The Margarett Rose Abri Centre are holding their third ‘Lazy Sunday Afternoon’ Acoustic session this Sunday 13th December from 2.30pm.
This month we have a set by Wolverhampton Based Singer Songwriter Mick Burrows who writes very melodic accessible songs influenced by artist like Neil Young, Dylan and the Joni Mitchel. We’ll also be having a set by local band ‘Gravel Road’ who would normally be described as rock-pop-blues but these guys don’t like being pigeonholed and are quite likely to venture into other musical genres…just cos they feel like it! Anything could happen!
Admission is free (but there will be collection tins for the Breast Cancer Charity ‘Breakthrough’ dotted about) and all ages welcome. The cafe is the old Post Office building at the corner of Cheapside and Birchall Street.
It’s the second ‘Coffee Shop Poets’ open mic night for poetry and spoken word at the Margarett Rose Abri cafe this Thursday 3rd Dec from 8.30pm.
The event is free to listeners and performers alike, and is a safe, intimate and supportive alcohol free not for profit venue. Anyone wishing a slot to read their works should try to arrive early.
The Margarett Rose Abri is the old Post Office building at 58-59 Cheapside Digbeth (on the corner of Cheapside and Birchall Street).
It’s the first ever Espresso sized theatre night at the Cafe in the Margarett Rose Abri building on Cheapside tomorrow evening – Friday 27th Nov at 8pm. The audience gets to enjoy 5 short plays:
‘Lovely lady liberty’ by Rachel Taylor
‘Jimmy Lightning’ by Stuart Zola
‘Reverend Sherri Angel’s top ten tips for a long lasting Las Vegas Marriage’ by Rachel Sambrook
‘The Providence Cafe’ by Jan Watts
A ’script in hand’ performance of an untitled Jan Watts Play that ‘involves American tourists and bottom pinching at The Birmingham Museum and art Gallery!’
Tickets are £5 on the door and includes a regular drink and cake in the interval (cheesecake or tarte, no less).
If you’re thinking you’d rather be on the stage than in the audience, there’s a chance to do that too:
We’re also looking for submissions from writers and/or actors who want to put on stuff for Espresso 2 early in the new year. Anyone interested can contact stuartrox@stuartrox.plus.com
The Margarett Rose Abri building is the old Post Office at 58-59 Cheapside, Digbeth B12 0PG.
There’s to be a ‘Lazy Sunday Afternoon’ acoustic session at the Margarett Rose Abri Cafe, 58-59 Cheapside, Digbeth (The Old Post Office). The ‘laid back alternative Sunday Afternoon’ is from 2.30pm on Sunday 25th October.
Enjoy a coffee –read the papers – put the world to right and listen to a chilled acoustic set from two different artists: VELVET GREEN SONGWRITING DUO (Contemporary folk influenced acoustic) and JEAN DAVISON (singer-songwriter).
All ages are welcome and admission is free but you can make a small donation to the breast cancer charity Breakthrough on the day if you wish.
Oohhh la la! Things are taking on a distinctly French flavour at the Maragrett Rose Abri building on Cheapside next Fri 25th Sept, with music from En Chante and French food washed down with fine wine (that you’ll need to bring, they can’t do everything you know). Tickets are £7.50 each.
On Sun 19th July I went to the official opening of the Margarett Rose Abri – a social enterprise in the old Post Office building on Cheapside, which will comprise of a cafe, an ironing and dry cleaning service and a Health Centre upstairs. The Health Centre will offer a midwife service, private dentist and GP (who I’m assured won’t charge extortionate rates). Above is a clip of Jean McCleod kicking things off. The Margarett Rose Abri building should be open in early August. Here’s some photos I took whilst there:
The address is: 58-59 Cheapside, Dertiend, Birmingham B12 0PG. Corner of Birchall street near the red post box.
Well this looks interesting. A little while back I noticed the old Post Office building on Cheapside, which had remained in the traditional pillar box red for years, had been repainted a more neutral cream and green. So I took photo on my phone and promptly forgot about it. But then yesterday I get this email:
Hi Nicky, we are organising a big lunch/launch of a social enterprise which will provide a cafe for the Deritend/Digbeth residents to chill out on a Sunday morning. The lunch starts at 1pm on Sunday 19th July and all locals are encouraged to attend in order to meet their neighbours and provide a start for a community spirit to develop.
Address; 58-59 Cheapside, Dertiend, Birmingham B12 0PG. Corner of Birchall street near the red post box.
Jean McLeod, Project Manager & Local Resident, Margarett Rose Abri
So that’s my Sunday dinner sorted. Please join us if you can, but if you can’t I’ll be sure to report back.
