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An Evening for Haiti

In case any of you are in London next week there is an 'evening for Haiti' on at the Hampstead Theatre January 27th.


DETAILS:

An Evening for Haiti
Hampstead Theatre
Wednesday 27 January 7.30pm
HAMPSTEAD AND TALAWA TO PRESENT FUNDRAISER FOR HAITI

In response to the recent devastating events in Haiti, Hampstead Theatre and Talawa Theatre Company are to hold a benefit in aid of the Disasters Emergency Committee Haiti Earthquake Appeal. Writers including Richard Bean, Juliet Gilkes Romero, Joel Horwood, Anders Lustgarten, Abi Morgan, Lynn Nottage, Ed Pilkington, Atiha Sen Gupta, Steve Waters and Roy Williams will create immediate response poems, readings and short plays which will be read on Wednesday 27 January at Hampstead Theatre. Audiences can “pay what they can” for tickets and all proceeds will go to the DEC Haiti Earthquake Appeal.

Pat Cumper, Artistic Director of Talawa Theatre, will direct. She said: ‘As a company with a strong connection to the Caribbean, Talawa had no choice but to be part of this Evening for Haiti at Hampstead. Please come, learn, share.  We urge you to donate what you can.  We feel sure you will leave with a better understanding of Haiti and its remarkable place in world history.‘

Following the readings there will be a panel discussion with Alex von Tunzelmann (historian and author of forthcoming book on Hispaniola and Cuba) and Jean-Marc Flambert (a Haitian resident in London, who was the UK and Ireland director of Sri Lankan Tourism when the tsunami hit Sri Lanka), and chaired by Juliet Gilkes Romero (playwright and BBC World journalist).

Juliet, who worked as a reporter in Haiti in the 1990s said: “I hope that this benefit evening will not only raise much needed funds for the people in Haiti, but will give a deeper insight into this complex country.”

Actors to perform the readings, additional panellists and special guests are yet to be announced.
For further information please contact Becky Sayer: 020 7449 4151 beckys@hampsteadtheatre.com





Notes:

Hampstead Theatre is one of the UK’s leading new writing theatres. The company celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2009. www.hampsteadtheatre.com

Talawa Theatre Company is Britain's foremost Black-led Theatre Company. For over 20 years the company has given a voice to the Black British experience and nurtured, developed and supported talent.
http://www.talawa.com/index.html

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  1. JAKI MCCARRICKJanuary 26, 2010 at 5:04 AM

    ...will take this notice off the blog once the event has been held.

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