Revoluton Arts presents Touchstone Tales 2:
Bury Park – inspired tales of life, love and loss
Directed by Kristine Landon-Smith
October 15th, 19:30 - 21:00
An exciting live online event of performance and stories inspired by personal testimonies of interconnected characters in a fictional family.
Touchstone Tales 2 is performed by Sagar Arya, Sudha Bhuchar, Ameet Chana, Rina Fatania, Naveed Khan, Hussina Raja and Ragevan Vasan.
The project runs in conjunction with the national Touch Test survey in partnership with Wellcome Collection, Goldsmiths University and BBC Radio4. The results of this survey will be announced on Radio 4 from Monday 5 to Friday 9 October daily at 13.45pm in Anatomy of Touch.
Sitting alongside the monologues, is a crowd-sourced film, Ramadan in lockdown Luton, edited by Lydia Howe and co-created by participants who shared footage of their Ramadan journey through the lens of touch.
Ramadan in Lockdown Luton is the first ever crowd-sourced film telling the stories of Lutonians observing Ramadan and celebrating Eid in lockdown conditions. Participants filmed footage on their phones and cameras to help tell the story of this holy month and highlight the poignancy of exploring touch at a time when there was absence of touch’. What was lost and what was gained from not being able to be communal and tactile as normal? The paradoxes and unique circumstances were made apparent through the sadness of not seeing loved ones alongside the joys of finding new ways to connect.
Touchstone Tales Monologues:
Touchstone Tales Monologues 1
About this Event
Part of Revoluton Arts' Bury Park residencyA Revoluton Arts / Wellcome Collection co-commissionJoin us for an evening of monologues and conversation inspired by stories of ‘touch’ from Bury Park.Written by award-winning actor and playwright Sudha Bhuchar. Performed by Sudha Bhuchar and Luton's Hussina Raja.This special Late Lounge marks the culmination of our Digital Revolution online creative events season.
When:
Fri, 26 Jun 2020 19:30— Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:30 Costs: Free
Programme
Ramadan in Lockdown- Short film by Luton born and bred artist Hussina Raja
Monologues in order of performance:
Romancing in Bury Park- Performed by Sudha Bhuchar
Through the prism of Touch- Performed by Ragevan Vasan
The Ninja Sister- Performed by Hussina Raja and inspired by Hasina Rahman, founder of The Pink Diamond Martial Arts Club and other participants from the club who shared their stories. More in my blog here.
The Eid Hug- Performed by Naveed Khan
Where?
Register for the event on Zoom
Or you can watch the event on Facebook live
Suitable for all ages
All the monologues are written by Sudha Bhuchar and inspired by her engagement and creative encounters with residents and people related in any way to Bury Park.
Touchstone Tales monologues are directed by Kristine Landon-Smith
The evening will end with another short film by Lydia Howe, editor and director of Creative Bury Park and Ramadan in Lockdown Luton.
There will be a Q and A after the programme, hosted by Revoluton’s Imrana Mahmood.
If you missed the online premiere of the Ramadan in Lockdown Luton film, you can watch it on the Revoluton website:
www.revolutonarts.com
