6 – 11 SEPTEMBER 2016 EXTRAORDINARY NEW WORK BY DISABLED ARTISTS
UNLIMITED
Access
Assisted events Assisted performances and events are available throughout the festival. Please see the symbols on individual event pages for details: British Sign Language Interpretation Captioning
Speech-to-Text Transcription
Relaxed Performance Audio Description Please ask at the Information Desk on Level 2 (Green Side) for details and equipment. Touch Tour Meet at the Information Desk one hour before the event’s start time. Assistance is available for blind and visually impaired visitors, including guiding and narration. Please ask at the Information Desk for details. Front cover: Photography Š Manuel Vason at DARC Media
BSL and STT events Appropriate seats have been reserved for all BSL-interpreted and Speech-to-Texttranscribed events. To book these seats, please email accesslist@ southbankcentre.co.uk rather than booking through the website. All other events have unallocated seating. Please ask a Host to direct you to the reserved access seats.
Welcome to Unlimited festival
Coinciding with the 2016 Paralympics in Rio, September sees the much-anticipated return of Southbank Centre’s Unlimited festival, which celebrates the artistic vision and originality of disabled artists. Join us again for a festival of dance, music, literature, comedy, visual arts and theatre from around the world that celebrates difference with a spirit of artistic adventure, honesty and humour. Highlights include the first ever solo stand-up comedy performance by Touretteshero Jess Thom, the world premiere of Assisted Suicide: The Musical by Liz Carr and a dance duet from leading artists Claire Cunningham and Jess Curtis. These artists continue to break boundaries, challenge taboos and drive innovation in imaginative and unexpected ways. Jude Kelly Artistic Director, Southbank Centre The Unlimited commissions programme aims to embed work by disabled artists within the cultural sector, reach new audiences and shift perceptions. Unlimited is delivered by Shape Arts and Artsadmin, funded by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, Arts Council of Wales and Creative Scotland. The British Council and Arts Council England fund Unlimited International. Spirit of 2012 funds Unlimited Impact. weareunlimited.org.uk Indicates support and funds from the Unlimited commissions programme.
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Š Camilla Greenwell 2016
Tuesday 6 September
Candoco Dance Company You and I Know
You and I Know throws out the rulebook and inspires audiences around who can dance and what dance can be. Candoco Dance Company, the company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, presents brand new duet You and I Know by trailblazing choreographer Arlene Phillips. Set to a pop soundtrack and drawing on a variety of dance genres, the piece is a potent and emotive exploration of how we fall in and out of love over and over again, often with the same person. Co-commissioned by Without Walls, Greenwich + Docklands International Festival, Stockton International Riverside Festival and Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival, and funded by British Council, Arts Council England, and Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Times: 4pm & 6pm FREE
* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Claire Cunningham and Jess Curtis/ Gravity The Way You Look (at me) Tonight
The Way You Look (at me) Tonight is a social sculpture – a sensory journey for two performers and an audience. Dancing, singing, telling stories and asking questions, Claire Cunningham and Jess Curtis combine performance, original live music and video to wrestle (sometimes literally) with important questions about our habits and practices of perceiving each other and the world. The work is performed by leading UK disabled artist Claire Cunningham and international choreographer and performer Jess Curtis, who first introduced Cunningham to movement, in collaboration with Dr Alva Noë, a philosopher of perception at the University of California, Berkeley. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Creative Scotland, co-commissioned by Tramway Glasgow; further supported by New England Foundation for the Arts, The Kenneth Rainin Foundation, and San Francisco Arts Commission; Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V., Kofinanzierungsfonds der Senatskanzlei für Kulturelle Angelegenheiten, The Place, Norfolk & Norwich Festival.
Venue: Royal Festival Hall Time: 7pm For ages 14+ Seating is on the stage and is unreserved.
Tue 6 Sep
Wed 7 Sep Wed 7 Sep
Post-show talk: after the 7pm performance on Tuesday 6 September £20* Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Tuesday 6 September
Creatures of the Revolution Take a journey into a gothic fairytale, where a musical troupe waits to entertain you. Blurring the lines between reality and imagination, three-piece band Sabien Gator perform their song-story live against video projections and film. They follow drag queen Mrs Sparkle to destination nowhere. Creatures of the Revolution is a collaboration between Carousel musicians Fraser Caygill, Stephen Barnett and Shaun Moor, all of Sabien Gator, performer Matthew Hellett (aka Mrs Sparkle) and digital artists Sarah Watson and Jason Eade, with Simon Wilkinson (Circa69). Filmed in Brighton’s historic Booth Museum of Natural History and funded by Youth Music.
