The Sunday Art Club: Sessions launches at Arboretum in London's West End on 21 September, offering an evening of intimate performance that provides a platform for multidisciplinary artists.

 The September Sessions offers Caribbean cuisine, live theatre, Funk & Hip Hop beats, visual art, poetry readings and a headline gig from highly renowned jazz musicians Tony Kofi and The Organisation.

Celebrating The Sunday Art Club’s Season of Love, director James Scotland-Barnes presents a pivotal scene from Cyrano de Bergerac that explores not only the wonders of poetry but the importance of men learning how to love and lose themselves in the art of romance.  In a world of wealth, wit and words, Cyrano’s insecurity is one of citizenship and his Jamaican tongue.  The titular role will be played by Jamaican performer Akil Young with Afia Abusham (Nevergreen, Arcola Theatre) as Roxane.  Christian will be performed by Tom Swale who is currently busy creating a theatre school in his homeland of Papua New Guinea.

The Sunday Art Club: Sessions are organised by Khaos, a London-based, internationally-minded theatre company, with a mission to create theatre that is accessible to all. Khaos use the arts to galvanise communities to take social action.  They see theatre as a movement, a truth and a study of our existence.

James Scotland-Barnes said: "I'm very excited to get The Sunday Art Club open again and present a series of eclectic performances unique to our platform. Our September to December season starts strong with jazz great Tony Kofi and builds on the marvellous work of newcomer Akil Young(Actor) who led the Guerrilla Shakespeare production of Coriolanus! Emerging from a tough 18 months, I really hope that our 'Season of Love' re-engages our audiences old and new; and with a host of new poets and actors, we'll be celebrating love in all its wonderful and complicated forms."

Following a successful debut in July 2020, this unique series of not-for-profit events is a vehicle for the arts industry to reconnect at a grassroots level.  It looks to build a network of multi-disciplinary artists and audiences from diverse backgrounds.

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