Birmingham-based company Paperback Theatre are returning to Moseley Park with their exciting and varied outdoor festival, Little But LIVE! in Moseley Park, to safely bring together Moseley residents and the wider Birmingham community through a programme of artistic events from 16th-18th September. Taking place at Moseley Park and Pool, this two-and-a-half-day festival will feature a varied programme of events with the aim of bringing the community together, celebrating the creativity of Birmingham and giving people access to free artistic events.

Little but LIVE! in Moseley Park was first designed in September 2020 in response to COVID-19 and the effect of the pandemic on the live arts and events industries, as well as local communities. The festival was a huge success and returned for a second year in 2021, expanding its programme to include interactive workshops. Now entering its third year, the 2022 festival will be supported by Arts Council England and will have a more diverse programme and more free tickets being given away than ever before

This year’s programme includes Paperback Theatre’s own production of The Comedy of Errors, adapted by George Attwell Gerhards and directed by Lucy Bird, as well as musical concerts from popular local band The Reggaelators, up-and-coming jazz fusion artist Millicent B. James and The Sekine Quartet who will perform an hour of classical music inspired by the works of Shakespeare. Finishing off the music programme is a Sunset Folk Farewell with folk band Filkin’s Ensemble. There will be a mixed bill of brilliant local stand-up in the Little but LIVE! Comedy Hour (Or So) and the programme will also include spoken word events for the first time, including a poetry workshop with Lexia Tomlinson and a Spoken Word Open Mic Night. Other workshops will include family favourite Eternal Taal with their high energy Dhol Drumming & Bhangra, traditional Indian Warli Painting, a guerilla gardening Seedbomb Sculpture workshop with ITZATNA Arts Collective and more.

In addition to the live events, Paperback will also be curating a Little but LIVE! Exhibition at Gallerie Mayci in Moseley. This will take place during and after the festival and will celebrate the legacy of the festival over the last three years.

As a result of receiving Arts Council funding, all workshop tickets are free for everyone. All other performances cost £5 per ticket, and there will be a number of free tickets for all paid events available to local residents of Sparkbrook and Balsall Heath.