BLOG | Desi tales with hip-hop, blasted into 21st century

Today’s featured Midlands artists on the Vimal & Zoe Radio Show, on Ambur Radio, was a double bill of performers from two theatre shows,  Tongue Tied and Twisted, and Wonder Woman – The Naked Truth.

Tongue Tied and Twisted is a new theatre production by Black Country Touring (BCT). It blasts Indian storytelling into the 21st century combining the talents of UK music producer PKCtheFirst on stage with international storyteller Peter Chand.

The stories and  traditional tales were  collected from Punjabi elders and is a fusion of live storytelling, with a blend of Urban Hip Hop and classical South Asian sounds.

Peter Chand and PKC  gave an insight into how they have worked on this together under the direction of Steve Johnstone while Peter discussed his top tips on how to tell a story. PKC also gave exclusivity to Vimal and Zoe, airing his new track Beyond Problems. A beautiful sitting-in-the-garden tune with your pint of cider and plate of strawberries.

The story of The Mother by Peter Chand:

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Theatre show Tongue, Tied and Twisted, from Black Country Touring, is showing on:

26th May 2016 – Oakhouse

2nd June 2106 – Wolverhampton Arena

4th June 2016 – Thimblemill library Smethwick

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Our second guests on the radio show were the NotNow Collective:

NotNow Collective is made up of Tina Hofman and Kristina Gavran. Their show is called Wonderwoman – The Naked Truth and it examines family,  parenthood and work-home scenarios. It is a fun piece specifically made to encourage people with very young children to attend and show that they are not alone with  issues they face when  a parent.

Tina and Kristina taking part in the songalogue challenge:

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Wonderwoman – The Naked Truth is showing at the mac Birmingham on:

Sunday 22nd May 2016 2pm and 5pm shows

Tuesday 24th May 2016 12pm and 8pm

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You can listen back to the whole Vimal & Zoe Radio Show below:

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More from West Midlands based international station Ambur Radio 103.6 FM here.

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Vimal Korpal