Archive for January, 2011
Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
Tamasha in collaboration with Mulberry School for Girls in east London is inviting applications for 8 playwrights for a pilot attachment scheme running February – May 2011.
This is an opportunity to create a new piece of writing and develop practical workshop skills in a school environment.
The scheme will be overseen and dramaturged by Mulberry playwright-in-residence and Tamasha Associate Writer, Fin Kennedy. There will also be input from Tamasha Associate Filmmaker Tanya Singh, including the opportunity to develop multimedia performance ideas.
This is a unique opportunity to develop a relationship with both organisations, learn some practical workshop skills from experienced practitioners, and develop a new piece of writing (10-15 mins long) for and about a specific inner London community. A small bursary and some training will be provided.
For the full brief and application forms please email admin@tamasha.org.uk with “Tamasha/Mulberry pilot scheme” in the subject line, or contact Felicity at the office on 020 7633 2270.
Open to artists from all cultural backgrounds.
Deadline for applications: Monday 31st January at 5pm.
‘Small Lives Global Ties’ Writer’s Group
Tamasha is looking for ten experienced writers to join a new writers group for a period of 4 months (February to May 2011), to collectively explore and feed into a central theme running through our current projects – ‘small lives, global ties’.
It is hoped that by collectively examining this theme, the writers group shall pioneer writings that succeed in demonstrating the complexities of contemporary British culture by focusing upon that which is particular. Tamasha is keen to provide a space to develop personal, nuanced voices, yet reach outwards to the broader theatrical and political landscape.
This opportunity is open to all writers who have experience of writing for performance (poets, playwrights/scriptwriters, lyricists, etc.), however you must be able to demonstrate your capacity for culturally specific writing, in its broadest sense.
Collaboration
Writers forming the group shall contribute in informing the direction of work explored, whilst also being lead by Tamasha’s associate artists Avaes Mohammad (playwright, poet, performer) and Kuldip Powar (film-maker). This collaboration shall engage in a call and response with the writer’s group, providing audio/visual as well as text based provocations, seeking to creatively ignite writer’s responses through alternative means. As well as leading the writer’s group, Avaes and Kuldip shall also be embarking upon a creative collaboration of their own exploring the same theme and as such will be sharing the results of their partnership amongst members of the writers group. Web-presence in the form of a Blog shall be created to document and share work with one another and also facilitate creative conversations between members.
For the full brief and application forms please email admin@tamasha.org.uk with “Small Lives Global Ties Writers Group” in the subject line or contact Felicity at the office on 020 7633 2270.
Open to artists from all cultural backgrounds.
Deadline for applications: Monday 31st January at 5pm.
Application packs:
Small Lives Global Ties – Application Pack
Mulberry Writers – Application Pack
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Monday, January 17th, 2011
15-30 JAN 2011
You know you just cant miss the opportunity to witness amazing art at this years LONDON INTERNATIONAL MIME FESTIVAL.
As it says on the webby: Expect the unexpected!
Enjoy 
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
For more than 60 years, the herosim of Noor Inayat Khan, one of Winston Churchill’s elite Special Operations Executive secret agents, has remained largely forgotten.
She was the first female radio operator sent into Nazi-occupied France, where her bravery has long been recognised, and for three months she single-handedly ran a cell of spies across Paris until she was betrayed and captured.
For ten months she was tortured by the Gestapo desperate for any information about SOE operations, but she stood firm and was eventually executed at Dachau concentration camp on September 13, 1944, aged just 30.
Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1949 and the French Croix de Guerre, but her courage has since been allowed to fade into history in Britain… until now.
And, mainly due to the efforts of her biographer Shrabani Basu, her bravery is finally to be permanently recognised in England with a bronze bust in central London, close to the Bloomsbury house where she lived as a child.
A campaign to raise £100,000 for what will be the first memorial in Britain to either a Muslim or an Asian woman has won the backing of 34 MPs and prominent British Asians.
Khan was born on New Year’s Day 1914 in Moscow to an Indian father and an American mother. She was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the renowned 18th century Muslim ‘Tiger of Mysore’ who refused to submit to British rule and died in battle.
Her father was an Indian Muslim preacher who moved his family first to London and then to Paris, where Khan was educated and later worked writing childrens’ stories.
Despite carrying a passport of an imperial subject, Khan had no loyalty to Britain. But she and her brother Vilayat despised the greater evil of Nazi Germany and fled to England after the fall of France.
