BEAF Group Exhibition
Group exhibition presenting intertwining narratives and portraits from the past and present selected from a BEAF call out for commissions within our festival.
Group exhibition presenting intertwining narratives and portraits from the past and present selected from a BEAF call out for commissions within our festival.
The Stories We Thread brings together all the voices of the Seeking Refuge project; the young unaccompanied refugees, asylum seekers, and all the women and men refugees who come to our weekly workshops to create a large communal artwork.
Stories from a nation under fire. Stories from a nation made of hope, pride, and resilience captured using an old Russian prism lense by artist Julia Kochetova.
A time capsule that consists of stories from our time dealing with topics such as identity, nationality, borders and trauma, and how these topics are part of deciding how we define ourselves.
In Touch celebrates the memories of three girls on the Boscombe Hippodrome dancefloor on a night out in 1959.
Join comedy writer/performer Holly Spillar in a muff-busting, musical mystery on sex, pain and the brain.
kid is a one man show exploring fatherhood, childhood. Expect truthful gripping story telling and uncensored content.
Twisted ballads and odd pop from BBC 6 Music regular, Scott Lavene. Stories collected from a wandering life full of unpredictable humour, unguarded vulnerability, wry observation and humble wisdom.
Artist bones tan jones will lead a herbal balm making workshop. Drawing on their interests in collective, social and individual healing
A rare and exclusive chance to hear writer and outsider John Healy talk about his world famous memoir, The Glass Arena.
The Lock-in is an ongoing monthly event for our outstanding outsider artists to try out their new uncensored work. Expect brilliant new writing, spoken word and music from unheard voices.
The remarkable story of John Healy's rise from wino and street thief to chess master and award-winning author.
Join artist Anders Birger on World Refugee Day for a workshop exploring future stories through image making.
Showcasing the very best of emerging talent from the area, PRIME CUTS examines the festival theme of Turbulence through the eyes of local creators
Join us at BEAF Arts Festival 2023 with Rising Voices in this special edition to hear to hear poetry from local writers of colour.
An Iranian cinema evening featuring two films directed by Shirin Neshat & Shoja Azari, Land of Dreams and Looking for Oum Kulthum.
Come and hear how Issa Farah has gone from being a school dropout and homeless to being a brilliant voice in the poetry scene.
Artist Myriam San Marco will be talking about their writing journey and performing extracts from their first one-person show
Lady Unchained performs her brilliant work which illuminates her life and the world we live in. The performance will be followed by a conversation hosted by The Outsiders Project.
BEAF has commissioned Boscombe-based, dance company Joli Vyann, who will be performing their awe-inspiring fusion of dance circus with participants from our Seeking Refuge Project.
Join artist Tara White for a drop-in tea blending workshop, where you’re invited to create your own custom Boscombe Blend.