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SUMMARY:The Table
DESCRIPTION:THE TABLE \nA new play written by Aisha Zia. \nA version for Platforma Festival directed by Suba Das\, with Musical Direction by Rob Green and Movement Direction by Miguel Hernando Torres Umba. \nWhat does it take to become a refugee\, migrant\, or asylum seeker today? \nDeveloped from real interviews with first-generation economic and war migrants in Bournemouth and Peterborough\, this bold new play is made to change. Every production of The Table is uniquely put together by each performance company using 40 scenes written by Scotsman Fringe First & Amnesty International Award-winning playwright\, Peterborough-born Aisha Zia\, and based on three years of research with migrant communities across the UK. \nThis production as part of Platforma Festival has been made by a company of three professional actor-musicians living in the UK and born in Turkey\, Iran and Zimbabwe. Directed by Suba Das (whose diverse credits include the world premiere production of Ravi Shankar’s only opera Sukanya for The Royal Opera House and London Philharmonic Orchestra)\, with musical direction by Rob Green(an Ivor Novello “In The Making” artist) and Movement Direction from Miguel Hernando Torres Umba (Rumble In The Jungle: Rematch\, Secret Cinema\, Terminal 1 @ Glastonbury); this version of The Table threads together deeply humane scenes about the challenging and joyous shared experiences of migrants in the UK with haunting folk music and songs from across the world. \nWriter: Aisha Zia \nDirector: Suba Das \nMusic Director and Composer: Rob Green \nMovement Director: Miguel Hernando Torres Umba \nStage Manager: Laura Whittle \nCast: Didem Atasoy\, Tara Fatehi\, Taku Mutero \nCasting: Jenkins McShane Casting CDG \nProducer: Matthew Schmolle for Matthew Schmolle Productions \nPresented by 62 Gladstone Street in partnership with Landmark Theatres. \nSupported by Counterpoints\, Arts Council England\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance and The Aziz Foundation.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-table/
LOCATION:Key Theatre\, Peterborough\, Embankment Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Penguin @ The Garage\, Norwich
DESCRIPTION:Performed and co-created by Hamzeh Al Hussien\, directed and co-created by Amy Golding. Presented in Cambridge as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.\nBooking link \nFull tour details \nSee also: Displaced\, Disabled & Dynamic – an online discussion featuring Hamzeh Al Hussien and Amy Golding discussing the experiences\, triumphs and challenges touring Penguin \nHere’s what you need to know.. \nI am Hamzeh. My favourite shisha flavour is double apple. I love dancing. \nHere’s what’s going to happen… \nThere will be loud music. A wedding. My first time on a plane. A lot of moonlight. This is the story of my life (so far). People have a lot of questions. The answer is\, \n“Yes. \nI can do anything.” \n \nFull of humour and beauty\, Hamzeh Al-Hussien’s extraordinary story takes you on a personal tour of the places he knows best: his village in the Syrian mountains\, Za’atari camp in Jordan\, Gateshead and inside his mind\, a place full of music\, dancing\, fantasies and marbles. Hamzeh invites the audience to be his childhood friends\, to hold up the moon to light his way into his dreams\, brushing the dust from his clothes…and taking the stage. \n“From dodging bombs to dancing in nightclubs\, Syrian theatre-maker Hamzeh Al Hussien enacts the story of his life.”\n★★★★ The Guardian \nCreative Team\nPerformed and co-created by Hamzeh Al Hussien \nDirected and co-created by Amy Golding \nDramaturg : Lindsay Rodden \nMovement Director : Nadia Iftkhar \nLighting and Creative Caption Designer : Simon Cole \nStage Manager : Andrea Scrimshaw \nAssistant Director/Translator : Olivia Furber /Yasmeen Ghawri \nSound design : Hamza Arnaout \nSet and costume design : Jida Akil \nCostume Superviser : Lou Duffy \n​Access\n​The show is captioned in both English and Arabic. \n​The set has 2 screens on stage – the English subtitles are on the left (as you look at the stage) the Arabic on the right. \nReviews and Feedback\n​The Scotsman **** “An extraordinary solo show” \n​The Observer **** “A genuine encounter” \n​The Guardian **** \n​The Stage **** “Uplifting tale of finding self-acceptance and joy” “Golding directs with a lightness of touch that never allows the piece to feel voyeuristic” \n​I Love Manchester **** “It is truly charming and an extremely wonderful reflection of a life touched and changed but not entirely uprooted by war.” \n​West End Best Friend **** “A joyous and uplifting story of hope in the face of adversity\, and of celebrating the individual”. \n​The Reviews Hub **** “A born storyteller\, Hamzeh effortlessly performs..the show brilliantly directed by Amy Golding combines moments of delightful comedy.. alongside chilling and harrowing moments”. \n​Theatre and Tonic **** “Hamzeh is a charismatic and engaging performer…The piece moved with pure ease on stage due to the capable direction of Amy Golding.” \n​Disability Arts Online “an extraordinary tale\, told with beautiful simplicity” \n​North East Theatre Guide “A wonderful piece of storytelling”. \n​North East Bylines “Hamzeh in Arabic means lion\, steadfast\, strong – and so he is.” \n​NARC Magazine “Hamzeh is charismatic and compelling\, and his enduring sense of optimism is so present in the writing and in his performance” \n​Live Theatre Young Reviewer “a triumph for modern theatre… This show leaves you feeling immensely privileged for having seen it. It’s radical\, it’s heart breaking\, it’s Penguin.” \nAwards\nHamzeh Al Hussien – North East Culture Awards 2023 \, Best Newcomer for PENGUIN
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/penguin-the-garage-norwich/
LOCATION:The Garage\, 14 Chapel Field North\, Norwich\, NR2 1NY\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Penguin @ Cambridge Junction
DESCRIPTION:Performed and co-created by Hamzeh Al Hussien\, directed and co-created by Amy Golding. Presented in Cambridge as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.\nBooking link \nFull tour details \nSee also: Displaced\, Disabled & Dynamic – an online discussion featuring Hamzeh Al Hussien and Amy Golding discussing the experiences\, triumphs and challenges touring Penguin \nHere’s what you need to know.. \nI am Hamzeh. My favourite shisha flavour is double apple. I love dancing. \nHere’s what’s going to happen… \nThere will be loud music. A wedding. My first time on a plane. A lot of moonlight. This is the story of my life (so far). People have a lot of questions. The answer is\, \n“Yes. \nI can do anything.” \n \nFull of humour and beauty\, Hamzeh Al-Hussien’s extraordinary story takes you on a personal tour of the places he knows best: his village in the Syrian mountains\, Za’atari camp in Jordan\, Gateshead and inside his mind\, a place full of music\, dancing\, fantasies and marbles. Hamzeh invites the audience to be his childhood friends\, to hold up the moon to light his way into his dreams\, brushing the dust from his clothes…and taking the stage. \n“From dodging bombs to dancing in nightclubs\, Syrian theatre-maker Hamzeh Al Hussien enacts the story of his life.”\n★★★★ The Guardian \nCreative Team\nPerformed and co-created by Hamzeh Al Hussien \nDirected and co-created by Amy Golding \nDramaturg : Lindsay Rodden \nMovement Director : Nadia Iftkhar \nLighting and Creative Caption Designer : Simon Cole \nStage Manager : Andrea Scrimshaw \nAssistant Director/Translator : Olivia Furber /Yasmeen Ghawri \nSound design : Hamza Arnaout \nSet and costume design : Jida Akil \nCostume Superviser : Lou Duffy \n​Access\n​The show is captioned in both English and Arabic. \n​The set has 2 screens on stage – the English subtitles are on the left (as you look at the stage) the Arabic on the right. \nReviews and Feedback\n​The Scotsman **** “An extraordinary solo show” \n​The Observer **** “A genuine encounter” \n​The Guardian **** \n​The Stage **** “Uplifting tale of finding self-acceptance and joy” “Golding directs with a lightness of touch that never allows the piece to feel voyeuristic” \n​I Love Manchester **** “It is truly charming and an extremely wonderful reflection of a life touched and changed but not entirely uprooted by war.” \n​West End Best Friend **** “A joyous and uplifting story of hope in the face of adversity\, and of celebrating the individual”. \n​The Reviews Hub **** “A born storyteller\, Hamzeh effortlessly performs..the show brilliantly directed by Amy Golding combines moments of delightful comedy.. alongside chilling and harrowing moments”. \n​Theatre and Tonic **** “Hamzeh is a charismatic and engaging performer…The piece moved with pure ease on stage due to the capable direction of Amy Golding.” \n​Disability Arts Online “an extraordinary tale\, told with beautiful simplicity” \n​North East Theatre Guide “A wonderful piece of storytelling”. \n​North East Bylines “Hamzeh in Arabic means lion\, steadfast\, strong – and so he is.” \n​NARC Magazine “Hamzeh is charismatic and compelling\, and his enduring sense of optimism is so present in the writing and in his performance” \n​Live Theatre Young Reviewer “a triumph for modern theatre… This show leaves you feeling immensely privileged for having seen it. It’s radical\, it’s heart breaking\, it’s Penguin.” \nAwards\nHamzeh Al Hussien – North East Culture Awards 2023 \, Best Newcomer for PENGUIN
