Running 1pm to 7pm this Saturday September 26th, hosted by Switch Radio presenter Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo & BBC WM presenter Rekeem Omar.
WATCH IT LIVE HERE makeitwm.com/wm-weekender
The West Midlands Culture Response Unit (WMCRU) is pleased to announce the full list of artists and organisations in this Saturday’s (26 September) Democratising Creativity & Culture Weekender.
Taking place on Saturday from 1pm to 7pm, artists from across the region will respond to the theme of Democratising Creativity & Culture with four brand new pieces created and commissioned for the Weekender and a variety of pre-recorded work all hosted by Ashlee Elizabeth-Lolo and Rakeem Omar.
Celebrating young creatives in the West Midlands, the weekender features a collection of performances, films, dance, poetry, stand-up, where the region’s young talent are put centre-stage to share their art and highlight the issues affecting them including lockdown, health, Black Lives Matter, and the power of communities.
Full schedule:
From 1pm – 2pm
- Welcome
- Sampad, Dance Dub
- Salt Road, Interview
- Melissandre Varin, Staying in Touch
- Femi Themen, Black Girl 2000
- Charis Esther Kibble, Interview and Suzy
- Adaya Henry, Sistem
From 2pm – 3pm
- Arun Kapur, Be Kind
- Amber Gollay, LIVE in Lockdown
- Foka Wolf, Interview
- Chloe Deakin, My Age is Just a Number and Interview
- Kiesha ‘KSsense‘ Sadler, Let’s Begin
From 3pm – 4pm
- Jakub Konaszczuk, Async
- Hannah Taylor, Fragments
- Lorna Nickson Brown, Butterflies and Interview
- B’Opera, Stolen moments
- Toni Sansara, Keep Your Head Up
- Holly Johnson, If You Hat to Choose and Interview
From 4pm – 6pm
- Marius Mates, Addiction
- Evan Covacevich, The Forgotten
- Sam Malley, Interview and The Chase
- Potboiler Theatre, Interview
- Ibrahim Hirsi, The Tongue as a Battlefield
- Kwanzaa Collective UK, Future Hopes
- Kwanzaa Collective UK, Taking Up Space and Interview
- Yshee Black, 2 Metres Closer
- Sampad, About The Elephant (Vidya Patel & Conor Scott piece)
From 6pm – 7pm
- Switch Radio, Closing party DJ set
Democratising Creativity and Culture is supported by Create Central (lead collaborator), Switch Radio (radio partner) and sponsored by Birmingham Chamber of Commerce and Compton Verney.
WATCH IT LIVE HERE makeitwm.com/wm-weekender
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