Starting with, ' This Is Oldham', a new piece of writing by Lindsay Williams and Sonya Nisa Saeed, it told the story of an Oldham born-and-bred Asian's perspective on the Muslim community and the relationships between white and non-white in Oldham with sincerity, truth and good humour.įollowing this it was the turn of another up-coming local theatre company, Kitchen Sink Theatre, to present a two-hander all about their time as siblings growing up in Royton, ' A Brew, A Terrace, And The 184'. The showcase itself was also something of a potpourri of ideas, talents and even differing theatre companies. that information needed to be more immediate and not just on the www or announced by the two company owners in a brief introduction before the start of the showcase. I doubt many people would have wished to have come home that evening or gone onto the internet the following morning to read about what they had already seen. As much as I applaud the company wishing to reduce paper usage and waste, not having a programme in an evening of many different sections with many different performers etc, was rather disappointing. The other negative criticism I would proffer is the lack of programme. It all felt very 'homely' but lacked a certain 'polish'.
The whole came across as a little - dare I use the word amateurish - in the sense that cast and staff were seen in the audience and coming in and out of the auditorium throughout the evening whilst a rear stage door was left open all evening and cast and crew could be seen behind it. The showcase itself seemed a little ad hoc, despite perhaps detailed planning. Before that, a small reception with live music was held in the foyer. The evening was advertised as starting at 7pm, although in truth, the showcase did not start until 7:30pm in the theatre. Indeed, when The Coliseum was undergoing needed restoration, they used The Grange Theatre to produce their season of productions. The theatre still has very strong links with Oldham College, but is now available for hire to outside companies and is marketing itself as Oldham's second proferssional theatre venue. A theatre I have long and strong memories of myself, remembering it fondly as Grange Arts Centre attached to Oldham College. This evening saw their launch at Oldham's own Grange Theatre.
KABARET BARMAN PROFESSIONAL
to celebrate Northerness, with especial reference to Oldham and the surrounds and those who live there, in a bid to try and make professional theatre both affordable and relevant to the community. The theatre company, we are told, is all about the locale.
I have published in many international conferences and journals and am an active reviewer for many conferences and journals.Dare To Know is a new theatre company based in Oldham, and headed by two Oldhamers, Jake Talbot and Miranda Parker. I am also a Board Member of the Video Quality Expert Group (VQEG) as part of the Computer Graphics Imaging (CGI) group and a member of various standardization groups such as ITU-T SG16 and MPEG, SVA, CTA, DASH-IF and UHDF. From 2012-2015, I worked in different capacities across various industries including Bell Labs, Stuttgart, Germany after which he joined Kingston University as a Marie Curie Fellow with MSCA ITN QoE-Net from 2015 to 2018, and a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow from 2019-2020. Previously, I was a full-time Lecturer in Applied Computer Science (Data Science) at Kingston University, London. I received my PhD and MBA from Kingston University, London and MSc in IT from Universität Stuttgart, Germany and B.Tech in Electronics Engineering from NIT, Surat, India. I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. I am working full-time as a Principal Video Systems Engineer, Research at Brightcove where I work primarily on optimal video encoding strategies, perceptual quality assessment and end-to-end optimization.
I am currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Applied Computer Science at Kingston University London with most of my engagement limited to supervision of final year projects for masters and some guest lectures.
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