Decibel performing arts showcase: Market place directory archive 2011

20 Stories High

E-mail address	leanne@20storieshigh.org.uk
URL	www.20storieshigh.org.uk
20 Stories High create dynamic, challenging theatre which attracts new audiences. Working with the narrative and musical influences of the communities we work with, we are passionate about pushing the boundaries of what theatre is.

A Thousand Cranes

E-mail address	kumiko@athousandcranes.org.uk
URL	www.athousandcranes.org.uk
A Thousand Cranes was formed in 2006 by actor Kumiko Mendl and director Vicky Ireland to bring the fantastic and beautiful stories and art forms of Japan to young audiences in the UK.

ACE dance and music

E-mail address	info@acedanceandmusic.com
URL	www.acedanceandmusic.com
ACE dance and music fuse traditional African & Caribbean dance aesthetic with contemporary techniques to create high quality innovative performance work and outreach & education programmes.

Angryfish - Training Art & Empowerment

E-mail address	angryfish@angryfish.co.uk
URL	www.angryfish.co.uk
Robin Surgeoner AKA Angryfish is a disabled artist, writer, performer and workshop leader. Since the 1980's Angryfish has developed, written and performed his own material including, song, spoken word and theatre. He uses these skills to deliver bespoke empowerment based training, workshops and performances.

Anjali Dance Company

E-mail address	nicole@anjali.co.uk
URL	www.anjali.co.uk
Anjali Dance Company is a pioneering professional contemporary dance company that realises and celebrates through dance the potential of people with learning disabilities. Anjali aims to create original dance works of artistic distinction and raise the profile of work by dancers with learning disabilities by touring nationally and internationally.

Appetite Dance Productions

E-mail address	apple@appetitedanceproductions.com
URL	www.appetitedanceproductions.com
Appetite Dance Productions produces performances, and outreach dance workshops and lessons. Based at Newcastle’s Dance City the Company is led by Chinese born, creative Apple Yang, an innovative and imaginative performer choreographer who established the Company in November 2007.

Arts Award

E-mail address	enquiries@artsaward.org.uk
URL	www.artsaward.org.uk
Arts Award is a national qualification that develops creative, leadership and communication skills. It supports young people to grow as artists and arts leaders and helps to prepare them for further education and employment.

Arts Council England

E-mail address	claire.saddleton@artscouncil.org.uk
URL	www.artscouncil.org.uk
A small selection of Arts Council England staff on offer to say ‘hi’ – to chat about your project and answer questions about our funding opportunities.

Balbir Singh Dance Company

E-mail address	cm.bsdc@gmail.com
URL	www.balbirsinghdance.co.uk
Balbir Singh Dance Company (BSDC) is a mid-scale touring dance company and National Portfolio Organisation which specialises in a unique and dynamic synthesis of classical Indian Kathak, live music and Contemporary dance.

Ballet Nimba

E-mail address	info@balletnimba.org.uk
URL	www.balletnimba.org.uk
Ballet Nimba is an African Dance Theatre Company, combining traditional and contemporary Guinean dance with live music from some of West Africa's finest musicians. Expect to see joyous, graceful yet highly physical dance with the sounds of a Fulani Flute, Kora (21 stringed African harp) Ngoni (African acoustic guitar) Bolon Bata (stringed bass) and amazing percussion.

Bollywood Brass Band

E-mail address	mark.allan@eea.org.uk
URL	www.bollywoodbrassband.co.uk
The Bollywood Brass Band (BBB) is the UK's pioneering Indian wedding band, playing the great tunes and compulsively danceable rhythms of the most popular music in the world.

Breaking Cycles

E-mail address	david@breakingcycles.co.uk
URL	www.breakingcycles.co.uk
Breaking Cycles is an artist-led company dedicated to the creation of inclusive, highly energised, emotionally conflicting physical theatre – crossing and challenging the boundaries of multi-disciplined art forms. As a national and international advocate for Hip Hop Theatre, Breaking Cycles is playing a key role its development as an artform.

Collective Artistes

E-mail address	victoria@collectiveartistes.co.uk
URL	www.collectiveartistes.co.uk
Collective Artistes (CA) creates and produces socially-relevant professional theatre from the African Diaspora. Through epic tales of human transformation originating from the international black experience, CA’s plays celebrate the human condition across cultural boundaries and encourage social change.

