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Responding to one of the greatest humanitarian issues of our time, this collection of new works features artists from Germany, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Syria and the UK as they uncover the stories of people forced to leave their homes. Limbo of the White Sea (Installation) - Maya Zbib, Zoukak Theatre Company (Lebanon) 9 - 11 June. A miniature museum of migrations from Lebanon, exploring how people construct homes as they constantly move and reside in non-places. As Far As My Fingertips Take Me (Installation) Tania el Khoury (Lebanon) 9 & 10 June, 5pm - 7.30pm and 11 June midday - 7.30pm A conversation through a wall between an audience member and a refugee. Sharing stories of people who have recently challenged border discrimination which can be kept or washed away. Al Hayat (Life) (Installation) Manaf Halbouni (Syria/Germany) 2 - 11 June, all day In artist Manaf Halbouni's new home Germany there is a motto: let's wait til grass grows over everything. Despite the destruction in his home country of Syria, he believes in the day when grass will grow over all the problems and everybody will live in peace again. Haunted (Film) Liwaa Yazji (Syria - Damascus/Beirut) 11 June, 1pm, 3pm & 5pm "When the bombs fell, the first thing we did was run away. It was not until later that we realised we had not looked back. We were not allowed to say goodbye to our home, our memories, our photos and the life that was lived within them." Haunted tells of the loss of home and security and of the real and metaphorical meaning which a house, a home, has in one's life. Arabic with English subtitles. The Crossings Plays (Play) Andreas Flourakis & Fausto Paravidino (Greece/Italy 9 - 11 June (6.30pm) A double bill of two short plays with two writers from Greece and Italy exploring the impact of the migration crisis in their countries and their communities. Another Place (Promenade Audio Piece. Victoria Lupton & Doha Hassan (UK & Palestine/Syria) 6 - 11 June (10am - 6.15pm) An audio promenade performance created between London, Berlin, Beirut and Damascus mapping ideas of exile and belonging in the city. The Milk of Human Kindness (Durational Piece) Chris Thorpe (UK) 11 June (midday - 6pm) A durational theatrical experience that delves into the online expression of the great British public's attitude towards migrants and refugees, as enabled by the great British press. Proceeds from The Milk of Human Kindness will go to Good Chance Calais and Crew for Calais.

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Producer(s): LIFT, Royal Court Theatre