Venue: Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall Time: 7.30pm For ages 12+ ÂŁ5* * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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© Laura Page
Tuesday 6 September
Jess Thom
Stand Up, Sit Down, Roll Over Find out what happens when the most persistent heckler is also the performer on stage. Writer, artist and part-time superhero Jess Thom takes to the stage in her first ever solo stand-up appearance. Jess has Tourette’s Syndrome, a condition that makes her say ‘biscuit’ 16,000 times a day. Stand Up, Sit Down, Roll Over is a work in progress from a comedian whose unique neurology makes it impossible for her to stay on script. The show is opened by stand-up comedian Ted Shiress, whose act has developed into a punchline-laden personal account of life’s obstacles while ranting. He will, no doubt, moan about (not) getting laid. Ted Shiress is supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 8.30pm May contain strong language. Not suitable for young children. £10*
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Wednesday 7 September
Lost Voice Guy: Disability for Dunces Can you really not talk? Have you considered an exorcism? Are you just in it for the parking? Have you ever tried talking, just to see what happens? How do you have sex? Seriously, can you not talk at all? These are just a few of the questions that BBC New Comedy Award winner Lost Voice Guy gets asked on a regular basis. Now, he’s decided to answer them all at once for you in this new show. Think of it as a disability FAQ for dummies who like to laugh. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 8pm £10* * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Pe r fo r manc e Wednesday 7 & Thursday 8 September
Grandad and the Machine
Have you ever dreamed of a different world?
© Adam Robinson
A one-hundred-year-old mechanical monster emerges from the waves. Everyday objects turn on their makers and the Empire is plunged into chaos. No one knows why. No one can stop it. Except maybe Grandad. He always was good with a spanner. That’s why Imogen and her father head north to find him. Their journey becomes an epic quest across England that leads into the heart of a dark family secret. This steampunk fairytale for grown-ups brings together vivid storytelling, zeppelins, whimsy and an original score. Take a seat as we overcome tyranny while having a rollicking good time. Written, performed and with music by Jack Dean.
‘Artists like Jack Dean make us excited about what they’ll do next.’ (The Guardian) Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England and additional support from Apple and Snakes and West Yorkshire Playhouse.
Venue: Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall Time: 8.30pm Thu 8 Sep For ages 14+ Free copies of the script are available for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons. £10*
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Pe r for m anc e Thursday 8 & Friday 9 September
Him
‘I’ve got a little checklist. I call it KFC. But mine’s KFFC. Keys. Freedom Pass. Phone. Credit cards. And if I’ve got these, I’m OK. But this morning I forgot the phone…’ Actor Tim Barlow reflects on life at 80 in this new work by writer and theatre maker Sheila Hill, with videographer Hugo Glendinning, and live music composed and performed by Sebastiano Dessanay. Lying somewhere between theatre and visual art, the work draws on conversations shared over the course of a 20-year friendship between Sheila and Tim, to tell a story about childhood, memory, ageing and the art of theatre. Lighting design by Andrew Ellis. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England, and additional support from Luminate.
Venue: Royal Festival Hall Times: Thursday 8 September 7pm Friday 9 September 6pm
Thu 8 Sep
Post-show talk: after the 7pm performance on Thursday 8 September £20*
* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Friday 9 September
Beautiful Octopus Club London’s longest-running multimedia club returns for its biggest and best club night yet. Across five stages, experience music by DJs, VJs and live performers from the UK’s learning disability scene, plus art, poetry and a range of interactive zones. The night includes an exciting performance by Brazilian musician Billy Saga, supported by Unlimited International. Created by Heart n Soul, this Unlimited edition of the Beautiful Octopus Club marks the start of Heart n Soul’s 30th birthday celebrations. Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Time: 7pm – 12 midnight FREE
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Pe r for m anc e Friday 9 September
The Shape of the Pain Rachel Bagshaw Work in progress
When the brain reprogrammes itself into constant fight or flight mode, how does it cope? How do you cope? How does your partner cope? ‘I’m just you, with one of the dials tuned to a station that I can’t switch off. You with a dial jammed. That’s all.’ Conceived and directed by Rachel Bagshaw and written by Chris Thorpe, this one-woman show weaves together words and sound to explore living a life in extremity and the joy that can be found there. Join us for a work-in-progress reading of a new piece about love, perception and constant pain. Produced by China Plate. Funded by The Wellcome Trust. Commissioned by The New Wolsey Theatre and Battersea Arts Centre. Supported by Harlow Playhouse.
