & Paper Street,
Sat 9 Aug, Whitehall
Recreational Grounds,
Rugby, Warwickshire
THE GREEN MAN FESTIVAL Featuring Beirut,
First Aid Kit, Neutral
Milk Hotel & The
Waterboys, Mon 11 Sun 17 Aug, Glanusk
Park, Powys
V FESTIVAL Featuring
Justin Timberlake, The
Killers, Ed Sheeran &
Paolo Nutini, Sat 16 Sun 17 Aug, Weston
Park, Staffordshire
Festivals Listings
For full listing information on festivals,
including dates and line-up, visit
ALT-FEST Featuring The
Cult, Gary Numan,
Cradle Of Filth & Arch
Enemy, Fri 15 - Sun 17
Aug, Boughton House,
Northamptonshire
THE JUST SO FESTIVAL
Featuring Gabby Young
and Other Animals,
Perhaps Contraption,
Mr Wilson’s Second
Liners & Kidnap Alice,
Fri 15 - Sun 17 Aug,
Rode Hall Parkland,
Cheshire
PERSHORE JAZZ FESTIVAL Featuring Adrian
Cox Quartet, Alan
Barnes, Bohem
Ragtime Jazz Band,
Midland Youth Jazz
Orchestra & Craig
Milverton, Fri 15 - Sun
17 Aug, Pershore
College, Worcestershire
THE MOIRA FURNACE
FOLK FESTIVAL
Featuring Blackbeard’s
Tea Party, Other Roads,
Lucy Ward, Something
Nasty In The
Woodshed, Fri 15 - Sun
17 Aug, Moira Furnace
Museum and
Monument Site,
Derbyshire
BAKEWELL MUSIC FESTIVAL Featuring Chas
Hodge’s Band, John
Coghlan’s Quo, Lucy
Ward & George
Borowski, Fri 15 - Sun
17 Aug, The
Showground,
Derbyshire
LICHFIELD FAKE FESTIVAL
Featuring Supreme
Queen, Oasish &
Coldplace, Sat 16 Aug,
Beacon Park, Lichfield,
Staffordshire
SHAMBALA FESTIVAL
Featuring Mulatu
Astatke, Collie Buddz,
Public Service
Broadcasting, Cumbria
All Stars, By The Rivers
& Babyhead, Thur 21 Sun 24, Secret location
in The Midlands
CREAMFIELDS Featuring
Avicii, Deadmau5,
Fatboy Slim & Above
and Beyond, Fri 22 Sun 24 Aug, Daresbury,
Cheshire
THE SUMMER RETREAT
2014 line-up to be
announced, Sat 23 Sun 24 Aug, The
Overstone,
Northamptonshire
BEERMAGEDDON
Featuring Lawnmower
Deth, Skreamer, The
Starry Wisdom Cult &
Kambrium, Fri 22 - Sun
24 Aug, Stoke Prior
Country Club,
Bromsgrove
SHREWSURY FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring
Bellowhead, Seth
Lakeman, Blackie and
the Rodeo Kings, The
Dhol Foundation & Lau,
Fri 22 - Mon 25 Aug,
West Midland
Showground,
Shrewsbury
MOSELEY FOLK FESTIVAL
Featuring Johnny Marr,
The Waterboys,
Richard Thompson &
Lau, Fri 29 - Sun 31
Aug, Moseley Park,
Birmingham
WORCESTER MUSIC FESTIVAL 2014 line-up to be
announced, Fri 29 Sun 31, Various locations around Worcester
OFF THE TRACKS SUMMER FESTIVAL Featuring
The Orb, Ozric
Tentacles &
Treacherous Orchestra,
Fri 29 - Sun 31 Aug,
Donington Park
Farmhouse, Derbyshire
REWIND FESTIVAL
Featuring Billy Ocean,
Boomtown Rats, Holly
Johnson & Hall and
Oates, Fri 29 - Sun 31
Aug, Capesthorne Hall,
Cheshire
FUSION FESTIVAL
Featuring Jessie J,
Pitbull, Lawson &
Dizzee Rascal, Sat 30 Sun 31 Aug, Cofton
Park, Birmingham
Tinie Tempah - Shrewsbury Fields Forever, Shrewsbury
SEPTEMBER
FESTIVAL NO.6 Featuring
Pet Shop Boys, Beck,
London Grammar,
Bonobo & Martha and
the Vandellas, Fri 5 Sun 7 Sept,
Portmeirion, North
Wales
ONBOARD THE CRAFT
FESTIVAL Featuring PreMad, Moulettes,
Leatheratm Harvey
Bainbridge &
Flutatious, Fri 5 - Sat 6
Sept, Stoke Prior
Country Club,
Bromsgrove
WHITWELL FESTIVAL OF
MUSIC Featuring Doctor
and the Medics, James
Warner Prophecies,
Dirtbox Disco & I Set
The Sea On Fire, Fri 5 -
Sun 7 Sept, Community
Centre, Whitwell,
Derbyshire
STOURBRIDGE FOLK FESTIVAL 2014 line-up to be
announced, Fri 5 - Sun
7 Sept, Red House
Glass Cone,
Stourbridge
ZOO PROJECT Featuring
Groove Armada, Mr
Scruff, Ten Walls & Ben
UFO, Fri 12 - Sun 14
Sept, Donington Park,
Derbyshire
SHREWSBURY FIELDS
FOREVER FESTIVAL
Featuring Tinie
Tempah, Shed Seven
and more to be
announced, Fri 12 Sun 14 Sept, West
Midland Showground,
Shrewsbury
ROCK AND METAL CIRCUS
FESTIVAL Featuring
Voodoo Six, Exit State,
Gehtika & Triaxis, Fri 12
- Sun 14 Sept, Sywell
Aerodome,
Northamptonshire
BROMYARD FOLK FESTIVAL Featuring
Oysterband, Vin
Garbutt, The Old Dance
School & Whapweasel,
Fri 12 - Sun 14 Sept,
Various locations
around Bromyard
SNODFEST 2014 line-up
to be announced, Sat
13 Sept, The Park,
Worcestershire
OCTOBER
DERBY FOLK FESTIVAL
Featuring David Gibb,
Elly Lucas & Cardboard
Fox, Fri 3 - Sun 5 Oct,
Assembly Rooms,
Market Place, Derby
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Daniel Meadows:
Early Photographic Works
Library of Birmingham, until Sun 17 August
One of the most influential figures to emerge from
the new wave of British independent photography
in the 1970s, Daniel Meadows is best known for
his landmark Free Photographic Omnibus project.
The project saw Meadows convert a double decker bus into a darkroom and living space and head
out on a ten thousand-mile odyssey across
Britain, during the course of which he photographed almost one thousand people from
twenty-two towns. The result was an astonishing
record of urban society in the UK, with Meadows
further adding to his project’s relevance by interviewing and writing about his subjects.
Alongside examples from his Omnibus project,
the exhibition also features Butlins At Filey and
June Street, two other renowned bodies of work
by Meadows.
The Library of Birmingham is currently in the
process of acquiring Meadows’ entire photography archive.
100 Days: The Rwandan
Genocide Twenty Years Later
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry,
until Thurs 30 April, 2015
The statistics connected to the atrocities which
took place in Rwanda two decades ago make for
shocking reading. During the one hundred-day
conflict in 1994, precipitated by the shooting
down of a plane carrying the Rwandan and
Burundian president, eight hundred thousand
people were murdered and five hundred thousand
women raped. As a result of the rapes, an estimated twenty thousand children were born.
This stark and sobering exhibition explores the
origins, duration and aftermath of one of the darkest periods in Africa’s history, addressing the subject of sexual violence by examining concepts of
survival, bravery, acceptance and empowerment.
The display makes use of photographic, digital
and installation works from a selection of international contemporary artists to give voice to the
women who lived through the conflict.
Image credit: Saida in Green, 2000 by Hassan Hajjaj © the artist / Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum.
True To Life? New Photography From The Middle East
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Sat 7 June - Sun 2 November
The question of authenticity lies at the heart of this new exhibition by photographers from
the Middle East, with viewers invited to explore the issue of what’s real, what’s staged
and what’s imaginary in the photos on display. Works on show are by both established
and emerging photographers, and include a selection of loaned photos from the British
and Victoria & Albert museums, as well as from Birmingham’s own collection.
Commenting on the exhibition, Rebecca Bridgman, Curator of Islamic & South Asian Art
at Birmingham Museums, said: “We’re delighted to be displaying this incredible collection of photography to our visitors. The exhibition showcases one of the most exciting
artistic mediums emerging from the Middle East, providing an insight into the region’s
rapidly-evolving social and political landscapes.”
Lasting Impressions: 20th Century Portrait Prints
The Barber Institute, Birmingham, Fri 6 June - Sun 28 September
Printmaking as an artform has had a chequered past. Although once highly regarded, by
the early twentieth century technological changes had severely compromised its status so much so, in fact, that it was viewed merely as a
process of reproduction rather than as art.
In response to this situation, numerous artists revived
the discipline’s traditional techniques, with later-twentieth century work becoming ever more experimental
and unorthodox, often with dramatic results.
Featuring everything from etchings to a plasticine
print, Lasting Impressions brings together works that
document the renaissance of the portrait print, from
the early twentieth century to the present day. Along
the way, the exhibition takes a look at how artists have
used different print processes to convey the personalities and circumstances of such colourful sitters as
Quentin Crisp, Lucian Freud, Frank Bruno, Robert
Plant - and even an entire House of Commons!
VisualArts PREVIEWS VisualArts LISTINGS
Further exhibitions
Ikon Icons: Ian Emes
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, until Sun 22 June
Handsworth-born animator Ian Emes is the
1970s representative of Ikon Gallery’s Ikon
Icons series, which sees the return of five key
British artists from an exhibition programme
starting in 1965. John Salt (1960s), Cornelia
Parker (1980s), Yinka Shonibare (1990s) and
Julian Opie (2000s) are the others.
The venue is displaying Emes’ 1972 masterpiece, French Windows. A visualisation of the
Pink Floyd track One Of These Days, the
work features animated ballet dancers moving through three dimensions that stream
with architectural geometry and lattice
arrangements of clocks, window frames and
boxes. After its original stay in Ikon back in
the 1970s, the work was screened on the
BBC television programme The Old Grey
Whistle Test and came to the attention of
Pink Floyd. The band then invited Emes to
make animated back-projections for use during concert
performances of The Dark
Side Of The Moon. Since
that 1970s breakthrough
undertaking, Emes has also
worked with, amongst others, Wings, Mike Oldfield
and Duran Duran.
A Viking’s Guide To Deadly
Dragons
Wolverhampton Art Gallery,
Sat 14 June - Sat 30 August
Parents who recall their young children
enjoying Wolverhampton Art Gallery’s The
Tiger Who Came To Tea exhibition a couple
of years back might well be interested in paying a return visit to the venue to see this latest exhibition - presented, as it is, by the very
same team. A Viking's Guide To Deadly
Dragons is a lighthearted and engaging
exploration of the ways in which Viking history, legend and dragonlore inspired Cressida
Cowell's delightful series of How To Train
Your Dragon books. Cressida's hero, Hiccup
Horrendous Haddock the Third, takes
responsibility for guiding visitors though the
exhibition, transporting sure-to-be-enchanted
youngsters to a time when dragons could be
spoken to in Dragonese and going to school
meant learning how to be a Viking pirate.
