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	THE ALEXANDRA THEATRE, BIRMINGHAM
		The Alexandra, first of all the commercial theatres in Birmingham, now began to make play-going not merely an intellectual and recreative pleasure, but a gay experience, gathering everybody, on both sides of the pass-door, into one big happy family.
		By describing the other theatre as ‘self-centred’ – that might also be witnessed in the Repertory Theatre’s 1935 mission statements – he also made one of the few contemporary references to the creeping and endemic isolation of the serious repertory theatres from the general public.
		London theatres held sole rights to a popular play and withheld consent for extensive presentation by repertories (or amateurs) until it suited them to do so.
	members.aol.com /versedrama/alexandratheatre.htm (2179 words)

	Birmingham Repertory Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre (commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep) is a theatre and theatre company based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England.
		Although Jackson retired in 1948 the Rep retained its national and international reputation, discovering actors such as Paul Scofield, Julie Christie and Derek Jacobi.
		In 1971 the company moved from Station Street to a new 900 seat theatre designed by Graham Winteringham on Broad Street, in the area that would later be developed as Centenary Square.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Birmingham_Repertory_Theatre (276 words)

	Articles - Birmingham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birmingham was originally part of Warwickshire, however the city expanded in the late 19th and early 20th century, absorbing parts of Worcestershire to the south and Staffordshire to the west.
		Birmingham suffered heavy bomb damage during World War II, and partly as a result of this the city centre was extensively re-developed during the 1950s and 1960s, with many concrete office buildings, ring-roads, and now much-derided pedestrian subways.
		Birmingham's transition from an industrial centre to a tourism and services economy is best illustrated by the hosting of the first official summit of the G8 at the International Convention Centre (May 15 to May 17, 1998).
	www.vacuum-center.net /articles/Birmingham (3610 words)

	ipedia.com: Birmingham Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birmingham is one of the most culturally diverse cities in the UK, with a large population from the Caribbean, Indian sub-continent and from Ireland: according to the 2001 census, 29.7% of the population of Birmingham is non-white.
		Birmingham was originally a small village, but by the 1300s had become the third largest town in Warwickshire, after Warwick and Coventry.
		Birmingham's other city- centre music venues include The National Indoor Arena (NIA), CBSO Centre, Adrian Boult Hall (ABH) at Birmingham Conservatoire and the Birmingham Town Hall, which played host to many classical and popular music performances from the late 1800s, but which is currently closed for refurbishment.
	www.ipedia.com /birmingham.html (3310 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Windows of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre were smashed and fire alarms set off, and the building was pelted with eggs.
		Birmingham City Council, which subsidises the Rep, says it is powerless to force script changes.
		A spokesman for the theatre it had been "transparent" with leaders in the Sikh community about the content and nature of the play in discussions over the past few months and had made efforts to "ensure positive representation of Sikhism as a faith" in its programme notes.
	news.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/12/20/nsikh20.xml (771 words)

	Old Rep - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Old Rep is a theatre located in Station Street in Birmingham, England, managed by Birmingham City Council.
		It was the former home of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and was the first purpose-built repertory theatre in the UK.
		Now seating 383, it is the home of the Birmingham Stage Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Old_Rep (84 words)

	Creative Partnerships \| Write On
		Every year Birmingham Repertory Theatre host Transmissions, an opportunity for young writers aged 12-25 to have their pieces selected and staged at one of the largest producing theatres outside London.
		The plays are rehearsed and staged with professional actors and directors in a professional theatre space, all of this is open to the public.
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre will provide professional playwrights to give ongoing guidance through the drafting stage and will encourage pupils to develop and refine their dramatic and creative writing ability.
	www.creative-partnerships.com /projects/52549 (473 words)

	Birmingham Tourist Information, guide and advice: UK Hotel and Guest House Directory
		Amongst its many excellent theatres, the most famous ones are the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, the Hippodrome and the Alexandra Theatre.
		he Birmingham Repertory Theatre, situated in Centenary Square, dates from 1913 and is home to one of the oldest, and most renowned, theatre companies in Britain.
		There are two stages in the Birmingham Repertory Theatre - the 900-seat Main House, which is where most of the mainstream shows are performed, and the smaller 140 seat Studio Theatre, which is usually home to more experimental and cutting edge performances.
	www.s-h-systems.co.uk /tourism/birmingham/theatres.html (399 words)

