BrightWide Online Refugee Week Film Festival
From 10 June at www.brightwide.com
Come to a film festival - without having to leave the house
Brightwide’s online Refugee Week film festival will be bringing the best in thought-provoking and head-stretching cinema into our front rooms. Make some popcorn. Fire up the computer. And take your pick of award-winning drama and documentary including La Forteresse, In This World, Welcome and No One Knows About Persian Cats.
Watch brightwide.com from 10 June http://www.brightwide.com/home
RUTH
16-19 June at Manchester Cathedral, Victoria Street, Manchester. M3 1SX
No Nonsense Theatre Company, in partnership with the Waterside Arts Centre, presents "Ruth", a biblical tale of how two women survive against all odds. Celebrating the diversity of cultures that enrich today's society, "Ruth" explores our freedom of choice and our right to a voice. A visual feast weaving a tale of courage and humanity, it will incorporate puppetry, mask and original music to produce a beautifully dynamic piece of theatre to be enjoyed by all.
Inspired by women of non-British origin currently living in the UK, RUTH explores issues around displacement & belonging.
More info: www.nononsensetheatrecompany.co.uk
World Refugee Day Umbrella Parade
20 June, 1.30pm at Horse Guard's Avenue, SW1A
Join hundreds of refugees, asylum seekers, and their supporters as they march through London for the World Refugee Day Umbrella Parade, to celebrate the protection of refugees. Everyone who takes part will be given a huge white umbrella to carry, as a symbol of care and shelter, representing our proud tradition of offering safety to those in need of international protection. Similar parades are also taking place in eight other cities in Europe so we will be marching in solidarity with thousands of others across the continent.The parade is being organised by the Refugee Council as part of Refugee Week 2010.
More info: www.facebook.com/refugeecouncil#!/event.php?eid=124780707536483&ref=mf
Email: RW10@refugeecouncil.org.uk
This Is Me
7,11 & 18 June at Oriel Gallery, Wrexham Central Library
Adults and children from the local community including refugees are invited to join the resident artist and, using a variety of materials create a piece of art around the theme ‘This is Me’. All the artwork will be displayed in an exhibition at the Oriel Gallery in the autumn
2010.
Entry is free and the event will take place between 3.30 and 5.30 at the Oriel Gallery, Wrexham Central Library.
Celebrating Sanctuary London
13 June, 2 - 7pm, on the South Bank, London SE1
London’s annual free festival which celebrates the art of refugee communities in the UK is back with a profusion of new talent across its three stages, pulsating with the sounds of live music, the flow of the spoken word, the sizzle of food and the rhythms of dance. Come and savour the cultural fruits of sanctuary at this unique event which launches Refugee Week in London.
More info: http://www.facebook.com/celebratingsanctuarylondon2010
Red Cross Refugee Week Comedy Night
Friday 18 June at the Ton Theatre, Glasgow
Susan Calman returns to host the fourth Red Cross Refugee Week Comedy Night. An evening of first-class stand-up comedy brought to you by the world’s largest humanitarian organisation. Past highlights have included Kevin Bridges, Frankie Boyle and Reginald D Hunter. Full line up to be confirmed but expect big names and even bigger laughs. Starts at 8pm. Tickets £10(£8)
More info on the Tron website: http://www.tron.co.uk/event/red_cross_refugee_week_comedy_night/
The Refugee Week Alternative World Cup
20 June from 11am, at Powerleague London City 115 Worship Street, London, EC2A 2BA
150 players, 30 teams, 1 cup
Thirty teams will compete for the Alternative World Cup Trophy in a five-a-side tournament bringing together players of refugee and non refugee background including charities, corporate organisations and youth teams. Each team will represent a country selected at random from the 192 UN registered countries. Organised in partnership with Refugee Council, Kick it Out, SMILE, KPMG and Anti-Slavery International.
For more information please call Antonia 020 7346 6733 or email RW10@refugeecouncil.org.uk
Refugee Week Cabaret
13 June at the Pavilion Theatre Brighton
BandBazi presents an exciting night of alternative cabaret to celebrate the contribution of refugees and asylum seekers to our society. Featuring a hip hop bungee dance performance from BandBazi Youth Circus Theatre participants, a film showing, rap performances, breakdance, poi displays, music and a talk about climate change and refugees this will be an evening of fun and entertainment that will also raise awareness about serious issues. It is the opening event in a week of Refugee Week happenings around the town supported by Brighton and Hove City Council. Food provided by Brighton Voices in Exile from 6.30pm.
Tickets from Brighton Dome 01273 709709 or online http://www.brightondome.org/events/Refugee-Week-Cabaret/3675
From Casablanca to Calais: exile on celluloid
10 June at the BFI, Southbank, London
From Curtiz’s Casablanca to Frear’s Dirty Pretty Things. A panel of filmmakers take on exile in film. In celebration of Refugee Week, Brightwide, Refugee Action and BFI Southbank bring you a unique panel discussion.
Capable host for the evening will be Channel 4’s Samira Ahmed and the panel of film luminaries will include directors such as Mat Whitecross (Road to Guantanamo, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Moving to Mars), Stephen Frears (Dirty PrettyThings, My Beautiful Laundrette, Dangerous Liaisons, The Queen) and Kenny Glenaan (Summer, Gas Attack, Yasmin) and commentators such as Professor Terence Wright.
More info at: http://www.refugee-action.org.uk/news/events/casablancatocalais.aspx
19 Princelet Street opens for Refugee Week
13, 17 and 20 June at 19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, London, E1 6QH
Britain has never been a monoculture. As a self confident democracy, it needs to be able to celebrate diversity and contain a great mix of cultural references. 19 Princelet Street, a cutting edge museum, a site of civic engagement, represents just this: an historic building that tells the stories of people arriving as strangers and becoming citizens, making London the multi-cultural city that it is today.
In the heart of Brick Lane, this is an internationally acclaimed educational project that widens awareness of the centuries of incomers - Asian, Saxon, Caribbean, Jewish, Irish, Huguenot, Kosovan and so very many others - who have shaped and are shaping British society. The building is one of Britain’s most highly listed architectural treasures, and is normally closed to visitors – however the museum hosts two remarkable exhibitions celebrating diversity for three days only during Refugee Week.
Click here for more info about the rare public open days of 19 Princelet Street
Gig in the Gardens
19 June at Queen’s Gardens, Hull
Live music from local and international acts, food stalls, info stalls and lots of fun activities and games for the whole family, compared by the mercurial Ukulele Bill. The festival features several exciting and diverse acts including Rafiki Jazz – a global roots collective based in Sheffield but hailing from Zanzibar, Mauritius, Columbia, Senegal, Gambia, Zimbabwe and Brazil and playing infectious dance grooves! Already featured on Radio3’s World on 3 and heading for WOMAD this is a rare chance to catch this stunning band.
For a full line up check out www.hullrefugeeweek.com
