Journeys Festival International Manchester 2018

MANCHESTER 2018 4 –14 OCTOBER FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

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JOURNEYS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL Thank you to everyone who makes the festival possible. A very special thank you to our ROOTS Group whose members have guided and inspired us.

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ARTREACH TEAM DAVID HILL DIRECTOR DANIEL WILLIAMSON PRODUCER NURIA LOPEZ DE LA OLIVA ASSISTANT PRODUCER SIMON BROWN EVENT MANAGER GARY CICINSKAS MARKETING & COMMS MANAGER

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JOURNEYS FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL Journeys Festival International is an annual Festival that showcases the work of artists from the refugee and asylum seeker community and through art events, performances, screenings and workshops shares the stories of those who have experienced forced migration.

Now in its third year, Journeys Festival International has grown into a 10-day Festival working with over 100 artists in events that take place across the city. ArtReach develops the Festival in collaboration with extraordinary partners, from frontline charities to internationally renowned venues, arts organisations and artists.

We encourage you to take time to get to know our partners, the work they do year-round and find out how you can improve the lives of refugees and asylum seekers who share our city, through advocating, campaigning, meeting new people, sharing their stories and celebrating their incredible talents.

We would like to say a very special thank you for our wonderful ROOTS Group. The ROOTS Group is a group of 10 dedicated and inspiring individuals who come from around the world, made up of many ages, religions, languages and cultures, all of whom have either experienced forced migration, the asylum process or are new arrivals in the UK. They have shared their thoughts, guided us in creating the Festival and helped us better understand the breadth of cultures, people and experiences from within their communities.

FESTIVAL LAUNCH EVENT 4 October 6.30pm – 8.00pm The Whitworth, Oxford Rd, M15 6ER Join us to celebrate the launch of our third city wide edition in Manchester. We are proud to be partnering with University of Manchester Department of History on a new 3-year project ‘Reckoning with Refugeedom’.

Join us to find out more about how this exciting project will develop. The event will also give you a first opportunity to see a newly commissioned installation by artist Matilda Glen, ‘Crossing Borders’, which explores people’s experiences of the border between Calais, France and the UK. Take Back Theatre will bring the installation to life with a reworked performance of ‘Be//Longing’.

Why not arrive early and catch a script in hand rehearsed reading of ‘People of Nowhere’ written for World Refugee Year in 1959. The reading is at 5pm in the Grand Hall, upstairs.

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STILL I RISE

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HOME AND IDENTITY

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ANCIENT OBJECTS – NEW WRITING

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CROSSING BORDERS

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Visual / Digital Arts Discussion Music Family Events Performance

SOUFRA 12 PARCOURS DES INVISIBLES

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AMANI CREATIVES SHOWCASE

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FUN PALACES

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Screenings Literature No Language Barrier Disabled Access

JOURNEYS LIVE - WORLD MUSIC STAGE 15 COFFEE SHOP CONVERSATIONS

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Workshops

TRAVELING LIBRARY

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Music

OVER HERE ZINE FEST

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EXPLORE YOUR DRAMA

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MUSIC WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG REFUGEES

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PEOPLE FROM NOWHERE

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Free Event Ticketed Event Indoor Event Performance

RAQQA 19 GASKILL GARDEN PROJECT PAY AS YOU FEEL MEAL

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FAMILY CREATIVE CELEBRATION 20 SENTINEL 21 IS MIGRATION NATURAL?

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PERFORMANCE //

MANCHESTER ART GALLERY MOSLEY STREET, M2 3JL

STILL I RISE

A powerful collective of international women artists #TravellingHeritageBureau have created a pop-up, interactive trail at Manchester Art Gallery especially for #JourneysMcr. With film, sculpture, textiles, painting, music and poetry with cultural influences from Africa, Asia, Latin America and beyond, the women will lead you on a journey of resistance, creativity and hope with echoes of women’s struggles across the world, struggles to be represented, respected and to be free.

The Still I Rise Writer and Director is Yusra Warsama, and the project is produced by Community Arts North West and Digital Women’s Archive North, in partnership with Manchester Art Gallery as part of Journeys Festival International Manchester.

