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#platforma5In partnership with Ideas Test, Woodville Theatre, Cohesion PlusNo Direction Home, produced by Counterpoints Arts & Camden People’s Theatre, has been running since September 2018, with free coaching and paid performances for new stand-up comedians from refugee & migrant backgrounds. Led by award-winning comic Tom Parry, the group have performed at 10 gigs in London [...]
Image: A Hostile Environment 2019, Adam Chodzko The biennial Platforma festival for the arts by, with and about refugees and migration is produced by Counterpoints Arts. It brings together artists, organisations, funders and others for discussions, workshops and the chance to share practice and showcase new work. The 5th Platforma festival will take place [...]
Booking No Direction Home is a stand-up comedy group from refugee & migrant backgrounds mentored by award-winning comedian Tom Parry, created and produced by Counterpoints Arts and Camden People's Theatre. The comedians come from countries including Iran, Pakistan and Syria. All were new to stand-up but each of them has grabbed the chance to represent [...]
This durational performance by artists Tania El Khoury and Basel Zaraa reflects on the health experiences of refugees in the UK, using touch, sound and participation.
Laughter unites us: an evening of stand-up by comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds, with guest headliners Suzi Ruffell and Romesh Ranganathan.
No Direction Home workshop in this new V&A gallery display.
Join us and our partners at Southbank Centre for a day of all kinds of creative, fun and engaging activities in response to this year's Refugee Week's theme 'Our Shared Future'.
This durational performance by artists Tania El Khoury and Basel Zaraa reflects on the health experiences of refugees in the UK, using touch, sound and participation.
Legendary DJ performs a set of upbeat reggae and tunes inspired by the Refugee Week theme of #generations.
For the third year in a row, Dance for Refuge are taking over the Grand Entrance and programming an evening of music to help raise awareness of the importance of migrant culture in the arts.
One of our favourite London based rappers returns to Refugee Week.
Manchester based Syrian beatboxer Madz has been performing on the streets, stages and national beatbox battle finals bringing together influences of electronic and drum n bass genres.
Showcasing some of the most talented young classical musicians in the UK, the Chineke! Junior String Quartet was formed by the groundbreaking Chineke! Foundation who created the first professional orchestra in Europe to be made up of majority black and minority ethnic musicians.
Special Friday late opening at the Museum featuring Dance for Refuge, Don Letts DJ set and much more!
German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni’s sculpture Rubble Theatre is a highlight of this year’s Refugee Festival Scotland. It recreates a scene of destruction in Syria, featuring the rubble of a bombsite and an abandoned car. Halbouni was born in Syria, the son of a Syrian father and a German mother. He studied at art school in [...]
