Interviews - Page 4
Birmingham guerrilla artist hijacks city billboard with Syria protest message
Rangzeb Hussain
April 18, 2018 | 03:00 pm
Billboards are used to sell everything from washing powder to swimsuits, from cigarettes to whiskey, from films to games, all that and more, much more. Peace, on the other hand,…
VIDEO: Daniel Alexander preparing stunning film for Birmingham 2022 ceremony
Staff Reporter
April 9, 2018 | 06:23 pm
Birmingham filmmaker Daniel Alexander is working with fellow performers, actors and musicians to create a short film about the city, to be screened during the official Commonwealth Games handover ceremony at the Gold Coast…
6 female creatives from Birmingham on why Channel 4 would be good for the city
Staff Reporter
March 8, 2018 | 03:10 pm
There's been much talk of broadcast giant Channel 4 relocating to Birmingham from its current home in London, and much of it from the Brum's creative community. With all the discourse…
Panto stars get to grips with celeb chef Glynn Purnell’s eggs
Staff Reporter
January 10, 2018 | 10:30 am
Yummy Brummy celebrity chef Glynn Purnell was armed with his eggs, and he wasn't 'yolking' around when it came to handing them to Beverley Knight, Suzanne Shaw and Matt Slack,…
Solihull squash hopeful aims for glory at British Junior Open
Staff Reporter
January 4, 2018 | 10:02 am
Local West Midlands hope Lewis Anderson will be gunning for glory when he competes in the prestigious Dunlop British Junior Open in Birmingham this weekend. The 16-year-old from Warwickshire will be…
Black Lives Matter UK Member, Joshua Virasami: ‘We Broke the Internet that Day’ | VIDEO
Richard Baddeley
September 6, 2017 | 02:05 pm
Live! Arts have released a video of a recent interview with the prominent Black Lives Matter UK activist, Joshua Virasami. In the video, Virasami explains the BLM movement's US origins…
Local comedy hopeful set to share stage with surrealist stand-up Ross Noble
Harvey McDonald
July 5, 2017 | 01:15 pm
Young West Midlands actor and entertainer Michael Crump - who appeared in BBC drama Danny and the Human Zoo in 2015 - will be joining legendary stand-up surrealist Ross Noble on stage this week,…
‘Do you watch game of Thrones?’ WM Metro Mayor candidates face public questions
Staff Reporter
May 3, 2017 | 01:00 pm
Is Andy Street ashamed of being a Tory? Is Siôn Simon indecisive? Why doesn't James Burn want to rap? Six candidates are seeking to to become the West Midlands' first ever Metro…
White Dee is broke and serving pints in Birmingham
Staff Reporter
June 1, 2016 | 01:30 pm
White Dee - real name Deirdre Kelly - was seen at Birmingham Pride pulling pints at a Davenport brewers bar stand (Photograph: Adam Yosef) Birmingham's most well-known reality star White…
BLOG: Film director Lalit Bhusal deals with FGM
Vimal Korpal
May 8, 2016 | 07:34 pm
Lalit Bhusal's new film project Crushed Wings deals with the sensitive subjects of FGM and stars Oznur Cifi Today’s featured Midlands artists on the Vimal & Zoe Radio Show,…