SPRING 2019 SEASON
BRING ME IN – DOING THE MOST
NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE – 14 FEBRUARY, 6PM
Bring Me In is a series of networking and performance events, and 2019 sees us take it across the UK for the first time.
The series is designed to facilitate creative collaborations between people of colour. Featuring live performances and insightful discussions with established industry pros, the event brings together individuals in a physical space to better enable genuine personal and artistic connections.
Doing The Most will dissect issues including: the pressure on artists to create work in bigger cities in order to be considered 'successful' or receive validation; how to have pride in being an artist from the East Midlands; examining whether there is a need for East Midlands-based artists to 'do the most' because of the artistic ecology of the region, and issues with infrastructure for emerging to mid-career artists.
The panel includes New Art Exchange's artists development producer Sooree Pillay, Nottingham-born poet and playwright Sarah 'Rain' Kolawole and Talawa's Artistic Director Michael Buffong. Along with networking activities led by the S+K team, the night will feature live music and poetry from Nottingham University's Tee Peters and Derby-bred performer Lauren Nicole Whitter.
Come and support local talent, hear from those already Doing The Most and join S+K on their mission to make the arts for everyone. Get your £3 tickets here!
This event is delivered in partnership with Nottingham Playhouse and Talawa Theatre Company as part of their MAKE programme.
BRING ME IN – BRIDGING THE (GENDER) GAP
REGENT'S PLACE – 8 MARCH, 6PM
Join us for this special International Womxn's Day edition at Regent's Place as we hear from black and brown womxn in journalism, music, arts marketing and publishing with a discussion chaired by artist and essayist Varaidzo – as well as live performances, visual art and an abundantly flowing bar.
We're hosting a unique version of our networking and performance event Bring Me In to facilitate creative collaborations and celebrate womxn of colour from all backgrounds, delving into how to Bridge the (Gender) Gap and more this International Womxn's Day.
Join us at Regent's Place as we hear from black and brown womxn in journalism, music, arts marketing and publishing – including Lex Amor, Sanmeet Kaur and Chante Joseph– for a discussion chaired by artist and essayist Varaidzo – as well as live performances and visual art from the likes of Belle Sugar and Olivia Douglass. Bridging The Gap will look at dissecting patriarchy within the workplace as well as within our own communities, as well as ideas around white allyship
While tickets are free, booking is essential so reserve your space now support local talent, learn a thing or two from those already Bridging the Gap, and join us on our journey to make the arts for everyone. Get your free ticket here!
Planning your own event for International Women's Day 2019? Check out this guide from Fearless Futures on how to do so meaningfully and inclusively!
SCRATCH THAT #2
BERNIE GRANT ARTS CENTRE – 26 MARCH, 7:30PM
The S+K Project’s series of literary-focused events comes to the Mezzanine at Bernie Grant Arts Centre, showcasing the early stages of new work by emerging artists from all walks of life.
Developing a new generation of emerging talent, this is more than just your ordinary scratch night. Each of the featured pieces have been developed with our Literary Associate Myah Jeffers (Talawa, Company Three, BAC), as well as Associate Director Emily Aboud (Bush Theatre, Mountview, Theatre 503) over a number of intensive sessions interrogating the respective scripts.
The first writers ever selected for Scratch That are the incredibly talented Louis Rembges & Olu Adaeze - you can read more about them here and find out exclusive bits about the development of their pieces across our socials.
The second iteration runs between January-March 2019. Two early-career writers – Jennifer Cerys & Emma Rogerson – have the chance for their work to be brought to life at an informal rehearsed reading by Tottenham-based actors, allowing their words jump from page to stage. With a focus on pushing the form that theatre can take, join us for a night of scratch performance from writers whose stories need to be told the most – plus Q&As with the writers and your chance to network with industry professionals.
You can get your tickets for 26 March at 7:30pm here!
To find out more about Scratch That, drop an email to Myah Jeffers, Literary Associate.
Developing a new generation of emerging talent, this is more than just your ordinary scratch night. Each of the featured pieces have been developed with our Literary Associate Myah Jeffers (Talawa, Company Three, BAC), as well as Associate Director Emily Aboud (Bush Theatre, Mountview, Theatre 503) over a number of intensive sessions interrogating the respective scripts.
The first writers ever selected for Scratch That are the incredibly talented Louis Rembges & Olu Adaeze - you can read more about them here and find out exclusive bits about the development of their pieces across our socials.
The second iteration runs between January-March 2019. Two early-career writers – Jennifer Cerys & Emma Rogerson – have the chance for their work to be brought to life at an informal rehearsed reading by Tottenham-based actors, allowing their words jump from page to stage. With a focus on pushing the form that theatre can take, join us for a night of scratch performance from writers whose stories need to be told the most – plus Q&As with the writers and your chance to network with industry professionals.
You can get your tickets for 26 March at 7:30pm here!
To find out more about Scratch That, drop an email to Myah Jeffers, Literary Associate.
s+k youth theatre: END OF TERM SHOW
SPOTLIGHT LANSBURY – 19 APRIL, 6:30PM
Our two brilliant Youth Theatre Co-directors Janisé Sadik and Nadine Woodley have been working with our young people aged 14-19 at Spotlight Lansbury since September 2018. In weekly sessions, are Youth Theatre spent time
VOID: open rehearsals + SHARING
29 APRIL-3 MAY
VOID is S+K's flagship show, as our first full-scale production that will tour London in Autumn 2019 and the UK in Spring 2020. Written by Rumi Woolf and directed by Malakaï Sargeant, the show examines and dismantles ideas including the cycle of trauma through an interactive storytelling experience.
The piece embarks on its final phase of research and development through Spring 2019, with a week's residencyaiming to test and explore new ideas intensively, as well as workshops and events lined up across London, Manchester and Birmingham that delve deeper into the concept of the piece – more on this to come.
During our week's R&D, we're opening up the rehearsal process for anyone who may want to sit in and watch. Open Rehearsals will be between 4-6pm on Monday 29th April and Thursday 2nd May, with a sharing of VOID at 6pm on Friday 3rd May. If you'd like to attend, drop a line expressing your interest about why you'd like to come to participation@sandkproject.com.
