No Direction Home

Counterpoints Arts runs No Direction Home (NDH) as part of our PopChange work: it’s a project for new comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds, featuring workshops, expert tuition and gigs around the country.

Created in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre and comedian Tom Parry, we have run several series of workshops and more than 50 gigs, featuring guest headliners such as Nish Kumar, Romesh Ranganatham, Rosie Jones, Rob Delaney, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Sindhu Vee.

‘A memorable comedy night… Underlines how vital comedy is ‘ ★★★★ Standard

Nish 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, the material is really good.”

The aim of the project is to provide training, opportunities and career development and to help shift the narrative about who and what can be funny. Workshops are currently facilitated and led by Yasmeen Ghrawi with Roann Hassani McCloskey, with workshops and performances around the country.

Video: the first No Direction Home programme in 2018

Read Yasmeen Audisho Ghrawi on what being part of No Direction Home means to her

Read an article about No Direction Home in The Guardian

Read a review in the Evening Standard

Read about how No Direction Home went to Greece in 2022