Creature Feature

E-mail address	nedcreature@aol.com
URL	www.creaturefeature.biz
Established in 1994, Creature Feature works with over 20 performers who perform our acts internationally at a variety of festivals and events. We’re presently developing a provocative new performance for 2012 – ALIENATION – which will stimulate debate around climate migration and the impact climate change has on refugees and asylum seekers.

Curve Theatre

E-mail address	a.smith@curvetheatre.co.uk
URL	www.curveonline.co.uk
Leicester Theatre Trust gives support and advice to young emerging artists, providing resources free of charge and on occasion financial support. We are formalising this process to offer artists and companies a long term relationship with Curve, leading ultimately to a presentation of their work in one of our spaces.

DaDa - Disability and Deaf Arts

E-mail address	info@dadahello.com
URL	www.dadahello.com
DaDa – Disability and Deaf Arts is an innovative disability arts organisation based in Liverpool. It delivers DaDaFest and other arts events to promote high quality disability & deaf art from unique cultural perspectives. It also produces opportunities for disabled and d/Deaf people to access the arts, including training and a young people’s programme.

dANTE OR dIE

E-mail address	terry@danteordie.com
URL	www.danteordie.com
dANTE OR dIE make dance-theatre performances which tiptoe under your skin and caress the back of your neck. Since forming in 2004, directors Daphna Attias and Terry O'Donovan have taken musicians, dancers, actors, writers and visual artists to a disused aircraft hanger, a ski-lift and a ship on the Thames.

Dep Arts

E-mail address	phil@departsltd.com
URL	www.departsltd.com
Dep Arts are one of the UK’s leading contemporary dance and live arts performance producers. Based in Leeds, Yorkshire, our work spreads UK-wide and internationally. We collaborate with arts companies, artists and cultural organisations to produce ground breaking, highly innovative dance and live performance through theatrical and site specific work.

Drake Music

E-mail address	deliabarker@drakemusic.org
URL	www.drakemusic.org
Drake Music is the only organisation in England specialising in the use of assistive music technology to break down (physical/societal) barriers to participation. We provide previously unimagined access to music and the arts, offering a wide range of high quality, lifelong-learning opportunities.

Dulsori

E-mail address	dulsori@dulsori.com
URL	www.dulsori.com
Dulsori, established in 1984 in Korea, create dynamic performances and interactive workshops for the contemporary world music stage by combining traditional Korean music with modern elements. Aiming to rekindle the spirit of ancient Korean festivals on the modern stage, Dulsori’s performance helps to increase mutual understanding between different cultures.

Equity

E-mail address	northwestengland@equity.org.uk
URL	www.equity.org.uk
The UK trade union for professional performers and creative practitioners working in entertainment . We establish the industry framework for employment (pay, health and safety, equality, hours, breaks, touring, auditioning etc) and provide practical support such as insurance, legal help and tax and welfare advice.

Fittings Multimedia Arts

E-mail address	deborah@fittings.org.uk
URL	www.fittings.org.uk
Fittings Multimedia Arts is a disability led national organisation powered by Artistic Director Garry Robson and Administrative Director Deborah Wintle. We have been developing mixed media projects since 1995. We fuse different styles of storytelling to make brand new performance works that address serious issues in the language of variety theatre.

Iron-Oxide

E-mail address	clo@iron-oxide.org
URL	www.iron-oxide.org
Ramesh Meyyappan is a multi-faceted theatre practitioner who creates performances using an eclectic mix of visual and physical theatre styles. Working in association with Iron-Oxide,Ramesh has been awarded two Unlimited Commissions from the Cultural Olympiad, the first for Snails & Ketchup and the second for Skewered Snails.

Jouvert Toute Monde

E-mail address	jouverttoutemonde@gmail.com
URL	www.carnivalmessiah.ning.com
Carnival Messiah is a cross between spectacular opera, a pop music festival, church, and street theatre. It is a radical re-invention of Handel’s oratorio Messiah for large scale stage and theatre. The show explores and interprets issues of shared heritage and identity through its use of the oral, folk and carnival traditions of the Caribbean combined with the written musical and theatrical traditions of Western Europe.

