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News from around the region
More Mischief at the RSC The Royal Shakespeare Company’s (RSC) Mischief Festival makes a welcome return late next month, showcasing two provocative new plays exploring Britain today. The productions run in The Other Place from Friday 30 September to Saturday 5 November. Commenting on the festival, RSC Acting Artistic Director Erica Whyman said: “It’s a huge privilege to be presenting this irreverent and playful double-bill of new plays... Both plays focus on Britain’s often overlooked villages and rural communities, with an undercurrent of dark and sometimes wicked humour. They each raise profound questions about how we cope with external shocks, what makes a true community and how quickly human-beings can plunge into cruelty and crisis.”
Malvern festival of arts a Feast for the senses
Coventry Music Museum is Travellers’ Choice
A week-long festival of theatre, dance, clowning, circus and workshops takes place in Malvern next month. Titled FEAST (Festival of Equality in Arts and Society through Theatre), the festival runs from 19 to 25 September and will see events being held throughout the town. Highlights include Friday Night Bite - an evening of short and emerging work - and ‘a sensational family theatre day’. For more information, visit feasttheatrefestival.com
The Coventry Music Museum has been recognised by Tripadvisor as a 2022 Travellers’ Choice Award Worldwide winner. The award celebrates businesses that have received great Tripadvisor reviews from visitors around the globe. Out of 1,136 reviews of the museum in the 12 months prior to the award being bestowed, 1,051 rated it ‘excellent’ (the top mark) and 72 ‘very good’, with just 14 negative comments. The venue is number one on Tripadvisor’s ‘Things to do in Coventry’ list.
Safari Park taking Tiger Lodge bookings West Midland Safari Park is now taking bookings for its new luxury accommodation four lodges located just a whisker away from the popular visitor attraction's majestic Sumatran tigers! Safari Lodges short breaks include breakfast & dinner, spectacular views of the animals, admission to the venue for two days and theme park wristbands during the summer season. For more information, visit safarilodges.co.uk
Smash-hit musical back in Birmingham The Tony Awardwinning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s The King And I is heading for Birmingham early next year. The hit show will stop off at The Alexandra in the week commencing the 27th of February. Set in 1860s Bangkok, the story revolves
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around the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist king brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. Stand-out numbers from a muchloved and hugely familiar score include Whistle A Happy Tune, Getting To Know You and Shall We Dance. For more information and to book tickets, visit atgtickets.com/birmingham
Space icon in the region British astronaut Tim Peake will be keeping his feet firmly on the ground when he brings his one-man show, My Journey To Space, to Birmingham’s Symphony Hall on Wednesday 7 September and Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry, on Friday 23 September. The first British astronaut to visit the International Space Station, Tim will be providing his audience with ‘a fascinating insight into life as an astronaut, complete with breathtaking photographs and neverbefore-seen footage’. Tickets for the show are now on sale at fane.co.uk/timpeake
Twelve days of Tilt... Birmingham’s popular aerial & physical theatre festival, Tilt, returns for 12 days this month at the West Midlands Circus & Creation Centre in Digbeth (Monday 1 to Friday 12 August). The event’s organisers are promising jawdropping athletic performances, national and international circus artists and industry masterclasses from world-class teachers. For more information, visit tiltfestival.com