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/penguin-cambridge-junction/
LOCATION:Cambridge Junction\, Clifton Way\, Cambridge\, CB1 7GX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Theatres of Sanctuary Away Day
DESCRIPTION:As part of our Platforma Festival 2025 across the East of England this October\, Counterpoints are partnering with City of Sanctuary to host an Away Day at Norwich Theatre for Theatres of Sanctuary across the country.\nSanctuary in Arts Awards celebrate the arts organisations who go above and beyond to welcome people seeking sanctuary. \nThe key criteria for the awards are: \n-Learn: find out what it means to be seeking sanctuary; and be actively involved in awareness raising. \n-Embed: take positive action to make welcome and inclusion part of the values of your organisation or community\, to support sanctuary seekers and refugees\, and to include them in your activities. \n-Share your vision and achievements: let others know about the positive contribution refugees make to our society and the benefits of a welcoming culture to everyone. \nFor this Away Day we are bringing together theatres and theatre companies who hold the Sanctuary Award to meet\, connect\, share practice and consider how best to work together. This event is by invitation only – if you are interested to know more\, please contact tom@counterpoints.org.uk \nWe are grateful to Norwich Theatre for hosting the event and for sharing some of their work. \nAgenda for the day (Venue: Norwich Theatre)\n12-1: Arrivals and lunch \n1.00 pm: Welcomes\, introductions and checking in on the current context for this work \n2 pm : Progression Routes for theatre makers from refugee and migrant background (presented by Norwich Theatre) \n2.25pm: Group discussions on progression routes. \n3pm: Tea break \n3.30: Building a bank of resources for the network: introduction and then group discussion \n4.30: What next? \n5pm: Close \n5.30pm: Performance “3 Migrant Women” by Norwich Theatre + Q&A (also open to the public) \n7.00pm: Close \nImage credit: Norwich Theatre / Donna Thompson
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/theatres-of-sanctuary-away-day/
LOCATION:Norwich Theatre\, Theatre St\, Norwich\, NR2 1RL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:The Canoe Race
DESCRIPTION:A collaboration between Storyteller Marion Leeper and artist Tonka Uzu.\nFull details and booking. Presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nLet storyteller Marion Leeper and illustrator Tonka Uzu take you on a timeless journey to a remote atoll in the Pacific ocean to meet Sky Mother and her nine splendid sons. What are they arguing about and how will they settle the quarrel? \nAs the brothers race across the water\, watch the pictures come alive on a big screen as Tonka draws in response to this story from the Marshall Islands. \nAnd then: what next?  Can you help tell the story of their next quest of finding their way safely to a new home? How would you solve the pressing real-world problems pictured in this centuries-old story? \nFor ages 4+ (based on interest of subject matter) but all welcome\nDuration: 40-60 minutes (Shows at 11.30am and 2pm) \nDigital live drawing meets the oral storytelling tradition in this engaging and thought-provoking audio-visual performance which will touch a chord in the heart of any adventurers in the audience. An event for adults and children with interactive elements to engage in together on equal terms.\n \nphoto credit: Francesca DB\nimage credit: Tonka Uzu\nnight sky photograph by Emilian Primov\nPleiades constellation photograph by Emilian Primov
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-canoe-race/
LOCATION:Cambridge Junction\, Clifton Way\, Cambridge\, CB1 7GX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Displaced\, Disabled & Dynamic
DESCRIPTION:An online event featuring Hamzeh Al Hussien and Amy Golding discussing the experiences\, triumphs and challenges touring their play Penguin (performed and co-created by\, directed and co-created by Amy) across the UK and internationally. \nPlus: Alia Alzougbi (CEO and Artistic Director\, Shubbak) and Matt Burman (Cambridge Junction) share their perspectives on the intersections of displacement\, disability and touring. \nFollowed by: online Q&A \nCommissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nBook a free place via Eventbrite \nAbout Penguin\nFull of humour and beauty\, Hamzeh Al-Hussien’s extraordinary story takes you on a personal tour of the places he knows best: his village in the Syrian mountains\, the Za’atari camp in Jordan\, Gateshead and inside his mind\, a place full of music\, dancing\, fantasies and marbles. Hamzeh invites the audience to be his childhood friends\, to hold up the moon to light his way into his dreams\, brushing the dust from his clothes…and taking the stage. \n“From dodging bombs to dancing in nightclubs\, Syrian theatre-maker Hamzeh Al Hussien enacts the story of his life”\n★★★★ The Guardian \nPenguin is touring to Cambridge (7-8 October) and Norwich (9 October) as part of Platforma. \nAbout the panel\nHamzeh Al Hussien was first introduced to performing during his six years in a refugee camp having been displaced from Syria\, where he trained with a Spanish NGO in physical theatre. He performed in various productions there and facilitated drama and theatre projects with disabled children in the camp. In 2018 he joined the Arriving project\, Curious Monkey’s ongoing creative project for people seeking sanctuary. He won “Best Newcomer” for Penguin in the North East Culture Awards 2023. \nAmy Golding is an artist\, activist\, facilitator and consultant. As an artist she makes theatre and works across art forms to create joyful pop-up experiences. Whilst completing a Clore Cultural Leadership Fellowship she founded Curious Monkey – a Theatre Company of Sanctuary that specialised in creating socially relevant productions\, for which it became a significant company in the north east and across the UK. Amy was Artistic Director & Joint CEO there for 12 years. She has now stepped into a new phase of her career as a freelance multidisciplinary artist. \nAlia Alzougbi is a Syrian-Lebanese disabled cultural strategist\, artist and facilitator working at the intersection of art and social and environmental justice. She is CEO and Artistic Director of Shubbak (meaning ‘window’ in Arabic) which supports and celebrates the diversity of Arab and South West Asian & North African (SWANA) artists’ creativity and innovation through its professional\, participatory and engagement programmes\, national touring and biennial multi-artform festival. Among Shubbak’s initiatives has been Sync Arabi\, a disabled leadership intensive residential for disabled cultural workers from the SWANA region in partnership with Sync Leadership and Art 2 Heart Palestine funded by British Council. \nMatt Burman has been Artistic Director and Chief Executive at Cambridge Junction since 2018. He previously worked as an Independent Producer and Programmer for clients including London International Festival of Theatre and Leeds City Council. Prior to that\, he held positions including Artistic Director at Yorkshire Festival\, Head of Programme at Warwick Arts Centre and Executive Producer at Norfolk & Norwich Festival. Among the initiatives at Cambridge Junction is Total Arts\, a fortnightly participation group for disabled young people aged 13-25.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/displaced-disabled-dynamic/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Refugee! by Aisha Zia
