Showroom Cinema, Paternoster Row S1 2BX (near the train station)
The Teacher follows a Palestinian school teacher who struggles to reconcile his risky commitment to political resistance with his emotional support for one of his students and the chance of a new relationship with a volunteer worker. A film by Academy Award nominated and BAFTA-award winning British-Palestinian director, Farah Nabulsi. Screenings Friday, October 4th at 10am and 8.15pm, Saturday 5th at…
Wednesday Tap bar, Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield
Sheffield Wednesday’s Rainbow Owls supporters group are hosting this conference at Hillsborough Stadium for LGBTQ+ football fans and allies. Guest speakers include Kirsty Tonner, Sheffield Wednesday Ladies’ goalkeeper Kian Ward, Dulwich Hamlet Football Club Joe White, Three Lions Pride Free to attend, but book tickets in advance at the link below.
The Old Junior School (Sharrow Community Forum), South View Road, Sheffield S7 1DG
Diversity Fest is a free celebration for people of every gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age and ability. A statement of unity and mutual respect between Sheffield’s many communities, celebrating diversity with music, art, dance, spoken word and film. The festival began in 2015, and all organisers and performers are volunteers. The 2024 line-up includes Nisha Lall Dance, Sunrit Culture, Adam Heyes,…
An all-day assembly of Sheffield Palestine Coalition against Israeli Apartheid which was formed in 2022 to inform and build support for Sheffield to become an Israeli Apartheid Free Zone. Sheffield Trade Union Council, Sheffield Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sheffield Labour Friends of Palestine and Kairos Sheffield were the four founding organisations. They aim to make Sheffield an apartheid-free zone once more…
Wortley Hall, Wortley, between Sheffield and Barnsley
Wortley Hall is “the workers’ stately home”, a co-operatively run venue. It is proud to be hosting the play ‘The Lions of Rotherham’, about brave men from Yorkshire who took part in the Spanish Civil War, fighting alongside the republic against Franco’s forces. Spanish workers and peasants rose up against a fascist coup in July 1936, which inspired thousands from…
The Spiegeltent (travelling dance hall and performance venue) Barker’s Pool, Sheffield S1 4FT
Off the Shelf: Unceasing War on Poverty A 45-minute illustrated talk looking at the work of activists Beatrice and Sidney Webb who created and shaped institutions – the Fabian Society, the London School of Economics and the New Statesman – which flourish to this day and were instrumental in far reaching reforms including the establishment of the NHS. Presented by…
