I have been passed on the meme baton from Jon Bounds- the concept being I need to list seven things you might not know about me. So here goes:
1. I have a pathological inability to stop myself from reading any bit of text I see. This includes roadsigns, boring health and safety posters on office [...]
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Seven things you might not know about me…
YouTube symphony orchestra- rehearsing
I’ve been working on my entry for the YouTube symphony orchestra today- and finding it very hard going! It requires a completely different approach to playing in a conventional orchestra, or even playing on my own.
A couple of things I’ve noticed;
I’m much more nervous about this than any live performance! I have been playing the [...]
Theatre on the silver screen
The National Theatre has announced that they will be launching live screenings of performances at national cinemas up and down the country. These HD broadcasts will begin in June with Helen Mirren in Phedre, with 3 more performances to follow.
Tickets for these screenings will cost £10, which is considerably less even than the train ticket [...]
Could Birmingham be the first British capital of culture?
Interesting news today that Andy Burnham is to announce a competition for British cities to win the title of Capital of Culture. The idea has been developed by Burnham with Phil Redmond as a result of Liverpool’s success as European capital of culture, which apparently generated £176m from tourism and had 3.5 million first time [...]