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/
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That’s AfrikaBa for another year! Thank you to all the wonderful people who came to our varied cultural activities in Hastings in September and October.
We hope to see you again in 2019!
This evening!
An event to celebrate Black History Month
Presented by Creative Director of Strike a Light- Arts & Heritage – Nicola Benge about the period of history around Indian Soldiers at Brighton Pavilion in WWI and also in conversation with author and teacher Umi Sinha, who will read and discuss extracts from her novel, ‘Belonging’.
https://ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/indian-soldiers-in-ww1-nicola-benge/
We’re running two training courses at our studio this summer: a one day Introduction to Reminiscence day for beginners and those interested in finding out more about this area on 20th June, followed by a two day (much more in depth) Reminiscence Training Course on 18th and 19th July.
https://archive.strikealight.org/training/
The acclaimed ‘imaginative and inspiring’ Trench Brothers project commemorating the contributions and personal stories of ethnic minority soldiers in the First World War will culminate in Brighton and the South Eas https://archive.strikealight.org/projects/trench-brothers-wwi-project/t this year.
Our Creative Director Nicola took part in a short film for Brighton charity Community Works recently about their mentoring scheme. https://bit.ly/2IWTZiy
We are currently seeking a freelance facilitator with some experience in dance, music or movement to deliver two sessions for our upcoming Dancing with Dementia project in Brighton.
https://archive.strikealight.org/projects/dancing-with-dementia/
Gateways to the First World War event
FREE – Friday 26 May 2017,10:00 – 16:00
Discovering the First World War in the South East: A free and open First World War information event at Hastings Museum
Supported by Gateways to the First World War