The Live Box is a weekly performance arts event that takes place in Birmingham every Sunday evening. This platform embraces jazz, live music, poetry, hip hop and dance - offering established and emerging artists opportunities to develop and perform work, as well as hosting well respected international artists. Our previous guests include Wynton Marsalis, Julie Dexter, Eska Mtungwazi, Femi Temowo, TY, Jean Toussaint and many more.Since being founded in 2000, Nu Century Arts has established an international reputation for producing ground breaking and influential work of a global standard. Based in the Handsworth area of Birmingham its mission statement is to ‘make a lasting difference’ to the expectations and opportunities of African-Caribbean artists both at home and abroad.Nu Century Arts and its directors Don and Soweto Kinch are dedicated to the development and promotion of performing arts in the African-Caribbean community. Based in Birmingham, UK the organisation embraces an interdisciplinary approach to arts and education. The company’s work encompasses a professional theatre group, organising a regular live music event ‘The Live Box’, literature in the shape of ‘Wired Up’ magazine and a broad range of education work, from jazz workshops, to youth theatre and group trips as far a field as South Africa and the United States.The fact that theatre, music and literature are interconnected in the organisation is what makes Nu Century Arts unique. Additionally, its commitment to alternative forms of black expression from jazz music, to poetry and theatre, frequently sets it apart from convention: its continual advocacy of these forms and pursuit of excellence has made it a valuable resource to all communities.
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