Theatre and Dance at Rich Mix - March/April 2016
RICH Mix has announced its theatre and dance programme for the coming weeks and it includes:
Eastern Europeans for Dummies – Upstairs on March 18 at 4.30pm and 7.30pm. Tickets: £8, £6 concessions.
Welcome to a brutal beginner’s guide to everyone’s favourite invaders. Share immigration experiences, step beyond the headlines and tell us what you really think.
Gauhar Jaan – Upstairs on March 19 at 3pm. Free.
Maharaja Bhawani Singh Bahadur, the King of Datia, is holding a coronation ceremony for his son and invites Gauhar Jaan to perform at the royal court, but a stalemate ensues between the two.
Crick Crack Club: 7 Princesses or Haft Paykar of Nizami – Upstairs on March 19 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £9, £7 concessions.
A wild Persian fairytale. Secret rooms, impatient passions, clever women, wigs, and a prince who wrestled his crown from the teeth of two wild lions to become King. Funny, poetic and erotic by turn.
Cardboard Citizens: Meta – Upstairs on March 20 at 7pm. Pay what you like.
Meta is the story of young people, their lives and their brains. Science and art collide in this funny, powerful Forum Theatre show performed by young people from Cardboard Citizens Act Now programme.
Meeting Nazrul – Upstairs on March 25 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions.
Part of Freedom Week. The renowned vocalist Lucy Rahman collaborates with Kathak artist Amina Khayyam to imagine a meeting with Kazi Nazrul Islam, giant of Bengali literature, highlighting the topicality of his songs.
Celebrating Independence Day of Bangladesh – in the Main Space on March 26 from 12pm to 4pm. Free.
Udichi Shilpi Gosthi, the Bengali progressive artist’s organisation presents an exciting programme of music, dance and poetry performance on the occasion of Bangladesh Independence Day.
Goodnight Ma – Upstairs on March 26 and 27 at 7.30pm on Saturday and 3pm and 7.30pm on Sunday. Tickets: £7, £5 concessions.
Part of Freedom Week. We are taken into the innermost lives of two Bangali women. A sudden declaration by one, threatens their apparently cosy domesticity.
Made – Upstairs on April 1 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £7, £5 concessions.
Part of A Nation’s Theatre and Freedom Week. Made tells the story of millions of the workers thousands of miles away in Bangladesh, who make the clothes we wear. What’s the story behind the shirt on your back?
Samba and Tears – Upstairs on April 3 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions.
A dance and film double bill: Sivan Rubinstein and Experiential Dance present a multi-media night of movement, projection, cinematic scores, live headlines and musicians.
Roots of Rumba – Upstairs on April 8 and 9 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £12, £10 concessions for performance, £15, £12 concessions for performance and after party, £5 for after party.
An evening showcasing the incredible talents, cultures and skills within Latin Dance Theatre. Curated and hosted by Element Arts Company, followed by a day of workshops and a celebratory party.
D-Code – Upstairs on April 10 at 7.30pm. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions.
Where do you come from? Where’s your home? What’s in your home? What’s in your fridge? Award-winning performer Yael Karavan reimagines our perceptions of origins in a globalized, multicultural world.
Tamasha and Freedom Studios: Taxi Tales – Upstairs on April 15 at 7pm. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions.
Part of A Nation’s Theatre. An exciting sneak preview of innovative site-specific theatre project Taxi Tales in which readings of monologues are performed by real life minicab drivers from Bradford. Followed by a Q&A with the project collaborators.
To the Bone – Upstairs on April 16 and 17 at 7.30pm on Saturday and 6pm on Sunday. Tickets: £10, £8 concessions.
How to measure a life? Years, milestones, memories, achievements? Tantalising facts and fantastical tales inspired by ageing from The Tell Theatre.
For more information or to book, call the box office on 020 7613 7661 or visit www.richmix.org.uk/.