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Wolves & B'Cntry Cover .qxp_Wolves & B/Country 02/02/2015 15:10 Page 1 WOLVERHAMPTON & BLACK WOLVERHAMPTON COUNTRY ON WHAT’S THE MIDLANDS ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE WOLVERHAMPTON & BLACK COUNTRY ISSUE 350 ’ Whatwww.whatsonlive.co.uk sOnISSUE 350 FEBRUARY 2015 JO CAULFIELD FEBRUARY FEBRUARY 2015 BRINGS HER UNINFORMED OPINIONS TO THE REGION... JODIE PRENGER having a whip-cracking time as Calamity Jane PART OF MIDLANDS WHAT’S ON MAGAZINE GROUP PUBLICATIONS GROUP MAGAZINE ON WHAT’S MIDLANDS OF PART interview inside... EDWARD SCISSORHANDS Matthew Bourne’s revised production arrives in the Midlands @WHATSONWOLVES WWW.WHATSONLIVE.CO.UK @WHATSONWOLVES NEW ART WEST MIDLANDS showcasing the region’s artistic talent... 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News January Davina.qxp_Layout 1 26/01/2015 18:14 Page 1 News A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Carl Fogarty to lead Bike4Life Fest I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here! winner and seven-times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty is appealing to riders from across the region to join him at this year’s Bike4Life Fest. The twenty-three mile motor- bike procession from Shrewsbury to RAF Museum Cosford takes place on Sunday 26 April and will be raising funds for Midlands Air Ambulance Charity (MAAC). Last year more than eight thousand bikers, their fami- lies and friends from across the UK took part in the event, making it one of the biggest and best biker rides in the country. Lucy and Christopher Key West End professionals looking for local talent As West End Resident Director and Worldwide Associate Director of hit musical Les Miserables, Christopher Key is no stranger to the world of musical theatre and all it entails. Now Christopher and his wife Lucy are looking to share their skills and extensive knowledge of the industry with youngsters from Shropshire who have a passion for the performing arts. The Much Wenlock-based couple recently launched Key Theatre Academy at Shrewsbury’s Theatre Severn, for young people aged between eleven and twenty-one. The Saturday per- Bach Choir extends invitation forming arts course is run by West End professionals, including leading lady Erica Deakin, Birmingham Bach Choir is inviting singers whose credits include Mamma Mia!, Billy Elliot, Oliver! and Spend, Spend, Spend. Using its from across the West Midlands to join its direct link to the West End, television and film, Key Theatre Academy is promising to be a annual Come And Sing event this month. local performing arts course like no other. Anyone wishing to register or find out more can do Taking place at Selly Oak Methodist Church so by emailing info@keytheatreacademycom on 7 February, the afternoon event explores Faure’s Requiem via an informal for the coming season, workshop/rehearsal led by the choir’s including a sound-and- Hippodrome boss steps down Musical Director and conductor, Paul Spicer. light show in the famous after twelve ‘exciting and Also in attendance will be Birmingham Singing Cavern. The Conservatoire soloists Elizabeth Adams and new show is being rewarding’ years Tim Emberson. launched during this Birmingham Hippodrome’s Chief Executive, A booking form and more information about month’s half-term holi- Stuart Griffiths OBE, has announced he’s to the event can be found at www.birming- day. An ‘exciting’ programme of events is step down after twelve years in his current ham.bachchoir.com also planned for the remainder of the year. post to become Programming Director for Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG). Stuart will join ATG in July and will work alongside Michael Lynas (Managing Director, New display explores aviation Content) to deliver top-quality productions to during the First World War the group’s thirty-nine venues, including Birmingham’s New Alexandra Theatre and A new exhibition area celebrating the the Regent Theatre in Stoke-on-Trent. achievements of Britain’s air services has Commenting on his time at the Hippodrome, been unveiled at the Royal Air Force Stuart said: “I feel hugely privileged to have Museum Cosford. had the opportunity to work with a fantastic A permanent fixture at the museum, First team at Birmingham for over twelve years, World War In The Air allows visitors to find which have out about the often-overlooked role of air been the most Dudley Canals celebrates power during the 1914/18 conflict. Stories exciting and from the men and women who served and rewarding of visitor success protected the nation, documents, film and my career. I’ve Dudley Canal Trust enjoyed a significant photographs all feature in the exhibition, been very increase in visitor numbers last year. A twen- illustrating the way in which aviation lucky to have ty-three percent rise in the last quarter of changed the character of war forever. been gener- 2014 is being attributed to the success of the Highlights of the display include three iconic ously support- Trust’s annual Santa boat trips. The boats First World War aircraft - the Sopwith Pup, ed throughout sold out as early as November, with extra Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter and the Bristol M.1c. that time by dates being added to cope with demand. Also displayed are personal items belonging wonderful col- Continuing to expand its visitor offer, the to Second Lieutenant Kevin Robert Furniss leagues and Trust has revealed numerous new attractions of the RFC, who lived only a few miles from Trustees”. Cosford, in Wolverhampton. 4 www.whatsonlive.co.uk News January Davina.qxp_Layout 1 26/01/2015 18:14 Page 2 Exhibition explores railway links in the 1800s An exhibition of lithographs, original sketch- es and wash drawings by John Cooke Burne (1814-1896) is to be displayed at the Coalbrookdale Gallery in the Ironbridge Gorge Museum. Drawn from the collections of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust and the National Railway Museum, To Check The Tide Of Prejudice (showing from 30 April to 10 September) explores how Bourne’s work presented the railway in a picturesque fash- ion for the very first time. It also provides a rare glimpse into the construction of early railways and the lives of the navigators who built them. Faith In The Forest... Multi-talented songstress Paloma Faith has announced she’s to perform at the Forestry Commissions series of outdoor concerts this summer. The Perfect Contradiction star will play seven woodland locations, including Cannock Chase Forest in Staffordshire (10 July) as part of Forest Live. Income from ticket sales is spent pro- tecting, improving and expanding England’s forests and woodlands, increasing their value both to people and wildlife. Of her involvement in the events, Paloma said: “I’m so excited to do the forest tour. I did it before and had such a wonderful time. We’re so very lucky in Britain Second outing for to have such a beautiful and diverse landscape, and I’m so excited to play for you there after-hours festival again. See you all in the summer!” For further information and to purchase tickets, visit www.forestry.gov.uk/music Organisers behind a UK-wide series of events celebrating arts, culture and heritage have added a new date to the calendar.