It’s been a glorious five years but Julian Lloyd Webber will be stepping down from his role as principal of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire next month.The brilliant cellist and good friend of Clive Conway Productions took on...
Read MoreGood to see inimitable actor writer and director and sometime Clive Conway Productions speaker Steven Berkoff pitching in and doing what he does best - creating brilliant and sometimes outrageous work and then marketing it...
Read MoreWhen Andrew Mlangeni, the last of the great South African freedom fighters jailed in the Rivonia Trials of 1963, died last month at the age of 95 it truly was the end of an era.Now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the ARCO...
Read MoreFew places are reeling from the fallout of the pandemic like Edinburgh. The loss of this years Edinburgh Fringe has blasted a big coronavirus shaped hole in the city’s cultural calendar and sent shockwaves through the...
Read MoreI am indebted to the Rev Richard Coles for reminding me through his ever-illuminating Twitter feed that last Thursday was the bicentenary of Sir George Grove, esteemed founder of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Coles,...
Read MoreSo finally indoor performances at theatres and arts venues are back on the agenda, but only with rigid Covid-safe precautions.At the weekend it was announced that lockdown measures were beung eased in theatres, music venues,...
Read MoreBrilliant young South African musician Jordan Brooks performed a fund-raising concert online at the weekend. With tickets available until Wednesday, it is designed to help raise money for the talented 17-year-old violinist’s...
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