Birmingham Cover .qxp_Mids Cover - August 28/07/2014 16:41 Page 1 BIRMINGHAM WHAT’S BIRMINGHAM ON WHAT’S THE MIDLANDS ESSENTIAL ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE BIRMINGHAM ISSUE 344 AUGUST AUGUST 2014 ’ Whatwww.whatsonlive.co.uk sOnISSUE 344 AUGUST 2014 LISA STANSFIELD INTERVIEW INSIDE... LENNY HENRY brings Rudy’s Rare Records to Brum PART OF MIDLANDS WHAT’S ON MAGAZINE GROUP PUBLICATIONS GROUP MAGAZINE ON WHAT’S MIDLANDS OF PART interview inside... SUMMER IN SOUTHSIDE theatre on the streets MO FARAH World Champion back in the city... @WHATSONBRUM WWW.WHATSONLIVE.CO.UK @WHATSONBRUM grand_whatson FP Aug:Layout 1 28/07/2014 15:31 Page 1 GreatGreat Theatre Theatre at thetheGrand!Grand! TUES 23 SEPT - SAT 11 OCT TUES 14 - SAT 18 OCT An amateur performance in association with MusicScope TUES 21 OCT - SAT 1 NOV THU 23 - SAT 25 OCT TUES 4 - SAT 8 NOV A TOURING CONSORTIUM THEATRE COMPANY AND ROYAL & DERNGATE NORTHAMPTON PRODUCTION ★★★★ ‘PUPPET-TASTIC! Thoroughly entertaining. 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News August.qxp_Layout 1 25/07/2014 16:52 Page 1 News A ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS New gallery for Shropshire A new gallery displaying a collection of British decorative tiles is to open at the Jackfield Tile Museum in Ironbridge. The John Scott Gallery opens on 16 October and will house one thousand, three hundred indi- vidual tiles and three hundred-and-ten pan- els from the mid-nineteenth century through to the mid-twentieth century. Works by numerous renowned designers, including Pugin, Dresser, Morris, De Morgan and Bawden, will be included. The dedicated gallery, which has resulted from the renova- tion of what was originally a workroom in the Craven Dunhill tile factory, will pay homage to collector Scott's generosity by featuring a space that reflects the flamboyance of his own sitting room, with rich colours and tiles Pif Paf with Submercycle of every description spilling out over the walls and ceiling. The Festival Of Imagineers makes its debut gallery will also feature Visionaries from the world of design, technology and engineering this month come together clusters of some of for a day of performance and activities at Coventry’s Cathedral Ruins. Entitled Festival Of Scott's favourite tiles, Imagineers, the new outdoor event takes place on 9 August and is opened by Godiva’s caval- showcases of works cade, a cycle-powered procession designed by children, built by engineers and led by by key designers and Coventry’s six-metre-high Godiva. Early evening in the Cathedral Ruins will see the first outing a digital photo cata- in Coventry of the amazing hummingbird - Godiva’s faithful companion - and Imagineers’ logue of the entire col- newest street performance. The event also features the first public showcase of Matt Denton’s lection. giant hexapod animatronic spider, the largest all-terrain operational hexapod robot in the world. Other attractions include performances by companies from across the UK, including Acrojou, Contemporary art fest for Pif-Paf, the London Vegetable Orchestra, the Jelly Rollers, Crocodile Style and the Bureau of Silly Ideas. A number of interactive and innovative exhibits and activities also feature. Leamington Spa Of the festival, Jane Hytch, Chief Executive of Godiva Awakes, said: “This first Festival Of Leamington’s Jephson Gardens this month Imagineers is a real opportunity to share the imagineering skill of creatives and engineers hosts a brand new two-day event showcas- from across our region and beyond. We hope people come along to watch the performances ing an eclectic mix of art disciplines, includ- and get involved with the many activities on offer, including a chance to operate our amazing ing painting, photography, live music, dance, Godiva for themselves.” theatre and demonstrations by local artists. Sponsored by Leamington Studio Artists and Warwickshire District Council’s Arts abandoned lodge in the heart of winter. Share your NIA memories! Development Scheme, Art In The Park takes Attempting to entertain themselves with the place on Saturday 2 and Sunday 3 August, tale of Jack Frost, fictional horror soon slips Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena is ask- with events for all ages featured. Birmingham into reality as events escalate in unexpected ing the general public to share their memo- sculptor Graham Jones creates a chainsaw ways... Co-written and directed by award- ries of the venue during its twenty-three-year sculpture in front of an audience; ceramicist winning performer and writer Christopher history. A virtual memory stage running on and glassworker Gabrielle Rucinski runs free Green, The Frozen Scream offers an alterna- Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pintrest workshops in pot making; theatre company tive form of Christmas entertainment at has been set up to collate and archive peo- Heartbreak Productions present a free per- Wales Millennium Centre in December, and ple’s recollections, prior to the opening of formance of their ‘innovative adaptation’ of then visits the Hippodrome for a ten-day run the new NIA in December, following a Macbeth; and BRINK Productions present a in the new year (from 7 to 17 January). £26million redevelopment. Those submitting live painting demonstration. Other attractions Meanwhile, Christopher Green is this month to the sites will be in with a chance of win- at the event include a balloon art competi- showcasing his talents as a performer to ning a pair of tickets to the venue’s opening tion for children, salsa dancing, hair art by Midlands audiences by bringing his charac- season. Jane Ward and garden-inspired body paint- ter, rapping pensioner Ida Barr, to Summer ing. For further information, visit www.lsa- In Southside on 23 August. A taste of the Stratford Road artists.co.uk/Artinthepark.html Free taxi tours which immerse visitors in the sights, sounds, stories and memories of Birmingham’s Stratford Road are on offer Sarah Waters’ chilling tale to throughout August.