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
Join Charterhouse and Woodland Tribe to celebrate 80 years since Tove Jansson’s first book The Moomins and the Great Flood.
Platforma 2025 (Suffolk): A participatory arts project designed and led by artist Gillian Allard in partnership with Living Grief and Counterpoints.
Platforma 2025 (Norwich): Sabrin Hasbun, winner of the inaugural Footnote X Counterpoints Writing Prize presents her book Crossing: A Love Story Between Italy and Palestine.
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): Join Makan for a practical workshop designed to help you speak more confidently and effectively about Palestine.
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): 62 Gladstone Street presents a session blending sport and creativity that invites participants to reshape narratives with movement and dialogue - led by Maslaha in partnership with British Fencing.
Platforma 2025 (Lowestoft): Essex Cultural Diversity Project’s Artist Salons are free workshop and networking opportunities for creative practitioners and community organisers.
Platforma 2025 (Norwich): This socially engaged art piece and poem from Ruthie Collins and friends features beautiful butterflies made with children in Norfolk and objects inspired by movement, in heritage and nature.
Platforma 2025 (Peterborough): Join the Aziz Foundation for lunch and hear about their support for British Muslim communities in the media, the arts, and public life.
Platforma 2025 (Ipswich): A day of sharing and celebration, giving space to artists and arts made by and with migrant and refugee communities across Suffolk and the East of England.
