THE WORLD MUSIC BUS TOUR (2013)
This exciting project was the brainchild of Managing Director Geli Berg who worked with Manchester Tour Guide, Emma Fox to produce the tour. The two-hour tour takes in seven districts of Manchester and combines a running commentary about the various cultures living in the areas with an introduction to the traditional music within the locations and and to performers who live there.
WOMAN OF MY DREAMS (2019)
Lingua Franca World Community CIC is delighted to be partnering up with award-winning scriptwriter, Rashida Mustafa and HOME Manchester for a script-in-hand production of Rashida’s exciting new musical “Woman of My Dreams”.
Lingua Franca Managing Director, Geli Berg, will be both producing the show alongside Rashida, and playing one of the lead acting roles.
The initial showing of the production, which addresses the social and sexual issues provoked by cultural practices of female circumcision (FGC), has been made possible thanks to funding from Arts Council England. It will take place on 28 January 2019, to an invited audience as part of HOME’s PUSH Festival, an annual celebration of the North West’s creative talent.
The show will be followed by a Question and Answer session and debate amongst an invited audience of FGC specialists, academics, legal experts and others. The resulting research will be used to develop the future full-length production of the piece.
SOUNDING THE SIRENS (2020-2021)
Our latest project is focusing on our female associate performers – namely three of our female singer-songwriters: Geli Berg, Tiki Black and Sarah Sayeed.
Thanks to Arts Council COVID Emergency Funding, each of the three singer-songwriters were commissioned to write two songs each and then select mentors and musicians from Lingua Franca World Music Agency to bring them to life!
The idea was to keep everyone working at a time when we had all lost performance opportunities due to lockdown. Links to three of the songs are below and we expect to release audio tracks in February 2021.
That Day That You Left – Geli Berg
https://youtu.be/dsxyn0LvlPM
Home – Tiki Black
https://youtu.be/hEDv32sMKAs
Endless Conversation – Sarah Sayeed
https://youtu.be/tOsUuD6CCW0