Performance Times 12.30pm – 1.10pm 2.00pm – 2.40pm 3.30pm – 4.10pm FREE

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4 – 14 OCTOBER

VISUAL ARTS //

THE WORLD IN MANCHESTER: A PROJECT ABOUT HOME + IDENTITY

by Kate Daudy

The World in Manchester is a city-wide exhibition programme by international artist Kate Daudy commissioned by ArtReach. Kate is renowned for her work exploring the limits of language and for her sculpture/text crossovers, often creating interventions in public/private spaces. Multidimensional works resulting from her interactions can be seen across Europe, America and the Middle East. The project aims to set Manchester and its people at the heart of a local and national debate to explore how we are all connected.

‘AM I MY BROTHERS KEEPER?’ 8-14 October Manchester Art Gallery

A United Nations High Commission for Refugees desert tent, in which a family lived for several months, and on which Daudy inscribed observations from refugees from nearly 60 countries, and material from a funding project in Syria which commissioned crochet circles to be made by internally displaced women in the refugee camps.

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LOOK UP Case Studies #4 #5 #6 #7 4-14 October, various venues Manchester City Centre Selfridges, National Football Museum, The Great Northern

Look out for Kate’s Case Studies as they pop up around the city centre. These experimental written/ pictorial works originally ink on paper will be blown up to a huge size and overlaid with words about home and identity. These works will be overlaid with the help of Manchester-based Sir Professor Konstantin (Kostya) Novoselov, the Nobel Prize winner for discovering graphene. Originally from Russia he has made his home in Manchester and discovered graphene there.

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STREET INTERVENTIONS Look out for more iconic felt text adorning the walls of buildings in the city centre with messages that raise awareness of man’s capacity to transcend circumstance and strive for a better future. The words and ideas will be gathered from Manchester people, past and present, from all walks of life, including newly arrived refugees. The work explores the notion that our thoughts all weigh the same in the public forum.

Make sure you check our website and social media to reveal the locations.

If you see one, share your image with us @Journeysfest

OUR LOCAL PLANET Kate Daudy’s new map of the Look Up project in Manchester, which maps these written interventions amidst local landmarks, and reveals who said what. Pick up a copy from one of our partner organisations or Selfridges city centre store. You can respond with your own map. Make sure you share the results with us @Journeysfest

ART WALKS Guided walks around the Look Up artworks to learn about the stories behind the images with artist Kate Daudy and the Journeys Festival International Manchester Curatorial Team.

Friday 12 October FREE 4.00pm – 5.00pm Saturday 13 October 11.00am – 12.00pm Meet outside National Football Museum main entrance Book Your Free Space at JourneysFestivalInt.eventbrite.com

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HUMANITARIAN AID AND THE ARTS

Coffee Shop Conversation Friday 12 October 5.30pm – 7.00pm Chapter One Books FREE Lever Street, M1 1BY Join Kate Daudy (Artist), Professor Ana Carden-Coyne (Director of the Centre for the Cultural History of War, University of Manchester), Samara Atassi (Co-founder and trustee of Souriyat Across Borders, that operates and runs an education and rehabilitation centre in Amman, Jordan) for coffee, cake and an informative yet informal discussion of the project. Find out about Kate’s experience of working with UNHCR and discuss how artists and humanitarian aid charities can work together to create positive social change.

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SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER

ANCIENT OBJECTS –NEW WRITING ArtReach, producer of Journeys Festival International, has commissioned four North West based artists to develop new writing in response to objects they have selected that are housed in the Manchester Museum collection. These new works will be presented for the first time along with each selected object at four Manchester Libraries throughout the Festival.

4 Artists 4 Objects 4 Locations 4 Unique Stories

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Journeys Festival International pops up at Manchester Museum to celebrate the launch of our Ancient Objects – New Writing project. Join us and meet the four artists who have created new pieces of work inspired by ancient objects in the Manchester Museum’s collections. Come along to find out more about the artist’s creative processes. Drop in and create your own piece of writing and make an origami crane, inspired by the artists’ work.

