DaDaFest 2007 Brochure

DaDaDebate

DaDaFilm

DaDaExhibition

DaDaComedy

Throughout this brochure you willsee the following symbols. These letyou know the kind of event to expect.

DaDaTheatre

DaDaCabaret

DaDaMusic

DaDaPerformance

On behalf of the board and staff of North West Disability Arts Forum,I am delighted to welcome you to theseventh DaDaFest.

This year we have decided to streamline the festival dueto all our staff working flat out on DaDaFest Internationalwhich will take place in September 2008 as part ofLiverpool’s European Capital of Culture celebrations.

However, we haven’t skimped on quality this year asthe festival is a vibrant mix of poetry, theatre, visual artsand music, plus new artists performing in venues in Manchester and Liverpool.

As usual we want to mention our main funders Arts Council England, Liverpool Community Fund,Liverpool Culture Company and The Paradise Project,plus the many sponsors and supporters.

More details can be found in the brochure and on our website www.nwdaf.co.uk.

Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

Ruth GouldCreative Director, NWDAF

Tuesday 6 November – 6 December

Reflectionsfrom Adult Community Education (ACE), Wigan

9am – 5pm FREE EVENTSuitable for all ages

A vibrant exploration of art and creative writing reflectingthe views of adults with learning difficulties and how theyperceive themselves.

The Derby Rooms, Turnpike Centre, Leigh, WiganTelephone: 01942 829321

Friday 16 November – Friday 6 December

Bold and Beautifulfrom Everybody Counts

5pm – 7pm FREE EVENT Suitable for all ages

Showcasing the work of disabled young people and their friends.

Please book to view by ringing Merry Macdonald 07771 633404 or Tony Russell on 07860 432113E-mail [email protected] Youth Club, Newton Road, Lowton WA3 2BH

Friday 16 November

DaDaLaunch Rags to Richesfrom Venture Arts

FREE EVENT

Launch: 12 – 2pm (invite only)Exhibition runs from: November 16 – December 19Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm, Sunday 10.30am – 5pm, closed on MondaysSuitable for all ages

The Rags to Riches project uses creative recycling inperspective to our changing environments and exploresthis through photography, collage, mosaic, animation,painting and drawing, 3D work, LS Lowry’s work, papermaking and textiles to produce innovative, individualsand collective pieces.

Community Gallery SpaceThird Floor, St George’s Hall Heritage CentreWilliam Brown Street, Liverpool, L1 1JJ(Entrance St John’s Lane)Telephone: 0151 225 6909

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Saturday 17 November

Baluji ShrivastavShadow of the Lotus tour7.30pm – 9.30pmTickets: £8 and £6 concession

Drawing from his new internationally released albumShadow of The Lotus, Baluji will be playing sitar andthe rarely heard surbahar (bass sitar) and dilruba(fretted fiddle) to craft a ravishing and utterly freshperformance that will leave audiences enthralled andinspired. A pioneering musician, Baluji continues toinnovate and connect with audiences with a warmth,openness and humour, qualities that make him both a sought after soloist and collaborator who hascommunicated Indian music to an array of artists fromMassive Attack to Soul2Soul.

Baluji is a performer to be cherished. He is accompaniedon tabla by the maestro Partha Mukherjee.

www.baluji.com

The Picket Music Venue,61 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1 0BWTelephone: 0151 708 6789

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Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 November

Masque Theatre CompanyPerformances at 12.30, 1.30, 2.30 and 3.30pm FREE EVENTSuitable for all ages

Masque Theatre Company was formed in 1987. It is theonly full-time theatre company comprised of people witha learning disability in the North West.

Specially commissioned by National Museums Liverpool for this year’s festival, this performance explores how wesee ourselves, each other and everyday objects, it isserved up with a tablespoon of subtle humour and apinch of salt.

The Atrium, World Museum Liverpool,William Brown Street, LiverpoolTelephone: 0151 478 4296

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Sunday 18 November

DaDaLesqueDaytime Debate: 2.30pm – 4.30pmTickets: £5 and £4 concessionEvening performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £8 and £6Full day price: £10 and £8 concession

DaDaFest breaks new ground by exploring issuesaround sexuality in disability performance. Burlesque is increasing in popularity and many disabled artists are now working in this sector.

