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URL:https://xyzbrighton.com/events/the-common-rooms-enter-the-now/
SUMMARY:The Common Room(s): Enter The Now
DESCRIPTION:\n\n\n\nThe Common Rooms emerged from a unanimous desire amongs
 t a few friends to create a space where thoughts can be shared\, ideas can
  emerge\, and open\, thoughtful discussion can be had. We wanted to hear p
 assionate speakers share their insights and ideas\, then revel\, wallow an
 d be immersed in beautiful acoustic music\, leaving the event refreshed in
  mind\, body and spirit.\nWe hope to develop a space where people can prac
 tice listening\, coming together for an evening where to be like-hearted i
 s valued above being like-minded. \nThe first part of this evenings event
  will feature interviews with two extraordinary women.\n\nAnnie Edwards is
  a dance artist from Brighton\, now based in London. Her current practise 
 is the culmination of two strong influences - a background in hiphop and c
 ontemporary dance and her lived experience as a disabled person.\n\nAnnie 
 made her West End debut at the age of eleven in the long running hip hop s
 how ‘Into the Hoods’. In 2019 She graduated with distinction from Lond
 on Contemporary Dance School\, and has since gone on to collaborate with a
  diverse collection of artists and companies including Sadlers Wells\, Sco
 ttish Ballet\, Garsington Opera\, Candoco\, Zoo Nation: A Kate Prince Comp
 any\, Sidi Larbi Cherkauoi\, Botis Seva and Liam Francis - touring interna
 tionally as well as working in television and film\, whilst maintaining an
  ongoing engagement with disability advocacy throughout all her work.\n\nT
 his year Annie will be performing with Candoco in Germany and Slovakia\, a
 s well as appearing in a new collaboration between director Danny Boyle\, 
 composer Michael Asante and choreographer Kendrick Sandy MBE\, for Manches
 ter International Festival.\n\nLou Beckerman's career in the arts has span
 ned several genres - as an established jazz vocalist and song-writer (incl
 uding TV and two albums)\, as an artist-illustrator with commissions from\
 , amongst others\, WWF\, Amnesty International and Oxfam\, and as a fine a
 rtist exhibiting widely\, including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.\n
 \nLou's former work as a health professional also enabled her to integrate
  these elements as a healing arts practitioner and coach. She was awarded 
 a Churchill Fellowship for her work in music as medicine in palliative car
 e. Lou has also been musical director for several community choirs.\n\nLou
  now writes short fiction and poetry\, and her recently completed poetry c
 ollection\, together with her own illustrations\, is for publication in 20
 23. She writes for the page and also performs the work as spoken word\, fr
 equently woven together with musical interpretation.\n\n​Themes range fr
 om reflecting on the personal and observational to social commentary and b
 road spirituality - drawing on the colourful threads from her experience a
 nd enquiry into the human condition. She has a playfulness with words but 
 beneath them invariably lie life’s deeper issues.\n\nMusic :\n\n​The m
 usic will once again be curated by Brighton based pianist\, producer and c
 omposer Mark Edwards and will feature beautiful\, gentle\, acoustic jazz a
 nd improvised music - including material by Keith Jarrett\, Pat Metheny\, 
 Bill Frisell and others\, aswell as original compositions.\n\n​Special G
 uest : Winston Clifford\n\n​Winston Clifford is one of Britain’s leadi
 ng jazz drummers. Since studying with ex-Tubby Hayes drummer Bill Eyden an
 d with Trevor Tomkins at the Guildhall School of Music\, he has gone on to
  play with many musicians including Courtney Pine\, Bheki Mseleku\, Jason 
 Rebello\, Gary Husband\, Pete King\, Dick Heckstall-Smith\, Iain Ballamy\,
  Leroy Osbourne\, Ronnie Scott Band\, Julian Joseph\, Andy Sheppard\, Tony
  Remy\, Steve Williamson Band\, Jean Toussaint Band\, Slim Gaillard\, Bobb
 y Watson\, Monty Alexander\, Gary Bartz\, Art Farmer\, Archie Shepp\, Orph
 y Robinson\, Birelli Lagrene\, Joey Calderazzo Freddie Hubbard etc. He has
  appeared at many International Festivals and recorded albums with Frevo\,
  Roadside Picnic\, Jean Toussaint\, Andy Hamilton\, Brian Dee Trio\, Harry
  Beckett Quintet and Jan Ponsford. He has appeared on Channel 4\, BBC 2 an
 d ITV as well as radio broadcasts.\n\n\n\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Arts,Community,Dance,Food & Drink,Health &
 Wellbeing,Literature,Live Music,Spoken word
LOCATION:Brighton Unitarian Church\, New Rd\, Brighton\, BN11UF\, United Ki
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