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Motionhouse today announced the addition of several dates for its world premiere tour of its new production, Nobody. Marking the Company’s return to live theatre performance following lockdown, Nobody will receive its world première at The Peacock Theatre in London from the 22-25 September 2021.

This will be followed by an extensive tour which sees the company visit Denmark, England, Germany, Scotland and Wales. Several of these are first time visits, including three new venues in Germany, Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford and The King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. This marks the Company’s first visit to one of the city’s main stages. 

The DESIblitz Literature Festival 2021 is the UK’s leading South Asian Literature Festival. Opening in Birmingham City Centre on September 18 with a string of leading British South Asian and South Asian literary stars, the festival, with a mix of in-person and digital events and runs until October 1. All tickets are free apart from three headline events at £2.99 per ticket with Sathnam Sanghera, Nikesh Shukla and a panel event on Cultural Representation in Literature. Live events will take place at the Rep Theatre and B Music (formerly Symphony Hall) in the city centre.

The festival is designed to encourage young and aspiring British Asian writers but is open to all. It provides a much-needed programme of author events, workshops, performances and panel discussions, showcasing the work of British South Asian authors and poets, and international writers with South Asian heritage. As well as aiming to inspire new creative writers, the festival provides an opportunity to highlight the way writers of South Asian descent have contributed to the literary canon across the world.

Amazon Studios’ £336m production of Lord of the Rings should be filmed in Birmingham, UK owing to the city’s close association with Tolkien, a film expert at Birmingham City University has said.

Frank Mannion, producer, director and Senior Lecturer in Film Marketing and Distribution, who is currently enjoying US and European success with his directorial debut, Sparkling: The Story of Champagne starring Stephen Fry, spoke following the news that the Peter Jackson-led production is moving from New Zealand to the UK.

From his chart-dominating time in JLS to his solo smash ‘Get Stupid’ and a sensational star run on ‘The Masked Singer’, Aston Merrygold has proved to be one of the UK’s most popular personalities. Having returned to Radio 1’s airwaves earlier this year with ‘Share A Coke’, Aston now shares an attention grabbing new song ‘Emergency’.

‘Emergency’ brings a soundsystem of energising elements into a track that sparkles with summertime spirit. It’s got the rhythmic mix of dancehall, and those pop flavours are revealed via a dash of ultra-addictive hooks that hint at JLS’s chart-conquering years. As ever, Aston’s vocal magic is essential to unlocking the track’s potential, with his enlivening mix of Motown soul and bold British personality.

Legendary reggae band UB40 were the latest stars to visit Birmingham City University’s state of the art Curzon Street Studios, using one of the UK’s largest purpose-built TV studios for a photoshoot to unveil their new line-up. The eight-piece, who have achieved global success from recording and performing since forming in Birmingham in 1978, took over Studio A in the University’s Parkside building recently to capture images featuring new lead vocalist Matt Doyle alongside band members.

The new assets were unveiled to the band’s millions of followers on social media recently. Birmingham singer Matt joined the band following the announcement that Duncan Campbell was retiring from the band following ill health.