“This is an amazing space isn’t it ?”, said Reem Kelani, as she stood next to the Steinway grand piano surveying the simple splendour of Sheffield’s Upper Chapel. Whether it was the setting, the warmth of her Sheffield welcome or something in the water of Dubai, from where Reem had just returned after attending a panel debate on the occassion of the visiting Tate Gallery exhibition of British Orientalist paintings. Whatever the cause, there was definitely something magical about the evening………
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News in from Ahmed Najar. A vibrant and haunting theatre piece, Go to Gaza, Drink the Sea promises to transport the audience directly to Gaza to experience what happened during the recent Israeli military assault. It seeks to create a highly atmospheric fusion of moving personal testimonies with searing film images and soundscape bearing witness to the dignity, courage and suffering of the people of Gaza. 20% minimum of box-office revenue will go to the Al Ahli hospital, Gaza.
I'd rather be dancing, a fund raising night of music and 'edu'tainment which takes its name from a Jim Page song and the words of Rachel Corrie a young peacemaker crushed by an armoured bulldozer operated by the IDF in Gaza in 2003. Raising money for medical aid.