The exhibition also sheds light on Cowell's
creative process through the inclusion of her
original sketches, story plans, notes and
manuscripts.
Crossing The Bridge
Various venues, Birmingham City Centre,
Mon 23 June - Sat 23 August
Bringing sculpture by a range of RBSA artists
into the public realm, Crossing The Bridge is
a city centre trail that not only aims to raise
the profile of the Royal Birmingham Society
of Artists but also to showcase sculpture as
‘an exciting art medium’. The route for the
trail is from Birmingham Cathedral (St.
Philip’s), down Church Street, across the
footbridge, up Ludgate Hill, through St Paul’s
Square to the RBSA Gallery in Brook Street.
For full listing information on Visual Art
exhibitions, including times and dates,
NADIA KISSELEVA: DOCUMENT Featuring a series
of portraits of people
imprisoned during the
Stalinist era in the former Soviet Union, until
Sun 1 June, mac,
Birmingham
MANDELA27 Exhibition
which looks at the cultural changes that took
place in Europe and
South Africa during
Nelson Mandela’s
imprisonment on
Robben Island, until
Sun 1 June, The
Herbert Museum & Art
Gallery, Coventry
BARBARIANS: THE AGE OF
IRON Showcasing new
research, artefacts and
prehistoric skeletons
which tell the story of
Worcestershire over two
thousand years ago,
until Sat 7 Jun,
Worcester City Art
Gallery & Museum
CHROMA COLLECTIVE
Exhibition featuring
works from four contemporary jewellers with a
shared goal of raising
awareness of the craft
within Birmingham’s
Jewellery Quarter, until
Sat 7 June, Museum of
the Jewellery Quarter,
Birmingham
NEXT WAVE EXHIBITION
Works by emerging
artists at the RBSA, until
Sat 7 June, RBSA
Gallery, Birmingham
TIM SHAW: RA BLACK
SMOKE RISING The first
solo exhibition from
Belfast-born sculptor
Tim Shaw, who grapples with contemporary
and political realities
whilst evoking the mythical and metaphysical,
until Sun 8 Jun, mac Midlands Arts Centre,
Birmingham
MIDLAND PAINTING
GROUP EXHIBITION until
Sun 8 June, Haden Hill
House, Cradley Heath
BUILDING BRIDGES A collection of work which
focuses on the architectural transition into the
present of the industrialised city centre of the
past, until Sun 8 June,
Artrix, Bromsgrove
BILL DRUMMOND: THE 25
PAINTINGS Unique exhibition marking the
beginning of a ten-year
journey which, starting
off beneath Spaghetti
Junction, will see
Drummond tour twelve
cities across the world,
until Sat 14 June,
Eastside Projects,
Birmingham
CHINESE LIVES IN BIRMINGHAM A display which
demonstrates the origins and rich culture of
Birmingham's diverse
Chinese community,
until Sun 18 June, The
Barber Institute,
Birmingham
A BIG BANG: THE ORIGINS
OF POP ART COLLECTION
The first in a two-part
display exploring some
of the biggest names in
the Pop Art industry,
until Sat 21 June,
Wolverhampton Art
Gallery
MUSIC, ART AND BEER An
exhibition of new visual
works by five local
artists, until Sat 21 June,
Wolverhampton Art
Gallery
ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS
INTO AIR Hayward
Touring Exhibition curated by Jeremy Deller,
until Sat 21 June, The
Mead Gallery, Warwick
RICHARD LONG: PRINTS
1970 - 2013 Exhibition
which brings together
all of the artist’s prints,
made over a forty-year
period, until Sun 22
June, The New Art
Gallery, Walsall
MICHAEL FRANCOIS
Sculpture, film, paintings, prints and photography are brought
together in this, the
most comprehensive
exhibition to date of
work by Belgium artist
Michel Francois, until
Sun 22 June, Ikon
Gallery, Birmingham
ROMANTIC RUINS
Featuring paintings
from the museum’s collection, until Sat 28
June, Dudley Museum
& Art Gallery
FOR THE RECORD
Exploring themes of
preservation and
recording in the work of
female artists, until Sun
29 June, Birmingham
Museum & Art Gallery
50 YEARS ON: THE CENTRE OF CONTEMPORARY
CULTURAL STUDIES
Featuring the work of
eminent artists including Trevor Appleson
and David Batchelor,
until Sun 29 June, mac,
Birmingham
40 YEARS OF WOMEN
ARTISTS The strong
female characters in the
Garman Epstein family
and their circle of
friends are captured in
this exhibition of works
from the gallery's permanent collection, until
Sun 29 Jun, The New
Art Gallery, Walsall
SKYLIGHT LANDSCAPE BY
PAUL NASH & DAVID
PRENTICE until Sat 5
July, Worcester City Art
Gallery & Museum
STAFFORDSHIRE OPEN
ART Annual showcase
for the region’s artistic
talent, until Sun 6 July,
Shire Hall Gallery,
Stafford
tenth anniversary, until
Sun 31 Aug, Compton
Verney Gallery,
Warwickshire
RICHARD LONG: SPRING
CIRCLE, 1992 until Wed 9
July, The New Art
Gallery, Walsall
YOU - THE 12TH PLINTH
Stand on the empty
12th plinth, strike a
pose and create a living
sculpture by becoming
an artist’s model, inspiring a composition for a
new sculpture, until
Sun 31 Aug, Compton
Verney, Warwickshire
ARTISTS’ STUDIO: SARAH
TAYLOR SILVERWOOD
Exhibition from
Birmingham-based
artist Sarah Taylor
Silverwood, whose
practice is grounded in
drawing, narrative and
landscape, until Sun 20
July, New Art Gallery,
Walsall
LARISSA SANSOUR
Palestinian artist Larissa
Sansour presents an
iconic take on the political situation in Israel
and Palestine, until Sat
26 July, Wolverhampton
Art Gallery
VAL PITCHFORD: ADVENTURES IN PAINT Large
collection of paintings
featuring both landscape & still life subject
matter, until Thurs 31
July, Artifex Gallery,
Sutton Coldfield
WE WORKED AT THE
PORCELAIN Photographic
exhibition focusing on
some of Royal
Worcester’s many
craftsmen and women,
until Fri 1 Aug, The
Museum of Royal
Worcester
A TRIO OF ARTISTS An
exhibition featuring the
work of artists Anne
Hackett, Chris Tarplee
and Claire Sherwin,
until Sun 3 Aug, Red
House Glass Cone,
Stourbridge
HOME AWAY FROM HOME
Photographs, artefacts
and oral history come
together in this exhibition, which captures the
experiences of women
migrating from Mirpur to
Birmingham in the
1950s, ’60s and ’70s,
until Sun 3 Aug,
Birmingham Museum &
Art Gallery
SUMMER SHOWCASE
Featuring textiles,
ceramics, homewares
and delicate paper jewellery, until Sat 16 Aug,
Bilston Craft Gallery
A FIRST CLASS WATERING
PLACE: 200 YEARS OF THE
ROYAL PUMP ROOMS
Celebrating the bicentenary of the Royal Pump
Rooms, until Mon 25
Aug, Royal Pump
Rooms, Leamington
Spa
400 YEARS OF THE SELFIE
Exploring how the modern portrait developed
in England, from the
Elizabethans to photographs taken by Martin
Parr in Sandwell in
2010, until Sat 30 Aug,
Wednesbury Museum &
Art Gallery
MOORE RODIN Works
from two major players
in the world of modern
sculpture feature in this
exhibition in celebration
of Compton Verney’s
MADE AT MAC - CERAMICS Led by tutors Sue
Dyer and Wendy
Tournay, the exhibition
puts a spotlight on
ceramics and is set to
inspire audiences and
students alike, until Sun
31 Aug, mac,
Birmingham
ROMAN EMPIRE: POWER
& PEOPLE The largest
ever UK exhibition of
Roman artefacts on
loan from the British
Museum, until Sun 31
Aug, The Herbert
Museum & Art Gallery,
Coventry
IN STITCHES: A CELEBRATION OF RSC COSTUME
until Mon 1 Sep, Royal
Shakespeare Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon
COME CREATE Exhibition
to inspire visitors to
explore and demonstrate their creativity
through displays,
hands-on interactives
and fun activities, until
Sun 7 Sept, Thinktank,
Birmingham
EIGHT CENTURIES OF HISTORY Exhibition looking
at the life and times of
the Earls of Dudley,
who lived at Himley
Hall, until Sun 7 Sept,
Himley Hall & Park,
Dudley
CERAMIC EMPIRE: THE
TRADE IN STAFFORDSHIRE
POTTERY Exhibition
exploring the supply
and representation of
the Empire in
Staffordshire pottery
which coincides with
MP Tristram Hunt’s new
book on the cities of the
Empire, until Sun 7
Sept, The Potteries
Stoke-on-Trent
40 YEARS OF WATCHING
PAINT DRY Featuring the
work of fine artist, cartoonist and comedy
writer Geoff Tristram,
until Sun 7 Sept, Himley
Park & Hall, Dudley
SECRET GARDEN CRAFT
EXHIBITION Collection of
jewellery, textiles and
ceramics exploring
fairytales and narratives,
until Sat 13 Sep, RBSA
Gallery, Birmingham
MARVELLOUS MACHINES:
THE WONDERFUL WORLD
OF ROWLAND EMETT The
largest ever display of
Emett’s work, telling the
story of the innovator’s
life in Birmingham, until
Sun 21 Sept,
Birmingham Museum &
Art Gallery
IS THIS A DAGGER? AN
VisualArts LISTINGS
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exhibitions, including times and dates,
EXPLORATION OF RSC
PROPS New exhibition
from Bristol-based
Stand & Stare
Collective which
explores the secrets
behind twelve props
from the RSC's fascinating prop store, until Sun
21 Sep, Royal
Shakespeare Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon
TOM, FRANK AND MAY
Original material, uniforms, handling activities and a short film
which demonstrates the
role played by the
Merry family during
World War One, until
Sun 2 Nov, Blakesley
Hall, Birmingham
SYMMETRY IN SCULPTURE Focusing on the
recent work of one of
the UK’s most exciting
British Asian artists,
Zarah Hussain, until
Sun 2 Nov, Birmingham
Museum & Art Gallery
BACK TO FRONT: 40 PERMANENT COLLECTION
GEMS Exhibition which
celebrates the fortieth
anniversary of the
gallery’s Garman Ryan
collection, until Sat 16
Nov, New Art Gallery,
Walsall
FAITH AND FORTUNE
Exhibition exploring the
early histories of two of
the world’s great religions, until Sun 30 Nov,
The Barber Institute,
Birmingham
THE JEWELLERY QUARTER
DURING THE FIRST
WORLD WAR Exhibition
of artefacts, images and
oral histories relating to
the recruitment of soldiers from the Jewellery
Quarter, until Sun 14
Dec, Museum of the
Jewellery Quarter,
Birmingham
TRACED Permanent exhibition tracing the success of art & design in
Wolverhampton, and
bringing together works
by local artists from the
museum’s collection,
until Wed 31 Dec,
Wolverhampton Art
Gallery
CRAFTSENSE Featuring
over one hundred of the
world-renowned Bilston
enamels, until Wed 31
Dec, Bilston Craft
Gallery
SENSING SCULPTURE
Featuring new sculp-
tures alongside old
favourites, until Wed 31
Dec, Wolverhampton
Art Gallery
JENNY RYRIE: WHITE
