Border Crossings
@bordercrossings.bsky.social
Intercultural theatre company working out of Sligo and London
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SUPPLIANTS OF SYRIA, a bold new multimedia performance from Border Crossings, comes to Hoxton Hall 3–8 March 2026.
Created with Syrian refugee women in Turkey, it blends live performance, movement and filmed testimonies to share stories rarely heard.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
Created with Syrian refugee women in Turkey, it blends live performance, movement and filmed testimonies to share stories rarely heard.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
Across Paris, Bologna and Dublin our CRE-ACTORS project became a laboratory for artistic exchange. We worked with remarkable partners Théâtre du Soleil (France) and Teatro dell'Argine (Italy) to explore our different approaches to devising intercultural theatre.
CRE-ACTORS
This e-book brings together the ways in which three leading European theatre companies - the Théâtre du Soleil (France), Teatro dell'Argine (Italy) and Border Crossings (Ireland) - devise intercultura
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November 26, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Across Paris, Bologna and Dublin our CRE-ACTORS project became a laboratory for artistic exchange. We worked with remarkable partners Théâtre du Soleil (France) and Teatro dell'Argine (Italy) to explore our different approaches to devising intercultural theatre.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
A cedar tree from Chumatlán became TOTEM LATAMAT, a 4.5m messenger carved by Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio. It travelled 9000km to COP26 and now rests at The Crichton in #Dumfries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebk...
#BorderCrossings30
#BorderCrossings30
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A cedar tree from Chumatlán became TOTEM LATAMAT, a 4.5m messenger carved by Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio. It travelled 9000km to COP26 and now rests at The Crichton in #Dumfries. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gebk...
#BorderCrossings30
#BorderCrossings30
SUPPLIANTS OF SYRIA, a bold new multimedia performance from Border Crossings, comes to Hoxton Hall 3–8 March 2026.
Created with Syrian refugee women in Turkey, it blends live performance, movement and filmed testimonies to share stories rarely heard.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
Created with Syrian refugee women in Turkey, it blends live performance, movement and filmed testimonies to share stories rarely heard.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
SUPPLIANTS OF SYRIA, a bold new multimedia performance from Border Crossings, comes to Hoxton Hall 3–8 March 2026.
Created with Syrian refugee women in Turkey, it blends live performance, movement and filmed testimonies to share stories rarely heard.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
Created with Syrian refugee women in Turkey, it blends live performance, movement and filmed testimonies to share stories rarely heard.
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
Our Artistic Director Michael Walling recently spoke with David Chadderton, Editor of The British Theatre Guide about our 30-year journey and the urgency of connecting people through theatre. btguide.libsyn.com/30-years-of-...
November 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Our Artistic Director Michael Walling recently spoke with David Chadderton, Editor of The British Theatre Guide about our 30-year journey and the urgency of connecting people through theatre. btguide.libsyn.com/30-years-of-...
We’re happy to share this opportunity to work as Programme and Partnership Manager on an ambitious place partnership project, Enfield of Dreams.
Fixed Term: Two years, 4 days per week
Deadline: midnight, 23 November 2025.
Details: upprojects.com/we-are-hirin...
Fixed Term: Two years, 4 days per week
Deadline: midnight, 23 November 2025.
Details: upprojects.com/we-are-hirin...
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 PM
We’re happy to share this opportunity to work as Programme and Partnership Manager on an ambitious place partnership project, Enfield of Dreams.
Fixed Term: Two years, 4 days per week
Deadline: midnight, 23 November 2025.
Details: upprojects.com/we-are-hirin...
Fixed Term: Two years, 4 days per week
Deadline: midnight, 23 November 2025.
Details: upprojects.com/we-are-hirin...
"Imagine 700 people crammed on a small sailing ship, on a six week journey. It's not about status anymore... it's about survival"
Created with actors from Mauritius and the UK, THE GREAT EXPERIMENT(2020) unearthed the hidden history of 2 million Indian indentured labourers.
#BorderCrossings30.
Created with actors from Mauritius and the UK, THE GREAT EXPERIMENT(2020) unearthed the hidden history of 2 million Indian indentured labourers.
#BorderCrossings30.
