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Africa Season / Jul & Aug 2010
Following on from the Afro Cup Festival Rich Mix continues its celebrations of all things African in July and August with a selection of theatre, music and film. Highlights include one of Africa’s most prolific musicians Dobet Gnahore and a refreshing Zimbabwean take on Shakespeare with Two Gentlemen of Verona.
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Afro Cup Festival
Fri 11 Jun - Sun 11 Jul
All events are FREE: 25 days & nights of live music / DJs/ Art / FIlms / food and ... Rich Mix is showing all the big matches with Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Mexico!!!
All games shown free on our giant 15 x 12ft Bar screen
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Film / Motherland
Sun 18 Jul / 3pm / Screen 3 / standard price
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Fusing history, culture, politics, and contemporary issues, Motherland sweeps across Africa to tell a new story of a dynamic continent. Motherland looks unflinchingly toward a positive Pan-African future.
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Music / Dobet
+ “Ruby and the Vines” ~ Afrobeat, Funk, Reggae Band
+ DJ AfroRomanzo (AfroRomanzo World Music)
Thu 29 Jul / 8pm / Bar / £10 adv / £15 door
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Powerful music and dance from one of Africa’s most prolific entertainers! Dobet Gnahore and her band will be making their debut tour to the UK with CMAT, a member of The Black Routes Network.
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Music / The Fire Next Time
Thu 5 Aug / 8pm / Bar / £8 adv / £11
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Unrelenting beats for the revolution to come: the words and life of Thomas Sankara. A spoken word and music performance in memory of the assassinated president of Burkina Faso and the burkinabè revolution.
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Theatre / ResurGENTs – The Reappearance of Hope!
Thu 5 - Sat 7 Aug / 7.30pm / 2.30pm matinee Sat / Venue 1 / £15 / £12 concs
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Goldrush Entertainment’s GETheatre Collective brings you...ResurGENTS – The Renaissance of Hope! From New York USA! 4 Audelco Awards for Black Theatre Excellence and two time Mainstage Performers, 2007 & 2009 at the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem. USA
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Theatre / Vakomana Vaviri ve Zimbabwe
or: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Fri 13 and Sat 14 Aug / 7.30pm / Venue 1 / £12 / £10 concs Book tickets online
Straight from Harare to London, two Zimbabwean actors bring Shakespeare's comedy to life with a refreshing African twist! Using little to no props, a few items of clothing and a set that consists of no more than a trunk, the actors explore the text's nuances from a distinctly Zimbabwean perspective.
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Music / Paw Paw Jam
Fri 13 Aug / 9pm / Bar /
£5 / Free for ticket holders of Two Gentlemen of Verona
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Hokoyo! It's Paw Paw Jam in Shoreditch. For one night only, Hackney's most exciting new African culture, poetry, and live music night. Originally started in Zimbabwe's own 'Book Cafe', the Paw Paw Jam is a showcase of emerging musical and spoken word talent.
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Film / London Fringe Festival:
The World Of Tunde Jegede
Sat 14 & Sun 15 Aug / 6pm / Screen 3 / standard price
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Part of the London Fringe Festival. Screenings will be followed by a Q&A with the director Sunara Begum (both screenings) and Tunde Jegede (Sun 15 August only).
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Film / Urban Screen:
Mugabe and the White African
Thu 26 Aug / 7.30pm / Screen 3 /Standard price
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An intimate and moving account of one family's extraordinary courage in the face of overwhelming injustice and brutalit. Followed by Q&A with directors Lucy Bailey and AndrewThompson
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Barbican Hall
BASSEKOU KOUYATE & NGONI BA
+ BALLAKE SISSOKO & VINCENT SEGAL
FRI 2 JUL
Mail’s master of the ngoni and one of the most innovative musicians to have come out of Africa returns to the Barbican. Plus Ballake Sissoko, one of the best kora players of his generation and French cellist Vincent Segal.
‘Both ancient and utterly contemporary…like some African answer to Hendrix.’ The Guardian
2for1 offer on top price tickets
Bookable online using promo code 02710, or over the phone and in person quoting “World Cup Offer”
Subject to availability.
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Rich Mix Box Office / 020 7613 7498 or visit www.richmix.org.uk/bookings
For more information on our programme, click here.
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