WATER, WHITE LIGHT A
display of abstract paintings in water-based
media that respond to
the natural and mystical
energies of the sea and
coastline, Mon 2 June Sat 26 July, RBSA
Gallery, Birmingham
WALSALL’S GREAT WAR
Exhibition marking the
centenary of WWI and
the impact of the Home
Front on Walsall, Tues 3
June - Sat 29 Nov,
Walsall Local History
Centre
COVENTRY OPEN 2014
Sat 7 - Sun 15 June,
Herbert Museum & Art
Gallery, Coventry
A RIVER RUNS THROUGH
IT Works on paper from
the Barber’s collection,
Fri 13 June - Sun 26
Oct, The Barber
Institute, Birmingham
CONVERSATIONS A display which spans four
centuries of printmaking
and features works by
Rembrandt, Goya,
Cezanne & Picasso, Fri
13 June - Sun 5 Oct,
The Barber Institute,
Birmingham
THE GREAT WAR COMMEMORATIVE EXHIBITION
Exhibition by the
Cheshire Artist Network,
Sun 15 June - Fri 18
July, RAF Museum,
Cosford
SENSATIONAL CLAY ‘Fun
and thought-provoking
exhibition for all the
family’, Mon 16 June Sat 1 Nov, Worcester
City Art Gallery &
Museum
RICHARD MCLLWRAITH:
ABSTRACT PAINTINGS
2012-14 Wed 18 June Sun 13 July, Artrix,
Bromsgrove
THE BEST IS NOT TOO
GOOD FOR YOU
Showcase of Pop Art
and ceramics, Sat 28
June - Sat 30 Aug,
Rugby Museum & Art
Gallery
PHOENIX: THE STORY OF
THE BRITISH HEAT RESISTING GLASS COMPANY
Showcase of works celebrating Bilston-based
Phoenix company, Sat
28 June - Sat 30 Aug,
Bilston Craft Gallery
Museums & Art Galleries
Birmingham
ARTIFEX Sutton Coldfield
0121 323 3776
BARBER INSTITUTE
0121 414 7333
BIRMINGHAM MUSEUM &
ART GALLERY 0121 303
2834
CASTLE GALLERIES
0121 248 8484
GRAND UNION
0121 643 9079
IKON GALLERY
0121 248 0708
NUMBER NINE THE GALLERY
0121 643 9099
RBSA GALLERY
0121 2364353
STRYX GALLERY, DIGBETH
[email protected]
THREE WHITE WALLS
GALLERY
0121 200 3328
Black Country
BANTOCK HOUSE
WOLVERHAMPTON
01902 552195
BILSTON CRAFT GALLERY
01902 552507
BROADFIELD HOUSE GLASS
MUSEUM, DUDLEY
01384 812745
DUDLEY MUSEUM & ART
GALLERY
01384 815575
LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE
WOLVERHAMPTON
01902 716055
THE NEW ART GALLERY
WALSALL 01922 654400
RED HOUSE GLASS CONE
01384 812750
WOLVERHAMPTON ART
GALLERY 01902 552055
Shropshire
BEAR STEPS GALLERY,
SHREWSBURY
01743 344994
SHREWSBURY MUSEUM &
ART GALLERY
01743 258885
TWENTY TWENTY GALLERY,
MUCH WENLOCK
01952 727952
THE WILLOW GALLERY,
OSWESTRY
01691 657575
Staffordshire
NEWCASTLE BOROUGH
MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
01782 232323
THE POTTERIES MUSEUM &
ART GALLERY, STOKE-ONTRENT 01782 232323
SHIRE HALL GALLERY
STAFFORD 01785 278345
STAFFORDSHIRE MUSEUM,
SHUGBOROUGH
01889 881388
Warwickshire
COMPTON VERNEY GALLERY
01926 645500
HERBERT ART GALLERY
COVENTRY 02476 832386
MEAD GALLERY WARWICK
02476 524524
ROYAL PUMP ROOMS
01926 742700
RUGBY MUSEUM & ART
GALLERY 01788 533201
Worcestershire
WORCESTER CITY ART
GALLERY 01905 25371
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Events
Ana Ivanovic
Aegon Classic Edgbaston Priory, Birmingham, Mon 9 - Sun 15 June
One of the top Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) events in the
world, the Aegon Classic brings together some of the best female
players in the game to compete ahead of Wimbledon. A major event
on the Midlands sporting calendar, the Classic features both players
at the top of their game and some of the sport’s rising stars.
Serbia’s former world number one, Jelena Jankovic, is the latest A-lis-
ter confirmed to play, joining a line-up that already includes fellow
Serbian Ana Ivanovic, Germany’s Sabine Lisicki and Slovakia’s
Daniela Hantuchova. Two up-and-coming US players, Sloane
Stephens and Eugenie Bouchard, also feature in what’s being
described by organisers as ‘the most exciting line-up the tournament
has ever seen’.
BBC Good Food Show
NEC, Birmingham, Thurs 12 - Sun 15 June
Brimming with inspiration, tips and advice on
how to create the perfect summer menu, the
BBC Good Food Show returns to the NEC to
provide a food experience 'like no other'.
In addition to the host of celebrities who’re on
hand to share their knowledge - Mary Berry,
Tom Kerridge, James Martin and Paul
Hollywood included - the four-day show offers
an abundance of events, demonstrations, tastings, book signings and shopping experiences for visitors to enjoy. As well as live
cookery demonstrations, the Supertheatre
sees Michelin-starred chefs going head to
head in the Michelin Star Challenge, while
new features include the Summer Kitchen hosted by Lisa Faulkner - and the BBC Good
Food Kitchen, where signature dishes from
the BBC Good Food collection are matched
with wine options in a fine-dining setting.
Elsewhere, the show’s ultimate shopping
experience features
plenty of well-known
brands, kitchen appliances and gadgets, a
Producers’ Village and
a Good Food Bakes &
Cakes Village.
Tickets to the show
also provide access to
the BBC Gardeners’
World Live event.
Sainsbury’s British Championships
Birmingham Alexander Stadium, Fri 27 - Sun 29 June
Having received a makeover for 2014, Sainsbury’s British Championships sees the country’s
best athletes battling it out for the hugely prestigious title. As well as providing world-class
athletics, the three-day event also boasts a real festival feel, courtesy of live music, DJs and
a fairground. The championships also feature the Icon Museum - celebrating the achievements of British athletes from yesteryear; the Athletics Agility Arena, in which visitors can
test their athletic skills; the Game Zone, an interactive gaming area; Glamping - offering
overnight stays in luxury ‘glamping’ tents; and Sainsbury’s Try Trucks - with try trucks on
site and partner MG also having a stall. Street performers, a Picnic al Fresco area, a bar
area and various other types of on-site catering also feature.
To find out more or to purchase tickets, visit www.britishathletics.org.uk
Events PREVIEWS
Belgrade Mela
Belgrade Theatre, Coventry, Sat 21 June
South Asian arts, artists and art organisations are here celebrated with a diverse programme of events and activities. The oneday, open-to-all event features yoga, workshops in Giddah and Bhangra dancing,
Bollywood dancing and an opportunity to
learn how to play the dhol. An abundance of
artisan crafts stalls, food stalls and activities
for children also feature, as does an art exhibition exploring the journey of South Asian
communities who came to Coventry in the
1940s and ’50s. In
Nafees
the evening, some
of Coventry’s finest
South Asian talent
takes to the stage
in the theatre’s
main arena for a
two-hour showcase
that features special guest Nafees
and dhol drummers
Masterclass.
Droitwich Spa Festival
Various locations, Droitwich Spa,
Worcestershire, Fri 20 June - Sun 6 July
Building on the success of its 2013 debut,
this year’s Droitwich Spa Festival promises
another ‘fantastic’ programme of gastronomic offerings, as well as music and arts events.
The ecclectic offer ranges from a food and
drink festival featuring demonstrations, stalls,
entertainment and Great Junior Bake Off in
the town centre (21 June). Historic tour and
afternoon tea at the Chateau Impney Hotel, a
Live Music Showcase and Cheese and Cider
Festival (28 June), and Friar Street Festival of
Culture and Music - a carnival style event
featuring dance, music and much more - at
the Old Cock Inn (29 June). For a full itinerary of what¹s happening throughout the seventeen-day event, visit www.droitwichspafestival.co.uk
Upton Food And
Beer Festival
Upton-upon-Severn, Fri 27 - Sun 29 June
Imagine being able to eat and drink your
way around the Three Counties without having to travel the distance...
Well, that’s pretty much what you can do at
the brand new Upton Food And Beer
Festival (FAB). With plenty to tantalise the
tastebuds, the three-day event features
more than one hundred artisan stalls selling
an abundance of mouthwatering delights.
There’s also a Master Class marquee featuring tastings and talks, an interactive cookery
workshop in the Eckington School, a FAB
Bake Off organised by the Women’s
Institute, and a chilli-eating competition run
by the Clifton Chilli Club. If the latter is up
your street, then chances are you’ll also be
looking for some liquid refreshment - and
what better way to find it than by sampling
the beer-tasting sessions and tutorials on
offer from international beer judge and
expert Melissa Cole.
A programme of entertainment over two
stages, a tug-of-war competition, crafts, face
painting and a Punch & Judy show for the
kids means this debuting festival has the
makings of a great family day out.
sions. The Sheep Show, meanwhile, promises to provide humorous educational entertainment with a difference, courtesy of dancing sheep! Other attractions include displays
of farm machinery and classic cars, rural
crafts, a shopping area, information about
bee-keeping, trade stands and an abundance of children’s amusements.
World Of Park
And Leisure Homes
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire,
Fri 6 - Sun 8 June
If you’ve ever dreamed of having your very
own little bolthole to which to escape, or the
freedom to travel whenever you want, World
Of Park And Leisure Homes is well worth a
visit. A dedicated show for park homes and
holiday lifestyle, the three-day event features
the latest models and designs from most of
the UK’s major manufacturers, caters for a
variety of budgets and is free to attend. The
show also provides information on hundreds
of parks across the UK and beyond.
Jousting Day
Avoncroft Museum, Bromsgrove,
Sat 14 - Sun 15 June
Kenilworth Show
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, Sat 7 June
Medieval entertainers the Knights Of Middle
England this year provide one of the highlights at Warwickshire’s biggest one-day
agricultural event. Comprising professional
horsemen, stunt riders and performers, the
Knights bring the historic sport of jousting
into the twenty-first century with a professionally compered, action-packed show that
comes complete with a ‘rocking’ soundtrack.