October 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
"Imagine 700 people crammed on a small sailing ship, on a six week journey. It's not about status anymore... it's about survival"
Created with actors from Mauritius and the UK, THE GREAT EXPERIMENT(2020) unearthed the hidden history of 2 million Indian indentured labourers.
#BorderCrossings30.
Created with actors from Mauritius and the UK, THE GREAT EXPERIMENT(2020) unearthed the hidden history of 2 million Indian indentured labourers.
#BorderCrossings30.
💫 Border Crossings is proud to partner on Enfield of Dreams, a 2-year arts project putting young people at the heart of Enfield’s cultural scene. Public art, Young Cultural Leaders & creative learning programmes. With UP Projects & local partners. Image: This Is Us Festival, Photo: Rudy Farragher.
October 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
💫 Border Crossings is proud to partner on Enfield of Dreams, a 2-year arts project putting young people at the heart of Enfield’s cultural scene. Public art, Young Cultural Leaders & creative learning programmes. With UP Projects & local partners. Image: This Is Us Festival, Photo: Rudy Farragher.
Wishing you a Happy #Diwali from everyone at Border Crossings.
As the diyas glow may your days be filled with light, happiness, and a sense of renewal ✨🪷🎆
As the diyas glow may your days be filled with light, happiness, and a sense of renewal ✨🪷🎆
October 20, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Wishing you a Happy #Diwali from everyone at Border Crossings.
As the diyas glow may your days be filled with light, happiness, and a sense of renewal ✨🪷🎆
As the diyas glow may your days be filled with light, happiness, and a sense of renewal ✨🪷🎆
POCAHONTAS AND AFTER (2017) reimagined Native American representation through photography, with self-portraits by volunteers, schools & refugees. In 2018 it was honoured with a British Library Teaching & Learning Award
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October 2, 2025 at 11:02 PM
POCAHONTAS AND AFTER (2017) reimagined Native American representation through photography, with self-portraits by volunteers, schools & refugees. In 2018 it was honoured with a British Library Teaching & Learning Award
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/sites/defaul... #BorderCrossings30
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/sites/defaul... #BorderCrossings30
A very first look at our major new theatre project THE LEGEND OF EUROPA.
Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woqu...
Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woqu...
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A very first look at our major new theatre project THE LEGEND OF EUROPA.
Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woqu...
Watch the full episode here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Woqu...
MORE THAN WORDS (2017-20) was an Erasmus+ collaboration across 6 countries, leading to a poetic, provocative film exploring what it means to be an outsider in Europe. Blending theatre, clowning, music and dance it pushed the boundaries of storytelling.
#BorderCrossings30 number 21 MORE THAN WORDS
#BorderCrossings30 number 21 MORE THAN WORDS
September 24, 2025 at 7:53 AM
MORE THAN WORDS (2017-20) was an Erasmus+ collaboration across 6 countries, leading to a poetic, provocative film exploring what it means to be an outsider in Europe. Blending theatre, clowning, music and dance it pushed the boundaries of storytelling.
#BorderCrossings30 number 21 MORE THAN WORDS
#BorderCrossings30 number 21 MORE THAN WORDS
As we mark our 30th anniversary, playwright Brian Woolland, writer of THIS FLESH IS MINE, WHEN NOBODY RETURNS AND DOUBLE TONGUE, reflects on three decades of collaboration with the company, and looks ahead to this autumn’s WRITE THEATRE course.
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WRITE THEATRE - Guest blog by Brian Woolland
In Border Crossings' 30th anniversary year, playwright Brian Woolland looks back over his long association with the company, and forward to ...
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September 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As we mark our 30th anniversary, playwright Brian Woolland, writer of THIS FLESH IS MINE, WHEN NOBODY RETURNS AND DOUBLE TONGUE, reflects on three decades of collaboration with the company, and looks ahead to this autumn’s WRITE THEATRE course.
bordercrossingsblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/writ...
bordercrossingsblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/writ...
