Nine Lives after a triumphant tour around the country is returning to Leeds for ONE NIGHT ONLY. On Tuesday 15 December we will be at Oxford Place Methodist centre opposite the Town Hall at 7.30pm for a special fundraising performance in aid of No Goin Back the LGBT Asylum Charity. The performance is FREE with all donations going straight to the charity. Come support!
Book here
Or turn up on the night. See you there!
We are delighted that Nine Lives in Doncaster will be joined by the brilliant Egyptian, and Doncaster based, musician – Mina Salama. This will be in double-bill with the Nine Lives performance at Cast in Doncaster on Thursday 12 November, starting at 7.45pm and FREE to all attenders to the show.
Mina Salama
Declaration Kriol with Rafiki Jazz at Sensoria 2013 Sheffield at Shakespeare Pub
Immersed in Coptic liturgical, Arabic and European classical & filmscore music, and with a blossoming international career as a multi-instrumentalist with the Alexandria Opera House Orchestra, Mina improbably found himself seeking asylum here in 2012.
To our delight he is now surfacing as a talented and in-demand musician with his virtuosity, drive and sensitivity leading to commissions & collaborations across our polyglot UK world music scene, including performing, composing and recording with MIRO Manchester International Roots Orchestra, Rafiki Jazz, with the Haymanot Tesfa Trio, and with Turkish live-artist Aysegul Balkose.
Mina has performed at the Edinburgh Festival 2014, Celebrating Sanctuary Southbank 2013 & 2014, AHRC Connected Communities Festival Cardiff 2014, Journeys Festival 2014 Leicester, Manchester Bridgewater Hall 2013, Platforma Festival 2013, and is currently working on Haymanot Tesfa‘s solo recording project with Arian Sadr, on MIRO’s debut CD, and on Rafiki Jazz‘s 3rd album project.
Here he is in action with Rafiki Jazz & singer Sarah Yaseen:
It’s Friday. It’s the last day of July and before you all head off for holiday/Edinburgh/bed (delete as applicable) get a load of these beautiful tour dates. We are going EVERYWHERE so there really will be a performance coming somewhere near(ish) you. So get booking and we’ll see you in the Autumn. All rested and ready to play (except for those going to Edinburgh – you’ll be knackered).
Nine Lives Tour Dates
Friday 25 Sept 7.30pm Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea
http://www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk 01792 602060
Sun 27 Sept 3pm Wakefield Lit Festival
http://www.wakefieldlitfest.org.uk 01924 215550
Mon & Tues 28 & 29 Sept 7.30pm Burton-Taylor Studio, Oxford Playhouse
http://www.oxfordplayhouse.com 01865 305305
Sat 3 Oct 8pm Ilkley Literature Festival, Ilkley Playhouse
http://www.ilkleyliteraturefestival.org.uk 01943 816714 Booking opens in September
Mon 12 Oct 7.30pm The Bikeshed, Exeter
http://www.bikeshedtheatre.co.uk 01392 434169
Sat 17 Oct 7.30pm Trinity Bristol
http://www.trinitybristol.org.uk 0117 9351200
Fri 23 Oct 7.30pm Malvern Cube
http://www.malverncube.com or via Malvern TIC 01684 892289
Fri 6 Nov 7.30pm Upstairs at the Western Leicester
Thurs 12 Nov 7.45pm CAST, Doncaster
castindoncaster.com 01302 303959
Mon 16 Nov 1.30pm 7.30pm Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
watersideartscentre.co.uk 0161 912 5616
Thurs 19 Nov 7pm ARC, Stockton
arconline.co.uk 01642 525199 Pay what you decide
Tues 8 Dec 7pm Nottingham Contemporary
http://www.nottinghamcontemporary.org Free event – booking open in Sept
Thurs 10 Dec 7.30pm Brighton and Hove Sanctuary on Sea
brightonandhovecityofsanctuary.org – booking open in Sept
Weds 6 – Sat 30 Jan 8pm Arcola Theatre, London
http://www.arcolatheatre.com 020 7503 1646
Our leaflets have arrived!
We are very, very excited to share with you that Nine Lives is being published by Methuen Drama along with Zodwa’s monologue Come To Where I’m From. So now you will have the chance to take Nine Lives home with you, read it, cherish it. Full of brilliant monologues for men and women – for all those auditioning/showcasing actors among you.
It will be available to buy from performance venues. Or if you want to order a copy from us just drop me a line at alex[at]leedsstudio.org
Hello folks,
sorry it’s been a bit quiet here for a while. Been very busy taking Nine Lives out on the road (actually more out on the rail – this is a very public transport tour). Thank you to everyone who has made it already to see us – we’ve had fantastic time in Holbeck, Liverpool, Sheffield and Hebden Bridge.
