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CSB are really excited to be working in partnership with Mac for one of our first live events in over a year! Join us as we venture back to live performances to celebrate Refugee Week 2021. The theme is “We Cannot Walk Alone” and its a call for people from different backgrounds and causes to stand together to show support.With live performances by local and national artists from different parts of the world, and an opportunity to find out more about community engagement with refugees, and the organisations and campaigns that offer support.
The day will be presented by acclaimed TV, film and theatre actor Patrice Naiambana, originally from Sierra Leone. Performances by Germa Adan (Haiti), Nifeco Costa (Guinea Bissau), Kausary (Peru), Bumi Thomas (Scotland - Nigeria).
This is a free event, but please note that seating will be limited due to Covid restrictions, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Admission for Event 1 – 12.30 – 1pm – Event starts at 1pm
Admission for Event 2 – 3.30 – 4pm – Event starts at 4pm
Sat 19th June
Outdoor Arena
Mac, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
Event 1: 1-3pm
Intro & welcome from Patrice Naiambana
Community performances and presentations
Germa Adan – with Jobe Baker-Sullivan
Nifeco Costa & Babock Djazz
Event 2: 4-6pm
Intro from Patrice Naiambana
Community performances and presentations
Kausary
Bumi Thomas
About the artists:
Patrice Naimbana - is an actor, storyteller and African performing artist, originally from Sierra Leone. He has worked extensively in theatre, film, radio and TV, with some of the UK's top Directors: Steven Berkoff, Adrian Noble, Michael Boyd, Kathryn Hunter and leading decolonial thinkers, Rolando Vasquez and Walter Mignolo. Patrice is currently appearing as the Duke of Winchester in Netflix show The Irregulars. As an Animateur and Performing Artist, Patrice has been facilitating Tribal Soul Arts since 1991 - A laboratory for African Diaspora performance aesthetics exploration and critical dialogue. It was initiated in response to the sparse opportunity for theatre training that reflected Diaspora Heritage.
Bumi Thomas - is a contemporary Scottish Nigerian singer-songwriter whose ethereal voice stokes the soul transcendentally. Her acoustic and evocative style is inspired by her multicultural heritage expressed visually and sonically as invocations of non-linear identity. 'I tell stories about movement, migration, displacement, joy and humanity.’ Her music combines jazz, high-life rhythms, palmwine grooves, reggae and blues, infused with folk and delivered with soul. Rich in texture, stimulating lyrics, haunting melodies and raw emotion.
Her latest EP 'Broken Silence' (2020) reached No 1 on the UK Itunes RnB charts and was described as 'Strikingly original' by London Jazz News, 'Visceral and Timely' by The Sunday Times. The single 'Black Child' was featured on BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends. Broken silence is Bumi's
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Midlands Arts Centre - MAC, Midlands Arts Centre, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, United Kingdom