• BEAF Group Exhibition

    Sovereign Shopping Centre 600 Christchurch Rd, Bounemouth, United Kingdom

    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

    The Old School House Gladstone Mews Gladstone Rd, Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    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.

  • Defenders

    Sovereign Shopping Centre 600 Christchurch Rd, Bounemouth, United Kingdom

    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.

  • For Clara

    Studio Roost 635 Christchurch Road Boscombe Bournemouth, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom

    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

    Boscombe Precinct & Sovereign Centre Christchurch Rd, Boscombe, United Kingdom

    In Touch celebrates the memories of three girls on the Boscombe Hippodrome dancefloor on a night out in 1959.

  • HOLE

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Join comedy writer/performer Holly Spillar in a muff-busting, musical mystery on sex, pain and the brain.

  • kid – cancelled

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    kid is a one man show exploring fatherhood, childhood. Expect truthful gripping story telling and uncensored content.

  • A Night Of Music and Stories

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    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.

    Free
  • Boscombe balms with Bones

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Artist bones tan jones will lead a herbal balm making workshop. Drawing on their interests in collective, social and individual healing

  • John Healy Q & A – cancelled

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    A rare and exclusive chance to hear writer and outsider John Healy talk about his world famous memoir, The Glass Arena.

    Free
  • The Lock-In

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    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.

    Free
  • Barbaric Genius

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    The remarkable story of John Healy's rise from wino and street thief to chess master and award-winning author.

    Free
  • Future Worlds

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Join artist Anders Birger on World Refugee Day for a workshop exploring future stories through image making.

  • Prime Cuts

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Showcasing the very best of emerging talent from the area, PRIME CUTS examines the festival theme of Turbulence through the eyes of local creators

    Free
  • Rising Voices Special Edition

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Join us at BEAF Arts Festival 2023 with Rising Voices in this special edition to hear to hear poetry from local writers of colour.

  • Iranian Cinema Evening

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    An Iranian cinema evening featuring two films directed by Shirin Neshat & Shoja Azari, Land of Dreams and Looking for Oum Kulthum.

    Free
  • Nature, Nurture… or both – cancelled

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Come and hear how Issa Farah has gone from being a school dropout and homeless to being a brilliant voice in the poetry scene.

  • Tell me you’re neurodivergent without telling me

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Artist Myriam San Marco will be talking about their writing journey and performing extracts from their first one-person show

  • LADY UNCHAINED

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    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.

    Free
  • Boscombe World Tea Room

    Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.) Boscombe Arts Depot (B.A.D.), Bournemouth, United Kingdom

    Join artist Tara White for a drop-in tea blending workshop, where you’re invited to create your own custom Boscombe Blend.