In November 1940 she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, and two years later her quiet dedication and training in radio transmitting atracted the attention of the SOE.
Despite doubts about her suitability, she was flown to France in June 1943 to become the radio operator for the ‘Prosper’ resistance network in Paris, using the codename ‘Madeleine’ and with the famous instruction to ’set Europe ablaze’.
Many members of the network were arrested shortly afterwards but she chose to remain in France and, frequently changing her appearance and alias, she spent the summer moving from place to place, trying to relay messages back to London.
She was eventually betrayed by a Frenchwoman, supposedly the jealous girlfriend of a comrade, and arrested by the Gestapo who discovered that she had unwisely kept copies of all her secret signals. The Germans were able to use her radio to trick London into sending new agents – straight into the hands of the waiting Gestapo.
In November 1943, she was sent to Pforzheim prison in Germany where she was kept in chains and in solitary confinement. Despite repeated torture, she refused to reveal any information and in September 1944, Khan and three other female SOE agents were transferred to Dachau where they were shot.
Shrabani Basu, who has spent eight years researching official archives and family records, told the Independent newspaper: ‘I feel it is very important that what she did should not be allowed to fade from memory, particularly living in the times that we do.
‘Here was a young Muslim woman who gave her life for this country and for the fight against those who wanted to destroy the Jewish race. She was an icon for the bond that exists between Britain and India but also between people who fought for what they believed to be right.’
His efforts to rekindle interest in her story includes the making of a £10 million biopic by a British production company.
Around £25,000 of the cost required for the bust has been raised, and permission has been granted to site the sculpture on land owned by the University of London in Gordon Square. The cause has won the support of human rights campaigner Shami Chakrabarti and film director Gurinder Chadha.
Article by: DAILY MAIL.
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Monday, January 10th, 2011
Registration opens: 3 NOV 2010
Registration closes: 7 FEB 2011
Not long to go until the registration deadline!
It’s easy to be part of the Fringe – just follow our three step plan:
- Get an event
Anything can be an event in the Fringe; whether it’s a play, a comedy show, a dance piece or an art exhibition – it’s your opportunity to do anything you want!
- Get a venue
Once you’ve got an event, you’ll need a venue – take a look at the Fringe venue directory, read our venues page, or take a look at some of the latest suggestions by reading on…
- Register your event
Complete the Registration Form on the Fringe website, and that’s it! You’re part of the 2011 Fringe!
Legal & General Bursaries – Comedy
We’ve still got three of our fantastic bursaries left, all of which are in the Comedy section. So if you’re a Brighton resident, take a look at our bursaries page to see if you qualify for a free registration!
£1000 funding available for events from Kent
Year One Consulting are offering up to £1000 for performers from Kent to showcase their work at the Brighton Fringe. To find out more and to download an application pack, click here. Be quick, though – the deadline is Monday 10th January!
Perform in the Hendrick’s Horseless Carriage at the Fringe
Hendrick’s Gin, sponsors of the Fringe’s literature section are seeking participants to stage work in their 19th century rail carriage full of Victoriana-style curiosities. If you are interested, please contact Damian Barr, the venue curator, directly to discuss your ambitions and reuqiredments. In particular, the venue is looking for performers to stage either literature events, or a site-specitic theatre/literature work inspired by and performed in and around the carriage. The promenade piece must be no longer than 30 minutes and not specifically aimed at children. Time slots are available from 10am – 10pm from Friday 20th – Monday 30th May 2011. The venue will provide national and local marketing support, stewarding and free venue hire, as well as covering the registration fee.
If you are interested in using this space, please contact Damien Barr on 07711 306443 or email MrDLBarr@yahoo.com.
Find out more at www.hendrickshorselesscarriage.com
New Venue – The Golden Fleece
Formerly Hectors House, The Golden Fleece is a brand new cafe / venue space run by popular Brighton promoters Playgroup. The space is a quirky mish mash of strange sculptures, weird décor, comfy seating and ever changing surroundings. The venue is available for daytime performances all week and evening performances from Sunday to Wednesday. For more information, click here.
Help!
If you need help with any aspect of your Fringe registration, the Fringe team are on hand to answer your questions. Call us on 01273 764900 between 10am – 5pm on Monday – Friday, or email info@brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk
http://www.brightonfestivalfringe.org.uk/
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