VIDEO: Gadget Show Live 2012 launches…

Jamie Chapman attends the launch of tech-fest Gadget Show Live in Birmingham (Photo: ChapperzTV)

As the UK’s biggest five-day consumer electronics event gets underway at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, we team up with ChapperzTV to cover the Gadget Show Live 2012 .

Taking place at the NEC from 11-15 April 2012, the event is based on the popular Channel Five TV show and is widely recognised as the best place to see, try and buy the latest consumer technology. With a sold-out forthcoming weekend, this year is set to be the biggest show yet.

City’s social media devotees bid farewell to 2011

Birmingham's YouTube Gatherings attract visitors from across the country

Birmingham’s tech-savvy community will be closing the chapter on an eventful year of  social media with a double dose of multimedia gatherings this weekend.

Completing a successful year of new media networking, web commentary and internet creativity, two very different but equally important internet-inspired get-togethers are to ring out 2011 in style this month – the Birmingham Social Media Cafe and the Birmingham YouTube Christmas Gathering.

Second Helpings for Victoria Wood’s ‘Dinnerladies’

 

The cast of dinnerladies at the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham

Top comedienne Victoria Wood’s smash hit comedy Dinnerladies took to the stage last night at the New Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.

Fans of the hit TV series were not disappointed as some of the funniest comic characters and script written for television were brought to life in a live production.

Based on the second television series, the show follows the reluctant love story of Bren and Tony, egged on by Dolly, Jean, Twinkle and Anita. Mix in caretaker Stan’s words of wisdom and coat with regular appearances by Phillippa from Human Resources and Petula, Bren’s dreadful mother and you have a recipe for madness, mirth and twelve rounds of toast!