Nicola Gauld
Performance: Minimum Monument
On 21, Jul 2014 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Minimum Monument by Néle Azevedo
Birmingham Hippodrome is delighted to present Minimum Monument, a major exhibition by the award winning Brazilian artist Néle Azevedo.
Minimum Monument is a poignant and moving display featuring 5,000 figures made out of ice. Members of the public will be invited to place the beautifully crafted sculptures on the steps of the city’s Chamberlain Square where they can watch as the sea of ice figures melt.
Gallantry and Loyalty
On 04, Jul 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
The WAWI Project and Perry Barr Housing Liaison Board invite you to join us in marking the Centenary of World War One. On Thursday 10th July from 1pm – 3pm we host a community Commemoration at the Kingsdown Avenue Recreational Area in Great Barr.
Somme Sunday
On 04, Jul 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Somme Sunday, to be held on the 6th of July at Aston Parish Church, is the only Somme Sunday event held in England.
Somme Sunday is marked on the first Sunday of July each year. This is a special Sunday in Aston because many, many men from Aston were killed on July 1st 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, which recruited a lot of local men, was one of the first into action that day and suffered very heavy losses.
Birmingham City Council Commemorations
On 03, Jul 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
As part of Birmingham City Council’s contribution to the First World War commemorations, Bereavement Services are planning a number of projects across various cemeteries and crematoria which are designed to appropriately mark the war years and honour the sacrifices and contributions made by Brummies during the Great War.
Worcestershire World War 100 Needs You!
On 23, Jun 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
On Thursday 26 June from 11am – 3pm you are invited to come along to Worcestershire’s WW1 replica Bell Tent at The Commandery to share, donate or loan, stories, artefacts and memorabilia showing how World War One touched the life of you and your ancestors.
Letter to an Unknown Soldier
On 20, Jun 2014 | In WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
LETTER TO AN UNKNOWN SOLDIER
Summer 2014
If you were to able to speak to the unknown soldier now, a man who served and was killed during World War One…
With all we’ve learned since 1914, with all your own experience of life and death to hand, what would you say?
Foreign Fields
On 13, Jun 2014 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
The Play House theatre in education company are creating a brand new piece to mark the centenary of World War One. It will use the experiences of real people in Birmingham to explore how the war in Europe affected the lives of people at home.
Commemorating the Centenary of the Great War
On 01, Apr 2014 | In WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
During our launch event for Voices of War and Peace we showed a film called ‘Commemorating the Centenary of the Great War’, the result of an AHRC-funded collaborative network one of the Centre Co-Investigators, Dr Joanne Sayner, was recently involved with.
14-18 NOW launched
On 27, Mar 2014 | In Events | By Nicola Gauld
Today saw the launch of 14-18 Now WW1 Centenary Art Commissions, a major cultural programme taking place across the United Kingdom to mark the centenary of the First World War.
Working with cultural organisations across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, 14-18 NOW commissions large-scale special projects. These are selected to encourage people from every community to reflect on how the First World War has shaped today’s world and our attitudes to conflict now.
Shot at Dawn project appeal
On 25, Mar 2014 | In WW1 Projects | By Nicola Gauld
A particularly emotional part of the First World War, and one that can still cause fierce debate, is the execution of soldiers for offences such as “cowardice” and desertion. Lest We Forget – Shot at Dawn is a project run by the Central Youth Theatre of Wolverhampton that explores the stories of some of these soldiers.
