FEB #12: All Aboard the Soul Train!


Could not say it better:
"As always, Passengers are requested to check their Souls at the Station as this one's for good time party people only! No Bass Wobbles Here, Only Love, Funk and Souuuuuuuul"

FEB # 11: Vibes & Pressure Shubeen!

VIBES & PRESSURE SHUBEEN, FEB 7 2014, PASSING CLOUDS DALSTON
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151873975072477&set=pb.7714512476.-2207520000.1391130433.&type=3&theater

Good music, good crowd, great finish to a Friday night!

Simples.

FEB #10: And Other Random Things. . .

MUSIC CONNEX LIVE, FEB 15 2014, THE FLYOVER PORTOBELLO
http://www.musicconnex.co.uk/

If like me you like discovering new talent from the likes of London, Paris and Amsterdam then this one is for you!

The night features
Giovanca
Debra Debs
Tony Momrelle
Avanna Witter-Johnson and
Al Castellana

Grab that ticket today! Looking forward to this one!

FEB #9: Still Haven't Watched It? 12 Years a Slave

12 YEARS  A SLAVE, FEB 7 - 13 2014, ICA @THE MALL & OTHER VENUES (CHECK TIMES)
https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/12-years-slave

What on earth are you waiting for?

Lupita's already got her Oscar nomination so c'mon and get with the programme!

See
http://dual-citizen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/10/oct1-bfi-festival-is-here-again.html

FEB #8: New York, New York!

EVERYBODY STREET, FEB 7 2014, ICA@THE MALL
https://www.ica.org.uk/whats-on/everybody-street-qa


Still haven't been to the Big Apple which remains top on my list, but I do love learning about places through documentary and this street documentary by street photographers I certainly got to see!

The director joins for a Q&A too.

FEB #7: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty

AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY, FEB 7 2014, RITZY PIC HOUSE
http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/Ritzy_Picturehouse/film/An_Oversimplification_Of_Her_Beauty/

Ok, it is the month of looove, but this ain't no ordinary love story.
It feels real and raw, lists Jay-Z in its credits and has Sundance directors all hot and bothered.

Care to see what the fuss is about? I probably do!

FEB #6: Zara McFarlane...Again!

ZARA MCFARLANE, FEB 12 2014, X-O-Y-O
http://www.xoyo.co.uk/events/ZARA-MCFARLANE-S/index.html

Wow, Zara is popping up all over the London scene...and support comes from Diggs Duke making this all the more worthwhile!



Slow, jazzy and smooth, maybe take the significant other and celebrate this month of luuurrrve!

FEB #5: Sizwe Banzi is Back

SIZWE BANZI IS DEAD, FEB 6 - MARCH 8, 2014 THE YOUNG VIC
http://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/sizwe-banzi-is-dead

It sold out last year even before I had a chance to grab a ticket so be quick if this you want to see!

See
http://dual-citizen.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/sep-13sizwe-banzi-is-dead.html

FEB # 4: Refugee Boy

REFUGEE BOY, FEB 11 & 13 2014 QUEEN ELIZABETH HALL
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/refugee-boy-79659?dt=2014-02-11

As one in three of 'Londoners' born abroad, you know by now I am a huge fan of migration stories...

From West Yorkshire Playhouse (which I say with great pride having spent some time in that part of the country), a teenage boy is left behind to somehow make this 'home' while his parents leave to grapple with civil unrest in Ethiopia and Eritrea.

FEB # 3: Get Your Jazz on at Pizza Express!

PIZZA EXPRESS LIVE, ALL THROUGH FEBRUARY
JAZZ CLUB (SOHO) & THE PHEASANTRY

This month's listings include Jumoke Fashola, Mike Aremu and Soweto Kinch!




FEB # 2: Leave to Remain

LEAVE TO REMAIN, FEB 24 2014, RUSSELL SQ COLLEGE BUILDINGS ROOM KLT (SOAS)
http://www.soas.ac.uk/migrationdiaspora/seminarsevents/24feb2014-leave2remain.html

Three all too familiar words to many a migrant!

Yet another migration story based on real life events, depicting the asylum system hidden from our everyday view.







This is one of a series if films brought to us by SOAS's Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies so stay tuned!

FEB # 1 : Continuing From January







The Merchants of Bollywood, Until Feb 15, Sadlers Wells Theatre

See
http://dual-citizen.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/jan-2-its-bollywood-takeover.html