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SUMMARY:Ellipsis: An Audio Walking Tour in Swindon
DESCRIPTION:Belén L.Yáñez will be bringing her audio walking tour Ellipsis to Swindon. Co-created with local communities\, Ellipsis encourages you to reconnect with your local area and observe something new and unexpected in the everyday.  \nJoin us in Swindon for a free and interactive audio walking tour experience suitable for all ages. Guided by a performer for 60 minutes you will be invited to rediscover and interact with your local area. Explore familiar places from a different perspective and blur the real with the imagined. \nMultiple dates and times in Swindon on Friday 20 October\, 3.30PM and Saturday 21 October\, 11AM and 3PM. Book your free tickets via Eventbrite. \nFunded by National Lottery through Arts Council England \nCo-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts \nSupported by Arts University Plymouth & Prime Theatre \nImage credit: Collage by Belén L.Yáñez \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/ellipsis-an-audio-walking-tour-in-swindon/
LOCATION:STEAM – Museum of the Great Western Railway\, Fire Fly Avenue\, Swindon\, SN2 2TA\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio,Community & Participation,Performance & Dance,Platforma
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SUMMARY:Ellipsis: An Audio Walking Tour (Plymouth)
DESCRIPTION:Belén L.Yáñez will be bringing her audio walking tour Ellipsis to Plymouth. Co-created with local communities\, Ellipsis encourages you to reconnect with your local area and observe something new and unexpected in the everyday.  \nJoin us for a free and interactive audio walking tour experience suitable for all ages. Guided by a performer for 60 minutes you will be invited to rediscover and interact with your local area. Explore familiar places from a different perspective and blur the real with the imagined. \nMultiple dates and times in Plymouth on Friday 6 October\, 4.30PM and Saturday 7 October\, 11AM and 4.30PM. \nFunded by National Lottery through Arts Council England. \nCo-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts \nSupported by Arts University Plymouth & Prime Theatre \nImage credit: Collage by Belén L.Yáñez \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/ellipsis-an-audio-walking-tour-in-plymouth/
LOCATION:Plymouth Random Art Corner\, 30 Union Street\, Plymouth\, PL1 3EX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio,Community & Participation,Performance & Dance,Platforma
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230625T160000
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SUMMARY:Migrant Futurism: Angela Camacho
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Radical Ecology\, Angela Camacho will perform a Future Ancestors Ritual to conclude an afternoon’s programme on Migrant Futurism\, including a panel on the Kenmure Street Protest of May 2021 and a keynote talk by decolonial activist and theorist Francoise Verges. \nAngela Camacho aka @thebonitachola is a London-based community organiser and domestic worker who fights for the rights of indigenous and Latinx communities and works to amplify the struggles of indigenous\, trans and womxn activists in the global south. \nHer practice is guided by the principle of becoming a good ancestor.  \nThis event is part of Refugee Week\, and launching Migrant Futurism\, a long-term curatorial strand of research and public programming led by Radical Ecology and in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts and the Southbank Centre\, that interrogates cultural strategies\, in the context of displacement\, for the imagination of just and sustainable futures. \nThis event is part of the launch of ‘Migrant Futurism’\, a long-term curatorial strand of research and public programming led by Radical Ecology\, in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts and the Southbank Centre. \n‘Migrant Futurism’ interrogates cultural strategies\, in the context of displacement\, for the imagination of just and sustainable futures. \nFree event.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/migrant-futurism-angela-camacho/
LOCATION:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:V&A Friday Late: On The Verge
DESCRIPTION:This Friday Late features a programme curated by BLM Fest\, commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and the V&A during Refugee Week 2022. BLM Fest was founded by Kayza Rose\, and is a celebration of Black lives. BLM Fest is an invitation for everyone to take part and an exciting model of cultural production that fairly compensates Black people for their ideas\, time and labour. \nMasculinity does not exist\, only masculinities. Identity doesn’t exist\, only identities. We live in a promising world of gender expression and exploration\, where how you define yourself can take on multiple forms. In this plural world\, On the Verge explores the tipping point\, highlighting the artists\, designers\, and performers\, questioning the norms of masculine and feminine identity and the possibilities to come. Let a thousand genders bloom. \n\n@blmfest \n\n\nAll events are free\, and places are designated on a first-come-first-serve basis unless stated otherwise. Filming and photography will take place at this event. If you have any access requirements\, please let us know in advance by emailing disability@vam.ac.uk \n\nPlease note\, if the V&A reaches capacity\, it will allow access on a one-in\, one-out basis.