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GemArts Masala Festival: Cities of Dreams - beneath the surface

Tuesday 16th July 2024

GemArts Masala Festival: Cities of Dreams - beneath the surface

Contemplating the built environment, from sprawling urban metropolises to cities of tomorrow, this programme explores representations of architecture, reflecting on future cities and the ‘ideal city’ as well as memories and the past that lie within a city’s urban fabric.

GemArts Masala Festival: New Ways of Moving in the Counterworlds

Wednesday 17th July 2024

GemArts Masala Festival: New Ways of Moving in the Counterworlds

In a special performance commissioned for Masala Festival, bassist John Pope and violinist John Garner will play alongside poet Nisha Ramayya in an experimental homage to their shared influences. Drawing upon Pope and Garner’s 2022 album Water Music and Ramayya’s forthcoming collection Fantasia, the trio will celebrate luminaries of jazz and poetry including Alice Coltrane, Moten/L&oac...

GemArts Masala Festival: Ink Pi Workshop

Wednesday 17th July 2024

GemArts Masala Festival: Ink Pi Workshop

 GemArts Masala Festival is excited to present an artist workshop with Kavan Balasuriya where you will learn about making geometric art with numbers. By using the mathematical sequence, Pi (π ), Kavan will show you how to create a colourful and unique design. 

GemArts Masala Festival: Freespill: a night of unfiltered desi soul flow Hosted by Tahmina Ali

Thursday 18th July 2024

GemArts Masala Festival: Freespill: a night of unfiltered desi soul flow Hosted by Tahmina Ali

Contributions from the South Asian communities within the UK have been profound and particularly important in shaping British culture including food, fashion, music, art and wider popular culture   Join us for an exciting evening of spoken word poetry, celebrating multi heritage and the vibrant South Asian diaspora communities in the UK.

GemArts Masala Festival: Snow Leopard

Thursday 18th July 2024

GemArts Masala Festival: Snow Leopard

Shot in the stunning high altitudes of the Tibetan Plateau, Snow Leopard is the story of a majestic yet deadly snow leopard and its complicated coexistence with the communities in this remote part of Tibet.