http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/ Read our Life and Leisure section for a Birmingham guide to whats on in the city and across the West Midlands. Birmingham theatre, music, art, restaurants and more. en-gb Birmingham Post no Read our Life and Leisure section for a Birmingham guide to whats on in the city and across the West Midlands. Birmingham theatre, music, art, restaurants and more. Birmingham guide, what's on in Birmingham, what's on in the West Midlands, Birmingham theatre http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/07/a-who-s-who-of-contemporary-photography-65233-21982369/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:37:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/07/a-who-s-who-of-contemporary-photography-65233-21982369/ Terry Grimley reviews a survey of contemporary photography from the V&A collection. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/07/karina-is-a-material-girl-65233-21982314/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:34:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/10/07/karina-is-a-material-girl-65233-21982314/ Textile artist Karina Thompson, the fabric slasher of Selly Park, tells Richard McComb about her fascination with “controlled savagery” http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/07/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-at-cbso-centre-65233-21982308/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:33:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/07/birmingham-contemporary-music-group-at-cbso-centre-65233-21982308/ Unusually for Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, only two composers featured in their programme on Sunday night, the Dane Poul Ruders and the Finn Magnus Lindberg. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/07/david-o-doherty-at-glee-club-65233-21982301/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:32:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/07/david-o-doherty-at-glee-club-65233-21982301/ “I’m going to rock your world in quite a gentle way – with a delicious cake as opposed to a bag of drugs,” sings David O’Doherty on his Yamaha-assisted ditty FAQ For the DO’D. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-ballet-opera/2008/10/06/free-tickets-sees-birmingham-royal-ballet-sell-out-the-hippodrome-65233-21978063/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:17:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-ballet-opera/2008/10/06/free-tickets-sees-birmingham-royal-ballet-sell-out-the-hippodrome-65233-21978063/ Birmingham Hippodrome will be filled on Tuesday night with 2,000 people who are seeing live ballet for the first time - and won’t have paid a penny for their tickets. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/06/julie-walters-next-for-birmingham-s-walk-of-stars-65233-21978072/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:27:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/06/julie-walters-next-for-birmingham-s-walk-of-stars-65233-21978072/ Black Country-born actress Julie Walters CBE is set to be the latest Midlander to be immortalised on Birmingham’s Walk of Stars. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/06/author-david-almond-happy-at-last-with-skellig-success-65233-21975566/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:09:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/06/author-david-almond-happy-at-last-with-skellig-success-65233-21975566/ Birmingham Stage Company’s production of children’s classic Skellig opens at the Old Rep tomorrow night. Ten years on from its publication, author David Almond tells Terry Grimley how he came to terms with success http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/06/barber-institute-gala-eduardo-vassallo-and-mark-bebbington-at-adrian-boult-hall-65233-21975537/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/06/barber-institute-gala-eduardo-vassallo-and-mark-bebbington-at-adrian-boult-hall-65233-21975537/ After 70 years the concert hall in Birmingham University’s Barber Institute of Fine Arts was long overdue for refurbishment, and this summer it finally received one. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/jazz/2008/10/06/finn-peters-one-of-many-top-names-in-town-this-week-65233-21975492/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:05:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/jazz/2008/10/06/finn-peters-one-of-many-top-names-in-town-this-week-65233-21975492/ The autumn jazz season gets underway this week with two very exciting gigs – one featuring a crack New York band that has British links and the other featuring some of the freshest music to come out of London in a while. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/10/06/a-calmer-chameleon-65233-21975484/ Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:02:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/rock-pop-music-birmingham/2008/10/06/a-calmer-chameleon-65233-21975484/ Andrew Cowen talks to a somewhat chilled Boy George about life beyond the mainstream and the many temptations available to musicians http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/03/taking-othello-to-the-limit-and-the-psychologist-65233-21962188/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 19:41:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/03/taking-othello-to-the-limit-and-the-psychologist-65233-21962188/ Birmingham-based actor Patrice Naiambana will be going to see a psychologist in character as Othello, the tortured Moor of Venice. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/03/bcmg-tunes-up-for-a-new-season-65233-21959464/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:03:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/03/bcmg-tunes-up-for-a-new-season-65233-21959464/ Terry Grimley previews the new season from Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/03/zero-at-warwick-arts-centre-coventry-65233-21959463/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:02:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/03/zero-at-warwick-arts-centre-coventry-65233-21959463/ Coventry playwright Chris O’Connell and his company Theatre Absolute built their reputation on raw, punchy dramas and their latest certainly continues that tradition. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/03/beauty-and-the-beast-at-the-birmingham-hippodrome-65233-21959459/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:01:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/03/beauty-and-the-beast-at-the-birmingham-hippodrome-65233-21959459/ Birmingham Royal Ballet’s original Beauty and the Beast was a tame affair with a one-dimensional heroine falling for a less-than-fearsome beastie. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/03/julie-walters-in-a-class-of-her-own-65233-21959417/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:39:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/03/julie-walters-in-a-class-of-her-own-65233-21959417/ From Smethwick schoolgirl to national treasure, Julie Walters recounts some of the highlights of her new autobiography to Alison Jones http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-ballet-opera/2008/10/03/bringing-opera-to-the-ethnic-masses-65233-21958390/ Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:46:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-ballet-opera/2008/10/03/bringing-opera-to-the-ethnic-masses-65233-21958390/ A major musical project which aims to encourage black and Asian people into opera – as performers and supporters – is staged in Birmingham on Sunday as part of the city’s Black History Month celebrations. Ros Dodd reports. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/02/lenny-henry-handed-title-role-in-othello-65233-21955002/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:42:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/02/lenny-henry-handed-title-role-in-othello-65233-21955002/ Dudley comedian Lenny Henry has taken on the title role in a Yorkeshire production of Othello. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/02/brideshead-has-class-but-suffers-in-comparison-to-tv-series-65233-21952298/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:44:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/02/brideshead-has-class-but-suffers-in-comparison-to-tv-series-65233-21952298/ Mike Davies reviews Brideshead Revisited, 88 Minutes, How To Lose Friends And Alienate People and Fly Me To The Moon 3D. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/02/dancing-queen-arlene-phillips-ready-to-rock-the-hippodrome-65233-21952292/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:42:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/02/dancing-queen-arlene-phillips-ready-to-rock-the-hippodrome-65233-21952292/ From Grease and Starlight Express to We Will Rock You, choreographer Arlene Phillips has had an inspirational hand, or should that be foot, in each theatrical success. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2008/10/02/punchbowl-gives-it-some-welly-65233-21951869/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:16:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/restaurants-birmingham-midlands/2008/10/02/punchbowl-gives-it-some-welly-65233-21951869/ Beef Wellington is the culinary equivalent of that old, dusty Marconi radio in the corner of your grandparent’s living room. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/02/brideshead-revisited-perfect-for-the-bloke-with-a-posh-accent-65233-21949712/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:27:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/10/02/brideshead-revisited-perfect-for-the-bloke-with-a-posh-accent-65233-21949712/ Mike Davies revisits Brideshead with Matthew Goode. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/02/music-societies-at-the-thin-end-of-the-wedge-65233-21949706/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:23:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/10/02/music-societies-at-the-thin-end-of-the-wedge-65233-21949706/ Music societies run by amateur enthusiasts have always been a vital part of the infrastructure underpinning classical music in Britain. Christopher Morley looks at their struggle to survive in changing times. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/02/wuthering-heights-at-birmingham-repertory-theatre-65233-21949698/ Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:18:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/02/wuthering-heights-at-birmingham-repertory-theatre-65233-21949698/ According to an article in the Rep’s programme, “A stage adaptation is the ideal way to appreciate the human dimensions of the mythical creatures that sprang from the imagination of a sick, lonely and quite unique young woman”. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/01/york-aims-for-lofty-heights-65233-21940094/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:33:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/01/york-aims-for-lofty-heights-65233-21940094/ Susannah York tells Alison Jones why she’s always had a soft spot for the Brontes http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/01/it-s-all-kicking-off-over-in-peebles-65233-21940093/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:30:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/01/it-s-all-kicking-off-over-in-peebles-65233-21940093/ The Council of the National Operatic & Dramatic Association (NODA) stirred up a hornets’ nest at its conference in Peebles in its efforts to reduce the costs of its annual gathering. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/01/the-corner-shop-at-the-public-west-bromwich-65233-21940092/ Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:28:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/theatre-in-birmingham/2008/10/01/the-corner-shop-at-the-public-west-bromwich-65233-21940092/ The corner shop was a part of the fabric of urban life in Britain long before it acquired the close identification with the Asian community which has characterised it in recent decades. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/30/cbso-s-saint-saens-cd-voted-no-1-by-gramophone-magazine-65233-21933288/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:07:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/classical-music-birmingham/2008/09/30/cbso-s-saint-saens-cd-voted-no-1-by-gramophone-magazine-65233-21933288/ A recording featuring the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and former music director Sakari Oramo has been voted the most popular classical recording of the last 30 years. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/09/30/is-martin-creed-profound-or-puerile-65233-21930579/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:40:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/09/30/is-martin-creed-profound-or-puerile-65233-21930579/ Terry Grimley finds only passing interest in the work of Turner Prizewinner Martin Creed. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/09/30/travel-with-kokoschka-and-yeats-65233-21930519/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:36:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/birmingham-art/2008/09/30/travel-with-kokoschka-and-yeats-65233-21930519/ Terry Grimley finds much to admire in a joint exhibition of two artist friends at Compton Verney. http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/09/30/young-life-on-camera-65233-21930511/ Tue, 30 Sep 2008 11:27:00 GMT http://www.birminghampost.net/life-leisure-birmingham-guide/birmingham-culture/film-news/2008/09/30/young-life-on-camera-65233-21930511/ Mike Davies meets the makers of How To Lose Friends & Alienate People.