Other attractions at the 2014 event include a
Countryside Area, featuring birds of prey displays, gun dog scurry and trials, a have-a-go
clay shoot, air rifle shooting and archery ses-
All the thrills and excitement of a traditional
jousting tournament will be present and correct at Bromsgrove’s award-winning Living
History Museum this month. In addition to
experiencing the site’s static attractions,
which span seven hundred years of history,
visitors can also tour the camps and meet
the knights, the ladies and the soldiers, not
to mention the odd miscreant or two...
The Bus Stop Over
Uttoxeter Racecourse, Staffordshire,
Fri 13 - Sun 15 June
An established event on the VW calendar,
The Bus Stop Over offers three days of highquality entertainment both on and off the
track. Resident DJs from Retro
Discos/Weluv80s will be playing throughout
the weekend, while live bands catering for all
musical tastes feature in the site’s main hall.
Acoustic sessions in the bar area are a new
addition for 2014 - and to ensure football
fans don’t miss out on World Cup action, the
Premier Bar will be showing the England vs
Italy game on its large screen. On-track
action includes the sure-to-be-fun Wacky
Races, with the event also featuring plenty
for youngsters to enjoy.
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SUN 1 JUNE
MAY HALF-TERM FAMILY
FUN until Sun 1 June,
Heritage Motor Centre,
Gaydon, Warwickshire
WORDS, WORDS, WORDS
Do you know your
Shakespeare from your
Shelley? Test your
knowledge with the
site's quizzical quotes,
until Sun 1 June,
Shakespeare's
Birthplace, Stratfordupon-Avon
MASQUE MAKING Be
inspired and decorate
your very own theatrical
Shakespearian masque
to take home with you,
until Sun 1 June,
Nash's House & New
Place, Stratford-uponAvon
SPRING TO LIFE Search
the walled garden and
hunt for the animals
that appear in
Shakespeare's springtime poems, until Sun 1
June Hall's Croft,
Stratford-upon-Avon
LEMUR WEEK Themed
talks and activities to
highlight the park's
conservation work to
save species such as
the Great Bamboo
Lemur and Sifaka from
extinction, until Sun 1
June Cotswold Wildlife
Park
FAMILY FUN DAYS Get
outside, explore the
gardens and estate at
Baddesley and see
how many of the ‘fifty
things to do before
you're eleven-andthree-quarters’ you can
tick off your list, until
Sun 1 June, Baddesley
Clinton, Warwickshire
SWEET AND TREAT See
the relaunch of the
sweet-shop boiler and
try your hand at traditional board and street
games, until Sun 1
June, Black Country
Living Museum, Dudley
WILDLIFE TRACKER
CHALLENGE A chance to
tap into your inner naturalist, until Sun 1
June, Brockhampton
Estate, Worcester
FAMILY DROP-IN
ACTIVITIES Dip your own
colourful candles, play
with Victorian games
and toys, and colour
old-fashioned pictures,
until Sun 1 June, Blists
Hill, Ironbridge,
Shropshire
Half Term Family
TIME LORD FAMILY TRAIL
until Sun 1 June,
Broadfield House Glass
Museum, Kingswinford
WOOLLY WEEK Get
involved with all things
woolly and enjoy the
farm's exciting sheepdog trials, until Sun 1
June Mary Arden
House, Stratford-uponAvon
STRATFORD FOOD
FESTIVAL AT THE RACES
until Sun 1 June
Stratford Racecourse
SPORTS & SALOON CAR
RACES until Sun 1 June
Donington Park
DAIMLER AND
LANCHESTER OWNERS
Sun 1 June, Heritage
Motor Centre, Gaydon,
Warwickshire
MIDLAND BONSAI SOCIETY SHOW Sun 1 June,
Birmingham Botanical
Gardens
CLASSIC FORD SHOW Old
school modding and
classic-style festival
with massive autojumble, club displays, blue
oval traders and competitions, Sun 1 June,
Santa Pod Raceway,
Northampton
MG'S IN THE PARK
Featuring a variety of
models and historic MG
motor car marque,
ranging from TAs,
MGAs, Midgets and
MGB/Cs through to a
fabulous turn-out of the
newer MGF/TF convertibles and the various Z
range saloons, including the ZT260s, Sun 1
June Cotswold Wildlife
Park
HERITAGE OPEN DAY
Event organised by the
Redditch Local History
Society, Sun 1 June,
Forge Mill Needle
Museum, Redditch
TOLKIEN AND TUDORS BIG BRUM OPEN-TOP BUZ
TOUR Visit Sarehole Mill
and Blakesley Hall, Sun
1 June, Victoria Square,
Birmingham
KNIGHTS' SCHOOL &
JUNIOR JOUSTING Learn
how to joust in the
mini-tiltyard, try on real
armour made especially for children, hear
tales of medieval chivalry and finally take up
arms as you clash
swords and join in a
fun and frantic
medieval battle, Sun 1
June, Eastnor Castle
Deer Park, Ledbury,
Herefordshire
BROCKHAMPTON
BOWMAN ARCHERY
SESSIONS Join the
Brockhampton
Bowmen and put your
archery skills to the
test. Discover various
bows and find out how
they were used, Sun 1
June, Brockhampton
Estate, Worcester
UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS:
BEHIND THE SCENES
TOUR Find out what
goes on behind the
scenes of a stately
home with a unique
tour which takes in
some of the estate’s
twenty-eight bedrooms,
Sun 1 June, Weston
Park, Staffordshire
AN EVENING WITH TONY
STOCKWELL Tue 3 June,
Wulfrun Hall,
Wolverhampton
RHYS CHATHAM IN CONVERSATION WITH ED
MCKEON Ahead of the
UK première of A
Secret Rose For 100
Guitars, Rhys Chatham
is joined by Frontiers
Festival curator Ed
McKeon to discuss a
range of topics, from
Downtown to guitars
and minimalist music to
rock’n’roll, Tue 3 June,
Library Of Birmingham
VALUATION DAY Tue 3
June, The Herbert
Coventry
LUNCHTIME TALK: ALL
THAT GLISTERS Frank
Sharman gives an illustrated talk about the
history of steel jewellery, Tues 3 June,
Bantock House
Museum
DISCOVER THE
COLLECTION Meet the
conservation team,
who'll tell you about
interesting items in the
collection and demonstrate how they're
looked after, Tue 3
June, Moseley Old Hall,
Wolverhampton
WARWICK WORDS
SUMMER Annual festival
of literature and spoken
word, featuring various
events across Warwick.
For full details, visit
www.warwickwords.co.
uk, Wed 4 - Sun 8
June, Various venues
around Warwick
DOWNTOWN NEW YORK
JAZZ: A ONE-DAY
SYMPOSIUM An event
forming part of the second phase of the
city's Frontiers Festival
and featuring discussions of beat poetry,
experimental film and
artist-run spaces, Thurs
5 June, Library Of
Birmingham
AN EVENING WITH CAROL
ANN DUFFY Intimate
evening of poetry and
music with the National
Poet Laureate, Thurs 5
June, The Hive,
Worcester
CHURCH STRETTON
WALKING FESTIVAL Four
days of walks around
the beautiful South
Shropshire countryside,
Thurs 5 - Sun 8 June,
Booking essential - visit
www.churchstrettonwalkingfestival.co.uk
CHAMPIONSHIP DOG
SHOW Thurs 5 - Sun 8
June, Three Counties
Showground, Malvern
D-DAY LANDING 70TH
ANNIVERSARY SERVICE
Fri 6 June, National
Memorial Arboretum
UNDERSTANDING ART
TALKS: IN THE
FOOTSTEPS OF
CARAVAGGIO Professor
Lorenzo Pericolo from
the University of
Warwick explores how
Caravaggio’s model
was perpetuated well
into the 1640s, Fri 6
June Compton Verney
Gallery, Warwickshire
PUTTING ON THE RITZ An
evening of jazz with
Edward d’Arcy Hatton
and Tim Motteshead,
Fri 6 June, Upton
House & Gardens,
Warwickshire
THE WOMEN
CHAINMAKERS' FESTIVAL
A two day event celebrating an historic
strike by women chainmakers, Fri 6 - Sat 7
June, Bearmore Park,
Cradley Heath
THE WORLD OF PARK &
LEISURE HOMES SHOW
Fri 6 - Sun 8 June,
Stoneleigh Park,
Warwickshire
VMCC TRAINING DAY A
training day to give visitors a chance to ride
veteran & vintage
motorcycles in a safe
'off road' environment,
with tuition from the
owners, Sat 7 June,
ASTON MARTIN RACES
Sat 7 June, Donington
Park
ENAMELLING DAY
COURSE An opportunity
for beginners or those
with some experience
to create at least four
pieces of work using a
variety of techniques,
Sat 7 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
KENILWORTH SHOW
Organised by the
Kenilworth & District
Agricultural Society.
