Platforma Festival 2025
Our 8th Platforma Festival will take place in October across the East of England, co-produced with local artists and organisations and also featuring touring work from across the country.
11 events found.
Past Event
Events for 16 October, 2025
All Day
Bridging Landscapes II
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): Following its successful run at French Riviera Gallery in London and the Rich Mix in Bethnal Green, Bridging Landscapes II comes to Peterborough Museum - a group exhibition curated by Aisha Zia.
Gateway Film Festival Programme
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): Gateway Film Festival presents a series of free screenings of shorts and feature films, in partnership with 62 Gladstone Street.
The Table
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): A new play written by Aisha Zia. A version for Platforma Festival directed by Suba Das, with Musical Direction by Rob Green.
Gaza Remains The Story
Platforma 2025 (Diss): An exhibition from the Palestine Museum that strives to inform, educate, and narrate stories of historical locations and cultural practices in Gaza, providing a glimpse into Gaza’s arts, aspirations, and uniqueness—what remains of it in these harsh times.
Confluence
Platforma 2025 (Norwich): An exhibition by Shathy Bano exploring cultural influence, identity and belonging in the community.
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Back To Where We Came From
Platforma 2025 (Cambridge): An installation made by Emanuela Cusin & Sarah Wood in response to St Peter’s, Cambridge – an ancient church whose history is rooted in the idea of sanctuary.
Ongoing
Leaving Were The Ones Who Could Not Stay
Platforma 2025 (Letchworth): Broadway Gallery presents a new exhibition featuring the work of Beverley Carruthers, Bettina Furnée, Olga Jürgenson and Idit Elia Nathan.
Ghafar Tajmohammad: If you throw a stone in the crowd, someone’s going to get hurt
Platforma 2025 (Colchester): Explore Ghafar Tajmohammad’s thought-provoking collection of paintings and hand-woven rugs, called kilims, reflecting on conflict, home, and the search for hope and resilience.
Maria Proshkovska: Making Oddkin
Platforma 2025 (Norwich) : An interdisciplinary project resented as two parallel exhibitions: at OUTPOST Gallery in Norwich, UK and at the Centre for Contemporary Art in the frontline city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.
Food from Home: An Exploration of Food Memories and Identity
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): A creative, participatory workshop exploring connections between food, memory, and migration with artist Madhu Manipatruni and Peterborough Presents.
