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Festival
Liberty Festival
4 September, Trafalgar Square, London, 1pm
The Liberty Festival is an annual event at Trafalgar Square, celebrating the contribution of Deaf and disabled people to London’s culture.
Sports and Arts
Working with visual artist Rachel Gadsden and Wheelpower from Stoke Mandeville, an area celebrating collaboration between sport and the arts.
Aerial Zone
A programme of aerial and circus performances, including Amici Dance Theatre and Cirque Nova.
Street Arts
A programme of performances including Kazzum, Epic Arts, Rhinestone Rollers and Chutney.
Children’s Zone
This year’s activities will have an “up in the air' theme with an Icarus character helping participants to harness the power of the wind as they enter a 'Windy Wonderland” area of wind machines, fabric and sound. The Children’s Zone will also include installation work by disabled artists from Arteast. Curated by Emergency Exit Arts.
Cabaret and Comedy
A cabaret and comedy programme will take place in a dome tent programmed by Hazel Humphreys. Proposed artists include Francesca Martinez, Steve Day, Liz Carr, Mat Fraser, Cooltan Poets and Keith Currie.
Music
A music stage at the foot of Nelson’s Column with performances by Yunioshi and Orpheus Centre plus three exciting young bands produced by Heart 'n Soul - The Fish Police, KDNA and Lizzie Emeh. Also extracts from Reasons to be Cheerful; Graeae’s new musical theatre production set during a time of political change with Ian Dury’s songs providing a powerful emotional backdrop.
Everyone is welcome and everything has been organised to be accessible and inclusive. Programme may be subject to change. Look out for further updates in July and August.
For more details, see the Liberty Festival access information page
Free parking nearby for blue badge holders (bookable in advance only, by email)
liberty@london.gov.uk
www.london.gov.uk
Painting of John Harris, Discus Paralympic Gold Medalist 1984
Copyright: rachelgadsden.com & Wheelpower, Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Theatre
Krazy Kat Theatre
BSLinterpreted children's theatre
Little Red Ridinghood
18 September, Salisbury Playhouse
Time: 11am & 2pm
Box Office: 01722 320333
16 October, Capitol Theatre, Horsham
Time: 2pm
Box Office: 01403 750220
Jack and the Beanstalk
23 October, Nuffield Theatre, Southampton
Time: 11.30
Box Office: 02380671771
Goldilocks
28 October, Winchester Discovery Centre
Time: 12.30
Box Office: 01962 873603
For all four to 4-8 year olds and grown-ups too, this work features fully integrated Sign Language.
Contact Krazy Kat for more details about performances
Phone: 01273 692552
krazykattheatre@ntlworld.com
www.krazykattheatre.co.uk
Dance
Candoco present their latest touring production Renditions
11 - 12 October, The Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London
26 - 27 October, the Lighthouse, Poole
A triple bill presenting three varied new works that show audiences everything that dance can be in one evening. From visually striking, physically challenging and intense to theatrically playful, there is something for everyone to enjoy.
Three times winner of the New York Bessie Dance Award, Sarah Michelson combines a sense of grandeur with an eye for detail in a visually arresting, powerful work that is set to an original cinematic score by acclaimed composer, Pete Drungle.
Choreographer Emanuel Gat creates an intricate sextet that shows the dancers’ refined musicality and delights with its detailed and exquisite movement in this piece of ‘pure’ dance.
The seriously playful experimentalist, Wendy Houstoun, completes the programme with a humourous, understated and theatrical work, that plays havoc with Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
There will be a post show talk after the performance on the 26 October which will provide a great insight into the inclusive work and practice that Candoco is built upon, allowing you a first hand experience of the company alongside finding out more about the evenings performance.
Lighthouse Box Office: 0844 406 8666
Queen Elizabeth Hall Box Office: 0844 875 0073
Candoco are touring all over the country to find out where else they’re performing visit Candoco's website: www.candoco.co.uk/productions/tour-dates/
Watch the 60 second trailer at www.candoco.co.uk/2010/07/2621
StopGAP Dance Company presents its new double bill, Trespass
For StopGAPs latest double bill Trespass, choreographers Thomas Noone and Rob Tannion have created two works that defiantly contrast style, soundtrack and creative process.
In Thomas Noones 'Within' a lone performer, Laura Jones dancing without her wheelchair, draws us into her imaginary world inhabited by four ghostly apparitions.
Inspired by the company's experiences on tour in Japan, Rob Tannion's 'Splinter' combines challenging athletic movement and moments of breathtaking beauty.
Thursday 23 September at 7.30pm
Weymouth College Theatre, Cranford Avenue, WEYMOUTH, Dorset DT4 7LQ
Tickets: £11 Adult / £9 concession
Box office 01305 208 702
www.weymouth.ac.uk
Wednesday 10 November at 7.45pm
The Hawth Studio, Hawth Avenue, CRAWLEY RH10 6YZ
Tickets: £13 Adult / £11 concessions / £8 schools
Box office: 01293 553636
www.hawth.co.uk
Thursday 18 November at 8pm
Quay Arts, Sea Street, Newport Harbour, ISLE OF WIGHT PO30 5BD
Tickets: £7 Adult / £6 concession
Box office: 01983 822490
www.quayarts.org
Performance of Trespass with curtain raiser by The Hot Green Bus Dance Company based at the Isle of White College
Saturday 20 November at 8pm
Robin Howard Dance Theatre, The Place, 17 Dukes Road, LONDON WC1H 9PY
Tickets £6 - £17
Box office: 020 7121 1100
www.theplace.org.uk
For more information about StopGap go to
www.stopgap.uk.com
Literature
Waterloo Press present Urban Disquiet
An evening of poetry and music to celebrate the launch of two new collections
19 September, Iambic Arts Theatre, Entrance on Regent St, North Laine, Brighton
Time 7pm
Tickets £5/4
Micrographia by Robert Dickinson
'Dickinson's poetry crackles with energy and wit; utterly clear-sighted, it's also compassionate, exploring the emotional territory of oddballs, conspiracy theorists, those on the margins ...' - Catherine Smith
Thumbing from Lipik to Pakrac: New and Selected Poems by Peter Street
Peter Street's poems celebrate 'ordinary life'. But he knows that covers every kind of fear, frustration, hope disappointed or fulfilled; pleasure denied or achieved.' - Alan Brownjohn
With live music from electronica soundscape artist Richard Miles
For more details about the publications please go to the Waterloo Press website
www.waterloopresshove.co.uk
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