Featuring classic cars,
children’s amusements,
carriage driving, rural
crafts and much more,
Sat 7 June, Stoneleigh
Park, Warwickshire
EVENING SCENIC
SPECIALS A scenic
evening ride with the
added option of a traditional fish and chip
supper, Sat 7 June,
Severn Valley Railway,
Kidderminster
RUN WHAT YA BRUNG
The chance to take
your car or motorcycle
out on the famous
quarter-mile dragstrip
and test its performance limits in a safe
and legal environment,
Sat 7 June, Santa Pod
Raceway, Northampton
BEGINNERS' BOBBIN
LACE-MAKING DAY
COURSE Learn basic
techniques of traditional
bobbin lace-making,
Sat 7 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
PAPERWEIGHT DAY Sat 7
June, Broadfield House
Glass Museum,
Stourbridge
BIG BRUM OPEN TOP BUZ
SIGHTSEEING TOUR Sat 7
- Sun 8 June, Victoria
Square, Birmingham
EXCALIBUR COMPUTER
FAIR Sat 7 June,
National Motorcycle
Museum, Solihull
MEET DANIEL MEADOWS
Artist Daniel Meadows
discusses his exhibition, Daniel Meadows:
Early Photographic
Living Live - Uttoxeter Racecourse
Works, Sat 7 June,
THE BIG MATCH: CHEESE
AND WINE International
contest to find a champion cheese and wine
pairing. Visitors can
sample a range of specially selected wines
and cheeses from
around the world
before voting to decide
the overall winner, Sat 7
June, Library Of
Birmingham
THE INTERNATIONAL
ASTRONOMY SHOW The
UK's largest astro show,
Sat 7 - Sun 8 June,
Warwickshire Exhibition
Centre
BROCKHAMPTON
BOWMAN ARCHERY
SESSIONS Join the
Brockhampton
Bowmen and put your
they were used, Sat 7 Sun 8 June,
Brockhampton Estate,
Worcester
NEWCOMEN IN STEAM
The only full-sized
working replica of the
world's first steam
engine can be seen in
action, Sat 7 - Sun 8
June, Black Country
MUCH WENLOCK FESTIVAL Featuring a broad
ranging programme of
family days, theatre and
open-air music, Sat 7 Sat 21 June, Various
locations around Much
Wenlock, South
Shropshire
PERFORMANCE
VAUXHALL SHOW New,
old, modified, road,
rally, and race
Vauxhalls get together
with trade, clubs and
autojumble for the ultimate Vauxhall show of
the summer, Sun 8
June, Santa Pod
THE COIN AND BANKNOTE
FAIR Sun 8 June,
National Motorcycle
Museum, Solihull
RECORD FAIR Sun 8
June, National
Motorcycle Museum,
Solihull
BANBURY RUN Featuring
over six hundred veteran and vintage
machines, Sun 8 June,
RAF COSFORD AIR SHOW
The Midlands’ premier
air event, with displays
from a variety of aircraft; plus, exhibits,
stalls, trade stands, military demonstrations
and children's entertainment, Sun 8 June, RAF
Cosford, Nr
Wolverhampton
MORGAN SPORTS CAR
RACES Sun 8 June
Donington Park
SUMMER SUNDAY FUN
Whizz over the Valley
Lawn on the castle zip
wire and take part in
garden games, Sun 8
Deer Park, Ledbury,
Herefordshire
OPEN FARM SUNDAY Find
out what goes on at
Warren Farm. Learn
about the farm calendar
and how the seasons
blend together. Suitable
for all ages, Sun 8 June
Worcester
GLASS CRAFTS - DAD'S
KEY RING Sun 8 June,
Museum, Stourbridge
JUNE FILM CLUB: THE
ADVENTURES OF PRINCE
ACHMED Monthly film
club presented by
Flatpack Film Festival,
Sun 8 June, Library Of
Birmingham
CHARITY ABSEIL
Supporting Little Hearts
Matter & Edward’s
Trust, Sun 8 June,
Brindleyplace,
Birmingham
SPIRITUAL BIRMINGHAM
HOLISTIC EVENT
Featuring exhibitors
offering a diverse range
of complimentary therapies & healing, retail
stands, professional
readers & free talks,
Sun 8 June, Quality
Hotel, Birmingham
70S SUNDAY Featuring a
vintage craft fair and a
chance to get down to
the sounds of the ’70s,
Sun 8 June, Avoncroft
Museum, Bromsgrove
Week Commencing
MON 9 JUN
AEGON CLASSIC Mon 9 Sun 15 June,
Edgbaston Priory Club,
Birmingham
DISCOVER THE
COLLECTION Meet the
conservation team,
MEETING POINT:
corner of Colmore Row &
Waterloo Street, Victoria Square
TOUR TIMES:
10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm
CONTACT:
0121 427 2555 /
07805 115 998
[email protected]
AVAILABLE FOR
PRIVATE HIRE
THROUGHOUT
THE YEAR
Events LISTINGS
who'll tell you about
interesting items in the
collection and demonstrate how they're
looked after, Tue 10
Wolverhampton
RIDE WITH THE RANGER
Enjoy a tour of the
estate in a purposebuilt trailer, Tue 10
June, Charleston Park,
Warwickshire
TRACTOR TOURS Enjoy a
40-minute ride around
the park, Tue 10 June,
Charlecote Park,
Warwickshire
PHOTOGRAPHY IN 1970S
AND 1980S BRITAIN
Professor Ian
Grosvenor, University of
Birmingham, explores
Daniel Meadows’ work
in the context of the
emergence of community photography and
the radical political
activism of the 1970s
and ’80s, Tue 10 June,
INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL
SLR PHOTOGRAPHY
Expand on your current
knowledge of basic
photography principles,
including DSLR camera
settings, composition,
tips and techniques.
Using the Compton
Verney Grounds for
inspiration, local photographer Sally Crane
will assist and guide
you, Wed 11 June,
Compton Verney
ETHICS IN CONSERVATION
DAY COURSE Wed 11
June, Black Country
BARNARDO’S BIG TODDLE
Sponsored walk for
toddlers, Wed 11 Thurs 12 June, Dudley
Zoo & Gardens
ENSEMBLE 1685 Join the
singing group for an
exploration of the
Roman Empire exhibition, Thurs 12 June,
The Herbert Museum &
Art Gallery, Coventry
BBC GOOD FOOD SHOW
SUMMER! Brimming with
inspiration, tips and
advice on how to create the perfect summer
menu, the BBC Good
Food Show returns to
the NEC to provide a
food experience 'like no
other’, Thurs 12 - Sun
15 June, NEC,
Birmingham
BBC GARDENERS' WORLD
LIVE Gardening experts
Monty Don and
Diarmuid Gavin make a
welcome return to the
Midlands this month to
dish out tips and advice
at the region’s top
event for green fingered types, Thurs 12 Sun 15 June, NEC,
Birmingham
FOOD AND FLORA Watch
the sun set over the
park, followed by a
meal in the restaurant,
Fri 13 June, Charlecote
Park, Warwickshire
BWM RALLY Featuring
live bands and DJs, a
custom show, Run
What Ya Brung, a ride
out, club camping, a jet
car, funfair rides &
amusements, traders,
caterers and much
more, all on one site.
The event for scooterists, mods, skinheads,
casuals and ska fans,
Fri 13 - Sun 15 June,
Santa Pod Raceway,
Northampton
ROYAL THREE COUNTIES
SHOW Showcasing the
best of the British farming world & countryside, Fri 13 - Sun 15
June, Three Counties
Showground, Malvern
CHOLMONDELEY
PAGEANT OF POWER The
UK's biggest celebration of power and
speed, featuring more
than one hundred-andtwenty valuable cars
and bikes competing
on track. Autocar
Supercar Paddock and
trade village with
lifestyle pavillion, Fri 13
- Sun 15 June,
Cholmondeley Castle,
Cheshire
INTERNATIONAL MODEL
AIR SHOW Bringing
together some of the
country’s top model aircraft pilots to demonstrate their skills, Fri 13
- Sun 15 June, Weston
Park, Staffordshire
WEAVER'S HOUSE OPEN
DAY The Weaver’s
House shows visitors
what life as a medieval
weaver would have
been like. Regular talks
will be held inside the
Weaver’s house, as
well as spinning
demonstrations, Sat 14
June, The Weaver's
House, Coventry
PATCHWORK CUSHION
COVERS COURSE Textile
artist Ruth Singer hosts
an afternoon workshop
where participants can
make their very own
cushion cover to take
home, Sat 14 June,
Black Country Living
Museum, Dudley
ST BASILS ANNUAL WALK
Charity walk challenge,
Sat 14 June,
Brindleyplace,
Birmingham
SKETCH & STITCH WORKSHOP Sat 14 June,
Ragley Hall, Alcester
LORDS OF DUDLEY AND A
LICENCE TO CRENELLATE
Historical day school
celebrating the 750th
anniversary of the
Battle of Lewes, Sat 14
June, Weoley Castle,
Birmingham
BLACKSMITH EXPERIENCE
DAY A taster session
providing an introduction to the forge, the
basic tools, and how to
use them, Sat 14 June,
Museum, Dudley
STICKY SATURDAY: PAPER
CRAFT Free drop-in sessions for children aged
four-plus, Sat 14 June,
Dudley Museum & Art
Gallery
MEDIEVAL DANCING
Discover how medieval
people entertained
themselves dancing in
Greyfriars’ lovely garden, Sat 14 June,
Greyfriars, Worcester
VIKINGS & DRAGONS
FAMILY DAY Meet reallife Vikings in a funfilled family day to celebrate the opening of
the museum’s latest
exhibition, Sat 14 June,
Wolverhampton Art
Gallery
ENAMELLING WORKSHOP
Experiment using a
sgraffito technique and
liquid enamel ‘painting’
effects, before creating
a final piece using your
newly developed skills,
Sat 14 June, Bilston
Craft Gallery
GLASS HAND CASTING
WITH ALLISTER
MALCOLM Sat 14 June,
Museum, Stourbridge
CLASSIC AND VINTAGE
COMMERCIAL SHOW A
colourful two-day show
featuring a diverse
selection of classic and
vintage lorries and vehicles, pre-1985, Sat 14 Sun 15 June, Heritage
Warwickshire
JOUST! A traditional
jousting tournament &
chance to tour the
camps around the site
and meet the knights,
ladies and soldiers, Sat
14 - Sun 15 June,
Avoncroft, Bromsgrove
GROUNDS WEEKEND
Explore everything
Compton's fabulous
grounds have got to
offer. Take part in some
of the forest school and
art and craft activities,
Compton Verney
MEDIEVAL WEEKEND
Experience medieval
life in the knights’
encampment! Witness
the drill and arming of
military men and see
the medieval world
come to life, Sat 14 Sun 15 June, Forge Mill
Needle Museum,
Redditch
LUNT ROMAN FESTIVAL
The Herbert Museum &
Art Gallery, Coventry
BROCKHAMPTON
BOWMAN ARCHERY
SESSIONS Join the
Brockhampton
Bowmen and put your
they were used, Sat 14
- Sun 15 June,
Worcester
A KNIGHT’S TALE Living
History event featuring
lots of interactive
medieval fun, Sat 14 Sun 15 June, Forge Mill
Needle Museum,
Redditch
SIGHTSEEING TOUR Sat
14 - Sun 15 June,
Victoria Square,
Birmingham
FATHER'S DAY ACTIVITIES
Free admission for
dads and grandads
when they visit with
their family to enjoy the
numerous activities on
offer, Sun 15 June,
Compton Verney
WARWICK UNIVERSITY
BAND Bring a picnic
and enjoy an afternoon
of swing music, Sun 15
June, Upton House &
Gardens, Warwickshire
PRE 1940 TRIUMPH
MOTOR CLUB View over
30 pre-war motor cars,
Sun 15 June, Upton
House & Gardens,
Warwickshire
ARMS AND MILITARIA
FAIR Sun 15 June,
National Motorcycle
Museum, Solihull
FATHER’S DAY Event with
Elizabethan dancing.
