Midlands Cover - September_24-7 Cover 23/08/2012 15:38 Page 1 MIDLANDS WHAT’S MIDLANDS ON WHAT’S THE MIDLANDS ESSENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE ISSUE 321 SEPTEMBER 2012 www.whatsonlive.co.uk £1.80 ISSUE 321 SEPTEMBER 2012 MICHAEL MCINTYRE BACK IN THE CITY... INSIDE Jess Robinson Dead Ringers star in Jim Cartwright’s musical interview inside Geoff Thompson writer to bare his soul in his home city interview inside Mrs Brown returns to the Midlands more inside THE DEFINITIVE LISTINGS GUIDE PART OF MIDLANDS WHAT’S ON MAGAZINE GROUP PUBLICATIONS GROUP MAGAZINE ON WHAT’S MIDLANDS OF PART What’sOn MAGAZINE GROUP hosts Style Birmingham LIVE A/W12 ISSN 1462-7035 GRAND FP Sept_Layout 1 23/08/2012 15:41 Page 1 Great Theatre at the Grand! 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No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in an electronic system, transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopied, recording or otherwise, without the prior knowledge and consent of the publishers. News September_Layout 1 23/08/2012 15:20 Page 1 News A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Worcestershire to host its first ever film festival... Artrix in Bromsgrove is this month hosting a film roadshow in celebration of local film- makers. The one-day event on 29 September forms part of the Worcestershire Film Festival - the county’s first ever such event - and features screenings of locally produced films. Organisers of the Bromsgrove Film Roadshow are inviting film- makers from the area to pop along and net- work, something which it’s hoped will result in involvement in future film projects. People who used to work at, or who’ve visited, the forgotten cinemas of Bromsgrove and Droitwich are also requested to join in and share their memories. RAF museum launches new website After nine months in development, the new website of the award-winning Cosford Air Bettrys Jones Museum is officially ready for take-off. The new Skins actors to appear at RSC site allows visitors to interact with the muse- Following on from the success of previous Christmas shows Matilda The Musical, The Heart um’s full collection before visiting the London Of Robin Hood and The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe, the Royal Shakespeare and Cosford venues. New features include a Company has announced that its festive production for 2012/13 will feature two stars from the rolling podcast series that will be linked directly cult British TV series Skins. Daniel Ryan and Bettrys Jones will take the lead roles in Tamsin to various aircraft within the museum’s collec- Oglesby’s adaptation of Russell Hoban’s The Mouse And His Child when it shows at the tion, virtual tours of signature aircraft, galleries Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 17 November to 12 January 2013. containing behind-the-scenes glimpses of An enchanting tale of escape, the search for freedom and reunited families, The Mouse And major openings, and a facility allowing visitors His Child is credited with having inspired all manner of fantastic stories about what really hap- to pin pages of interest, comment directly on pens in the toy box when nobody's looking, and focuses on the exploits of a clockwork collections and register their appreciation of mouse and his child. Discarded by children on Christmas Day, the pair find themselves very favourite aircraft and artefacts. lost and feeling very alone, and are desperate to return home to the safety of the toyshop... Directed by Paul Hunter, Co-Artistic Director of Told By An Idiot, The Mouse And His Child also stars David Charles, Denton, Chikura, Bart Soroczynski, Paapa Essiedu and Calum Finley. Trust secures artefacts from Vintage makeovers at HM Revenue and Customs Candy Cabaret Cast iron Coats of Arms that used to sit The Vintage Salon in Birmingham’s Custard above the doors of official customs houses Factory is to host a variety of workshops and are among a number of items recently makeover sessions this month to enable vin- acquired by the Ironbridge Gorge Museum tage enthusiasts to become a Burlesque pin- Trust. up for a day. Visitors to the 1950s-styled A senior curator from the Trust made a visit beauty salon and mini-diner can take their Cold War Exhibition at RAF, Cosford to London’s Somerset House in order to pick from a secure a number of historical artefacts from one-hour pin-up HM Revenue and Customs, which is looking modelling class Make a pig of yourself for for new homes for many items previously with Diablo Marie Curie charity treks used at its customs houses throughout the Rose or a four- Tickets are now available for an English UK. Now in the care of the Ironbridge Gorge hour Burlesque Medieval Pig Roast which has been organ- Museum Trust, the objects - including official workshop with ised to raise much-needed funds for Marie weights and measures, stamps and dies - either Frankie Curie charity treks in Borneo and the Sahara will be used in educational work with the Lynn or Deadly next year. The treks are in aid of a new hos- community. They will also feature in displays Nightshade. pice for the West Midlands, currently being around Ironbridge’s ten museums - including The Pin-Up built in Solihull. The event, which takes place the Academy takes at Ullenhall Village Hall on 27 October, con- Coalbrookdale place on both sists of a three-course meal with a medieval Museum of the 9th and theme, and is supported by entertainment Iron, which will 14th of from Dave Lewis, a fiddle folk musician from be undergoing September. For Leamington Spa and local folk trio Where’s an extensive further informa- Mary. Tickets are £12, and are available from refurbishment tion, visit [email protected], or by call- in the near www.lekeux- future. events.co.uk/ ing 0121 254 7800. Coalbrookdale Museum Of Iron Diablo Rose 4 www.whatsonlive.co.uk News September_Layout 1 23/08/2012 15:20 Page 2 Floating forest to take to Midlands canals... A mobile artwork conceived by Birmingham Institute of Art & Design fellow Beth Derbyshire is to make its way along the canals of Birmingham and the Black Country, en route broadcasting recorded stories from people affected by the current conflict in Afghanistan. The artwork, entitled The Rootless Forest, sees one hundred trees up to three metres tall planted atop a converted canal hopper, with the continual motion of the boat on water representing stories of displacement and relocation.