RISE UP!
13 Apr 2024
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VenueCourtyard
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Running time2 hours
Look to the Windrush Generation and explore how they, their legacy, and art have shaped the UK.
A showcase of innovative British Caribbean sensations across music, spoken word and performance including John Agard, Malika Booker, Tobago Crusoe, Adam Lowe, Christella Litras, Azizi Cole, Paulette Morris, Chris Campbell, Omari Swanston-Jeffers, Joe Williams and Phenicia Williams; co-hosted by: Melanie Abrahams, Sai Murray and Omari Swanston-Jeffers and DJ sets by Fitzroy Jeffers.
Find out more
RISE UP Festival (RUF) is an intergenerational and intersectional celebration of Caribbean Arts in its many different forms. It looks to the Windrush Generation and explores how they, their legacy, and art have shaped the UK. The festival is curated and co-directed by two British Caribbean artist-practitioners, Omari Swanston-Jeffers and Melanie Abrahams, in partnership with Leeds Playhouse. The Rise Up Festival Takeover will feature a kaleidoscope of artists from the Forward Prize winning Malika Booker to Leeds based artists Christella Litras, Phenicia Williams, Azizi Cole and Namron, to Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry Awardee and elder statesman of poetry John Agard.
Meet the people involved
Omari Swanston-Jeffers
Curator, Co-host, performer and co-director
Melanie Abrahams
Curator, Co-host, performer and co-director
John Agard
Performer
Malika Booker
Performer
Chris Campbell
Performer
Azizi Cole
Performer
Tobago Crusoe
Performer
Fitzroy Jeffers
DJ
Christella Litras
Musical Director and Performer
Adam Lowe
Performer
Paulette Morris
Performer
