Performance
Performance: Worlds Apart Together
On 23, May 2018 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Big Brum Theatre in Education Company presents The End of Reason Part IV: 1918
Worlds Apart Together
A new play by Chris Cooper
Touring to schools in the Autumn term 2018
Event: World War One in Song
On 03, Oct 2017 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
WORLD WAR ONE IN SONG
7 October 2017, Malvern Coach House Theatre
Concert: Trench Choir presents…
On 29, Jun 2017 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Trench Choir presents ‘Women’s Work’ and ‘America Goes to War: 1917’, two musical histories of World War One.
Event: No Petticoats Here
On 03, Mar 2017 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Louise Jordan
Monday 3rd April, 7.30pm
No Petticoats Here: Live Tour
The Crescent Theatre, Birmingham
Read more…
Performance: No Petticoats Here
On 28, Oct 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Louise Jordan will perform songs from No Petticoats Here at Birmingham’s Red Lion Folk Club on November 23 (in support of the Roving Crows)
We’re Here Because We’re Here
On 05, Jul 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
On 1 July 2016, thousands of volunteers took part in a modern memorial to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. ‘We’re here because we’re here’ saw around 1,400 voluntary participants dressed in First World War uniform appear unexpectedly in locations across the UK. Read more…
Performance: Furious Folly
On 20, May 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Furious Folly takes place as night falls in Sutton Park, in a no-man’s land on the battle front between the two lines. Disorientated, the audience find themselves immersed within an open-air collage of sound, light, pyrotechnics and performance.
Performance: Wipers at the Belgrade Theatre
On 13, Apr 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
‘Wipers’, Belgrade Theatre, 12-21 May 2016
October 1914, Ypres, Belgium. The British forces, bolstered by huge numbers of volunteer soldiers from across the Empire have suffered huge casualties in one of the first bloody battles of The Great War.
Performance: Theatres of Conscience
On 25, Feb 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Theatres of Conscience is a theatre and heritage project by Women & Theatre exploring the experiences of Conscientious Objectors during WWI.
Performance: The Unknown Soldier
On 17, Feb 2016 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Grist To The Mill Presents The Unknown Soldier
26-27 February 2016, The Old Joint Stock Theatre, Birmingham
Talbot House: A Home from Home
On 21, Aug 2015 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Talbot House: A Home from Home
Friday 16 October 7.30pm at mac birmingham
Tickets £10
Performance: Red Flag over Bermondsey – The Ada Salter Story
On 23, May 2015 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
This performance explores both the private and the public lives of Ada Salter from 1909 until 1922, interwoven with her beloved Ira Sankey hymns and her passion for Handel.
2pm, Saturday 30th May, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
All Our Heroes: WW1 Schools Project
On 18, May 2015 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Following our highly successful production of The Maharajah & Kohinoor, which has been touring since 2008, Zeroplus Theatre is bringing its brand new show this year – ALL OUR HEROES for schools and theatres for young audiences available from the end of April until spring 2016 for KS2 to KS4.
Sepoy’s Salute: new production by Big Brum
On 15, May 2015 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
Big Brum Theatre in Education Company are proud to present their 2015 World War One play, ‘Sepoy’s Salute’, which tours to schools in June and July. It is appropriate for upper primary and all secondary ages.
Performance: All Our Heroes
On 14, May 2015 | In Performance, Uncategorized | By Nicola Gauld
We are pleased to share that Zeroplus Theatre is bringing its brand new show this year – ALL OUR HEROES to Birmingham in partnership with THE DRUM, for schools and young audiences available from June to December 2015 for KS2-KS4
F.A.N.Y. Five Women. One War. One Purpose
On 29, Apr 2015 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
A startling new play about five women’s courage, bravery and exception in World War One.
Women & Theatre presents: Clocking On
On 13, Mar 2015 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
A contemporary theatre performance about the lives of female factory workers in World War One
Tickets available for Startling New Play to Commemorate the First World War
On 02, Oct 2014 | In Performance | By Nicola Gauld
As part of the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War Worcester’s iconic library, The Hive, will be welcoming back theatre company Pentabus to perform its latest production Each Slow Dusk on Friday 7 November at 7pm.
Read more…
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.
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.
Birdsong at The REP: 17-22 March
On 10, Mar 2014 | In Events, Performance | By Voices
Following on from last year’s National tour, seen by over 75,000 people, now it is your chance to experience this stunning piece of theatre live on stage at The REP. Marking the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War, Birdsong is the hit, critically acclaimed stage show based on the world famous novel by Sebastian Faulks.
