Entertainment & Events
A Tale As Old as Time…
This classic fairytale of two completely different people who fall in love in the most unlikely circumstances. There’s ups and there’s downs and there’s definitely love. Èdouard (Belle’s father) is lost in the woods. As we wonders deeper into the darkness, he comes across what seems to be an abandoned mansion. However, as he takes…
Read MoreBirmingham Bach Choir’s Christmas Concert in the JQ
Birmingham Bach Choir are returning to the Jewellery Quarter next month for their traditional annual Christmas concert – a regular fixture in their concert calendar each year. Sunday 21 December 2014 Birmingham Bach Choir: Nine Lessons and Carols The choir’s traditional free Christmas performance, with a selection of carols including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing…
Read MoreOne Christmas Eve… First Play by New JQ Theatre Company
One Christmas Eve A new play by Edinburgh Fringe award-winning playwright Frank Bramwell. Christmas Eve in Birmingham . . . Mom’s battling desperately to buy last minute presents, Dad’s in the doghouse, and their daughter in London is really not looking forward to a Christmas Eve on her own . . . An amusing, touching…
Read MoreYour local Blue Orange Theatre – upcoming shows
Most of you will know that the JQ has its very own theatre on Great Hampton Street, the Blue Orange Theatre, reminiscent of the kind of small scale but high quality theatre you might encounter in the cooler parts of New York. Want to know what’s coming upon September? Read on. WEDNESDAY 3 to SATURDAY 6…
Read MoreShort Commutes and Long Runs
A little over ten years ago I was a hard core commuter. I was living in Northampton and driving the 100+ miles to London to work a 12 hour shift and then driving back. For one wintry shift cycle the heating in my car was broken so I would drive along wearing ski gloves and…
Read MoreChristmas at the Blue Orange Theatre
This year The Blue Orange Theatre presents not one, but three folk tales for Christmas! The three stories, under the title of THE ENCHANTED TALES each around 30 minutes in length, will be presented as a complete performance. The stories are ~ RUMPELSTILTSKIN – a character made famous by the SHREK movie, Blue Orange goes back to the…
Read MoreJQ Quiz Night: Tue 24th Sept
Hot on the heels of the JQ trip to Weston and the 24 Carrots Summer Market, we’re organising a JQ Quiz. Tuesday 24 September | 7pm | Fredericks, Frederick Street | £5 entry Quiz teams will be drawn out of the hat so no need to have your own team. A great opportunity to meet…
Read MoreAn opportunity to visit the Birmingham Assay Office and view its private silver collection
THURSDAY 26th SEPTEMBER 2pm If you would like to come and see the private silver collection at The Birmingham Assay Office there are now only a handful of places left on the afternoon session on Thursday 26th September. Usually these visits are only available to organised groups. So this is a unique opportunity to see the…
Read MoreCinema in the Square
Just a quick heads up to let you all know that the next instalment of St. Paul’s Film Club is this coming Monday (29th July) with the eagerly anticipated, Oscar nominated, ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild‘, a thrilling fantasy/drama about a six year old girl living in a ramshackle bayou community who must contend with…
Read MorePack your bucket & spade – it’s the JQ Coach Trip!
We love where we live. But some of us fancy an ‘away day’… Some of the good folk in your JQNF have organised a day trip for JQ-ers on Saturday 27th July 2013 to… Weston-Super-Mare! Bring your buckets and spades, an appetite for ice creams and fish n’ chips, a bag of Murray Mints for…
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