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SUMMARY:Stream Palestine Comedy Club at Home
DESCRIPTION:For a limited time\, you can now buy or rent the feature documentary Palestine Comedy Club and stream it at home. \nWhen six Palestinian comedians hit the road to tour a stand-up show across Palestine\, their search for humour amid the injustices of everyday Palestinian life becomes a powerful plea for humanity in the face of brutal war. \nFollowing the comedians on and off stage\, the film celebrates humour as a source of connection\, resilience and resistance – even in the most difficult circumstances. \nPalestine Comedy Club is a film by Alaa Regash Aliabdallah and Charlotte Knowles and was produced in association with Counterpoints Productions\, the new film production arm of Counterpoints Arts. \nThe film is available to buy or rent until 30 September 2026 only. \nBuy or rent Palestine Comedy Club here \nWatch the trailer:
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/stream-palestine-comedy-club-at-home/
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Counterpoints Productions,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260923T110000
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SUMMARY:Our Work in Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:On 23 September we’re gathering partners\, collaborators and friends for a day of impact sharing\, conversation\, thinking and celebration. Together\, we’ll explore how our mental health work at Counterpoints Arts has grown\, what we’ve learned\, what has challenged us\, and where we’re hoping to go next. \nWe’ll also be officially launching our Mental Health Framework\, a practical and values‑led manifesto that articulates Counterpoints’ approach to art\, migration and mental health.. It introduces the language we use\, the principles that shape our practice\, and how we evaluate our work. \nThe day will consist of (hopefully good) conversations\, workshops\, performances and shared food\, creating space for reflecting and collective imagining. \nThis is an invite‑only event\, but if you would like to attend\, please email maren@counterpoints.org.uk \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-work-in-mental-health/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Common Ground CHWA Conference 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Culture\, Health and Wellbeing Alliance conference will run from 7-9 October 2026 at Barnsley Civic \nOur opening speakers and panel chairs will help us explore the ‘edges’ of creative health – how it relates to healthcare systems\, planetary health\, the economy\, and shifting cultures. \nThe conference is an opportunity for the creative health sector to come together for nourishment\, knowledge and support. The theme for 2026 is Common Ground and we will be learning from people in our own and related fields about how we can come together to effect deep and much-needed systemic change. \nOur Arts\, Displacement and Mental health Producer Maren Ellermann will be speaking on the Whose Culture\, Whose Health Panel – Cultures on the Move on Friday 9 October.  On the same day\, she will also be delivering a workshop: Hate and Toxicity: Practical Responses and Approaches\, alongside Nzinga Mascall. \n\nBook your tickets here\, including in-person and digital\nApply for one of 10 bursary spaces (deadline 10am\, Monday 7 September)\nApply to volunteer at the conference (deadline 5pm\, Monday 7 September)\n\nOther speakers include:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThahmina Begum\, Artist-Researcher and Art Psychotherapist | Helen Chatterjee\, Professor\, Human & Ecological Health\, UCL |  Prof Kevin Fenton\, Regional Public Health Director\, Department of Health and Social Care | Darren Henley\, Chief Executive of Arts Council England | Hollie Smith-Charles\, Director\, Creative Health & Change Lead\, Arts Council England \nFor a full list of creative and inspiring panelists\, artists\, performers and workshops facilitators\, see the programme here. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/common-ground-chwa-conference-2026/
LOCATION:Barnsley Civic\, 46 Eldon St\, Barnsley\, S70 2JL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Mental Health
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SUMMARY:One Song at Fabrica
DESCRIPTION:One Song is an audio-visual installation and community archive by artist Kadir Karababa. The exhibition explores how music carries memory\, identity and a sense of home across borders.\nBegun in 2022\, this touring project comes to Fabrica in Brighton\, bringing together songs and stories contributed by women with personal experience of migration or seeking sanctuary. Built through participation and shared experience\, this iteration of the exhibition was developed with members of the Brighton community. \nEach participant is invited to share a song that transports them to the place they first called home. These songs form the heart of the installation\, bringing together individual memories to create a collective portrait of migration\, belonging and home. \nThe project is inspired by the artist’s own family history of migration from South East Turkey to London\, and by an interest in how songs travel across borders while remaining rooted in the places where they were first sung. \nThe songs featured in this exhibition are deeply personal\, connected to family\, language and everyday life\, and carried across time and distance. For many contributors\, singing becomes a way of reconnecting with places\, people and experiences that are no longer physically present. \nTogether\, these voices create a shared space for listening and reflection. While each story remains unique\, common themes of movement\, belonging\, loss and connection emerge through the music. \nPerformed in their original languages and accompanied by English subtitles\, the songs speak beyond translation. Through voice\, melody and emotion\, visitors are invited to connect with the lived experiences at the heart of the exhibition\, engaging not only with the lyrics but with the universal feelings carried within the music. \nBy bringing these stories together\, One Song creates space for voices that are often unheard\, offering a powerful way of understanding migration through memory\, music and lived experience. \nOne Song was originally commissioned by Counterpoints Arts. This iteration has been supported by Arts Council England and Counterpoints Arts. To view the archive of songs that make up One Song and to read more about work visit onesong.co.uk \nFree entry\, no booking required \nOpening Times:\nTuesdays 1 – 5pm\nWednesday – Sunday 12 – 6pm\n(closed Mondays) \nAbout The Artist \nKadir Karababa is a British-Turkish artist whose practice explores identity\, memory and belonging through personal and collective experience. Working across painting\, sculpture\, installation and socially engaged practice\, his work draws on his lived experience as a working-class\, queer artist navigating multiple identities. \nOne Song website
