\u201c\u2026film-maker, musician, documentarist and cultural historian Don Letts has been, and still is, a catalyst for theminds and spirits of so many of us\u201d- Jim Jarmusch<\/p>\n
Don Letts\u2019 reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body ofwork from the late 70\u2019s through the 80\u2019s, 90\u2019s and well into the millennium. His work has been exhibited in TheKitchen N.Y.C, The Institute of Contemporary Art, The N.F.T in London and was honored at Brooklyn\u2019s BAMfestival and The Milan Film festival. In March 2003 he won a Grammy for his documentary \u2018Westway To TheWorld\u2019.<\/p>\n
He came to notoriety in the late 70\u2019s as the DJ that single handedly turned a whole generation of punks ontoreggae. It was whilst as a DJ at the first punk club \u2018The Roxy\u2019 in 1977, that made his first film \u2018The Punk RockMovie\u2019 w\/ Sex Pistols-The Clash and many others. This led to a period directing over 300 music videos for andiverse mix of artists ranging from Public Image to Bob Marley.<\/p>\n
He then moved into documentary work making films on the likes of Gil Scot-Heron, The Jam, Sun Ra, The Clashand George Clinton. His most recent documentary was for Sir Paul McCartney\u2019s \u2018New\u2019 project. Feature filmsinclude the legendary Jamaican movie 1997\u2019s \u2018Dancehall Queen\u2019.<\/p>\n
Along with his autobiography \u2018Culture Clash: Dread Meets Punk Rockers\u2019 released in 2007 Don was also thesubject of the documentary film \u2018Superstonic Sound: The Rebel Dread\u2019 in 2010.He currently presents a weekly radio show on BBC 6 Music called \u2018Culture Clash Radio\u2019 and still DJ\u201dsnationally and internationally.<\/p>\n
PLEASE NOTE: Please make sure you have selected the correct ticket at checkout \u2013 DJ Set (DJ set only) \u2013 Entry to Grand Vault Event only. Book Tour & DJ Set \u2013 Entry to Theatre & Grand Vault Event.<\/strong><\/p>\n Approx. stage times:<\/p>\n Venue: Theatre (Ent 4) |Seated Event | Don Lett\u2019s Book Tour: There And Black Again Venue: Grand Vault (Ent 3) | Standing Event | Don Letts DJ Set More about \u2018There And Black Again\u2019:<\/p>\n [gs-button size=”false” content=”Tickets” url=”https:\/\/www.theoldcourts.com\/shows\/don-letts-there-and-black-again-book-tour-dj-set\/” icon=”false”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201c\u2026film-maker, musician, documentarist and cultural historian Don Letts has been, and still is, a catalyst for theminds and spirits of so many of us\u201d- Jim Jarmusch Don Letts\u2019 reputation has been firmly established in both the film and music world by a substantial body ofwork from the late 70\u2019s through the 80\u2019s, 90\u2019s and well into the millennium. His work has been exhibited in TheKitchen N.Y.C, The Institute of Contemporary Art, The N.F.T in London and was honored at Brooklyn\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37720,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[61],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThis event takes place over 2 floors of the The Old Courts: our Theatre (Seated, Entrance 4) and Grand Vault(Standing, Entrance 3.)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nDoors: 19:00
\nDon Letts: There And Black Again: 19:30 \u2013 20:15<\/p>\n
\nSupport TBA: 20:30 \u2013 21:15
\nDon Letts DJ Set: 21:30 \u2013 23:00<\/p>\n