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The Ltd Edition art market takes place this Sunday at the Sunday Flea in the Custard Factory. Organised by Fused the following artists will have affordable work for sale:

Them Lot artist collective
Sue Rowe - Vinyl images
Steve Rack - Illustrations
Ken Hurd - painting and graphics
Trav Art - Prints and tees
Emma O’Brien - Soft Sculptures
Ruth Green Design - Soft pieces, bags, accessories
Bonnie Styles
Francine Schokker

Entry is free. If you can’t make this one the next Ltd Edition is on October 26th.

Here’s a letter from Richard Willacy, Associate Artistic Director of Birmingham Opera who are holding their open day this Sunday coinciding with the all-new Sunday Flea.

You are invited to an Open Day on Sunday, 18th May from 12.00pm - 4.00pm at The Gallery, Custard Factory, Gibb Street, Birmingham, B9 4AA. We would like you to come along and please bring as many of your friends as you like. It would be great if you could spend some time with us between 2-4pm but if that’s not convenient then please feel free to come at any time you can. If you have any questions please call us on 0121 246 6644.

As well as welcoming individuals, if you are part of a group then we can arrange a time to welcome your group, find out about you and tell you about our work. Just call the office on 0121 246 6644 and we’ll sort out a time together.

There will be a rolling programme of short ‘taster sessions’ with introductory talks and discussions on Opera and the Company from Graham Vick, Artistic Director and international opera director; Stuart Nunn, designer, will be speaking about the design process. Jacopo Spirei, Assistant Director and I will also be there. There will be short informal singing workshops led by Genevieve Sylva and Ben Kennedy and short movement workshops led by international choreographer Ron Howell which you can join in with - though not compulsory!! - and short performances from soprano, Donna Bateman. So if you can spare just 10 minutes to say hello or 90 minutes to have a go at everything then just turn up and join in! Or if you wish, pop in and ask the creative team questions on our forthcoming production of Mozart’s Idomeneo which will be staged in August 2008. And if you fancy a bit of bargain browsing then the Custard Factory Flea Market will also be in full flow from 11am to 4pm. So do come along.

The Sunday Flea re-opens for business on May 18th and as well as the wide range of stalls will be playing host to Birmingham Opera’s open day.

Artistic Director Graham Vick, Designer Stuart Nunn, Choreographer Ron Howell and the rest of the Birmingham Opera Team are looking forward to seeing you all there.

Activities start at 12 and end at 4pm. You can take part in singing, acting and movement exercises, learn about the company’s work and our next production Mozart’s Idomeneo or simply pop in to say hello.

Birmingham Opera are renowned for taking opera into strange places so I guess they’ll be at home here.

Since 2001 we have presented Berg’s Votzek in a dilapidated warehouse on the edge of the Ladywood housing estate, Beethoven’s Fidelio in a big top pitched in Aston Park beside Aston Villa FC and Bernstein’s Candide in an old car parts factory in Digbeth. We explored the work of Monteverdi through a series of projects during 2004 in Cannon Hill Park, Oozells Square, Brindley Place, the Cathedral Precinct, The Bull Ring, The Fazeley Canal leading to a large-scale production of Ulysses Comes Home in Planet Ice in Spring 2005. In 2006 we presented Strauss’s Ariadne Sells Out at The Que Club and in Spring 2007 Mozart’s He Had It Coming in The Old Birmingham Municipal Bank on Broad Street. In October 2007, 300 Birmingham people and the CBSO joined us to present Verdi’s La Traviata (an international co-production with Arena di Verona) to almost 10,000 people in The National Indoor Arena, Birmingham.

More highlights from the Flea over the next couple of weeks.

Hi, this is Missy. The Sunday Flea will be returning to the Custard Factory in May, hopefully on the 18th. To my regulars, I hope you’re making lots of beautiful new things to sell, and to newcomers, you’re very welcome. Stalls cost £20 a day or 8 for £100. Call me on 07792 966 572 for table info and any other queries.