UNLOCK THE CHAINS COLLECTIVE
POLITICS OF LOVE: THE BOOK
A collection of performance poetry and an audio CD has been launched!
To buy your copy of the book for just £5, email: [email protected]
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Unlock the Chains was
founded by Euton Daley in 1986 to explore performance poetry as a theatrical
form and to develop a dialogue with various social struggles at the time (anti-apartheid
movement, the miners’ strike, poll tax, etc). We performed at rallies,
theatres, community events as well as music based clubs. Euton was the rapper
for the band Rootabooga which had similar aspirations through music.
We produced our first production Chameleon, commissioned by Tara Arts in 1988 which went on to be nominated for a London Drama award. The company went dormant in 1991 following Euton’s appointment as director at Pegasus Theatre, reforming in 2013 on his departure.
Euton Daley (Unlock the Chains Collective) and Amantha Edmead (Kuumba Nia Arts) started collaborating in earnest in 2010 when, as Artistic Director of Pegasus theatre, Euton Commissioned Amantha, as one of its supported artists, for the re-opening ceremony and performance of Pegasus’ completed £7m capital development. Producing Water’s Flight, which seamlessly fused black arts aesthetics to create an African inspired storytelling ritual, they subsequently formed a strong synergy.
Since leaving Pegasus in August 2013, Euton and Amantha have continued to work together, both in Oxford and elsewhere with the quest of presenting both the black experience and artistic forms but also around culture and identity. Both organisations are based in Oxford and are interested in bringing Black History and their contemporary experiences and art forms to life through creative and artistic performances, activities and events. Both are experienced artists – totally committed to using the arts as a tool of expression, exploration, communication and entertainment - working as producer, performer, writer, director and tutor. They have led numerous projects locally and nationally aimed at engaging communities, especially the black community, with the arts through storytelling, poetry and performance.
We produced our first production Chameleon, commissioned by Tara Arts in 1988 which went on to be nominated for a London Drama award. The company went dormant in 1991 following Euton’s appointment as director at Pegasus Theatre, reforming in 2013 on his departure.
Euton Daley (Unlock the Chains Collective) and Amantha Edmead (Kuumba Nia Arts) started collaborating in earnest in 2010 when, as Artistic Director of Pegasus theatre, Euton Commissioned Amantha, as one of its supported artists, for the re-opening ceremony and performance of Pegasus’ completed £7m capital development. Producing Water’s Flight, which seamlessly fused black arts aesthetics to create an African inspired storytelling ritual, they subsequently formed a strong synergy.
Since leaving Pegasus in August 2013, Euton and Amantha have continued to work together, both in Oxford and elsewhere with the quest of presenting both the black experience and artistic forms but also around culture and identity. Both organisations are based in Oxford and are interested in bringing Black History and their contemporary experiences and art forms to life through creative and artistic performances, activities and events. Both are experienced artists – totally committed to using the arts as a tool of expression, exploration, communication and entertainment - working as producer, performer, writer, director and tutor. They have led numerous projects locally and nationally aimed at engaging communities, especially the black community, with the arts through storytelling, poetry and performance.
