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FREE ZARGANAR campaign – Festival Launch July 30th

The festival takes place in October, but come to the launch on July 30th in London for an evening of dance, food. music and a preview of a new film featuring ZARGANAR.

Festival Launch Event, July 30th 2010

The evening will feature a special preview excerpt from the new film “This Prison Where I Live”, featuring imprisoned poet and comedian Zarganar, who describes himself as the 'loudspeaker' for the Burmese people and who is currently serving a 35 year prison sentence in Burma. There will also be a Burmese Theatre Workshop dance performance and their new piece “Beyond Nargis”.

In addition there will be Burmese food, a raffle and an auction of art work by Burmese fine artists, including Htein Lin, Khin M Weinman and Phi Phi.

Date: Friday 30 July, 6.30pm

Venue: Free Word Centre, 60 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3GA

Tickets are £20. To book your place, please contact the Free Word Centre on 0207 3242 570 or email info@freewordonline.com

You can also help Zarganar by letting the Burmese ruling Generals know people are concerned about him. Get the Zarganar campaign's free, pre-printed postcards by emailing email: freezarganar@equity.org.uk

Get Involved in the Festival in October

The inaugural Burmese Arts Festival will take place in London at the Free Word Centre in Farringdon, between October 14th -17th 2010.

The festival, which will encompass theatre, dance, film, music, food and an open space technology conference, aims to bring Burmese artists together to celebrate contemporary Burmese culture and to share it with a wider public.

Burmese Theatre Workshop will be running Open Space Conference as part of the festival. This aims to bring people together for a day of discussion to address how artists can help bring about democratic change in Burma. UK artists are more than welcome to participate in this and the open mic cabaret taking place in the evening of Saturday October 16th.

If you are interested in getting involved please contact Equity’s International Committee for Artists’ Freedom Secretary Louise McMullan lmcmullan@equity.org.uk