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On-Line screening and discussion of Research and Development Performance of breaDth by Raminder Kaur

This on-line event follows an in-person screening and live performance on Saturday July 15th at the SOAS Brunai Gallery, London WC1H at 4.00pm. (For more inormation on this event contact sg83@soas.ac.uk)

Join Through Zoom Link:

https://universityofsussex.zoom.us/j/6142547514?pwd=MUtta3ozL3hJQ3BaR3poQjgzL1dCdz09

Meeting ID: 614 254 7514

Password: 360152

Direct Link to Film Screening is here:

https://vimeo.com/730217697

Password: COPOWER

About the play

Set on a multiracial street somewhere in the UK, breaDth combines real with surreal situations during the COVID-19 pandemic. It casts a kaleidoscopic lens on survival through prejudice, violence, racial inequality and the struggle for breath among Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities and families, exacerbated by the pandemic. The play explores the grip of two interconnected viruses killing in the UK; COVID-19 and racial discrimination; and the importance of oxygen for our lungs and for life. The fictionalised experiences in this play are based on comprehensive research by the Consortium on Practices of Wellbeing and Resilience of BAME families and communities (Co-POWeR) and was co-developed with research participants across England and Wales.

Writer: Raminder Kaur - Director : Mukul Ahmed - Dramaturg: Dr Alda Terracciano - Graphic Artist: Edgar Lushaju - Production Designer: Constance Villemot - Composer/Sound Designer/Filmmaker: Karen Boswall - Lighting Designer: Paul Micah - Stage Manager : Colbert Newsome - Publicity Assistant: Poppy Bennett

With Maria Austin as Edie/Abu/Various - Eleanor Fanyinka as Bibi/Aaliyah/Various and Rez Kabir as Ibn Khaldun/Tahir/Dr Panesar/Various

PRODUCED BY:

Sohaya Visions - Click here to visit the website

Our vision is to celebrate internationalism and cutting edge cultural diversity through the arts, especially theatre, film, multi-sensory and digital media.

In partnership with

the Consortium on Practices of Wellbeing and Resilience of BAME families and communities

(Co-POWeR) - Click here to visit the website

“Two viruses – COVID-19 and racial discrimination – are currently killing in the UK” (Solanke, 2020). Co-POWeR investigates their combined impact on practices for well-being and resilience across BAMEFC in the UK to create an holistic idea of vulnerabilities damaging BAMEFC.

and

Mukul & Ghetto Tigers - Click here to visit the website

An East London-based theatre company who believes in theatre as a place for exploration and dissent in democratic society. MGT has grown into an established name working in community, London, regional as well as international work.

With support from the Arts Council of England.