Strike a Light is pleased to have been commissioned to become a hub in Brighton and Hove by the Big Ideas Company to develop activities with local community groups to explore the history of the Labour Corps – service personnel during World War I, and often forgotten in this part of history.
Free drop in families puppet making session (Ages 5 upwards) – The Unremembered Project
Workshop takes place at Brighton Open Market, Marhalls Row, Brighton on Thursday 1st November 12-3pm.
Free drop in families puppet making session (Ages 5 upwards) – The Unremembered Project
This workshop takes place on Sunday 25th November 11am-1pm at Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton. Ages 5 +
Free drop in families puppet making session (Ages 5 upwards) – The Unremembered Project
Workshop takes place at Brighton Open Market, Marhalls Row, Brighton on Thursday 1st November 12-3pm.
Free drop in families puppet making session (Ages 5 upwards) – The Unremembered Project
Workshop takes place at Onca at The Barge in Brighton Marina on Monday 29th October 1.45-4.15pm.
Ages 5 plus
Trench Brothers
A new music theatre work commemorating in Brighton the contributions of ethnic minority soldiers during the First World War through music, theatre and puppetry.
Strike a Light has been part of the Trench Brothers project with HMDT Music and this great event is part of this on Wednesday 17th Oct at the Brighton Dome. There’s still tickets available here: https://brightondome.org/event/18306/trench_brothers/
Nicola Benge – Creative Director of Strike a Light – Arts & Heritage will be speaking at Shoreham Wordfest next week about the period of history around Indian Soldiers at Brighton Pavilion in WWI.
This will be an hour long talk with images including a conversation with writer Umi Sinha, followed by a live Q+A.
Strike a Light is pleased to have been commissioned to become a hub in Brighton and Hove by the Big Ideas Company to develop activities with local community groups to explore the history of the Labour Corps – service personnel during World War I, and often forgotten in this part of history.