From the Editor

* Pooja Ghai has taken over as Artistic Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tamasha Theatre Company: organisational model - “building a clear pipeline from writer development to mid-scale production and placing Global Majority artists at the centre of British theatre”.

* “We are an arts charity – can we take action on Palestine?”. That’s the question that Artists for Palestine UK sets out to answer in a new briefing. The advice begins by declaring, “Yes! While there are restrictions around charities’ ability to undertake work deemed ‘political activity’, this does not mean that you can’t undertake work in solidarity with Palestine.” Full statement here. 

Daniel Nelson london.globalevents@gmail.com

TALKS AND MEETINGS

Friday 20 March

* Book Talk: Evolution of Migration, Jay Song looks at the first Korean migrant to Australia and subsequent developments, 5 - 7pm, SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1. Info: SOAS

Monday 23 March

* War in the Middle East: Global and Regional Implications, panel with Amnon Aran, Georgios Giannakopoulos, Madura Rasaratnam, Inderjeet Parmar, 5-6.30pm, City University, AG21 (College Building), 280 St John Street,
EC1V 4PB. Info: City

* An African History of Africa, with Zeinab Badawi, 7-8:30pm, from £22.50, King's Place,90 York Way N1 9AG. Info: Intelligence Squared

* Pathways from debt crisis to transformative growth, Ganeshan Wignaraja, Phyllis Papadavi, Stephany Griffith-Jones, Andrew Dabalen, 11 - 12.30pm, in person and online, Overseas Development Institute, 4 Millbank SW1P 3JA. Info: ODI

* Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Award, shortlisted include Gurnaik Johal for Saraswati (Serpent’s Tail) and Liadan Ní Chuinnfor Every One Still Here, 7pm, £12, Barbican Centre, Silk Street EC2Y 8DS. Info: Award

Tuesday 24 March

* England United: Pride Not Prejudice, Sunder Katwala launches a toolkit “for those who want to speak up for an inclusive England”, 12 - 1pm, online. Info: British Future

* Capitalism, ecology and class struggle in the 21st century, Jason Hickel on how we can increase prosperity for all and protect the planet at the same time, 4 - 5.30pm, online. Info: Institute of Development Studies

EXHIBITIONS

* Emergency Exits: The Fight for independence in Malaya, Kenya and Cyprus, how post Second World War “Emergencies” as they were termed by the UK, shaped Britain, its former territories and the modern world, free, Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road SE1 6HZ until 29 March.Info: IWM

+ Exit wounds of Empire

* Hawai’i: a kingdom crossing oceans, a celebration of art and history, £14/£16, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1B 3DG until 25 May. Info: Hawai’i

*  A Greenland shadow over a wonderful Hawai’i exhibition

* Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire & Flora Indica: Recovering the lost histories of Indian botanical art, The Singh Twins examine the global mythologies of plants and the histories of Empire + work by historical Indian botanical artists; admission with Kew entry free, Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens until 12 April

+ The Singh Twins light up the links between empire and botany

+ The Singh Twins spotlight Kew’s role in the business of Empire

* Bibby Boys, documents the experience of the men aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge and the community that rallied around the migrants, Photofusion, Unit2, 2 Beehive Place, SW9 7QR until 4 April. Info: Photofusion

* Mil Veces un Instante (A Thousand Times in an Instant), Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ cuboid on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square is a memorial to trans people worldwide

* Nigerian Modernism,  Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from British colonial rule in 1960, Tate Modern, Bankside SE1 9TG until 10 May. Info: Tate

* I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies, examination of political dissent and erasure through the idea of collage, Sabrina Tirvengadum, Sunil Gupta, Qualeasha Wood, Jess Atieno,  Sheida Soleimani, free, Autograph, Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA until 21 March. Info: Exhibition

* The Land Carries, work by three international artists: Ahmed Akasha (UK), Dina Nur Satti (US) and Yasmin Elnour (Bahrain) responding to material in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology,1 - 5pm, Petrie Museum, University College London, Malet Place, WC1E 6BT until 16 May. Info: Sudan exhibition

* Collecting and Empire, trail making connections between archaeology, anthropology and the British Empire, British Museum, Great Russell Street, WC1. Info: British Museum

* British Library, installation of 6,328 books marks the contributions of migrants to UK, Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1. Info: Installation/ 7887 8888

* Target Queen, large-scale commission by British-Indian artist Bharti Kher, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre

* Water Pantanal Fire, photography exhibition revealing the fragile beauty of the Pantanal, the world’s largest wetland that sprawls across Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, free, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, SW7 2DD until 31 May. Info: Museum

* Bouchra Khalili: Circles and Storytellers, the culmination of the French-Moroccan artist and educator’s exploration of the Mouvement des Travailleurs Arabes and its theatre groups, Al Assifa and Al Halaka, free, Mosaic Rooms, 226 Cromwell Road, SW5 0SW, until 14 June. Info: Mosaic 

