• Hearts, Bodies & Words: Migration Stories with Sulaiman Addonia 

    National Centre for Writing Dragon Hall, 115-123 King Street, Norwich, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Norwich): A fascinating in-conversation event about writing the refugee experience with Eritrean-Ethiopian-British novelist Sulaiman Addonia, the acclaimed author of The Seers and Silence Is My Mother Tongue.

  • Embers of Care by Yayen

    Platforma 2025 (online): Embers of Care is a 100-artwork series by Yayen, a nurse, migrant, and artist, dedicated to honouring the journeys, resilience, and contributions of migrant healthcare workers in the UK.

  • The Table

    Key Theatre, Peterborough Embankment Road, Peterborough, United Kingdom

    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

    The Ballroom No 8 Marketplace, Diss, United Kingdom

    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

    Anteros 11-15 Fye Bridge Street, Norwich, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Norwich): An exhibition by Shathy Bano exploring cultural influence, identity and belonging in the community.

  • Kurdish Cookery

    Suffolk Food Hall Suffolk Food Hall Ltd Wherstead,, Ipswich, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Ipswich): Kurdish cookery demonstration and food sharing.

  • Grow Your Digital Reach

    Platforma 2025 (online): A guide for freelance artists with Samia Malik and the Digital Culture Network.

  • Artist Salon Saxmundham

    The Art Station 48 High Street, Saxmundham, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Saxmundham): Essex Cultural Diversity Project’s Artist Salons are free workshop and networking opportunities for creative practitioners and community organisers.

  • Back To Where We Came From

    St Peter’s Church Castle St, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Food from Home: An Exploration of Food Memories and Identity

    Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery 51 Priestgate, Peterborough, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): A creative, participatory workshop exploring connections between food, memory, and migration with artist Madhu Manipatruni and Peterborough Presents.

  • Refugees Welcome Here

    Cambridge Artworks and Artspace 5 Green's Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Cambridge): A show bringing together the work of studio artists based at Cambridge Artworks and refugees in Cambridge.

  • Home from Home Poetry Workshop

    The Hold Ipswich, United Kingdom

    Platforma 2025 (Ipswich): Join local writer Sue Wallace-Shaddad for a poetry workshop reflecting on the challenges of belonging and consider what makes us who we are, and how our identities are influenced by others.