DESCRIPTION:An archive for future generations. \nCollect\, document\, what have you witnessed? \nRefugee! is a new political\, devised theatre piece written by Aisha Zia and the Company and is a work in development. Weaving together urgent\, important interviews\, conversations and real-life testimonies from the performers\, migrant\, refugee and sanctuary seeking communities. \nSet on an ancient burial ground\, where the UK is now a crime scene\, four characters in search of belonging. Under the rubble they find evidence of hope and humanity\, and our own government’s complicity to war crimes. \nKey Theatre (Peterborough) 15-17 August \nRoundabout @ Summerhall (Edinburgh): 22-24 August \nPerformed by: Elina Akhmetov\, Adi Detemo\, Sara Diab\, Alaa Shehada \nWriter Aisha Zia | Director Maisie Newman| Associate Director Neetu Singh | Composer & Sound Designer Ben Osborn & Jovana Backovic | Lighting Designer Gillian Tan| Set & Costume Designer Charlotte Henery | Choreographer Seke Chimutengwende | Voice Coach Gurkiran Kaur | Dramatherapist Wabriya King | Dramaturgical Consultant Grace Gummer | Stage Manager Jehan Rizqallah | Production Manager Carrie Croft | Associate Production Manager James Christensen | Costume Supervisor Delyth Evans | Artwork and Photography Kalpesh Lathigra | Creative Producers Nada Sabet & Marcus Berdaut | Communities Producer Anita Nayyar | Researcher Katie Dancey-Downs | Videographer Beatriz Sa | Marketing Rising Agency | PR SM Publicity \nProduced by 62 Gladstone Street in association with Landmark Theatres and co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts. Thanks to Arts Council England\, Metal Peterborough\, Refugee Week\, Paines Plough\, HighTide Theatre\, the Peggy Ramsay Foundation\, the Aziz Foundation and Necessity. \nWith thanks to all the community participants who took part in the development of the play in Peterborough and Bournemouth. With special thanks to Community partners supporting migrants & refugees in Peterborough; H.E.L.P\, GLADCA and SOS.LT. And in Bournemouth; The Lighthouse Foundation.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-by-aisha-zia/
LOCATION:Key Theatre\, Peterborough\, Embankment Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Didi and Gogo are Waiting
DESCRIPTION:To mark London Refugee Week\, join us at the Yorkton Workshops for Zhvan Theatre’s unique performance of ‘Didi and Gogo are Waiting’. The production  uses the idea of a pair of refugees starting to perform the famous Samuel Beckett’s  play ‘Waiting for Godot’\, but then allowing their own experiences to take over\, perhaps allowing them to discover who Godot really is! With one member of the cast suddenly sent to the Bibby Stockholm\, the rehearsal process has had its struggles\, but a combination of rehearsing by phone\, plus a couple of trips to Dorset\, they  have kept things moving  to present to you their riveting production. \nAbout Zhvan Theatre and the play: \nIn February 2022\, Chris Walters began teaching a weekly Drama class for asylum-seekers living at the Holiday Inn in Wembley\, as well as two neighbouring hotels.  From this\, a theatre company was formed\, called Zhvan Theatre Company (zhvan is a Kurdish word\, meaning beautiful.) Since then\, they have presented three productions: a low-key performance in the hotel of two folk tales;  ‘No Waiting’\, a play combining comic sketches about the experience of waiting\, alongside scenes which described the life of the asylum-seeker. This production was  presented at the Beck Theatre in Hayes\, as well as Kensal Rise library. They also performed ‘Journeys’\, a play about the different experiences of three different people seeking asylum in England\, based on their own experiences\, at the Migrant Connections festival in Streatham.  \nThe Drama classes at the Holiday Inn always depended upon who would turn up.  Sometimes\, there was a mere handful\, sometimes twenty or more.  Sometimes there would be people who were fluent in English\, sometimes there were people with none\, most often it was a mixture of the two. It was impossible to know in advance who would be there\, so it did require a certain nimbleness. \nGradually\, however\, a core group became regulars\, and at least it was possible to explore ideas for theatre.  By the time of ‘No Waiting’ in 2023\, Zhvn Theatre  had a solid core of about a dozen performers.  But the life of the asylum-seeker is random and chaotic\, and shortly after that various members left to be relocated\, to begin college courses\, to get on with their lives which was always the hope and aspiration. \nBut with numbers low\, Walters started to look at scenes from ‘Waiting For Godot’\, a play that seemed particularly relevant to the experience of the asylum-seeker: waiting from day to day\, each one much the same as the one before\, with no clear idea as to when it might end\, just a vague hope. \nA production of the whole play would never be viable. Apart from anything else\, the actors had English as a second language\, so the task had to be made manageable.  But they also started to see other possibilities\, to have the performers comment on the action\, to introduce aspects of physical theatre. Then they can possibly unlock the mystery of who Godot actually was. \nThis event is also made possible with the support of Care4Calais where Chris Walters also volunteers. \nImage Credit: Zhvan Theatre
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/didi-and-gogo-are-waiting/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Mohand & Peter on tour
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to continue our long-standing partnership with PSYCHEdelight theatre company in support of the national tour of their latest play Mohand & Peter\, recently seen at our Platforma festival.\nA backflip in time\, a quick hop back home: with humour and visual poetry Mohand & Peter will take you on a road trip through Sudan. The two brave clowns bounce on one of the toughest international news of the decade and fight horror with laughter to build a magnificent pedestal for Mohand’s home country. \n“Every day for the past 5 years since we created Borderline\, I witnessed how much my cast miss their homes. I saw pictures of beautiful lakes\, mountains\, and ancient buildings; Videos of family gatherings\, birthdays\, and silly cats. I Facetimed brothers\, sisters\, but also nieces and nephews. Those kids that we spoil at weekends but that the people I work with have never held in their arms because they are not allowed to go back. Not for a wedding\, not for a funeral\, never. Their country is not just a war zone or a Talibans’ nest\, it’s their homes. With Mohand & Peter\, we aim to celebrate them.” \nSophie Bertrand Besse\, Director \nThe Star Sheffield ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: “Magical and magnificent show. Charming\, funny and clever.” ​ \nCentre Stage Reviews ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐: “Tonight I laughed\, I learnt\, I travelled.” ​ \nEverything Theatre ⭐⭐⭐⭐: “A glorious celebration of Sudan\, and the magic of friendship across cultures” ​ \nThere Ought to Be Clowns: “Beautiful in both its poetic and physical language\, Mohand & Peter is a triumph”. ​ \nTOUR DATES\n17 Feb – Old Fire Station – (OXFORD) \n23 Feb – Portesham (DORSET) \n24 Feb – Hallstock (DORSET) \n28-29 Feb – The Cockpit (LONDON) \n2 March – Northern Stage (NEWCASTLE) \n6-7 March – Manchester University \n13 June – Home (MANCHESTER) \n14 June – Home (MANCHESTER) \n15 June – MAC (BIRMINGHAM) \n16 June – MAC (BIRMINGHAM)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mohand-peter-2/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Trigger and Maison Foo : theatre\, food and a culture of belonging (online)
