We've come to the end of another amazing Refugee Week Scotland...
Refugee Week 2010 has been better than ever - packed with a huge variety of fantastic, inspirational events and great entertainment. We had a great turn-out at events across Scotland and were delighted with all your positive feedback. Thank you all for taking part, we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!
Our Refugee Week JOURNEYS blog is still up and running - have a look at our contributors' event reviews and photos.
We'd love to hear more from YOU about your Refugee Week. To contribute to the blog, just email your post and any photos you'd like to share to:
post@refugeeweekscotland.posterous.com
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Back and Forth, and, Hope is (a thing with feathers)
Back and Forth is not to be missed. Maryhill Integration Network, in association with Gilmore productions, has created a vibrant ensemble. Professional musicians and dancers come together with a cast of people seeking asylum, refugees, migrants and local Scots.
Hope (is a thing with feathers) is a dance theatre piece directed by Kate E Deemings and devised by young people from north east Sri Lanka.
Saturday 19 June. 8pm. Tron Theatre. £9 (£5)
Book and and get more info at the Tron box office: www.tron.co.uk / 0141 552 4267
To take advantage of our special offer, remember to quote 'MIN' when you phone the Tron box office to book.
Talking About Jane Austen in Bhagdad
Would you brave gun-toting militias for a cut and blow dry? May’s a tough-talking, hard-smoking, lecturer in English. She’s also an Iraqi from a Sunni-Shi’ite background living in Baghdad, dodging bullets before breakfast. Bee, on the other hand, is a London mum of three, busy fighting off PTA meetings and chicken pox, dealing with dead cats and generally juggling work and family. A simple email brings them together and they discover a friendship that overcomes all their differences of culture, religion and age.
Join the authors of Talking About Jane Austen in Bhagdad at the Mitchell Library on Thursday 17 June, at this free event where they will read from and talk about their book.
Read the full story on our Refugee Week Blog
Reviews
Launch of Refugee Week Scotland 2010
Refugee Week Scotland launched last night to a packed crowd at the Tron. Previews came from YDance with Under the Same Sky, Maryhill Integration Network with an excerpt from their show Back and Forth, Journeys Home and a film behind the project, Hope (is a thing with feathers). All the performers can be seen at the Tron through the week: www.tron.co.uk
A full gallery of photos can be seen on our Refugee Week Blog
And check out the film of Ydance performing.
YDance perform Under the Same Sky
On Wednesday evening at the Tron the YDance group performed their dance piece Under the Same Sky, to wild applause. YDance is Scotland's national dance agency for children and young people.
'Fabulous to see kids enjoying themselves. There was lots of happiness and vibrant expression of personalities,' said one audlence member.
If you've been to an event, we would love to hear from you. Just email post@refugeeweekscotland.posterous.com
