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Worcestershire Cover Online.qxp_Worcestershire 05/08/2015 10:22 Page 1 THE MIDLANDS ULTIMATE ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE WORCESTERSHIRE ’ Whatwww.whatsonlive.co.uk sOnISSUE 356 AUGUST 2015 ALEXANDRA BURKE THE BODYGUARD IN BRUM WORCESTER FESTIVAL return of the city’s biggest summertime celebration ROBERT POWELL gets regal playing King Charles III at The Rep interview inside... INSIDE: FILM COMEDY THEATRE LIVE MUSIC VISUAL ARTS EVENTS Quill FOOD & DRINK takeCOMES the TO audience MALVERN on an exciting journey & MUCH MORE! 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News August Region One.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2015 14:18 Page 1 News A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Run away to the circus... in fancy dress... in Kings Heath CircusMASH, an innovative project to drive circus arts within the West Midlands, has announced plans for its 2015 Challenge. Last year’s day of circus fun proved a real success and organisers are promising that this year’s event will be ‘bigger and better’. The initiative invites teams of up to four peo- ple to take part in four hours of challenges at Kings Heath Square on 9 August. Participants are requested to attend in fancy dress and will be provided with a task sheet before being invited to engage with the world of circus. Teams will be required to select and complete, in the time provided, ten circus challenges from a list of twenty. Each success must be documented with a photo. Prizes will be awarded for the best snaps while bonus points will be added for best costume. A £20 registration fee (per team) applies. Find out more, and how to enter, by logging on to circusmash.co.uk Exciting season of dance announced... A double bill of ‘emotive and spiritual works’ from Birmingham’s ACE Dance and Music is to launch DanceXchange’s new season of productions at the Patrick Centre on 1 October. Directed by Gail Parmel, Mana: The Power Within comprises A Thousand Shepherds - chore- ographed by Jose Agudo - and Vincent Mantsoe’s Mana - a piece rooted in the Sangoma tra- dition of ‘evoking the spirit and earthy ambience of African dance and Shamanic beliefs’. Other DanceXchange season highlights include Scottish Dance Theatre’s critically acclaimed YAMA (pictured above) and James Cousins Company’s Without Stars/There We Have Been. The line-up also includes the world premiere performance of Gary Clarke Company’s COAL - a show which takes a nostalgic look at the realities of life at the coal face. The performance ties in with the thirtieth anniversary of the miners’ strike. Arthur Pita’s acclaimed production of The Little Match Girl makes a welcome return too (on 14 Casting announced for stage November), following sell-out performances last year. premiere of Anita And Me For further information on upcoming productions, visit, whatsonlive.co.uk Mandeep Dhillon and Jalleh Alizadeh are to take the lead roles in the stage premiere of one hundred-and-thirty days leading up to Anita And Me, which shows at Birmingham On yer bike in Coventry the main event. A request has also been Repertory Theatre in October. Next month sees the return of Sky Ride launched for visitors to tweet photographs of Adapted for the stage by Tanika Gupta and Coventry. Taking place on a three-mile circuit themselves next to their favourite items, with direction from Birmingham Rep’s Artistic in the heart of the city centre, Sky Ride is the using hashtag #BMAG130. Director Roxana Silbert, Anita And Me is a biggest event of its kind in the West The programme of celebrations for the coming-of-age story based on Meera Syal’s Midlands, bringing together people of all museum’s birthday on 28 November so far semi-autobiographical novel. ages and abilities in a fun and safe environ- includes live music, a raffle, entertainment for Mandeep (Some Girls, Wolf Blood) stars as ment. The one-day event also offers a pro- all ages and the chance to sample a slice of rebellious British Punjabi teenager Meena, gramme of free family activities, including cir- birthday cake in the Edwardian Tearoom. while Jalleh (Benidorm, Doctors and Hustle) cus skills workshops, face painting and A time capsule for future museum-goers to plays her English neighbour and soul mate pedal-power smoothie machines. explore will also be assembled during the Anita. Further casting includes Ayesha This year visitors will also be able to witness course of the day. Dharker and Ameet Chana as Meena’s par- British and European trials bike Champion ents and Janice Connelly (aka Mrs Barbara Danny Butler lead the event’s Extreme Nice) as Mrs Worrall. Mountain Biking Show. Irish comedian Kielty goes Anita And Me shows at Birmingham Sky Ride Coventry takes place between Repertory Theatre from 9 to 24 October. 11am and 3pm on Sunday 27 September. back to his stand-up roots Irish funnyman Patrick Kielty has announced he’s going back to his stand-up comedy Celebrating the past and roots with a brand new tour in the autumn. Presenting material trialled at this year’s present and future at BMAG Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Patrick will take to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG) the road with Help - a show where he has announced a series of celebratory attempts to re-write the modern rule book for events for the venue’s one hundred-and-thir- love, life and happiness - with a little guid- tieth anniversary in November. ance from the audience. The BMAG team will share a different pre- Patrick’s Midlands fans can catch him at cious object on Facebook and Twitter for Birmingham’s Glee Club on 25 October. 4 www.whatsonlive.co.uk News August Region One.qxp_Layout 1 23/07/2015 14:18 Page 2 Space project to inspire youngsters at Thinktank... Mark Wright to Birmingham’s award-winning Thinktank host Style Science Museum has launched a new proj- ect offering youngsters the chance to learn Birmingham about human space flight and life on the Essex celebrity and TV presenter international space station. Mark Wright has announced he's to Led by the UK Association for Science and appear at this year's Style Discovery Centres in Bristol, Destination Birmingham Live. Space has been developed by teams at the The Only Way Is Essex star will host National Space Centre in Leicester, the all eight catwalk shows at Science Museum in London and Jodrell Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's Bank Discovery Centre in Cheshire. Gas Hall on Saturday 26 and Leading astronaut Tim Peake is also work- Sunday 27 September. ing on the project. A platform on which to showcase the Destination Space launches at Thinktank in latest autumn/winter styles and col- October with a calendar of special events, lections from the city's high street including meet-the-experts sessions and an retailers and shopping centres, Style astronaut show based around Tim’s mis- Birmingham also offers tips and sion. fashion advice from experts. Commenting on his participation in the event, Mark said: “I’m a big fan of Birmingham, and the people have always been so welcoming. It’s changing so much and I can’t wait to be there to host Style Birmingham Live and see the latest looks from the city’s amazing line-up of shops.” Tickets to Style Birmingham are now on sale and include entry to the show, a drink on arrival plus an exclusive goody bag, and access to Choir seeks tenors for retailer offers and activities.