The Stan’s Cafe team likes to support our colleagues in the theatre industry, especially if this means seeing work by other companies. We’re lucky to have such a great variety of theatre so close by.
What we see less of is work in other art forms. Sometimes this is a time thing – there is a lot of theatre to see after all – but sometimes it’s because we are less familiar with visual arts, contemporary music or dance and we don’t know how to navigate what’s on offer quite so deftly.
In recent conversations with arts organisations across Birmingham it’s become clear that lots of other people feel the same way and as a result we’re all missing out on some fantastic work. So, together with five other arts organisations in the city we have created Culture Feast, a series of six events that encompasses theatre, dance, visual arts and music – all of which can be accessed with a single £25 ticket.
Our guess is that if you are adventurous enough to follow Stan’s Cafe you will be curious enough to enjoy the work that our colleagues have to offer you in their disciplines and that their audience will take the plunge to visit our next production Time Critical.
Having a Culture Feast ticket is a little bit like travelling Business Class to the six specially-selected events, but with the novel twist that it’s cheaper than Economy Class! As a Culture Feast ticket-holder you will be welcomed to each event by a member of the host’s team and afterwards you get to let it all sink in with an “audience exchange” in which you can chat to fellow Culture Feast visitors about what you’ve experienced (like a “book group” but with “contemporary arts” instead of the books).
The first set of Culture Feast events starts with our production of Time Critical at mac, and continues with a dance show from DanceXchange, a videogame with live orchestra at Town Hall, the outstanding talent of Birmingham Contemporary Music Group and exclusive guided tours of Digbeth First Friday and Ikon.
We’re really excited to be part of such an interesting and wide-ranging programme.
There will be future editions of Culture Feast, featuring a whole new set of organisations and events so watch this space.
Full details of the programme and tickets are available here: culturefeast.org
We hope to see you here there and everywhere.