Venue: Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall Time: 8pm Free copies of the script are available for Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons. £5*
* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Pe r fo r manc e Saturday 10 September
Just a Few Words StammerMouth
Grapple with the awkward trials of self-expression in this darkly comic one-man play by StammerMouth. Just a few words to say how you feel. Shouldn’t take long. Except Nye Russell-Thompson has a stammer. Seeing as timing is not his strong point, he thought it would be helpful to write his thoughts on 140 A3 cards, but now they won’t stop interrupting him… This may take a while. Got an hour? Look into the mind of a person who stammers in this performance, which was nominated for a Total Theatre award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015. Supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
Venue: Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall Time: 6pm £10*
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Pe r for m anc e Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 September
Assisted Suicide: The Musical Disabled activist, actor and comedian Liz Carr has chosen the spectacular world of musical theatre as the backdrop to exploring the complex and controversial subject of assisted suicide in her new show Assisted Suicide: The Musical. On 11 September 2015, MPs voted overwhelmingly against legalising assisted suicide. Opinion polls would have you believe that the majority of the UK population believe it’s a humane choice to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill or disabled people, but Liz Carr and many other disabled people disagree. Confronting the lack of creative work exploring this most topical taboo, she is joined by director Mark Whitelaw (Duckie, Ursula Martinez, New Art Club), composer Ian Hill (Duckie) and a cast of performers to express an important and often-unheard perspective through the medium of musical theatre. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England and additional support from a Wellcome Trust People Award.
Venue: Royal Festival Hall Time: 7pm Seating is on the stage and is unreserved. For ages 14+
Sun 11 Sep
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* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Justin Sight © Brianna Myers
Saturday 10 September
Saturday Night is Variety Night Enjoy an evening of magic, music and performance, plus a good old-fashioned knees-up. Some of the variety circuit’s best performers, including New York-based magician Justin Sight, fire up the festivities and keep you guessing with a madcap whirl of theatrical antics. Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Time: 9pm FREE
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Sunday 11 September
Chickenshed presents
Tales From the Shed Chickenshed invites you to enjoy a vibrantly interactive theatre show designed for young children. Tales from the Shed shows are lively and informal, inviting performers and audience to share the same space. There is no edge of the stage – just a single inclusive space where everyone joins in a dramatic dialogue with everyone else. It couldn’t be further removed from watch-and-listen theatre, and the possibilities are as limitless as our imaginations. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 11am & 2pm For ages 1 – 6 £10*, £5* (child) * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Pe r fo r manc e Sunday 11 September
Unlimited Inclusive Youth Dance Platform
Come along to a vibrant celebration of dance by inclusive youth dance companies from across the country. Southbank Centre presents Unlimited festival’s first inclusive youth dance platform in partnership with LINKED*. Dynamic and diverse, each company brings The Clore Ballroom to life for audiences of all ages to enjoy.
Cando2 collaboration 2016 © Simon Cooper
Interested in taking part? We are looking for inclusive dance companies to present work created with or by disabled young people, aged 25 and under. To apply and for more information, please contact molly. sanders@southbankcentre.co.uk. *LINKED is a partnership between Candoco Dance Company, Greenwich Dance, Magpie Dance and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2pm – 6pm FREE
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Vi s u al Ar ts, In sta llation s & Fil m Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September
The Doorways Project Encounter homeless culture through the personal stories of society’s most silenced people. Bekki Perriman has drawn on her own experiences of life on the streets to create this sound installation, comprising of a series of recorded monologues positioned in locations around Royal Festival Hall. Each one invites visitors to pay attention to the intimate, sometimes humorous, often disturbing and mostly ignored experiences of homeless people. Direct and unsentimental, the installation offers an invaluable opportunity to perceive a familiar environment from a different perspective. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England.
FREE
Venue: Various outdoor locations Time: 10am – 11pm Maps of the installation locations are available from the Information Desk on Level 2 (Green Side). Transcripts of each monologue are provided at each location.
