Recently I have been to see two films that have genuinely had an impact on my lifestyle.
The first was The Age Of Stupid, which has Pete Postlethwaite as the sole survivor of a world lost to climate change in 2055. He looks back at footage from 2008 and asks why didn’t we stop climate change [...]
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Films to change your life
The Rambert Dance Company
On Wednesday night I had the opportunity to watch the Rambert Dance Company at Birmingham Hippodrome. Thanks to Fiona, for giving me her extra press ticket!
I have seen quite a lot of dance shows over the part few years, and have always enjoyed the spectacle and been frequently impressed by the sheer physical effort that [...]
Note to self- must blog more
I haven’t blogged for a while… No excuses other than I am spending increasing amounts of time at work talking about blogging, and other social media things, and why it is so important for arts organisations. I think I’ve become a little bit bogged down in the theory and I should be practising what I [...]
Some links
I haven’t had chance to write a proper post, although I keep noting things down I should blog about. So to aleviate my blogging guilt here are a couple of links to things I’ve been reading this week:
I came across the Big Art Mob project today- Channel 4 and ACE want people to photograph pieces of public [...]
Seven things you might not know about me…
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 [...]
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 [...]
The YouTube Symphony Orchestra
Thanks to Hannah Rudman’s blog I have discovered my new favourite use of digital technology in the arts- the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. This is an experiment to create the world’s first collaborative orchestra, and a partnership between international orchestras, concert halls and of course YouTube.
The idea is simple but brilliant- you download your part from a specially composed [...]
