Post by Paul Vanezis on Jun 21, 2010 11:21:57 GMT
Dear all,
Some exciting news. From July 2nd to July 4th the Midlands Arts Centre will be holding a weekend of discussions and screenings. 'It Came from Pebble Mill' will feature a mix of free and charged entry screenings and free discussions and David Rose will be there! The timetable is as follows:
Friday July 2nd
6.30pm - Shakespeare or Bust
Saturday July 3rd
11am - Forward! Talent development in Midlands screen drama
1.30pm - Land of Green Ginger & Empire Road: The Street Party
4pm - Creating spaces: How Pebble Mill became a powerhouse for British drama
8.45pm - The Muscle Market & Second City Firsts: Girl
Free screenings and talks will take place in the Hexagon Theatre including:
1pm - BBC Birmingham Today: Land Girls & Doctors
4pm - Play for Today: Red Shift
6.30pm - The Kiss of Death
Sunday July 4th
12.30pm - Play for Today: Gangsters
2.45pm - Nuts in May
4.30pm - Penda's Fen
6.30pm - Licking Hitler & Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration
You can book online or call the MAC box office:
www.macarts.co.uk
Or mac Sales and Information
on 0121 446 3232
After 5 pm: £6.50 / £4.50 concs
Before 5 pm: £4.00
All discussions and Hexagon
screenings are free.
A Pebble Mill pass gives you entry
to all the weekend screenings, and
costs only £24 or £20 concessions.
Does not include Shakespeare
or Bust.
I do hope as many of you as possible take the time out to attend this. Further enhanced details below:
Saturday 3 July, 11am / Free entry
Forward! Talent development in Midlands
screen drama
Two aspects that distinguished television drama
production at BBC Pebble Mill in the 1970s and 80s
were a willingness to innovate and to nurture new talent.
Are these cornerstones as crucial in the region’s screen
drama today? And with the single drama a much rarer
breed, what routes are available to emerging writers who
want to develop their craft? Filmmaker Roger Shannon
chairs a panel including Will Trotter, head of drama at
BBC Birmingham, and producer Peter Ansorge, who
began his career as a script editor at Pebble Mill .
Saturday 3 July, 4pm / Free entry
Space is created: How Pebble Mill became a
powerhouse for British drama
“The first and last thing is the writer as far as I’m
concerned.” – David Rose
David Rose led the English Regions Drama Department
for 10 years from 1971 to 1981 and was responsible
for bringing many enduring television dramas to our
screens. How did this department become so prolific
and so influential? And what was the ethos and modus
operandi that enabled it to succeed in Birmingham?
Joining David Rose for this discussion will be
producers and writers who worked in the department
including Tara Prem, Michael Abbensetts, Peter
Ansorge and Michael Wearing. Hosted by Lez
Cooke, a research fellow in television drama at
Manchester Metropolitan University.
Free Screenings
Saturday 3 July, Hexagon Theatre
BBC Birmingham today ( PG )
When Pebble Mill closed the Drama department
relocated to a site at Birmingham University.
Department head Will Trotter presents a selection of
work produced there, including wartime drama Land
Girls and an award-winning episode of Doctors.
Red Shift ( 15 )
Dir: John MacKenzie / Scr: Alan Garner / 1978 / 85 mins
In a similar visionary vein to Penda’s Fen, Alan
Garner’s adaptation of his own novel jumps between
three different eras while revolving around one ruined
castle on a hill in Cheshire.
The Last Will and Testament
of Billy Two Sheds ( u )
Dir: Pip Broughton / Scr: Alan Plater / 2006 / 60 mins
Over thirty years on from The Land of Green Ginger,
Alan Plater returned to Pebble Mill with this tale of a
young student who inherits her granddad’s allotment,
and his ghost along with it. Starring James Bolam.
The Kiss of Death ( 15 )
Dir/Devised: Mike Leigh / 1977 / 80 mins
Shortly after Nuts in May Leigh went to Oldham to
shoot this deadpan comedy about an undertaker’s
assistant, played with a lolloping walk by David Threlfall
of Shameless fame. Less gag-heavy than Nuts, but a
brilliant dissection of northern courting rituals.
