📅 Thursday 25th, Friday 26th, Saturday 27th August 2022
📌 The Redwell Centre
🎟 £1.00-£20.00
⌚ 7.30pm

What to expect

Bunker of Zion brings together an underground collective of artists to tell their incredible stories. Through energetic live music, dance, and song, you will experience a colourful celebration of Zimbabwean culture.

Set in a world where music is forbidden, the Bunker is a centre for joy, a meeting place, a defiant celebration of culture in a hostile world.

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John Pfumojena is an accomplished and expressive Zimbabwean musician, performer, writer, and composer. John and his ensemble will be bringing you boundless energy through a number of different art forms. You can expect traditional and modern Zimbabwean dance fusion with break dance and gumboot dance. Make sure to follow @MMAncestors for more information on John’s work.

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Bunker of Zion has been developed with artists and communities nationally with the Collaborative Touring Network. People from Wigan, Torbay, Peterborough, Thanet, Medway, Gloucester and Scarborough have shared their stories and talents to make this show. For more information and tour listings, visit www.ctn.org.uk.

GL4's associate artist, JPDL has been working with members of the local community to create parts of the show.

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To get a sense of the music in the show, check out John and Tawanda playing the Marimba here 👉

Where and when

The Redwell Centre

The Redwell Centre
Redwell Road
Matson
Gloucester
GL4 6JG

Date: Thursday 25th August, Friday 26th August, Saturday 27th August

Time: 7.30pm

Audience Information

All performances of Bunker of Zion are Relaxed. This means there is a relaxed attitude to noise and movement in the performance space. Latecomers will be welcomed, and people are free to leave the performance space and return at any time. No changes are made to the lights and sound.

DOORS: 7.00pm
SHOW TIME: 7.30pm

Running time: approx. 60 minutes

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Venue Accessibility Information

• Accessible space, ramped entrance

• 1x hoisted accessible toilet (Can be used for baby changing facilities), Womens cubicle (non accessible) & Male accessible cubicle

• Car park to front of venue

• Free on-street parking nearby

Credits

Composed by John Pfumojena
Devised by John Pfumojena, with Tawanda Mapanda, Niyi Akin and the Company
Lighting Design by Joe Hornsby
Costume Design by Mydei Maf

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Support

The development of Bunker of Zion has been supported using public funding through Arts Council England, and by the following organisations: Battersea Arts Centre, Tangle Theatre Company, Prime Theatre, National Theatre Music Studio, Jerwood Arts, Strike A Light, Genesis Foundation, Hawkwood College. The following artists have informed the creation of the work: Othnell Moyo, Raymond Mupfumira, Biliard Kambona, Takudzwa Mashonganyika, Tawanda Mapanda, Kudzanai Chikowe, Niyi Akin.