If you haven’t made it yet Nine Lives is COMING BACK TO LEEDS. This is the LAST Leeds date before we head off on a National Tour this Autumn (dates being announced SOON).
So if you are in Leeds or anywhere near come see us on Monday 27th July at 7pm at the fabulous Chapel FM in Seacroft. We’re in a double bill with local writer and composer due Peter Spafford and Richard Ormorod and their piece Threshold:
Threshold is about leaving home
and casting yourself upon the world, upon the kindness of strangers. It’s also aboutthe refusal of hospitality, fear of strangers, of the unfamiliar. I suppose it’s aboutwandering and searching for/finding your place.
Tickets are Pay What You Decide and available here
And just to tickle your fancy here are some of the things that people have been saying about the show. Enjoy!
‘I thought the performance was outstanding. I was very impressed by the range of emotional ups and downs that Mr Bryant exposed to the audience. I didn’t expect that such a range of immigrant experiences would be discussed and I liked the critique of class. The script is simply poetic and brilliantly written’ (Professor Barbara McCaskill (Athens-Georgia, US), interested audience member, Liverpool)
‘Really powerful and truthful, didn’t make fun of the characters. Just honest and playful. Really very emotional and touching…It deserves to reach as wide an audience as possible. As a daughter of immigrants I felt very affected by narrative’ (Tuktu Barbaros, London)
‘Best thing I’ve seen in ages, loved the performance and the writing. Made me laugh and made me cry’ (Giona Hesselden, Hebden Bridge)
Calling out to all World Music fans in Leeds, renowned Zimbabwean musician, Stella Chiweshe, will be appearing in a rare and intimate solo gig, in a double bill with Nine Lives in Leeds.
To celebrate Refugee Week 2015 and the opening of Nine Lives, Stella Chiweshe, will be playing after the first performance at The Hub, 5pm Sunday 21 June.
The gig is only available in a double bill with Nine Lives. Tickets are Pay What You Decide and available from boxoffice@slunglow.org or on the door prior to 5pm on the day of performance.
Stella Chiweshe
Mystic Sounds from Inner Space
Despite having endured many trials and tribulations,respected veteran Zimbabwe-born singer and instrumentalist Stella Chiweshe has never lost faith in the healing power of music.
Some artists project a stage persona which differs markedly from their everyday personality. Nothing could be further from the truth as far as Stella Chiweshe is concerned. The 68-year-old Shona singer and instrumentalist is the real deal.
Her singing and mbira (mbira dzavadzimu to give it its full name) playing are not just a joy to behold, they generally leave her audiences spellbound and elated. Mbira dzavadzimu is a sacred instrument used by the Shona people of Zimbabwe to call on the spirits of their ancestors.
Chiweshe set out on the global concert circuit in the early 1980s and has released seven albums under her name to date. She is a regular performer at the prestigious WOMAD world music festival, and has toured her inspirational music all over the world. Her endeavour and persistence has opened the door to other women to follow her musical, artistic and traditional social status-defying lead.
Today, Chiweshe is a celebrity back home in Zimbabwe, and in 2014 founded the Chivanhu Trust ‘so that our children will grow up knowing their culture’
Hello all,
Booking now open on first tour dates for Nine Lives. They are coming up SOON and places are already going fast so get booking:
HUB (Holbeck Underground Ballroom) Leeds 67-71 Bath Road, Holbeck, LS11 9UA
To book tickets email: boxoffice@slunglow.org
Tickets: Pay What You Decide
Festival 31, Lantern Theatre, 57 Blundell Street, Liverpool, L1 0AJ
Tickets: £8.50/£5.50
Theatre Delicatessen, 17 The Moor, Sheffield
To book tickets email: sarah@theatredelicatessen.co.uk
Tickets: Pay What You Decide
Hebden Bridge Little Theatre, HX7 8EE
Book tickets here
Tickets: £10/£8
Chapel FM Leeds The Old Seacroft Chapel York Road Leeds LS14 6JB
In a double-bill with Threshold featuring Peter Spafford and Richard Ormerod
Threshold is about leaving home
and casting yourself upon the world, upon the kindness of strangers. It’s also aboutthe refusal of hospitality, fear of strangers, of the unfamiliar. I suppose it’s aboutwandering and searching for/finding your place.
Book tickets here
Tickets: Pay What You Decide
And to whet your appetite – here’s another pic of our brilliant performer, Lladel – come see him in action!
Photo by Adam Robinson
Design by John Polley
