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Made in Britain (India)
Rinkoo Barpaga, Deaf Explorer
June 20
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FEELING FABULOUS
Andro & Eve with Ghetto Fabulous Event Venue The Montgomery Time 18:30 Tickets Free
Learn to werk a runway, strut, dance and pose! Andro and Eve and Ghetto Fabulous team up again to bring Sheffield a fabulous queer dance workshop. This session is designed to build the confidence and skills of those new to dance, and is open to anyone identifying as LGBTQ+.
LGBTQ+ only
Dance, Workshop 18+
Roo is a deaf Punjabi boy from Birmingham, living in a world that wasn’t made for him.

Through pain and laughter, Roo narrates the impact of ableism and racism throughout his childhood and adult life, leading him to confront one key question: “Where do I belong?” A coming of age story about discovering your community and the journey that follows.
Come and be immersed in Roo’s world as he navigates across borders and grapples with his sense of identity.
All performances will be in BSL Spoken English and Closed Captions Director Tyrone Huggins, Dramaturge Daniel Bailey

Content Warning
Verbal descriptions of racial discrimination and racial abuse
★★★★
‘Barpaga is a remarkable storyteller’ FestMagazine
★★★★★
‘Powerful Physicality’ Liam O’Dell
‘Confident and Charismatic’ The Stage
Winner of Mervyn Stutter’s Spirit of the Fringe Awards 2022 | Winner of The Deaf Excellence Award, The Neurodiverse Review Awards
June 21
LIFEPATH: A JOURNEY FROM MYANMAR TO SHEFFIELD

Dr Chris Blackmore, University of Sheffield
Time 19:30 Event Venue Soft Ground Tickets Free
This talk follows the migration story of student Winko Oo, including his journey from Myanmar to study at the University of Sheffield. Using a narrative, lifestory approach, and with graphics from artists Eleven Design, follow Winko’s lifepath as he tells his story.
MEET YOUR NEIGHBOUR – A PERSIAN TEA PARTY + THE THIRD HOUSE
Maison Foo, Maison Foo’s Creative Sanctuary Group, Babak Aria, Amina Atiq
I WAS NOT BORN A SAD POET + IN CONVERSATION
Loraine Masiya Mponela
Event Venue
The Sanctuary Time 17:30 Tickets £7/£5/Free
The story of how Loraine found her voice, speaking as a member of one of the most marginalised groups in societyasylum seekers. There will be interviews, readings from her book ‘I was not born a sad poet’ and a Q&A for participants to share questions and reflections.

Content Warnings: mental health and death in asylum system
IMAGINING A CHILD-CENTRED MIGRATION LAW
Dr Jonathan Collinson, University of Sheffield
Time 17:45 Tickets Free
Event Venue Council Room at Firth Court
Children of migrants are deeply affected by Government decisions to deport adult family-members, yet when children’s rights are considered, it’s only to intervene in a decision on whether the adult ‘deserves’ to be deported. This talk imagines alternative migration law which centres children.

All Ages
Talk
Event Venue
Soft Ground Tickets Free Time 16:00
Schedule
16:00: Meet Your Neighbour – A Persian Tea Party

18:00: The Third House, Amina Atiq


Join Maison Foo’s Creative Sanctuary Group for an evening of Persian delights, music, poetry and the multi language Meet Your Neighbour installation as they transform Soft Ground into a traditional Middle Eastern household.

Meet and connect with Neighbours from around the world, taste delicious Persian tea and sweet treats, listen to songs from Iranian Musician Babak Aria and watch Yemeni Artist Amina Atiq’s Broken Biscuits: A filmed interview with Granma Hayla, finding out about her early life in Liverpool before listening to a live poetry set of Atiq’s The Third House.
QUEER EAST PRESENTS: LOTUS SPORTS CLUB + PANEL DISCUSSION
Queer East
Event Venue
Showroom Time 18:00 Tickets £5/Free
Filmed in Cambodia over the course of five years, Lotus Sports Club is an inspiring coming-of-age documentary about Leak, a teenage trans man who plays football in the under-21s women’s team of Kampong Chhnang, and Pa Vann, the coach and father-figure to Leak and other LGBTQ+ players on the team.

The screening will be followed by an in person panel discussion around topics of queer people in sports, trans visibility and independent queer filmmaking.
Film 12+