Author: Vanessa Jackson

https://youtu.be/IklSiaRVAM8 Quilt Song by Susie Self Birmingham Eastside was given exclusive access to film the Birmingham Rep opera Quilt Song — and you can now watch the video here. The “opera for people who don’t do opera”, by Susie Self, explores themes of discrimination and human rights. It includes characters based on Rosa Parks, who famously refused to give up her place on the bus in the United States in 1955 and became a focus for the Civil Rights movement, and MP Jo Cox, the British Labour MP who was murdered in June 2016. The opera was performed at the…

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https://youtu.be/9TjZ6XIxCh8 Eastside Live Lounge, Autumn 2018 Take a look behind the scenes of the Eastside Live Lounge radio show as the team interview Birmingham band Sketch, host a live performance by Every Rope A Noose, and play the latest new music. Related: Listen to the interview with The Editors’ Ed Lay hereListen to Every Rope A Noose perform Thieves and Liars hereListen to Every Rope A Noose perform Matilda here

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