June Events Listings@ mac birmingham
Performance: Theatre
Women & Theatre presents
Underrated: Birmingham the Musical
Thu 14 & Fri 15 Jun, 6pm & 7.30pm
Tickets £7 (£5)
Underrated: Birmingham the Musical is a multi-voiced theatrical extravaganza celebrating the best bits of Brum through the eyes of its young people. Beyond the Bullring and the Balti Triangle, what our city means to our most dynamic residents – the next generation who will shape its future.
Performance: Music
Walden by Heiner Goebbels (UK Premiere)
Sat 23 Jun, 7pm & 9pm
Tickets £15 (£8)
Heiner Goebbels is one of the world’s leading and most sought after creative artists. Walden is based on Henry David Thoreau’s account of his retreat to simple living and self-sufficiency, his experiences over two years in a cabin he built near Walden Pond close to Concord, Massachusetts. To celebrate the UK premiere of Walden, mac birmingham will be alive with events and activities throughout the day (see Walden Day in Events section for details).
Performance: Comedy
Kill for a Seat Comedy Club
Fri 1 Jun, 8pm
Tickets £11 (£8)
Join Dr George Ryegold & Jared Hardy, along with regular host Silky, for our monthly comedy club Kill for a Seat.
Amy Lamé: Unhappy Birthday (Edinburgh preview)
Fri 8 Jun, 8pm
Tickets £10 (£7)
Amy Lamé invites you to share her birthday. Morrissey – icon for the bookish, bespectacled weirdos of the world – is invited too. A seat is reserved for him… will he arrive clutching a bunch of flowers and a gift? Will he turn up at all?
Performance: Dance
Tom Dale: I Infinite
Wed 13 – Sat 23 Jun | Wed 13, Thu 14 & Sun 17, 6.30pm only; Fri 15, Sat 16 & Tue 19, 6.30pm & 8pm; Wed 20 – Sat 23, 8pm only
Tickets £10 (£7)
An immersive dance experience set in a white, digitally animated environment in which the audience is free to roam. The captivating imagery and refined movement draw you within centimetres of our performer who moves between robotic isolation and liquid fluidity. Existing somewhere between the digital and organic worlds our character embarks on a captivating journey to the infinite.
Family
Icarus
Fri 15 – Sun 17 Jun, Fri & Sat 1pm & 7pm; Sun 7pm only
Tickets £5
Age 4+
Icarus brings a theatrical experience for the whole family. A new piece of work which retells the fate of Icarus through storytelling, song, music, dance, physical theatre and visuals.
Visual Arts
ALLOTMENT
Sat 28 Jan – Sun 9 Sep
Free Entry, Arena Gallery | Mon-Sun, 9am – 10pm
ALLOTMENT is an innovative and constantly changing programme which sees our Arena Gallery divided into plots and tended by independent curators and artists.
Tom Price: Sentinels
Sat 21 Apr – Sun 10 Jun
Free entry, Gallery | Open Tue – Sat 12 noon – 8pm, Sun 11am – 4pm. Closed Monday (exc. Bank Holiday).
In collaboration with Hales Gallery, mac birmingham presents a major solo exhibition of animated works by London-based sculptor Tom Price. With an interest in the minutiae of body language and facial expression, Price crafts and animates a series of clay models which are projected as colossal blinking heads gazing directly at the viewer.
Mahtab Hussain
Sat 21 Apr – Sun 10 Jun
Free Entry, Terrace Gallery | Mon-Sun, 9am – 10pm
What does it mean to be a British Pakistani male living in contemporary British society?
Birmingham artist, Mahtab Hussain, has spent three years photographing his own community, exploring the important relationship between identity and masculinity. His portraits reveal men who consider and present themselves as both Pakistani men, but whose lives have existed wholly in the UK.
Tom Dale: I Infinite
Sat 16 Jun – Sun 24 Jun
Free entry, Gallery | Open Tue – Sat 12 noon – 8pm, Sun 11am – 4pm. Closed Monday (exc. Bank Holiday).
I Infinite is an interactive installation inspired by the digital world’s quest to re-create life: graphic patterns slice through the space, glowing cubes fracture into a myriad of miniscule squares and pools of light hover in the air like oil on water. The captivating imagery and refined movement draw you within centimetres of our performer who moves between robotic isolation and liquid fluidity. Existing somewhere between the digital and organic worlds our character embarks on a captivating journey to the infinite.
In addition to the exhibition, there will also be performances in the gallery at various times (see Dance section for further details) – tickets priced £10 (£7).
Events
Celebrating Sanctuary
Sat 16 Jun, all day
Free activities and events
A day of workshops, activities, music, film, theatre and discussion to celebrate the launch of national Refugee Week in Birmingham. Find out more about Birmingham’s refugee communities, dance to some amazing world music, try out free arts workshops and see a range of performances.
Walden Day
Sat 23 Jun, all day
Inspired by Goebbels’ work and Thoreau’s writing and ideas, the whole site of mac birmingham will be brought to life during the day, including new music theatre from Birmingham Conservatoire; outdoor folk sets on the Terrace; films in the cinema; visual work exhibited in the ALLOTMENT gallery spaces; talks and discussions in the Hexagon; writing workshops; and a ‘foraging menu’ in the café.
More information and bookings click here
