DRPRG.8 – Postcapitalism: A Guide to our Future by Paul Mason
Date: Wednesday 21 October
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Studio 180, 180 Lambeth Road, London (if you can’t make it in person you are very welcome to join us by Skype – drop us a message here with your skype name and we’ll call you when the group starts)
Members of the East storytelling group got together for an informal gathering yesterday, to catch up on on news, share food, discuss our plans for the future and – inevitably – tell some stories. (To those members who couldn’t make it – you were missed and we look forward to seeing you next time!) We’re currently between formal projects and waiting for the results of a funding application, but thanks to BSK, our main partner for East, we could meet in a local community space to keep the momentum going. All being well we have a creative few months ahead, including making a video archive of the stories we’ve told so far. Fingers crossed for funding. More information to follow as it happens…
Oh and it’s never too late for new people to get involved! Drop us a line.
Here are some photos.
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.
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.
One of the great privileges of being part of A Season of Bangla Drama is meeting the other people involved. There’s an amazing community of performance-makers here in Tower Hamlets, and this festival really illustrates how Bangladeshi culture in the borough can become a catalyst for something truly diverse and cross-cultural. Our project is a perfect example: a collaboration between Daedalus and Bisho Shahitto Kendro.
Here are some photos (credit: Ziaur Rahman Saklen) of members of our East storytelling group with other participants at the SOBD sharing event last weekend.
You can see us perform at Queen Mary, University of London, on 7th November, 7:30pm. More details are here or you can just go ahead and book tickets online here.
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!
