Between 1873 – 1948 around 6,000 destitute children were sent from the Birmingham Children’s Emigration Homes in Highgate, to live with farmers in the backwoods of Canada. Some were only three years old; the majority were aged seven to eleven. Described at the time as “gutter children” or “street Arabs” they lived in desperate conditions in the slum streets of the city and were the children of the poorest families. The children spent up to a year at the Emigration…

Between 1873 – 1948 around 6,000 destitute children were sent from the Birmingham Children’s Emigration Homes in Highgate, to live with farmers in the backwoods of Canada. Some were only three years old; the majority were aged seven to eleven. Described at the time as “gutter children” or “street Arabs” they lived in desperate conditions in the slum streets of the city and were the children of the poorest families. The children spent up to a year at the Emigration…

No sooner are we asked to present a day on Ibsen than Nottingham Playhouse announces a production of an intensely topical play that has its title vigorously wielded without irony on both sides of Dr Stockmann (played on screen 1978 by Steve McQueen) in the 2008 adaptation by Rebecca Lenkiewicz. The production runs from 13th to 28th September. To attend this event, please book directly with organisers Dr Pamela Mason & Keith Parsons at studydays@deliveringshakespeare.com £21 non members. £20 for…

Is this the only play about a cinematographer? We first saw Terry Johnson’s play when it premièred at Hampstead Theatre two years ago. That production (with Robert Lindsay reprising his profoundly moving performance as Jack Cardiff) is being staged at Birmingham Repertory Theatre opening on the previous evening (3rd October) and running throughout the following week before it goes on tour to various venues including Nottingham and Malvern. We shall seek to offer the kind of introduction that will enhance…