Donate BIG at Mell Square’s Donation Days!
Charity Makes Plea as it Launches The Big Donation
Mell Square, Solihull
Friday 3^rd September and Friday 1^st October
The British Heart Foundation (BHF) Store, located in Poplar Way, Mell Square Shopping Centre, in Solihull is encouraging people to donate BIG on Friday 3^rd September and Friday 1^st October as part of its BIG Donation appeal. The store will be hosting a day of entertainment and donations in Mell Square on both these days, in a bid to increase the amount of collections contributed to their dwindling stocks.
The Mell Square marquee will be in the Square on both dates and team members will be distributing donation bags for you to fill and there will also be a drop off point for people to bring any unwanted items of clothing and bric-a-brac. In addition to this there will be host family entertainment for all shoppers throughout the day.
The Big Donation provides the perfect opportunity for the Solihull community to have a clear out; fill up a bag and support their local BHF Shop. Prior to the donation days, you can pick up a bag from the BHF Store situated Poplar Way in Mell Square Shopping Centre for you to fill up and drop off in the Square on either the 3^rd September or 1^st October.
The Solihull Store is aiming to bring in 980 bags of stock – the equivalent of £19,600 – throughout September and October and everyone can help by donating good quality clothing, shoes, accessories, CDs, DVDs, books, toys and bric-a-brac. It is all desperately needed to replenish the decreasing amount of donations being given to the charity, the Store’s Manager, Monica Smith said: “We are always in need of more items to go in our shop, it is really important to keep both the levels and quality of our stock high to encourage customers and ultimately raise plenty of money to continue the life-saving work of the charity.
And it’s not just smaller items that BHF want you to donate... If you’re planning on clearing out your home as well as your wardrobe why not organise a FREE collection through the BHF for that good quality sofa you no longer need, or drop by the Mell Square BHF Store with those unwanted toasters and kettles.
For more information on the details of The Big Donation at Mell Square visit: http://www.mellsquare-shopping.com

Leisure Time Fun Quiz
The Shirley Centre, Shirley
Saturday 4th September 2010
8.00pm
The Shirley Centre presents a quiz on books films TV & theatre with Fish & Chips Supper. Tickets £5 person inc
Supper. Teams of four people.8pm start prompt. Tickets from the centre office at 274 Stratford Road, Shirley Telephone 0121 250 5005

Troop Aid Ball
National Motorcycle Museum
Saturday 11th September 2010
National Motorcycle Museum 6.30pm. Black tie. Tickets £50 to include reception drink, 3 course meal with wine and dance band. Charity auction and tombola. All proceeds to go to providing the basic essentials for our Injured Troops both in Afghanistan and Selly Oak Hospital. www.troopaid.co.uk
For tickets email troopaid.ball@blueyonder.co.uk or ring 07914 464507
Give your support to those who support us.

Last Night of the Proms Concert
Bushell Hall, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DJ
Saturday 11th September 2010
7:30pm
Join the award winning AD Concert Band to sing-along to flag-waving favourites as we perform our own version of this traditional concert in the Bushell Hall, Solihull School, Warwick Road, Solihull, B91 3DJ.
Tickets are available from Solihull Arts Complex (0121 704 6962), priced £7.00 each.
Supporting Armed Forces Charities.
www.adband.org.uk

A Murder is Announced
The Shirley Centre, Shirley
Friday 17th & Saturday 18th September 2010
Centre Stage at The Shirley Centre presents an amateur production of Agatha Christie's play. Performances on 17th September at 7.30pm & 18th September at 2.30pm & 7.30pm. Tickets Evenings £8 (£7 seniors &under 16s), Matinee £5 available from the centre or telephone 0121 733 6783. Free Parking. Licensed Bar evenings only


Oliver! Auditions
Peterbrook School, Solihull Lodge, Shirley
Sunday 19th September 2010
11am - 6pm
Peterbrook Players are holding open auditions for their next musical 'Oliver'. All principal roles are being auditioned on Sunday 19th September at Peterbrook School, Solihull Lodge, from 11am - 6pm. Anyone interested in taking part should view the website www.peterbrookplayers.co.uk and fill in the 'contact us' section, and we can send on an audition piece by email.
The show will be performed at 'Solihull Arts Complex' in March 2011.The show is being directed by professional Directors, musical Director, and choreographer. Details of principal parts being auditioned are listed on our website. We are also on the look out for boys to take part in Fagins gang. For further details check out the website or email peterbrookplayers@btinternet.com

