What’s On at Midland Ancestors –
Birmingham Meetings
Birmingham : Pantomime – A real Family show
Speaker: Neil Roberts Neil investigates the family structure of the traditional pantomime. From its origins in the harlequinade to the way it has changed over the years, remaining just as popular now, as ever. A light hearted presentation that even has an opportunity for audience participation (Oh yes it does).
Birmingham: The Green Room Plaque
A bronze memorial plaque commemorating twelve actors who died serving in WWI was discovered in a Rugby sale-room. The stories of the lives and deaths of these actors will be revealed and show something of the acting profession at the turn of the 20th Century. Military archives, contemporary newspapers and other sources allow their stories […]
Birmingham Sydney Race’s Nottingham Nights
Sydney Race, from his early teens, kept an irregular journal, in which he wrote about his fascination with the amusements Nottingham had to offer - the annual Goose Fair, where Race first saw moving pictures, visits from tenting circuses and portable theatres, freak shows which established themselves briefly in empty shops, and the Theatre Royal, […]
BIRMINGHAM MEETING SNOWED OFF
We are sorry to have to make the decision to cancel the meeting in Birmingham on Saturday 3rd March. There has been much publicity about avoiding unnecessary travel, and there has been uncertainty that the BMI would be able to open if the snow was too bad for their staff to get there. We hope […]