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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Born from The Radar Festival which showcased music video makers in 2006,  Radar Music Video is a platform that brings together recording artists who want a video with new and established directors looking to land a gig.  Even before the official launch last week, Radar could already claim credit for having a hand in video commissions for Fat Boy Slim, Tiga, London Elektricity and Crookers.

The way it works is simple and the pricing is heavily skewed to benefit the filmmakers – commissioners pay £19.99 a month to post their briefs and directors pay just £3.99 a month to view and respond to them.  Judging by the testimonials on the site, this business model has been very well received by all parties and we think it’s only a matter of time before it’s more widely adopted, particularly towards the budget end of the creative industries where it would hold wide appeal for those starting to establish their career.  Vulture agents beware – the middle man is being cut out.

Go check out the platform, post a commission, bid for work and see the video showcase  here — http://www.radarmusicvideos.com/

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Banksy’s ‘Exit Through the Gift Shop’ is out in the UK on March 5th.   Subtitled the world’s first street art disaster movie, critics are divided between taking the film at face value as the story of a French shopowner turned street artist, or a documentary showing how easy it is to trick the contemporary art establishment.

Time to make up your own mind – Pictures On Walls are offering free tickets for two preview screenings in London on Feb 27th and Feb 28th.

There are 300 available, they are limited to two per applicant and they are free.  You get them by registering here and the computer will select who gets them.  Lines are open from now until 6pm Feb 21st. Please only register if you are able to get to London for 6.30pm on either of these dates. Please note: This offer does not include travel expenses, overnight accommodation in a hotel of your choice and £500 spending money. The film has a fifteen certificate.
– POW

Film site and trailer

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This video is wicked!  Panik loves the music video that West London film makers TASH put together for South London band Good Shoes.  Featuring a bunch of female bodybuilders with what seems to be a 1980s style filter (we don’t know much about these things…  but looks brilliant!).  Is a great music video, unique to say the least!  On TASH’s blog you can see a short video on a ‘choreography meeting’

Check out around 38secs into the video - Am pretty sure that ain’t no female bodybuilder!

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Tash also took part in a 48hr film comp posted by Smoke and Mirrors.  The resultant film was a weird, but in a VERY good way.  Panik loves TASH and can’t wait to see what new visual delights they will produce in the future!

THE NORM from TASH on Vimeo.

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Brollywood Productions is a new, young company based in the North West of England. They are made up of Mark Kennedy (Artist), Ray Boyle (Creative Entrepreneur) and Austin Collings (Writer/Co-writer of ‘Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E Smith’). Their short film ‘The Extremists’ was first screened in Dec 2008 and are currently working on pre production for a film called ‘Nocturnes’. The Extremists has been well received by all areas of the creative world, George Shaw (English artisit) – ‘The single most disturbing film I have ever seen’. Panik loves the darkness of this screenplay and looks forward to Brollywood’s next film. We have posted a taster of the film below…

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