In 2017 ORIGINS Festival closed with an unforgettable performance from Inuk throat-singer Tanya Tagaq who reimagined Robert Flaherty’s problematic 1922 film Nanook of the North with a live improvised soundtrack, a breathtaking act of cultural reappropriation. #BorderCrossings30
September 12, 2025 at 9:02 AM
In 2017 ORIGINS Festival closed with an unforgettable performance from Inuk throat-singer Tanya Tagaq who reimagined Robert Flaherty’s problematic 1922 film Nanook of the North with a live improvised soundtrack, a breathtaking act of cultural reappropriation. #BorderCrossings30
🎙️ Help us capture 30 years of extraordinary stories! Border Crossings is seeking Volunteer Oral History interviewers for our anniversary project. 🌍
For more information email our Volunteer Co-ordinator, Kelsey Yuhara - kelsey@bordercrossings.org.uk
For more information email our Volunteer Co-ordinator, Kelsey Yuhara - kelsey@bordercrossings.org.uk
September 9, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🎙️ Help us capture 30 years of extraordinary stories! Border Crossings is seeking Volunteer Oral History interviewers for our anniversary project. 🌍
For more information email our Volunteer Co-ordinator, Kelsey Yuhara - kelsey@bordercrossings.org.uk
For more information email our Volunteer Co-ordinator, Kelsey Yuhara - kelsey@bordercrossings.org.uk
We’re hiring! Border Crossings is looking for a freelance Archivist to help preserve 30 years of intercultural theatre and performance.
🗂 7-month freelance contract
💷 £14,000 (3 days/week)
📍 London, with mentoring support
Deadline: 22 Sept | Interviews: 30 Sept
www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...
🗂 7-month freelance contract
💷 £14,000 (3 days/week)
📍 London, with mentoring support
Deadline: 22 Sept | Interviews: 30 Sept
www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...
September 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We’re hiring! Border Crossings is looking for a freelance Archivist to help preserve 30 years of intercultural theatre and performance.
🗂 7-month freelance contract
💷 £14,000 (3 days/week)
📍 London, with mentoring support
Deadline: 22 Sept | Interviews: 30 Sept
www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...
🗂 7-month freelance contract
💷 £14,000 (3 days/week)
📍 London, with mentoring support
Deadline: 22 Sept | Interviews: 30 Sept
www.artsjobs.org.uk/jobs/search/...
Looking back at 30 years of Border Crossings we come to HIDDEN HISTORIES: DISCOVERING INDIGENOUS LONDON. Our 2017 documentary narrated by Oscar-winner Mark Rylance uncovers stories of Indigenous people in London from the 15th century to today.
#BorderCrossings30 number 19: HIDDEN HISTORIES
#BorderCrossings30 number 19: HIDDEN HISTORIES
September 3, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Looking back at 30 years of Border Crossings we come to HIDDEN HISTORIES: DISCOVERING INDIGENOUS LONDON. Our 2017 documentary narrated by Oscar-winner Mark Rylance uncovers stories of Indigenous people in London from the 15th century to today.
#BorderCrossings30 number 19: HIDDEN HISTORIES
#BorderCrossings30 number 19: HIDDEN HISTORIES
This Sept we're launching CHECKPOINT: 30 Years of Border Crossings, a special anniversary project celebrating our intercultural work.
With the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund we’ll be digitising our archive and lots more!
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
With the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund we’ll be digitising our archive and lots more!
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
August 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
This Sept we're launching CHECKPOINT: 30 Years of Border Crossings, a special anniversary project celebrating our intercultural work.
With the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund we’ll be digitising our archive and lots more!
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
With the support of The National Lottery Heritage Fund we’ll be digitising our archive and lots more!
www.bordercrossings.org.uk/whats-on/pro...
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Uncle #NoelTovey AM, an extraordinary performer, director and writer whose life and career were nothing short of inspiring. Noel was the first Indigenous Australian ballet dancer. We were privileged with his performance at ORIGINS in 2011.
August 15, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Uncle #NoelTovey AM, an extraordinary performer, director and writer whose life and career were nothing short of inspiring. Noel was the first Indigenous Australian ballet dancer. We were privileged with his performance at ORIGINS in 2011.
Happy International Day of the World’s #IndigenousPeoples!
At Border Crossings, intercultural dialogue is at the heart of what we do, collaborating across cultures to tell stories that challenge, connect and transform.
📷 Photo from 2019 Origins Festival.
At Border Crossings, intercultural dialogue is at the heart of what we do, collaborating across cultures to tell stories that challenge, connect and transform.
📷 Photo from 2019 Origins Festival.
