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 ONSTAGE PROGRAMME
Onstage Launch
4 Nov 2010
6pm
Zion Arts Centre
FREE - booking essential. Contact Katherine on 0161 234 2987 or
katherine@can.uk.com
To kick start the Exodus Onstage Refugee Theatre
Festival, come and see exclusive previews of performances and music
from the Onstage Season including a range of speakers.
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Street Event – Vigil for Prisoners of Conscience
Presented by Amnesty International Manchester
A Freedom From Fear event
4 Nov 2010
6.30-9.30pm
Rochdale Canal and Plaza (Next to the Bridgewater Hall)
FREE - just turn up!
Khun Bedu, Khun Dee De and Khun Kawrio are youth leaders
from the Karenni region of Burma. They floated paper boats saying ‘Vote
No’ in the referendum on the constitution. For this they were sentenced
to 37 years in prison.
Amnesty International will stage a vigil with floating
paper boats and candles reflected in the waters of the Rochdale Canal
and the glass walls of the Bridgewater Hall.
The hall’s concert goers will have the opportunity to
sign appeals for the three young men.
For more information: Amnesty International Manchester
c/o Mike Reed 07766 083765 / mike.reed49@btinternet.com
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One Night There
Presented by Kurdistan Art and Culture, Community Arts North West and
North West Playwrights
5 Nov 2010, 8pm & 7 Nov 2010, 5pm
Waterside Arts Centre
Tickets: £8 / £6 - from www.watersideartscentre.co.uk or 0161 912 5616
Download a copy of the One Night There flyer
A new play devised by Kurdistan Art and Culture, a group of Kurdish
artists in exile in Greater Manchester, and scripted by lead actress
Bhean Ali. One Night There draws on the
performers’ own experiences of
life in Kurdistan and in exile and creates a wider exploration of the
pressures faced by women in contemporary society.
The piece was originally performed in Kurdish at CAN’s Tower
of Babel event in March 2010. This English language
version has been developed
especially for Exodus Onstage by playwright Crystal Stewart, in
collaboration with Bhean Ali and Kurdistan Arts and Culture. In July this year the group returned to Iraq to
perform the play at several venues in the Kurdish Autonomous Region,
where it provoked great interest and discussion.
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Souk Kitchen
Presented by Community Arts North West
Director: Rachel Brogan
6 Nov 2010, 3pm (please note cancelled show on 5th Nov)
Zion Arts Centre
Tickets: £6-£4 from 0161 226 1912 or www.zionarts.com
Age guidance: Children must be accompanied by an adult
Download a copy of the Souk Kitchen flyer here
 
Take an evening stroll through the Souk Kitchen, where
vibrant tales have travelled from across Africa and Asia into Europe.
Experience the true taste of the global women’s journey delivered through poetry,
singing, dance, storytelling, ritual and world food.
Once you step inside the Souk Kitchen be prepared to let
your senses take control.
This exciting theatre installation, food and live
performance project
is performed by refugee and other local women’s groups and builds on
the popular interest that many refugee women have in making and sharing
their traditional cuisine and stories with the people of Britain.
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Another Country
Presented by Community Arts North West
Directed by Cheryl Martin
12 Nov 2010
6pm / 6.30pm / 7pm / 7.30pm / 8pm / 8.30pm / 9pm / 9.30pm
Please state which slot you wish to book when you order tickets. Each show lasts approximately 40 minutes to an hour.
Zion Arts Centre
Tickets: £6 / £4 - from 0161 226 1912 or www.zionarts.com
Download a copy of the Another Country flyer here
Audience guidance: We recommend that audience members do not wear high
heels at this performance. Identify yourself! Do you have your documents? Don’t lie
to me! Follow me now! Come on a journey into the life of a refugee in
this exciting piece of immersive theatre. Directed by Cheryl Martin and
devised by a team of eight multi-disciplinary artists of refugee and
host community backgrounds, Another Country will make you ask yourself
where you really belong.
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Another Country Masterclass 19 Nov 2010
10am-6pm/7pm
Zion Arts Centre
Tickets: £10. Artists must book in advance. Applications to saskia@zionarts.com
A collaboration between artists from Another Country and Zion Arts
Centre’s Artist Development Programme to share skills in
multi-disciplinary performance and immersive theatre.
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Artists Evening
Share, debate and exchange practice on multi-disciplinary, cross
cultural artforms. How do we inspire, question and learn from each
other? Identify yourself! Do you have your documents? Don’t lie
to me! Follow me now!
Come on a journey into the life of a refugee in
this exciting piece of immersive theatre. Directed by Cheryl Martin and
devised by a team of eight multi-disciplinary artists of refugee and
host community backgrounds, Another Country will make you ask yourself
where you really belong.
