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This Is Who I Am @ Barnard College New York
2020-10-14 21:00 - 22:30 (Europe/London)
This is a closed event

Detention Dialogues @ Northampton University
2020-10-14 13:00 - 14:30
Details TBC

Asylum Monologues @ Bath Spa University
2020-10-12 11:00 - 12:30
Asylum Monologues
“This waiting for the Home Office to decide – me, I always say that it is a diplomatic form of torture. They are not raping us, they are not burning us with cigarettes, they are not hitting us with guns, but they are torturing us mentally, and that’s the worst. Because – my scars, they heal. It was painful but if I touch them now, I feel no pain. But the torture that is mental – this is constant…”

Read by actors and performers, Asylum Monologues is a piece of documentary theatre sharing first hand accounts of peoples’ experiences of seeking refuge in the UK and undergoing the UK asylum process. ice&fire are a theatre company dedicated to exploring human rights stories through performance, putting human rights at the core of everything they do to make accessible theatre for a wide range ofaudiences across the UK.

The Actors For Human Rights project is ice&fire’s campaigning programme, presenting readings of first hand accounts of people’s experiences relating to a range of human rights themes.

Event Details TBC

This Is Who I Am @ The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
2020-10-06 18:00 - 19:30

This Is Who I Am @ City of London University
2020-09-30 19:00 - 20:30
This is Who I Am‘ – LGBTQI+ experiences of the UK asylum process
“Then they separated us. We tried to say no, we applied for asylum as a couple. They say we don’t have any civil evidence that we are a couple. And we’re like – how can we show you any civil evidence if homosexuality is forbidden in my country?”

Read by performers, This Is Who I Am shares first-hand accounts of LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum about their experiences on arrival in the UK, the impact of the hostile environment and the particular challenges they face.
ice&fire explores human rights stories through performance and put human rights at the core of everything we do to make accessible theatre for a wide range of audiences across the UK.

Event Details TBC

This Is Who I Am - The Women @ We The Women Collective
2020-07-15 20:00 - 21:30

This Is Who I Am @ Bristol University (Mobilities & Migration Bristol)
2020-07-13 12:00 - 13:30

This Is Who I Am @ SOGICA conference
2020-07-07 15:00 - 16:30

Asylum Monologues @ Croydon High
2020-06-29 10:00 - 11:30

Asylum Monologues @ JW3 (Refugee Week)
2020-06-18 18:30 - 20:00

Detention Dialogues / Online / Ben & Jerry's / Refugee Week
2020-06-17 20:00 - 21:30
Detention Dialogues
Read by actors and performers, Detention Dialogues is a piece of documentary theatre sharing first hand accounts of peoples experiences of being held in UK immigration detention centres.
Hosted by Ben & Jerry’s, this event will be held online, details to follow.

Detention Dialogues
2020-03-18 18:30 - 20:00
Detention Dialogues is a piece of documentary theatre that is the result of a collaboration between Scottish Detainee Visitors and Ice and Fire Theatre Company. It is based on the testimony of people who have been detained by the immigration service in the UK. The performance will be followed by a discussion about the current hostile environment and detention in the UK.
This event is a collaboration between Scottish Detainee Visitors, Global Justice Glasgow, Ice and Fire Theatre Company, and Student Action for Refugees.
Details here

This Is Who I Am @ Bangor University
2020-03-13 15:00 - 17:00

Asylum Monologues @ Amnesty International Rise Up
2020-03-07 11:00 - 12:30

This Is Who I Am @ St Margarets House, Bethnal Green London (LGBT+ History Month)
2020-02-25 19:00 - 21:00
Open to the public, details here

This Is Who I Am @ M Shed Museum Bristol (LGBT+ History Month)
2020-02-22 19:30 - 21:00
This event is open to the public, details TBC
M Shed Museum, Princes Wharf, Wapping Rd, Bristol BS1 4RN

This Is Who I Am @ Nottingham University STAR (LGBT+ History Month)
2020-02-17 18:30

This Is Who I Am @ LSE, Student Action for Refugees (LGBT+ History Month)
2020-02-11 18:00 - 19:30

This Is Who I Am @ Marlborough Theatre Brighton (LGBT+ History Month)
2020-02-06 19:00 - 20:30
As part of the New Queers On The Block festival and LGBT+ History Month Actors For Human Rights will be performing a reading of This Is Who I Am at the Marlborough Theatre in Brighton, details to follow.

