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SUMMARY:Celebrating 70 Years of Migration
DESCRIPTION:Southbank Centre and Counterpoints Arts invite you to join us for an afternoon of activity celebrating our brand new exhibition\, Adopting Britain – 70 Years of Migration. Many individuals and organisations have given their stories\, their keepsakes and their artworks to the exhibition and we would like to say a Big thank you to everyone involved on 2nd May. Come and hear more about the exhibition\, see some incredibly musicians\, go on one of our guided tours and take part in drop-in workshops with some of the artists involved. There will also be an opportunity to hear some of the many stories that have been contributed the exhibition. \nProgramme: Clore Ballroom\, Royal Festival Hall \n11.15am – Introduction to the day – Jude Kelly\, Artistic Director of Southbank Centre\n11.25am – Almir Koldzic\, Co-Director of Counterpoints Arts\n11.30am – Jude Kelly to interview Syed Shamil Ahmed and Nawaaz Hussain – Islam Ain’t That Scary filmmakers\n12 noon – 12.30 – Sophie Henderson to introduce Migration Museum Project (MMP). Then author Robert Winder to do Q&A with 3 Keepsakes contributors\n1-1.30pm – Maya Youssef – Syrian Kanun player\n2 – 2.30pm – Onejah Band\n3pm – End \nTours\n11.30am – Tour 1\n1pm – Tour 2 \n11am – 3pm – Workshops – ongoing  \nMMP Keepsakes workshop\nKate MacKay Journey of 1000 Words haiku workshop\nYour Migration Story – Adopting Britain \n1.30 – 3pm – Maya Youssef drop in instrument workshop \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/adopting-britain-70-years-of-migration/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Nine Lives
DESCRIPTION:Friday 6th November\, 7.30pm \nUpstairs at The Western\, 70 Western Road Leicester LE3 0GA \nLeeds Studio in association with West Yorkshire Playhouse presents Nine Lives by Zodwa Nyoni \nIshmael is seeking a new life. He knows of villages and the sound of a gun. But he doesn’t know Burnsall Heights Estate. He doesn’t know Armley\, the place where they have dispersed him to. He is waiting for his papers. He is waiting for his new life to begin amongst these strangers. Through Ismael’s eyes we see the lives of residents of Armley\, new and old. \nWritten by Zimbabwean-born playwright and poet Zodwa Nyoni\, directed by Alex Chisholm and performed by Lladel Bryant. \nFull details and booking: http://upstairsatthewestern.com/shows/nine-lives/ \nPresented as part of the Platforma Festival.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/nine-lives/
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home... in Devon!
DESCRIPTION:Schedule in some uncontrollable laughter with No Direction Home — an evening of live stand-up comedy presented by Counterpoints Arts at Dartington Trust’s Great Hall\, in Totnes\, Devon. Laugh alongside our host\, Exeter-based award-winning comedian Tom Parry\, as he introduces guest celebrities and new hilarious voices. \nNish Kumar says: “The No Direction Home comedians are a very exciting\, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny!” \nThe No Direction Home comedy collective\, produced by Counterpoints Arts\, supports people from refugee and migrant backgrounds to learn the skills of stand-up. Founded in 2018\, in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre and comedian Tom Parry\, they’ve since performed sell-out gigs around the country including at London’s Southbank Centre and the Edinburgh Fringe\, alongside leading comedians including Nish Kumar\, Rogesh Ramananthan\, Suzi Ruffell\, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Athena Kugblenu. New No Direction Home collectives have been established in Coventry and Greece. \nThe full lineup of comedians for the night: \n\nTom Parry is a screenwriter\, director\, comedian and podcaster. He is one-third of the award-winning ‘Pappy’s’\, nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award\, and has performed two sell-out solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe — ‘Parryoke’ in 2019 and ‘Yellow T-Shirt’ in 2015. Tom was a co-founder of the No Direction Home comedy collective produced by Counterpoints Arts.\nEmily Bampton is an exciting new voice in comedy\, recently shortlisted for BBC New Comedian of the Year 2022. She performs improvised comedy with the legendary Oxford Imps and is working on her first pilot for a comedy drama series\, Cash Grab. \nLoraine Mponela\, a migrants rights campaigner based in Coventry and originally from Malawi\, joined the No Direction Home comedy collective in 2021 and has since performed several gigs including a sold-out show at London’s Southbank Centre. \nSuchandrika Chakrabarti writes for Radio 4’s The News Quiz and The Now Show and debuted her comedy show “I Miss Amy Winehouse” at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. She also co-hosts the comedy podcast\, But Is It Funny?