Harbour, Redruth’s International Festival of Theatre, will be celebrating stories of migration and sanctuary between September 21-29.

Cornwall’s heritage is rich with stories of migration and sanctuary, once a prehistoric port to the Phoenicians - and with a patron saint who arrived here from Ireland - it’s relationship with migration stretches back for thousands of years.

Harbour Festival will celebrate the stories of sanctuary and the journeys that brought people to Cornwall. Artists unfamiliar with the county have been visiting, working with local organisations, and creating celebratory pieces responding to the country’s landscape and identity.

The Festival embodies the welcoming spirit of Cornwall. This year has companies from Belgium, Ukraine, Norway, Wales and Cornwall, with a programme of theatre, dance, circus and music for all ages held across multiple venues in the centre of Redruth.

Organisations that are involved with the festival and are set to perform include Ukrainian performance artists Hooligan Art Community, Cornwall’s alternative male voice choir Men Are Singing, Pantilde, Nofit State Circus, Belgian theatre performance group Ontroerend Goed, Panta Rei Danseteater and French company Compagnie Content Pour Peu.

The festival is organised by The Ladder, the arts and culture hub based at the former Passmore Edwards Library Building in Redruth. Harbour Festival runs residencies throughout the year, bringing Cornish community organisations together with international artists. The stories are then developed into fully-formed theatre to form part of the festival.

This project is part-funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. Cornwall Council has been chosen by Government as a Lead Authority for the fund and is responsible for monitoring the progress of projects funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

For more information on the stories that are being shared, visit: harbourfest.co.uk