This Is Who I Am @ ELOP (LGBT+ History Month)
2020-02-05 19:00 - 20:30
As part of LGBT+ History Month Actors For Human Rights will present a “This Is Who I Am” reading for ELOP, a holistic lesbian and gay centre that offers a range of social, emotional and support services to LGBT communities.
The Reach Community Hub in Poplar, 11 Oliphant St, Poplar, London E14 0GB
This event is open to the public, details to follow

This Is Who I Am @ The Refugee Solidarity Summit, London
2020-01-31 09:30 - 2020-02-01 23:00
The Refugee Solidarity Summit is a convening of grassroots solidarity networks, non profit organisations, activists, volunteers, community organisers and NGOs working in the areas of refugee support, solidarity, advocacy and welcome in the UK and across Europe.
The Summit will be instrumental in unifying and refreshing our network, giving us the space to reflect, regroup, celebrate our achievements, helping us to galvanise our approaches and move forward with a clearer sense of collective purpose
Details and tickets here

Asylum Monologues @ Bow School
2020-01-16 11:00 - 12:00

Asylum Monologues @ The VOICES Network: Showcase Event Amnesty International
2020-01-13 18:00 - 21:00
Join the VOICES Network for an evening of refugee theatre performances, artwork, poetry and inspiring talks.

About this Event
We are the VOICES Network, a UK-wide group of experts-by-experience on refugee and asylum issues in the UK.

We share our human stories of forced migration to change minds, policy and practice.
Join us, the VOICES Ambassadors for an evening of:
A Young Refugee Theatre Performance
Original Poetry
A Performance of ‘Asylum Monologues’ from Ice and Fire Theatre Company
Inspiring Talks from the VOICES Ambassadors
Refreshments and networking
A full event programme will be announced soon.

Find out more about us by watching our official video below or by following us social media:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VOICESNetworkUK
Blog: https://thevoicesnetwork.home.blog/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thevoicesnetworkuk/
Tickets available HERE

Asylum Monologues @ Birmingham University
2019-12-11 18:00 - 19:30
This is a closed event for the Birmingham University STAR (STudent Action for Refugees) group

Asylum Monologues @ Kingston University
2019-11-25 11:00 - 12:30

Asylum Monologues @ Westminster University
2019-11-19 13:30 - 16:30

This Is Who I Am @ Southampton University
2019-11-18 18:30 - 20:30

Flying Circus Airlines: A Little Show About Immigration Controls
2019-11-14 18:30 - 20:00
Being Human Festival Hub 2019 – This Time It’s Personal
Hosted by Arts and Humanities Research Institute and Queen Mary University of London.
This play invites audience members to reflect on their personal moral stance when it comes to immigration controls.
ice&fire theatre company presents extracts from their upcoming show: a fun, irreverent and accessible excavation of the complex themes of freedom of movement versus the politics of exclusion. Be prepared for a show featuring clowns, an airplane, karaoke and possibly a turf war between a brown owl and a parakeet. Includes Q&A with the creative team. Created by playwright Amy Ng and Olivier-award winning Director Donnacadh O’Briain in collaboration with Dr Sarah Fine (King’s College London).
This event is part of the Being Human festival, led by the school of Advanced Study, University of London, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.
This event is open to all and free to attend.
#BeingHuman19

This Is Who I Am @ Reading University
2019-11-13 14:00 - 17:00

Asylum Monologues @ Queen Mary University
2019-11-11 10:00 - 12:00
