Sama Arts Network is one of the UK’s oldest and most influential arts organisations in the genre of traditional and contemporary South Asian arts. It also presents Orchestral, Jazz and World Music.
What’s On
Women in the Arts Festival – Edition 5
| 5 Nov / 10am to 6pm | Conference | Women in Music Conference — Key Note Speech / Panel Discussions / Business of Music & Dance / Music Publishing / Talent Development / Artists Management / Finance & Fund Raising / Dance Panels / Copyright in Choreography and Movement | Rich Mix, London | £15 includes refreshment and light lunch |
| 5 Nov / 10am to 10pm | Art Show | Anisha Samani — Painting is silent poetry Anisha has always been mesmerised by the beauty that can be created by mixing colours and brushstrokes. Her work is generally referred to as abstract. Painting is a silent poetry and poetry is art that speaks, they are different forms of the same expression but both of them have been an outlet to freely express herself. | Rich Mix, London | Free |
| 5 Nov / 10am to 10pm | Art Show | Art That Connects — Sangeeta Weatherley is a self-taught artist who focuses joy of colours through her vibrant paintings. For her a passion for outdoors and an interest in painting is a great combination. Her emphasis is on the process rather than the result which allows freedom of expression which is evident in the abstraction of her recent works. | Rich Mix, London | Free |
| 5 Nov / 12-noon to 10pm | Puppet Show | Ramayana — An ancient indian epic A puppet show that conveys the story behind the festival of Diwali | Rich Mix, London | Free |
| 5 Nov / 7:30pm | Concert | Sparsh Bajpai — Jazz & Classical Soprano Saachi Sen — Singer/Songwriter | Rich Mix, London | £15 / £13.50 conc |
| 6 Nov / 6:30pm | Concert | A concert in Celebration of Diwali — With Music, Dance & Dinner Sanjukta Mitra – Khyal and Songs of Women Composers Amritpal Singh – Tabla, Gurbaksh Matharu – Esraj/Tar Shehnai Tonya Sheenson & Priti Gohel – Kathak Dance | Kings Lynn Town Hall, Kings Lynn | £25 Diwali Gala Tickets |
| 7 Nov / 6:30pm | Concert | Kiran Sachdev — Bollywood Classics A concert in Celebration of Diwali Kiran Thakrar - Keyboard/Piano / Keval Joshi - Tabla / Kamalbir Singh - Violin / Pammi Singh - Guitar / Nishith Patel - Percussion / Amar Sarl - Dholak/Tabla | Harrow Art Centre, Harrow | £30 VIP / £25 / £20 0203 773 7161 Book Now |
| 12 Nov / 7:30pm | Concert | Anandadhara Choir — Bangladesh @ 50 “From the heart of Bangladesh” - Celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Independence of Bangladesh - A magical ensemble of Poetry and Songs by Women Artists of Anandadhara Arts UK | Rich Mix, London | £13.50 / £10 conc |
| 27 Nov / 7:30pm | Concert | Mehtab Malhotra — Words, Music & Poetry – Works of Modern & Traditional Urdu Poets Af Malhotra - Tabla / Amer Khokhar - Harmonium / Pammi Singh - Guitar | Tara Theatre, London | £25 / £20 conc |
| 28 Nov / 7:30pm | Concert | SHE — Story Telling Vayu Naidu tells stories about rivers and storms, and the mischief of some and the magnitude of women - forgotten and remembered. Be prepared to beshocked, and surprised by tales that can be black and bright. | Tara Theatre, London | £15 / £13.50 conc |
| 30 Nov / 8pm | Concert | Khiyo — Bangladesh @ 50 Sohini Alam - Vocals / Oliver Weeks - Guitars Ben Heartland - Bass / Richard Jones - Viola Aniruddha Mukherjee - Tabla / David Ingamells - Drums | Grand Junction, London | £17.50 / £15 conc |
| 2 Dec / 7:30pm | Concert | Contemporary Jazz and Classical — Helen Anahita Wilson - Piano Shahbaz Hussain - Tabla Alice Barron - Violin | Gulbenkian Arts Centre, Canterbury | £15 / £13.50 conc Book Now |
| 3 Dec / 7:30pm | Concert | Sparsh Bajpai — Jazz & Classical Soprano Saachi Sen — Singer/Songwriter | Nutshell Art Centre, Winchester | £15 / £13.50 conc |
| 5 Dec / 6:30pm | Concert | Alpana Sengupta — Kathak Alpana Sengupta performs her newly created piece called "LOVE" based on the poetry of Rabindranath Tagore. These will be recited by Joey Sengupta and sung by Sanjukta Mitra. The second part of the performance will be pure dance - Nritta in which Alpana will present Tatkar, Tora & Layakari in Teen Taal - a 16 beat cycle | Storey's Field Centre, Cambridge | £12.50 / £10 conc |
| 9 Dec / 8pm | Concert | Forgotten Voices — A poetic odyssey into the world of muffled and muted feminist voices that scream joy, surrender, equality, authority and unabashed love in their quest for the ultimate truth. Divya Ravi - Bharatanatyam Sharan Subramanian - Vocals Priti Gohel & Alisha Mann – Kathak | Norwich Art Centre, Norwich | £13.50 / £10 conc 01603 660352 |
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What Was On
An archive of all the events programmed by Sama between 2020-2016