CBBC are casting an exciting kung-fu action fantasy television series and are looking for young British-born Chinese to play the lead roles in the new Children’s Drama – BO AND THE SPIRIT WORLD:

Bo – Female, aged 11-16 Confident, sporty and a born leader

Timothy – Male, aged 9-12 Cheeky, Quick-witted and energetic

Bo and Timothy are on a school trip when they are suddenly transported to a magical ’spirit world’. Here they become superpowered spirit warriors, on a quest to save the world. It’s good versus evil in an epic struggle inspired by Chinese mythology and folklore.

This is a fantastic opportunity to explore what it means to be British Chinese today and to create a role model for your community. Above all, it is a chance of a lifetime for two young people to have an amazing experience at the heart of a major new BBC Children’s Drama.

If you are interested and would like more information email us at boandtimothy@bbc.co.uk or visit our website at www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc live from 1st January ‘09.

For parental enquiries, please call David Tse (casting advisor) on 07931 764 840 (10-6pm Weekdays)

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Apologies if anyone has had trouble accessing OneInchPunch lately. It’s growing popularity had finally outgrown its original set up!

However, OneInchPunch has now been upgraded, having completed its move to new, far more powerful servers, so that we can provide you with a site that’s cleaner and faster to load!

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Hello all – sorry for the lack of updates in the past 2 weeks. Technical glitches aren’t making life easy, and One Inch Punch is now taking another 2 weeks break to go on holiday!

However, there are now almost 800 posts on the site, so it might be a good time to go browsing through some categories you’re interested in.

Back posting actively soon – with a redesign planned!

Hello all – One Inch Punch is taking a weeks break from posting to go on holiday. Hopefully, you won’t be missing your fix too much, but please do come back when posting resumes on the 28th November!

If you’re in London in the next few days, you might want to check out a Korean film or two during the Korean Film Festival at The Barbican Centre.

Korean cinema has blossomed in the last few years and now produces some of the best animation, fantasy and deadly revenge thrillers in the world.

Highlights will surely be the new outings by Kim Ki-duk and Park Chan-wook (Old Boy). There’s also a chance to glimpse some lost classics from the golden age of Korean cinema.

The Korean Film Festival from the 2nd November to 8th November

The Barbican Centre
Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
020 7638 4141
Time : 7:30pm
Cost :
£5 – £11

Via LeCool

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This year’s Pearl Awards will be held on Thursday 1st November at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London in the presence of HRH Prince of Wales and very special guests from the entertainment world.

Dedicated to “Unsung Heroes“, the awards will feature performances by Niu Niu & Xue Fei Yang, supported by the English Chamber Orchestra conducted by world-renowned Leslie Howard.

A limited number of complimentary tickets, normally costing up to £60, are available on a first come, first served basis, by contacting Amber on this email. You can apply for a pair of tickets for yourself and a guest/partner by writing with your full names and addresses, and as the Prince of Wales is the VIP guest, you’ll need to bring along 2 forms of identification, for security reasons.

The Pearl Awards
The Pearl Foundation

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The Pearl Foundation instigated the awards in order to focus attention on the often unappreciated efforts of private citizens and organisations that have worked above and beyond the call of duty, and in the process have made a significant positive impact upon the Chinese community in Britain. Community participation is vital in supporting a vibrant and connected community. Because of its nature, huge amounts of time and work go unnoticed and unpublished. These awards highlight the importance and benefits of this active citizenship.

The awards are also intended to inspire others to become more involved in building healthy civic communities.

The previously posted Typhoon Live production has a 2-for-1 offer on the London run of its tour next week, from Wednesday 10th to Saturday 13th October, at The Oval Theatre.

Typhoon Live is a new double bill production from the UK-based East Asian and award-winning company Yellow Earth Theatre. The two plays are Getting Married by Yi Kang-baek and Dogs by Elangovan.

For dates and venue details, please see the Yellow Earth Calendar of Events.