Our afternoon debate and presentations will be led bythe UK’s leading disability performers and academics.Featuring Julie McNamara.

The evening is hosted by Mat Fraser withperformances by stunning Millie Dollar and highlyentertaining Diva Hollywood and Amelie Soliel.


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Monday 19 November

Open Discussion: Places, Spaces, Objects Event and Seminar3pm – 6pm FREE EVENT

We will be holding an open discussion led by artists Mat Fraser, Alison Jones and facilitated by Kaite O’Reilly.The discussion will explore themes found both withintheir own work and the Turner Prize installations.

Tickets will be allocated on a first come first served basis.To book contact Tate Liverpool:Telephone: 0151 702 7400Email: [email protected]: 0151 702 7401

Or contact NWDAF Telephone: 0151 707 1733 Minicom: 0151 706 0365

Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB

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Monday 19 November

DaDaVerseWith Open Mic Slot

7.30pm Tickets: £4 and £3 concession

Poetry has always featured within the festival and thisyear is no exception. Hosted by Julie McNamara andRoger Cliffe-Thompson and friends from Dead Goodpoets will perform and also present poets from the ‘Poem 800’ project.


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Wednesday 21 November

Dynamic Symmetryby Gus Cummins

Private viewing (invite only) 6 – 8pm FREE EVENTThe exhibition continues until 12 December 9 – 5pm, Monday –Friday Suitable for all ages

As an artist with epilepsy, painting provides Gus with a focus and an outlet. This exhibition is composed using'dynamic symmetry', a system used across time by artists,architects and musicians. It is produced with a combinationof computer generated stencils and oil paint.

Neuro Support Centre Norton Street , Liverpool, L3 8LR www.neurosupport.org.uk andwww.neurowords.tumblr.com Telephone: 0151 298 2999Fax: 0151 298 2333

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Wednesday 21 November Liverpool NightWednesday 28 November Manchester Night

Frogtastic Club Nights7.30 – 11pm All tickets: £4

Inclusive club nights for people with learning difficultiesand their friends featuring the fabulous ‘Frogtastic’ DJ team of Sabrina Whitby and Greg Becket plus thepremier performance by ‘The Melody Makers’ featuringCarly Ryan, Mark Kinsey & Martin Finn also a veryspecial guest appearance by ‘The Heroes’ one of theUK’s best known inclusive pop/rock groups. www.heroesproject.org.uk

Tickets can be reserved by e-mail:[email protected]

Venues:Alima Centre, 35 Sefton Street, Liverpool, L8 5SL

The Frog and Bucket, Oldham Street, Manchester, M4 1LJ

Telephone (for both nights): 07946 424 075

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Friday 23 November

Luke Wright Poet Laureate 7.30pm Tickets: £10 and £6 Concession

Luke sharpens his quill to make a bid for poetry’s top joband a nice comfy Palace sofa. With such titles as I Don’tGet Out Of Bed For Less Than Ten Grand, and his lovepoem for Richard Madeley: Truly Madeley Deeply, totalacceptance by the British establishment is only a matterof time. Luke Wright, Poet Laureate recently completeda very successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

"Alternately dark, hilarious and tender poems. In hissuper-charged show, he demonstrates what – strippedof the portentous pauses and the pretentious clauses –live poetry can do." Evening Standard

Contact TheatreOxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JABox office: 0161 274 0600

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Friday 23 November

DaDaNoise7.30pm Tickets: £8 and £6 concession

In collaboration with the Cornerstone Festival, DaDaFestbrings you a bevy of singers and musicians includingLiverpool’s own Susan Hedges, Johnny Crescendo fromthe US, Leigh Stirling and the honeyed tones of classicperformer, Minika Green in this un-missable evening.

