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Archive for November, 2009

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Swifty pops up in Birmingham

Pioneering typographer, sleeve designer and artist Swifty is setting up shop at the Sauce Gallery in Birmingham’s Custard Factory.

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Soho Road to the Punjab

An exciting visual arts exhibition that charts the history of Bhangra and its beginnings in Birmingham.

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Decypher Collective – Sep/Oct 2011

A groundbreaking new Grime Theatre performance, 8sixteen32, taps into the creativity & energy of talented Grime artists bringing the sights and sounds of pirate radio into the mainstream.

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Bollywood Stills

Punch has partnered with Shisha, Kranti Media Film and the University of Manchester to launch Bollywood Stills – the first substantial exhibition of Bollywood action still photographs.

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Border Moves 2

Bordermoves 2 is a two year urban music and dance project that seeks to deliver a programme of high quality arts activities associated with hip hop culture, targeting young people in rural and urban settings

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Urban Orchestra-What is Urban 2005

The Urban Orchestra aims to break down barriers and stereotypes about what an orchestra is. We work with a wide range of musicians from samba bands and choirs through to steel bands and strings.

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Hip Hop Shakespeare

In partnership we the Royal Shakespeare Company we delivered a number of workshops across the UK, focusing on the play Othello. Participants worked with our professional artists, specialists in performance poetry, MC and spoken word, to catapult the work of Shakespeare into a contemporary 21st century setting.

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Music is my Heritage

Music is my Heritage is a young person led project that explores how music and its heritage has positively influenced the area they live in.

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Simphiwe Dana first UK tour Oct/Nov 2009

Simphiwe’s first UK tour was produced by Punch Records and supported by Black Routes, the touring network for African and Caribbean music.