"Knife on The Table" (play about London gang crime.)
Donation protected
Hello.
As you'll know knife crime has become an epidemic across the UK.
Our latest Bruntwood Prize-Longlisted play (Knife on The Table) (new title) tackles this difficult subject and will be playing for 3 weeks at The Cockpit Theatre, London, in October 2024, The play has a cast of 8. More info on the play here
PLUS... alongside the play, we're running a series of FIVE wonderful free ALL-day workshops for young people from across London, on the issues within the play, where they'll have exposure to
- discussion,
- an expert street dance teacher,
- incredible musician Fred Hills,
- the actors and director from the play, and more... to help them develop....
- a dance/theatre routine and create a performances (culminations of their work) alongside the main play, on 29th Sept in Fulham.
The young people will be drawn from across the region, with help to populate the workshops from incredible organisations such as...
- The Ben Kinsella Trust
- Penificent
- Sunanda Biswas, who’ll co-facilitate our workshops.
- Fred Hills our onstage live musician/drummer(s) (availability allowing)
With input and Consultation advice, workshop-population help, and potential workshop space provision
from all these amazing organisations that are daily dealing with Youth & Gang Culture, Knife Crime and related issues….
- ReachOut2All,
- The Antoin Akpom Achievement Foundation,
- Academy Achievers,
- Out of the Shadows,
- Music Relief Foundation,
- Regenerate.
- Brighton Youth Offending Team
They will ALSO be having a chance to attend on-site The Ben Kinsella Trust Choices and Consequences Exhibition .
The immersive exhibition space is used to deliver anti-knife crime workshops aimed at young people aged between 10-18.
AND
They will also attend a free wonderful Penificent Graphic Novel Workshop on the subject of knife crime and get to keep a great graphic novel.
We have been lucky to have received funding by Arts Council England, but we need a degree of match-funding to bring us up to budget.
Your help can help this project happen, protect young people from becoming needless victims of this type of crime, and also help us to put on a great piece of theatre, keep the arts at the forefront of social change, and support actors, creatives, crew and the whole theatre sector.
We'll use your donations to help towards things like...
EQUIPMENT & PRODUCTION COSTS
e.g. Props and costume, Equipment, Venue Hire (Workshopping), Expenses (Food) for workshops, Travel Expenses for workshoppers
MARKETING & ADMINISTRATION
e.g. Project Manager, Stationery/postage, workshop Reach-out campaign, Posters, Marketing & audience development, PRS costs, Insurance, Project Management expenses
TOURING COSTS
Small or large donations appreciated, but...
Please give generously!!
Many thanks.
Jonathan
Jonathan Brown, artistic director of Something Underground
and all the cast...
Helen Ajayi
Emma Bakare
Rowan Armitt-Brewster
Nicholas Clarke
Jez Davess-Humphrey
Magdalene Mills
Moyosola Olashore
& Jonathan Brown
and crew!
Live Music : Fred Hills
Design : Lilian Caccia
Tech Operation : Bernie Ward
Lighting Design : Jack Hathaway
Stage Manager : Victoria Shannon
Intimacy Coordinator : Hannah Goalstone
Co-Directors : Jonathan Brown & Marlie Haco
Project Manager : Jennifer Long
And partners...
The Cockpit
The Ben Kinsella Trust
Sunanda Biswas
Fred Hlls
Penificent.
DanceWest
ReachOut2All,
The Antoin Akpom Achievement Foundation
Academy Achievers
Out of the Shadows
Music Relief Foundation
Regenerate
Sands End Arts & Community Centre.
The Arts Council England
And all of YOU who are now going to DONATE to our Crowdfunder AND come to see the play!
Organizer
Jonathan Brown
Organizer