Our 8th Platforma Festival will take place in October across the East of England, co-produced with local artists and organisations and also featuring touring work from across the country.
Platforma 2025 will include more than 35 arts events across music, theatre, film exhibitions, and more.
Co-produced by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with local artists and organisations, Platforma is a festival that takes place every two years in a different part of England. The aim is to present work by, with and about refugees to a wide audience, build capacity and share learning.
Locations this October include Cambridge, Colchester, Diss, Ipswich, Diss, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Norwich, Peterborough and Snape.
Programme highlights include:
–The Table – a new play by Aisha Zia, directed by Suba Das at The Key Theatre, Peterborough
–Hearts, Bodies and Words – in conversation with novelist Sulaiman Addonia at the National Centre for Writing, Norwich
-If You Throw A Stone In The Crowd, Someone’s Going To Get Hurt – an exhibition of work by Ghafar Tajmohammad at Firstsite, Colchester
-A Community Takeover at Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich
-You Never Asked My Name – installation by Jill Eastland at Cambridge Junction
-Penguin – a play by Hamzeh Al Hussein and Amy Golding touring to Norwich and Cambridge
–MAS(S) – a new sound installation by Tristan Shorr and Rae Champion (CONCRETE) in collaboration with Lomond Campbell, touring to Great Yarmouth
-Palestine: Peace De Resistance – Sami Abu Wardeh’s new comedy show comes to Diss
-Touchstones – a participatory photography and writing project led by Gillian Allard in partnership with Living Grief
–A Think Tank on Music and Displacement with Britten Pears Arts in Snape
For the full programme visit: https://counterpoints.org.uk/upcoming-events/
For more information contact Counterpoints Senior Producer, Tom Green via hello@counterpoints.org.uk
The Platforma Festival takes place in a different area of England every two years, produced by Counterpoints Arts in collaboration with local partners to present work by, with and about refugees and to build capacity and share learning.
The 8th Platforma festival will take place across the East of England in October 2025, following a series of meetings with networks, artists and organisations over the past 18 months.
In 2023 the 7th Platforma festival was held over 5 weeks across the South West of England. A key part of the programme is connecting organisations and people across the arts, migration and other sectors. We also seek to make connections between places, within the region and with visiting artists and practitioners from across the UK and internationally.
By focusing on a different region every two years, Counterpoints is able to spend time getting to know a wide range of new partners and to build and understanding of the context. Our co-commissions and overall programme are responsive to that, with a view to capacity building for the longer term and creating collaborations that last well beyond the festival period.