The CornerstoneHaigh Street, Liverpool, L3 8QBTelephone: 0151 291 3575

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Saturday 24 November

It Hasn’t Happened Yet! 7.30pm Tickets: £10 and £6 concession

Disabled actor, writer and stand-up comic Liz Carrreturns to DaDaFest to preview her first one woman play.It Hasn’t Happened Yet! is a new comedy about comedythat asks just who and what a disabled comedian canactually laugh at these days?

An Outside Centre and Liz Carr co-production.

‘Liz Carr’s humour is right on the edge and fabulously black’ The Scotsman

www.outside-centre.info www.lizcarr.co.uk

Contact TheatreOxford Road, Manchester, M15 6JABox office: 0161 274 0600Book Online: www.contact-theatre.org

Saturday 24 & Sunday 25 November

Let My People GoWorld premiere

2.00pm and 3.30pm FREE EVENT

Abolitionist. War Hero. Illiterate. Disabled. Slave.Harriet Tubman was one of a kind and one of her people.To commemorate the Bicentenary of the act to abolishthe Transatlantic Slave Trade, North West DisabilityArts Forum in partnership with the International slaveryMuseum, (National Museums Liverpool) havecommissioned Reality Productions to write andproduce a brand new performance piece, based on thelife, times and experiences of Harriet Tubman.

Deborah A Williams, creative producer and currentartist in residence with the company is an internationallyrenowned writer, digital composer, director and performer.Deborah was also a DaDaAwards 2006 nomminee forBest Performance Artist.

Anthony Walker Room, International Slavery MuseumAlbert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4AQ Telephone: 0151 478 4499

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Tuesday 27 November

End GameBy Samuel BeckettDirected by Robert Rae With Nabil Shaban & Garry Robson

8pm Tickets: £8 and £6 concs

Outside the shelter everything seems dead. Inside, fourcharacters kill time by toying with each other’s hopes for apossible future, all along sensing the inevitability of their end.

Featuring new kinetic sculptures from Sharmanka,Robert Rae directs Nabil Shaban and Garry Robson in Samuel Beckett’s classic. Come see it before the lightfinally fades.

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Monday 26 November

Young Peoples’s Event4pm FREE EVENT Suitable for all ages

Showcasing the work of the North West’s up and comingDeaf and Disabled Young People, this hugely popularevent promises spectacular performances, an exceptional variety and an essential platform for the performers and artists of the future.

St John Bosco High School18 Stonedale Crescent, Liverpool, L11 9DQ. Contact NWDAF for details on 0151 707 1733

Wednesday 28 November

Another Nasty Night Out8pm Tickets: £5 and £4 concession

Nasty Girls are back – in force and funnier than ever. A uniquely Northern take on life as Deaf and disabledwomen. Comedy to make you laugh and think.

“These stereotype wreckers should be applauded fortackling taboos head-on but they should be applaudedjust as loudly for their biting, satirical humour.”Big Issue in the North

www.nasty-girls.co.uk

Venue details for 27th and 28th

Unity Theatre 1 Hope Place, Liverpool, L1 9BGBox office: 0151 709 4988Text number: 07840 659 807Book online: www.unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

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Thursday 29 November

DaDaFeast and DaDaAwardswith The Heroes and moreTickets: £50 (includes 3 course meal, wine and entertainment)

Come and crush a cup of wine as we celebrateDaDaFest’s yearly awards event! Hosted by the Awardwinning Liz Carr and Garry Robson, this festivalhighlight will feature for the last time as they disband in2008, The Heroes, There are 8 awards sponsored byBreakthrough UK, The Mersey Partnership and TateLiverpool, Liverpool First, European Objective One, ITV Granada, The University of Liverpool, MerseysideDisability Federation, National Museums Liverpool andLA productions.

Crown Plaza Hotel St Nicholas PlacePrinces Dock, Liverpool, L3 1QW

To book a room: 0151 243 8000To book tickets: NWDAF 0151 707 1733

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Friday 30 November

Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom6.30pm and 8.30pmTickets: £5 and £3 concession

HooH HaH Productions in collaboration withinternationally prize-winning composer and publishedplaywright Ailis Ni Riain present brief-blue-electric-bloom,a new and unique performance installation combiningspoken word, BSL, movement, video layering and a newcontemporary classical music score performed by TimWilliams from Psappha (cimbalom) and Tom McKinney(acoustic guitar, electric guitar and banjo).Join us where words begin and music completes everysentence, where we strive to communicate our desires,hopes and loves.