Regards,
Paul
Some exciting news. From July 2nd to July 4th the Midlands Arts Centre will be holding a weekend of discussions and screenings. 'It Came from Pebble Mill' will feature a mix of free and charged entry screenings and free discussions and David Rose will be there! The timetable is as follows:
Friday July 2nd
6.30pm - Shakespeare or Bust
Saturday July 3rd
11am - Forward! Talent development in Midlands screen drama
1.30pm - Land of Green Ginger & Empire Road: The Street Party
4pm - Creating spaces: How Pebble Mill became a powerhouse for British drama
8.45pm - The Muscle Market & Second City Firsts: Girl
Free screenings and talks will take place in the Hexagon Theatre including:
1pm - BBC Birmingham Today: Land Girls & Doctors
4pm - Play for Today: Red Shift
6.30pm - The Kiss of Death
Sunday July 4th
12.30pm - Play for Today: Gangsters
2.45pm - Nuts in May
4.30pm - Penda's Fen
6.30pm - Licking Hitler & Jack Flea's Birthday Celebration
You can book online or call the MAC box office:
www.macarts.co.uk
Or mac Sales and Information
on 0121 446 3232
After 5 pm: £6.50 / £4.50 concs
Before 5 pm: £4.00
All discussions and Hexagon
screenings are free.
A Pebble Mill pass gives you entry
to all the weekend screenings, and
costs only £24 or £20 concessions.
Does not include Shakespeare
or Bust.
I do hope as many of you as possible take the time out to attend this. Further enhanced details below:
Saturday 3 July, 11am / Free entry
Forward! Talent development in Midlands
screen drama
Two aspects that distinguished television drama
production at BBC Pebble Mill in the 1970s and 80s
were a willingness to innovate and to nurture new talent.
Are these cornerstones as crucial in the region’s screen
drama today? And with the single drama a much rarer
breed, what routes are available to emerging writers who
want to develop their craft? Filmmaker Roger Shannon
chairs a panel including Will Trotter, head of drama at
BBC Birmingham, and producer Peter Ansorge, who
began his career as a script editor at Pebble Mill .
Saturday 3 July, 4pm / Free entry
Space is created: How Pebble Mill became a
powerhouse for British drama
“The first and last thing is the writer as far as I’m
concerned.” – David Rose
David Rose led the English Regions Drama Department
for 10 years from 1971 to 1981 and was responsible
for bringing many enduring television dramas to our
screens. How did this department become so prolific
and so influential? And what was the ethos and modus
operandi that enabled it to succeed in Birmingham?
Joining David Rose for this discussion will be
producers and writers who worked in the department
including Tara Prem, Michael Abbensetts, Peter
Ansorge and Michael Wearing. Hosted by Lez
Cooke, a research fellow in television drama at
Manchester Metropolitan University.
Free Screenings
Saturday 3 July, Hexagon Theatre
BBC Birmingham today ( PG )
When Pebble Mill closed the Drama department
relocated to a site at Birmingham University.
Department head Will Trotter presents a selection of
work produced there, including wartime drama Land
Girls and an award-winning episode of Doctors.
Red Shift ( 15 )
Dir: John MacKenzie / Scr: Alan Garner / 1978 / 85 mins
In a similar visionary vein to Penda’s Fen, Alan
Garner’s adaptation of his own novel jumps between
three different eras while revolving around one ruined
castle on a hill in Cheshire.
The Last Will and Testament
of Billy Two Sheds ( u )
Dir: Pip Broughton / Scr: Alan Plater / 2006 / 60 mins
Over thirty years on from The Land of Green Ginger,
Alan Plater returned to Pebble Mill with this tale of a
young student who inherits her granddad’s allotment,
and his ghost along with it. Starring James Bolam.
The Kiss of Death ( 15 )
Dir/Devised: Mike Leigh / 1977 / 80 mins
Shortly after Nuts in May Leigh went to Oldham to
shoot this deadpan comedy about an undertaker’s
assistant, played with a lolloping walk by David Threlfall
of Shameless fame. Less gag-heavy than Nuts, but a
brilliant dissection of northern courting rituals.
Regards,
Paul