Saturday 6 October 11.00am – 3.00pm Manchester Museum Oxford Road, M13 9PL JOURNEYSFESTIVAL.COM

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LITERATURE/PERFORMANCE // LIBRARIES LIVE PERFORMANCES Throughout the week in four local libraries the Museum objects will be on display alongside the new writing.

The artists will perform their work and talk about the project along with members of the Journeys Festival International and Manchester Museum curatorial teams. Join us to find out more about each object, artist and new piece of writing.

A Message of PEACE

by Mahboobeh Rajabi Monday 8 October 6.00pm – 7.00pm North City Library 931 Rochdale Road M9 4AF

The Object's Whisper

by Abas Eljanabi, Tuesday 9 October 6.00pm – 7.00pm Wythenshawe Forum Library, Forum Grove M22 5RX I’m Torn to Pieces Dear Poet, Come to my Rescue…

by Firoozeh Fozouni Wednesday 10 October 6.00pm – 7.00pm Central Library St Peter’s Square M2 5PD

The Persian Bow (a trilogy)

by Vahid Davar Thursday 11 October 6.00pm – 7.00pm Longsight Library and Learning Centre 519 Stockport Road M12 4NE

FREE

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4-14 OCTOBER

CROSSING BORDERS

by Matilda Glen

BE//LONGING

by Take Back Theatre Using research from University of Manchester Migration Lab, Take Back Theatre lead you on a journey from borders to belonging – exploring the reality of migration and the stories behind the headlines. A script-in-hand performance on the Crossing Borders Installation (weather permitting).

Crossing Borders is an outdoor installation created by artist Matilda Glen to shed light on the continued suffering of refugees across Europe. This artwork is informed by Matilda’s volunteer work with refugees in Calais and Paris, and shares how different this experience was from the news reports she was receiving in the UK. The work explores the hardships endured by displaced people and uses the power of art and storytelling to challenge media reporting of the current refugee crisis, as well as seeking to encourage discussion, integration and a better understanding of the current situation at our borders.

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4 October 7.00pm - 7.30pm The Whitworth Oxford Road, M15 6ER

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CROSSING BORDERS DISCUSSION: BETWEEN THERE AND HERE Be part of Matilda Glen’s socially engaged artwork Crossing Borders. Voice your opinions and listen to others discuss the humanitarian disaster of our generation, the refugee crisis and the role that the arts can have. All taking place within the art work itself.

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Wednesday 10 October 3.00pm – 4.00pm The Whitworth Oxford Road, M15 6ER

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CROSSING BORDERS: LET’S PLAY! Come down to the Whitworth to enjoy a day of family fun: den building, kite making workshop, as well as performances all aimed at exploring the themes of the Crossing Borders installation.

We will join forces with Rethink Rebuild Society to bring you a fun filled day that promotes diversity, immigration, integration in a welcoming and inclusive environment.

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Sunday 14 October 11.00am – 4.00pm The Whitworth Oxford Road, M15 6ER

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MONDAY 8 OCTOBER

SCREENINGS // SOUFRA A film by Thomas Morgan Monday 8 October HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place M15 4FN Join us for the UK premiere of Soufra, which follows the inspirational story of intrepid social entrepreneur, Mariam Shaar – a refugee who has spent her entire life in the Burj El Barajneh refugee camp south of Beirut, Lebanon. The film follows Mariam and a diverse team of fellow refugee women who share the camp as their home, as they set out to change their fate by launching a catering company, “Soufra,” and then expanding its reach outside the camp with a food truck business. Together, they heal the wounds of war through the unifying power of food while taking their future into their own hands.

SCREENING TIMES

6.15pm – 8.10pm Screening with Post-show Talk Alison Surtees, from In Place 11.00am – 12.30pm of War, will talk through the A parent and baby, women only screening. The sound won’t be loud Creative and Social Entrepreneur and lights will be up a little. (Please Programme, a certified programme note this is not a children’s film, but of training in post-conflict zones, sharing the ideas of “getting things is suitable for young audiences) off the ground, when you have nothing”. The presentation will Ticket Prices: Full £7/concs £5 be interactive with lots of chances HOME Member: to ask questions.

