One story, told through six tales of six Brummie 'lives' in short, mini-operas - commissioned through Brum Commissions.
The lives of Brummies, the lives of lost venues - the lives we live online, the lives we lived in the past.
RE-WIRE
Curator Melly Still
Creative Director Jonny Danciger
ABSENT FATHERS
Wouldn’t it be nice to be normal?
Real voices. No filter. Love, loss, anger; and everything left unsaid about the fathers who shaped us, or didn’t.
Composer Leon Clowes
Director Finn Lacey
THE QUIET REBELLION CONTINUES
One voice emerges from the chaos to stand up and cut through the noise. If you had one chance to be the voice of Birmingham, what would you say that needs to be heard?
Composer Romarna Campbell
Director Harriet Taylor
FROM MUMSNET WITH LOVE
School run. Packed lunch. MI6?
A mum stumbles across a spy job online… and things escalate quickly. Smart, sharp and unexpected.
Composer Georgia Barnes
Director Lucy Bird
MOTHERS
Birmingham. 1960s. Above a furniture shop - history was being made.From Black Sabbath to Pink Floyd, this legendary club shaped a generation. Now it comes back, loud and unapologetic.
Composer Aidan Teplitzky
Director Harriet Taylor
ELECTRIC
One last shift at the UK’s oldest working cinema.
Memories flicker… Ghosts of films, people, moments fill the screen. A love letter to a place that’s gone, but not forgotten.
Composer Aaron Nihal Singh; words by Sam Norman
Director Finn Lacey
CAUSE AND EFFECT
War. Music. Survival.
Meet The Pedlars, a First World War troupe inviting you to join the ranks. Reminiscent of the war time spirit but all is not as cheerful as it might seem.
Composer Franki Dodwell
Director Lucy Bird
