A one off stage adaptation of “The importance of Being Ernest” is being held on 25th August at the Rag Factory in East London.

Starring upcoming actors Aiyaz Ahmed and Rez Kabir, the play will last for 35 minutes. It is a play about the relationship of two friends who discover the importance of being ernest! Doors will open at 6:30pm which will be followed by a drinks reception and an introduction to the play. There will also be an oportunity to meet the cast and crew for drinks after the play.

This is a free premiere with free drinks. Entry is only by guest list, email aiyaz.a@gmail.com
More info: www.filim.co.uk

Two music videos with a difference have received nominations for a prestigious Royal Television Society Award. Here’s the twist; both ‘Change The Way’ and ‘One Life To Live’ were made by inmates at Swinfen Hall, a youth offenders institute in Lichfield, Staffordshire, as part of the ground-breaking Sonic [db] project.

Wolverhampton based filmmakers, Rainmaker-VF, worked alongside musician Keith Dilworth and facilitator Sharon Jones of Handsworth based ‘Sister Tree’ to help the troubled young men make their music videos. The Rainmaker filmmaking team were comprised of Davinder Claire, Alex Crowton and Balwant Dass.

The Royal Television Society Awards take place on October 27th 2007.

London based filmmaker Waris Islam has been recruited to direct some episodes for the ITV television soap Hollyoaks, landing some major storylines.

Islam has previously written for Asian Network’s soap Silver Street and made the short film Family Portrait. He has also written a 30 minute Channel 4 drama to air early next year.

Celebrities and music artists will perform at the Sandwell Asian Family Support Service (SAFSS), based in the Midlands, as it celebrates it’s 21st anniversary on 31st August 2007. Hosted by the BBC’s Satnam Rana and Asian Network’s Sukhi Bart, the entertainment will showcase the best in British Asian entertainment and will include special performances by Hitesh (Man from Africa) and Rama, the Ashyana Dance Company, and many more.

The event will raise funds for activities and trips for South Asian children and young people with disabilities. Sandwell Asian Family Support Service was established to respond to research that identified South Asian families were not taking up mainstream health and care services.

The charity dinner and dance being held at Samsons Palace, Oldbury on 31st August 2007.
Contact: Claire Bradshaw on (0121) 558 2198 or Claire.bradshaw@blueyonder.co.uk

A new television series featuring short clips called Indique – Untold Stories of Contemporary India (below), has been created by Blood Orange Media, a US based company. Indique is airing on PBS in the US, with select segments of the show airing on international airlines, including Northwest Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Jet Airways. The Indique Youtube clip below was created by Asia Society.

Narrowstep Inc, an internet based television company has launched a channel specifically aimed at the worldwide Indian diaspora, called Watch India. Watch India allows viewers to access popular Indian programming in TV-like quality over the Internet. This new channel features an assortment of video content powered by Narrowstep’s Internet TV platform, telvOS™.