Events

Fill your diary with an extensive list of activities around the Midlands for the coming weeks ahead. Get in touch if you’d like to add your event to the calendar.

13 March 2010

Artistic Director and bass player Chris Mapp and trumpeter/bass player Percy Pursglove successfully bid for lottery funding from Arts Council England, West Midlands, enabling them to put together "Harmonic", an artist led jazz festival taking place on 11th - 13th March 2010. The focus of the festival is on Birmingham/Midlands-based musicians and the creation of new music and ensembles. Chris Mapp said “Although there are some fantastic events happening in Birmingham, we wanted to do something which reflected our scene. There are many fine creative jazz musicians in Birmingham who have limited opportunities to perform. "Harmonic" will be a great…

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17 March 2010

Dancescape will be hosting a Youth Dance Network meeting at Warwick Arts Centre for teachers, artists and youth dance leaders in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire prior to the Boys Dancing performance ‘Evolutionary Moves’. The Network meeting will take place on Wednesday 17th March from 5.30 to 7pm and will have a focus on developing boys dance activity, as well as the usual opportunity to catch up on current youth dance opportunities and news. The Evolutionary Moves performance will start at 7.30pm and a free ticket is available to those who attend the network meeting. The Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire sub…

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20 March 2010

Following an overwhelmingly successful sell out show at our 2009 Festival, Warwick Words is delighted to announce this extra special event giving audiences another chance to witness Robert Lister’s superbly moving performance as David in ‘The Kindness of Strangers’ by Vanessa Oakes.

There will be performances at 3pm and 7pm on Saturday 20th March 2010 which will be held at The Bridge House Theatre, Friends Meeting House, High Street, Warwick. The tickets will be priced at £8 with concession tickets at £6. For more information and to book tickets you can call the Box Office on 01962…

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26 March 2010

People’s Park and Farewell in Labrador is the first UK solo exhibition by photographer Kurt Tong and features photographs specially selected from two bodies of work. Kurt has gained important recognition since achieving his masters degree in documentary photography in 2006. In 2008 he was one of the Jerwood Photography prize winners, and this year he has been selected for a group exhibition at the prestigious festival, Foto Fest in Houston, Texas.

People’s Park nostalgically examines recreational spaces in China inspired by childhood snapshots from Kurt’s family outings. Once great symbols of freedom for the people of…

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