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Hymns for the Drowning
Presented by Community Arts North West & Rasa Theatre
Director: Rani Moorthy
18 Nov 2010
7.30pm
Nexus Art Cafe
FREE - booking essential - 0161 234 2975 or
sabbi-k@can.uk.com
In 2003, Rani Moorthy, Artistic Director of Rasa Theatre and a
Malaysian Tamil living in Manchester, took her play Pooja to Sri Lanka
during a period of relative peace. Performing a play that exposed her
life and personal journey to displaced young people in the war zone,
unlocked in them buried emotions that were expressed during the
workshops that followed. Even in the short time with them, there was
much hope and healing through story-telling. Through workshops with Tamils in Manchester and the
unique stories of survival, Hymns for the Drowning will
enable all of us to understand what it takes to ‘put our suitcase down’.
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Even Though I’m Free I Am Not
A photographic exhibition of former Prisoners of Conscience in Burma
Presented by Amnesty International Manchester - Freedom From Fear
18-20 Nov 2010
7.30pm
Contact Theatre
FREE - No ticket required
James Mackay travelled the world to find former Prisoners of Conscience from Burma.
He photographed them as ordinary people in ordinary places, asking for
what we take for granted - freedom and human rights. No political
prisoner is ever free until they are all free.
The exhibition has won several awards including the Prix de la
Photographie in Paris. Images from the project have been published in
the New York Times, The Independent and other
publications.
Burma: Regime of Fear, talk and slide
presentation is available to local societies, church groups, trade union
meetings etc throughout autumn 2010. To book this talk contact Mike
Reed 07766 083765 / mike.reed49@btinternet.com
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The Burma Play Presented by Northern International Theatre and Amnesty International Manchester - Freedom From Fear
19 & 20 Nov 2010
7.30pm
Contact Theatre
Tickets: £8 / £5 from 0161 274 0600 or www.contact-theatre.org
A popular entertainer struggles to remember his life and times, and
those of his country. All he can recall is darkness and fear. His
colleague pushes him to face the past, re-playing their repertoire of
gags, wordplay and sketches. A story told with flair, biting humour,
virtuoso performances and original live music, The Burma Play sprints
through the long history of the twentieth century to bring the
nightmare of Burma bang up to date.
Supported by The Co-operative
"A unique show that sensitively evokes the long suffering of a people
through bittersweet comedy... beautiful music... snappy and sensitive
writing... excellent actors... polished directing... wonderful to see
such a committed piece of theatre" - Fringe Review
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Slave – A Question of Freedom
Presented by Feelgood Theatre Productions
World premiere prior to the West End
Directed by Caroline Clegg
23-27 Nov 10, 7.30pm
24-25* Nov 10, 1.30pm
27 Nov 2010, 2.30pm
The Lowry
£11-£20 from 0843 208 6007
Age Guidance: 9+
Download a copy of the Slave flyer here
Adapted by Caroline Clegg and Kevin Fegan from the autobiography Slave
by Mende Nazer and Damien Lewis.
In the remote Nuba Mountains of Sudan, life is still a good fire around
which stories are told, until the men on horseback come. They murder
and rape; burn the village and abduct the children to be sold into
slavery. Twelve-year-old Mende Nazer was one of them. In 2000, after
seven years, she was passed on to a family in London where she escaped,
only to face a new struggle for political asylum.
Mende’s story challenges us all to consider, what is it to be
free?
*25 Nov, Audio described performance 7pm. Touch tour 6pm.
For more information: www.thelowry.com/event/slave
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Slave – Witnessing the Voice through Testimony & Performance With Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis and Caroline Clegg
24 Nov 2010
9am-5.30pm
The Compass Room, The Lowry
Tickets: £68** from 0843 208 6007
An International Conference with the University of Salford and
Feelgood Theatre Productions to explore the various literary, cultural
and societal questions raised by Feelgood’s production Slave - A
Question of Freedom. As part of this conference, Women Asylum Seekers
Together (WAST), Community Arts North West and the GAP Unit
present: How I became an Asylum Seeker
How I became an Asylum Seeker is a thought-provoking and inspirational
play performed by women from WAST, written by Lydia Besong and directed
by Magdalen Bartlett. It follows the emotional story of Monique who
arrives to the streets of Britain after fleeing persecution following
the murder of her husband. She finds herself isolated in an
unsympathetic immigration system and eventually finds a new beginning
through a women’s self help group. For more information: www.thelowry.com/event/slave
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Gala Evening
24 Nov 2010
7pm
The Lowry
Tickets: £25 (standard price tickets available) from 0843 208 6007
Meet Mende Nazer, Damien Lewis, the cast A Women Asylum Seekers
Together (WAST) production and stars from Coronation Street, including in
partnership with CAN and the GAP Unit.