Free tours for fathers
when accompanied by
one or more offspring,
Sun 15 June,
Harvington Hall,
Kidderminster
FATHER’S DAY HELITRIPS
See the Follies from
above in a special helicopter ride, Sun 15
June, The Follies,
Hawkstone Park
MEET THE HORSES
Special event which
demonstrates the
importance of horses in
everyday life over a
hundred years ago,
Sun 15 June, Blists Hill
Victorian Town,
Ironbridge, Shropshire
DADS GO FREE Walk the
gardens, see the working brewhouse, enjoy
lunch & homemade
cakes in the tearoom
Every dad accompanied by another paying
adult gets in for free,
Sun 15 June,
Working Estate,
Stafford
UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS:
BEHIND THE SCENES
TOUR Sun 15 June,
Weston Park,
Staffordshire
FALCONRY DAY Meet
spectacular birds of
prey and see them take
to the air in fabulous
flying displays, Sun 15
June, Blakesley Hall,
Birmingham
CLASSIC CAR AND
TRANSPORT SHOW
Featuring over 1000
vintage & classic vehicles, commercial,
motorcycles, autojumble/tradestands, as well
as 50 car clubs and the
'piston rings' motorcycle display team. Plus
all of Trentham's superb
attractions. Sun 15
June, Trentham
Gardens, Stoke-onTrent
BONSAI DEMONSTRATION
Sun 15 June,
Birmingham Botanical
Gardens
TRANSPORT FESTIVAL
Featuring over one
thousand classic, contemporary and rare
cars on display, Sun 15
June, Trentham Estate,
Stoke-on-Trent
FATHER’S DAY: CAPTAIN
GEOFFREY’S DISCOVERY
DAY Featuring demonstrations from Feather
Perfect Falconry, havea-go archery sessions
and classic car & bike
displays, Sun 15 June,
Dudmaston Estate,
Bridgnorth, Shropshire
FATHER’S DAY LUNCH MEET THE CASTLE’S RESIDENT KNIGHT Sun 15
June, Warwick Castle
Week Commencing
MON 16 JUN
WALK WITH THE
GARDENER Opportunity
to discover more about
the estate and ask
questions, Tue 17 June,
Charlecote Park,
Warwickshire
HERBERT ILLUMINATION:
HOW THE ROMANS CONQUERED THE WORLD
WITH DORMICE Dominic
Russell leads a talk on
Roman Imperialism,
Herbert Art Gallery &
Museum, Coventry
BARNARDO’S BIG TODDLE
Sponsored walk for
toddlers, Tues 17 June,
Dudley Zoo & Gardens
WALK WITH THE GARDENER Enjoy a guided tour
through the grounds,
Tues 17 June,
Charlecote Park,
Warwickshire
DRIFT WHAT YA BRUNG
Chance to practise
drifting in safe and
legal conditions on
some of the Pod's thirty
acres of open tarmac,
where there are beginners, intermediate and
advanced tracks open
at the same time each
DWYB day, Wed 18
June, Santa Pod
SIR RANULPH FIENNES:
LIVING DANGEROUSLY
Wed 18 June,
Birmingham Town Hall
DRESSING THE QUEEN
See history brought to
life and meet
Kenilworth's authentically costumed Queen
Elizabeth I. Every
month, visitors will have
the opportunity to
watch 'Elizabeth' being
dressed, from undergarments to the finishing touches, Wed 18
June, Kenilworth
Castle, Warwickshire
NEWCOMEN IN STEAM
The only full-sized
working replica of the
world's first steam
engine can here be
seen in action. Due to
the unpredictable
nature of the
Newcomen, please
check running details
with the museum prior
to travelling to avoid
disappointment, Thurs
19 - Sun 22 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
AN EVENING WITH
CHARLIE WAITE One of
the world's leading
landscape photographers, Charlie Waite,
here provides an
insight into his world
and his method, Fri 20
June, The Swan
Theatre, Worcester
FAWN CHECK Fri 20
June, Charlecote Park,
Warwickshire
SAXONS VS DANES: THE
BATTLE OF WODENSFIELD
Simon Hamilton and
local historian Ray
Fellows talk about the
famous battle between
the Anglo-Saxons and
the Danes on nearby
land, and how it helped
change the course of
British history, Fri 20
June, Wolverhampton
Art Gallery
WORCESTERSHIRE LITERARY FESTIVAL Featuring
spoken-word performances, seminars, workshops, poetry slams,
competitions & more,
Fri 20 - Sun 29 June,
various locations
around Worcestershire
ESCORT RS TURBO 30TH
ANNIVERSARY RALLY Sat
21 June, Heritage
Warwickshire
NATIVE AMERICAN MYTHS
Storytelling & poetry
workshop with Ruth
Stacey, Sat 21 June,
Worcester City Art
Gallery & Museum
AN EVENING ON THE
HOME FRONT 1940s nostalgia featuring entertainment of the day, Sat
21 June, Blists Hill
Victorian Town,
Ironbridge, Shropshire
MUSIC An evening of
show and movie music,
performed by
Avonbank Brass Band,
Sat 21 June,
Charlecote Park,
Warwickshire
CANAL CRAFTS DAY
COURSE Learn about the
culture and craft traditions of the Black
Country, Sat 21 June,
Museum, Dudley
IMPROVERS' WILLOW
BASKET WEAVING Learn
about the techniques
and traditions of willow
weaving and create a
unique willow basket,
Sat 21 June, Black
Country Living
Museum, Dudley
BELGRADE MELA A celebration of South Asian
arts featuring stalls selling traditional products,
samples of Asian food,
workshops and performances of classical
Indian dances, all of
which culminate in an
evening performance of
music and dance on
the Belgrade's main
stage Sat 21 June,
Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry
STORYTELLING FESTIVAL
Events LISTINGS
Featuring story trails,
live music, dance and
crafts, Sat 21 June,
Martineau Gardens,
Birmingham
ALDRIDGE FAYRE
Featuring arena events,
trade stalls, charity
stalls, a car boot sale
and much more... Sat
21 June, Anchor
Meadow, Walsall
ASTON HERITAGE DAY Sat
21 June, Aston Hall,
Birmingham
DANCE 4 MARGOT &
FRIENDS A charity event
aimed at raising funds
and awareness for
Team Margo and Delete
Blood Cancer UK, Sat
21 June, The Slade
Rooms,
Wolverhampton
RUN WHAT YA BRUNG
The chance to take
your car or motorcycle
out on the famous
quarter-mile dragstrip
and test its performance limits in a safe
and legal environment,
Sat 21 June, Santa Pod
EXCALIBUR COMPUTER
FAIR Sat 21 June,
National Motorcycle
Museum, Solihull
NATIONAL MOTORCYCLE
RACES Sat 21 - Sun 22
June, Donington Park
Brockhampton
21 - Sun 22 June,
Victoria Square,
Birmingham
BOWMAN ARCHERY
SESSIONS Join the
Brockhampton
Bowmen and put your
- Sun 22 June,
Worcester
OPEN DAY OF THE EARL
OF DUDLEY’S MEMORIAL
GARDEN Sat 21 - Sun 22
June, St Michael & All
Angels Church, Himley,
Dudley
WEST MIDLANDS GAME
AND COUNTRY FAIR
Promising two actionpacked days of family
fun & activities, including arena displays,
demos by TV's Chris
Green, a beagle show,
ferret displays, BASC
Gundog events, fun
dog shows, children's
quad bikes, a funfair &
pony rides, Sat 21 Sun 22 June
Working Estate,
Stafford
PLAYING AROUND Big
Frog Productions present two plays for children aged four to nine,
Jinney Ring Craft
Centre, Redditch
LIVING LIVE 2014 The
'largest lifestyle show in
Staffordshire’ Sat 21 Sun 22 June,
Uttoxeter Racecourse,
Stafford
IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE
WOODS TODAY... Chance
to make a kite to take
home, Sat 21 - Sun 22
Wolverhampton
MIDSUMMER MADNESS
Celebrate the longest
day of the year, Sat 21 Sun 22, Mary Arden’s
House, Stratford Upon
Avon
HERITAGE RALLY A noncompetitive social rally
for all classic cars;
starting and finishing at
the Heritage Motor
Centre, with a midway
stop at the Cotswold
Wildlife Park, Sun 22
June, Heritage Motor
Centre, Gaydon,
Warwickshire
RETRO SHOW The multimarque event for fans
of retro vehicles, both
four and two wheels,
Sun 22 June, Santa
Pod Raceway,
Northampton
PLANT HUNTERS FAIR
Sun 22 June,
Whittington Castle,
Oswestry, North
Shropshire
SOS DAY A day of family
fun and rescue displays
from local emergency
services. Get up close
to the fire engines and
see rescue boats, 4x4
response group vehicles and more! Sun 22
Deer Park, Ledbury,
Herefordshire
SEVERN HOSPICE
DRAGON BOAT FESTIVAL
Sun 22 June, Pengwern
Boat Club, Shrewsbury
GUIDED TOUR Sun 22
June, Stokesay Court,
South Shropshire
BETFRED FAMILY FUN DAY
Featuring appearances
from Moshi Monsters
Katsuma & Poppet, Sun
22 June, Worcester
Racecourse
GARDEN PARTY Sun 22
June, Blakesley Hall,
Birmingham
FAWN CHECK Sun 22
June, Charlecote Park,
Warwickshire
THE ORIGINS OF MIDDLEEARTH WALK Sun 22
June, Sarehole Mill,
Birmingham
Week Commencing
MON 23 JUN
WATCH WIMBLEDON
Watch the action in
Central Square, Mon 23
June, Brindleyplace,
Birmingham
TRACTOR TOURS Enjoy a
40-minute ride around
the park, Tue 24 June,
Charlecote Park,
Dragonboat Festival - Brindleyplace, Birmingham
Warwickshire
ROSE FESTIVAL TOURS
Join head gardener
Sam Tippens for a
guided tour around the
gardens, Wed 25 June Sun 6 July, Coughton
Court, Warwickshire
VALUATION DAY: FINE
ARTS & ANTIQUES
Fieldings Auctioneers
will be on hand to value
ceramics, jewellery, collectables, clocks,
watches, books etc...
Thurs 26 June, Bantock
House Museum,
Wolverhampton
PEAK PERFORMANCE
TEST & TUNE DAY RWYB
with maximum track
time for serious enthusiasts. Car clubs, performance specialists
and individuals all welcome, Fri 27 June,
Santa Pod Raceway,
Northampton
RILEY REGISTER - 80TH
ANNIVERSARY OF LE
MANS Car Club Display
celebrating the 80th
anniversary of Rileys'
win at Le Mans, Fri 27
June, Coventry
Transport Museum
KIDS UNDER 5’S DAY Five
hours of entertainment,
including a petting zoo,
funfair and storytellers,
Fri 27 June, Himley
Hall, Dudley
COLD ENAMELLING Fri 27
June, Broadfield House
Glass Museum,
Stourbridge
THE SAINSBURY’S
BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIPS
The country's best athletes battle it out for the
prestigious honour of
being crowned British
champion, Fri 27 - Sun
29 June, Alexander
Stadium, Birmingham
UPTON FOOD AND BEER
FESTIVAL Fri 27 - Sun
29 June, various venues Upton-uponSevern, Worcestershire
MEMORIAL ABORETUM
ARMED FORCES DAY Sat
28 June, RAF Cosford,
Nr Wolverhampton
JAGUAR SUPER
SATURDAY Featuring up
to fifty classic
Swallow/SS/Daimler
and Jaguar cars, on
display on Millennium
Place, Sat 28 June,
Coventry Transport
Museum
BIG WILD NIGHT
Featuring children’s
crafts, wildlife spotting,
pond dipping, nature
trails and much more,
Sat 28 June, Brueton
Park, Warwickshire
ENAMELLING WORKSHOP
Experiment using a
sgraffito technique and
liquid enamel ‘painting’
effects, before creating
a final piece using your
newly developed skills,
Sat 28 June, Bilston
Craft Gallery
THE DESIGN PROCESS OF
MUSEUM OF ROYAL
WORCESTER Meet Harry
Frost, Worcester
Porcelain expert, former
curator and former
designer for Royal
Worcester, Sat 28 June,
Museum of Royal
Worcester
VINTAGE GARDEN PARTY
Featuring live music,
vintage teas, and stalls
selling vintage clothing,
homeware & accessories, Sat 28 June,
Bantock House
Museum
STONE MASONRY DAY
COURSE Introduction of
the conservation, repair
and restoration of natural stone buildings, as
well as the construction
of new masonry structures, and an understanding of the wide
range of stone types
and how they react to
various conditions, Sat
28 June, Black Country
GO COMPOSE!
