Counterpoints in Conversation is a brand new radio series on Resonance FM, in collaboration with Gaby D'Annunzio.
New co-commission with Whitechapel Gallery - To-Recite by Aliaskar Abarkas. Sign up for workshops across April and May.
The world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
A brand new digital art-meets-football project made with people from all over the world who now call Sheffield home, to celebrate the World Cup and Refugee Week.
A night of comedy featuring No Direction Home and the Palestine Comedy Club, presented by the University of Westiminster.
An intimate evening of storytelling, reflection, and conversation exploring the meaning of home, migration, and belonging.
A collective of filmmakers capture the lives of a people caught up in a conflict that has ravaged Sudan.
An audio-visual installation and community project by artist Kadir Karababa that explores how music carries memory, identity and a sense of home across borders.
A celebration of music and spoken word shaped by migration – co-curated by Anoushka Shankar and hosted by Nish Kumar.
Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world.
Join a celebration of global club sounds and community at the Southbank Centre with Our Heartbeats DJ Crew for Refugee Week
A screening of exceptional short films selected by Sarah Agha for Arab Film Club, followed by a Q&A.
Past Events
Who has the right to speak and act in public space? A conversation at Hellenic Centre reflecting on the questions arising from artistic practice in the public space.
PopChange presents Colette and Justin, a documentary film screening and Q&A with Paris based Congolese filmmaker Alain Kassanda.
A panel discussion on the ‘hostile environment’ and how its policies impact writers and creatives from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
Counterpoints Arts is the official Charity Partner for Affordable Art Fair at Battersea this year.
Join us for a new run of our brilliant stand-up comedy collaboration with Show & Tell and Soho Theatre with Sophie Duker, Fatiah El-Ghorri, Selam Amare and Teddy.
A backflip in time, a quick hop back home: with humour and visual poetry Mohand & Peter will take you on a road trip through Sudan.
Orchestra of Samples by Addictive TV present an audiovisual global music show with guest Alphonse Daudet Touna.
The finalists in the inaugural Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize read from and discuss their work.
An afternoon of poetry performances followed by a panel discussion supporting refugees and asylum seekers focused under the theme of 'progression'.
