• Workshop for future film stars

  By RewiredPR at 12:58 on 30/04/13

  

    Youngsters from across the region were invited to attend an exciting 'Acting for Screen' workshop hosted by TV's Donnaleigh Bailey.     Held at Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA), a specialist creative, digital and performing arts academy in central Birmingham, the two day seminar saw BBC One Doctors star Donnaleigh deliver a crash course in acting for TV and film to a group of students aged 11 to 17.  ...

• ABBEY COLLEGE BIRMINGHAM PAYS POIGNANT TRIBUTE TO HOCKLEY HEATH STUDENT

  By ZeusPRAgency at 13:19 on 20/12/12

  

  Students and staff at Abbey College Birmingham stood side by side on Wednesday, 19 December, to pay a poignant tribute to the 'popular,charming and charismatic' student, Mikey Abdou (19), who tragically died in a car accident just under a year ago. Mikey's friends Baldave Dulay, Amrik Singh, Gurav Braich, Zahid Nawab, Amanvir Uppal and Suneil Sohal, led an emotional tribute in the tranquil grounds of St Paul's Square, where...

• Solihull School drama lovers have a ball with The Ash Girl

  By sh7003 at 17:20 on 05/12/12

  

  A darkly lyrical adaptation of the fairy story 'Cinderella' proved the perfect fit for drama lovers at Solihull School.   A cast of 30 boys and girls aged 12 to 18, supported by a backstage crew of 24, took part in Timberlake Wertenbaker's 'The Ash Girl'.   The play, which delves into the inner demons we struggle to overcome, was staged in the independent school's Bushell Hall on its Warwick Road campus.  &n...

• Children's author inspires primary school children

  By sh7003 at 20:48 on 02/12/12

  

  The joys of creative writing were brought to life by popular children's author Steve Voake at a special workshop for gifted and talented children organised by Solihull School. The writer of best-selling novels including 'The Dreamwalker's Child' and 'The Web of Fire' enthralled Year 5 pupils from Greswold Primary School and Coppice, Sharmans Cross and Solihull Junior School reading from his books and discussing his work. ...

• Solihull student on the road to stardom

  By RewiredPR at 12:43 on 23/11/12

  

  A Solihull student has begun his training at a specialist creative, digital and performing arts academy in Birmingham. Christopher Walsh, 16, from Solihull, beat off tough competition earlier in the year when he secured a place on the popular Music pathway at the purpose built Birmingham Ormiston Academy (BOA). BOA is the first free-to-attend academy of its kind outside London and receives applications from students across...

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