A day and night of cabaret, comedy and DJs, with a performance from the sensational underground Belarus Free Theatre!

Join Index on Censorship, the UK’s leading freedom of expression organisation, and the Belarus Free Theatre at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club, for a packed night of cabaret, comedy from Sony award short listed Miriam Elia and The Fix – and all-night mischief. Come and see a mischievous mix of Belarusian funk DJs, live music, cabaret and comedians – all for the exceptionally brave people who dare to speak up, and challenge Belarus’s dictator Lukashenko.

The multi-award winning Belarus Free Theatre, banned in their native Belarus, is renowned for staging underground and uncensored performances that draw attention to the continuing problems faced by Belarusians in “Europe’s last dictatorship”. Their recent performances, including at the Soho Theatre, London and the Under the Radar Festival, New York, have won widespread acclaim. On July 13 the troop performed a rendition of ‘Numbers’ in an event hosted by Index on Censorship and presented by Tom Stoppard at the Free Word Centre in London.

Confirmed DJs: Panik.com, Mr. Chips, DJ Perry Stroika and the Tblisi Sound Machine & DJ Gaz Nost.

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Reviews of the Belarus Free Theatre:

“Intensely dramatic and extremely well acted… they are truly gifted, devoted, utterly focused… I feel humbled… these are people are on the barricades, they’re brave”

Sir Tom Stoppard

‘This dazzling production… shows a spiritual resilience that makes dictatorship look even more inflexible and absurd.’

The Guardian *****

‘As gripping and accomplished a piece of theatre as you’ll find in London this year… this is world class theatre, built on the raw guts of experience’

The Telegraph *****

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Returning for our next installment of bringing the soundclash format bang up to date, the next CLASH will be held on Friday 16 July.  Eight teams – three tracks per round – one winner.

The registration for new teams is now open, and the July edition of the championship will see us moving into a bigger space for the summer.  No DJ ability is required, just good tune selection.

Think you have what it takes to take the prize and the glory?  Get in touch and enter a team.  Check the video for more info on the format http://www.vimeo.com/11140871

Mail soundclash@panik.com for entry

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As election fever strikes the nation, our MP3 battle returns for another installment on St George’s Day with a new broadcast for the CLASH Party! In keeping with British political tradition, we have claimed an old idea and spun it as our own – the soundclash.

Our manifesto is simple: 8 teams battle head to head, playing their best tunes each round to musically outfox each other. Making progress to the next stage depends on winning the support of the crowd who decide who gets knocked out. The winner takes the prize and the glory!

Musically, any genre goes. The emphasis of the night is for the audience to get involved and decide the outcome. Teams are positively encouraged to bring a secret weapon to the battle and throw down a guilty pleasure or personalised tune.

Once again, Big Rich will be hosting the night with DJs warming the crowd up and playing between the heats. Can current champions The I Team retain their crown?

There’s still a few spaces for new teams so drop us a mail if you fancy stepping up and demonstrating the quality of your tune selection. DJ ability is not required!

King’s Cross Social Club – upstairs – WC1X 9JE
Doors 8pm. Free.
Mail soundclash@panik.com for entry!

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Panik came across A Public View through a friend who told us that they were doing accessible art. Public View is based on the simple idea of staging art exhibitions on the street and the 20th of March 2010 saw their first exhibition opening. The exhibition is taking place in Brighton and sees five photographs displayed in as many locations across the city. The images are of nearby windows that have been photographed, printed and pasted up near the original real window. Panik thinks it’s a really clever idea; a subtle intervention into daily life but one that allows the everyday world around us to be seen slightly differently.
We don’t know when the exhibition ends as the organisers don’t either – as long as the council allows them we guess. You can keep and eye on the progress of the work by checking out their website here, which has more information, mailing list, images of the work and a free guide to the exhibition.  A Public View was also realised through the help of Second Draft, who are small design team specialising in website design and maintenance, with an interest in helping people in the creative arts.

All images ©  A Public View 2010

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The lovely people at Slutty Fringe are doing another night this Saturday, this time at the Big Chill House in Kings Cross – Which seems to be the hot new North London venue gradually prising the mantle away from several East London spots.

Following the success of previous nights by the Slutty Fringe boys (and girl), they will be showcasing talent, Shock Defeat and :Kinema: (who have just been featured by the Guardian) from their in-house label Hot Pockets.

this looks to be another great night in a great place from messrs and ms Slutty Fringe.

See you down there folks!

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