Sunday 11 September
Artist Talk: The Doorways Project Artist Bekki Perriman and curator Shiri Shalmy appear in conversation about The Doorways Project. Venue: Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall Time: 4pm
Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Visua l A r ts, In sta l l at io ns & Fil m Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September
TV Classics Part 1 This series of public artworks by Cameron Morgan celebrates learning disability culture. The multidisciplinary artist is fascinated by popular culture, especially television, films and music from past decades. Working with iconic TV imagery from the 1930s onwards, Morgan spent six months in Project Ability’s studio creating nine paintings that honour the past nine decades of television history. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Creative Scotland.
Venue: Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall Time: 10am – 11pm FREE
Wednesday 7 September
Artist Talk: TV Classics Part 1 Hear artist Cameron Morgan talk about his homage to the culture and history of television. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 11am Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Vi s u al Ar ts, In sta llation s & Fil m Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September
Nama Āto: Japanese Outsider Art Experience work by three Japanese visual artists in their first ever UK show.
© Koji Nishioka
Discover Koji Nishioka’s intuitive music scores that relate to existing compositions, but which a pianist may not easily be able to read. Contemplate Makoto Okawa’s depictions of happiness, sadness and pleasure in the forms of ‘makoot’ dolls and colourful drawings. Delve into Yasuyuki Ueno’s world of female figures and fashion objects, characterised by a strong yet strange sense of beauty. Supported by Unlimited International, with funding from Arts Council England and additional support from the British Council, Pallant House, Outside In and Atelier Corners.
Venue: St Paul’s Roof Pavilion at Royal Festival Hall Time: 10am – 11pm For audio description, please ask a Host in St Paul’s Roof Pavilion. FREE
Sunday 11 September
Artist Talk: Nama Āto: Japanese Outsider Art Takako Shiraiwa, General Manager of Atelier Corners, discusses the work of artists Nishioka, Okawa and Ueno. Venue:Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2.30pm
Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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‘Oska Bright is brilliant!’ (Andrea Arnold OBE, Cannes Jury Prize 2016) Tuesday 6 September
Oska Bright Film Festival: On Tour The international festival of short films made by people with learning disabilities brings its eclectic mix to Unlimited, screening a selection of award-winning titles. The animation selection includes Best Animation winner Whinstor Norville by Eric Bent (Canada) and Best Newcomer winner Lissea Jordan’s (UK) mixed-media film, A Skeleton’s Best Friend. The music video category features submissions by The Fish Police (UK), Zombie Crash (UK), Jez Colbourne (UK) and Barner 16 (Germany). Carousel is funded by Arts Council England (as a National Portfolio Organisation), Brighton and Hove City Council and a range of trusts and foundations. It is a company limited by guarantee and a registered charity. Oska Bright Film Festival Tour is funded by the BFI.
Venue: Spirit Level (Blue Room) at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2pm For ages 12+ £5* * No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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Vi s u al Ar ts, In sta llation s & Fil m Wednesday 7 – Friday 9 September
Cherophobia
Cherophobia , by Noëmi Lakmaier, is a live soundless installation, performed over 48 hours, in which the artist attempts to lift her tied and immobilised body off the ground using 33,000 multi-coloured helium balloons. It is a performance and a gathering, a one-off event that connects people through shared suspense and © James Allan anticipation. It takes its title from a psychiatric condition defined as ‘an exaggerated or irrational fear of gaiety or happiness’. Originating from her own experience of disabled self, Noëmi Lakmaier’s live and site-responsive practice explores notions of the ‘other’, ranging from the physical to the philosophical, the personal to the political. The performance takes place in St Leonard’s Shoreditch Church and visitors are invited to join throughout the 48-hour duration. It is broadcast live to Southbank Centre and national and international venues. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England.
