The Daedalus Radical Performance Reading Group is back. We’re meeting tomorrow to discuss Naomi Klein’s remarkable and timely hatchet job on the notion that capitalism can save us from climate change. (That’s a personal opinion, obviously. Cos if we all agreed, there’d be no point in having a reading group.)
If you’d like to be kept up-to-date on the group, drop us a line. We have a separate email group, rather than send info on every meeting to everyone on the mailing list.
The Black Smock Band, with whom we regularly collaborate, and in which our artistic director Paul plays fiddle, will be playing at the Old Red Lion in Kennington this evening. It’s free, and starts somewhere around 8pm, with the band on at 9ish. Or thereabouts.
There’s a Facebook event here, or you can look at the list of upcoming events on the band’s website.
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 opportunities.
For more info about East, including how to book tickets, please see our project page.
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 and our practice that in order to rebel and to struggle, neither leaders nor bosses nor messiahs nor saviors are necessary. To struggle, one only needs a sense of shame, a bit of dignity, and a lot of organization.
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, or there’s a Facebook event for our workshop and gig/demo.
We hope to see you there!
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 lyrics for protest songs and write some placards, then come along when we occupy the cafe at 5, for a gig-cum-demo!
Oct 22 – The next meeting of the Radical Performance Reading Group. Next book: Our Word is Our Weapon by Subcommandante Marcos – drop us a line to be added to the Reading Group email list (separate from our main mailing list).
Nov 7th – We’re very honoured that The East storytelling group will be part of The Season of Bangla Drama. We’ll performing at Queen Mary, University of London, at 7:30pm.
Hope to see you soon!
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 post about SBD from Queen Mary, University of London, which will be the venue for East.