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Platforma festival 2023\, theatre companies Trigger and Maison Foo share their experiences of working with food and hospitality to engage with asylum seekers and help change narratives around displacement. \nA free online event on Zoom : reserve a free place via Eventbrite \nThere will be the opportunity for a Q&A\, to share your own experiences and to network online. \nTrigger \nNorth Somerset arts charity Trigger are creators and producers of bold\, unforgettable live events. \nFor this discussion they will be talking about Humanity Hotel\, an ongoing project supporting the wellbeing of asylum seekers housed in hotels across North Somerset. \nIn May 2022\, North Somerset become host to hundreds of asylum seekers forced to leave their homes and families\, and now displaced in the UK. \nHoused in rurally isolated areas\, this community rely solely on agents in Bristol to support their wellbeing needs\, from legal advice to English lessons. \nOn their arrival\, Trigger mobilised to offer support. Pulling together a network of local people\, they were able to help with donations of phones and other essential items; they’ve facilitated car shares and free public transport\, signposted legal advice\, arranged volunteer opportunities and brokered relationships with the local football club for regular games. \nOver the last six months Trigger have facilitated a regular creative and cultural programme. From art making to cooking\, sewing and ceramics\, Trigger are working in collaboration with local artists\, musicians\, arts venues and community organisations to deliver creative\, educational and participatory workshops for this community. \nwww.triggerstuff.co.uk \nFollow Trigger on Facebook\, Twitter or Instagram \nMaison Foo \nMaison Foo are makers of theatre\, art and community\, and a proud Theatre Company of Sanctuary. For this event they will be talking about their project A Seat At Our Table. \nOn October 2022\, Maison Foo and their Creative Sanctuary Group took over the grand Georgian dining room at Pickford’s House in Derby\, to reimagine what and whose stories are told in buildings such as these. \nThe project aimed to give people across the UK with Refugee and Asylum Seeker status\, a positive platform from which to tell and share their stories with audiences and beyond\, in places where their voice has previously been unheard. \nAudiences were invited to take a seat at the dining table\, to listen to personal and intimate stories about the familial and universal experience of food and mealtimes. Challenging the perception of who should be seated at the table of grand stately homes and paving the way for a new future…one that is open and accepting of all regardless\, of their background and journey to the UK. \nCo-created with Maison Foo’s Creative Sanctuary Group (a diverse collective of People Seeking Sanctuary in Derby)\, the project began with weekly gatherings to cook and to share favourite memories of mealtimes. These stories then formed part of ‘A Seat At Our Table’ a live multi-sensory storytelling experience co-hosted by the group. \nA Seat At Our Table was originally commissioned by Derby CAN (Arts Council England Producing HUB) in partnership with Derby Museums and Oddfellows UK. \n‘Dear Guests\, we welcome you to come and sit at our table and listen to our stories. Inspired by our love of cooking\, food\, and memories of family kitchens all over the world; these are stories we would love to share with you.’ The Creative Sanctuary Group x \nwww.maisonfoo.co.uk \nFollow Maison Foo on Facebook and Twitter \nImage: Maison Foo’s A Seat At Our Table\, Photo by Jon Legge \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/trigger-and-maison-foo-theatre-food-and-a-culture-of-belonging/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Sudafest: Hope and Healing (Bristol)
DESCRIPTION:Sudafest will make a return for Platforma on 22 October! Alongside some old favourites including drumming\, basket weaving and creative writing workshops and youth theatre performance\, Sudafest will spotlight the current turbulent situation in Sudan using storytelling\, live performances and music. No need to book\, just turn up. \nCome along to watch Malkat Aldar\, a show performed by young women telling the story of a Sudanese self-taught novelist and women’s rights activist Malkat Aldar Mohamed. There will also be some lovely traditional Sudanese food available to attendees\, all vegan. Full programme and timings to be published soon. \nA taste of what you can expect here\, Sudafest Evening with Ebo Krdum & Mustafa Khogaliand in the video below: \n \nSudafest: Hope and Healing will take place on Sunday 22nd October\, 12-6PM at the Faithspace Community Redcliff\, Prewett St\, Redcliffe\, Bristol BS1 6PB. \nFor more info contact Hiba at info@sudafest.org and check out the Sudafest website here: sudafest.org \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/sudafest-hope-and-healing/
LOCATION:Faithspace\, Prewett St\, Bristol\, BS1 6PB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Craft & Design,Music,Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Mohand & Peter (Bristol and Swindon)
DESCRIPTION:PSYCHEdelight Theatre and Sole Purpose Productions present a wonderful work of storytelling and physical theatre. With humour and visual poetry\, Mohand and Peter will take you on a road trip through Sudan jumping from one character to another\, including Omar Al Bashir\, Mohand’s 450 cousins\, and a lazy camel. \nMohand and Peter bounce on one of the toughest international news stories of the decade and as two brave clowns\, they fight horror with laughter to build a magnificent pedestal for Mohand’s country. \nIn Bristol there will be a matinee and evening performances at acta on 21 October priced just £5. Booking link \nThere will also be a private performance at the Harbour Project in Swindon on 19 October. \n\nThe Stage : “A genial\, family friendly two-hander that acknowledges the profound sense of yearning that refugees so often feel for the families and homes they’ve left behind” \nThe Star Sheffield : “Magical and magnificent show. Charming\, funny and clever.” \nCentre Stage Reviews : “Tonight I laughed\, I learnt\, I travelled.” \nEverything Theatre : “A glorious celebration of Sudan\, and the magic of friendship across cultures” \nTheatre-News : “Master-class of physical theatre. A delight from start to finish.” \nReviewsGate : “Funny\, consistently entertaining. Beguiling performers” \nLondonTheatre1 : “Broad and refreshing… The portrayals are spot on. An engaging and enthusiastic piece of theatre” \nMind the Blog :  “Mohand’s love letter to Sudan is an entertaining & enlightening show – as timely as it ever could be” \nThe Family Stage: “For some of us\, the show gave us a chance to learn just a little about a country that we rarely hear much about apart from negative news. For others\, it represented an opportunity to be transported back to the country they call home and to celebrate it at its best.” \nThere Ought to Be Clowns: “Beautiful in both its poetic and physical language\, Mohand & Peter is a triumph”. \nEvents in London: “A skilfully handled trip down memory lane.” \nThe Prickle: “Explosively funny duo” \n \n  \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mohand-peter/
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Theatre of Migration with Carlota Matos and Hiba Elhindi (Bristol)
DESCRIPTION:UPDATE: This event took place on 12th October 2023. You can now read our blog about how it went and watch the recording here.   \nJoin community artists Carlota Matos and Hiba Elhindi for a discussion about the ethics of working with migrants in theatre\, chaired by Vandna Mehta. \nThe evening will include a sharing from ongoing theatre workshops with migrant women in collaboration with Borderlands and a screening of the work being done by project SuFIA (Sudanese Folklore-Inspired Arts) by Hiba. The 45-min panel discussion will feature topics such as the ethics of participation\, making theatre from lived experience and working with migrants followed by a Q&A. \nCarlota recently partnered with Bristol-based charity Borderlands to offer free weekly theatre workshops for migrant women starting in September 2023. This participatory theatre project addresses language barriers and explores identity and what it means to be a woman in different cultures. \nTheatre of Migration with Carlota Matos and Hiba Elhindi will take place on Thursday 12th October\, 6.30-8PM at the Trinity Centre\, Trinity Road\, Bristol\, BS2 0NW. \nDoors will open at 6.15PM and the event will start promptly at 6.30PM. Refreshments will be provided. Please note there won’t be any alcohol served. \nACCESS: This is a relaxed event and will have BSL interpretation throughout. Trinity is wheelchair accessible. You can find more details about the venue’s accessibility on their website. \nTo reserve a free place visit https://www.trinitybristol.org.uk/whats-on/2023/theatre-of-migration \nMeet your panellists: \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Carlota Matos\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Hiba Elhindi\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Vandna Mehta\n				\n		\n\nCarlota