sampad brochure Spring 2011

Spring Season 2011

January - April

For further details about any of sampad’s events: visit www.sampad.org.uk or telephone 0121 446 3260

Copies of this programme are available in large print

sampad: promoting excellence and access in south asian arts since 1990

Welcome to our Spring Season programme. As always we have lots in store for you, from dance, music and theatre to visual art and spoken word. From big Bollywood stars to local, emerging talent.

After an expensive festive season, we know you may be feeling the pinch, so we have kept our prices as low as possible, so you can still enjoy the fantastic events we have lined up.

Mid-day Mantra (page 3), our free monthly classical music concert continues on Saturday afternoons at Symphony Hall.

We’re also introducing a Season Saver pass, which we will be giving out at events as a thank you to our valued audiences for your continued support. This will give you access to exclusive special offers and discounts for other events this Spring, so make sure you get yours!

If you’re coming to an event with family or friends, you can get a Group Booking discount at all our events - buy 10 tickets, get one free.

Asian Spring (page 7), our annual showcase returns to Town Hall in April, celebrating the amazing talent of some of the Midland’s best dance groups, and a huge range of South Asian dance styles from the old to the new.

To celebrate, we have teamed up with popular Birmingham restaurant Milan Indian Cuisine. If you book your Asian Spring tickets by Thursday 31st March, you will be entered into a prize draw to win a free Meal for Two, so don’t delay! The lucky winner will be announced at the event.

For more information about any of our Spring events, keep an eye on our website. Join our mailing list online for more special offers, competitions and rewards, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter to stay up-to-date with all our latest news.

Best wishes,

Piali Ray OBE, Director

Opposite from top, clockwise: Gandhi and Coconuts, Maya Ayam, Devika Rao and Qawalli Group

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Music

Spoken Word

Saturdays, 1pm-2.30pm

Thursday 17 February, 7.30pm

Mid-day Mantra

Henna

A free monthly series presenting music from India to uplift the spirit on Saturday lunchtimes.

On the eve of a wedding a young bride-to-be is having henna applied to her hands. As the patterns emerge the stories begin to unfold…

22 January Global Folk led by tabla maestro Mendi 12 February Manjeet Singh Rasiya, also known as ‘Minta Singh’ (percussionist) 12 March Sohini Alam (British Bangladeshi vocalist) 9 April Qawalli Group plus Sanyogita Kumari (vocalist) For more details of the artists performing visit www.sampad.org.uk Venue

Symphony Hall, Level 3 Foyer, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA Tickets

FREE In association with Town Hall Symphony Hall. Supported by Arts Council England and Coutts Charitable Trust.

Below l-r: Mendi, Manjeet Singh Rasiya and Sohini Alam

British Punjabi storytellers Peter and Gorg Chand take you on a journey to incredible landscapes, with tales full of love, loss, betrayal, and Bollywood dancing!

Venue

Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton WV1 1SE Tickets

£8, (£6 concessions) Ticket Office/Online Booking

01902 321321 www.arenatheatre.info

Peter and Gorg Chand

04 Information 0121 446 3260

Dance Thursday 27 January, 8pm

MAYA | AYAM Illusion of time Compelling stories from Hindu literature unfold as dance, music and visuals take you on a magical journey back in time to when the universe first began.

Blending classical Bharatanatyam and contemporary movements, combined with evocative digital imagery, multimedia projection and spectacular lighting design.

Presented by Chitraleka Dance Company in collaboration with Nritarutya.

Tickets

£9 (£7 concessions)

Maya | Ayam

Kathabox Photo: Roy Peters

Dance

Visual Art

Wednesday 16 – Friday 18 February, 8pm

Saturday 12 March - Sunday 8 May

Kathakbox Kathakbox brings together Indian Kathak dance’s grace and vigour with Hip Hop’s laid back groove. This bold, heart-pounding production features Sonia Sabri performing alongside three dancers including dynamic b-boy Nathan Geering, tabla maestro Sarvar Sabri, acclaimed spoken word artist & vocalist Marcina Arnold and beatboxer Shan Bansil. Presented

by Sonia Sabri Company.

Tickets

£12 (£9 concessions)

RADIU5 sampad and mac are working with young people to produce an interactive cultural map which will capture the wealth of creative activity within a five mile radius of mac. Find out what is happening locally, and contribute to the map, to further enrich the design.

The exhibition will include a symposium on art and digital technology on Wednesday 23 March.

Tickets

Exhibition entry FREE Symposium Tickets £18 (£15 conc)

Venue

Ticket Office

Online Booking

mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH

0121 446 3232

www.macarts.co.uk

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Dance & Discussion

Theatre

Wednesday 16 February, 1.10pm

Friday 18 - Saturday 19 February, 7.30pm

Dancing Sculpture

Gandhi and Coconuts

A bharatanatyam dance by Devika Rao launching the sampad residency at the Barber Institute. Inspired by the Barber’s collection of sculpture Carved, Cast and Modelled, the performance will be followed by a discussion.

Venue

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham B15 2TS

Fed up with a lifeless marriage, Asha escapes to the India of her imagination. Suddenly Mahatma Gandhi and the Hindu gods Shiva and Kali arrive for tea and cakes. But when she wants them to leave, they refuse to go.

This witty, playful and poignant play blurs reality and myth to ask, is it better to be sane or happy?

Presented by Kali Theatre.

