Southbank Centre: Violet Nights Southbank Centre

We’re unpicking common narratives around the climate emergency in this episode, asking what’s the impact if discussions on it are dominated by the white middle classes? And what do terms like climate emergency, climate crisis and climate justice actually mean?

Pulling no punches, the panelists are Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, founder of The Ella Roberta Family Foundation and a public health consultant in asthma education, Minnie Rahman of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants, Farzana Khan from Voices that Shake - an organisation working with young people developing creative responses to climate justice plus writer and educator Jude Yawson. The event is chaired by BBC Journalist Shivani Dave.

Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in front of a live audience is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online.

Podcast Presenters: Nanda Poleon and Alex Williams
Produced by those on Southbank Centre’s podcast making course (for more info head to Southbank Centre’s website)
Mixed by: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Podcast Music by: @BlackMale_Beats

This one highlights the experiences of minorities in the fitness scene, the rise in sober spaces and the importance of movement in our daily lives. The event was curated by Kim Ngo & Rachel Tran from fitness collective Food and Lycra, which aims to break the stereotypes of what fitness looks like for women. Joining them is Queer Bruk a club night and platform for queer people of colour.

Get involved using #violetnights or @southbankcentre on social media. Let us know also, what you think of the podcast series - we’d love you to follow us or write a review.

Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in London is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online; with music, performance and discussion in front of a live audience.

And, if you’re between 18 and 25 you can apply for a spot on our free two day podcast making course. If you love them and want to know how to make one, on this two-day course you’ll learn how to plan, make and share your own podcast, by working on actual episodes of Violet Nights. If that sounds cool, head to the Southbank Centre website or search Southbank Violet Nights and we should pop up. That’s also the place to get tickets to our future Violet Nights events. It’s all free!

Podcast Presenter: Nanda Poleon
Produced by: This was produced by Pippa Violets, Sophie O’Sullivan, Natalie Kondratii, Viktorie Kopecna, Xena Frailing and Princess Menkiti-Udom and I’m Nanda Poleon
Mixed by: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Podcast Music by: @BlackMale_Beats

In this latest podcast, we focus on black women’s experiences shaving their heads, whilst navigating the politics of British barbershop culture.

Inspired by Artist Ruth Sutoyé’s project Bald Black Girl(s), the discussion is chaired by journalist and producer Chanté Joseph. Panellists include barber and academic Candace Skelton, award-winning writer and director, Trix Worrell, best known for the sitcom Desmond’s, Casting Director Monica Siyanga, and barber and owner of SliderCuts Mark Maciver. With Poet Bridget Minamore performing an excerpt from her piece in Margaret Busby’s anthology New Daughters of Africa.

Get involved using #violetnights or @southbankcentre on social media. Let us know also, what you think of the podcast series - we’d love you to follow us or write a review.

Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in London is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online; with music, performance and discussion in front of a live audience.

And, if you’re between 18 and 25 you can apply for a spot on our free two day podcast making course. If you love them and want to know how to make one, on this two-day course you’ll learn how to plan, make and share your own podcast, by working on actual episodes of Violet Nights. If that sounds cool, head to the Southbank Centre website or search Southbank Violet Nights and we should pop up. That’s also the place to get tickets to our future Violet Nights events. It’s all free!

Podcast Presenter: Nanda Poleon
Produced by: Emily Giles, Anna Phillips, Faiza Khan, Isobel Turton, Leah Omonya, Vivian Adebayo, Oli Isaac Smith and Bridget Norman.
Mixed by: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Podcast Music by: @BlackMale_Beats
Performance piece by Bridget Minamore

In this latest episode, we are joined by south London rapper Novelist who has curated this Violet Nights event. Tonight's event is all about being an independent, DIY creative in the music business and features Novelist and his friends from the industry. We hear from Dom Dronska, Senior Digital Manager at Abbey Road Studios, Rinse grime and drill DJ Oblig and it's hosted by artist, producer and Reprezent Radio host Shemz.

