ArtsFest Recommends June - October 2011
Hello! ArtsFest Recommends is a listing of concerts, gigs, events, exhibitions and workshops that ArtsFest artists are involved in over the upcoming months.
Please see below a listing of events between June – October.
Please note that ArtsFest is advertising these events on behalf of our artists and is not involved in the organisation of these events. ArtsFest accepts no responsibility for these events or any changes or cancellations.
We hope that you enjoy all of the events that you go and see.
ArtsFest
JUNE
June 11th
Rich Batsford’s ‘Mindfulmess’
8.00pm
Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, B12 9QH.
Ticket Prices: £7 (£5) Box Office
Contact: 0121 446 3232
Link: macarts
Link: richbatsford
Description: Meditative solo piano and reflective songs.
June 12th
RBSA Gallery: Family Friendly Workshops Present ‘Portraits for Your Parents’
2:00-4:00pm
Ticket Prices: N/A
Contact: Robert Pointon
Link: rbsa
Description: Learn how to create your very own portrait of a family member – the perfect unique gift for Father’s Day.
June 15th
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: ‘Ravel’s Boléro’
7.30pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Ticket prices: £9.50-£39.50
Contact: 0121 616 6500
Link: cbso=
Description: Ravel might seem like the last word in Gallic chic, but he was born in the Basque country, and Spanish blood pulses beneath the surface of even his most elegant music. So when he set out to unleash his inner Spaniard, the results were explosive. Andris Nelsons conducts all Ravel’s Spanish-inspired orchestral music in a concert filled with flamboyant colours and smouldering emotion. There’s a very different kind of French fantasy before the interval. Ravel’s teacher Fauré kept his passions – but not his poetry – firmly under control; Marc-André Dalbavie’s Sonnets, meanwhile, is a dazzling showcase for the extraordinary voice of countertenor Yuri Minenko. All this and Boléro too!
June 29th
Irish Literary Evening
7:30pm
The Old Crown, Digbeth
Ticket Prices: N/A
Contact: Pat Wright (Cultural Development Coordinator at IWIC incorporating)
0121 604 6111
patw@irishforum.co.uk
Description: ‘A relaxing evening’ with people sharing their favourite poems, songs and music by Famous Irish Writers. Come along and join us for a free and easy evening of literary enjoyment.
June 30th
Don’t Go Into The Cellar Presents ‘Ghouls Aloud’
8.00pm
The Patrick Kavanagh, Woodbridge Road, Moseley, Birmingham, B13 8XB
Ticket Prices: £6
Contact: 07772572060
Link: dontgointhecellar
Description: Be prepared to be grabbed by the ghoulies …
JULY
July 1st
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra: ‘Puttin’ on the Ritz’
7.30pm
Symphony Hall, Birmingham, B1 2EA
Ticket prices: £9.50-£39.50
Contact: 0121 616 6500
Link: cbso=
Description: Pick yourself up and dust yourself off at the end of the week, and indulge in an evening of great music from the golden age of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Conductor John Wilson has a real passion for these songs, and it’s easy to see why, with hit after hit by George and Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern – brought to you by star vocalists Kim Criswell and Gary Williams. Top hat, white tie and tails are optional, but expect smooth glamour and tuneful exuberance perfect for an uplifting summer’s night. That’s entertainment!
Leo Turner
1:10pm
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Chamberlain Square, B3 3DH
Ticket Prices: FREE Entry
Description: Works by Villa Lobos, Maximo Pujol, Leo Brouwer, Frances Griffin and Leo Turner, Albeniz,Granados and Falla.
July 10th
RBSA Gallery: Family Friendly Workshops Present ‘The Wonders of Water’
2:00-4:00pm
Ticket Prices: N/A
Contact: Claire Spencer
Link: rbsa
Description: Explore the underwater world and find out how to combine water and inks to design and decorate your own artistic fish design.
