4 star review in The Guardian
‘a gem of local legacy building’
Lyn Gardner’s blog for The Guardian
‘with our ever more mediated existence, the primal craving for live returns’
Dazed and Confused Q&A profile with Laura McDermott & Harun Morrison
‘Fierce 2011 revealed how vital a festival experience can be when the artistic direction is passionately dedicated to site and place, showcasing a city’s shiny bits as well as the parts it would rather ignore [...] the experience was consistently joyous, filled with curiosity and love for the diversity of Birmingham and its people.’
Real Time Arts (Australia’s premier contemporary art magazine)
Fierce Festival 2011 preview in ‘Design Week’
‘a provoking mix of performance, installation and participation’ – Jotta.com
Lundahl & Seitl’s Symphony of a Missing Room in The Wire
Fierce Festival 2011 review in ‘Total Theatre’, Vol 23, issue 2
‘Fierce Festival gets under the skin of Birmingham’ – ‘Birmingham Post’
‘completely rethinking the festival model’ – ‘The Guardian’
‘Fierce promises to be brave, bold and naughty’ – ‘Birmingham Post’