Iceandfire

This Is Who I Am @ Exeter University
2020-11-13 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Details TBC

This Is Who I Am @ Queer European Asylum Network Conference
2020-11-13 12:30 - 14:00
This is a closed event

Asylum Monologues // Exeter University
2020-11-11 13:00 - 14:30

Asylum Monologues @ Liverpoool Hope University
2020-11-04 14:30 - 16:00

Asylum Monologues @ Middlesex University (Performing Arts)
2020-10-30 16:00 - 17:30

This Is Who I Am @ Middlesex University (Law & Ethics)
2020-10-30 10:00 - 12:30

This Is Who I Am @ Liverpool John Moores University
2020-10-27 16:00 - 17:30

Asylum Monologues @ Birkbeck University
2020-10-26 20:00 - 21:30
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

Asylum Monologues // Herts University
2020-10-22 18:30 - 20:00

Asylum Monologues @ LSE
2020-10-21 16:00 - 17:30

This Is Who I Am // South Bank University
2020-10-20 18:00 - 19:30

This Is Who I Am @ Barnard College New York
2020-10-14 21:00 - 22:30

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

Asylum Monologues @ Bath Spa University
2020-10-12 11:00 - 12:30

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.
