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Daedalus October Newsletter

By DaedalusAdmin on Saturday, October 28, 2023

Dear friends,

Welcome to our October newsletter.

Ten Years East – tickets now on sale!

Join us for a relaxed evening of compelling stories and unforgettable songs from across the diverse cultures of East London.

Ten Years East is a celebration of love as a language that crosses borders and breaks boundaries, that remembers lost homelands and dreams of new frontiers. After a decade of performances, workshops and gatherings, the East storytelling project now presents an exciting lineup of musicians and storytellers in this family-friendly event.

With material spanning the globe to reflect the rich cultures of our East End, from English folklore to Bengali tales and Jewish songs, you are warmly welcomed to celebrate Ten Years East.

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Ten Years East at the SBD Sharing Day

By DaedalusAdmin on Friday, October 27, 2023

Part of this year’s A Season of Bangla Drama, Ten Years East celebrates a decade of our East storytelling project, with an evening of stories and songs. We have lots more to tell you about it over the next few weeks, but first we want to share a clip from the Season of Bangla Drama sharing day.

One of the great things about this festival is that all the companies involved get together for a day a month or so before the opening night to meet each other and learn about each other’s projects. It’s always a lovely event, and is part of what makes A Season of Bangla Drama such a fundamental part of our local arts community here in East London, and indeed the wider Bangla arts community in the UK. The photo above, by the ever-brilliant Rehan Jamil, is the official group photo.

This year, each company’s intro to the rest of the group was filmed by Seema Khalique and edited into a 30-second mini-film by Marble Sinew. Here’s ours:

If you’d like to come and see the show, it’s at 5:30pm on 19th November at Rich Mix in Bethnal Green. You can find out more and book your tickets here:

Book now for Ten Years East

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In case you missed it, our latest newsletter…

By DaedalusAdmin on Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Welcome to this quick roundup of news from Daedalus Theatre Company.

If you’ve been stuck in London these past few weeks, there’s not been much of a summer. But with September around the corner, we’ve been busy brewing some exciting projects and plans.

Ten Years East at A Season of Bangla Drama – save the date!

We’re really thrilled to announce that East Storytelling Project has been selected for this year’s A Season of Bangla Drama, with an evening of stories and songs from across the diverse cultures of East London. In line with the festival’s theme for 2023, we’ll be exploring love in its many forms. It’s also ten years since we started East, so we have a line-up of tellers and singers from across the decade. We’ll also be performing at the venue where it all began: Rich Mix in Bethnal Green.

Here’s a summary of the festival programme and for now, please save the date! Our show, Ten Years East, is on the evening of 19th November.

Artist Spotlight: Kathryn Webb

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Welcome to Daedalus!

By DaedalusAdmin on Sunday, February 26, 2023

London, United Kingdom – Friday 05 November 2021, LBTH, FITF – Daedalus Theatre Company, Gerrard Winstanley’s Mobile Incitement Unit.
East at Rich Mix – Photo: Simon Daw
Mobile Incitement at the Freedom and Independence Festival
A Place at the Table: Jennifer Muteteli and Anna-Maria Nabriye
Selfish at The Arches, Glasgow: Graeme Mackay, Susan Worsfold and Onur Orkut
APATT at AIUK – Photo: Harriet Stewart
Mobile Incitement at Brixton City Festival
East at Boi-Lit 16 – photo by Shoayeeb Chamak for BSK
The Black Smock Band – part of the Silk River project
Mobile Incitement at Brixton City Festival
Saturday 05 August 2017, LBTH – Sef Townsend and Alia Alzougbi of East at Great Day Out at Victoria Park – Photo, Rehan Jamil
Mobile Incitement at Latitude Festival – Photos: Andy Bannister/Payam Torabi
East 3 at the Boishaki Mela
Jennifer Muteteli and Anna-Maria Nabriye in A Place at the Table, CPT
Woodland Walk pilot – Photo: Tan Nidhivir
Mobile Incitement at Brixton City Festival
East at Boi-Lit 16 – photo by Shoayeeb Chamak for BSK
Mobile Incitement at Ovalhouse
East at Boi-Lit 16 – photo by Shoayeeb Chamak for BSK
East at Boi-Lit 16 – photo by Shoayeeb Chamak for BSK
An East Storytelling holiday workshop
Mobile Incitement at the Freedom and Independence Festival
Woodland Walk pilot – Photo: Tan Nidhivir
East Storytelling at The Big Day Out, Victoria Park
Mobile Incitement at Latitude Festival – Photos: Andy Bannister/Payam Torabi
Onur Orkut in Selfish, The Arches, Glasgow
East at Rich Mix – Photo: Simon Daw
An East Storytelling holiday workshop
Graeme Mackay in Selfish, the Arches, Glasgow
Grace Nyandoro and Seboelo Majozi
Mobile Incitement at Latitude Festival – Photos: Andy Bannister/Payam Torabi
APATT at AIUK – Photo: Harriet Stewart
East at Rich Mix – Photo: Simon Daw
Susan Worsfold in A Place at the Table, CPT
Sef, Shamim and Paul at Boishakhi Mela
London, United Kingdom – Friday 05 November 2021, LBTH, FITF – Daedalus Theatre Company, Gerrard Winstanley’s Mobile Incitement Unit.
Susan Worsfold in Selfish
Some of the East Storytelling community
A Place at the Table at Amnesty International
Some of the East Storytelling community
Selfish at CPT – the set

