WOMAD

One World Platform - Friday

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14.30-15.30 - Red Hat Salsa – Dance workshopGet into the festival mood at this popular and fun workshop with the Red Hat Salsa team. No experience necessary, come and let the rhythm take you!15.30-16.10 - Fresh Air Theatre – “Climate Capers”Lively play on climate change using slapstick. Can our hero, Joe, save his home from the Rising Tide of climate chaos? Followed by a talk and workshop with Matthew Carroll of Rising Tide.16.30 - 17.10 - Action on Erosion Technology and Concentration – Jim Thomas and Will HollowayIntroduction to Nanotechnology – from Genetic Engineering to Atomic Engineering. Talk/workshop on the impact of new technologies on the poor and vulnerable.17.15-17.55 - Maya Malhotra from Reading Hindu Temple Maya leads a discussion on Children of a Global Society.18.00 - 19.00 - Stories from Around the World – Parasol Storytellers Parasol Storytellers, a Reading-based group upholding the heritage of traditional storytelling, open the One World Platform programme on Saturday and Sunday mornings with stories from around the world. This year’s theme is the strong heroine. Always a favourite, so gather round, young and not so young!