Iceandfire

This Is Who I Am // University of East London // Refugee Week
2021-06-15 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London)
Ice & Fire Present : THIS IS WHO I AM co-hosted by UEL Students, Living Refugee Archives and The Centre for Migration,Refugees and Belonging

About this event

“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 interweaves first hand accounts of LGBTQIA+ peoples experiences of the UK asylum process. The reading will be followed by a Q&A discussion panel.

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 of audiences across the UK.
The Actors For Human Rights project is ice&fire’s campaigning & outreach programme, presenting readings of first hand accounts of people’s experiences relating to a range of human rights themes.
This event is co-hosted by Living Refugee Archive and The Centre of Migration, Refugees and Belonging at University of East London. It is open to the public and free to access on Zoom. Booking is required via Eventbrite and an event link will be sent to you shortly.

Detention Dialogues- UNESCO Spring School 19/5/21
2021-05-19 11:30 - 12:30
Detention Dialogues( revisited )

Detention Dialogues are a series of verbatim scripts which feature the voices of migrants from different countries and continents. Created as part of IceandFire’s Actors For Human Rights project, and in collaboration with Scottish Detainee Visitors(SDV) this piece of documentary theatre allows people to share their own story as told in their own words.

Testimonies tell of people’s experience being held in immigration removal facilities across the U.K. Their powerful stories tell of an uncomfortable truth which all too often goes unheard, the Detention Dialogues project aims to address this.

UNESCO’s Spring School has featured live performances of Detention Dialogues before but this year we are presenting the material in a new way- giving participants the chance to listen to newly recorded audio extracts and explore their resonance through a different medium. Participants will be able to share thoughts in a facilitated Q&A with Steven Ritchie( Director, I&F Actors For Human Rights Scotland) and Kate Alexander (Director, SDV)

Asylum Monologues // University of Manchester // UK
2021-04-28 17:00 - 18:30
This is a closed event

Asylum Monologues // Border-Trouble // Toronto, Canada
2021-04-26 19:00 - 20:00
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/border-trouble-migration-research-creation-art-policy-tickets-148260273469

AFHR // Amnesty International // Bolton & Bury UK
2021-04-20 19:30 - 20:30

Asylum Monologues // Georgetown University // Washington USA
2021-04-19 16:00 - 17:30

Actors For Human Rights // Westminster University
2021-04-08 12:00 - 14:00
Details TBC

This Is Who I Am // Nottingham Trent University
2021-03-25 18:00 - 19:30

This Is Who I Am // Bangor University
2021-03-22 14:00 - 16:00

Asylum Monologues: Detention // SOAS Asylum Immigration Law Committee
2021-03-17 17:00 - 18:30

Actors For Human Rights @ Kings College London
2021-03-05 12:00 - 13:30

This Is Who I Am // Kingston Upon Thames University
2021-02-26 17:30 - 19:00

Asylum Monologues: Families Together Edition // STAR National
2020-11-26 18:00 - 19:30
Asylum Monologues: Families Together Edition Hosted by Student Action For Refugees & presented by ice&fire theatre

About this Event

‘ I used to look up at the night sky and count the stars saying over and over to myself that this was not really happening to me. I would say, I can’t die. I have to see my daughter. I have to be able to hold her and tell how much I’ve missed her – how much I love her. I want to see her grow up and to be sitting with ten grandchildren at the age of eighty. I never gave up.’
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 of audiences across the UK.
STAR is the national charity of 35,000 students welcoming refugees to the UK. Together we: volunteer at local refugee projects; campaign to improve the lives of refugees; educate people about refugees and asylum; fundraise to welcome refugees. We support the Families Together campaign and campaign for the expansion of the UK’s refugee family reunion rules, so that families are no longer kept apart. Read more about Families Together and sign the open letter here: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/actions/families-together
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.
Content Warning: Experiences of state violence are shared in the reading

This Is Who I Am @ Exeter University
2020-11-13 16:00 - 17:30

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

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