What are your thoughts? What does the next generation of DIY artists and makers mean to you? Get involved using #violetnights or @southbankcentre on social media. Let us know also, what you think of the podcast series - we’d love you to follow us or write a review.

Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in London is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online; with music, performance and discussion in front of a live audience.

And, if you’re between 18 and 25 you can apply for a spot on our free two day podcast making course. If you love them and want to know how to make one, on this two-day course you’ll learn how to plan, make and share your own podcast, by working on actual episodes of Violet Nights. If that sounds cool, head to the Southbank Centre website or search Southbank Violet Nights and we should pop up. That’s also the place to get tickets to our future Violet Nights events. It’s all free!

Podcast Presenter: Nanda Poleon
Produced by: Bola Ajose, Rosel Jackson Stern, Poppy Woods, Tobi Alexandra Falade, Adama Sesay, Victoria Budgett & Sophia Cann Mena
Mixed by: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Podcast Music by: @BlackMale_Beats

In this latest podcast we are joined by acclaimed theatre company Cardboard Citizens, who present a new play called Stressing my Identity that questions the stigma around youth homelessness. The play encourages audience members to think differently about the situations presented and try out alternative strategies onstage using Forum Theatre techniques.

What are your thoughts; if you were in government what would you put in place to help a young person at risk of homeslessness? Get involved using #violetnights or @southbankcentre on social media. Let us know also, what you think of the podcast series - we’d love you to follow us or write a review.

Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in London is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online; with music, performance and discussion in front of a live audience.
And, if you’re between 18 and 25 you can apply for a spot on our free two day podcast making course. If you love them and want to know how to make one, on this two-day course you’ll learn how to plan, make and share your own podcast, by working on actual episodes of Violet Nights. If that sounds cool, head to the Southbank Centre website or search Southbank Violet Nights and we should pop up. That’s also the place to get tickets to our future Violet Nights events. It’s all free!

Podcast Presenter: Nanda Poleon
Produced by: Marita Fischer, Mair Howells, Martina Iozzi, Youness Elharrak, Magdalena Mladenova, Emma Conway and Temidayo Oyekan.
Mixed by: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Podcast Music by: @BlackMale_Beats
Performance Music by: Charley Hullah

This latest podcast is on Queer Activism Now as we celebrate LGBTQ+ rights in the UK thirty years on from the Stonewall Riots in New York. The panel share some uncomfortable truths and suggest positive solutions.

Chairing the discussion is Journalist and author Amelia Abraham, whose interests include LGBTQ+ identity politics, feminism and human rights.

Joining her on the stage are Fox Fisher- an award winning artist, filmmaker and trans rights campaigner, Tanya Compas - a multi-award-winning youth worker and writer who has seen her work published by Refinery29, gal-dem, Cosmopolitan and more. Plus, Dr Senthorun Raj, who is a Lecturer in Law at Keele University.

Violet Nights, the monthly event held at Southbank Centre in London is a real-life forum for conversations which usually happen online; with music, performance and discussion in front of a live audience.

You can join in the discussion too; where do you think society is with LGBTQ+ rights in 2019? Do you think it is too easy to refer to all these different people with that one initialism? Get involved using #violetnights or @southbankcentre on social media. Let us know also, what you think of the podcast series - we’d love you to follow us or write a review.

And, if you’re between 18 and 25 you can apply for a spot on our free two day podcast making course. If you love them and want to know how to make one, on this two-day course you’ll learn how to plan, make and share your own podcast, by working on actual episodes of Violet Nights. If that sounds cool, head to the Southbank Centre website or search Southbank Violet Nights and we should pop up. That’s also the place to get tickets to our future Violet Nights events. It’s all free!

Podcast Presenters: Nanda Poleon and Alex Williams
Podcast Producer and Editor: Phill Brown
Executive Producer: Chrystal Genesis
Music by: @BlackMale_Beats