Theatre Companies in Birmingham

Birmingham, West Midlands - The work of the Company could not continue without your ongoing help and generosity. He always had clear and ambitious ideas of what he intended to do, but even he could hardly have imagined that before he reached 40 he would be director of one of the two Royal Ballet Companies and be recognised as one of Britain's finest choreographers, with an international reputation and his ballets performed by companies all round the world. This followed five years as Chief Executive of Scottish Opera and Scottish Ballet, based in Glasgow, during which time he managed significant change at both companies including...

Birmingham, West Midlands - Birmingham School of Acting is a faculty of UCE Birmingham and a leading vocational drama school offering full-time funded higher education courses in acting and a range of part-time courses & summer schools. From September 2006 the school will be located at Millennium Point in its new purpose built premises. It's good for the industry that there is a British drama school as dynamic, forward thinking and progressive as Birmingham School of Acting. Each term there is one major production in a city centre venue as well as a range of workshops with informal performances in the studio at Birmingham...

Birmingham, West Midlands - The Birmingham Stage Company is the resident company of The Old Rep Theatre and celebrates its 15th anniversary in September. This award-winning company is a unique success story in British theatre, not least because it is run by an actor and 97% of its income comes entirely from the box office. This year the company is staging six productions, four of which are touring nationally. Since graduating from University she has performed with a number of Theatre Companies including First Bite Physical Theatre Co, Maqama Theatre Co and Fast Forward Theatre Co. Over the years she has also lectured BTEC...

Birmingham, West Midlands - Birmingham's Crescent Theatre - Get closer to the performance. The Crescent Theatre is one of Birmingham's oldest theatre companies with a reputation for providing high quality entertainment at affordable prices. We are located in Sheepcote Street just off Broad Street, part of the Brindleyplace development. The Crescent is one of Birmingham's oldest theatre companies, operating from a purpose built theatre in the Brindleyplace development. We have a membership in excess of 250 actors, technicians, set designers, etc. and stage upwards of fifteen productions a year. This is our third home in the...

Birmingham, West Midlands - The Drum is dedicated to developing and promoting contemporary art and culture of British African, Asian and Caribbean communities. Through its various initiatives, The Drum, located in Aston, Birmingham, will continually strive to become a centre of national and international renown; firmly rooted within its local community. Drawn from interviews with former slaves this powerful drama combines personal testimony with Negro spirituals to create a remarkable sense of this dark time in history. This is what all you music conerseurs of have been waiting for, a night of pure soul from one of the industries...

Birmingham, West Midlands - The company has come a long way from its roots as a language development project but it still holds dear the same core values for engaging people in learning. It is our aim to engage participants in an imaginative and creative process that stimulates learning within unique fictional worlds and events. The aim of the The Play House is delivered through the work of two specialist theatre-in-education companies. We are based at a specially created studio space – also called The Play House - at Percy Shurmer Primary School in Sparkbrook, an inner city ward of Birmingham. We do this through two...

Birmingham, West Midlands - Loud Mouth Educational Theatre Company was established in 1994 by Chris Cowan and Eleanor Vale and uses theatre to explore young people’s issues and views. Loud Mouth tours nationally and internationally and has gained a reputation as one of the country’s premier Theatre in Health Education companies. One of the key elements to our work is research. The research ensures that the programmes are honest and relevant and provide a way to feed young people’s views on the issues into the work. Our work uses humour and drama to break down barriers and allow participants to discuss the issues...

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Birmingham, West Midlands - This 383 seat theatre in the centre of Birmingham plays host to the Birmingham Stage Company and numerous amateur companies offering a wide variety of productions from plays to musicals, regular sell-out Christmas productions and specially written issued-based drama for young people. The Theatre was built in 1913 and was home to the Birmingham Repertory Company, led by Sir Barry Jackson, who staged numerous prestige productions, many of which have been landmarks in theatre history. Set against the background of the second world ward in the Pacific, it is a tale of the struggle of love over justice....

