19 – 22 Jun 2025
The Beacon - Bowling Park
The Big Blue Bradford House
Stand and Be Counted
We joined Stand & Be Counted, the UK’s first theatre company of sanctuary, to mark Refugee Week and celebrate Moomins 80
Bradford 2025 and Stand & Be Counted, the UK’s first Theatre Company of Sanctuary, built a house in Bowling Park!
The Big Blue Bradford House was a celebration of the most welcoming places in Bradford District – built from cardboard by our community! It was part of Refugee Week 2025, the world’s largest festival celebrating refugees and people seeking sanctuary, and with its theme: ‘Community as a Superpower’, simple acts of generosity that together become an unstoppable force.
We welcomed Bradfordians in Bowling Park at The Beacon, Bradford 2025’s touring venue, to help us build a Moomin-inspired big blue house from cardboard to celebrate the wonderful places across Bradford where we find a warm welcome.
Refugee Week in Bowling Park
The Big Blue Bradford House was part of our programme at The Beacon in Bowling to mark Refugee Week 2025 – including What Will We Do Without Exile?, a new artwork co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts with the support of Moomin Characters to celebrate of 80 years of the Moomins.
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