	Cultural Diversity: New Realities, New Approaches - Cultural Commons
		Birmingham is one of the most culturally diverse and dynamic city in the UK (despite losing the title of European Capital of Culture 2008 to Liverpool).
		Birmingham is known for its great cultural institutions including Symphony Hall, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Birmingham Royal Ballet.
		By 2015 Birmingham will be the first majority non-white city in the UK and, more than any other UK city, its cultural activity reflects its cultural diversity.
	www.culturalcommons.org /eventdetail.cfm?ID=683 (343 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Arts news \| Writer in hiding as violence closes Sikh play
		Birmingham's Repertory Theatre after its controversial play Behzti was cancelled on safety grounds, and writer Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti fled her home.
		Yesterday the two sides remained at an impasse as the Birmingham Repertory Theatre announced it had no alternative but to end Behzti halfway through its run and that Ms Bhatti supported the decision.
		A police spokeswoman stressed that the decision was the theatre's and that, as far as she knew, police had not expressed concern about controlling a large crowd.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/news/story/0,11711,1377927,00.html (805 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Acting company offers to stage axed play
		The Repertory's decision to cancel the play, amid claims that it demeans Sikhism by showing rape and murder within a temple, has been heavily criticised within the theatre world.
		Mr Foster said talks with Birmingham Repertory about taking on the play were at an early stage, and he had yet to talk to the author, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, who has gone into hiding after threats of abduction and murder.
		Stuart Rogers, the theatre's executive director, said the board had no option after Sikh community leaders were unable to give them assurances that there would be no repeat of the violence.
	www.guardian.co.uk /religion/Story/0,2763,1378228,00.html (495 words)

	The Birmingham Civic Society
		Sir Barry Jackson’s life was devoted to the theatre and it is as the founder and patron of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre that he is best remembered.
		In 1913, in Station Street, he opened the first Birmingham Repertory Theatre which was to become the training ground for many famous actors — among them Laurence Olivier, Paul Schofield and Peggy Ashcroft.
		The new Repertory Theatre in Centenary Square opened in 1971 and there is a bust of Sir Barry in the foyer.
	www.birminghamcivicsociety.org.uk /barryjackson.htm (228 words)

	Department of Drama & Theatre Arts
		The Department of Drama and Theatre Arts is part of the School of Humanities.
		Birmingham's Central Library houses the Birmingham Shakespeare Library, some 45,000 items, including a large collection of playbills, translations and adaptations of Shakespeare's works into more than ninety languages.
		The department has ready access to both the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford and the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, one of England's most important venues for new playwriting.
	www.drama.bham.ac.uk (264 words)

	The Stage Online :: News :: Six will train backstage under Birmingham Rep youth pilot
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre has launched a £270,000 apprenticeship scheme that will allow six young people, aged between 16 and 21, to receive vocational training while working in the venue’s production and technical departments.
		Apprentices will be given the chance to learn their trade in a specific area of the theatre, including sound, lighting, wigs, makeup as well as stage and technical stage management.
		Birmingham Rep executive director Stuart Rogers said: “There is a current shortage within the theatre industry of skilled technical staff.
	www.thestage.co.uk /news/newsstory.php/10159 (599 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| The Guardian \| Theatre community defends 'courageous' Birmingham Rep
		The theatre premiered Ayub Khan-Din's East is East and produced a groundbreaking mainstage dramatisation of the Hindu epic Ramayana.
		It is a bitter irony that this theatre, of all theatres, has been forced to pull Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's second play, Behzti, one of a growing number of plays being written by young Asian women playwrights about the conflict between faith and institutional religion in culturally isolated communities.
		If the theatre invests in the free speech of an artist it needs the support of all the agencies around it to allow that voice to be heard.
	www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,1377938,00.html (815 words)

	Birmingham Information - Birmingham Population Figures
		Keep up to date with the latest figures on Birmingham and the wider West Midlands economic and...
		Former 1000000 Population Cities: Birmingham, Detroit, Glasgow, Napoli and Turino...
		Birmingham is no longer a city of pet owners, with residents preferring to...
	www.birminghamirish.co.uk /birmingham_population_figures.html (230 words)

	Theatres in Birmingham \| guidetobirmingham.com
		The Birmingham Rep is located in the Convention Quarter next to Broad Street.
		On first impression of this Birmingham theatre, you may think that it's the smallest theatre in the world.
		The Crescent Theatre shows plenty of performances from one of Birmingham oldest theatre groups, although that doesn't mean that you'll never spot the odd famous face.
	www.guidetobirmingham.com /theatre.php (380 words)

	Old Rep Theatre Birmingham
		The Old Rep Theatre is a 378 seat venue, built in 1913, and is home to the Birmingham Stage Company and several local amateur companies.
		From 1913 to 1971 the theatre was the home to Birmingham Repertory Theatre who staged numerous prestigious productions, many of which have been landmarks in theatre history.
		In 1971 the Birmingham Repertory Company moved to their new theatre on Broad Street and the Old Rep became a theatre used by many local amateur dramatic and operatic companies.
	www.mybrum.co.uk /birmingham/art-old_rep.htm (321 words)

