Check out these multi-cultural events Artsreach are bringing to rural Dorset this autumn
Artsreach is Dorset’s touring arts organisation, giving rural communities all over the County the opportunity to see and participate in high-quality arts events in their own villages. As a charitable organisation, Artsreach aims to make ticket prices accessible to everyone. Read on to find out about three not-to-be-missed events happening this autumn in Dorset.
Sonia Sabri Company - Roshni
Saturday 19 November – 7:30 pm
Sturminster Newton Exchange. 01258 475137. £10 / £5 u18s / £25 family
Sunday 20 November – 7:30 pm
Portland Royal Manor Theatre. 03336 663366. £10 / £5 u18s
Roshni, from the Persian word meaning light or brilliance, is a beautifully intimate crafting of dance and live music, transporting and uplifting the audience on a journey of joy. World-class artists Sonia and Sarvar Sabri, alongside an ensemble of skilled musicians, present a soul-stirring, captivating combination of Kathak dance, with live music and vocals from a global palette of styles, driven by the bold rhythms of Tabla percussion. Kathak is a striking movement language of virtuosic foot percussion, rapid spins, geometrical patterns, with poignant mime and gesture, all intricately woven with the live music.
Emily Hennessey & Sheema Mukhrejee – Holy Cow!
Wednesday 23 November – 7:30 pm
Sydling St Nicholas Village Hall. 01300 341777. £10 / £5 u18s / £25 family
Thursday 24 November – 7:30 pm
Burton Bradstock Village Hall. 01308 897421. £10 / £5 u18s / £25 family
A king with a growing family eyes up a Sky God’s palace. Eight bored brothers steal a holy cow. A woman journeys deep into the kingdom of death to demand the impossible. And a young girl staring at the fish of destiny, realises that she holds the end of one world and the beginning of the next in her hands...
When Ganga, the river goddess, leaps from the skies, only the web of Shiva’s hair can arrest her wild flood... but still she roars, surging from mountains to sea, leaving no stone (or ego) unturned, as she washes illusion from truth.
Wolab / Hannah Kumari – ‘Eng-er-Land’
Saturday 26 November – 7:30 pm
Broadoak Village Hall. 01308 424922. £10 / £5 u18s / £25 family
Sunday 27 November – 8:00 pm
Broadmayne Village Hall. 07443 659912. £9 / £5 u18s / £25 family
It’s 1997. Last year England made it to the semi-finals of Euro 96, Gina G came third in Eurovision and 13 year-old Lizzie went to her first in-person football game: Coventry vs. Manchester City. Not the Man City of today, oil and superstars, but the old Man City – a bit rubbish, but with good fans. Lizzie fell in love with the beautiful game that day, and she’s been obsessed ever since. But then something happens to make her question her place in the stands. ENG-ER-LAND is an energetic play about who’s really on your team.
For more information, visit www.artsreach.co.uk or contact Kerry Bartlett