* Beatriz González, the Colombian artist explores the impact of the images we encounter every day, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS until 10 May. Info:Barbican  

* Yin Xiuzhen: Heart to Heart, through large-scale installations made from everyday objects, industrial materials and used items of clothing, the Chinese artist invites us to see the familiar in new ways, £19 (includes admission to Chiharu Shiota: Threads of Life), Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, SE1 8XX until 3 May. Info: Hayward

* The Land Carries, exploration of Sudanese history, culture and nationhood through contemporary art, free, 1-5pm, University College London Petrie Museum, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT. Info: Petrie

* Moved to Care: Stories of Health and Migration, explores the contributions of migrants from across the globe to healthcare over the last 150 years, from the 19th century colonial legacy of missionary nurses to the Windrush Generation, free, 20 Cavendish Square, W1G OR until 2 November. Info; Royal College of  Nursing

+ Migrant nurses: Looking after Britain’s health

* Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize, the shortlist includes Amak Mahmoodian  (Iran) on the effects of exile on memory and identity, imagining a world without borders, £10/£7, Photographer’s Gallery, 16-18 Ramillies Street W1 until 7 June. Info: Prize

* The Boy on the Peacock Throne: A Memoir in Images/ Echoes in Print/ Threads of Home From Hopscotch Women’s Centre, three exhibitions (two Iranian + one by Afghan refugee women), part of Persian New Year celebrations, free, Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, N6 5HG until 6 April. Info: Lauderdale House

* The Arab Hall: Past and Present, the Hall in the 100-year-old Leighton House is a blend of 13th-century Damascus tiles and Victorian architecture. A new exhibition features contemporary art and a dedicated film, offering a deeper look at how Islamic art has influenced British spaces, £14, Leighton House, 12 Holland Park Road, W14 8LZ until 4 October. Info: Leighton House

ARTS OPPORTUNITIES

* 30 Black UK-based filmmakers and content creators are wanted for Momentum - a free, nine-month professional development programme supported by Channel 4 and Sony Pictures Television. To register your interest, email: momentum@weareparable.comwith the subject line: Registering interest for Momentum 2026

* Projekt Empower’s mentoring programme for migrant theatre-makers at the start of their UK careers opens to applicants on 8 April.

* Entries for the London Palestine Film Festival must be submitted by 30 June. contact@palestinefilm.org.uk

* Wanted: poems and short prose on the tragedy of refugee deaths in the Channel.

* the other side of hope: journeys in refugee and immigration literature invites submissions for its next issue, “other tongue, mother tongue.” It seeks poetry by migrants in any language except English. Guidelines.

* The Young Playwrights Award is a free, open-access competition for any teenager in the UK interested in writing a play. Entries are open until 22 April.

* The Royal Court Theatre’s Writers’ Card aims to help playwrights through mentoring, networking, funding opportunities, events, subsidised meals and free script printing.

* P21 Gallery & Az Theatre invite submissions for an upcoming exhibition and activities programme on artistic responses to genocide: all media, any genocide.

* The Climate Migration Collaborative seeks contributors to its Climate Migration Storytellinginitiative.

* Comedian Munya Chawawa has launched Black Boys Theatre Club “to give young men access to a world of theatre”.

* Women writers, directors, performers, musicians and visual artists are invited to submit projects for the Playground Theatre’s planned Women’s Voices: A Celebration

* The BFI is to invest £150m over the next three years under six headings: audiences, education & heritage, filmmaking & talent development, skills & workforce development, international, and insight & industry.

* New Diorama Theatre is distributing grants of £500 to migrant theatre makers to ease the burden of visa, legal, and other bureaucratic costs affecting migrants navigating UK immigration.  

* Good Chance, formed in the Calais Jungle refugee camp, is launching Stage Door 10 - a national programme placing 10 creatives from refugee backgrounds in paid roles across 10 UK theatres and arts organisations.

* Theatro Technis and Hyphen Artist Collective’s offer free in-person & online writing sessions + community chats for hyphenated & global majority creatives.

* Applications for the next round of Artist Surgeries at the Gate Theatre are invited.

* As Yet Unscene, year-round initiative to find and develop scripts in early stages of development. it includes workshops, rehearsed readings and fully-rehearsed performances of longer extracts. Details here

* The Cockpit Theatre offers classes, workshops, readings, advice sessions, support & performance opportunities.

* Papatango hopes its new Playwrights’ Studio will be a home for playwrights of all levels of experience. Its advantages include digital workshops, lone-to-one, and thousands of pounds in open-access funding.

* If you are a refugee, immigrant or asylum-seeking writer interested in exploring your own poetry and prose, Exiled Writers Ink offers classes.