Some of you may have seen some early ideas for Avon Calling at our performance at Pilot back in March 09.  We’re pleased to announce that Avon Calling has been selected by Pilot to be part of their double-bill ‘It Came From Pilot’ at Warwick Arts Centre on 8th October 2009.  It will remain a one-woman show, co-written and performed by Louise Platt.  We’ll be rehearsing throughout August and September.

Back to what we’ve been up to so far this summer…

We started July with a performance at Pilot at the A.E. Harris Factory space (which we called ‘Spool’).  It involved using live sound looping to create evocative soundscapes. We started work on the show at 10am on the Monday, and performed it on the Thursday night. It seemed to go down well, and the current MD of the A.E. Harris factory gave it the thumbs up (despite the comic depiction of a fictional member of his staff!)

The culmination of our project at Colmore Infant & Nursery School in Kings Heath took place on Friday 10th July, as part of a day of celebrations marking the school’s Centenary. Artistic Director Katie Day has been working with parents at the school since March, as part of a Bright Space project investigating the school’s history.  Everything came together on the day, and a dedicated handful of parents performed in a 10 minute ‘WW2 Air Raid Shelter Experience’ for every class at the school – 13 performances in all.  We seem to have captured the children’s imaginations – as later on that same day one child presented us with a drawing of everyone inside the shelter, and we overheard playground games at breaktime involving sirens and running to the shelter!

Take a look at the Education section of our website for information about our other participatory projects.

OPEN SPACE
Is a weekend escape to the Clent Hills for artists working in live art from the West Midlands conurbation. A chance to play in the great outdoors, and to explore how our city-based practices fare when set free in an “open space” without walls

Led by KATIE DAY, Artistic Director of THE OTHER WAY WORKS
Saturday 9 and Sunday 10 August 2008
The Clent Hills, just outside Birmingham, West Midlands
Deadline: Monday 21 July 2008

DIY 5 is a Live Art Development Agency initiative developed in collaboration with Arnolfini and Theatre Bristol; Artsadmin; Colchester Arts Centre; Fierce Earth, North East; New Work Network and China Plate; and Nuffield Theatre and LANWest.

For more info see the Open Space page or the LADA website

Performances for children ages 5+ accompanied by an adult, taking place throughout the day.
Showing times:  11am, 12pm, 2pm, 3pm and 4pm
Performances last 30 minutes.  FREE.

Cityscape Exhibition NOW ON 
Pupils from Chandos Primary School have been busy with hammer and nails and have built some truly wonderful buildings.
Come and have a look at their city, on display at Moor Street Station, Birmingham City Centre
NOW until Sunday 24 June.

Click here for more info about the project. 

Working with visual artist Lorna Rose and pupils from Chandos Primary School in Birmingham, we’ll be letting our imaginations lead the way as we build a 3D city from scratch using recycled materials. 

Come and see the city created by the children, on display throughout Architecture Week at Moor Street Station, Birmingham City Centre 16-24^th June 2007. 

And don’t miss our special performances for children inspired by the children’s own stories and taking place inside the 3D city.
Moor Street Station, Birmingham City
Centre
Saturday 23^rd June 2007
Between 11am and 5pm
Ages 5+ accompanied by an adult
FREE