News from the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies Benjamin Zephaniah, Jess Philips, Mark Billingham and other famous faces support My Birmingham Story. DescriptionTo celebrate National Share a Story Month in May, the National Literacy Trust is launching My Birmingham Story, a campaign that invites people from Birmingham to share their experiences and memories of life in the city.Date:Wednesday 5 May 2021 John Kani, on his life, growing up in apartheid South Africa and his love of ShakespeareJohn Kani DescriptionJohn Kani tells all in an in-depth interview with the Shakespeare Institute's Michael Dobson.Date:Wednesday 5 May 2021 B-Film Goes Global DescriptionB-Film creates a scholarly space for forceful argument and keen collaboration. Shifting this scholarly space online because of the pandemic has resulted in a surge of activities and audiences.Date:Thursday 29 April 2021 John Kani, South Africa's leading classical actor, receives the Pragnell Prize 2021 DescriptionJoin Professor Michael Dobson as meets the South African actor John Kani to award him the 2021 Pragnell Prize.Date:Tuesday 27 April 2021 Sir Henry Irving: why he matters and why he came to Bournemouth DescriptionJoin Professor Michael Dobson online as he discusses this lastingly influential actor-manager.Date:Thursday 22 April 2021 It's a mystery DescriptionThe Shakespeare Institute's very own Professor Tiffany Stern will be appearing in a mini-documentary to be released tomorrow by Shakespeare's Guildhall Trust.Date:Thursday 22 April 2021 Shakespeare's birthday celebrations 2021 Description23 April 2021 marks Shakespeare's 457th Birthday, and staff from the Everything to Everybody project, the Birmingham Stories campaign, and The Shakespeare Institute have lots of exciting activity taking place.Date:Thursday 22 April 2021 Dr Robert Stagg interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford DescriptionThe Shakespeare Institute's Robert Stagg was recently interviewed on BBC Radio Oxford about the astonishing cultural range of @LilNasX's new music video 'Montero'.Date:Friday 2 April 2021 Displaying 1 to 8 of 1000 Previous 1 2 3 4 5 … Next