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Performing Arts

There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack

When

11 July 2008 – 17 July 2008

Daily (schedule)

Where

Hackney Empire

291 Mare Street

E8

020.8985.2424

Tube: Bethnal Green

Price

Various prices

Links

Hackney Empire says…

Paul Gilroy's novel, which provides the name for this event, is also the jumping-off point for a series of performances that explore what it means to be British today. The weighty issues that the productions revolve around — diaspora, multiple cultures, a fragmented society — highlight the cultural mish-mash that is modern-day British society. Asian Dub Foundation's charitable wing takes on a sponsorship role for the youth-heavy collection of shows, seeking to promote diversity and pull away from the white, middle-class, West End-centric model of theatre and music.