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New year greetings to all our friends, collaborators, our volunteers, our partners, our Board and everyone who has supported us and engaged with our work in 2020…! Here’s a teaser to get 2021 started in a Sweet Patootee Arts style and fashion: What does this ship have to do with Black British history after World...
read moreSo many thank-you’s going out to friends, supporters, colleagues… Like carnival TURNING POINT didn’t stop. Special shout out to our brilliant team mates and partners – UK and international who’ve allowed us to carry on building… 2021, we’re coming for ya! One Love, and warmest wishes from Sweet Patootee Arts.
read moreHere are seven simple things you can do to help embed histories of migration, Black British history and empire in the history curriculum #TeachRaceMigrationEmpire #BlackHistoryMatters #BlackLivesMatter
read moreLast week I got the news that corona19 has claimed Earl Fuller. Here are a few words in tribute to a Black British champion. I first heard about Earl in 2018. The Mercian Regimental Museum enabled me to conduct oral testimony research with three former Sergeant Majors of the Worcestershire and Sherwood Foresters Regiment: present-day...
read moreA big hello to everyone reading. We hope that you are keeping well through these extraordinary times. While we continue to follow government guidance on the COVID-19 pandemic, in the interests of the wellbeing of our creative collaborators, partners and the public, all of our public programme is postponed until further notice. TURNING POINT’s main...
read moreBlack British West Indies WW1 veterans tell their story… A free information pack is now available for MUTINY – our WW1 documentary film featuring unique video testimonies of Black British WW1 veterans The information pack can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/odgcipl3jxzcogj/Mutiny_Information-pack.pdf?dl=0 Or via our MUTINY page on this website: http://www.sweetpatootee.co.uk/work/mutiny/ Please forward as you feel appropriate. All feedback...
read moreGreeting to our new friends! It’s been a wonderful summer of international networking and development for the Turning Point project… Huge thanks to the first of our cast-members, actors Veronica Beatrice Lewis and Ashley Gayle; you wowed everyone who saw your work with us (so far!). Here is our short Q&A with Ashley Following our...
read moreOur Turning Point project couldn’t have finer ambassadors than the two amazing talents who grace our trailers and pilot video – Veronica Beatrice Lewis, and Ashley Gayle. They’re in the spotlight, and rightly so… Here is our short Q&A with Veronica. Following our Arts Council-supported R&D, our promo pack for the main Turning Point production...
read moreFundraising for the full production of Turning Point is underway – another week another milestone! Launching this crucial next stage in sumptuous style, Velda Moe (played by the brilliant Veronica Beatrice Lewis)graces the cover-artwork of our promo-pack for potential funders, co-commissioners and venue partners – a detailed breakdown of the Turning Point project, plus a...
read moreWith completion of our R&D we are proud to launch #3 of 3 Official Trailers for our latest work in progress “Turning Point” – supported by Arts Council England. Click here to view Official Trailer – “TURNING POINT” – Full edit Experimenting with period drama inspired by real stories from the British Caribbean, we now...
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