Tickets

Venue

FREE

The Public, West Bromwich B70 7PG Tickets

£8

Music, Visual Art, Film Monday 28 February – Saturday 5 March

Eastern Electronic Festival A global festival of progressive Asian music and multimedia art at The Hockley (Jewellery Quarter) and various other venues across Birmingham. Featuring electronic visual experimentation with quality music performances, local and international British Asian artists, from traditional to contemporary explorations.

Presented by Shaanti 11.

Details and ticket info www.easternelectronicfestival.co.uk

Ticket Office/Online Booking

0121 533 7161 / www.thepublic.com Gandhi and Cocounts

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Dance Friday 25 March, 7.30pm

Creative Leap Sabha Sabha is sampad’s popular showcase for local and emerging talent in music, dance, theatre and spoken word. Featuring new work produced by four Creative Leap artists including: Keisha Grant: contemporary dance inspired by Zimbabwean sculptor Albert Nathan Mamvura Marlene McKenzie: ‘Lite’, experimental theatre exploring the subject of identity CDJ Dance Company: innovative street dance theatre on the theme of construction Giddha Sansaar: traditional Punjabi Giddha with alternative dance forms.

For information on all the artists taking part in the Creative Leap professional development programme, and other showcases please contact Pat Dawson on 0121 446 3267 or email: pat@sampad.org.uk Tickets

£6 (£4 concessions)

Siddartha Bose

Top: Giddha Sansaar, above, CDJ Dance Company

Spoken Word Thursday 7 April, 7.30pm

Word Up! presents Siddhartha Bose Siddhartha Bose is a writer, performer, and academic based in London. He grew up in Mumbai and Kolkata, followed by a seven year stint in the USA. He was recently dubbed one of the ‘ten rising stars of British poetry’ by The Times (UK). Word Up! also features opportunities for you to perform your own poetry: send samples of your work to Jon Morley at The Drum: j.morley@ the-drum.org.uk. Supported by sampad and Ladywood Constituency Office.

Tickets

£5 (£3 concessions)

Venue

Ticket Office

Online Booking

The Drum, Aston, Birmingham B6 4UU

0121 333 2444

www.the-drum.org.uk

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Music Friday 18 March, 7pm

Naina Lagai Ke: Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan Tickets

£17.50 - £75.00* Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan

Friday 1 April, 7.30pm

The Dhol Foundation

Dance

Tickets

Sunday 10 April, 4pm

£15.00*

Asian Spring sampad’s annual showcase returns with an energetic celebration of South Asian dance Exhilarating Khatak and Bharatanatyam, breathtaking Bollywood moves and traditional Punjabi folk dance alongside contemporary and urban hip hop, from the Midlands’ best home-grown talent.

Friday 29 April, 7.30pm

Tickets

Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar

£7 (£5 concessions)

Part of Darbar Festival.

Tickets

£12.50, £16.50 & £19.50* *£2 fee applies to all bookings except purchases made in person at Town Hall or Symphony Hall Box Office.

Venue

Ticket Office

Online Booking

Town Hall, Victoria Sq, Birmingham B3 3DQ

0121 780 3333

www.thsh.co.uk

Win a meal for two with Asian Spring Serving suggestion

See page 2 for details

Diary of Events

Get in touch

JANUARY 22 Mid-day Mantra

Level 3 Foyer, Symphony Hall

27

mac, Birmingham 8pm £9 (£7) P4

Maya | Ayam

1pm Free

P3

FEBRUARY 12 Mid-day Mantra

16

Level 3 Foyer, Symphony Hall

Dancing Sculpture Barber Institute

1pm Free

P3

1.10pm Free

P5

16-18 Kathakbox

mac, Birmingham 8pm £12 (£9) P4

17 Henna

Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton

7.30pm £8 (£6)

P3

18-19 Gandhi & Coconuts The Public,

West Bromwich

7.30pm £8

P5

28-5 Eastern Electronic Festival

Various

Various Various

P5

Level 3 Foyer, Symphony Hall

1pm Free

P3

MARCH 12 Mid-day Mantra

sampad is a dynamic development agency for South Asian arts based in Birmingham.

Education, outreach and lifelong learning is at the heart of all our work. We provide everything from single workshops to long term projects using dance, music, theatre, crafts or literature, for all ages and abilities, working in schools, nurseries, youth centres, community organisations, health settings and more. To find out more, please get in touch.

12-8 RADIU5

mac, Birmingham All day

18

Town Hall, Birmingham

7pm £17.50 - £75 P7

The Drum, Birmingham

7.30pm £6 (£4) P6

By post c/o mac, Cannon Hill Park, Edgbaston, Birmingham B12 9QH

1 The Dhol Foundation

Town Hall, Birmingham

7.30pm £15 P7

By telephone 0121 446 3260

7 Word Up!

The Drum, Birmingham

7.30pm £5 (£3) P6

By email info@sampad.org.uk

9 Mid-day Mantra

Level 3 Foyer, Symphony Hall

1pm Free

10 Asian Spring

Town Hall, Birmingham

4pm £7 (£5) P7

Visit our website www.sampad.org.uk

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Town Hall, Birmingham

7.30pm £12.50 - £19.50 P7

Asha Bhosle & Shujaat Khan

25 Creative Leap Sabha

Free

P4

APRIL

Talvin Singh & Niladri Kumar

P3

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