Matos is a Portuguese theatre and performance artist based in Bristol. She works with communities\, young people and artists with a focus on access\, co-creation and social change. Carlota recently completed a DYCP (Arts Council England) and is part of Future Laboratory\, a project of research residencies on the topic of social inclusion throughout Europe. \nHiba Elhindi is a Sudanese-British curator\, drama facilitator and educator based in the South West of England. She is passionate about using arts to empower young generations\, bring communities together and tell unheard stories. Hiba curated a number of art projects involving members of the Sudanese community in Bristol\, including SuFIA\, Sudafest\, Sudanese Youth Theatre\, Choir and Games without Borders. (Sudafest makes a return for Platforma on 22 Oct in Bristol with a message focused on hope and healing\, check out event details here!) \nVandna Mehta (Chair) is Founder of Vocalise Magazine CIC and co-Founder of Diverse Artists Network CIC. She is a member of the Core Team for Bristol Refugee Festival and is also a freelance creative producer and community arts activist\, events. She is an active member of Culture Declares Emergency and was recently selected for the pioneering group of trailblazing women leaders south west programme addressing the gender imbalance in senior roles in arts organisations. \nPresented in collaboration with Borderlands\, a Bristol-based charity supporting refugees\, asylum seekers and those with insecure immigration status from exclusion to belonging. Supported by Arts Council England. \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/theatre-of-migration-with-carlota-matos-and-hiba-elhindi/
LOCATION:Trinity Centre\, Trinity Road\, Bristol\, BS2 0NW\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Platforma,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Sanctuary: Lewisham Refugee Week Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Refugee Week at the Horniman\, with partners from across Lewisham.  \nCelebrating Sanctuary will be an afternoon of live music and dance\, storytelling\, workshops and more\, all by people newly arrived in Lewisham from around the world. Community organisations have joined together to create a programme that will be taking place across the Horniman Museum and Gardens. \nTaking place across the beautiful Horniman Museum and Gardens\, this mini-festival has been developed in partnership with Create Without Borders and We Are Lewisham\, London Borough of Culture 2022\, to mark Lewisham’s status as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary. \nFor all ages unless otherwise stated. Workshop numbers will be limited on a first come\, first served basis\, so get there early to grab your spot! \nProgramme for the day: \nConservatory\nAll day\nInformation stall. Come and find out about local groups and how you can get involved\nin upcoming projects and campaigns. \nAll day\nLewisham Fostering Team. Information about fostering unaccompanied refugee children and young people. \nAll day\nArt exhibition. A showcase of paintings from Create Without Borders. \nAll day\nMessages from the Heart – Hope in the Heart X LRMN. This exhibition is a rich collection of images\, personal narrative and more\, created by people with Lived Experience. \nAll day\nHealing Together. A collaborative artwork inspired by the paintings of Abel Rodríguez.\nAll day Sanctuary banner. A giant welcome banner created by Year 5 and 6 students with artist Ghafar Tajmohammad as part of the Migration Museum’s involvement in the Walk With Amal project at Deptford. \n2-5pm \nHealing pods. Exploring the notion of Healing through Design\, this project unites people across London and Athens as part of Refugee Week through a virtual experience in a place without borders. \n1-2pm and 3-4pm\nWellbeing session. Head/hand massage\, reiki (sign–up). \n3–4pm\nTea and biscuits with Refugee Café \n3–4pm\nWellbeing session. Head/hand massage\, reiki (sign–up). \nOutside\n2–2. 30pm\nKids Yoga. Introducing fun ways to incorporate mindfulness and balance \n  \nBandstand\nAll day Stall.\nAffordable art\, coffee\, clothing\, preserves and other tasty treats from a collective of refugee artists and organisations. \n1pm\nOpening address from Councillor Campbell \n1.05–2pm\nFashion Show.\nA showcase of traditional clothing from around the world. \n2.15–2.45pm\nDance Performance. A mix of dances from Latin America with Asociación de Madres y Padres Latinoamericanos and LAF Community Salay UK. \n3–3.45pm\nThe Flotsam Orchestra. An incredible global roots ensemble. \n4–4.30pm\nOpen Mic. Readings\, spoken word and comedy. \n4.45–5pm\nE–S–K–I–S–T–A. Learn traditional Ethiopian dance. \n5–5.30pm\nClosing the day. Music and dancing. Music gallery performance space. \nAll day\nSonic Minds. An interactive sculpture co–produced with children and young people who have experienced displacement. \n1–1.30pm\nSafe HAVEN. Join Usman Khalid for a screening of the film Safe HAVEN and audience Q&A. \n2–2.30pm\nFlotsam music workshop. Learn an Afro–Colombian song with Jenny Parra and the Flotsam Orchestra! \n3–3.45pm\nComedy workshop. An interactive workshop with comedienne Ola Labib. \n4–5pm\n#NoticeUs. Healing through taking action together. Online performance and discussion on the campaign to improve temporary accommodation. \nEducation Centre (1)\nAll day Photo exhibition. An exhibition of photos taken of the 2021 Migrant Connections Festival. \n1–1.45pm\nMindfulness photography. Connect with nature through photography. This session will include a walk through the Horniman Gardens. \n2–2.45pm\nMarco’s Miracle Mountain – family cookie decoration. Join Refugee Café to decorate\nEcuadorian biscuits and bread. Fun for all the family! \n3.15–4pm\nMessages from the Heart. Arts and crafts –visit the exhibition and then create your own ‘Message from the Heart’. \n4.15– 5pm\nCalligraphy workshop. Using traditional and modern Persian letters and words – create a drawing to take home. \nEducation Centre (2)\nAll day Photo exhibition. An exhibition of photos taken of the 2021 Migrant Connections Festival. \n1.50–2.50pm\nLondon Must Act workshop. Find out ways to support our campaign fighting for a humane migration policy for all. \n3.10–4.10pm\nWhat makes a good migrant festival? This workshop\, hosted next to Migrant Connections exhibition space\, explores what makes a good migrant festival. \nHands on base\n1–1.20pm\nThis London. Short performance following the journeys of migrant women arriving in the UK. \n1.30–2.30pm\nStorytelling with object handling. Share and create your own story with museum artefacts. \n2.45–3.45pm\nThis is London. Short performance following the journeys of migrant women arriving to the UK and workshop on building a Borough of Sanctuary. \n4–5pm\nDesta (Happiness) Workshop. A wellbeing workshop using creativity\, discussions exploring our journey and hopes for the future. For adults and children 10+.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-festival-celebrating-sanctuary/
LOCATION:Horniman Museum and Gardens\, 100 London Road\, London\, \, SE23 3PQ
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Music,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Leaves from Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo
DESCRIPTION:A new performance telling the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks\, whose cells were used for medical research without her consent. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nIn 1951 Henrietta Lacks\, an African American tobacco farmer descended from enslaved people\, had cells taken without her knowledge for medical research. Seventy years later\, even after her death\, they are still multiplying and continue to be used in laboratories all over the world.  \nThis new performance by Mojisola Adebayo\, developed for the outdoors space with the ZK/U Berlin and directed by Matthew Xia\, explores this incredible story.  \nHenrietta Lacks’ life\, body and legacy have affected millions of us\, yet most have never heard her name. The performance seeks to draw a map on which her name is placed.  \nAn accompanying workshop with Mojisola Adebayo and Nicole Wolf at ZK/U will engage with questions of climate justice\, environmental racism and migration. The trans-Atlantic slavery is a story of mass forced migration and its Diasporic afterlives continue that migration story. The slave trade was environmental\, slavery was agricultural and the legacies can be seen in climate injustice today.
