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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/
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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/
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