Maya Youssef

June 21

June 21 June 22

A Couple Of Strangers

Hector Manchego, Faizal Abdullah

Event Venue WhatsApp + SHU Performance Lab

Tickets £5/£3/Free

A Couple of Strangers explores the meaning of belonging and the differences in class, privileges, and opportunities among immigrants in the UK.

ACT 1 will start on WhatsApp on Wed 21st June at 12:30 (please do not attend SHU Performance Lab on this day)

ACT 2 will be in-person at SHU Performance Lab on Thu 22nd June at 19:00

ACT 3 is back on WhatsApp right after ACT 2.

Theatre All ages

June 22

Spatialising Compassion

Beena Nouri

Event Venue Crucible Theatre Time 15:00 Tickets £7/5/Free

Spatialising Compassion is a collaborative design workshop that questions and works through how spaces can reflect compassion, considering what compassion means for individuals and how their thoughts translate into designed spaces.

Workshop 15+

Hailed as ‘The Queen of the Qanun’, Maya Youssef is a globally renowned and award-winning qanun player and composer from Syria.

Born in Damascus, as a result of the war in her home country Maya arrived in the UK in 2012 under the UK Government’s Tier 1 visa scheme, endorsed by Arts Council England as an exceptional talent.

Since then, Maya has pushed the boundaries of the qanun (a 78 stringed plucked zither traditionally played by men) and has performed at the South Bank, BBC Proms, Royal Albert Hall, The Barbican, Shakespeare’s Globe and WOMAD Festival, and around the world.

Event Venue Drama Studio Time 19:30

All Ages Tickets £13 | £10 | Free Music

June 22

Together For Change

Stand & Be Counted Theatre + University of Sheffield

Event Venue Workstation Time 16:00 Tickets Free

The Creative Revolution is coming! Join us for an afternoon of live performance, relaxed round table, a documentary screening and Q&A exploring how young people seeking sanctuary can lead change, and the role of allies to support them.

Together we can build a platform for the voices we need more of.

Theatre, Film, Talk All Ages

June

HOSTILE Galeforce Films

Event Venue Showroom Cinema Time 18:00

Tickets £5/Free

Hostile is an award-winning feature-length documentary written, produced and directed by BAFTA-longlisted filmmaker Sonita Gale. Told through the stories of four participants from Black and Asian backgrounds, Hostile reveals the impact of the evolving ‘hostile environment’, a series of immigration policies designed to make life so unbearable for migrant communities that they choose to leave the country.

Content Warning: Racism, images of real dead bodies, moderate violence, strong language

Film 12+

June 22

Centre Archive Showcase

Centre for Equity & Inclusion

Event Venue Soft Ground Time 19:00

Tickets Free

The Centre for Equity & Inclusion has created its own anti racist archive. This is to help enable people of colour to document experiences of identity, culture and heritage, and racial justice. The archive is an opportunity for self-reflection and forming new narratives. For finding solidarity in common experiences, and hopefully some optimism in seeing some things change for the better.

Our first public showcase will feature performances and presentations that document Global Majority experiences of identity, culture, heritage, and racial justice.

Talk, Exhibition 15+

June 22

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Amina Khayyam Dance Company

June 22

Event Venue Sidney & Matilda Time 18:00 Tickets £10/£8/Free Film, Music 12+