A group of young actors will bring life to street theatre by a local playwright as part of the forthcoming Black Country Festival on Saturday 9th July with the support of Black Country Radio. It will be the first Black Country Festival since 2019 because of the COVID pandemic. The group, directed by Phil Liptrot of […]
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A local playwright is to feature two plays in the Radio Public Festival on 9th July after months of free workshops by social artists Helen Garbett and Bill Laybourne of Workshop 24. “Radio Public was about inviting practitioners working across all disciplines” explained local playwright Ian Henery “and demographics to bring their creative selves and […]
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Renowned Birmingham Chinese Restaurant Championing Performing Arts Ahead of Commonwealth Games Celebrations
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A renowned Chinese restaurant in Birmingham is supporting young actors of Chinese heritage to perform at two festivals next month plus an extra showcase in the Chinese Quarter of Birmingham ahead of the Commonwealth Games. Ming Moon Birmingham, located at 16 Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter, is supporting a group of young actors for […]
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Famous Birmingham Restaurant Supports Young Actors Of Chinese Heritage For Two Festivals
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A famous Chinese restaurant in Birmingham is supporting young actors of Chinese heritage to perform in two forthcoming festivals next month. Ming Moon Birmingham, located at 16 Hurst Street in the Chinese Quarter, is supporting a group of young actors for the forthcoming Radio Public Festival and the Black Country Festival, both of which will take […]
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A local playwright and poet has turned part of a new play he has been commissioned to write for China West Midlands into a radio play for the forthcoming Radio Public Festival. The play is the second in a trilogy of plays for China West Midlands by Ian Henery called “Coming To Birmingham: Making Of […]
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A new piece of theatre premiered at Shimla Peppers in Ablewell Street as part of the Walsall Festival of Words this month has been turned into a radio play. The play is the second in a trilogy of plays for China West Midlands by Walsall playwright and poet Ian Henery called “Coming To Birmingham: […]
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Walsall’s Poet Laureate ready to tell tales of region’s Chinese labourers | Express & Star
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The newly-appointed poet laureate of a Black Country town has been commissioned to write a play on a Chinese working group. Walsall’s poet laureate Ian Henery is set to write a trilogy for China West Midlands, telling the story of Chinese people living in Walsall and the surrounding area, ahead of Chinese New Year at […]
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A local playwright, Ian Henery, has been commissioned to write a trilogy of plays for China West Midlands which strengthens connections in business, education, culture, art and sports for deeper understanding, greater collaboration and mutual prosperity between the West Midlands and China. The first in the trilogy, The Chinese Labour Corps, is being performed between […]
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