Venue: Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall Time: 12 noon – 11pm (Wednesday), 10am – 11pm (Thursday), 10am – 12 noon (Friday) The performance is screened onto the exterior wall of Royal Festival Hall on Festival Terrace from 11pm on Wednesday and Thursday until the building reopens at 10am. FREE
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Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September
Denise Saul’s Silent Room Experience an installation that conveys what it’s like to have a speech disability. Denise Saul’s Silent Room: A Journey of Language is a video poem installation and a reflection of a speech disability called aphasia. It invites the audience to pay attention to mostly ignored experiences of speech disorder and consider how silence is a powerful theme in language breakdown. This project is a collaboration between poet Denise Saul, filmmaker Helmie Stil, writer Emma Claire Sweeney and individuals from Connect, a communication disability network charity. Venue: Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall Time: 10am – 11pm FREE
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Vi s u al Ar ts, In sta llation s & Fil m Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September
11 Million Reasons
Be inspired by a photographic series of reimagined film moments with Deaf and disabled dancers. Photographer Sean Goldthorpe shot thought-provoking takes on iconic dance scenes from film, such as Gene Kelly singing in the rain, Billy Elliot’s father watching him dance his heart out, and Moira Shearer as a young ballerina in The Red Shoes – all reimagined by Deaf and disabled dancers. 11 Million Reasons is a total of 20 classic yet contemporary images, commissioned by People Dancing. Currently on tour in the UK and abroad, this life-affirming exhibition aims to challenge perceptions, and for us to consider and celebrate the energy, creativity and diversity of Deaf and disabled people who dance. ‘11 Million Reasons is an exhibition I believe will
reconfigure many people’s perceptions of the capabilities or expectations of Deaf and disabled people who love to dance as part of their enjoyment of everyday life…’ Supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
Venue: Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall Time: 10am – 11pm FREE
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Saturday 10 September
Aaron Williamson Demonstrating the World
See everyday activities a little differently with Aaron Williamson. The artist enacts absurdly elaborate live take-offs of YouTube how-to videos. He tries to complete everyday tasks such as opening a cupboard, removing a jacket or sitting on a chair by following minutely detailed stepby-step instructions. Designed in collaboration with architect Ida Martin and built by Studio LW, this displaced home interior and its household objects help us take a closer look at the things we use every day. A performance-cum-exhibit that unfolds over one day beside the Thames, Demonstrating the World explores how we negotiate habitual activity. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England.
Venue: Queen’s Walk Time: 12 noon – 6pm
Live audio description is built into the work. Touch tours are offered on an informal one-on-one basis. Please ask the Host on Queen’s Walk for details. FREE
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Vi s u al Ar ts, In sta llation s & Fil m Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September
Unlimited Video Lounge
Daniel Sean and Richard Newnham on the set of Flatmates Š Jonathan Dunn
Visit our video lounge to see a selection of film pieces curated just for Unlimited. We are screening a different film each day of the festival, showcasing a varied array of work by artists associated with Unlimited. Tuesday 6 September Total Permission BDH and Watershed
Wednesday 7 September 213 Things About Me Richard Butchins
Follow the journey of 12 artists as they work with Unlimited as part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.
Explore themes of alienation, empathy, talent, social exclusion and love through this poignant film about the legacy of music and writing left by a young autistic woman who took her own life. Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council England
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Visua l A r ts, In sta l l at io ns & Fil m Thursday 8 September Running Away from the Circus Touretteshero presents: Idea Amplifier See a short film, created by young people with Tourette’s syndrome, exploring their thoughts and feelings about living with Tourette’s. Supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
Friday 9 September Flatmates Richard Newnham Two friends move into their dream pad, only to find it’s actually a dump. This surreal and energetic comedy follows their exploits as they attempt to bring some semblance of order into their bizarre and unruly lives. Supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
Saturday 10 September Music Video Billy Saga Watch Brazilian rapper Billy Saga conjure his signature blend of hip-hop, reggae, dub and samba, which carries within itself a critical reflection on accessibility and social inclusion. Supported by Unlimited and Drake Music, using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England with additional funds from the British Council.
Sunday 11 September It’s Like… Craig Simpson Explore feelings of deep embodiment and intuitive physicality with dancer and choreographer Craig Simpson. In this film without dialogue, Simpson invites six men to join him and share in a dream-like experience. Supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
Venue: Level 2 Foyers at Royal Festival Hall Time: 10am – 11pm FREE
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Tal ks and Deb ates Tuesday 6 September
Book Launch: Kaite O’Reilly In Conversation Join multi-award-winning playwright Kaite O’Reilly as she presents her latest work.