Full £5.50/concs £4

We have a limited number of discounted tickets for refugees and asylum seekers to attend these screenings. Please contact dan@artreach.biz or 0161 2734 090 to book.

This project is supported by Film Hub North, proud to be part of the BFI Film Audience Network.

Ticket Prices: Full £9/concs £7 Member: Full £7/concs £5.50

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VISUAL ARTS/MUSIC //

THE INVISIBLES’ JOURNEY

In collaboration with Secours Catholique 4 – 14 October This exhibition presents paintings, drawings and prints realised by migrants who took part in arts workshops organised and facilitated by the charity Secours Catholique at its day-centre in Calais. Exhibiting the artwork made by the exiled persons passing though Calais (600 people in December 2017) is to highlight the reality of their personal stories and their lives in transit. Whilst these individuals' mobility remains constrained, on the other hand their works can circulate without limits. On this occasion, let's give them the possibility of break through and fly over the borders!

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Longsight Library and North City Library Open Mon & Tues 9.00am – 8.00pm Thurs to Sat 9.00am - 5.00pm Closed Friday and Sunday @JOURNEYSFEST // #JOURNEYSMCR

AMANI COLLECTIVE SHOWCASE

12 October 3.00pm – 4.00pm Come along for an African afternoon concert and meet Amani Collective; a dynamic group of professional and upcoming musicians of African genres supporting each other and showcasing the complexity and variety of contemporary African music. The collective takes you on a journey to discover and experience African music though irresistible grooves and beautiful melodies from DR Congo, Cameron, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, and more.

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Waterside Arts Centre 1 Waterside, Sale M33 7ZF FREE

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WORKSHOPS // MY JOURNEY

Zine Making Worksop Sat 6 October 11.00am – 4.00pm Explore drawing, graphics, text and collage to make your own ‘Zine’ (mini magazine) about a personal journey taken by you or your family.

FREE

North City Library 931 Rochdale Road, M9 4AF

FUTURE ALEPPO

In partnership with Rethink Rebuild Saturday 6 October 11.00am – 3.00pm Amongst the destruction of his beloved Aleppo (Syria), 13-year-old Mohammed Kteish resolved that he would rebuild the city – reconstructing the fallen landmarks first as paper models and then in virtual reality.

Join us to build our own city of Manchester from paper models and create a virtual reality version of it and also experience the virtual reality through which you can travel inside and experience the city of Aleppo as Mohammed remembers it.

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Longsight Library and Learning Centre 519 Stockport Road, M12 4NE

WELCOME BANNER WORKSHOP

Sat 6 October 2.00pm – 4.00pm Create your own message of welcome in this fun family friendly workshop that will explore embroidery, collage and the power of using words and text in your pictures.

FREE

Wythenshawe Forum Library Forum Grove, M22 5RX

EBRU (MARBLING) WORKSHOP

Sun 7 October 11.00am – 4.00pm Come and try your hand at ‘Ebru’ the traditional Turkish art of marbling. Learn about this ancient art and decorate paper using beautiful patterns and images by spreading oil paints on dense water.

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SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER

MUSIC //

JOURNEYS LIVE – WORLD MUSIC STAGE Saturday 13 October, 12.00pm – 6.00pm Cathedral Gardens, Corporation Street, M4 3BG Travel the world in a day without moving from Manchester, Journeys Live is a day of free entertainment featuring a line-up of incredible emerging and established artists spanning the Middle East to Africa. Cathedral Gardens will host a main stage of global vibes and music talent, creative workshops and street food for everyone to enjoy.

Plus, find out more about how Manchester supports refugees and asylum seekers and how you can get involved.

AMANI COMMUNITY CHOIR

Amani Community Choir is a cultural cross-over and intergenerational choir based in Moston. It is composed of local residents, from and around Manchester, of different backgrounds including refugees and asylum seekers, celebrating friendships and connections between people.

