“Eight Songs remains an intensely visceral piece with the capacity to shock. More than that, though, it prompts reflection on the treatment of mental health and the fraught legacies of empire, issues which are still very much with us.”
“On Being Human as Praxis” was conceived by Elaine Mitchener. The vocal artist invited five different composers—Jason Yarde, Matana Roberts, Laure M. Hiendl, Tansy Davies, and George E. Lewis—to respond to the work of the Jamaican feminist and cultural theorist Sylvia Winter.
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Cafe OTO - London 19:30 Mark Sanders / Elaine Mitchener / Rhodri Davies (trio) + Mark Sanders / Rhodri Davies (duo) Part of Marc Sanders - Three-Day Residency [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_text_aligment=""
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Rich Mix - London 19:30 Graffiti Bodies XV by Dam Van Huynh in collaboration with Elaine Mitchener As part of Certain Blacks' Black Athena Festival 2026 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][edgtf_button type="solid" size=""
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Cafe OTO - London 19:30 Solo extended (Sakina Abdou & Mariam Rezaei) + Sakina Abdou / Elaine Mitchener / Neil Charles (trio) Part of Sakina Abdou - Two-Day Residency [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Ibraaz - London 18:00 Library Transmission: Contemplative Dialogue 2 Elaine Mitchener and The Otolith Collective [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][edgtf_button type="solid" size="" text="More info on Ibraaz website" target="_blank" icon_pack="" font_weight="" link="https://ibraaz.org/whats-on/library-transmission-contemplative-dialogue-2"][/vc_column][/vc_row]
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Cabaret Voltaire - Zürich 19:00 The Body Is The Score – 1. Betty A performance dedicated to Betty Baaron Samoa and a talk with Irene Revell Presented by OOR Saloon
[vc_row content_text_aligment="" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no"][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Wigmore Hall - London 19:30 Are 'Friends' Electric? – a concert for voice & electronics Elaine Mitchener vox Shamica Ruddock fx Pat Thomas fx Part One: SOLO THROAT remixed - vox with