 \nMojisola Adebayo is a Black British Berlin-based theatre artist who has worked on theatre and performance projects internationally from Antarctica to Zimbabwe. She is a playwright\, performer\, director\, producer\, workshop facilitator and lecturer. Over the past 25 years she has performed in over 50 productions\, writing\, devising and directing over 30 plays. Her own plays include Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey\, Muhammad Ali and Me\, and I Stand Corrected. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, she is currently on a research fellowship exploring theatre\, literature\, environmental racism and climate justice at University of Potsdam\, just outside Berlin.  \nProduced by Natasha Davis for Counterpoints Arts in connection to a project commissioned by Actors Touring Company (ATC) and the Young Vic. \n

For any further questions please contact Natasha Davis via hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nThe work is part of the three-year programme Across Borders by Counterpoints Arts in the UK\, Germany and Greece\, in collaboration with local partners\, developing a series of arts and pop culture projects that help normalise and diversify representations of refugees in mainstream media\, arts & culture. \nImage by Paul Woodward.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/leaves-from-family-tree-by-mojisola-adebayo/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Mojisola Adebayo : Family Tree
DESCRIPTION:Mojisola Adebayo presents work in Berlin connected to a project commissioned by Actors Touring Company (ATC) and the Young Vic. Produced by Counterpoints Arts as part of our Across Borders programme\, supported by Comic Relief. \n\n\n\nBlack British Berlin-based theatre artist Dr Mojisola Adebayo\, who has worked on theatre and performance projects internationally from Antarctica to Zimbabwe\, will be undertaking research and development and presenting work connected to a commission from ATC and Young Vic\, alongside discussions and a four-day workshop with Dr Nicole Wolf\, for and with artists of refugee background\, located in a community garden in Berlin. The work connects to the subject of migration\, environmental racism and climate justice\, through a female African Diasporic lens. It makes the connection between extraction from the land and the Black female body as a site of extraction. \n\nMojisola Adebayo is a playwright\, performer\, director\, producer\, workshop facilitator and lecturer. Over the past 25 years she has performed in over 50 productions\, writing\, devising and directing over 30 plays. Her own plays include Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey\, Muhammad Ali and Me\, and I Stand Corrected. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, she is currently on a research fellowship exploring theatre\, literature\, environmental racism and climate justice at University of Potsdam\, just outside Berlin. \n\n\n\nThe scenes Mojisola will present in a public garden in Berlin\, directed by Matthew Xia\, are inspired by Henrietta Lacks\, an African American tobacco farmer descended from enslaved people\, whose extraordinary everlasting cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951\, are still multiplying after her death and continue to be used in medical research all over the world today. Scenes will also feature Anarcha\, Betsey and Lucy\, three enslaved African American women who were operated on without consent or anaesthetic and are the forgotten ‘mothers’ of modern gynaecology. \n\n\n\nThe scenes focus on these Black women\, whose lives\, bodies and legacies have affected every European family and individual today\, yet most have never heard their names. The work seeks to draw a map on which their names are placed. The trans-Atlantic slave is a story of mass forced migration and its Diasporic afterlives continue that migration story. The slave trade was environmental\, slavery was agricultural and the legacies can be seen in climate injustice today. Accompanying workshops and discussions will engage with questions of climate justice\, environmental racism and migration. \n\n\n\nThe producer for Counterpoints Arts in Germany is Natasha Davis.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mojisola-adebayo-family-tree/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Return of Danton - Collective Ma'louba - Video on Demand
DESCRIPTION:By Collective Ma’louba \nSuitable for ages 16+ \nTickets: £0\, £5\, £15 (plus option to donate £5). Performed in Arabic with English subtitles \nPart of Shubbak Festival 2021. Co-presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of this year’s Refugee Week programme. \nA  collective of German-based Syrian actors is rehearsing a contemporary adaptation of Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death. A shattering\, political drama\, at its centre is a conflict between two giant figures of the French Revolution\, Danton and Robespierre. \nIt is considered to be one of the greatest revolutionary works of European theatre. It is also terribly complex and convoluted\, and the translation into Arabic from the German isn’t particularly good. \nThe company’s director believes this adaptation of a German classic will secure them funding. But the playwright turned dramaturg was more keen on writing a new play about the everyday lives of Syrian refugees living abroad. \nAs the company wrestles with Büchner’s manically intense play\, life mirrors art as the two lead actors are caught up in the arguments between the writer and director. \nBetween catastrophic line runs and overlong cigarette breaks\, the four lock horns about their conflicted views on the Syrian revolution and their roles as artists in exile. \nRehearsals progress and the tensions and disagreements grow as the company – almost unknowingly – engage more deeply with the themes of the play: What is a revolution? When does it end? Ten years after the Syrian revolution\, do they really understand what happened and how they can tell their story? \nReturn of Danton is a new play by Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi and directed by Omar Elerian. Written and performed in Arabic\, the play is a contemporary exploration of how the dynamics of political revolutions – from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring – can be reflected within the politics of the rehearsal room. \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. \nCo-presented by Shubbak Festival\, Counterpoint Arts\, The Lowry & Ettijahat Independent Culture. In cooperation with Maxim Gorki Theatre\, Berlin. A co-production of Theater an der Ruhr and Shubbak Festival. Funded by The German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. \n#ReturnOfDanton  #Shubbak  #ShubbakFestival  #ArabCulture  #ArabFestival  #ContemporaryArabCulture \n  \nImportant information about the event\n\nPlease note that this event listing is for the Video on Demand option. The video on demand content will be made available from the specified event date. After you’ve bought a ticket\, you will have 3 days to finish watching the content from when you first press play.\nThe video on demand option will be without the panel discussion.\nIf you would like to buy a ticket for the livestream on June 20th you can buy them from here.\nThe production will have English subtitles.