12.30pm – 1.00pm

NEDA

Neda is an upcoming Soul, R&B artist from Manchester, inspired by the works of Erykah Badu, Bilal, and Lauryn Hill. She has performed annually during Refugee Week, and briefly collaborated with GRRRL - an electronic music collaboration brought together by ‘In Place of War’ and presented at the 2017 Festival.

1.10pm – 1.40pm MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL ROOTS ORCHESTRA

A unique ensemble fusing diverse musical influences from Eastern Europe to South Asia, embracing rap, classical music and Jazz along the way.

2.00pm – 2.40pm AMANI COLLECTIVE

African Summer - World-class African artists will introduce you to the diversity of African music and dance through the sounds of Rumba, Soukous, Sawa Blues, Township and African Jazz.

3.00pm – 3.40pm

RAFIKI JAZZ Up Close!

Nine native and migrant folk remix roots music and tell modern stories with a glance back to the ancients. Showcasing new pieces from their current Up Close project, their set features the stunning vocal quartet of Sufi Sarah Yaseen, Hebrew-Hindi singer-songwriter Avital Raz, Egyptian Coptic master-musician Mina Salama and Senegalese griot Kadialy Kouyate, at the heart of a truly cross-continental musical masala.

4.00pm – 4.40pm

ZEE GUVEYA & THE HERITAGE SURVIVAL BAND

Highly talented musicians from Zimbabwe bring an Afro-fusion sound with modern influences whilst upholding familiar traditional rhythms. Get your boogie on to the dance beat which weaves together hypnotic up-beat chimurenga songs, fast-beat sungura music and the occasional popular reggae cover thrown in!

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DISCUSSIONS // COFFEE SHOP CONVERSATIONS Coffee Shop Conversations are an opportunity to discuss and exchange views on subjects relating to Journeys Festival International, including with artists at the heart of the Festival. Join us for informal discussions over a free tea, coffee and cake.

ARTISTIC DEVELOPMENT & INTEGRATION Friday 5 October 4.00pm – 5.30pm Mustard Tree 110 Oldham Road Ancoats, M4 6AG This conversation will explore the challenges facing new arrivals to the UK who want to engage with the art world and develop their career as a professional artist. Hear the story of artists Mahboobeh Rajabi and Emmanuela Yogolelo who have done just this, and from Community Arts North West which has supported them.

Book your free ticket at JourneysFestivalInt.eventbrite.com FREE

RECKONING WITH REFUGEEDOM

HUMANITARIAN AID & THE ARTS

WITH PROFESSOR PETER GATRELL

Friday 12 October 5.30pm – 7.00pm Chapter One Books Lever Street, M1 1BY

Tuesday 9 October 4.00pm – 5.30pm Milk & Honey Café St Peter's House Precinct Centre Oxford Road M13 9GH How can historical refugees’ voices be heard in today’s contemporary culture? Join Professor Peter Gatrell, Kasia Nowak and Alex Dowdall University of Manchester to discuss his new research project Reckoning with Refugeedom. Come along and find out how Journeys Festival International will be working with contemporary artists to respond to archive material, giving a modern voice to historical stories of displacement and forced migration.

Reckoning with Refugeedom is an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded collaborative research project.

Join Kate Daudy (Artist), Professor Ana Carden-Coyne (Director of the Centre for the Cultural History of War University of Manchester), Samara Atassi (Co-founder and trustee of Souriyat Across Borders, that operates and runs an education and rehabilitation centre in Amman, Jordan) for coffee, cake and an informative yet informal discussion of the project. Find out about Kate’s experience of working with UNHCR and discuss how artists and humanitarian aid charities can work together to create positive social change.

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LITERATURE //

TRAVELING LIBRARY Here you will find an inspiring collection of books exploring the experiences of refugees and asylum seekers and that tours our Festivals in vintage suitcases. Flick through award winning novels, beautifully illustrated children’s books and short stories and poems suitable for all ages.