Composing project for
fourteen-to-eighteenyear-olds, Sat 28 June,
Coventry PAS - Chase
Studio Centre
MARVELLOUS MAMMALS
Follow the clues to see
if you can identify the
different mammals living in the Severn Valley,
Sat 28 June, Severn
Valley Country Park,
Alveley, Shropshire
MONOPRINTING WITH
LEICESTER PRINT
WORKSHOP Adult workshop where participants
can work with artist
Kate Da’Casto, from
Leicester Print
Workshop, to experiment with monoprinting
and create vibrant, oneoff prints, Sat 28 June,
Compton Verney
QUEEN VICTORIA CYCLO
CROSS Described as
‘Britain’s craziest bike
race’, Sat 28 June,
Blists Hill Victorian
Town, Ironbridge,
Shropshire
JEWELLERY QUARTER
HERITAGE WALK Sat 28
June, Jewellery
Quarter, Birmingham
DRAGONBOAT FESTIVAL
Annual fundraising
event, Sat 28 June,
Brindleyplace,
Birmingham
CELESTIAL COMMISSATO
An evening of decadence and deities, Sat
28 June, The Herbert
Coventry
SUMMER NATIONALS
National Drag Racing
Championships, including MSA 200mph Pro
Mods, drag bikes, a jet
car plus nostalgia
classes, Sat 28 - Sun
29 June, Santa Pod
28 - Sun 29 June,
Victoria Square,
Birmingham
FOLK & CRAFT WEEKEND
Featuring have-a-go
craft sessions and a
performance from
award-winning folk
group The Roving
Crows, Sat 28 - Sun 29
June, Jinney Ring Craft
Centre, Redditch
#SHROPSHIREUNSIGNED
In conjunction with
Shrewsbury Food
Festival, this two-night
music event features
local acts who’re hoping to raise their profile.
Line-up yet to be
announced... Sat 28 Sun 29 June, The
Buttermarket,
Shrewsbury
MOTORCYCLE
ENDURANCE RACES Sat
28 - Sun 29 June,
Donington Park
MUD RUNNER OBLIVION A
supreme test of fitness!
Participants will complete a gruelling sixishmile cross-country
course and ten different
tests of strength,
endurance and co-ordination, Sat 28 - Sun 29
Deer Park, Ledbury,
Herefordshire
BROCKHAMPTON
BOWMAN ARCHERY SESSIONS Join the
Brockhampton
Bowmen and put your
- Sun 29 June,
Worcester
STEP BACK TO THE 1940S
Popular event taking a
lighthearted journey
back to wartime Britain.
Attractions include costumed re-enactments,
1940s Blackout Fair,
displays of historic civilian & military vehicles,
a wartime operations
room and stands featuring period memorabilia, Sat 28 - Sun 29
June, Severn Valley
Railway, Kidderminster
SHREWSBURY FOOD FESTIVAL Featuring over
two hundred food,
drink & craft exhibitors,
free talks & demos, live
music & kids’ entertainment, Sat 28 - Sun 29
June, The Quarry Park,
Shrewsbury
LUDLOW ARTS FESTIVAL
Fusion of theatre,
music, comedy & children’s entertainment,
Sat 28 June - Sun 6
July, Ludlow Castle,
South Shropshire
SUTTON COLDFIELD CARNIVAL Sun 29 June,
Meadow Platt, Sutton
Coldfield
TOY COLLECTORS FAIR
Sun 29 June, Three
Counties Showground,
Malvern
BRITISH ARMED FORCES
DAY A free, fun-filled
family day to celebrate
the Armed Forces and
commemorate the centenary of the start of
World War One.
Children's activities, a
military vehicle exhibition and a youth marching band competition
all feature, Sun 29
June, Himley Hall &
Park, Dudley
ANTIQUE & COLLECTORS
FAIR Sun 29 June,
Three Counties
Showground, Malvern
AUSTIN DAY Celebrating
local motoring heritage
with vintage and classic
cars from the 1900s to
the 1940s, Sun 29
June, Avoncroft
Museum, Bromsgrove
WORCESTERSHIRE BIKE
RIDE Featuring three
routes, Sun 29 June,
Sixways Stadium,
Worcester
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Eating Out
Marco Pierre’s
flagship not so White...
Marco Pierre White’s flagship Birmingham restaurant received a zero rating for hygiene in a recent
inspection by local environmental health officers.
The restaurant, which opened in December 2011,
was informed in March that its FSA rating would
plummet to and remain at zero until its next programmed inspection - which could be anything
up to eighteen months away. The news will come
as a shock to diners, who pay around £50 per
head at the swanky restaurant on the twenty-fifth
floor of The Cube.
Marco Pierre White’s was not the only restaurant
to be caught out, with Chaophraya on Spiceal
Street and Malmaison in The Mailbox also receiving zero ratings.
Top award for Indian fine dining
Birmingham’s fine dining restaurant Pushkar
Cocktail Bar & Dining has beaten off stiff competition to be named the Asian Business Awards’
Midlands Restaurant Of The Year. Pushkar’s
Creative Director, Rai Singh, received the award
from Leicester MP Keith Vaz at a recent gala
award ceremony at Edgbaston Stadium.
Rai Singh with his award
Alfresco dining on the menu
A taste of summer is on offer at Birmingham’s
Hotel du Vin, courtesy of a new Al Fresco menu.
Fresh, seasonal ingredients feature in a mouthwatering selection of dishes, including watermelon, feta and red onion salad, and chargrilled,
corn-fed chicken with citrus and watercress
salad.
Sweet-toothed diners can indulge themselves
with baked vanilla cheesecake or Scottish strawberries with crème chantilly.
Summer-inspired drinks on the Hotel du Vin’s
menu include Hendricks summer punch, ginger
brewski and a selection of international craft and
fruit beers.
Caribbean joy at Turtle Bay...
REVIEW
Tucked away behind
Birmingham’s New
Alexandra Theatre on
John Bright Street is Turtle
Bay; not the Hawaiian
resort, but the city’s
newest Caribbean eatery.
Impossible to miss thanks
to its bright exterior, it’s
just as colourful inside,
with the addition of some
of the warmest and friendliest staff around.
Following our waitress
onto the veranda, we
began our Caribbean culinary adventure by perusing an overwhelming
cocktail list. We were definitely off to a good start! It
would’ve been a crime not
to try the rum punch, so I
went for the Passion Rum
Punch. My companion
chose a non-alcoholic
Watermelon Cooler. The
punch was ridiculously
drinkable; the Cooler, icy
and refreshing.
We then ordered the
pulled jerk pork and jerk
pit prawns from the
Cutters section of the
menu inspired by ‘beach
shacks & street hawkers’.
The hot pork with the
sweet orange and spicy
rocket was perfect. The
prawns were fresh, plentiful and chargrilled.
Next up was the Trinidad
curry chicken and Mo’ Bay
chicken. The former was
simply delicious; a onepot wonder of rich-yet-mild
chicken curry, infused with
a promise of the islands coconut, sweet potato and
mango.
The Mo’ Bay was a single
piece of chicken smothered in a creamy sauce to offset the jerk - and presented alongside the
crispiest sweet potato fries
around. Some fabulous
fried plantain topped it off.
With nutty, crunchy Trini
chickpeas on the side, this
was both a street food and
a home-style feast.
And no feast is complete
without dessert! The BBQ
pineapple, with its sweet,
sugary rum sauce, was
just the thing to round off
a spicy meal.
Buzzing with a holiday
atmosphere, Turtle Bay is
perfect for parties or simply to liven up an otherwise drab day. With a
huge menu from which to
choose and cocktails
aplenty to enjoy, it offers a
taste of the Caribbean
that’s well worth sampling.