© Farrows Creative
Published by Oberon, Atypical Plays for Atypical Actors is the first of its kind. A collection of six dramas – monologues, performance texts, and naturalistic plays – it redefines notions of normality and expands the scope of what it means to be human, while exploring disability as a portal to new experience. The collection includes O’Reilly’s 2015 Unlimited commission, Cosy, a darkly comic portrayal of three generations of women as they share the joys and humiliations of getting older. Atypical Plays for Atypical Actors also features O’Reilly’s play In Water I’m Weightless, an Unlimited commission for the Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival. This play is inspired by the imagination, experiences and attitudes of disabled people across the UK.
‘An invaluable and long over-due collection of untold stories that deserve to take centre stage.’ (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian) Supported by Unlimited, with funding from Arts Council Wales, in association with Wales Millennium Centre.
Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2pm Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Ta l ks and De b ate s Wednesday 7 September
Unfixed: In Conversation What does being ‘disabled’ really mean? Unfixed is a creative research residency that brings together British and Australian artists. Through the lens of art and technology, they investigate the characterisation of bodies as ‘disabled’. Jo Verrent, senior producer of Unlimited, talks about the context in which the residency was shaped before introducing two of the Unfixed artists.
Supported by Unlimited International, with funding from Arts Council England, and additional support from the British Council, Australian Network for Art and Technology, Access2Arts, and Watershed.
Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2pm – 4pm Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Jane Gauntlett produces interactive live experiences that explore ideas of empathy, neurology and accessibility, and Daniel Savage investigates the influence and effect of perception through digital and installation work. Both artists will discuss how they tackle issues of language and perception through their different artistic practices.
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Thursday 8 September
2016 Creative Future Literary Awards Showcase Hear from the winners of the 2016 Creative Future Literary Awards showcase. Creative Future is a Brighton-based charity dedicated to training, promoting and empowering marginalised writers and visual artists across the UK. Each year they celebrate rising stars through their national competition, and this year’s showcase – hosted by author and broadcaster Lemn Sissay MBE – features readings from 2016’s 12 finalists and other special guests. Founded in 2013, the Creative Future Literary Awards are the UK’s only national literary competition specifically established to recognise talented writers who have been deprived of opportunity by mental illness, disability, their identity or other social circumstances. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 7.30pm Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Š Mairi Taylor, Pum Dunbar and Aidan Moesby
Thursday 8 September
Deepening the Impact We discuss how arts organisations can involve and champion disabled creatives in their agendas at this talk. The creative case for diversity is increasingly part of the agenda of many arts organisations. How can you ensure incorporating disabled creatives becomes a central part of your long-term sustainable practice? How do you maximize the potential of initiatives, avoiding one-off events to embed inclusion into all events and therefore into policy? This session features discussions and case studies from Unlimited Impact initiatives, with artist Aidan Moesby in conversation with representatives from Salisbury Arts Festival, where he was Disability Associate. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 11am – 1pm For ages 12+ Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Tal ks and Deb ates Thursday 8 September
Creative Approaches to Audio Description Hear about innovative solutions for making the arts more accessible for those with sight loss. Almost two million people in the UK live with sight loss, but they are poorly served by the arts sector. This session examines access options for visually impaired audiences and highlights creative solutions from across theatre, dance, and the visual arts.