Look out for our suitcases throughout the Festival at North City Library, Wythenshawe Forum Library, Longsight Library, Central Library. In the lead up to and during the Festival, the books will feature in regular story telling sessions at these libraries: Wythenshawe Forum Tues 9 Oct 11.00am – 11.30am North City Library Tues 9 Oct 10.30am – 11.00am Central Library Tues 9 Oct 10.30am – 11.00am Longsight Library Thurs 11 Oct 2.00pm – 2.45pm Central Library Sat 13 Oct Autism - Friendly Story 10.00am – 10.30am

OVER HERE ZINE FEST

Saturday 13 October 11.00am – 6.00pm

Over Here Zine Fest is a not-for-profit event focusing on the work of Black / Asian / BAME / POC zine makers, artists, writers and activists taking place in conjunction with the Commonword Black and Asian Writers Conference 2018. There will be zines, talks, workshops and places to just hang around and chat with other people. Join members of our Roots Group and others and read the zine’s they have produced.

For more information visit overherezinefest.org FREE

Sacha’s Hotel Tib Street, M4 1SH

Age group 4-7 years (flexible depending upon the needs of the child). Parents and carers need to book, as places are limited. Contact Tracy/Carole on 0161 234 1945 to book.

Please check with libraries for more details or visit journeysfestival.com

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PERFORMANCE // EXPLORE YOUR DRAMA

WOMEN’S PERFORMANCE LAB Journeys Festival International, in partnership with Sheba Arts and HOME, are offering an exciting opportunity for an intensive 5-day performance laboratory for young women aged 18-27 from refugee backgrounds, interested in developing their performance skills. Participants will work with artist, writer and performer Fereshteh Mozaffari and writing facilitator Dilapi Dass to develop their creative performance skills. If you would like to take part or if you would like to attend the sharing event, please contact dan@artreach.biz or on 0161 273 4090.

(No experience necessary, and travel expenses will be supported).

FREE

1 – 5 October 10.00am – 1.00pm Sharing event Friday 5 October 2.30pm – 3.30pm HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place M15 4FN

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MUSIC WORKSHOPS FOR YOUNG REFUGEES

WITH RETHINK REBUILD

Three creative drop-in workshops aimed at young people from refugee backgrounds aged 8-13 years will be led by Music Action International.

The sessions will be led by local musicians from refugee backgrounds who will work with the group to inspire them with a celebration of rhythms, traditions and melodies, to create a new song together, inspired by their own hopes, and dreams for the future.

Music Action International's specialist sessions use music and creativity to support young refugees to reduce potential effects of trauma, to feel happier in their new home, and to believe in a brighter future.

(These workshops are in partnership with Rethink Rebuild's Celebrating Syria Festival.)

If you would like to take part, feel free to drop into any of the sessions or for more information contact Rethink Rebuild on 0161 222 9779 or info@rrsoc.org A sharing of the work will take place as part of our family day on Sunday 16 October, at the Whitworth.

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Sunday 7 Oct / /2.00pm – 4.00pm Tuesday 9 Oct / /5.00pm – 7.00pm Thursday 11 Oct / /5.00pm – 7.00pm Rethink Rebuild Society Unit 7, Longsight Business Park, Hamilton Road, M13 0PD 18

PERFORMANCE // PEOPLE OF NOWHERE

BY JAMES BRABAZON

A rehearsed reading of a play originally commissioned and performed as part of World Refugee Year 1959-60, presented by Box of Tricks and students from the University of Manchester.

People of Nowhere highlights the experiences of a group of Eastern European refugees living in a camp in Germany following the Second World War, throwing a light on the mass displacement of people created by that global conflict. The play has striking parallels to the experiences of people around the world displaced by current conflicts, making it every

4 October 5.00pm – 6.30pm The Whitworth, Oxford Rd, M15 6ER

RAQQA

BY LIZZIE NUNNERY

bit as relevant today as 60 years ago. This reading is part of the ‘Reckoning with Refugeedom’ project funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Free – Limited places Book your free ticket at JourneysFestivalInt.eventbrite.com FREE

A work-in-progress sharing of scenes and songs from a new play by award winning playwright Lizzie Nunnery exploring women’s experiences of conflict. Following a month-long programme of community workshops with Sola Arts and 4Wings women’s groups in Liverpool, Box of Tricks will host an informal sharing of a short film along with songs and scenes written

by Lizzie and inspired by the workshop participants.

