Centenary Square is a public square on the north side of Broad Street in Birmingham, England, named in 1989 to commemorate the centenary of Birmingham achieving city status. CentenarySquare is part of an exciting new development that will revolutionise transportation and public spaces in the area, making it one of the UK’s most attractive locations for work and leisure. The Exchange is located at 3 CentenarySquare in a grade II listed building that was originally founded as the Birmingham Municipal Bank.
Join us as Centenary Square is transformed into our stage for Wondrous Stories, a spectacular open-air show to kick-off the Birmingham 2022 Festival. Featuring Motionhouse’s internationally renowned professional dance-circus company alongside a mass cast of hundreds from Critical Mass, Freewheelin Dance Company, Motionhouse Youth, Sampad and DanceXchange, audiences can expect large-scale immersive action and plenty of thrills as stories, a giant book and characters tumble out of the night sky.
Inspired by the stories of the city, past, present and future, Wondrous Stories is a show for everyone made by a local and international creative team. Led by Artistic Director Kevin Finnan MBE, the show features additional choreography by Jamaal Burkmar (Extended Play, Phoenix Dance) and Sonia Sabri (Sonia Sabri Dance Company), live spoken word performance from Coventry and Birmingham-based artists Raza Hussain and Sebbie Mudhai, and digital projections by Logela Multimedia. Birmingham’s Choir With No Name sing to an uplifting soundtrack by Sophy Smith and Tim Dickinson, and designer Sophie Donaldson leads Birmingham City University students in costume creation, making this a magical collaboration of talent.
A mixture of subtitles and key text integrated into the digital projections will allow our D/deaf audiences to experience as fully as possible the lyrics and spoken word that are used in the show. For audiences with a visual impairment, we have an Audio Described package (including introduction to the performance) on both performances on the 20th of March. Please email enquiries@opusartsevents.co.uk if you have any access requirements and if you would like to book for the Audio Description service.
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