Alev Dervish
Food:
■■■■■
Service:
■■■■■
Ambience: ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Overall value ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
OVERALL ■ ■ ■ ■ ■
Turtle Bay
81-91 John Bright Street
Birmingham
B1 1BL
Tel: 0121 643 1303
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Restaurant LISTINGS
For full listing information on restaurants, including opening times and
type of cuisine, visit: www.whatsonlive.co.uk
Birmingham
AALTO RESTAURANT Hotel
La Tour, Albert Street,
Birmingham B5 5JT
0121 718 8000
AIR RESTAURANT LG
Arena, Bickenhill Rd,
0844 338 0333
BANK 4 Brindleyplace,
B1 2JB 0121 633 4466
BAR ESTILO 10-114
Wharfside St, The
Mailbox, B1 1RF 0121
643 3443
BARAJEE 265 Broad
Street, B1 2DS 0121 643
6699
BELLA ITALIA 102 New
Street, B2 4HQ 0121
643 1548
BERLIOZ Burlington
Arcade, New St, B2 4JQ
0121 633 1737
BLUE MANGO Regency
Wharf, Broad St, B1 2DS
0121 633 4422
BLUE PIANO RESTAURANT
AND BAR 24-26 Harborne
Rd, B15 3AA 0121 454
6877
BUONISSIMO 1 Albany
Rd, Harborne, B17 9JX
0121 426 2444
CAFE OPUS 1 Oozells
Square, Brindleyplace,
B1 2HS 0121 248 3226
CARLUCCIO’S The Water’s
Edge, Brindleyplace
B1 2HP 0121 633 9262
CENTENARY BAR &
BRASSERIE Broad Street,
B1 2EP 0121 245 2080
CHI BAR & GRILL 61
Newhall Street, B3 3RB
0121 233 3150
CHUNG YING
16-18 Wrottersley Street,
B5 4RT 0121 622 5669
CHUNG YING GARDEN 17
Thorpe St, B5 4AT
0121 666 6622
CIELO 6 Oozells Square,
Brindleyplace, B1 2JB
0121 632 6882
COAST TO COAST 9
Brindleyplace, Broad
Street, B1 2HJ
COTE The Mailbox,
B1 1RX 0121 631 1587
CUCINA RUSTICA 24
Ludgate Hill, B3 1DX
0121 233 2277
DEL VILLAGGIO
Unit 528, Middle Mall,
The Bullring. B5 4BE
0121 643 1400
EDMUNDS 6 Brindley
place, B1 2JB 0121 633
4944
FLEET STREET KITCHEN
Fleet Street, Islington
Gates, B3 1JH 0121 236
0100
ITIHAAS 18 Fleet St, B3
1JL 0121 212 3383
JAMIE’S ITALIAN Middle
Mall, Bullring Shopping
Centre, B5 4BE
0121 270 3610
JIMMY SPICES Regency
Wharf, Broad St, B1 2DS
0121 643 2111
LAS IGUANAS Arcadian
Centre, Hurst St, B5 4TD
0121 622 4466
LASAN 3-4 Dakota
Buildings, James St, St
Paul’s Square, B3 1SD
0121 212 3664
THE LOFT LOUNGE
143 Bromsgrove St,
B5 6RG 0121 622 2444
THE LOST & FOUND
8 Bennetts Hill, B2 5RS
0121 643 9293
LOVES The Glasshouse,
Browning St, B16 8FL
0121 454 5151
MECHU 47 - 59 Summer
Row, B3 1JJ 0121 212
1661
METRO BAR & GRILL 73
Cornwall St B3 2DF
0121 200 1911
MINT Yew Tree Retail
Park, Stoney Lane
Yardley, B25 8YP
0121 789 8908
MOUNT FUJI The Bullring,
B5 4BH 0121 633 9853
NUVO BAR 11 Brindley
Place, B1 2LP 0121 631
1600
OPUS 54 Cornwall St,
B3 2DE 0121 200 2323
THE ORIENTAL The
Mailbox, 128-130
Wharfside St, B1 1RQ
0121 633 9988
PEACHYKEENS 1741
Coventry Road, B26
1DS 0121 764 5519
PENNY BLACKS
The Mailbox, 132-134
Wharfside St, B1 1XL
0121 632 1460
PICCOLINO
9 Brindleyplace B1 2HS
0121 634 3055
PITCHER & PIANO
Brindleyplace, B1 2HP
0121 643 0214
POPPY RED Arcadian
Centre, Birmingham B5
4TD 0121 687 1200
PURNELL’S 55 Cornwall
St, B3 2DH 0121 212
9799
PURNELL’SBISTOR & GINGER’S BAR 11 Newhall
Street, B3 3NY, 0121
2000 1588
THE RECTORY 50-54 St
Paul’s Sq, B3 1QS
0121 605 1001
RED PEPPERS 117
Wharfside St, B1 1RF
0121 643 4202
SAN CARLO 4 Temple St,
B2 5BN 0121 633 0251
SHIMLA PINKS 215 Broad
St, B15 1AY 0121 633
0366
SIMPSONS, 20 Highfield
Rd, Edgbaston B13 3DU
0121 454 3434
THE SLUG AND LETTUCE,
Brindley Place,
Birmingham B1 2HL
0121 633 3049
STRADA 109-111
Wharfside St, The
Mailbox B1 1XL
0121 643 7279
TGI FRIDAYS 180 Hagley
Road, Edgbaston, B16
9NY 0121 454 1930
THAI EDGE 7 Oozells Sq,
B1 2HL 0121 643 3993
THE VAULTS Newhall
Place, Newhall Hill,
B1 3JH 0121 212 9837
WAGAMAMA Brindley
Place, birmingham B1
Warwickshire
7 SQUARE 7 Old Square,
Warwick CV34 4RA
01926 411 755
NO. 9 CHURCH STREET
Stratford upon Avon,
Warwickshire CV37 6HB
01789 415522
AGRA PLACE 12 Abbey
Green, Nuneaton, CV11
5DR 024 7635 0515
THE ALMANAK Abbey End
North, Kenilworth, CV8
1QJ 01926 353 637
AUBERGINE 32 Smith St,
Warwick CV34 4HS
01926 400 086
THE ALMANACK Abbey
SINGLE?
UK’s leading social events club are holding their
Summer Ball, Sat 5th July
at Cottons Hotel, Manchester Road, Knutsford, Cheshire
8pm Drinks Reception, 3 Course meal & all drinks
Events weekly include dining out, dinner dances, black tie
balls, theatre, parties, weekends away and holidays abroad.
(01244) 677030 w/days or 548816 eve/weekends
www.thedinnerclubuk.com
£68
acco
availm also
able
End North, Kenilworth
CV8 1QJ 01926 353637
BLUE BISTRO 21 Spon St,
Coventry, CV1 3BA 024
7622 9274
BROWNS Earl St, Coventry
CV1 5RU 0247 622 1100
CARLUCCIOS 13 Waterside,
Stratford-Upon-Avon
CV37 6BA
01789 267424
CASTLES 6 Castle Street,
CV34 4QU 01926 495421
CATALAN 6 Jury St ,
Warwick CV34 4EW
01926 498 930
THE CHURCH STREET
TOWNHOUSE 16 Church
Street, Stratford-uponAvon CV37 6HB 01789
262222
COOMBE ABBEY Brinklow
Road, Coventry, CV3 2AB
024 7645 0450
CROSSED KHUKRIS GURKHA
115 Abbey Street,
Nuneaton, CV11 5BX 024
7634 4488
EDWARD MOON 9 Chapel
Street, Stratford-uponAvon, CV37 6EP 01789
267069
EGO 29 The Square,
Kenilworth, CV8 1EF
01926 864463
THE ENCORE
Bridge Street Stratford
upon Avon CV37 6AB
01789 269462
FINEST CATCH B’ham Rd,
Henley in Arden. B95
5QR 01564 793783
FIVE RIVERS 20-22 Victoria
Terrace,
Leamington Spa, CV31
3AB 01926 431999
GEORGETOWN 23 Sheep
St, Stratford-Upon-Avon,
CV37 6EF 01789 204445
GRANTS OF SHEEP ST 2123 Sheep Street,
Stratford-upon-Avon,
CV37 6EF 01789 290 008
HIGH PAVEMENT BAR & DINING 3 High Street, CV34
4AP 01926 494725
HELP OUT MILL Heather
Rd, Shakerstone,
Nuneaton. CV13 0BT
01530 260666
INDIA RED 25 Abbey
Street, Nuneaton, CV11
5BX 024 7634 2090
JIMMY SPICES 64-66
Station Rd, Solihull, B91
3RX 0121 709 2111
LE BISTRO PIERRE Swans
Nest, Bridgford, Stratford
upon Avon. CV37 7LT
01789 264804
MALLORY COURT Harbury
Lane, Leamington Spa,
CV33 9QB, 01926 330214
MATRICARDIS 97 High St,
Henley in Arden. B95 5AT
01564 792735
MERCHANTS Swan Street,
Warwick CV34 4BJ 01926
403833
NICOLINIS 14 The Parade,
Leamington Spa, CV32
4DW 01926 421620
ONE ELM 1 Guild St,
Stratford-Upon-Avon,
CV37 6QZ 01789 404919
PREZZO 1-3 High St,
Warwick CV34 4AP
01926 475867
RESTAURANT 23
34 Hamilton Terrace, Holly
Walk Leamington Spa,
CV32 4LY 01926 422422
RISTORANTE DA VINCI 50
Earlsdon Street, Coventry,
CV5 6EJ 024 7671 3554
ROBBIE’S RESTAURANT 74
Smith Street, CV34 4HU
Balcony Brasserie, Selfridges, Birmingham
01926 400470
ROOFTOP RESTAURANT
@ The RST, Waterside,
Stratford-upon-Avon,
CV37 6BB 01789 403449
SAFFRON GOLD Market St,
Westgate House,
Warwick CV34 4DE
01926 402061
THE SAXON MILL
Coventry Rd, Guys Cliffe,
Warwick CV34 5YN
01926 492 255
SIGNATURES @ The
Belgrade Theatre,
Coventry, CV1 1GS
02476 846762
TAILORS 22 Market Place,
Warwick CV34 4SL
01926 410590
THE TREVELYAN Warwick
Rd, Stratford-upon-Avon,
CV37 ONR
01789 295252
THE VINE INN 86 - 88 West
St, Warwick CV34 6AW
07873 219005
WARWICK SPICE 24 Smith
Street, CV34 4HS 01926
491736
ZIZZI 85-87 Regent
Square House, Parade,
Leamington Spa CV 32
4NL 01926 432532
Worcestershire
ANAKARI 47 The Tythings,
Worcester. WR1 1JT
01905 21412
ANGEL CHEF 1 Angel St,
Worcester WR1 3QT
01905 731131
ANUPAM 85 Church
Street, Malvern. WR14
2AE 01684 573814
BACCHUS 44 Worcester
Road, Bromsgrove B61
0TA 01527 877557
BENEDICTOS 34 Sidbury,
Worcester WR1 2HZ
01905 21444
BINDLES BAR & BRASSERIE
55 Sidbury, WR1 2HU
01905 611120
BRAMBLINGS Hither Green
Lane, Redditch, B98 9BE
01527 406600
BRIDGE INN Plough Road,
Droitwich WR9 7NQ
01905 345874
BROWNS 24 Quay St,
Worcester WR1 2JJ
01905 26263
CHADDESLEY RESTAURANT
Brockencote Hall Hotel,
Kidderminster DY10 4PY
01562 777876
THE CHASE INN Chase Rd,
Upper Colwall, Malvern.
WR13 6DQ 01684
540276
CHESTERS 51 New St,
Worcester, WR1 2DL
01905 611638
CROWN & SANDYS
Main Rd, Ombersley,
WR9 0EW 01905 62025
EWE AND LAMB Hanbury
Road, Bromsgrove B60
4DN 01527 871 929
THE FIG TREE 99 Church
Street, Gt Malvern, WR14
2AE 01684 569909
FOUR SEASONS 61
Lowesmoor, Worcester
WR1 2RS 01905 27026
FUSION BRASSERIE
Hawbridge, Stoulton,
Worcester WR7 4RJ
01905 840647
THE INN AT STONEHALL
Stonehall Common,
Worcester, WR5 3QG
01905 820462
KING CHARLES II King
Charles House, New St,
Worcester WR1 2D
01905 22449
L’AMUSE BOUCHE 51
Graham Rd, Malvern.
WR14 2HU 01684
572427
LANGTREYS 89a High St,
Bromsgrove. B61 8AQ
01527 878242
LITTLE VENICE 1 - 3 St
Nicholas St, Worcester
WR1 1UW 01905
726126
LOTUS HOUSE 33
Ombersley St East,
Droitwich, WR9 8QX
01905 770079
MAEKONG THAI 12
Worcester Road,
Bromsgrove B61 7AE
01527 578888
MASSALLA LOUNGE 35
Broad St, Worcester
WR1 3NH 01905
729955
MUG HOUSE Claines
Lane, Worcester WR3
7RN 01905 456649
ON THE ROCKS 44
Worcester Road,
Bromsgrove, B61 7AE
01527 882412
PORTOFINO, 6 Worcester
Rd, Droitwich. WR9 8AD
01905 794799
PORTWAY ITALIAN,
Alcester Rd, Redditch.
B48 7HT 01564 824794
PUCCINI'S, 12 Friar St,
Worcester WR12LZ
01905 27770
RAJDOOT Cutnall Green,
Droitwich. WR9 0PW
01299 851000
ROSADOS’S 2 Finstall Rd,
Aston Fields,
Bromsgrove. B60 2DZ
01527 889948
SAFFRON BISTRO 15 New
St, Worcester WR1 2DP
01905 610505
For full Restaurant listings
visit: www.whatsonlive.co.uk
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