Refugee tALES v
Refugee Tales and Comma Press
19th June | 18:00 | Adelphi Room (Crucible Theatre)
Now onto its fifth edition, Refugee Tales presents the anonymous accounts of individuals who have direct experience of Britain’s policy of indefinite immigration detention.
These stories have been retold by writers as modern-day counterparts to the pilgrims’ stories in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, offering rare, intimate glimpses into otherwise untold suffering. During this discussion, you'll hear from writers involved in Refugee Tales V along with someone with lived experience of detention, as they talk about and read from the latest collection.
Ra Page (CEO and founder of Comma Press) will be chairing the event. The speakers are Shamshad Khan (contributor to Refugee Tales V), Bidisha Mamata (involved in Refugee Tales IV), and Kasonga (expert by experience).
About Refugee Tales and Comma Press
Since 2015, Refugee Tales walkers have made a large scale walk every summer in solidarity with refugees, asylum seekers and people who have been held in immigration detention. Working in collaboration with migrants and those who have experienced the UK asylum system, and taking Chaucer’s great poem of journeying as a model, established writers and people with lived experience of detention have shared tales in evening events.
The tales are published by Comma Press, a not-for-profit indie publisher based in Manchester. Through the sharing of tales the project has gathered and communicated experiences of migration, and has sought to show the reality of indefinite detention. As the project walks it creates a space in which the language of welcome is the prevailing discourse
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£7 | £5 | £2
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Running time - 19:00 - 20:15
Doors open - 18:30
Please note this is subject to change
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Adelphi Room
Crucible Theatre
Sheffield S1 1DA
United Kingdom -
15+
Content Warning: some viewers may find descriptions of detention distressing
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The Adelphi Room at Crucible Theatre is wheelchair accessible.
The building has an accessible toilet and lift access.
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Website: https://www.refugeetales.org/
Twitter: @RefugeeTales
Instagram: @refugeetales
Facebook: @TheRefugeeTales
Wednesday 19th June, 2024
18:00 - 19:15
Tickets £7/£5/£2