Chronicles of Kilburn

February 2024 - December 2024

Chronicles of Kilburn is a series of workshops which aims to support local communities and organisations to explore the intangible heritage and histories of Kilburn through various art forms. We will partner with a different organisation for each workshop. All sessions will be delivered by artists and a team of practitioners who will support and encourage participants to share their own stories through different methods of gathering oral histories. Across the year, art forms will include animation, music, playwriting, poetry and photography.

15 February

Filmscope are an organisation who deliver a number of film screenings across Brent, working with community centres, primary schools and cinemas to bring accessible screenings to local audiences. They’ll be collaborating with Kilburn Older Voices Exchange in this workshop to create a stop animation short film using object chosen by the group which demonstrate their favourite untold histories of Kilburn.

7 March

This workshop will be delivered by Kilburn State Of Mind, and will support sharing and celebrating the histories of the group through generating their own sounds and creating original pieces. Ashford Place members will be exploring stories of their heritage using music and instruments.

16 April

Costume designer Khadija Raza will work with the Asian Women’s Resource Centre looking at how costume design and creation can be used to explore themes of heritage. During this session participants will learn about the process of costume design in the context of theatre, applying techniques to original concepts which are inspired by stories of their histories.

Workshop with the Asian Women's Resource Centre

15 May

Movement practitioner Tanya Campbell delivered a practical workshop for members at the Pepper Pot, a Carribean led community centre. Working with a playlist of music from five different decades, the group shared traditionally cultural dance styles from Guyana, Dominica, Jamaica and Haiti. Through discussion participants shared their experiences of migration, with each other, and how they have seen Caribbean influence grow in London over the past century. Together they developed original motifs and enjoyed freestyle movement time.

Workshop with Pepper Pot

6 June

Local photographer Roy Mehta ran a workshop with a group of young people at the OK Club in South Kilburn. They explored the use of different methods of photography, using professional cameras, phones and digital cameras. Connecting to themes of heritage; the group discussed how they feel Kilburn has changed through generations before them and what representation was like for communities when their grandparents and parents were at secondary school. During the workshop they were inspired by the question ‘how do we want to be represented?’. They captured images of each other in their local area/ surroundings depicting after school activities, friendship and hope.

Workshop with OK Club

To find out more about Celebrating our Stories: The Kilburn High Road project and to get involved, please contact stellataljaard@kilntheatre.com or phone/ Whatsapp the Creative Engagement phone on 07375532006.