Brick Lane Circle presents Brick Lane Circle’s Farewell Event Sat 26 Oct

This farewell event features a captivating programme surrounding the Brick Lane Circle’s work developing the East India Company Spice Wars Stories exhibition and anthology.

Join us for writers’ talks, standup comedy, live music, and a film screening.

The lineup:

2.00 pm: East India Company Spice Wars Stories Exhibition starts

4-6 pm: Presentations by East India Company Spice Wars Stories writers

Spice cures: medicinal usages of spice – by Alison Benson

Looking back to move forward: what lessons have we learnt from previous generations who lived in harmony with their environment? – by Amina Ali Rahman

Researching unknown lives – by Derek Perry

London in the early 17th Century – by Olcay Oniker

6.30 pm: Brick Lane Circle and its work (1995-2024) – by M Ahmedullah

6.45 pm: Coree home go, Souldania go, home go

The film focuses on the first Black man brought to London by an East India Company ship in the autumn of 1613. The discussions will highlight Coree, a young man from the Cape of Good Hope (situated on the southern tip of present-day South Africa) and his six months stay in the city before being sent back.

Short drama film show and discussion about the first black young man from the Cape of Good Hope (situated on the southern tip of present-day South Africa) brought to London by an East India Company (EIC) ship in the autumn of 1613 and his six months stay in the city before being sent back.

7.15 pm: Retro Bollywood songs by Mr T – The Voice

7.30 – 8.30 pm: Mixt Nutz Standup Show, featuring:
MC Manos Koutsis, Sharlin Jahan, Will Holmes and Ridwan Hussain

Pick up a free copy of the book East India Company Spice Wars Stories: An anthology of historical fiction inspired by the early 17th Century European craze for Asian spices.