	BBC - Birmingham - Entertainment - A passion for writing
		The scheme runs for nine months of the year, beginning in September, when a group of young writers (aged 12-24) from the West Midlands converge on the Rep for their first session, often armed with nothing more than a notebook, pen and a good idea.
		To see your work performed by a professional theatre company is, for me, the highlight of the whole scheme, and I can only assume that it's the same feeling those very industrious outdoorsy people have when they reach the peak of Mount Everest.
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre is about to start it's next Transmissions project for young writers.
	db.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/content/articles/2005/08/09/rebecca_transmissions_feature.shtml (736 words)

	birmingham repertory theatre uk from Quodra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A view of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre The playhouse said it would stage a new play about a brothel run by Muslims just months after violent protests forced it to cancel a fl comedy...
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre: The playhouse and the man
		The Alabama Theatre in Myrtle Beach isn’t named with the state of Alabama in mind, but rather with country group legends Alabama who started their career in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.When they’d had enough of the nomadic life, and wanted to set down more fixed roots, it was back to Myrtle Beach t...
	www.quodra.com /birmingham-repertory-theatre-uk.html (572 words)

	Birmingham Information - Birmingham Repertory Theatre
		This will be the first time in almost a decade that the Snowman Stageshow will be staged at The Birmingham Repertory Theatre.
		Sir Barry Jackson and Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive 1913-1970...
		Taken from JC Trewin The Birmingham Repertory Theatre 1913 - 1963...
	www.birminghamirish.co.uk /birmingham_repertory_theatre.html (145 words)

	Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive Database - an AHDS Performing Arts collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Barry Jackson, knighted in 1925 for services to theatre, was the son of George Jackson, founder of the Maypole Dairies.
		However, in spite of the unexpected box office hit 1066 And All That in 1935 the City took responsibility, founding the Birmingham Repertory Theatre Trust.
		Sir Barry returned to Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1948, but retired from running the company.
	www.ahds.ac.uk /performingarts/collections/birmingham-repertory.htm (438 words)

	Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham - Birmingham venue review - Itchy Birmingham Guide
		There are two theatres in the shape of a 900–seat main house and a 140–seat studio theatre called The Door.
		Plays run throughout the year and although the auditorium and foyer have recently been refurbished, the whole venue is set for a once over very soon – the last one was in 1971 –.
		Birmingham A to Z of Venues: # a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z
	www.itchybirmingham.co.uk /venue/182605/Birmingham-Repertory-Theatre.html (129 words)

	Angry Sikhs storm theatre, halt play in England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		London: Hundreds of Sikhs tried to storm a theatre in the central English city of Birmingham, halting a play they say mocks their religion and slightly injuring five police officers in the melee, police has said.
		The protesters at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre yesterday (Dec 18, 2004) forced the cancellation of the play "Behzti" (Dishonour), which depicts acts of sexual abuse and murder in a Sikh place of worship, they said.
		The play, written by Sikh playwright Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti, has a scheduled run at the theatre until the end of December and explores issues of sexual abuse, manipulation and relationships inside a Gurdwara, a Sikh place of worship.
	news.indiainfo.com /2004/12/19/1912sikhs.html (349 words)

	BBC - Birmingham Stage - Birmingham Repertory Theatre
		On 15 February 1913, just before the first World War, Sir Barry Jackson opened the Birmingham Repertory Theatre on Station Street.The company then moved into its purpose-built theatre complex on Broad Street, adjacent to the International Convention Centre and Symphony Hall, in 1971.
		The Rep is at the heart of Birmingham, next to the International Convention Centre in Centenary Square.
		Several car parks are situated close to the theatre at Brindleyplace, NIA, Civic Centre and Brunel Street.
	www.bbc.co.uk /birmingham/stage/venues/a_f/bham_rep.shtml (189 words)

	The Birmingham Repertory Theatre Archive 1971 - present
		Unlike its predecessor, at Station Street, there is no longer a resident company, but the policies of Sir Barry Jackson survive and the theatre continues to produce a varied programme of established classics mixed with new writing by living writers.
		The new Birmingham Rep was keen to promote its local community and in Up Spaghetti Junction and The Canal Show the audience were offered depictions of contemporary Birmingham.
		However, the theatre was running at a loss by the mid 1970s.
	www.birmingham.gov.uk /GenerateContent?CONTENT_ITEM_ID=53417&CONTENT_ITEM_TYPE=0&MENU_ID=13146 (1053 words)

	Audiences Central - Business Resource (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre is one of Britain's major producing theatres, under the artistic leadership of Jonathan Church.
		The Company's artistic policy includes productions of major classics, discovery plays and new work in its two auditoria (seating 824 and 140), on tour and in the West End.
		These include Page to Stage, Inset days for teachers, theatre days, workshops and free resource packs.
	www.audiencescentral.co.uk /content.aspx?contentid=1045&navid=-1&cat=0&parentid=1011 (94 words)

	The British Theatre Guide: Rep Looking for Young Writers
		Birmingham Repertory Theatre is looking for writers aged 12 to 25 from across the Midlands to take part in its Transmissions project.
		At the end of the current project, the young writers will have their plays produced by a team of professional actors, directors and designers as part of the Transmissions Festival at the Rep next July.
		To apply for a place, send your name, address and telephone number, a one-page outline (about 250 words) and a scene from the play to Caroline Jester at Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 For further information or advice call Caroline on 0121 245 2037.
	www.britishtheatreguide.info /news/repyngwrtrs.htm (235 words)

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