John Thaw Studio Theatre The University of Manchester Bridgeford Street, M13 9PL Free – limited places Book your free ticket at JourneysFestivalInt.eventbrite.com

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FAMILY EVENT // FAMILY CREATIVE CELEBRATION

ARTISTS SUNDAYS TAKE OVER

GASKILL GARDEN PROJECT

PAY AS YOU FEEL MEAL

Join us for a Journeys Festival International Special, PAYFM. Gaskill Garden Project will be serving up 3 courses of their own refugee grown produce and supermarket surplus, all of course, pay as you feel! Remember there are special prizes for those who bring their own bowl!

All proceeds go to Gaskill Garden Project and its inspiring work creating a creative, safe and accessible garden space to promote cultural cohesion and combat social isolation for, but not limited to, refugees and asylum seekers.

Full line up to be confirmed, please visit journeysfestival.com to find out more.

Tuesday 9 October 7.00pm – 11.00pm The Old Abbey Tap House Guildhall Close, M15 6SY

Journeys Festival International and Celebrating Syria have joined forces to bring you and your family a packed day of creative activities that celebrate many of the global cultures represented here in Manchester.

So, get crafty and build and fly your own kite, lean how to build a den in the park, try your hand at Arabic calligraphy and origami. Get moving with artist Hamzeh al Hussien from Mark of Hope Theatre for a performance and workshop. Live music with Music Action International and Rethink Rebuild who will be sharing work created in workshops with young people throughout the week.

Sunday 14 October 11.00am – 4.00pm The Whitworth Oxford Road, M15 6ER FREE

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PERFORMANCE // Alongside Journeys Festival International in Manchester, our festival partners Rethink Rebuild Society present Celebrating Syria: a Festival of Arts and Culture, 9 days of exhibition, films, performance, live music, talks by writers, panel discussions and interactive art workshops exploring Syrian arts and culture featuring UK-based Syrian artists between 5-14 October 2018. Discover the full programme here: https://celebratingsyria.org/ Enjoyed Journeys Festival International Manchester 2018 and want some more? No problem!

Thursday 25 October / / 7.00pm ÂŁ10/ÂŁ8 tickets available from https:// www.manchestersciencefestival.com Waterside, 1 Waterside Plaza Sale, M33 7ZF

SENTINEL Sentinel is an electronic music show that features data visualisation and a laser light show to explore climate change and migration in sound & light taking place as part of Manchester Science Festival (MSF). The show is supported

by Arts Council England, MSF and Waterside.

For more information visit http://wearesentinel.com

IS MIGRATION NATURAL? Saturday 27 October / / 3.00pm HOME, 2 Tony Wilson Place, M15 4FN FREE

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Join artist and performer Akeim Toussaint Buck to discuss why the current portrayal of migration in the media seems to be at odds with one of the longest practices of humanity. As part of Orbit Festival at HOME.

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EVENT LISTINGS DATE 4-14 Oct 4-14 Oct 4-14 Oct

START Various Various Various

FINISH Various Various Various

EVENT Look Up – Case Studies Street Interventions Crossing Borders

CATEGORY Visual Art Visual Art Visual Art

VENUE Various see page 6 Various, city centre The Whitworth North City Library Longsite Library

TICKET FREE FREE FREE

4-14 Oct Various

Various

The Invisibles Journey

Visual Art

4-14 Oct Various

Various

The Traveling Library

Literature

North City, Longsite & Wythenshawe Libraries

Performance

The Whitworth

Booking Recommended

Various Performance

The Whitworth The Whitworth

FREE FREE

Discussion

Mustard Tree Café

FREE

FREE

04-Oct 04-Oct

People of Nowhere script in hand rehearsed reading 6.30pm 7.00pm Festival Launch 7.00pm 7.30pm Crossing Boarders – Be//Longing

