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Waswasa: Sharing & Reflections Event | Fri 21st October

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury14/10/2022

Our show Waswasa was drawn to a close in September to packed audiences at the Birmingham Hippodrome.  We are now inviting you to join us in the new home of Soul City Arts –  a 4000 square-foot warehouse space in the heart of Sparkbrook, Birmingham.We are hosting a special Waswasa Reflection & Sharing event on…

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A sell out show! Waswasa: Whispers in Prayer

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury12/09/2022

On Thursday 25th August 2022, our new show Waswasa: Whispers in Prayer opened its doors at the Patrick Studio of the Birmingham Hippodrome to a packed audience. In our first major production since the pandemic, droves of the community, including those who have never visited a theatre before, joined us in our truly immersive show.…

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Waswasa: Whispers in Prayer opens to a full-house

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury26/08/2022

On Thursday 25th August 2022, our new show Waswasa: Whispers in Prayer opened its doors at the Patrick Studio of the Birmingham Hippodrome to a packed audience. In our first major production since the pandemic, droves of the community, including those who have never visited a theatre before, joined us as we began our 9-day…

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Waswasa in the media: features

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury18/08/2022

As we geared up towards our biggest show yet, Waswasa: Whispers in Prayer as part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival, a number of media outlets featured the show and undertook interviews with our Artistic Director Mohammed Ali and the Soul City Arts team. Waswasa: Whispers in Prayers ran from Thu 25 Aug – Sat 3…

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Waswasa Q&A with Mohammed Ali

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury04/08/2022

What first connected you to creativity?  Since a child, I’ve always been into art.  Many Asian families would encourage their children to become Doctors, Lawyers, Engineers, I knew early on that I was destined for the creative sector. I’ve tried my best to shake it out of my system but it never worked.  Here I…

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Waswasa: Introducing our actors

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury14/07/2022

We are excited to announce our two performers for Waswasa, Hamza Ali, and Mustafa Chaudhry, both physical theatre and movement-based performers who have joined our team. The two actors are currently filming many of the film sequences that will be featured in Waswasa, our biggest and most ambitious theatre show to date as part of…

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Waswasa and filming in extended reality: XR

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury12/07/2022

Mohammed Ali has been working with Guidhall Live Events on our latest theatrical production entitled “Waswasa” that will be presented at the Birmingham 2022 Festival. Filming was led by Mohammed who directed the Guidhall Live Events team and Guildhall students to record film sequences shot against an extended reality (XR) set for use as part…

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Waswasa community prayer mat events wrap up a month of deep connections for the show

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury05/07/2022

With the fight to get our new space now won late in May 2022, the SCA Team had to move quickly to transform a functional warehouse into a hybrid working and arts space. The new premises had to serve as a making space for us to build the set for Waswasa over the coming summer.…

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Waswasa show community launches in new Soul City Arts project base

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury30/06/2022

On June 30th 2022, we welcomed creatives from across the country to our new project base and the new home of Soul City Arts. It was an epic moment of gathering and sharing for a major new commission called ‘Waswasa’ part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival for the Commonwealth Games. It has been quite a…

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University of Birmingham X Soul City Arts

UncategorisedBy safwan chowdhury20/05/2022
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