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/one-song-at-fabrica/
LOCATION:Fabrica\, 40 Duke Street\, Brighton\, BN1 1AG
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:(Failing to Make) A Documentary About My Sudanese Family
DESCRIPTION:A new short documentary by Sid Elbadawi: A filmmaker sets out to document a trip with his Sudanese family in the shadow of the civil war\, but finds the process undoing the film itself.\n(Failing to Make) A Documentary About My Sudanese Family will premiere at BFI London Film Festival on 13 and 17 October 2026 as part of a programme called Altered States “Altered Fractured memories and uncertain fates are examined in shorts featuring our unshakeable resolve.” \n-Tuesday 13 October 2026 17:50 Vue West End\, EPIC 1\n-Saturday 17 October 2026 14:50 BFI Southbank\, Screen NFT2 \nTickets on sale from Thursday 17 September 2026 10:00 \nFull details and booking \nPost production on the film was supported by Counterpoints Productions.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/failing-to-make-a-documentary-about-my-sudanese-family/2026-10-13/
CATEGORIES:Counterpoints Productions,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261017T145000
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SUMMARY:(Failing to Make) A Documentary About My Sudanese Family
DESCRIPTION:A new short documentary by Sid Elbadawi: A filmmaker sets out to document a trip with his Sudanese family in the shadow of the civil war\, but finds the process undoing the film itself.\n(Failing to Make) A Documentary About My Sudanese Family will premiere at BFI London Film Festival on 13 and 17 October 2026 as part of a programme called Altered States “Altered Fractured memories and uncertain fates are examined in shorts featuring our unshakeable resolve.” \n-Tuesday 13 October 2026 17:50 Vue West End\, EPIC 1\n-Saturday 17 October 2026 14:50 BFI Southbank\, Screen NFT2 \nTickets on sale from Thursday 17 September 2026 10:00 \nFull details and booking \nPost production on the film was supported by Counterpoints Productions.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/failing-to-make-a-documentary-about-my-sudanese-family/2026-10-17/
CATEGORIES:Counterpoints Productions,Film
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261021T180000
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SUMMARY:Movement\, Wellbeing & Social Change
DESCRIPTION:A free gathering presented by CASA and Counterpoints Arts \nArtists. Dancers. Funders. Culture workers. An evening where titles take a back seat and people meet as people first. \nThrough performances\, conversations\, movement and shared experiences\, this gathering creates space for new collaborations\, unexpected encounters and conversations about how movement can transform not only artistic practice but the ways we care for ourselves and each other. \nFull details and booking \nPresented as part of Lines of Flight\, CASA’s year-round multi-arts programme at Brixton House: \nAcross exhibitions\, art residencies\, dance\, performance and celebration\, Lines of Flight invites us to slow down and attend to forms of knowledge and ways of living that often remain at the margins: relationships with landscapes\, rituals\, ancestral memory\, the body and more-than-human life\, alongside practices of rest\, grief\, joy and collective celebration.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/movement-wellbeing-social-change/
LOCATION:Brixton House\, 385 Coldharbour Lane\, Brixton\, London\, SW9 8GL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dance,Mental Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261025T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20261025T123000
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SUMMARY:Movement & Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Presented by CASA and Counterpoints Arts \nA participatory workshop for artists\, activists and culture workers about how movement can support wellbeing. We will explore the impact of movement on our mental health and create a shared vocabulary of movement-based wellbeing practices and practical tools for facilitation and creation. \nFull details and free booking \nPresented as part of Lines of Flight\, CASA’s year-round multi-arts programme at Brixton House: \nAcross exhibitions\, art residencies\, dance\, performance and celebration\, Lines of Flight invites us to slow down and attend to forms of knowledge and ways of living that often remain at the margins: relationships with landscapes\, rituals\, ancestral memory\, the body and more-than-human life\, alongside practices of rest\, grief\, joy and collective celebration.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/movement-mental-health/
LOCATION:Brixton House\, 385 Coldharbour Lane\, Brixton\, London\, SW9 8GL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dance,Mental Health
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20261121T110000
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SUMMARY:Leading with Joy
DESCRIPTION:Presented by CASA\, Counterpoints Arts and Hopeful Mess. \nCan joy change the way we lead? Join us in this session blending movement\, storytelling and collective imagination. You will leave energised\, connected and equipped with movement-led tools for leading teams\, communities and creative projects with joy at the centre. \nFull details and booking \nPresented as part of Lines of Flight\, CASA’s year-round multi-arts programme at Brixton House:
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/leading-with-joy/
LOCATION:Brixton House\, 385 Coldharbour Lane\, Brixton\, London\, SW9 8GL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Dance,Mental Health
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