Events

Book a pass to access all three AWAN Talks on 11 March for £10. Ahla Fawda is a humanitarian and environmental NGO which provides support to disadvantaged communities through sustainable projects. Ahla Fawda founder, Iman Assaf will join us at...

Book a pass to access all three AWAN Talks on 11 March for £10. Join us at Rich Mix for a conversation between practising artists and cultural practitioners on the many paths taken and the obstacles they have faced in...

Escape into a dreamlike state during our free ‘Wholeness’ screening, a short experimental animation film by director Sarah Al-Sarraj, who will also be joining us for an in-person Q&A. This film is an exclusive pre-screening for when you purchase tickets...

Film screening, panel discussion + Q&A with Director Maysoon Pachachi The screening will be followed by a live Q&A with the acclaimed writer & director, Maysoon Pachachi, moderated by film programmer Abla Kan. Ticket includes exclusive pre-screening of Sarah Al-Sarraj...

Join us at the Elgar Rooms for a special edition of our acclaimed comedy night with five female Arab comedians, as part of the Arab Woman Artist Now (AWAN) Festival 2023. Event starts at 9.30pm (Doors open from 9pm) LINE...

The hilarious Fatiha El Ghorri brings her Work In Progress comedy show to Rich Mix! Event starts at 7.30pm (Doors open from 7pm) Fatiha is a British-Moroccan writer, actor, and regular on the UK comedy circuit. Her observational stand-up and...

Join us on March 18th to celebrate the remarkable apprenticeship programme between five UK-based Arab creatives and emerging female artists from Baghdad. During this event, you will see some of the artwork created by artists as part of the project...

Film screening, panel discussion + Q&A with film Director Soudade Kaadan Film starts at 9pm (Doors open from 8.30pm) 14-year-old Zeina and her family are the last to have stayed in their besieged hometown of Damascus in Syria. A missile...

Demystifying the music industry in this course where we start by identifying the entities and specialisations found in any given music. Demystifying the music industry in this two-hour course where we start by identifying the entities and specialisations found in...

The film deals with queer and feminist histories of the Middle East, the process of research, browsing and discovering lost archives! Film starts at 4pm (Doors open from 3pm) Neo Nahda recounts the story of Mona, a young Arab woman who...

Violin master, Akram Abdulfattah, brings his mesmerising fusion of jazz with middle eastern and Indian music to Rich Mix Akram Abdulfattah is a young Palestinian-American violin master who combines jazz with middle eastern and Indian music. Akram’s style creates a world of...

Are Arabs Funny? Judge for yourself, as the legendary comedy night Arabs Are Not Funny is back at Grand Junction with a special performance to raise money for Syria! In February, Turkey and Syria were hit by a series of catastrophic earthquakes....