Katy Cavanagh (Julie), Sue Nicholls (Audrey) and Julie Hesmondhalgh (Hayley) at a
special after-show champagne reception. Profits from this evening will go towards building a school in Mende’s village. For more information: www.thelowry.com/event/slave
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Into the Blue
Presented by Royal Exchange Theatre’s Exchange Education 24-26 Nov 2010
The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre
Tickets: £7-£4 Box Office: 0161 833 9833 / online: www.royalexchange.co.uk/bookonline (there's a £2 transaction fee -
not per ticket)
An evening of brand new, devised theatre from the Royal Exchange’s own
World Wide Workshop and friends, including the Medical Foundation Drama
Group in association with In Place of War at the University of
Manchester.
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Nu Britannia
Presented by Community Arts North West
26 Nov 2010
7pm
Contact Theatre
Tickets: £5 from 0161 274 0600 or
www.contact-theatre.org.uk
A provocative and playful series
of performances created by diverse young people from Manchester,
Rochdale and Wigan, including African & Street dance from NESTAC
(New Steps for African Communities), multi-media work from Rafiki Youth
Project and a brand new piece of Hip Hop theatre.
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Speakeasy
Exodus Live
Presented by Community Arts North West 7 Nov 2010
8pm
The Studio, Royal Exchange Theatre
Tickets: £9.50-£6.50 from 0161 833 9833 or www.royalexchange.co.uk
Download a copy of the Speakeasy flyer here
Speakeasy’s legendary open mic events are an essential part of Manchester’s
spoken word & club scene. Speakeasy performance poets have been working with emerging
refugee poets to present an Exodus Live event, a brimful of incendiary
lyrics and inspirational stories, alongside the raw funk of the
Speakeasy People live band.
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Exodus Onstage Practitioners Seminars
Presented by Community Arts North West & In Place of War
8 Dec 2010
2-8pm
Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA)
FREE - booking essential from 0161 234 2975 or sarah@can.uk.com
A series of seminars and public debates
connecting Greater Manchester-based practitioners with practitioners in
Sri Lanka, DRC, Kosovo, Palestinian Territories and Sudan. The seminars
will explore a range of themes that are relevant to the Exodus Onstage
programme. The first decade of the 21st century has witnessed multiple wars and
humanitarian crises - connected to the instabilities of economic
globalisation, historical political grievance, global structural
inequity and new forms of ecological threat. While the events of our
contemporary ‘times of blood and crime’ are not without historical
precedent, they have never before had such evident global reach, impact
and inter-connectedness. Exodus Onstage brings together a range of practitioners including
In Place of War, who use theatre as a tool for social change. Using the
power of the internet, the seminars will enable local and international
participants to discuss and explore a range of issues including making
theatre in places of war and how as practitioners we break the
silence.
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Venue Information
For information about bus and train services around Greater
Manchester please visit www.gmpte.com or call Traveline on 0871 200 22
33. Contact venues for directions.
Contact Theatre
Oxford Road, Manchester M15 6JA
Ticket Office: 0161 274 0600
www.contact-theatre.org
Fully wheelchair accessible. Please mention access requirements when booking.
Cross Street Chapel
Cross Street, Manchester M2 1NL
www.cross-street-chapel.org.uk
Fully wheelchair accessible
The Lowry
Pier 8, Salford Quays M50 3AZ
Ticket Office: 0843 208 6007
www.thelowry.com
Fully wheelchair accessible. Infra-red Sennheiser system in theatres. Audio Description
Nexus Arts Café
Dale Street, Manchester M1 1JW
Ticket Office: 0161 236 0100
www.nexusartcafe.com
Wheelchair accessible via Central Buildings,
Oldham Street during cafe opening hours (Mon-Sat 9-7, Sun 12-6pm). Take the
lift down to basement. For events outside of these times, please
contact the venue as early as possible beforehand and we will endeavour
to make sure lift is available.
Royal Exchange Theatre
St Ann’s Square, Manchester M2 7DH
Ticket Office: 0161 833 9833
www.royalexchange.co.uk
The Studio is fully wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs & hearing dogs
welcome. Infra-red loop system. Please mention access requirements when
booking.
Waterside Arts Centre
Waterside Plaza, Sale M33 7ZF
Ticket Office: 0161 912 5616
www.watersideartscentre.co.uk
Fully
wheelchair accessible. Guide dogs & hearing dogs welcome. Infra-red
loop system. Please mention access requirements when
booking.
Zion Arts Centre
335 Stretford Road M15 5ZA
Ticket Office: 0161 226 1912
www.zionarts.com
Fully wheelchair accessible.
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