© Taking Flight Theatre Company
Featuring case studies from Unlimited Impact initiatives, including Chloe Phillips’ ‘The Importance of Being Described Earnestly’. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2pm – 4pm For ages 12+ Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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© John Macedo
Friday 9 September
The Generation Gap Hear young disabled artists, creatives and producers speak about their experiences in the arts. Given the number of initiatives, programmes and projects targeted at young disabled people entering the arts, is it a brave new accessible world – or is history simply repeating itself? Is the cultural sector succeeding in meeting the ambitions of young disabled people? This session discusses these questions and more, alongside case studies from Unlimited Impact-supported artists and producers, including members of Southbank Centre’s Young Producers. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 11am – 1pm For ages 12+ Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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© Belinda Lawley
Saturday 10 September
Superhuman or Simply Human? Have disabled people become an integrated part of mainstream media? With a constant focus on integration and an increasing presence of disabled actors, presenters and public figures in mainstream media, does disability still need to be highlighted as ‘something special’? Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 12 noon For ages 12+ Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Š Belinda Lawley
Saturday 10 September
Cutting Corners: Thriving or Surviving as a Disabled Artist With little financial support, can disabled artists survive? Come and discuss the possibilities. As new government cuts to disabled people meet continued cuts to the arts, does this increasingly make being a disabled artist an impossible task? This panel explores the impact these cuts are already having on the creative community and the innovative ways artists are creating work in response. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 1.30pm For ages 12+ Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Tal ks and Deb ates
Š Belinda Lawley
Saturday 10 September
Are Some More Equal Than Others? Do disabled artists working in certain art forms get more opportunities than in others? Our panel discusses equality, access and opportunity in relation to the arts. They examine training, creation, distribution and audience across art forms, including performance, visual arts, broadcast media and music. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 3pm Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Š Belinda Lawley
Sunday 11 September
Unlimited Open Morning Hear artists and industry experts discuss how to forge a career in the arts. This morning for young people and emerging artists focuses on professional development opportunities for disabled and Deaf people in the arts. There are opportunities to ask questions, talk to a range of companies and organisations and hear from established artists about their experiences. Venue: Level 4 Blue Bar at Royal Festival Hall Time: 11am – 2pm FREE
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Tal ks and Deb ates
Sunday 11 September
Death Café
Presented by In Company Collective Take part in a tea party-style discussion of death and dying in a supportive environment. Founded by Jon Underwood and Sue Barsky Reid in 2011, the Death Café provides an encouraging, safe space for open discussion and shared understanding of ideas about and encounters with death and dying. Everyone is welcome. Venue: Level 5 Function Room at Royal Festival Hall Time: 4pm – 6pm Please note, this free event requires a ticket. Please book your free ticket online, by phone or in person (no fees apply). FREE
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Š Belinda Lawley
Monday 15 – Friday 19 August
Unlimited Festival Makers
Are you a young person with a disability and the ambition to build a career in arts producing? We are looking for 12 Festival Makers aged 18 to 30 to help produce our Youth Dance Platform at Unlimited. This training opportunity is for people who identify as disabled or Deaf, or who live with a long-term illness or condition. Over six sessions, you will work alongside producers and industry experts to learn about the process of organising a live event, including budget management, scheduling and negotiating with artists. You and the other Festival Makers will then work as a team to produce the Youth Dance Platform event on Sunday 11 September. Supported by Unlimited Impact, with funding from Spirit of 2012.
For details on how to apply, please visit unlimited.southbankcentre. co.uk/events/unlimited-festival-makers. FREE
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Wo r ks hops
Wednesday 7 September
Thursday 8 September
Start your day singing and grooving with your child at this sensory session of music and dance.
Stopgap Dance Company
Pram Jam Unlimited
The session is open to movers and groovers of all abilities aged five and under, plus their grown ups. All you need is a willingness to sing, move and have fun.
Unlimited Social Dance
Meet new friends, learn some dance moves and enjoy the music. Everyone is welcome at this Unlimited Social Dance, whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced dancer.
Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Time: 10.30am – 11.15am For ages 5 and under
Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Time: 2pm – 4.30pm
£5* for one adult and up to two children aged 5 and under.
FREE
* No transaction fees for in-person bookings or Southbank Centre Members and Supporters
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Saturday 10 September
Leaps and Bounds: Unlimited Jump into a day of exciting and accessible activities for the whole family. Leaps and Bounds returns to Unlimited festival for another activity day designed for disabled children aged 12 and under and their families. Enjoy an array of performances and crafting and making workshops. Venue: The Clore Ballroom at Royal Festival Hall Time: 11am – 4pm For children aged 12 and under and their families. FREE
Circles. For other bookings transaction fees apply: £1.75 online; £2.75 over the phone.
