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A Different Drum

A Different Drum

16th March 1.30pm and 4pm

A Different Drum is Chelsea Theatre’s street dance project led by renowned choreographer Lea Anderson, who worked closely with teacher/choreographer Lewis Norman. It is generously supported by the London Marathon Foundation to showcase the positive effect exercise and movement has on our overall wellbeing.
A Different Drum was created to encourage more physical activity in young people; 15 children (aged between 9 and 13) from our local community were invited to join the project in summer 2023. Together with Lea and Lewis, they have created an explosive dance experience which celebrates the incredible talent and creativity of the young people of our community.
The children have shown remarkable dedication and enthusiasm to this project and have been integral to its creation. Please join us for an extended run of the show. We hope you enjoy the performance as much as we do!
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Musical Theatre Showcase

Musical Theatre Showcase

25th March 5.30pm-6pm

Support and celebrate the young talent of our community on the 25th of March!

As Inside Out Dance Company presents a Musical Theatre Showcase of work from the children of the local community.

Join us for our mini musical adaptation of Mary Poppins and High School Musical 2. The perfect contrast of the old and new in a Musical Theatre mash that’s sure to have something for everyone.

Young performers from Chelsea Theatre’s, 4-7 years musical theatre classes (supported by community champions)

As well as Ashburnham community school, 7-13 years community Dance to the Musicals classes (supported by London sports). Will come together to share and perform their mini musicals!

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MASOUD BABAKHANI, UK & IRAN

MASOUD BABAKHANI, UK & IRAN

28th March 6.30pm-9.30pm

sofreh is a special type of kilim woven by the women of Iran’s nomadic Qashqai people until the end of the 20th century. It’s part of my DNA.

It wasn’t meant to adorn the floors or walls of a family home. A sofreh served a utilitarian purpose. Qashqai women made their special naan bread while sitting on it. To maintain the sofreh’s cleanliness, they wove a special sign to separate the places where they worked the dough from where they sat.

Even after my nomadic paternal grandfather began a sedentary life, my grandmother continued to weave them. I slept on them as a child when I visited their village near my home in Shiraz. I still remember their smell.

After a formal art education in Iran and Turkey, I made a disturbing discovery in the early 1990s. Sofrehs were being cut up to make women’s handbags and shoes. Their only value was seen as scrap material. I decided to save this unique cultural treasure. With the help of my father, a carpet dealer in Shiraz’s pazar, I started to collect and paint on them. They take acrylic paint very well! By transforming them into contemporary art, I want to add to their intrinsic value. (Each sofreh is more than 50 years old.)

I started painting my ‘egg series’ in 2015. The egg is a symbol of rebirth. People decorate them during both the Christian Easter and Persian Nowruz (New Year) holidays.

For me, the egg represents the oneness of humanity.

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London Launch - Tallulah Rendall 'Love Carries Me Home Album & Book Tour'

London Launch - Tallulah Rendall 'Love Carries Me Home Album & Book Tour'

April 19th at 7:30pm

Join Tallulah and celebrate the release of her 6th studio album & book, Love Carries Me Home.  An album lovingly crafted over lockdown and recorded with Tallulah’s long-term collaborator Danton Supple dedicated to her father, John Rendall who passed unexpectedly in January 2022.

This will be an evening to remember.  A night of stories, song and connection and opportunity to grab your limited edition and signed copy of the book & album.

Doors: 7.30pm

Performance: 8pm

 

“As an avid supporter of both myself and the Arts, Dad spent years rallying the local community on the World’s End Estate and raising funds for the building of this theatre, I can not think of a more special place to celebrate this album and his life.” Tallulah

“Tallulah Rendall’s song-writing is armed with resilience and a sense of confidence. An artist already onto her sixth studio album, this is definitely a songwriter who lives and breathes music. A passionate artist with excellent lyricism and the power to let you stop, listen, and be captivated, Tallulah’s definitely gained a new fan in me.” RGM Press

“Tallulah has a wonderful voice.” Dame Shirley Bassey OBE

“Whether performing solo or with her full band…What comes across live is her all-embracing energy… Her incredible aura and her majestic strength.” Richmond Harding, Beat Magazine

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