Saturday 3 March 2012

London Transport Museum

11.00 – 16.00 (lunch included)

Call out to young people aged 14 to 24 to join spoken word artists at London Transport Museum’s thought provoking creative word workshop inspired by the Museum’s Sense and the City: smart, connected and on the move exhibition.

Developed by the Museum’s Young Consultants, young people are invited to a FREE one day session to work with professional artists Dean Atta and Laila Sumpton from the Keats House Young Poets Forum.

During the workshop they will be challenged to develop their own spoken word pieces inspired by the themes of the exhibition.

This is a fabulous opportunity for aspiring or established young spoken word artists to gain exposure with their peers, build confidence and learn public performance skills.

Interested and want to know more? Check out our film http://youtu.be/2llGOYLFGsk or drop us an email young.consultants@ltmuseum.co.uk

The Blue Hut Radio project is a collaboration between Discover Young Hackney and the Roundhouse as part of Roundhouse’s Radio’s Round 1 London 2012 Project: www.roundhouse.org.uk/round1/projects

Get the Greedy

It is written by Jonathon Wright and it was created by a group of young people around Hackney who came together and improvised to create the play.

They have been preparing for this play since Christmas and now they are ready to perform on the stage at the Arcola Theatre.

Jonathon told us he got into writing through a recommendation. He’s feeling good about the performance because he has seen it and acted in it.

It’s being performed today at the Arcola Theatre at 2pm. Find out more.

By Stephen Adrian Andrews

The conscious rapper struck the audience with his powerful lyrics as he performed one of his most influential songs to a full house of 13 to 19 year olds at Alter Ego, the opening event of Discover Young Hackney.

Interviewed and filmed by Ondre Roach

On the project we’re learning radio production techniques, editing and how to prepare radio scripts. Last week we went to the ‘Alter Ego’ talent final at the Hackney Empire to interview everyone from the performers to the organisers. One of the best parts of our role was recording interviews, we got to meet lots of new people and enjoyed the experience. We also learned never to judge a book by its cover – any one can be talented in any sort of way. The talent on the night was amazing and the winner Tolu was really good and a deserving winner.
 
Make sure you keep checking the Discover Young Hackney website….our first report will be coming soon with a special report on the ‘Alter Ego’ talent final, including live recordings and interviews with some of the performers!
 
Enjoy the rest of Discover Young Hackney 2012!

The Alto Ego talent contest opened the Discover Young Hackney festival at the HackneyEmpire on 3 February 2011. On the night, the Empire was filled with talent, but Tolu Okanlawon, 17, impressed the audience with his moves to win the contest. Shannique Smith interviewed him after the show.

What does it feel like to win? Words can’t explain, words can’t explain at all.

How did you get into dancing?  My friend Rebecca introduced me to dancing two years ago.

What does dancing mean to you? Dancing means a lot – it’s another way to express myself.

What made you enter the competition? By chance, really. I saw it on the Discover Young Hackney website.

What have learnt along your journey? Hard work  pays off I guess… I have gotten more confident.

What would be your advice to people who want to follow the same path as you? If you put in enough work then you get out hopefully what you want.

What would your message be to other people who want to enter the competition? Don’t let no one tell you you can’t do something, it’s impossible, that you’re not good enough. Just do it, put your best into it, put all the work into it and do your best.

Fresh, fun and ambitious. Blueprint brings to the stage the latest trends, freshest moves and a range of styles from young and up and coming choreographers. Want to be part of it? East London Dance is inviting applications from choreographers aged 16-26 years to apply to present their work as part of Blueprint on Saturday 24 March 2012 at Stratford Circus.

Apply here by Tuesday 14 February, 5pm.

Family Action have been working with Somali young people exploring the issue of boundaries.

Together with an art therapist and professional youth workers, the group has been exploring this issue through discussion and visual arts.

The artwork of the young people will be exhibited as an end of project celebration in February.

For further information contact: zaynab.hassan@family-action.org.uk
020 7249 8109

Come along and support us…Date and Locations are -

5 February at Chatsworth Road

11 February at Ridley Road

18 February at Ridley Road

25 February TBC