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Fly With Me: London by Good Chance Theatre

20 Aug 2022

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Sat, 20 Aug
10:00 – 18:00

Free admission

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Parliament Hill Viewpoint

London
England, United Kingdom

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Afghan artists with Good Chance Theatre, creators of The Jungle and The Walk with Little Amal, are inviting people across London and beyond to take to Parliament Hill and fly kites! Join us for a festival of solidarity filled with Afghan kite-flying, storytelling, music, poetry and dance.

About

On Saturday 20th August 2022, one year since the fall of Afghanistan to the Taliban, people across the UK and Europe will remember and preserve Afghan culture through the simple, joyful act of kite flying. Together, we will commemorate an ancient art form which is once again under threat and call for the fair and equal treatment of all people seeking safety, including those from Afghanistan.

On Hampstead Heath, master kite-maker, Sanjar Qiam, creates bespoke Afghan kites on-the-day with messages for the world to ‘Remember Afghanistan’, musician and activist Elaha Soroor performs with her band, actor Elham Ehsas will open the event and award-winning poet Parwana Fayyaz shares her specially commissioned poem.

Help us make the skies alive with colour, and take part in a joyful festival of solidarity, creativity and connection.

Free and open to all!

SCHEDULE

Where: Parliament Hill Viewpoint, Heath Lodge, London NW5 1QR, United Kingdom

When: Saturday 20th August from 12.30pm to 5pm

10.30am - 12pm - Workshop 

from 12.30pm - Gather on the Heath

1pm - 2.45pm - Elham Ehsas speech, kite flying, Sanjar kite-making demo

3.15pm - 4.15pm - Elaha Soroor and band performance

4.30pm - all join in the Attan, the traditional Afghan dance

www.goodchance.org.uk/flywithme

Instagram: @goodchancetheatre

Twitter: @goodchancecal

Facebook: @GoodChanceTheatre

#FlyWithMe #RememberAfghanistan

Please note: this event will be filmed.

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Good Chance Theatre

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