{"id":37687,"date":"2014-10-10T21:51:41","date_gmt":"2014-10-10T21:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=37687"},"modified":"2014-10-19T21:58:42","modified_gmt":"2014-10-19T21:58:42","slug":"37687","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=37687","title":{"rendered":"Tangled Roots: A Performance of Real-Life Stories Celebrating Mixed Race Families"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tangled Roots: A Performance of Real-Life Stories Celebrating Mixed Race Families<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Trinity Centre<\/a>
\nTrinity Road
\nBristol, England BS2 0NW
\n2014-10-19, 14:00-20:00 BST (Local Time)<\/p>\n

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Free life-writing workshop and performance with Dr Katy Massey – part of our Black History Month<\/a> programme<\/em><\/p>\n

On Sunday 19 October, Tangled Roots<\/a> are staging a live workshop and performance event at The Trinity Centre<\/a>. The event is in two parts: a free life-writing workshop in the afternoon led by Dr Katy Massey PhD will then be followed by a live performance staged by the Tangled Roots writers and actors.<\/p>\n

Workshop attendees will also have the opportunity to hear their own life experiences dramatised on stage as some of the life-writing produced in the workshop will be adapted by the team becoming part of the live performance.<\/p>\n

In addition, attendees can browse an exhibition of photographic portraits of mixed race writers, specially commissioned by Tangled Roots.<\/p>\n

Bristol<\/a>-based poet Katie Grant is a high-profile supporter of the Tangled Roots project. She is part of a mixed race family herself and, last year, presented a documentary \u2018The Brown Camp<\/a>\u2019 about mixed families on Radio 4<\/a>. \u201cI am thrilled to be representing the Tangled Roots Project in the South West<\/a>. The history and experiences of mixed race families has a direct relevance and resonance in my life – both as a writer and as a mother\u201d says Grant. \u201cThe photographs commissioned by Tangled Roots really reflect the nature of this diverse new population.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBristol’s history at the centre of the UK slave trade is well-known, what isn’t so well documented is the huge mixed population who call Bristol ‘home’. 16% of our city’s population*<\/sup> belongs to a black or minority ethnic group, but among under 15s the figure is 28%*<\/sup>. Rising numbers of people are forming relationships across different racial and ethnic groups. As a result, more families than ever before comprise of more than one race. These families – families like mine, in fact – never see their stories represented in the mainstream media. It is the experiences of mixed families in Bristol and the South West that the Tangled Roots project wants to highlight\u201d Grant explained.<\/p>\n

Workshop & Performance information<\/strong><\/p>\n

The writing workshop (2pm-5pm) is open to adults who wish to learn how to write about their own life experiences or anyone else’s. You do NOT have to be mixed race to attend! The workshop theme will be \u201cHome\u201d and you must book your place in advance.<\/p>\n

The evening performance (7pm- 8pm) is open to young people and adults (please note the performance is not suitable for under 12s<\/em>). It is free and lasts approximately one hour…<\/p>\n

For information, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tangled Roots: A Performance of Real-Life Stories Celebrating Mixed Race Families Trinity Centre Trinity Road Bristol, England BS2 0NW 2014-10-19, 14:00-20:00 BST (Local Time) Free life-writing workshop and performance with Dr Katy Massey – part of our Black History Month programme On Sunday 19 October, Tangled Roots are staging a live workshop and performance event […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,13,8,10],"tags":[851,18115,13167,16596,18114],"class_list":["post-37687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-liveevents","category-media-archive","category-uk","tag-bristol","tag-katie-grant","tag-katy-massey","tag-tangled-roots","tag-trinity-centre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}