\n\n  \nARTIST BIOGRAPHIES \n Collective Ma’louba \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. Further artistic projects of thematic relevance such as installations\, exhibitions\, concerts and workshop accompany the theatre productions. They work in NRW\, Germany and across the world\, thus creating transnational meeting places. Follow the Collective’s via Facebook  and Instagram. \nMudar Alhaggi (Author) \nMudar Alhaggi (*1981) studied theatre studies at The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damaskus. Alhaggi works as an author and dramaturge\, he writes for the radio and TV\, pens scripts and leads writing workshops for refugees. He staged “Footfalls” by Samuel Beckett and the production “One Thousand and One Tents”\, which was developed in a workshop with refugees in Lebanon. In 2013 the production “Now T-Here“\, in which he was involved as author and director (in collaboration with Stella Cristofolini) was presented in Oberhausen and Berlin. Since 2015 he manages “Future Stages. A Creative Programme for Emerging Syrian Writers” in Lebanon together with Erik Altorfer. In 2015 and 2016 he developed “41 Stunden” with Kopp / Nauer / Praxmarer / Vittinghoff\, a coproduction with Schlachthaus Theater Bern. With Erik Altorfer\, he presented another work with adolescent refugees and young people from Graz at Schauspielhaus Graz. Mudar Alhaggi lives in Berlin since summer 2015. Since 2017 he is the artistic director of COLLECTIVE MA’LOUBA. \nOmar Elerian (Director) \nOmar Elerian is a freelance theatre director\, writer and dramaturg. Of Italian/Palestinian descent\, Omar trained in Italy and then graduated from Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris in 2005. He’s based in London since 2009. He was the resident Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2012 to 2019\, where he commissioned and directed some of the theatre’s most successful shows. As sole director for the Bush\, his credits include smash-hit Misty by Arinzé Kene (Bush and West End)\, NASSIM by Nassim Soleimanpour (Bush\, Traverse Theatre and world tour)\, Going Through by Estelle Savasta and Islands by Caroline Horton. As Associate Director working alongside Madani Younis\, his credits include The Royale by Marco Ramirez\, Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock and Perseverance Drive by Robin Soans. Outside the Bush\, he directed Olivier nominated show You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton and co-created acclaimed sitespecific show The Mill: City of Dreams with Madani Younis for Freedom Studios. In 2020 he co-created Autoreverse with Florencia Cordeu\, which opened the Going Global season at Battersea Arts Centre in February. Omar is currently developing projects with the Almeida\, National Theatre\, Manchester HOME\, Staatstheater Mainz\, Collective Ma’louba and The Shed in New York. \n  \nShubbak Festival is the UK’s premier festival of contemporary Arab arts and culture. \nThis year’s ambitious programme connects you to the very best contemporary Arab artists. Dive into marathon DJ sets\, watch Hip Hop\, rap and trap legends\, enjoy re-imagined classics\, installations in iconic settings\, and listen as audio guided tours take you to an imaginary city. \nShubbak is live in London\, online and broadcasting from Beirut\, Gaza\, Marrakech\, Slemani\, Riyadh\, Khartoum and Doha. Join artists\, audiences and communities locally and globally through a festival programme that has been conceived especially for this year’s exceptional conditions. \nWitness the extraordinary creativity\, responsiveness and imaginative power of Arab artists to speak of our times. Join the Festival from 20th June – 17th July\, 2021! Follow the action via @shubbakfestival. \n  \n \n  \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/return-of-danton-collective-malouba-video-on-demand/
CATEGORIES:Digital,Film and Photography,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Return of Danton - Collective Ma'louba - Livestream + Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:By Collective Ma’louba \nDuration: 90 minutes (includes post show talk)\, 16+ \nTickets: £0\, £5\, £15 (plus option to donate £5). Performed in Arabic with English subtitles \nBooking for livestream 19.00 (UK time) on 20 June  \nPart of Shubbak Festival 2021. Co-presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of this year’s Refugee Week programme. \nA  collective of German-based Syrian actors is rehearsing a contemporary adaptation of Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death. A shattering\, political drama\, at its centre is a conflict between two giant figures of the French Revolution\, Danton and Robespierre. \nIt is considered to be one of the greatest revolutionary works of European theatre. It is also terribly complex and convoluted\, and the translation into Arabic from the German isn’t particularly good. \nThe company’s director believes this adaptation of a German classic will secure them funding. But the playwright turned dramaturg was more keen on writing a new play about the everyday lives of Syrian refugees living abroad. \nAs the company wrestles with Büchner’s manically intense play\, life mirrors art as the two lead actors are caught up in the arguments between the writer and director. \nBetween catastrophic line runs and overlong cigarette breaks\, the four lock horns about their conflicted views on the Syrian revolution and their roles as artists in exile. \nRehearsals progress and the tensions and disagreements grow as the company – almost unknowingly – engage more deeply with the themes of the play: What is a revolution? When does it end? Ten years after the Syrian revolution\, do they really understand what happened and how they can tell their story? \nReturn of Danton is a new play by Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi and directed by Omar Elerian. Written and performed in Arabic\, the play is a contemporary exploration of how the dynamics of political revolutions – from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring – can be reflected within the politics of the rehearsal room. \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. \nCo-presented by Shubbak Festival\, Counterpoint Arts\, The Lowry & Ettijahat Independent Culture. In cooperation with Maxim Gorki Theatre\, Berlin. A co-production of Theater an der Ruhr and Shubbak Festival. Funded by The German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. \n#ReturnOfDanton  #Shubbak  #ShubbakFestival  #ArabCulture  #ArabFestival  #ContemporaryArabCulture \n  \nImportant information about the event\n\nPlease note that this event listing is for the livestream option and you will need to watch the content on the specified event date/time.\nIf you miss the livestream\, you will need to purchase a video on demand ticket if you would like to watch it back.\nIf you would like to buy a ticket for the video on demand option you can buy them from here.\nPlease note that the video on demand option will be without the panel discussion.\nThe production will have English subtitles and the discussion will have BSL interpretation.\n\n  \nARTIST BIOGRAPHIES \nCollective Ma’louba \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. Further artistic projects of thematic relevance such as installations\, exhibitions\, concerts and workshop accompany the theatre productions. They work in NRW\, Germany and across the world\, thus creating transnational meeting places. Follow the Collective’s via Facebook  and Instagram. \nMudar Alhaggi (Author) \nMudar Alhaggi (*1981) studied theatre studies at The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damaskus. Alhaggi works as an author and dramaturge\, he writes for the radio and TV\, pens scripts and leads writing workshops for refugees. He staged “Footfalls” by Samuel Beckett and the production “One Thousand and One Tents”\, which was developed in a workshop with refugees in Lebanon. In 2013 the production “Now T-Here“\, in which he was involved as author and director (in collaboration with Stella Cristofolini) was presented in Oberhausen and Berlin. Since 2015 he manages “Future Stages. A Creative Programme for Emerging Syrian Writers” in Lebanon together with Erik Altorfer. In 2015 and 2016 he developed “41 Stunden” with Kopp / Nauer / Praxmarer / Vittinghoff\, a coproduction with Schlachthaus Theater Bern. With Erik Altorfer\, he presented another work with adolescent refugees and young people from Graz at Schauspielhaus Graz. Mudar Alhaggi lives in Berlin since