There was a great turnout for the first Disco Baby Yeah! event organised by Untied Artists. There a very pleasant atmosphere and good tunes. People seemed to be having fun, especially the youngsters – which was the main point. Who knows, maybe there will be a sequel.
It has been great to have the young folk from Theatre Ark around over the last few days as they start of on their long voyage rehearsing for a new show. Last year they staged a spectacular version of The Crucible here, what will be next?
Those feeling envious of the youngsters & parents of youngsters who will be able to enjoy Disco Baby Yeah! on 30th October, now have their own opportunity of fun and games on 12th November when Play School comes to @ A E Harris.
Play School is: An evening of social games and playful experiences.
Lace up those plimsolls and polish your dice for Birmingham’s first ever grown up Play School! (more…)
I’m sorry to put pigeon ‘mess’ on the site, but frankly it’s on my mind at the moment. Since someone has got rid of the seagulls in the Jewellery Quarter (as previously mentioned) it seems to have left the way open for pigeons to move in and with the pigeons has come their ‘mess’. They have taken to roosting in various places around the courtyard and we’re having to start thinking about how to make them unwelcome.
A privilege of being Stan’s Cafe’s General Manager is the chance to stay working in the office until 21:00 on a Friday night finishing annual accounts off prior to them being sent to the accountant.
A privilege of being Stan’s Cafe’s Artistic Director is the chance to go into work at 21:00 on a Friday night in order to wield a hammer to free a gate that some stranger has rammed their car into. The gate’s securing peg has been wildly warped – presumably someone’s car has a massive dent in a bumper somewhere.
A big hole was developing in the courtyard entrance. We’ve had it patched. It is a slow news day.
Here is an early picture of our new, upgraded Africa space. Please note the new roof, which delivers a perfect black out, insulation and NO leaks. In order to celebrate we have replaced all the dud fluorescent tubes and had the floor re-painted. Shockingly it looks pretty much like a studio theatre now.
Losing the boiler was an annoyance, losing the heater in Americas is part of a plan. There are three fixed space heaters @ A E Harris. Two work effectively, this one is useless. It just takes up space looking ugly and perilous. Come next May it will be in the way of a show we have planned (details to be announced on 10th October), so we asked the factory guys how they felt about us losing it. They are more than happy to have one less item to service so it is now disconnected and waiting to be disposed of. Don’t panic though, we now far more effective mobile heating unit, you will not be left to perish.
None of us are qualified heating engineers, but all of us assumed that the boiler needed condemning and when the qualified heating engineers turned up so it proved. Our boiler is condemned. For now we’re boiling kettles to do the washing up.
Today the BE Festival team visited to share thoughts on how this year’s festival worked and what could be improved for next year. As it was such beautiful weather we pulled our meeting table outside into the courtyard. It was all very civilized.