August 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Happy International Day of the World’s #IndigenousPeoples!
At Border Crossings, intercultural dialogue is at the heart of what we do, collaborating across cultures to tell stories that challenge, connect and transform.
📷 Photo from 2019 Origins Festival.
At Border Crossings, intercultural dialogue is at the heart of what we do, collaborating across cultures to tell stories that challenge, connect and transform.
📷 Photo from 2019 Origins Festival.
Created by Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio, Totem Latamat travelled to the UK for COP26 in 2021 as a powerful messenger for climate justice, carrying Indigenous perspectives on balance, respect, and the interconnectedness of all life. The totem was laid to rest at The Crichton in #Dumfries.
August 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Created by Totonac artist Jun Tiburcio, Totem Latamat travelled to the UK for COP26 in 2021 as a powerful messenger for climate justice, carrying Indigenous perspectives on balance, respect, and the interconnectedness of all life. The totem was laid to rest at The Crichton in #Dumfries.
In 2015 London witnessed the breathtaking VOLADORES DE PAPANTLA: world-renowned Indigenous performers from Mexico who "fly" from a 30-metre pole. They made their first UK appearance as part of ORIGINS Festival’s Latin American programming. #BorderCrossings30 number 18: ORIGINS 2015.
August 4, 2025 at 9:01 AM
In 2015 London witnessed the breathtaking VOLADORES DE PAPANTLA: world-renowned Indigenous performers from Mexico who "fly" from a 30-metre pole. They made their first UK appearance as part of ORIGINS Festival’s Latin American programming. #BorderCrossings30 number 18: ORIGINS 2015.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHXj... *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this film contains images and voices of deceased persons.*
We are saddened to acknowledge the recent passing of Paul Coe, a prominent figure in the Indigenous land rights movement in Australia.
We are saddened to acknowledge the recent passing of Paul Coe, a prominent figure in the Indigenous land rights movement in Australia.
Dover Beach
On 2nd November 1976, two Aboriginal men landed on Dover beach, and planted the Aboriginal flag, symbolically claiming the land for Indigenous Australians "by virtue of possession". One of them was…
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July 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHXj... *Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this film contains images and voices of deceased persons.*
We are saddened to acknowledge the recent passing of Paul Coe, a prominent figure in the Indigenous land rights movement in Australia.
We are saddened to acknowledge the recent passing of Paul Coe, a prominent figure in the Indigenous land rights movement in Australia.
🎭 “Seven sons we have lost in this war”
Brian Woolland’s taut and poetic play brought together Homer’s Troy and the Middle East of today. Co-produced with Palestine's ASHTAR Theatre and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
#BorderCrossings30 number 17 THIS FLESH IS MINE (2014).
Brian Woolland’s taut and poetic play brought together Homer’s Troy and the Middle East of today. Co-produced with Palestine's ASHTAR Theatre and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
#BorderCrossings30 number 17 THIS FLESH IS MINE (2014).
July 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🎭 “Seven sons we have lost in this war”
Brian Woolland’s taut and poetic play brought together Homer’s Troy and the Middle East of today. Co-produced with Palestine's ASHTAR Theatre and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
#BorderCrossings30 number 17 THIS FLESH IS MINE (2014).
Brian Woolland’s taut and poetic play brought together Homer’s Troy and the Middle East of today. Co-produced with Palestine's ASHTAR Theatre and Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.
#BorderCrossings30 number 17 THIS FLESH IS MINE (2014).
We’ve landed in San Lazzaro di Savena – #Bologna for the second creative session of THE LEGEND OF EUROPA, hosted by Teatro dell'Argine.
This time, the spotlight’s on #Athens – a city woven with myth, memory, and fragments of democracy. cre-actors.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
This time, the spotlight’s on #Athens – a city woven with myth, memory, and fragments of democracy. cre-actors.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
July 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
We’ve landed in San Lazzaro di Savena – #Bologna for the second creative session of THE LEGEND OF EUROPA, hosted by Teatro dell'Argine.
This time, the spotlight’s on #Athens – a city woven with myth, memory, and fragments of democracy. cre-actors.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...
This time, the spotlight’s on #Athens – a city woven with myth, memory, and fragments of democracy. cre-actors.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...