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Hit The Dhol are specialists in educational Asian Dhol drumming workshops for schools and colleges and have been delivering workshops in the community for over 10 years.

They work with young people aged from 5 – 25 years in a range of settings including Schools and Communities and promote and practise cultural heritage through Punjabi Folk Music. Their work includes education, training, consultancy and performance, enriching diversity and inclusion through various partnerships and projects.

Jumprov is The UK First Ethnically Diverse Improvisational Theatre Company founded by Sunny Dhap starring Jade Samuels, Jay Droch & Rheo Daley, bringing you unscripted & unrehearsed comedy sketches made up with audience suggestions.

They host regular shows at Birmingham Hippodrome and will be performing as part of Birmingham’s Comedy festival 2022. We’re delighted they have once again agreed to perform for us. Get ready to be entertained!

#WeArePowerful’ is an explosive mixed Boxing/Dance Youth work and Project choreographed by Flexus Dance Collective Artistic Director, Katy Sterran in partnership with BrightStar Boxing Academy. Set against an original composition by Matthew Peters and Wolverhampton-based Grime Artist TB, the work promotes the resilience and strength of our young generation.

Over the last 6 months, over 1,200 young people have engaged with #WeArePowerful through workshops and projects and we are very proud that the #WeArePowerful work was performed at Commonwealth Games Festival sites and at NEC , Birmingham as part of Birmingham 2022.

The convention is for Dave Pitt to say how he’s a performance poet, playwright, a third of the Poets, Prattlers and Pandemonialists, a fifth of Stories From the Smoke Room, Arena Theatre Associate Artist and Lively MC and then go on about winning awards and stuff.

But conventions are just there to make you feel comfortable and sometimes it’s nice to get out your comfort zone, ay it? Dave has been described as the Black Country’s answer to Stormzy and we’re delighted he is joining us again this year.

CURATOR

A born and bred Wulfrunian Clare is passionate about Wolverhampton and promoting everything the city and its residents has to offer. A bid and tender writer by profession, for the past 12 years Clare has been a Magistrate in the Black Country on the Black Country Bench.

Passionate about promoting women’s rights and gender equality, Clare is the founder of Fawcett West Midlands, a long standing director of Women of Wolverhampton, Founder and Chair of the Homeless Period – Wolverhampton, and was Chair of Wolverhampton Women’s Business Forum for a number of years.

In 2018, Clare applied for and was granted the licence for TEDxWolverhampton, with the aim of putting Wolverhampton on the map. As event Curator, Clare is responsible for bringing TEDxWolverhampton to life and ensuring attendees have a fantastic experience.

@cecroberts

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

A digital doer and community activist, a believer in tech for good, James likes to mix these interests whenever possible. When he heard talk of a TEDxWolverhampton, he immediately knew this was something he’d like to be involved in. His favourite TED talks include Sir Ken Robinson’s ‘Do Schools Kill Creativity?’ and Amanda Palmer’s ‘The Art of Asking’.

The opportunity to be involved in bringing TEDx to Wolverhampton, a place James has called home for 13 years and somewhere he loves, but feels suffers from a perception problem was too good to turn down. Building the website & dealing with anything tech related on the day seemed like an obvious use of his skills.

@jamesdclarke

PARTNERSHIPS DIRECTOR

Anju is a passionate leader, mother, guest podcaster, school governor, guest lecturer at university, coach and mentor, and public sector worker who works in environmental health, health and wellbeing, and engagement and communications. One of Anju’s core values is growth for herself and those around her. So volunteering for TEDxWolverhampton is aligned to her passions, ensuring the event is enlightening, informative, and provides an opportunity to network with great minds in our wonderful city!

EVENT DIRECTOR

By day Anil works as an accounting advisory consultant, collaborating with vibrant businesses and the PE community to unlock growth for business owners. He believes in generating value for businesses by being a true market disruptor. These are the same values Anil is keen to bring to TEDxWolverhampton. He wants to extend our reach so everyone across Wolverhampton has the opportunity to attend, learn, grow and further strengthen Wolverhampton’s diverse community network.

On weekends, Anil spends his time DJing at private events, bars and brunches. Keep an eye out for him across bars in Wolverhampton. He’s looking forward to putting his event production knowledge to good use.

Anil loves that TEDx has partnered up with Wolverhampton and looks forward to collaborating towards a common goal of levelling up our city and building a community focused on innovation, learning and growth.