Migration Awareness Day
Comedy
Sajeela Kershi – Immigrant Diaries
‘Touching and informative, Immigrant Diaries plays with the boundaries of stand up comedy and is entirely engaging.’ – The Guardian
Sajeela Kershi
Comedian and writer Sajeela Kershi is reviving her multi-award winning show Immigrant Diaries for Migration Awareness Day. Taking the slogan: “Statistics don’t tell the story of migration, people do”- Sajeela, in the company of special guests, combines traditional stand-up with poignant story-telling and audience interactions to present a very different picture of experiences and issues of migration than is so often portrayed in the main-stream media.
Sajeela Kershi has been performing stand-up since 2006. She got her big break as one of the audience ‘plants’ in Brendon Burns’s 2007 if.comedy-winning show, So I Suppose This Is Offensive Now? Sajeela has written several critically acclaimed shows for the Edinburgh Fringe festival and was a finalist at the Hackney Empire New Act Awards in 2011. In 2015 Sajeela was voted Asian Woman of Achievement for Arts & Culture. Immigrant Diaries has been performed at theatres and festivals across the UK, including sell-out runs at The South Bank Centre and in London’s West End.
Juliet Meyers – This Flipping Rescue Dog Has Ruined My Life
'Devilish… on the edge' - The Scotsman.
Juliet Meyers
‘Laugh-out-loud show that resonates. Quirky and original’ – The Independent
Juliet Meyers and her dog have issues. This is a show about unconditional love, anxiety, peeing on things and being a wolf. Contains stand-up, stories, a bit of tenderness (mostly caused by bruising when the dog chased a squirrel), and possibly the actual dog as he doesn’t like being left on his own.
Juliet Meyers is a standard up comedian and writer for The Sarah Millican Television Programme, 8 out of 10 Cats and BBC Radio Four Comedy.
Theatre
Mukul And Ghetto Tigers in association with Tamarind Theatre Co presents:
Abhijan-Journey
Artists from Mukul And Ghetto Tigers and Tamarind Theatre present a journey to new places and reveal the courage of the human spirit to stand tall with heads held high and push the mind to transcend cultures and boundaries. Performed in Bengali and English, this family friendly ensemble theatre piece combines songs, stories and dance, with renowned vocalists
Tanusree Guha, Shahadat Hossain and unique storyteller Rez Kabir performing the Bat- Where Do I Belong? and other traditional folk tales.