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How can we tell it?

By DaedalusAdmin on Friday, March 25, 2022

Sef, Shamim and Paul from our very own East storytelling family will be performing in the lovely courtyard at Bow Arts next Sat. Do come along for a very entertaining hour of stories and music celebrating the diversity of our community.

There’ll be food tasters too (Covid-allowing!)

See you there?

Details here: https://bowarts.org/nunnery/family-performance-how-can-we-tell-it

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Express Yourself Through Stories

By DaedalusAdmin on Wednesday, February 9, 2022

Do you like stories? And do you want to improve your confidence and communication? We’ve once again teamed up with the brilliant Sign For All, this time for a one-off session on storytelling for younger people. It’s a fun introduction to storytelling for BSL users and learners aged 14-18, taking place on Saturday 5th March 10.30am – 12 noon via Zoom.

The workshop will be facilitated by John Wilson, whose wide breadth of experience includes extensive work as a guide in museums, and Sef Townsend, an internationally celebrated storyteller. It will explore how we tell stories, not just with words but with our bodies, gestures and BSL.

Get in touch with Sign For All for more details.

Click to reserve your place!

We hope to see you there!

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Protest Song Exchange

By DaedalusAdmin on Saturday, January 29, 2022

When?

11:30am-1pm, Sunday 6th February 2022

What?

This is an exciting opportunity for musicians and others with an interest in current and historical protest to get together and share songs, music and knowledge. Hosted by Daedalus Theatre Company and The Black Smock Band as part of the Mobile Incitement project, and also connected with the storytelling project East, the session offers an open, creative space for cultural exchange and collaboration, and to develop new skills and ways of working.

This is paid professional development opportunity, not a public event. Places are limited. That said, do get in touch if you’re interested in taking part.

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Welcome to Guest Artist Saida Tani

By DaedalusAdmin on Thursday, November 4, 2021

We’re very excited to be joined by Saida Tani for our performances at Freedom and Independence Theatre Festival. Normally, at each place we visit with the project, we work with local people to create a bespoke version of the piece that reflects the radical history of the area. But here, well, we’re back in East London, our home territory. We’re the locals. So why not work with a locally much-loved star?

Make sure you get to see this! You can get your tickets here:

Book for ‘Mobile Incitement’

Hope to see you there!

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You’re invited! East Voices Digital Series Online Launch Event

By DaedalusAdmin on Friday, October 15, 2021

Stories and songs from London’s East End communities and beyond. This online event celebrates the launch of East Voices Digital Series.

Since June, Daedalus Theatre Company, in partnership with Numbi Arts, Bishwo Shahitto Kendro and Rua Arts, has hosted workshops and collaborated with East Londoners and a host of guest artists, to gather stories and music. We’re excited to now launch a series of storytelling videos hosted on the East Archive.

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Intro to Storytelling – BSL workshop

By DaedalusAdmin on Sunday, September 26, 2021

We’re really excited to be teaming up with Sign for All for this workshop led by two amazing storytellers. Here are the details:

Date: Sat 9 October

Time: 10.30am – 12 noon

Location: Online via Zoom

What is it? A fun introduction to storytelling, exploring how we tell stories physically, with words and using BSL. This session will be BSL interpreted & facilitated by professional storyteller Sef Townsend and Deepa Shastri who is a Deaf theatre access consultant, BSL performer and presenter.

How to book: Contact info@signforallcommunity.co.uk to book your place and get the Zoom link.