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Nobuko from the Asian Music Centre sent me this note about a free Taiko Drum Workshop they are holding on Friday 28th September, 2007. I’ve seen a performance by the Joji Hirota Japanese Taiko Drummers and it looks and sounds excellent, especially if you like your beats. The performers really looked like they were having fun too. Find out more below…

TAIKO at the ASIAN MUSIC CENTRE!
Fri 28th Sept, 4.00 – 5:15pm, 2007
Japanese taiko drum workshop for beginners / Free
In partnership with Open Rehearsal, an initiative of the Mayor of London

Come and learn the taiko! “Taiko” means ‘big drum’ in Japanese and is played in festivals, rituals, and the concerts stage throughout Japan. With an energetic sound and powerful physical performance, it has become popular all over the world. Mark Alcock from Taiko Meantime will lead the workshop. Please wear comfortable clothing. Open to all ages.

BOOKING STRONGLY RECOMMENDED
Tel 020 8749 9584
E-mail info@amc.org.uk
Web www.amc.org.uk

ASIAN MUSIC CENTRE
1-2 Bradford Road, Acton London W3 7SP

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The UK-based East Asian and award-winning company Yellow Earth Theatre have just announced the dates for the UK tour of Typhoon Live.

This is the UK and European premiere of a double-bill of short plays by two of East Asia’s most exciting playwrights. Getting Married and Dogs, two plays about falling in love… and falling out again opens at the Oxford Playhouse on 25th September and finishes in London at the Oval House Theatre on the 13th October.

Well worth seeing if you can get to any of the shows in the UK Tour! More information and the production flyer below:

Technorati Tags: Andy Cheung, dogs, Elangovan, entertainment, Getting Married, Jamie Zubairi, Kwong Loke, Liz Sutherland, Phillippe Cherbonnier, theatre, Typhoon Live, Yellow Earth Theatre, Yi Kang-baek

Getting Married by Yi Kang-baek
Directed by Phillippe Cherbonnier

Dogs by Elangovan
Directed by Kwong Loke

Cast – Andy Cheung, Jamie Zubairi, Liz Sutherland
Getting Married is a light-hearted one-act play exploring the sweet and touching absurdity of the beginning of a love affair. A young man, a swindler by trade, borrows a grand house for the weekend and a suit for the day, to impress a charming and innocent young woman. As their courtship unfolds, the house’s stern and silent butler starts to reclaim the possessions the young man claims as his own, and we are left to enjoy a contest between love and dishonesty.

The production is written by Yi Kang-baek, one of Korea’s most prominent dramatists since the 1970s. He won the Daesan Award for Drama in 1996. The director Philippe Cherbonnier is Yellow Earth’s Literary Associate who runs the company’s scheme to nurture, develop and promote British East Asian writers.

In direct contrast, Dogs is a savage but funny play from Singapore, which tells the tale of what happens when a woman prefers her dog to her loser of a husband. This rollercoaster of resentment, disappointments and hatred is full of foul-mouthed humour, but has a dark and disturbing ending which leaves the audience breathless and stunned. Dogs is directed by Kwong Loke (Malaysia) who is Yellow Earth Theatre’s Artistic Associate and foremost among an emerging group of vibrant and exciting British East Asian directors working with Yellow Earth.

Singaporean writer Elangovan is a prolific poet and dramatist. His drama is confrontational and questions the accepted wisdom of society in Singapore, and through its exploration of universals, the rest of the world. His plays have won the Singapore International Award twice and he received the 1997 South-East Asian Writer’s Award for his lifetime contribution to the theatre.

Cast members Jamie Zubari and Liz Sutherland were both recently seen in The Letter in the West End and most recently Andy Cheung appeared in Nixon In China at The London Coliseum.

For more information on dates and venues, see the Yellow Earth Theatre Calendar.

Yellow Earth Theatre was founded by five East Asian performers in 1995. The company produces work that explores universal themes from an East Asian perspective, celebrating cultural diversity through an integration of theatre skills from the East and the West.

Visit the Yellow Earth Theatre website