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Re: Wacky theatre show to be staged around Birmingham hotel with just four people in the audience

chrisunitt — Wed, 26 Aug 2015 07:01:25 -0000

Excellent stuff. Good on the Radisson for hosting this.

Re: Engaging regional audiences – how do we do it?

chrisunitt — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:37:21 -0000

The Bishop - Live Brum does alright for The Rainbow http://livebrum.co.uk/event...

Re: Protected: London C-all-in-g

chrisunitt — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:35:18 -0000

Good luck! I thought you'd been keeping quiet - we'll be watching the next big adventure with interest. We're always here if you need us.

Re: Are hyperlinks still hyper enough?

chrisunitt — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 19:31:56 -0000

You've got me thinking where I go looking for random stuff now. I sometimes go have a gawp at the fresh & popular links on Delicious and the popular & upcoming on Tumblr. Very rarely I'll go see what's on the YouTube homepage or hit the Stumbleupon button. Not often though.

Even then, that's using known, destination sites and trundling around those curated networks - it's structured randomness.

I haven't done so much blogroll hopping recently. Last time it was around the subject of museums/tech which took me down rabbit hole after fascinating rabbit hole. That was good.

Re: Stuff I’ve been reading

chrisunitt — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:18:34 -0000

Ta for the linky. It was a good conference, worth going to and I think I'll be back next year.

Re: What Culture for a ‘City of Culture’?

chrisunitt — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:15:39 -0000

Not wanting to come across as his cheerleader or anything, but the guy's got a heck of a legacy and was from Birmingham. Seems odd to want to dismiss that.

Re: What Culture for a ‘City of Culture’?

chrisunitt — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:58:52 -0000

'Daniel Day Lewis's Granddad' gave Hitchcock his first directing opportunity (and also produced all his UK films), ran Ealing Studios during it's classic period and headed the BFI's experimental film fund (which gave Ridley Scott a leg up). Dude's a local legend, that's all I'm saying.

Re: The Big Paws 11/07/09 – Stuff we talked about

chrisunitt — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:50:04 -0000

Just listening back to this. Ta for the mention folks!

Re: 3.6.1

chrisunitt — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:44:19 -0000

"Birmingham has a thriving cultural, sport and leisure sector which serves local and regional needs"

Unfortunately important parts of the cultural sector are woefully under-promoted, with the likes of Marketing Birmingham, Visit Birmingham, Forward, Birmingham City Council - those involved in promoting the city and all the good that happens here - concentrating on the select few listed above.

Time and again, we hear the Symphony Hall, Hippodrome, the Rep, the BMAG, NIA and the Ikon Gallery touted. Why is that? Why is the city's independent scene never mentioned and celebrated? From outside the city Birmingham looks one-dimensional at best, yet we know this isn't the case.

I'm not for a second saying that the venues above aren't excellent, but I think it's very wrong to concentrate on the big few and ignore the smaller sparks of creativity that go towards making a city an interesting, varied and exciting place to live. The city's marketing departments are letting grade A material slip through their fingers every week instead of holding it aloft and proclaiming the city for the great place it is.

I've heard it said by some of the more successful independent promoters in Birmingham that they are getting by despite the council, not because of it. As a result of the Big City Plan I would like to see this changed.

Suggestions:
Have someone at the council with a remit to make art happen, facilitating between departments if necessary.
Venues to be made more easily available for 'artistic purposes'.
Empty city-centre shops to display posters for artistic events/exhibitions. In fact - dedicated billboards in prime locations to advertise independent art (perhaps rotated on a weekly, lottery basis).
Risks to be taken occasionally.
Listings in official publications to step beyond the 'big few'.
Staff at tourist information points to be made aware of the range of events happening around the city.

Re: 4.10.3

chrisunitt — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:40:49 -0000

I back this proposal.

Re: 4.9.2

chrisunitt — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 11:35:38 -0000

I love the idea of the bike park and I also agree that, although cycling around the city centre is relatively easy, there are many areas where the cycle routes seem to have everyone but cyclists in mind.

Is there a cycling lobby in the city who can be asked to double-check any proposed cycle routes? By getting cyclists involved in the planning process we might avoid a few blunders.