Julie's Bicycle

E-mail address	sian@juliesbicycle.com
URL	www.juliesbicycle.com
Julie’s Bicycle is a non-profit organisation making environmental sustainability intrinsic to the business, art and ethics of music, theatre and the creative industries. We help more than 300 venues, festivals, companies and touring productions measure, manage and communicate their environmental impacts.

Kali Theatre Co.

E-mail address	chris@kalitheatre.co.uk
URL	www.kalitheatre.co.uk
Kali’s been creating ground breaking theatre for 20 years that reflects and comments on our lives today. It’s attracted rave reviews, sell-out performances and inspired audiences across the UK with thought provoking plays. New touring productions for 2012 are Mustafa by Naylah Ahmed, and Kabaddi Kabaddi Kabaddi by Satinder Chohan.

Yumi Umiumare - En Trance, Image: Garth Oriander

Kultour

E-mail address	ceo@kultour.com.au
URL	www.kultour.com.au
Kultour is the national body advocating for the importance of cultural diversity in the arts through service provision, facilitation, development, and support for the mobility of high quality arts programs in Australia.

Lingua Franca World Music Agency

E-mail address	contact@linguafrancamusic.co.uk
URL	www.linguafrancamusic.co.uk
Lingua Franca World Music Agency provides professional UK-based world music performers from around the globe as well as culturally-themed event packages to venues, workshops, promoters, corporate events, festivals, educational courses and special occasions of all kinds.

Madaleine Trigg

E-mail address	madaleinetrigg@gmail.com
URL	www.madaleinetrigg.com
Madaleine is a performance artist whose work is predominantly concerned with the image and issues of the body. Her work engages with numerous disciplines; using sculptural materials, transforming costumes, darkroom processes and holograms. Madaleine also regularly collaborates with other artists and is a co-founder of Restless Nights, who create bespoke, site-responsive performances for festivals.

Members screen feature launch, Image: Dan Arab

Mainstream Partnership

E-mail address	kirsty@mainstreampartnership.co.uk
URL	www.mainstreampartnership.co.uk
Mainstream Partnerships' aim is to be the East Midlands' leading training agency for black, Asian and minority ethnic creatives, providing opportunities to increase employability and visibility through networking and professional development.

mapz arts management

E-mail address	bob.ramdhanie@gmail.com
URL	www.soundsinfocus.co.uk
mapz focuses on music management, promotion and photographic services. mapz is a user-friendly, responsive agency that is conscious of the power of music and aware that music can be a catalyst for positive change. mapz supports, nurtures and encourages collaboration and partnerships allowing creative professionals to share ideas, showcase and exhibit.

Mauricio Velasierra / Lotus Arts Box Records

E-mail address	music@lotusartsbox.com
URL	www.lotusartsbox.com
Maurcio Velasierra with Lotus Arts Box Records, actively encourages and participates in the experimentation between traditional and modern music. He also motivates artists to experiment with different media and art forms. With his latest album Rodar, Mauricio combines powerful traditional groves with modern Jazz.

Merseyside Dance Initiative

E-mail address	info@mdi.org.uk
URL	www.mdi.org.uk
Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI) is the dance development organisation based in Liverpool and servicing Merseyside. Set up in 1993, our aim is to inspire people through dance. We do this by nurturing and supporting artists, presenting and commissioning new work and encouraging participation through our community and education programme. MDI also produces the dance festival Leap.

Penny Pepper

E-mail address	pennypepper@talktalk.net
URL	www.pennypepper.co.uk
Penny Pepper is a spoken word performer, all round writer and veteran disability arts activist. Her work is described as subversive, saucy and provocative. Currently she is developing a spoken word cabaret called Adventures in the Dark and Light, a title which reflects Penny’s unique approach to her work and to life.

Permeate

E-mail address	monika.richards@fabrica.org.uk
URL	www.permeate.org.uk
Monika Richards is the project manager for Permeate (www.permeate.org.uk), a diverse workforce development programme in the visual arts sector. We are currently delivering our pilot phase in which 8 visual arts organisations take part with 8 Permeate interns with disability and diverse backgrounds, the majority from outside the arts sector.

Phizzical

E-mail address	info@phizzical.com
URL	www.phizzical.com
Phizzical’s mission is to entertain people by producing adventurous and thought provoking theatre-dance. Our fresh and live performances are influenced by international cultures and seek to address the challenges and possibilities of our time.