\n\n\n\n\nFull Friday Late  programme and map of the Museum is HERE. BLM Fest x Counterpoints programme:\n\n\n\n\nBlack Queer History (B)\n\n\nPoetry Workshop \nEurope 1600–1815 Galleries \nThe Salon\, Room 4 \n18.45\, 19.45\, 20.45\, drop in \nPoet\, educator\, cultural curator and activist\, PJ Samuels leads  this workshop where you’ll work together to interrogate issues of autonomy\, race\, gender\, patriarchy and identity and explore belonging. Originally from Jamaica\, she is passionately vocal about human rights\, mental wellness\, stigmatisation and inequalities. PJ Samuels founded ‘Weather the Storm’\, an LGBTI Refugee peer support group she started in 2015. \n@pjsamuelspoet \n  \nA Taste of London Ballroom (C) \nThe Raphael Cartoons\, \nRoom 48a \nTalk at 19.15\, Workshop at 19.45\, \nPerformance at 20.45 \nA 3-part dip into Ballroom and the art of Voguing hosted by Kayza Rose. Delve into the living roots of UK Ballroom with a history lesson by London’s OG Harliyana 007. Then let your body do the talking as Pop-Dip-Spin extraordinaire Bronze 007 teaches a beginner’s voguing workshop. Followed by a performance by Tiffany 007\, aka The Banji C*nt (She/They)\, and Bronze 007. \n@kayza_rose \n@swarovskibae_ \n@tiffany.the.mannequin \n@groingthroughit \n  \nScreening of VISIBLE and Panel Discussion (E) \nHochhauser Auditorium\, \nSackler Centre for arts education \n18.30\, 19.00\, 19.30\, 20.00\, 21.00 \nPanel discussion at 20.30 \nFilm duration: 20 minutes \nVISIBLE\, directed by Campbell X and produced by Kayza Rose\, challenges common misconceptions about LGBTQI+ Black and People of Colour. The film calls upon inspirational ancestors\, contemporary artists and activists working to challenge mainstream perceptions and the sanitisation of LGBTQI+ legacies. At 20.30\, hear from founding director of Mzz Kimberley’s LIFE\, Kim Tatum; writer and performer Keith Jarrett; and international athlete and advocate for diversity and inclusion\, Corinne Humphreys in a panel discussion chaired by Kayza Rose\, founding Director of BLM Fest. \n@campbellx \n@kayza_rose \n@keithjlondon \n@cdhumphreys \n@mzzkimberley \n  \nMemoirs of a Masculine Man (G) \nThe John Madejski Garden \nDurational performance throughout the evening Rwandese born\, British movement-based artist\, Ishimwa Muhimanyi delivers a site-specific performance in the central garden of the museum. For Ishimwa\, masculinity is synonymous with fragility. Ishimwa’s work will explore the cracks in the masculine. Butt cracks\, emotional cracks\, spiritual cracks\, and temperamental cracks. Using movement\, fashion and furniture\, Ishimwa will take you on a journey of a man. \n@ishimwa \n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/friday-late/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Film and Photography,Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:I'd search forever\, I want to remember
DESCRIPTION:A project by Tamara Al-Mashouk \nAn all day multidisciplinary exhibition at a disused citadel in Dover featuring performance\, workshops guided tours and food. \nJoin us for a day in which Tamara Al-Mashouk and collaborators take over a disused Citadel exhibiting a wave machine + sound score\, a three-channel film and a photographic series. \nSet in a fortress built in the 1700s on the cliffs of Dover\, the day-long programme features a dance performance\, workshops and food. The day culminates with an audience-participatory performance that makes space for collective remembering. \nThe work presented is the result of a gathering of artists thinking and organising together. Manon Schwich\, Sami El-Enany\, Parker Heyl\, Angus Frost\, Lorella Bianco and Fadi Giha join Al-Mashouk in considering sites of solace within embodied experiences of hyper-politicisation. \nI’d search forever\, I want to remember is the culmination of a body of work that began in 2018 with a 10.5 hour durational performance by Al-Mashouk called Can you die if you don’t exist? where she read the names of 34\,361 refugees who died on their way to Europe off The List (published by The Guardian\, 2018). The performance was for Deeplab and commissioned by Mediale. \nI’d search forever\, I want to remember is in commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Arts Council England and co-commissioned by Shubbak Festival. \nIn partnership with: Dover Arts Development\, The Citadel\, Refugee Week\, Samphire\, Future Foundry and SENSE. \nPRESS RELEASE_I’d search forever\, I want to remember
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/id-search-forever-i-want-to-remember/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Performance & Dance,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221013T200000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221013T220000
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SUMMARY:About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase: South West Edition
