What does it take to get a creative cultural project off the ground?

How do you engage the people in the community that you want to speak to?

What if there’s a whole new audience out there that you haven’t spoken to yet?

And how do you keep that audience engaged when the project ends?

If any of these questions resonate with you, you should come along to the Conversation and Q+A session with members of the Punjab to the Potteries team. You will hear the process of creating a concept, research, engaging with the community and bringing a new play to completion. There will then be the chance to ask questions and give your ideas on where our project goes next.

Join members of the team behind Punjab to the Potteries - the joint project between Appetite and New Vic Theatre project to commission two new short plays based on the real stories of people migrating from South Asia to North Staffs - as they talk about how the project has evolved, where it should go next, and the interesting story of how it all began in the first place.

On the evening you will hear from four project members with unique roles, challenges and perspectives.

Gemma Thomas: Gemma is the director of Appetite who, in conjunction with their lead organisation, New Vic Theatre, commissioned the two new plays

Rasandeep Singh Devgon: as an Appetite Community Co-ordinator, Ras worked on spreading awareness throughout the local South Asian community

Valdev Bansal: the original concept of Punjab to the Potteries was Val’s, thanks to some old family photos

Filiz Ozcan: Filiz cast and directed the play readings

There will also be an audience Q&A session where your input will be helpful to help us develop ideas for the future.

 

There is no charge to book tickets for this event, although donations at the event are appreciated.

 

Getting there

Parking is free on campus after 5pm every day during the week and all day on weekends. If you are planning on arriving before then, there is a small pay and display car park on Union Square but please note this does become very busy.

Access Chapters Cafe is fully accessible. There are a number of disabled parking bays in close proximity on Union Square car park. There is ramped and flat access from the car park to Chapters Cafe.

 

M ore in the series

If you are interested in this event, why not check out the other events in the Punjab to the Potteries series?

Monday 13 November: Talk and creative writing workshop with playwright Sarah Bedi

Monday 20 November: Photography workshop with photographic artist Sam Ivin

You can also see the Punjab to the Potteries exhibition in Chapters Café until 25 November.

If you’d like future updates about Punjab to the Potteries direct to your inbox, email askus@appetite.org.uk or answer ‘Yes’ to the question when booking your ticket.

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Ordering tickets

When you order tickets we will ask you some information about yourself. This is only ever to help us understand who enjoys our events and if there are any areas in Stoke-on-Trent and Newcastle-under-Lyme that we are failing to reach. We will never use your answers for marketing purposes or send you emails not related to this event unless you have said that you would like us to send you updates.

You can see the Punjab to the Potteries in Chapters Cafe at Keele University:
Monday - Friday: 7:30am - 6pm
Saturday & Sunday: 9:30am - 4pm

Parking is free on campus after 5pm every day during the week and all day on weekends. If you wish to visit on a week day during the day there is a small pay and display car park on Union Square but please note this does become very busy. 

Access Chapters Cafe is fully accessible. There are a number of disabled parking bays in close proximity on Union Square car park. There is ramped and flat access from the car park to Chapters Cafe. Chapters Cafe is a public cafe so it can become busy with customers during a weekday if you prefer a quieter time to visit we suggest after 5pm on a weekday or coming along on the weekend. 

     

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