{"id":1117,"date":"2019-02-27T11:55:13","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/?post_type=event&p=1117"},"modified":"2019-07-10T21:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T21:19:05","slug":"rallying-cry","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/event\/rallying-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"Rallying Cry"},"content":{"rendered":"

The planet is spinning off its axis. Humankind is at a tipping point. We are heading towards disaster. Divided, we will fall.<\/h3>\n
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A\u00a0medley of compelling\u00a0spoken word performances,\u00a0Rallying Cry<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>offers the stage to\u00a0some of the country\u2019s most outspoken artists\u00a0to address\u00a0the state of the nation\u00a0and imagine a better tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Joelle Taylor<\/strong>, Chiedu Oraka<\/strong>, Zena Edwards<\/strong> and Francesca Beard<\/strong> perform newly commissioned work on the theme of protest. Interrogating the body as political placard, class and the desperate and challenging need for unity in this time of division,\u00a0Rallying Cry\u00a0<\/em>is a call to action.<\/p>\n

With music from\u00a0South London DJ Conrad Kira<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by Rob Watt<\/strong>. Design by Bethany Wells<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018After Rallying Cry, I feel like we can at least imagine a better tomorrow\u2019<\/em> \u2013 London City Nights<\/strong><\/p>\n

Featuring<\/h4>\n

CHIEDU ORAKA
\n<\/strong>Born and raised in Hull, Chiedu Oraka is a rapper and pioneer of the alternative urban scene, and hailed as the sound of northern working-class England. Chiedu has supported some of the UK’s leading Hip-Hop and Grime MCs.<\/p>\n

FRANCESCA BEARD
\n<\/strong>Francesca Beard is an internationally acclaimed poet. She recently toured her solo show Francesca Beard’s Post-Truth Apocalypse<\/em> while developing a new show, working title: Confabulation<\/em>.<\/p>\n

JOELLE TAYLOR
\n<\/strong>Joelle Taylor is an award-winning poet, playwright and author. She is the author of three full collections, including her latest:\u00a0Songs My Enemy Taught Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

ZENA EDWARDS
\n<\/strong>Raised in Tottenham, Zena Edwards is one the most unique performance poets to come out of London.\u00a0 She has two one-woman shows,\u00a0Security<\/em>\u00a0(2009) and\u00a0Travelling Light<\/em>\u00a0(2011), which both toured internationally to critical acclaim.<\/p>\n

CONRAD KIRA
\n<\/strong>MC\/Producer and DJ from South London, once described as the Grime Napoleon Dynamite.<\/p>\n

#RallyingCry<\/p>\n

Part of\u00a0the Albany’s\u00a0REBELS<\/a>\u00a0season. #AlbanyREBELS<\/p>\n

Photo: Suzi Corker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The planet is spinning off its axis. Humankind is at a tipping point. We are heading towards disaster. Divided, we will fall. A\u00a0medley of compelling\u00a0spoken word performances,\u00a0Rallying Cry\u00a0offers the stage to\u00a0some of the country\u2019s most outspoken artists\u00a0to address\u00a0the state of the nation\u00a0and imagine a better tomorrow. Joelle Taylor, Chiedu Oraka, Zena Edwards and Francesca Beard…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1118,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"event-category":[57],"event_location":[6,52],"class_list":["post-1117","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event-category-past-events","event_location-london","event_location-past-events"],"acf":[],"taxonomy_info":{"event-category":[{"value":57,"label":"Past Events"}],"event_location":[{"value":6,"label":"London"},{"value":52,"label":"Past Events"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/45596551592_bbe36bfcb1_o-e1551268325617-1024x502.jpg",1024,502,true],"author_info":[],"comment_info":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/1117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"event-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-category?post=1117"},{"taxonomy":"event_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/applesandsnakes.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_location?post=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}