ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE LANCASTER RD, LE1 7HA

CORE FESTIVAL // JUBILEE SQUARE SAT 20 – SUN 21 AUGUST // 11AM – 4PM

Across the Core Festival weekend, Journeys Festival International will host an array of free activities and events including performance, live music, moving image, hands-on workshops and visual arts.

INTERNATIONAL KITE PROJECT BBC RADIO LEICESTER, THE FORUM (FORMER BBC SHOP), JUBILEE SQUARE

Using innovative digital technologies, you are invited to design and fly virtual kites over breathtaking landscapes, including Afghanistan, India and Syria. In partnership with Inspirate.

COMMUNITY KITE PROJECT

For hundreds of years kites have been central to childhood (and adult) games and pursuits. Kite flying across the globe is synonymous with freedom, the outdoors, imagination and possibilities. Join expert kite makers from Community Kite Project to learn how to make your own kite based on designs from India and Afghanistan.

Community Kite Project FLOATING LIBRARY

A broad selection of literature, suspended from the ceiling of our Floating Library, telling stories from and about the refugee experience. From beautifully illustrated children’s tales to hard-hitting novels, there’s something to suit all ages…and heights! Titles include: The Unforgotten Coat by Frank Cottrell Boyce and We Are All Born Free, a collection of 30 articles simplified for children by Amnesty International.

INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE // JUBILEE SQUARE

There There

THERE THERE: EASTERN EUROPEANS FOR DUMMIES SAT 20 – SUN 21 AUGUST 11AM – 4PM

There There is a 50% Romanian, 50% Serbian performance company, conjured up in London by Dana Olărescu and Bojana Janković. Come along at any time to this interactive performance event and meet two “authentic Eastern Europeans” sharing insider knowledge of their customs and tactics. Try your hand at a whole collection of traditional fete games that stimulate thinking about integration, alienation and…immigration!

DANCING WITH STRANGERS: FROM CALAIS TO ENGLAND SAT 20 AUGUST 11AM – 4PM

A woman on the street with outstretched arms and a t-shirt that says ‘Dance With Me’. Will you accept her invitation? been dancing with refugees in ‘The Jungle’ camp in Calais and they created duets to perform with people in England. As they are unable to cross the border, if you accept Rita’s invitation you will (through her and the exchanged gift of dance), perform a duet with one of those refugees. Dance with a stranger and complete the connection.

Faceless Arts

FACELESS ARTS: DRIFTWOOD SUN 21 AUGUST 11AM – 4PM

A driftwood boat with driftwood puppets sets sail through a city and seeks a place to dock...

The Driftwood performance comprises a striking visual non-verbal performance using skilled and sensitive puppeteers, set to an original pre-recorded soundtrack and live score created by world music composer Maria Jardardottir.

The performance will be preceded by a hands-on workshop from 12 noon to create flags to ‘welcome’ the puppets to the city.

LIVE MUSIC STAGE // JUBILEE SQUARE

SAT 20 AUGUST: STAGE LINE-UP

11AM DIDIER KISALA The founding member of Congolese group The Redeemed creates a beautiful and soulful performance effortlessly initiating the weekend’s programme

Orchestra of Samples

SUN 21 AUGUST: STAGE LINE-UP

12PM MANCHESTER INTERNATIONAL ROOTS ORCHESTRA (MIRO) This unique ensemble, with roots from across the world, skilfully fuses diverse musical influences, from across Eastern Europe to South Asia, embracing rap, hip-hop, classical music and jazz along the way 12PM YASMIN KADI Urban Afro-beat singer songwriter, whose debut EP ‘Earthquake’ charted at #1 on iTunes Ireland. This exceptional Sierra Leone born artist of African and Lebanese descent has performed alongside Paloma Faith and Roots Manuva

1PM NAMVULA Fusing the folk and urban traditions of her Zambian homeland and her Scottish roots, Namvula blends African sounds and rhythms with Latin, jazz and folk into uplifting and emotive songs 1PM OP SA! BALKAN Bringing their own passionate brand of Balkan music, influenced by the roots of the Serbian Kolo and the Turkish čoček, OP SA! perform an addictive blend of wild beats, gypsy flair and modern sound

2PM AFRO CLUSTER Afro Cluster blend authentic sounds and rhythms of afro-funk and hip-hop with impassioned, politically conscious lyrics atop bold melodies

Sampling over 200 musicians worldwide to create a digital supergroup, audio/video duo Addictive TV perform their acclaimed “Orchestra of Samples” project, accompanied by Iranian percussionist Arian Sadr 2.15PM RAFIKI JAZZ Described as ‘Dance music without beats’ (Songlines) each performance with Rafiki Jazz is an invitation to visit a new global utopia where faiths, technologies and traditions meet

3:15PM ADDICTIVE TV – ORCHESTRA OF SAMPLES

3:30PM AAR MAANTA Described by young Somalis as “the voice of our generation”, Aar Maanta’s vocals fuse traditional Somalian music with house, hip hop and funk

MOVING IMAGE – STAGE SCREEN

In between acts the on stage screen will showcase a variety of moving images shorts, from animation to factual films, all focussing on the refugee experience. Films include: Shabana – a music video/animation, by Hello Psycallepo about Aleppo (Syria), Funfairs – portraying the life of a young Syrian boy in Beirut, by Nanda Al Dolani and Humans After All – men, women and children from the Calais ‘jungle’ sharing their stories but showing only their hands to express them, by Voices of Calais.

POP UP THEATRE

Free Pop Up theatre performances will be taking place in a variety of non-traditional theatre venues across the city. The Pop Up performances are inspired by the refugee and asylum seeker experience and will be presented by Leicester based practitioners from Scufflebox Theatre Company and Enter Edem, working with refugee community members.

Enter Edem

ENTER EDEM

“ You are not a drop in the ocean; you are the entire ocean in a drop” Rumi

No story is too small, every drop in the ocean makes the waves. Come join a water tribe as they tell tales of kindness and connection, of people and places from around the world, through puppetry, movement and magical visuals. This is the story of Golden and his journey as a refugee.

Enter Edem, a multi-arts theatre company, tell stories of the human experience, philosophy and the fantastically abstract through lively, astonishing, visual theatrics SCUFFLEBOX THEATRE COMPANY

Scufflebox Theatre Company will present a verbatim performance based on real life stories gathered from asylum seekers living in Leicester. Each performance will consist of a series of short stories, presented by both experienced and first-time performers. To devise this new piece, Scufflebox practitioners worked closely with individuals from the refugee and asylum seeker community to gather content of the performance, which will comprise of both spoken word and physical theatre.

POP UP PERFORMANCES

THURS 18 AUGUST SOFT TOUCH ARTS POP UP CAFE 1PM

SAT 20 AUGUST CATHEDRAL GARDENS, PEACOCK LANE 1PM

SAT 20 AUGUST MUSEUM SQUARE, NEW WALK 7PM

TUES 23 AUGUST ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE 12.15PM

More Pop Up performances will appear around the city between 18–23 August – so keep an eye on our website and social media for updates!

BU RNING DOORS

THIS BLAZINGLY CONTEMPORARY PRODUCTION TELLS THE STORIES OF PERSECUTED ARTISTS, LIVING UNDER DICTATORSHIP, WHO WILL NOT BE SILENCED.

WORLD PREMIERE WITH MARIA ALYOKHINA FROM PUSSY RIOT

23 – 27 AUGUST 2016 7:30PM, CURVE

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POST SHOW TALKS: JOIN US AFTER EACH PERFORMANCE FOR A TALK WITH THE ARTISTS AND SPECIAL GUESTS