\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nYasmeen Audisho Ghrawi is a Queer Iraqi/Syrian/Assyrian performer and theatre-maker who\, after a lifetime of censorship\, is emerging to share joy\, pleasure\, and hairy relics of wisdom and truth. She’s been a member of the No Direction Home comedy collective since 2020\, and has performed her solo show “From the Daughter of a Dictator” around the country including the Weapons of Mass Hilarity Comedy Festival.\n\nAlongside this event\, Tom Parry has been running a series of No Direction Home comedy workshops with asylum seekers in Plymouth\, in collaboration with Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support.  \nThis comedy night is presented alongside Counterpoints’ Pop Culture & Social Change Retreat at Dartington Hall (12-14 October)\, bringing together a group of 50 change-making entertainment producers\, artists\, cultural innovators\, activists and philanthropists committing to building long-term narrative power for Black\, POC\, migrant and refugee communities. \nDetails:\n\nWednesday\, 12th October\, 8-9:30pm\nDartington’s’ Great Hall\, Totnes TQ9 6EL\, United Kingdom\nTickets £10 (50% of proceeds to be donated to Devon & Cornwall Refugee Support)\nAges 16+\, wheelchair accessible (for further accessibility requirements\, email boxoffice@dartington.org)\n\nBOOK ONLINE VIA DARTINGTON TRUST \n//  \nTom Parry is a screenwriter\, director\, comedian and podcaster. His debut feature film script “Your Christmas Or Mine” has just been filmed by Amazon Studio’s (release date November 2022). He is one-third of the award-winning ‘Pappy’s’\, nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award\, and has performed two sell-out solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe — ‘Parryoke’ in 2019 and ‘Yellow T-Shirt’ in 2015 for which he was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award and was adapted into the acclaimed Radio 4 series ‘Fancy Dressed Life’.  \nCounterpoints Arts is a leading UK organisation in the field of arts\, migration and cultural change. It’s mission is to support and produce the arts by and about migrants and refugees\, seeking to ensure that their contributions are recognized and welcomed within British arts\, history and culture. Its PopChange Initiative explores how to pop culture for social change\, shifting narratives about migration and displacement. \nDartington Trust\, founded in 1925\, is a thriving visitor destination and charity supporting learning in arts\, ecology and social justice\, set on a beautiful 1\,200 acre estate in the South Devon countryside. Throughout its history it has drawn leading artists and thinkers including Bernard Leach\, composer Igor Stravinsky\, cellist Jacqueline du Pre\, musician Ravi Shankar\, playwright Bernard Shaw and environmental activist Vandana Shiva.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-in-devon/
LOCATION:Dartington Trust\, Totnes\, TQ9 6EL
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase: South West Edition
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Counterpoints Arts and Dartington Trust\, and curated by artist and producer AWATE\, the About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase: South West Edition is a sharing and networking event for creatives based across the South West.  \nThe About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase is curated and initiated by AWATE\, inspired by a similar platform developed by TekstLab (Oslo)\, and developed by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Southbank Centre. It was created as a safe space to uplift and connect artistic experimenters that identify as Black\, POC\, and/or with lived experience of migration or displacement. The South West Edition is a public event held as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Pop Culture & Social Change Retreat at Dartington Hall (12-14 October)\, bringing together a group of 50 change-making entertainment producers\, artists\, cultural innovators\, activists and philanthropists committing to building long-term narrative power for Black\, POC\, migrant and refugee communities.  \nEach commissioned artist performs or presents one piece of work to a public audience\, including creative peers. After each performance\, the artists and audience will discuss any shared or contrasting themes\, talk about craft\, as well as networking and industry advice.  \nArtists may include writers\, musicians\, dancers\, filmmakers\, designers\, architects (or anything between!). Previous showcases have included comedians\, screenwriters\, folk singers and performance art.  \nWhether or not you are an artist\, everyone is invited to join us for an inspiring and interactive evening! \nIf you are an artist or creative interested in showcasing your work\, you can apply here by midnight 2nd October. All selected artists receive a fee plus travel expenses.  \nDetails\n\nThursday\, 13th October\, 8-10pm\nDartington’s’ Great Hall\, Totnes\, Devon TQ9 6EL\nPay what you can (suggested £5-10)\nAges 16+\, wheelchair accessible (for further accessibility requirements\, email boxoffice@dartington.org)\n\nBOOK ONLINE VIA DARTINGTON TRUST \n// \nAWATE is a visionary rapper and producer from Eritrea. Raised in Camden\, his mix of vintage sounds provided by collaborator\, Turkish Dcypha\, and intricate lyrics with triumphantly psychedelic melodies have had acclaim from Complex\, Noisey and Spotify. \nCounterpoints Arts is a leading UK organisation in the field of arts\, migration and cultural change. It’s mission is to support and produce the arts by and about migrants and refugees\, seeking to ensure that their contributions are recognized and welcomed within British arts\, history and culture. The Pop Culture and Social Change Retreat 2022 is produced through it’s PopChange Initiative\, exploring how to harness entertainment to shift narratives about migration and displacement. \nDartington Trust\, founded in 1925\, is a thriving visitor destination and charity supporting learning in arts\, ecology and social justice\, set on a beautiful 1\,200 acre estate in the South Devon countryside. Throughout its history it has drawn leading artists and thinkers including Bernard Leach\, composer Igor Stravinsky\, cellist Jacqueline du Pre\, musician Ravi Shankar\, playwright Bernard Shaw and environmental activist Vandana Shiva.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-south-west-edition/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Music,Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:One Song at Museum of the Home
DESCRIPTION:One Song is a new multiscreen video installation that explores the power of songs that connect us to our roots. \nThe work examines how songs are carried across borders and continents and yet firmly rooted in the soil of the places they were first sung. It asks how migrant communities can\, through the somatic experience of singing\, be transported back to the places they left behind. \nCommissioned by Counterpoints Arts and conceived by artist Kadir Karababa\, it has engaged women from the diverse migrant communities of Hackney\, London. It is funded by Hackney Council’s Shoreditch and Hoxton Art Fund and presented in partnership with Museum of the Home. \nParticipants were recruited through a series of community workshops in Shoreditch and Hoxton in April and May 2022. \nAmong those taking part were Hackney based women’s groups from Xenia\, Refugee Women’s Association\, City Connections and Age UK. Workshop attendees were invited to sing one song that reminded them of the place they first called home. \nA final group of 15 local migrant and refugee women were then filmed to be part of the installation exhibited at the Museum of the Home from October 25th. \nOne Song will be exhibited at the Museum of the Home 25th October 2022-5th February 2023 \nArtist Kadir Karababa says: \n“Folk and traditional songs the world over deal with the same universal themes: love\, life\, death\, loss\, connection to place and the earth.” \n“By asking women from migrant communities to share their songs the piece seeks to make visible the interconnectedness of us all and how\, despite the surface differences of race\, religion\, language and culture\, we are all ultimately singing the same song.” \nTom Green for Counterpoints Arts says: \n“We’re an arts organisation that works nationally and internationally but our offices are in Hackney and we love to work locally\, too.” \n“Kadir’s project gets right to the heart of our interest in connecting people across communities through the arts\, finding the things in common about migration and displacement that can inspire and move us all.” \nCllr Chris Kennedy\, Hackney Council’s Cabinet member for health\, adult social care\, voluntary sector and culture\, says: \n“Our investment into the Shoreditch and Hoxton Art Fund for arts and cultural projects is raised from levies placed on new developments\, called Section 106 contributions. When shortlisting projects for funding\, we wanted to prioritise those which would build better connections between communities. \n“In Hackney\, we celebrate our diversity and this project really encapsulates that. I’m excited to see One Song come to life at the Museum of the Home this October.” \nKadir Karababa’s practice is both sociopolitically engaged and deeply rooted in his personal experiences of class\, identity and collective memory. Encompassing sculpture\, print\, audio-visual and performative elements his work makes use of archival research\, found images and cheap everyday materials that are at hand. \nKadir was born in London in 1985 and has mixed Turkish\, English and Cypriot heritage. He lives and works in Hackney. He graduated from Dartington Art School with a distinction in MA Arts and Place. \n 
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CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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