Photography by Sarah R - An Exhibition of My Favourite Works
G2 Gallery, Solihull Arts Complex, Touchwood, Solihull
Wednesday 29th September 2010
7.30pm
In aid of The Alzheimer's Society
Complimentary drinks and home made cookies and cakes while you browse the images. The photos on display (in all shapes and sizes and framed uniquely) will be up for sale, with sales on the night being donated to Alzheimer's.
There will also be a silent ballot auction where the person who puts down the highest sealed bid will win a studio photo shoot, with a make up artist, hair stylist and fashion stylist as well and a print of their choice afterwards.
It is open to all, will be child friendly (with a photography quiz to keep them busy), so the more the merrier! This is a local event, with local talent and should be one of the most glamourous evenings Solihull has seen for a while!
Tickets are £5 each and can be bought from the gallery (www.solihull.gov.uk/artscomplex) or via www.sarahr.co.uk.

Jadis Shadows Presents John Van Druten's 'I Am A Camera'
The Dovehouse Theatre, Solihull
Saturday 2nd October 2010
Within the hedonistic world of early 1930's Weimar Berlin the impoverished English author Christopher Isherwood observes and plans to complete his masterpiece. Within his bohemian bedsit he passively interacts with a series of individuals who act as inspiration for his book; his busty, interfering landlady Fraulein Schneider, the 'gold digging' gigolo Fritz, Natalia Landauer the wealthy Jewish daughter of a Berlin department store owner and the rich but jaded, American playboy Clive. Finally, though, Christopher meets his muse- the decadent, consciously shocking  yet forever childish Sally Bowles. Like a whirl-wind this irrepressibly English 'icon of camp' crashes into his life... and things will never be the same again...  
Yet above this society, dancing upon the brink a storm, a maelstrom is about to break. As the characters live, drink and love the thunderous cloud of Nazism gathers overhead.
Adapted from Christopher Isherwood's semi autobiographical 'Berlin Stories/Goodbye To Berlin'    the play captures a humorous, lively yet at times poignant slice of historical life in a time now long since wiped away forever.                 
This production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd.

Tiptoe Through the Tombstones
Solihull Arts Complex Theatre, Touchwood, Solihull
Friday 15th and Saturday 16th October
7.30pm
Some months have passed since the ghastly events in Monument House, well-known to those familiar with Norman Robbin's earlier 'A Tomb with a View'. Now Mortimer Crayle, the crusty old lawyer gathers the last remaining Tomb family members (as offbeat as their relatives) at the old house, to discuss their inheritance. 
Fog descends on the cobwebby corridors of the mansion. Things and people..are seldom what they seem in this glorious spoof - a worthy sequel to 'A Tomb with a View'. No previous knowledge of the original story is required.
Box Office 0121 704 6962

My Fair Lady
Solihull Arts Complex Theatre, Touchwood, Solihull
Monday 1st to Saturday 6th November
7.30pm (2.30pm Sat matinee)
Based on George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion play, My Fair Lady is the musical story of Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower seller. Professor Higgins, a linguist wagers he can transform her hideous vowels and dropped consonants into a perfectly tuned voice and pass her off as a fine lady. Musical numbers include I Could Have Danced All Night, I’m Getting Married In The Morning, On the Street Where You Live and Wouldn’t It Be Loverly tell the bewitching and thought-provoking story of her transformation.
Box Office 0121 704 6962

Charity Shopping/Show Trip
Friday 26th November 2010
Shopping and a show this will be a good day out in London with other like minded ladies. Coach pick up  from Solihull, Dorridge and Balsall Common, then on to London for a few hours shopping and lunch before the 5pm show. These are Good Seats to See Mamma Mia. (£65 face value) Coach will pick up for the return journey home at the Prince of Wales Theatre, London. Reduced price entry and return coach travel £65 (£5 of this goes to Charity). So come on ladies there is plenty of time to arrange that time off from work and baby sitters. You deserve a day out so phone Loraine or Karen on 07969 953999 to book your place