05-Oct

4.00pm 5.30pm

05-Oct

2.30pm 3.30pm Explore Your Drama – Sharing

Workshop

HOME

FREE, Contact JFI

06-Oct

11.00am 3.00pm Ancient Objects – New Writing

Literature

Free, Drop In

06-Oct

11.00am 4.00pm Fun Palaces –Banner Making Workshop Workshop

06-Oct 06-Oct

Workshop Workshop

07-Oct

11.00am 3.00pm Fun Palaces – Future Aleppo 2.00pm 4.00pm Fun Palaces – Zine Making Workshop Rethink Rebuild 2.00pm 4.00pm Music Workshops for Young Refugees

07-Oct

12.00pm 4.00pm Still I Rise

Performance

07-Oct

11.00am 4.00pm Fun Palaces Marbling Workshop

Workshop

Manchester Museum Wythenshawe Forum Library Longsight Library North City Library Rethink Rebuild Society Manchester Art Gallery Central Library

08-Oct

11.00am 12.30am

Soufra – A parent and baby, women only screening

Screening

HOME

08-Oct

6.00pm 7.00pm

A Message of PEACE

by Mahboobeh Rajabi

Literature

North City Library

FREE

Screening

HOME

Full £9/concs £7 HOME Member full £7/concs £5.50

Workshop

Rethink Rebuild Society

Free, Drop In

Literature

Wythenshawe Forum Library

FREE

Discussion

Milk & Honey Café

FREE

Music, Discussion

The Old Abbey Tap House

Pay as You Feel

Discussion

The Whitworth

FREE

Literature

Central Library

FREE Booking Recommended

04-Oct

5.00pm 6.30pm

08-Oct

6.15pm

09-Oct

5.00pm 7.00pm

Coffee Shop Conversation Artistic Development & Intergration

8.10pm Soufra – with talk by In Place of War Rethink Rebuild: Music Workshops for Young Refugees

09-Oct

5.00pm 7.00pm The Object's Whisper by Abas Eljanabi

09-Oct 09-Oct

Coffee Shop Conversation 4.00pm 5.30pm Reckoning With Refugeedom Gaskill Garden Project 7.00pm 11.00pm Pay As You Feel Meal

10-Oct

3.00pm 4.00pm

10-Oct

Crossing Borders Discussion Between There and Here I’m Torn to Pieces Dear Poet, Come 6.00pm 7.00pm to my Rescue… by Firoozeh Fozouni

Workshop

FREE

Free, Drop In Free, Drop In Free, Drop In FREE, Drop In FREE Free, Drop In Full £7/concs £5 HOME Member full £5.50/concs £4

11-Oct

4.30pm 5.30pm Raqqa

11-Oct

6.00pm 7.00pm The Persian Bow (a trilogy) by Vahid Davar Literature

John Thaw Studio Theatre Longsight Library

12-Oct

3.00pm 4.00pm Amani Collective Showcase

Music

Waterside Arts Centre

12-Oct

4.00pm 5.00pm Look Up Art Walk

Visual Art

Meet Outside National Football Museum

12-Oct

Coffee Shop Conversation 5.30pm 7.00pm Home & Identity with Kate Daudy

Discussion

Chapter One Books

FREE FREE

Performance

FREE

FREE FREE FREE

Booking Recommended

13-Oct

11.00am 12.00pm Look Up Art Walk

Visual Art

Meet Outside National Football Museum

13-Oct

1.00pm

Music,Workshops

Cathedral Gardens

FREE

13-Oct

11.00am 6.00pm Over Here Zine Fest @ Black Writers Conference Literature

Sacha’s Hotel

FREE

14-Oct

11.00am 4.00pm

The Whitworth

FREE

6.00pm Journeys Live – World Music Stage Family Creative Celebration Artists Sundays Take Over

Connect with the festival:

Visual Art, Music, Performance

Booking Recommended

Journeysfestival.com @JourneysFest