In the afternoon before last week’s public performance, we shared East with Year 6 of Stebon Primary. It was a very interactive session and it was great to hear the children’s thoughts and opinions, as well as have a good old singalong and share some stories. Thank you, Stebon! Photo credit: Eeshita Azad
Various people involved in A Season of Bangla Drama were on ATN Bangla TV channel last night, to be interviewed about their shows. Sef and Paul were there to talk about East. And on Wednesday evening, Shamim and Paul will be on Betar Bangla radio. Massive thanks to the A Season of Bangla Drama team for giving us these …
The latest reading group meeting took place last week. Get in touch for the details of the next one. In the meantime, as a follow-up to that, here’s the speech in which Subcommandante Insurgente Marcos announced the end of his existence, and, to whet your whistle, a rather good quotation from it: It is our conviction …
We’re very excited to be part of this. Details to follow, but in the meantime, here’s the festival trailer:
From our Radical History Project workshops at Ovalhouse, as part of Fun Palaces today. Photos: Andy Bannister
Tomorrow we’re at Ovalhouse as part of Fun Palaces. As part of our Radical History Project, we’re working with The Black Smock Band, inviting the public to join us 2:30-4:30 in updating protest songs and writing placards, before a gig/demo in the cafe at 5pm. Info on Ovalhouse Fun Palaces weekend can be found here, …
Join our mailing list to be kept up-to-date (there’s a signup form on the right). But here’s a summary: Oct 5th – We’ll be taking part in the Fun Palace weekend at Ovalhouse, working with The Black Smock Band, as part o the development of our Radical History Project. Join us 2:30-4:30 to create new …
Shamim Azad, the poet and storyteller who is one of the professional artists supporting our East storytelling project, will be talking about East‘s participation in the Tower Hamlets Season Of Bangla Drama, along with representatives from other participating groups. It’ll be on Channel One Europe at 7.30pm this evening. Tune in! And here’s a blog …
The Daedalus Radical Performance Reading Group is currently reading Michael Foucault’s Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison. There’s a downloadable online version of it here. The reading group meets about every one-and-a-half months, normally at Studio 180 in Lambeth. If you want to come along (or just be kept in the loop) email us and …