Rasa

E-mail address	ed.higginson@rasatheatre.co.uk
URL	www.rasatheatre.co.uk
Rasa highlight, investigate and artistically celebrate the migrant experience. Informed by the cultural heritage of Rani Moorthy, we use timeless and conventional modes of theatrical expression to produce narrative dramas that that reflect the zeitgeist with sharpness and accuracy.

Rifco Arts

E-mail address	louise@rifcoarts.com
URL	www.rifcoarts.com
Rifco Arts creates vibrant, accessible and high quality theatre to encourage and engage new and diverse audiences. Our work celebrates the contemporary British Asian experience with a focus on artistic excellence, new writing and ambitious programing. Britain’s got Bhangra is our most successful hit musical.

Rough Magic Theatre

E-mail address	roughmagictheatre@hotmail.com
URL	www.roughmagictheatre.co.uk
Rough Magic Theatre is a puppetry theatre company presenting new work to family audiences in theatres and on the streets. Rough Magic is passionate about combining puppetry with other forms of entertainment. Our shows include live action performances, song and dance, as well as a wealth of puppetry techniques.

sampad / Creative Leap

E-mail address	pat@sampad.org.uk
URL	www.sampad.org.uk
sampad is a dynamic development agency for South Asian Arts. Based in Birmingham, Sampad plays a significant role regionally, nationally and internationally in promoting the appreciation and practice of South Asian art forms. Part of our wider programme, Creative Leap is a new professional development scheme to support emerging artists.

Sean Burn

E-mail address	burn.sean@googlemail.com
URL	www.gobscure.info
Sean Burn is a writer, performer and outsider artist with a growing international reputation. Sean was shortlisted for a DaDaFest Disability Arts Award 2009 and has just completed an artist in residence project at the new gallery Walsall. 2011 saw Sean’s writing shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award at the British Library.

simorgh

E-mail address	amanda@redearththeatre.com
URL	simorghnetwork.wordpress.com
simorgh is a network of arts organisations supporting access and inclusion for D/deaf and disabled people. simorgh commissions, produces and curates inclusive arts for distribution regionally and nationally. Members represented on our stall are: Arena Theatre Wolverhampton; Embrace Arts at the RA Centre Leicester; Red Earth Theatre (network facilitator).

Sonia Sabri Company

E-mail address	kat@ssco.org.uk
URL	www.ssco.org.uk
Sonia Sabri Company (SSCo) is a dynamic UK based dance company which was established to present Kathak in a new light. Creating work spanning from classical Kathak to contemporary approaches, SSCo’s productions are inspired by Indian and British culture and the rich possibilities that arise when they meet.

STAGETEXT

E-mail address	enquiries@stagetext.org
URL	www.stagetext.org
STAGETEXT provides captioning and live speech-to-text services to theatres, museums, galleries and heritage sites so that deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people can enjoy the arts and cultural activities. For more information call 020 7377 0540

Starylight Australia

Phone	0793 523 1013
E-mail address	kathryn_perry@hotmail.com
URL	www.shakespearesmothers.blogspot.com
The company develops productions for touring and the festival circuit. The current show, 'Shakespeare's Mothers: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know' provides a focus on the, often neglected and underestimated, mature female characters in Shakespeare. In demonstrating how Shakespeare used his ambitious, murderous and powerful mother characters to drive some of his most exciting plots, Straylight places these fascinating women centre-stage, where they delight and thrill the audience.

State of Emergency Productions

E-mail address	deborah@stateofemergencyltd.com
URL	www.stateofemergencyltd.com
State of Emergency Productions (SOE) is an arts production and management company. As ‘The Independent Voice of Black Dance’, SOE is at the forefront pushing boundaries in the development and profile of black dance. The Mission programme is a unique umbrella of performances, showcases, tours, festivals, artists’ training and professional development.

STAY Hub - Sustained theatre Artist Yorkshire

Phone	07794434099
E-mail address	amanda@tabonucocreative.co.uk
URL	www.2bacting.com
Sustained Theatre Artists Yorkshire (STAY) is working to support, develop and promote black, Asian and ethnic minority artists to thrive regionally, nationally and internationally.