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† indicates a post-show talk
Tuesday 6 September 2pm – 3pm
Oska Bright Film Festival
2pm
Book Launch: Kaite O’Reilly In Conversation Candoco Dance Company: You and I Know Claire Cunningham and Jess Curtis/Gravity: The Way You Look (at me) Tonight † Creatures of the Revolution Jess Thom: Stand Up, Sit Down, Roll Over
4pm & 6pm 7pm 7.30pm 8.30pm
Film
p21
FREE Debates
Talks and
p28
FREE Performance
p4
£20* Performance
p5
£5*
Performance
p6
£10* Performance
p7
£5*
Workshops
p40
FREE Visual Arts
p19
£5*
Wednesday 7 September 10.30am Pram Jam Unlimited –11.15am Artist Talk: 11am TV Classics Part 1 2pm – Unfixed: In Conversation 4pm Lost Voice Guy: Disability 8pm for Dunces and the 8.30pm Grandad Machine
Talks and
FREE Debates
p29
£10* Performance
p8
£10* Performance
p9
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Thursday 8 September 11am – 1pm 2pm – 4pm 2pm – 4.30pm 7pm 7.30pm 8.30pm
Talks and
p31
FREE Debates
Talks and
p32
Unlimited Social Dance
FREE Workshops
p40
Him † 2016 Creative Future Literary Awards Showcase Grandad and the Machine
£20* Performance
p10
Deepening the Impact
FREE Debates
Creative Approaches to Audio Description
Talks and
FREE debates
p30
£10* Performance
p9
Friday 9 September 11am – The Generation Gap 1pm 6pm Him 7pm – 12 Beautiful Octopus Club midnight The Shape of the Pain: 8pm Rachel Bagshaw
Talks and
FREE debates
p33
£20* Performance
p10
FREE Performance
p11
£5*
Performance
p12
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Vi s u al Ar ts, In sta llation s & Fil m † indicates a post-show talk
Saturday 10 September Leaps and Bounds: Unlimited 12 noon Aaron Williamson: – 6pm Demonstrating the World Superhuman or Simply 12 noon Human? Cutting Corners: Thriving 1.30pm or Surviving as a Disabled Artist
11am – 4pm
3pm 6pm 7pm 9pm
FREE Workshops
p41
FREE Visual arts
p25
Talks and
p34
Talks and
p35
FREE debates FREE debates
Are Some More Equal Than Others?
FREE Talks and
Just a Few Words Assisted Suicide: The Musical Saturday Night is Variety Night
£10* Performance
p13
£20* Performance
p14
FREE Performance
p15
debates
p36
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Sunday 11 September 11am & 2pm 11am – 2pm 2pm – 6pm 2.30pm 4pm
Tales From the Shed
£10* Performance £5*
Unlimited Open Morning
FREE debates
Talks and
Unlimited Inclusive Youth FREE Performance Dance Platform Artist Talk: Nama Āto: FREE Visual arts Japanese Outsider Art Artist Talk: FREE Visual arts The Doorways Project
p16 p37 p17 p20 p18
4pm – 6pm
Death Café
FREE debates
p38
7pm
Assisted Suicide: The Musical
£20* Performance
p14
The Doorways Project TV Classics Part 1 Nama Āto: Japanese Outsider Art Denise Saul’s Silent Room 11 Million Reasons
FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE
Unlimited Video Lounge
FREE Film
p18 p19 p20 p23 p24 pp26 – 27
Talks and
Throughout the festival Tuesday 6 – Sunday 11 September Visual arts Visual arts Visual arts Visual arts Visual arts
Wednesday 7 – Friday 9 September Cherophobia
FREE Visual arts
p22 45
PhotographyŠ Martine Leroy
Site Access Southbank Centre is accessible to all and level access is available to all of our venues. Accessible toilets are available across site, including high-dependency facilities. An accessible Information Desk will be on Level 2 (Green Side), distributing both programmes and access information. Assistance dogs welcome
Southbank Centre has excellent public transport connections. Tube: Waterloo and Embankment Buses: Waterloo Bridge, York Road, Belvedere Road and Stamford Street Rail: Waterloo, Waterloo East and Charing Cross
Other available services: • Quiet room • Wheelchair loan • Friendly, helpful Hosts
Sound enhancement systems are available in all venues. Please ask at the Informaton Desk on Level 2 (Green Side) for details and equipment.
•A ssistance for blind and visually impaired visitors •A ssistance for Deaf and hearing impaired visitors • Helpful access map and signage
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How to Book Online southbankcentre.co.uk/unlimited (£1.75 transaction fee)
In Person Royal Festival Hall Ticket Office 10am – 8pm daily
Phone 020 7960 4200 9am – 8pm daily (£2.75 transaction fee)
Email accesslist@southbankcentre.co.uk (reservation only) Fax 020 7921 0607
Access Scheme Disabled visitors are encouraged to join Southbank Centre’s free Access Scheme. Through this scheme, concessionary tickets are available to those with specific seating requirements and free tickets are available to carers. You will also receive information on upcoming assisted events at Southbank Centre. To join the scheme or discuss any access issues, email accesslist@ southbankcentre.co.uk or call the Ticket Office on 020 7960 4200.
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