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NewsA ROUND-UP OF LOCAL AND NATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS Graduates and guest exhibitors announced for Centrepiece 2012 Organisers of one of the Midlands’ finest showcases of contemporary jewellery have announced that this year’s event is to feature work from six new graduates and five guest exhibitors. Centrepiece 2012 brings together the collective talents of thirty designer-makers. Designers Andrea Korsgen and Isabella Hart will be returning to the Midlands just in time for the event following a visit to Southern India to share their skills - establishing a jewellery partnership with Mercy Mission welfare society in the process. An annual event at Birmingham’s Symphony Hall, Centrepiece offers visitors an opportunity to purchase a range of unique, locally designed items, and this year runs from 14 November to 23 December. LG Arena scoops top award Birmingham’s LG Arena has added yet another accolade to its collection, scooping Live Music Business Awards’ ‘Best Venue Teamwork - Arena’ gong at a recent awards ceremony in London. This follows hot on the heels of the venue achieving seventh position in Pollstars list of the Top 100 arenas worldwide. Guy Dunstan, General Manager of the Arena, said of the Live Music Business Awards success: “We’re thrilled with our achievement. Just being two out of the three finalists is a massive coup, but actually winning the award is the icing on the cake. And what’s more humbling is to know we’ve been voted for by industry peers - so they’re telling us we’re the best in the UK!” 4 www.whatsonlive.co.uk Marcus Collins to star in Hairspray X Factor star Marcus Collins is to join the cast of Hairspray when it embarks on a second UK tour next year. Marcus will play Seaweed Stubbs - the son of DJ Motormouth Maybelle and love interest of Penny Pingleton - when the production stops off at the Birmingham Hippodrome in May. He will be joined by Waterloo Rd actor Mark Benton, who’ll assume the role of the larger-than-life Edna Turnblad. Ex-EastEnder Lucy Benjamin stars as the scheming Velma Von Tussle, while newcomer Freya Sutton takes the role of big-haired teenager Tracy Turnblad. Of his forthcoming role, Marcus said: “I can’t express how thrilled I am to be joining the tour of Hairspray. It’s been a pretty amazing year for me, and now to be cast in my dream role feels like a new part of the adventure! Having trained in musical theatre since my early teens, I’m really itching to get into rehearsals, and so excited to be working with Mark, Lucy and the rest of the company.” Domestic Goddess in Brum Celebrity chef, journalist and ‘Domestic Goddess’ Nigella Lawson makes an appearance at Waterstones book store in Birmingham’s New Street late this month. Nigella’s in town on 27 November to promote her latest cookbook, Nigellissima, which features over one hundred Italian recipes. New director announced Birmingham’s Barber Institute has announced that Nicola Kalinsky has been appointed as the venue’s new director. Nicola, who is currently Deputy Director and Chief Curator at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, National Galleries of Scotland, will take up her new post on 14 January - just in time to play a major role in the Barber’s eightieth anniversary programme. Culture and shopping... Visiting Birmingham’s top museums and art galleries is being made easier early next month courtesy of the return of the ever-popular Art Bus. On Saturday 1 December, the tour bus will once again be visiting six of the city’s galleries - Ikon, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, mac, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, RBSA Gallery and Eastside Projects. Ikon will be offering special discounts for Art Bus users and a four-course menu in Cafe Ikon for just £25.
Spoken Word artist to share his near-death experience This month sees West Midlands-born poet and writer Richard Tyrone Jones bring his Big Heart to his home city of Wolverhampton. In 2010, the former Wolverhampton Grammar School pupil received a very unwelcome thirtieth birthday present - heart failure. Having battled back from the brink of death, Richard - armed with a pen and pacemaker - started writing about the experience of living with a condition that will ‘almost certainly kill him’. The resulting work of theatre, Richard Tyrone Jones’s Big Heart, received much critical acclaim when it appeared at the 2012 Edinburgh Fringe, and shows at the Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, on 28 November as part of a UK-wide tour. Staffordshire craft show back on course... The Shire Hall Gallery’s annual Contemporary Craft Fair makes a welcome return this month. Entitled Handmade, the fair showcases works by artists from across the region and beyond, and offers visitors the opportunity to buy original and handcrafted items. The event takes place on 2 & 3 November. Arts funding awarded to community art agency Midlands-based community art agency Multistory has announced that it’s been awarded more than £300,000 funding by the Arts Council for its Open For Business project. The award will allow the organisation to forge ahead with its plan to promote the untold story of British manufacturing and industry through the lenses of the world’s greatest photographers. The overall objective of the project is to create an exhibition which, as well as being staged locally, will also be relevant to a larger-scale show. Michael Jackson in Birmingham... Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour is to visit Birmingham next year following an acclaimed run at the O2 in London. The production, which is primarily aimed at Jackson’s army of long-standing fans, has been described by our What’s On reviewer as ‘a visual delight’, with ‘the troupe stunning the audience with their synchronicity, aerial acrobatics, animal impersonations and light fantastic firework display’. Michael Jackson The Immortal World Tour stops off at the National Indoor Arena on Tuesday 26 March, with tickets, starting at £40, now available. Read the full review of the O2 show at www.whatsonlive.co.uk IN BRIEF Classic meets contemporary for calendar shoot Worcester’s The Hive has proved to be a perfect model of contemporary design in more ways than one. The building, which was officially opened by HRH The Queen in July, was recently selected as the backdrop for a photo shoot for MOG magazine’s calendar for 2013. MOG magazine is a new publication aimed at Morgan owners and enthusiasts across the world, while The Hive is becoming globally recognised and was recently shortlisted in the World Architectural Festival 2012. Shropshire venue completes first phase of multi-million pound refurbishment Shropshire’s Telford Ice Rink - which is home to the town’s two hockey teams, the Telford Tigers and Telford Titans - is being given its first facelift since 1984, with the initial phase of a £4million refurbishment programme now complete. The majority of the money is being spent on improving the venue’s general appearance and providing a new barrier to meet hockey regulations. The second phase of the refurbishment, due for completion by 26 November, sees the introduction of Telford Soft Play in the building’s new extension. A newlook reception and bar area, which will be leased to an external company some time in the near future, will be built in the final phase of the overhaul. Professional Association of Alexander Teachers Recreational Course in the Alexander Technique Starting Early January 2013 If you have had lessons in the Alexander Technique for about a year or attended an Introductory Evening Class, or a module in the Alexander Technique at a university or equivalent then you are eligible to join the PAAT Recreational Course. The Recreational Course will offer guidance in deepening your understanding, knowledge and application of the Technique – and you get to do it in company. The 12-week course is held in Birmingham. For an application form, please contact the PAAT Secretary on 01743 241478 or email rec@paat.org.uk www.paat.org.uk www.whatsonlive.co.uk 5
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