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Dec- 2021 -21 December
‘Hello Rainbow: Finding Happiness in Colour’ by Momtaz Begum-Hossain – new book to inject colour into your life…
Journalist and special acv presenter is a passionate colour advocate and launched a book today on the subject… don’t be…
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Nov- 2021 -22 November
‘When Life Gives You Melons’ – Vidya Patel, dancer-choreographer, first stage show as Sadler’s Wells Young Associate…
Indian trained classical dancer has created piece for four hand-picked women dancers with mixed style experience… IT SEEMS likely that…
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20 November
‘Empire State of Mind’: We need to talk about Race and Empire – Sathnam Sanghera’s TV follow-up to ‘Empireland’
Writer takes us on a brilliant personal journey and illuminates debates about race, statutes, museums and other aspects of modern…
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19 November
Aakash Odedra: From eating hula-hoops and a banana for lunch to 10 years of his dance company and year of change following mother’s death and lockdown…
As celebrated dance figure takes to the stage this evening, he looks ahead and back with acv… 🔷Return of ‘Rising’…
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13 November
‘Rice’- Meeting Zainab Hasan – an upcoming performer to watch out for – as she talks representation and gender roles…
Two-hander play puts Asian women centre stage… ROLES for female artists of colour are often few and far between and…
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9 November
Bird Bites: ‘King Richard’; UK Asian Film Festival Mental health report launch; Japanese Cinema of the Self weekend; Booker Prize winner Damon Galgut, India and ‘Arctic Summer’
What’s caught our bird eyes this month… Unconscious bias surfaces in ‘King Richard’ press conference Serena Williams. Will Smith, Venus…
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Oct- 2021 -30 October
‘Last Night in Soho’ (LFF 2021 reviews); ‘Azor’, ‘Wild Indian’ and ‘Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy’
We saw latest release at London Film Festival and here are some more reviews… 1960s London nostalgia reverie (mostly) delivers……
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23 October
‘10 Nights’ – Intelligent, thoughtful, and funny (play review)
Main character wrestles with culture, expectations and keeping up appearances… By Suman Bhuchar THIS is a story about faith and…
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22 October
London Film Festival 2021 review: ‘Invisible Demons’ – Images hard to forget as climate crisis shown in excruciating and sharp relief…
Film is about Delhi but could be about anywhere in India… By Sunil Chauhan BERLIN-BASED director Rahul Jain understands aesthetics.…
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11 October
‘When the Fire’s Gone Out’ – playwright Naylah Ahmed talks about the idea of ‘home’ that inspired Kali week of plays coming to Tara Theatre
Two mothers. Terrorism, pain, grief, loss and where the idea of home reverberates powerfully in this new work… By Suman…
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