summer 2015. Since 2017 he is the artistic director of COLLECTIVE MA’LOUBA. \nOmar Elerian (Director) \nOmar Elerian is a freelance theatre director\, writer and dramaturg. Of Italian/Palestinian descent\, Omar trained in Italy and then graduated from Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris in 2005. He’s based in London since 2009. He was the resident Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2012 to 2019\, where he commissioned and directed some of the theatre’s most successful shows. As sole director for the Bush\, his credits include smash-hit Misty by Arinzé Kene (Bush and West End)\, NASSIM by Nassim Soleimanpour (Bush\, Traverse Theatre and world tour)\, Going Through by Estelle Savasta and Islands by Caroline Horton. As Associate Director working alongside Madani Younis\, his credits include The Royale by Marco Ramirez\, Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock and Perseverance Drive by Robin Soans. Outside the Bush\, he directed Olivier nominated show You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton and co-created acclaimed sitespecific show The Mill: City of Dreams with Madani Younis for Freedom Studios. In 2020 he co-created Autoreverse with Florencia Cordeu\, which opened the Going Global season at Battersea Arts Centre in February. Omar is currently developing projects with the Almeida\, National Theatre\, Manchester HOME\, Staatstheater Mainz\, Collective Ma’louba and The Shed in New York. \n  \nShubbak Festival is the UK’s premier festival of contemporary Arab arts and culture. \nThis year’s ambitious programme connects you to the very best contemporary Arab artists. Dive into marathon DJ sets\, watch Hip Hop\, rap and trap legends\, enjoy re-imagined classics\, installations in iconic settings\, and listen as audio guided tours take you to an imaginary city. \nShubbak is live in London\, online and broadcasting from Beirut\, Gaza\, Marrakech\, Slemani\, Riyadh\, Khartoum and Doha. Join artists\, audiences and communities locally and globally through a festival programme that has been conceived especially for this year’s exceptional conditions. \nWitness the extraordinary creativity\, responsiveness and imaginative power of Arab artists to speak of our times. Join the Festival from 20th June – 17th July\, 2021! Follow the action via @shubbakfestival. \n\n \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/return-of-danton-world-premiere/
CATEGORIES:Digital,Theatre
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SUMMARY:I See My Ghost Coming From Afar
DESCRIPTION:An online theatre performance via http://www.seenaryo.org/refugee-week-2021/ \nTaking its name from the poem by Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish\, I See My Ghost Coming From Afar is a physical theatre production devised by young Palestinian & Lebanese actors. \nThis show was developed by Seenaryo in partnership with Goethe Institut Libanon. \nThe performance is being streamed in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts as part of Refugee Week. \nFollowing the performance\, the cast will be speaking to a group of young people in Germany\, exploring themes around gender and sexuality. Tune in to watch their conversation. \nThis conversation is hosted by Seenaryo in collaboration with Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater as part of their TheaterWelten digital festival.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/i-see-my-ghost-coming-from-afar/
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:Out Of The Woods: New plays from the Balkans
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tamasha\, Intent New Theatre and Miran Hadžić – a podcast series from writers in Europe’s newest countries. \nFrom a history of turbulence and civil war\, the Balkans is a region waking up to the opportunities of independence\, with youthful and creative populations creating a vibrant present. Travel restrictions have limited the possibilities for citizens in the region to live and work in the rest of Europe. But art and cultural festivals are flourishing and Balkan writers have tales to tell about the past\, present and future. \nOut Of The Woods is the latest development\, riding the wave of the podcast revolution to bring Balkan stories to a wider audience\, online. These fresh\, funny and provocative new audio dramas showcase a new generation of writers from a region carving out its own identity\, and eager to tell its own stories. \nOut Of The Woods premieres as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Refugee Week programme as a series of ‘gathered listening’ events via Zoom. These plays represent the first tranche of an ongoing initiative to use independent audio drama to bring contemporary Kosovan and Balkan stories to the world. \nLink to booking the three events. \nHere is a fantastic trailer\, a taster of the new audio dramas: \nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Out-of-the-Woods-Trailer-Out-in-June.mp3 \n  \nOn Kosovo Field  by Fin Kennedy (Thurs 17 June 7pm-9pm) \nThis 75-minute drama tells the story of two Kosovan-born\, Manchester-raised siblings\, Dardan and Rebeka\, who fled their homeland as unaccompanied child refugees in the 1990s. When a mass grave is uncovered close to their old village\, they return to the country for the first time as young adults\, to see if they can finally solve the mystery of what happened to their parents. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4\, On Kosovo Field features original songs by PJ Harvey\, whose travels and notebooks from time spent in Kosovo inspired writer Fin Kennedy to follow in her footsteps. Kennedy donated his fee from the project to fund new work by new writers from the region\, which directly led to the Out Of The Woods audio dramas. \nFifth Dimension  by Miran Hadžić (Sat 19 June 7pm-8.30pm) \nTom is a one-time popular musician who is now making radio jingles for a living. He wants to join his German wife and daughter\, who have left the UK after it has become a hostile environment for non-English people. But when Tom is commissioned by the government to write a new national anthem\, he becomes trapped between two worlds and has to find a way out… \nWriter Miran Hadžić was born in Sarajevo\, Bosnia-Herzegovina but was raised in London. He visited Kosovo to work with acclaimed composer Trimor Dhomi on this 45-minute dark satire on a dystopian UK. \nWhere is Mr President?  by Agnesa Mehanolli (Sun 20 June 5pm-6.30pm) \nWhen the President of Kosovo fails to appear at a large Independence Day rally\, his senior officials go into overdrive to try to locate him. As time ticks on\, a power vacuum emerges which neither the Prime Minister nor Head of Parliament are prepared to fill. Instead\, to prevent widespread unrest\, they appoint the most unlikely of candidates… A hilarious new satire from Pristina-based new writer Agnesa Mehanolli. \nNude  by Ulpiana Maloku (Sun 20 June 5pm-6.30pm) \nA proud middle-aged mother takes her best friend to a landmark exhibition by her artist son Guri\, whose painting career is starting to take off. Kosovo’s latest art sensation specialises in contemporary nudes\, but neither woman is prepared for what they find when they finally see Guri’s paintings for themselves… A quirky comedy from Pristina-based writer Ulpiana Maloku. \nOut Of The Woods premieres at Counterpoint Arts’ Refugee Week (14-19 June 2021) as a series of ‘gathered listening’ events via Zoom. These plays represent the first tranche of an ongoing initiative to use independent audio drama to bring contemporary Kosovan and Balkan stories to the world. \nCounterpoints Arts is proud and delighted to be working with this exciting partnership\, and to support the ‘gathered listening’ series this Refugee Week.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/out-of-the-woods-new-plays-from-the-balkans/
CATEGORIES:Digital,Theatre
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