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Counterpoints Arts and Dartington Trust\, and curated by artist and producer AWATE\, the About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase: South West Edition is a sharing and networking event for creatives based across the South West.  \nThe About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase is curated and initiated by AWATE\, inspired by a similar platform developed by TekstLab (Oslo)\, and developed by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Southbank Centre. It was created as a safe space to uplift and connect artistic experimenters that identify as Black\, POC\, and/or with lived experience of migration or displacement. The South West Edition is a public event held as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Pop Culture & Social Change Retreat at Dartington Hall (12-14 October)\, bringing together a group of 50 change-making entertainment producers\, artists\, cultural innovators\, activists and philanthropists committing to building long-term narrative power for Black\, POC\, migrant and refugee communities.  \nEach commissioned artist performs or presents one piece of work to a public audience\, including creative peers. After each performance\, the artists and audience will discuss any shared or contrasting themes\, talk about craft\, as well as networking and industry advice.  \nArtists may include writers\, musicians\, dancers\, filmmakers\, designers\, architects (or anything between!). Previous showcases have included comedians\, screenwriters\, folk singers and performance art.  \nWhether or not you are an artist\, everyone is invited to join us for an inspiring and interactive evening! \nIf you are an artist or creative interested in showcasing your work\, you can apply here by midnight 2nd October. All selected artists receive a fee plus travel expenses.  \nDetails\n\nThursday\, 13th October\, 8-10pm\nDartington’s’ Great Hall\, Totnes\, Devon TQ9 6EL\nPay what you can (suggested £5-10)\nAges 16+\, wheelchair accessible (for further accessibility requirements\, email boxoffice@dartington.org)\n\nBOOK ONLINE VIA DARTINGTON TRUST \n// \nAWATE is a visionary rapper and producer from Eritrea. Raised in Camden\, his mix of vintage sounds provided by collaborator\, Turkish Dcypha\, and intricate lyrics with triumphantly psychedelic melodies have had acclaim from Complex\, Noisey and Spotify. \nCounterpoints Arts is a leading UK organisation in the field of arts\, migration and cultural change. It’s mission is to support and produce the arts by and about migrants and refugees\, seeking to ensure that their contributions are recognized and welcomed within British arts\, history and culture. The Pop Culture and Social Change Retreat 2022 is produced through it’s PopChange Initiative\, exploring how to harness entertainment to shift narratives about migration and displacement. \nDartington Trust\, founded in 1925\, is a thriving visitor destination and charity supporting learning in arts\, ecology and social justice\, set on a beautiful 1\,200 acre estate in the South Devon countryside. Throughout its history it has drawn leading artists and thinkers including Bernard Leach\, composer Igor Stravinsky\, cellist Jacqueline du Pre\, musician Ravi Shankar\, playwright Bernard Shaw and environmental activist Vandana Shiva.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-south-west-edition/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Music,Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:Dance with Little Amal
DESCRIPTION:At a free event on our terrace\, meet and dance with not-so-little puppet Little Amal\, who has travelled from her home in Syria\, raising awareness for refugees.\n  \nShe loves to dance. In fact\, she’s danced with thousands of children across her 8\,000km journey from Syria to her new home in the UK. \nNow\, a year after leaving Syria\, Amal visits the Southbank Centre to meet new friends Dance for Refuge and other guest artists. \nTogether\, they dance in celebration of hope\, resilience\, and solidarity for refugee children just like Amal. Come and dance with them. \nThe Walk: Dance With Amal is presented by The Walk Productions in association with Handspring Puppet Company and Good Chance Theatre. \n  \nFree. Approximate run time: 60 mins.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/dance-with-little-amal/
LOCATION:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210620T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210620T120000
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SUMMARY:The Body As Data : Uninvited
DESCRIPTION:Live performance by Tom Tegento at Margate beach. Created by Sidonie Carie-Green and Tom Tegento. \nThis site specific performance follows the shifting identity of a refugee living in Kent – exploring his embodied practice as an uninvited guest into loaded political and coastal spaces. \nThis performance will begin at the Nayland Rock Shelter\, moving across the beach and finally up to the Turner Contemporary. \nThere will also be a livestream. See: https://www.thebodyasdataproject.com/events-2
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-body-as-data-uninvited/
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701
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SUMMARY:A Creeper\, Me & A Dead Bird
