If you’re a British East Asian and aged between 16-30 and you might be curious or interested in actor training, then take a look at Yellow Academy.

Yellow Academy 2010 is an exciting new initiative between Yellow Earth (UK’s leading East Asian* theatre company) and ALRA (The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts). Outreaching to Belfast, Birmingham, London, and Manchester through February to May 2010, Yellow Academy will be bringing together a group of enthusiastic and curious young people down to London for a free week of acting training in Summer 2010.

Activities are free and open to all British East Asians aged 16-30 curious or interested in actor training. No previous experience necessary.

Sound good? Read more about Yellow Academy on Yellow Earth’s website…

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A short while back, we ran a competition to win a Signed Ong Bak 2 Poster Giveaway. Here’s the winner, Warren! Thanks to all who took an interest. To stay informed of future contests, subscribe to our RSS feed or enter your email address lower down in the far right column.

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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!

More updates soon – happy browsing!

One Inch Punch is now back up to speed on updates, together with a redesign! If you’re checking this post out on rss, considering clicking to the site. Its now refreshed with a new, cleaner design!

More updates coming soon.. there’s alot to catch up on!

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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