Birmingham, West Midlands - Discover great performances at the heart of Birmingham. RSS feeds are available to enable you to 'subscribe' to a feed of latest events. You can also subscribe to RSS feeds for any 'tag' too. NB This is the correspondance address for both Town Hall and Symphony Hall. If you are interested in hiring our venues we would like to hear from you. We are thrilled to announce that we are also embracing Microformats for our events. Further information about Microformats can be found here. Town Hall Monday to Friday10am – 6pm extended to 8pm on concert nights Weekends10am – 8pm Saturday & 2pm...

Birmingham, West Midlands - ACE dance and music is proud to present its poignant new touring production Skin, touring from autumn 2007. Skin will use captivating physical expression to discover what makes us function as a human being. ACE dance and music is a multi-cultural company and Skin will draw from African, Caribbean, European and Japanese dance styles. Skin is an experience in the synergy of media and dance with emotionally infused movement. ACE are looking for an Administrator to ensure the efficient day to day administration of the Company's office, tours and projects. The company has worked with a diverse range...

Birmingham, West Midlands - The DanceXchange team acts as an interface between artists, educators and the public ensuring the successful delivery of a wide range of dance-based activities. We programme two professional dance seasons per year, Spring and Autumn; these do not have fixed start or end dates. The shaping and final decisions that are taken to make the programme a reality are done so within a fluid work pattern, as so many factors need to be considered. Generally a season will be discussed/shaped about 6 to 12 months in advance. If you’re attending classes or meetings with the d x team you need to come to...

Birmingham, West Midlands - In spring/summer 2008 Big Brum will be touring a brand new half-day TIE programme for children at KS1 based around. That is the only way that they can know who they are and accept responsibility for themselves. TIE is carrying out the injunction of the Greeks who founded our democracy and our theatre: they said know yourself - otherwise you are a mere consumer of time, space, air and fodder. Joan relises she too is an immigrant, an immigrant in her own country. To celebrate our landmark 25th birthday we are holding a two-day event in June '07. For the first time at Big Brum, a team of five actor/teachers...

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Birmingham, West Midlands - He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and is a freelance training consultant in HR, management and public transport. Mentoring and Script Development - these are offered through the schemes that we run and are mostly only available to writers who live, work or study in the West Midlands region. Check the different media sections of the website for news of our latest schemes and how to apply - STAGE, RADIO, TV and FILM. Some of our schemes lead to production, showcasing and performance opportunities. We also often work with other organisations to deliver schemes...

Birmingham, West Midlands - There seems to be a mathematical law at play here where the busier we are, the more there is to put on the website but the less time we have to do it. Anyway August has been a very good month for us. Taking The Cleansing Of Constance Brown to the British Council Showcase in Edinburgh proved to be a great success with interest from promoters from around the world, some old friends and very pleasingly some new ones. Of All The People in All The World also continued to create interest as, interestingly, did It's Your Film, which was the first show we took to the showcase back in 2001. Though intensely...

Birmingham, West Midlands - In 1971 the School became a constituent part of the then Birmingham Polytechnic later the University of Central England in Birmingham and now Birmingham City University, while retaining its conservatoire status. We are now one of the leading music colleges in the UK, with strong regional, national and international dimensions. We have over 500 students on undergraduate, postgraduate and research programmes, as well as a thriving Junior Department. Based in the heart of the city centre only a few minutes’ walk from Symphony Hall, we have some of the finest performing and teaching facilities...

Birmingham, West Midlands - The Midland Actors Theatre is a leading touring theatre company. Our aim is to take stories, myths and legends from different cultures and traditions, and retell them in new ways. The company has a growing reputation, both locally and nationally. MAT was launched in 1999, with a double-bill of Request Concert by Franz Xaver Kroetz and Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett. Brian Cox is one of our most respected actors, acclaimed for his performances on stage and screen. There is a chapter on the MAT production in the book, Edward Bond and the Dramatic Child, edited by David Davis. MAT has formed...

Birmingham, West Midlands - Banner Theatre is one of Britain's longest established community theatre companies, with thirty years' experience of working with marginalized and disadvantaged communities. Photographs are available for publicity purposes. We will then send the full size images by email or on a CD if you don't have broadband. Banner Theatre is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Projects are funded from a range of sources, including the Arts Council of England, local authorities and a range of trusts, foundations and other agencies. Most of the songs on these albums are published in the book...