DESCRIPTION:A Creeper\, Me & A Dead Bird is a meditation on freedom\, repression\, and hope. \nA new performance piece by artist Kajoli Iloyak. \nWhen the Ivy does not find its tower. When the delicate creeper does not find a strong wall. Do we know how parasite plants can grow but can’t prosper? \nA woman should never be insecure. Should never be struggling financially\, spiritually\, emotionally. Should never rely on others. \nA dead bird doesn’t necessarily portend physical death\, but metaphorical death. This dead bird marks the end of your search and struggle. A new beginning is just around the corner. More specifically\, it symbolizes the end of something and the start of something else. \nTo watch the performance head to Counterpoints Arts Vimeo. Launch 10am on 14th June\, the start of Refugee Week. It will be available to watch to the end of the month. \nFilmed and produced by Manuel Vason. \nFor ages 16+
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/a-creeper-me-a-dead-bird/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography,Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:Lucky Moyo | Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:We are incredibly proud to be highlighting the work of Lucky Moyo this Black History Month. Lucky has been a part of our Platforma Arts network for many years\, performing and collaborating as part of Festivals and participatory workshops. He is also one of the key artists in our work in the region of Kent. \nLucky will be performing a live music and storytelling set on our Facebook\, reflecting on his cultural and music heritage\, with stories that come across the borders. Tune in this Wednesday from 7:30pm. Lucky will be accompanied by musician Kenny Moyo. \nLucky’s artists profile is published on our Traces Project\, head over there to find our more about this versatile and experienced artist. \nA little more about Lucky: \nApart from being a singer and storyteller he is also a drummer\, dancer  and arts facilitator working with participants of all ages but often focusing on work in schools.\n\nLucky has truly international experiences\, having lived and worked in well over 45 countries. He’s played his music around the world in venues such as the Opera de Paris\, JF Kennedy Centre in Washington DC to wide audiences including people like the late global icon Nelson Mandela and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.\n\nLucky a passion though has always been in doing work in small rural schools\, village community halls\, prisons\, school and immigration centres where he says the arts make a difference.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/lucky-moyo-black-history-month/
CATEGORIES:Music,Performance & Dance
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190623T000000
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: 'As Far As Isolation Goes' at Southbank Centre
DESCRIPTION:23 June\, Southbank Centre\, London. \nFree event \nExperience ‘As Far As Isolation Goes’ this Refugee Week. \nThe piece is a collaboration between live artist Tania El Khoury and musician and street artist Basel Zaraa. The incredibly moving piece is built on their previous collaboration entitled ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’ in which El Khoury commissioned Zaraa to record a rap song inspired by the journey his sisters made from Damascus to Sweden. In ‘As Far As Isolation Goes’\, Zaraa and Tania worked together to create another iteration of their previous piece focused on mental and physical health experiences of refugees in the United Kingdom. Zaraa created a song inspired by conversations with friends and colleagues who have recently claimed refuge in UK. ‘As Far As Isolation Goes’ uses touch\, sound\, and interactivity to bring audience members in contact with those faced with inhumane detention centres and a mental health system that disregard their political and emotional contexts. \nSong Conception: Basel Zaraa \nMusic Production: Peter Churchill \nVocals and Lyrics: Jazzar & Shamma Iqbal \nWall Writing: Steaz \nWork commissioned by the Sick of the Fringe 2019. It was installed as part of our Who Are We? project at Tate Exchange. \nTania El Khoury is a live artist creating installations and performances focused on audience interactivity and concerned with the ethical and political potential of such encounters. Her work has been translated and presented in multiple languages in 32 countries across six continents\, in spaces ranging from museums to cable cars to the Mediterranean Sea. She is She is a 2019 Soros Art Fellow and the recipient of the 2017 International Live Art Prize and the 2011 Total Theatre Innovation Award and Arches Brick Award. Tania is currently a visiting assistant professor and festival co-curator at Bard College’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. She is affiliated with Forest Fringe and is the co-founder of the research and performance collective Dictaphone Group. She holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway. In 2018\, a survey of her work entitled ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury took place in Philadelphia. \nBasel Zaraa is a spoken word artist and percussionist who writes on themes of exile and resistance. He has collaborated with a wide range of international artists including Akala\, Guildhall youth project (Im)possibilities\, Palestinian hip-hop group Katibeh Khamseh\, Arabic fusion band Raast and funk band Shokunin. He is part of the cast of PsycheDELIGHT’s ‘Borderline’ satire about the Calais camp\, in which he performs original music and DIY sound effects. He is also a visual and stencil graffiti artist and is currently touring with Tania El Khoury’s ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/as-far-as-isolation-goes-at-southbank-centre/
