StageWon’s Melissa Rynn speaks to Nick Makoha
Writing a Story for the World: StageWon Meets Nick Makoha “There’s a lot of work to do but I’m in a good place and I’ve got a great director” beams Nick Makoha prior to our interview. The artist, whose piece My Father and Other Superheroes is about to open at Birmingham mac prior to touring the UK, takes a deeply personal approach to his work and examines his own experiences to create moving thearical pieces. Having lived a varied life in Uganda, Kenya, Saudi Arabia and London,…
My Father & Other Superheroes – The tour
The tour Begins. Check out the flyer here My Father & Other Superheroes -Flyer In Birmingham @ Mac In London @ The Albany In Stockton @ Arc In Manchester @ Contact HERO IN YOU
My Father & Other Superheroes @ mac Birmingham
With all ends there is a beginning. What started as an idea in SpokeLab rehearsal room is now a show with legs. It’s a true story. I should know, because I lived it. Its got good guys, bad guys and more. I am working with the Jedi that is Bengi Reid with support from mac Birmingham and Contact Theatre. Here is the blurb My Father & Other Superheroes The day Nick Makoha realised he was going to become a father, he also realised he had…
Ten Tour @ Southbank
Ten Tour @ Southbank Join me as the Ten tour bus parks itself at the Southbank. Four poets from the anthology TEN new poets from Spread the Word will be reading from their latest work in this special event to celebrate the TEN anthology. The poets are Mir Mahfuz Ali, Rowyda Amin, Nick Makoha and Shazea Quraishi. The event is hosted by the anthology’s co-editor Bernardine Evaristo. By the book here: TEN new poets from Spread the Word
Poetic Journeys – Ten Tour
SPECIAL EVENT: Celebrate the anthology TEN featuring poets Mir Mahfuz Ali, Rowyda Amin, Nick Makoha, Roger Robinson, Shazea Quraishi and Jan Kofi-Tsekpo. Unified by their diverse backgrounds, they hail from Bangladesh, Ghana, Ireland, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Trinidad and Tobago and Uganda. What these poets share is their craft of powerful, moving and exceptional poetry. Hear readings from the anthology TEN and newly commissioned works performed in the galleries in response to the V&A’s collections. Dj’s on the night Charlie Dark (Blactronica), Rita Ray (Shrine SynchroSystem…
