Saturday 8th October 11am - 5pm, at Nottingham Playhouse; A festival day celebrating the work of artists in exile across the region and the launch of an East Midlands refugee artist network: Long Journey Home. The day will include theatre, music, song, poetry, film, exhibitions, food, crafts and free workshops.
In '1001 Nights Now', a new play by Northern Stage, leading writers of Middle Eastern origin revisit the story of Sheherazade, exposing with insight, colour and with the lives of people who seek refuge. It's on at Nottingham Playhouse, Friday 30 September - Saturday 15 October, and meet some NNRF supporters in the foyer. Click here for details and check out the weblog to see how rehearsals are going.
Links: Long Journey Home | Nottingham Refugee Forum | Nottingham Playhouse
Somewhere in contemporary Britain, in a factory making Christmas decorations, a group of migrant workers sustain one another by telling their stories. Some are fables and allegories; others are eyewitness accounts. By turns they are moving, brutal, or hilarious. In all of them the flames of hope, passion and identity burn bright.
By Abas Amini, Maziar Bahari, Fadia Faqir, Johan Bergman Lindfors, Paul Mattar, Shazia Mirza, Murathan Mungan, Reza Parsa and Atiq Rahimi.