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190621T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190621T000000
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: 'As Far As Isolation Goes' at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-8pm \n22 June\, 11am – 4pm \nFree event \nDuring the V&A Special Late opening on the 21st and throughout the day on 22nd June\, we present this second iteration of the collaboration between the two artists\, in collaboration with the V&A. \n‘As Far As Isolation Goes’ is a collaboration between live artist Tania El Khoury and musician and street artist Basel Zaraa. The incredibly moving piece is built on their previous collaboration entitled ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’ in which El Khoury commissioned Zaraa to record a rap song inspired by the journey his sisters made from Damascus to Sweden. In ‘As Far As Isolation Goes’\, Zaraa and Tania worked together to create another iteration of their previous piece focused on mental and physical health experiences of refugees in the United Kingdom. Zaraa created a song inspired by conversations with friends and colleagues who have recently claimed refuge in UK. ‘As Far As Isolation Goes’ uses touch\, sound\, and interactivity to bring audience members in contact with those faced with inhumane detention centres and a mental health system that disregard their political and emotional contexts. \nSong Conception: Basel Zaraa \nMusic Production: Peter Churchill \nVocals and Lyrics: Jazzar & Shamma Iqbal \nWall Writing: Steaz \nWork commissioned by the Sick of the Fringe 2019. It was installed as part of our Who Are We? project at Tate Exchange. \nTania El Khoury is a live artist creating installations and performances focused on audience interactivity and concerned with the ethical and political potential of such encounters. Her work has been translated and presented in multiple languages in 32 countries across six continents\, in spaces ranging from museums to cable cars to the Mediterranean Sea. She is She is a 2019 Soros Art Fellow and the recipient of the 2017 International Live Art Prize and the 2011 Total Theatre Innovation Award and Arches Brick Award. Tania is currently a visiting assistant professor and festival co-curator at Bard College’s Fisher Center for the Performing Arts. She is affiliated with Forest Fringe and is the co-founder of the research and performance collective Dictaphone Group. She holds a PhD in Theatre Studies from Royal Holloway. In 2018\, a survey of her work entitled ear-whispered: works by Tania El Khoury took place in Philadelphia. \nBasel Zaraa is a spoken word artist and percussionist who writes on themes of exile and resistance. He has collaborated with a wide range of international artists including Akala\, Guildhall youth project (Im)possibilities\, Palestinian hip-hop group Katibeh Khamseh\, Arabic fusion band Raast and funk band Shokunin. He is part of the cast of PsycheDELIGHT’s ‘Borderline’ satire about the Calais camp\, in which he performs original music and DIY sound effects. He is also a visual and stencil graffiti artist and is currently touring with Tania El Khoury’s ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/as-far-as-isolation-goes-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:Special Refugee Week 2019 Tour of the V&A Collections
DESCRIPTION:A special tour of the V&A and parts of its Collection with artists Ania Bas and Daniela Nofal \nThis unique tour of the V&A Museum is curated to combine an exploration of significant objects in the Museum’s Collections with performance and interactive moments. \nMeet at the Grand Entrance\, next to the Refugee Week Portraits screen\, and visit stops in the Museum’s galleries where you will hear about the connections between migration and displacement with the objects in the Collection. \nThe tours last an hour\, starting at 12:45pm\, 14:15pm and 15:45pm. Book here. \nImage of Play For Progress\, Refugee Week 2018\, by Marcia Chandra. \n  \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/special-refugee-week-2019-tour-of-the-va-collections/
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:Borderline: A Comedy about a Tragedy
DESCRIPTION:As part of Refugee Week at Southbank Centre\, witness a satire on Calais Jungle devised by an ensemble of European and refugee performers\, across the two dates. \nPSYCHEdelight presents Borderline\, a satire on the Calais Jungle directed by Sophie Besse.\n\n\n\n\nBorn from a year of workshops Besse conducted in Calais\, Borderline was created in collaboration with clown Frank Wurzinger and an ensemble of European performers and refugees from Syria\, Sudan\, Afghanistan and Palestine. \n‘High comedy amidst the poignance. Powerful. Important’ (The Huffington Post) \nTickets are likely to sell out quickly for this popular performance\, each followed by a 30-minute Q&A session.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/borderline-a-comedy-about-a-tragedy/
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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