City centre news – May 17

The city centre news for May 17:

  • Council Commissions New Eastside Masterplan
    Birmingham Newsroom
    One of the UK’s leading architects has been appointed by Birmingham City Council to help the authority consider the impact proposals for a new High Speed Rail 2 station and line will have on their proposed locations within the Eastside area of the city.
  • Cliff Richard’s Flame of Hope sculpture to get new home in Birmingham
    Birmingham Mail
    CLIFF Richard’s Flame of Hope sculpture is to be plucked from storage, dusted down and found a new city centre home – but it will never burn again.
  • Culture Vultures
    The Stirrer
    Birmingham’s much vaunted desire to become the UK’s Capital of Culture are ringing hollow for three young members of a Digbeth-based dance troupe, whose hopes of appearing in a high profile event at the Bull Ring on Saturday were strangled by red tape.
  • New season at Birmingham Rep
    The Stirrer
    In its last season before closing its doors to accommodate the new Library of Birmingham, The Rep has put together a strong programme including Tom Stoppard’s adaptation of The Cherry Orchard and the spoof musical Little Shop of Horrors – not to mention the West End hit Enron.