When: Wednesday 18th April, 20:00
Where: Birmingham Irish Centre, 14-20 High Street, Deritend, B12 0LN
Tickets £10 / £8

Journey to the Fifth Province, the hit show of the 2011 Irish Writers’ Festival in London, will be performed at the Irish Centre in Digbeth.

Actor Donal Cox draws on the work of great Irish poets and writers to open unusual windows on life and create a dramatic narrative, with exciting music from Celtic harper Harriet Earis to accompany the journey. Language and music weave together story, character, humour and the inner Irish experience. A joyful and perceptive look at where we’ve come from, where we find ourselves now and what might inspire us in the face of an uncertain future.

On tour around the UK since September 2011, the show is building a glowing reputation. The Embassy of Ireland acknowledges its value in reaching out to successive generations of Irish people who have uprooted to the UK, reconnecting them with their cultural roots. ‘Journey to the Fifth Province’ is nonetheless accessible to all and speaks to everyone, irrespective of background heritage. It is supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

A video trailer for the show follows; for further information, please contact Liz Newbery by email or phone 020 8540 2118 or 07759 662747.

Local evening venue, and supporters of Digbeth Residents Association, the Rainbow, have informed all residents of their first street party of 2012, due to take place this weekend. Please see below for the full details:

Dear Digbeth Resident,

Thank you for your continued support.

We would like to make you aware of our first Street Party of the year, which will take place this Saturday 7th April: Circo Loco. The event starts initially in the new Rainbow Arena, an open-air space on Hack Street, from 2pm until midnight. The afterparty is then on Adderley Street, the Rainbow Pub and Warehouse until 6am.

Should you have any concerns about noise in advance or during this event, please contact the hotline numbers: 07919 563 195 or 07976 625 652
Alternatively, please email therainbowevents@gmail.com

If you would like complimentary tickets to this event, please email kent@therainbowvenues.co.uk

Many thanks from all at The Rainbow.

When: Thursday 7th – Monday 11th June
Where: Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Local business Latifs are offering all Digbeth residents a £5 discount on tickets to see the England v West Indies Investec Test Match (Thursday 7th- Monday 11th June).

In order to take advantage of this great offer, all you have to do is “Like” their Facebook page and ask for the discount on their wall or by private message. You can ask for the discount by tweeting @LatifsUK or sending a message.

Howzat?!

Just a reminder that the April meeting of Digbeth Residents Association will take place this evening, at 6pm, in the Nomad room, ground floor Zellig, Custard Factory.

Today’s meeting is an open meeting for anyone interested in attending; the topic of discussion will be ‘Community Power’.

Please find an agenda for the meeting below; see you there!

Agenda 02.04.12

How the JFK memorial could look in Digbeth by Birmingham Mail

Regular readers of Digbeth is Good may remember the post last year about plans to restore the city’s JFK memorial, and display it in Digbeth.

Well, these plans are one step closer to becoming a reality after artist Oliver Budd, whose father Kenneth created the mosaic, returned the President’s head to piece he is painstakingly re-creating in his London workshop.

The finished piece will take pride of place on the corner of Digbeth High Street and Floodgate Street in June. The city hope to ask a senior White House official to unveil the restored mosaic.

It’s quite timely that the US athletics track and field team will be arriving in Birmingham for their Olympics training camp around June. Let’s hope it’s completed by then!