A weblog updated daily by Chris Unitt.
(Previously run by Pete Ashton until he stepped down in April)
Joint-winner of the Media Guardian Innovation Award for Independent Blog 2008. "An entrepot for the cultural chaos of Birmingham"
The Big Picture people have news of the Birmingham Royal Ballet offering free tickets for a preview of their upcoming show, ‘Russian Steps‘ on 8 October at the Hipodrome.
The new show consists of three ballets by Russian composers:
‘Concerto’ is a pure dance piece from master choreographer Kenneth MacMillan.
‘The Firebird’ is a magical Russian fairytale in […]
The Birmingham Post Power 50 (tremble at their might!) has just been announced. With last year’s list having an impressive showing from the arts world, interest at CiB could almost have been described as ‘mild’.
Ok, so it’s easy to be cynical about these things (and it’s open season on the Birmingham Post site - all […]
A couple of good things from the Ikon. Firstly, every Wednesday over the summer the gallery and bookshop will be open until 8pm (cafe until 11pm).
Coinciding with the late openings is a series of talks called ‘These are a few of my favourite things’ which will be
loosely based on Desert Island Discs where speakers […]
