{"id":20753,"date":"2022-06-27T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/?p=20753"},"modified":"2022-06-27T12:03:07","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T12:03:07","slug":"poet-belinda-zhawi-to-perform-new-site-specific-work-on-the-banks-of-the-rivers-thames-and-exe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/2022\/06\/poet-belinda-zhawi-to-perform-new-site-specific-work-on-the-banks-of-the-rivers-thames-and-exe\/","title":{"rendered":"Poet Belinda Zhawi to perform new site-specific work on the banks of the rivers Thames and Exe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In Transit will share stories and reflections from the Thames and the Exe: two great rivers bound together by a shared history of trade. This mesmerising spoken word performance by Zimbabwean-born Zhawi will trace the movement of tides, and the movement of people, animals and goods, and will be performed in historic riverside venues in London and Exeter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photograph by Sylvia Suli<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Transit has been commissioned by Literature Works as part of their Quay Words programme at Exeter Custom House, and will premiere on 17 September in the Transit Shed \u2013 an historic, open-sided structure which was once used to store cargo unloaded from ships docked at Exeter Quay. Zhawi\u2019s research process will lead her to explore the waterways of Exeter on foot and in conversation with local partners and river users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Brunel Museum in Rotherhithe will host the London performance of In Transit in their 50-feet deep Grand Entrance Hall \u2013 the former entrance to the Thames Tunnel, which opened in 1843. Zhawi will conduct several site visits to the Thames foreshore in partnership with Thames Discovery Programme. As part of this partnership, Zhawi will work with students from a local secondary school, St Michael\u2019s Catholic College in Bermondsey, to encourage creativity and engagement with the river Thames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In Transit is produced by pioneering literary arts company Penned in the Margins, and is their first new performance work since 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Performance dates<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 17 September 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Transit Shed, Exeter Custom House, 46 The Quay, Exeter, EX2 4AN<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6.30pm-7.30pm
Free \u2013 booking advised
Book now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Thursday 22 September 2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Brunel Museum, London, Railway Avenue, London, SE16 4LF<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7pm-8pm
\u00a37.50 (\u00a35 concessions)
Book now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In September 2022 the poet, musician and sound artist Belinda Zhawi will present In Transit – a new site-specific performance exploring themes of colonialism, migration, industry and the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20753"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20753"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20753\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20801,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20753\/revisions\/20801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pennedinthemargins.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}