July 21st
Stage 2 Youth Theatre Presents ‘Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell
7.30pm
The Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B16 8AE
Ticket Prices: £9
Contact: 07961018841 or 0121 643 5858 or info@stage2.org
Link: stage2
Link: crescenttheatre
Description: Stage2 returns to the Crescent stage in July with Willy Russell’s hilarious yet poignant musical ‘Our Day Out’. When Mrs Kay’s ‘progress class’ are unleashed for a day’s coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales, it is an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school – however the kids soon start to realise that they are the “comprehensive no-hopers” with a bleak future…
July 22nd
Stage 2 Youth Theatre Presents ‘Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell
7.30pm
The Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B16 8AE
Ticket Prices: £9
Contact: 07961018841 or 0121 643 5858 or info@stage2.org
Link: stage2
Link: crescenttheatre
Description: Stage2 returns to the Crescent stage in July with Willy Russell’s hilarious yet poignant musical Our Day Out. When Mrs Kay’s ‘progress class’ are unleashed for a day’s coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales, it is an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school – however the kids soon start to realise that they are the “comprehensive no-hopers” with a bleak future…
July 23rd
Stage 2 Youth Theatre Presents ‘Our Day Out’ by Willy Russell
2.00pm and 7.30pm
The Crescent Theatre, Sheepcote Street, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B16 8AE
Ticket Prices: £9
Contact: 07961018841 or 0121 643 5858 orinfo@stage2.org
Link: stage2
Link: crescenttheatre
Description: Stage2 returns to the Crescent stage in July with Willy Russell’s hillarious yet poignant musical Our Day Out. When Mrs Kay’s ‘progress class’ are unleashed for a day’s coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales, it is an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of growing up and being footloose, fourteen and free from school – however the kids soon start to realise that they are the “comprehensive no-hopers” with a bleak future…
Birmingham & Midlands Belly Dance Association Presents ‘The 2nd Birmingham International Belly Dance Festival’
9.30 am – 11.00 pm
The DanceXchange, Birmingham Hippodrome, Thorp St, Birmingham, B5 4TB
Ticket Prices: Workshops: £18, Taster Workshops: £7 Open Stage: £3 for soloists & £5 for groups, Gala show tickets £10 (early bird price before 16th July 2011) otherwise £15
Contact: bamba.info@yahoo.co.uk
Link: bamba
Description: For the second year running the DanceXchange will host the Birmingham International Belly Dance Festival. A truly international feast of belly dancing will be served up by acclaimed teachers like Fereshteh, showing us the latest moves from Cairo, Nawarra teaching Moroccan Shikkatt and Gul Nihal illustrating how to dance a Turkish drum solo. We also have popular teachers Maria D’Silva teaching Egyptian Shaabi style and Anne White with 1001 Shimmies. Local teachers are running tribal fusion classes for the more adventurous and if you’re a novice why not try a taster session and learn some American Tribal Style or Turkish belly dance moves. Dancers can book an Open Stage slot and showcase their latest routine or just impress their fellow dancers! Shoppers can browse in the bazaar and pick up a bargain outfit or dazzling piece of jewellery. A truly fantastic day will be rounded off by a spectacular Gala Show in the Patrick Centre featuring all the teachers and some specially invited guest dancers in what will prove to be a colourful show stopper!
AUGUST
August 7th
RBSA Gallery – Family Friendly Workshops Present ‘Create a Collage’
2:00-4:00pm
Ticket Prices: N/A
Contact: Petra Rohr Rouendaal
Link: rbsa
Description: Create your own colourful collage! This workshop highlights how the collage technique is fun, easy to do and produces successful results, whatever your artistic skills. So – why not boost your artistic confidence by making an artwork together?
OCTOBER
October 29th
Shikidim Presents ‘The International Male Belly Dancer Ozgen’
Wombourne Community Centre
Contact: 0772874701 or karen_shikidim@msn.com
Description: Workshops and performances.