Step Out Arts

E-mail address	jw@stepoutarts.co.uk
URL	www.stepoutarts.co.uk
Step Out Arts supports the visibility and sustainability of British East Asian (BEA) dance artists nationally through showcases, productions and educational projects. Our ambition is to become an advocacy organisation that supports and develops the careers of BEA dance artists through partnership-building with national and International dance agencies.

StoneCrabs Theatre

Phone	020 8694 6472 \| 07578 703 260
E-mail address	alan@stonecrabs.co.uk
URL	www.stonecrabs.co.uk
We are a professional company based in southeast London, producing British and international theatre to the highest standards. Drawing upon the creativity from many diverse practitioners, StoneCrabs’ work includes theatre productions and educational outreach work.

Sustained Theatre

E-mail address	adminLondon@sustainedtheatre.org
URL	www.sustainedtheatre.org.uk
Sustained Theatre is a movement working to create a new inclusive landscape for British Culture to flourish regionally, nationally and internationally. We want to keep issues relating to black, Asian, and minority ethnic theatre artists and practitioners alive through critical debate, saving and restoring our national archives, developing leadership and cultivating international links.

Tara Arts

E-mail address	jonathan@tara-arts.com
URL	www.tara-arts.com
Tara Arts produces global theatre for local audiences. Positioned between East and West, Tara Arts has pioneered cross-cultural theatre for over three decades. The company tours vibrant new work and adaptations of European and Asian classics, brings stories of the world to schools and develops emerging artists and new audiences.

Tavaziva Dance

E-mail address	iyshea@tavazivadance.com
URL	www.tavazivadance.com
Tavaziva Dance was created by Zimbabwean-born founder Artistic Director/Choreographer Bawren Tavaziva in 2004 as a touring dance company. Tavaziva Dance has a significant presence in the UK dance landscape, bringing Bawren’s unique artistic vision and fusion of African and Contemporary dance to growing audiences as well as leading educational workshops.

Telltale Theatre

Phone	landline 01617377953 mob: 07757904995/ 07812393525
E-mail address	telltaletheatre@hotmail.co.uk
Telltale Theatre specializes in performances and workshops for; schools, foundation centres and nurseries, festivals, community events and carnivals. The company is led by Leo Nolan, musician, performer and storyteller and, Joy Evans, artist, performer and storyteller.

Thingumajig Theatre

E-mail address	andrew@thingumajig.info
URL	www.thingumajig.info
Thingumajig Theatre creates innovative puppet plays, interactive giant puppets and stunning participatory events. Born from the collaboration between Korean-American puppet and mask artist Andrew Kim and British musician and actor Kathy Kim, Thingumajig Theatre brings a wealth of experiences from different cultures coupled with a drive to create exciting original theatre.

Urban Voice UK

E-mail address	tonybiola@yahoo.co.uk
URL	www.ukurbanvoice.com
At Urban Voice we are creative social educators, working to enable young people to fulfil their potential and freely express their natural gifts and talents. Our flagship national artist development programme, Project Talent UK has been supported by Arts Council England and aided JLS and Alexandra Burke before The X-Factor.

Visiting Arts

E-mail address	information@visitingarts.org.uk
URL	www.visitingarts.org.uk
The International Connections programme (ICP) brings together 11 programmers, producers, artistic directors and critics, who have a passion for diversity, from seven different countries across the world. These individuals, several artists in their own right, represent festivals, companies and networks and are keen to share information about this and explore opportunities for exchange and collaboration with the UK. The Marketplace will bring together ICP bursary awardees as well as international speakers from the Creative Case and Decibel Talks as featured in the programme.

VocalEyes

E-mail address	enquiries@vocaleyes.co.uk
URL	www.vocaleyes.co.uk
VocalEyes provides access to the arts through audio description for blind and partially sighted people, enabling them to experience, enjoy, participate in, and share the best of the arts. For more information, call 020 7375 1043

Yellow Earth

E-mail address	artisticdirector@yellowearth.org
URL	www.yellowearth.org
Yellow Earth is a London based company, established in 1995 by five British East Asian performers. Yellow Earth has been developing and producing theatre writing and work by British East Asian (BEA) artistes and writers and touring productions to audiences across the UK and internationally, since it was founded.