You’re invited to our first ever Friday Hangout, where we’ll be bringing together people interested in Arab culture for an online chat over their lunch breaks, wherever they may be. We’re a very sociable bunch, and we’ve been missing our lunchtime hangouts while working from home, so we thought we’d extend an invite to others who may be feeling the […]
Hi everyone, we’re pleased to say that this workshop will still be running online! You’ll receive details of how to join the online meeting when you sign up, and the content will remain exactly the same. Data visualisation consists of converting numeric data into a visual format which clarifies and presents it in an engaging […]
In light of the current Government advice about the Coronavirus (COVID-19), temporary gallery closures and in order to ensure the health and well-being of our invited artists, visitors and staff, we have made the decision for this talk, which was due to be held at The Hepworth Wakefield, to instead take place in a new […]
Making Marks artist Sïan Rees-Astley will be in conversation with MOSTYN director Alfredo Cramerotti on Thursday 12 March. Making Marks is our creative exchange project between artists in the UK and Kuwait. Working in partnership with creative institutions in Kuwait and the four UK regions, Making Marks facilitated group visits for nominated artists to Kuwait […]
Belfast Exposed and the Arab British Centre are pleased to present ‘Murmur’ by Ben Malcolmson, an artist in the Belfast Exposed Futures programme. Ben was awarded to be a part of Making Marks by the Arab British Centre, an exciting project exploring the impact of international working on emerging artists. ‘Making Marks’ facilitated group visits […]
Join us at a special London’s Theatre of The East event exploring the significance of ‘women writing women’ – from 18th- century travel writers fiercely responding to representations of ‘The East’, to 21st – century retellings of Johnson’s play Irene, and the landmark events that inspired it. Featuring London’s Theatre of The East contributors, author Saeida Rouass and playwright […]
When Irene premiered at the Theatre Royal in Drury Lane in February 1749 it ran for a respectable but underwhelming nine nights. Johnson regarded it as a failure, as did James Boswell, who claimed his friend ‘had not the faculty of producing the impressions of tragedy’. But the time has come to revisit Johnson’s neglected […]
A rare and final opportunity to explore the London’s Theatre of The East exhibition for free at twilight! The London’s Theatre of The East exhibition invites artists, researchers and the public to (re)examine the historical connections of the Middle East and North Africa and London, via the lens of Dr Johnson’s 1749 play, Irene, set […]
Join us for a conversation between the artists featured in our exhibition, London’s Theatre of The East, organised in collaboration with Dr Johnson’s House. Novelist Saeida Rouass, documentary photographer Lena Naassana and textile designer Nour Hage will join academic advisors Professor Jerry Brotton, author of This Orient Isle, and the Donald Hyde Curator of Dr Johnson’s […]
Visit for free to see our exhibition, London’s Theatre of the East. Explore all four floors of Dr Johnson’s House and discuss with our artists (TBC) their varying responses to the theme of London’s links to the Middle East and North Africa over the past 500 years. You can read more about our exhibition here. […]