@ 3pm at 111 Barton St, Gloucester, GL1 4HR. This is a FREE event and is taking place during the GARAS AGM. In collaboration with Gloucestershire Action for Refugees.

@ Dame Allan School Newcastle. Faith’s story – (linking child detention to their theme of Crime and Punishment). There will be performance and  4 interactive workshops, with 100 pupils total. This is a closed event.

@ 5pm as part of ‘Celebrating Sanctuary’ at the Rich Mix. FREE event. For more info click here

@ Glasgow Tron Theatre for British Red Cross – Media Awards. This event is part of Refugee Week Scotland. For more info click here

@ 6.30pm at Freedom from Torture, 111 Isledon Road, N7 7JW. For more info click here or please ring Judy Lloyd on 020 7428 6477.

@ Bussey Building as part of Big Noise Festival from 4pm to 2am. It will raise funds for The Big Issue Foundation and explore the issue of homelessness in today’s society. For more info and to reserve your ticket click here

@ 6pm at Avonmouth House, 6 Avonmouth Street, London SE1 6NX. The perfromance is part of the “Freedom to be Understood” event, which starts at 4.45pm. The focus of this year’s Learning Unlimited seminar will be on refugees, asylum seekers and victims of torture and how people’s life experiences affect their attitudes to education. To register [...]

ice&fire have collaborated with Peace brigades International to create a script bringing together the testimonies of some of the human rights defenders they work with and the PBI volunteers who provide protective accompaniment. Starring Sam West, Juliet Stevenson and Hattie Morahan. More info here

Our Artist-in-Residence, playwright Hannah Davies, reflects on her experience with us over the last year I was invited to work with ice&fire in 2012 on the research and development process for their Art of Dying project. This was the initial phase of development of a new theatre piece inspired by the recent rise in contemporary [...]

Written by Hasani for The Independent Blog – Hasani is one of the participants in the Souvenirs project ‘What happened to me, the marks on my body, the memories, they are going to be my souvenirs.’These words are those of a victim and survivor of torture recounting the horrific experiences she went through. The words [...]