Greenroom54-56 Whitworth Street West, Manchester, M1 5WWTelephone: 0161 615 0500Fax: 0161 615 0516www.greenroomarts.org

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Tuesday 11 December

Launch of BSL Palmpilots to guide you through:DLA Piper Series: The TwentiethCentury: How it looked and how if felt4pm – 5.45pm FREE EVENT Suitable for all ages

Launch of handheld palmpilots with filmed British SignLanguage Interpreted content relating to a selection of thefeatured works. Come along for the launch, find out howthey work, enjoy a drink with us and then go on a live BSLinterpreted tour too!

Free, but please book your place:Telephone: 0151 702 7400Email: [email protected]: 0151 702 7401

Tate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB

Sunday 2 December

British Sign Language Interpreted Tour :Turner Prize 20073 – 4pm FREE EVENT Suitable for all ages

The Turner Prize, the most prestigious contemporary artsaward in Europe. This year, for the first time in its history,the prize will be held at Tate Liverpool. No need to book. Meet in foyer at 2.55pmTate Liverpool, Albert Dock, Liverpool, L3 4BB

Saturday 1 December

Deaf Arts Seminarfeaturing comedian John Smith11.30am – 8pm Suitable for all ages

Deaf artists and performers come together for this event,which will be of interest to deaf sign language users. Includesa free preview performance from MerseySign Deaf Theatre.

Places are limited, please book by contacting Rebecca: [email protected]: 0151 708 9355 Minicom: 0151 706 0365MSDP, Queens Drive, Liverpool, L13 ODJ

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This years venuesAlima Centre35 Sefton Street, Liverpool,L8 5SLTelephone: 0151 706 6900 www.novas.org

Contact TheatreOxford Road, Manchester,M15 6JABox office: 0161 274 0600www.contact-theatre.org

Crowne PlazaSt Nicholas Place, Pier HeadLiverpool, L3 1QWTelephone: 0151 243 8000 Fax: 0151 243 811 (for room bookings and info)www.cpliverpool.com

The Derby RoomsTurnpike CentreLeigh, WiganTelephone: 01942 829 321

Greenroom54 – 56 Whitworth Street WestManchester, M1 5WWTelephone: 0161 615 0500Fax: 0161 615 0516www.greenroomsarts.org

Hope UniversityThe Cornerstone Haigh Street, LiverpoolL3 8QBTelephone: 0151 291 3575

‘Let my people go’ Anthony Walker RoomInternational Slavery MuseumMaritime Museum, Albert Dock,Liverpool, L3 4AQTelephone: 0151 478 4499

Lowton Youth ClubNewton Road, Lowton WA3 2BHTelephone: 07771633 404

Merseyside Society forDeaf PeopleQueens DriveLiverpool, L13 ODJTelephone: 0151 228 0888

Neuro Support CentreNorton Street Liverpool, L3 8LRTelephone: 0151 298 2999Fax: 0151 298 3333

The Picket Music Venue61 Jordan StreetLiverpool, L1 OBWTelephone: 0151 708 6789

Sefton Park Palm HouseSefton ParkLiverpool, L17 1APTelephone: 0151 726 2415Fax: 0151 726 2419www.palmhouse.org.uk

St Georges Hall William Brown StreetLiverpool, L1 1JJ Telephone: 0151 225 6909

Tate LiverpoolAlbert Dock,Liverpool, L3 4BBTelephone: 0151 702 7400www.tate.org.uk

Unity Theatre1 Hope Place,LiverpoolL1 9BGTelephone: 0151 709 4988unitytheatreliverpool.co.uk

World Museum LiverpoolWilliam Brown StreetLiverpoolL3 8ENTelephone: 0151 478 4296

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A massive thank you to all oursupporters, including:

North West Disability Arts ForumMPAC Building, 1– 27 Bridport StreetLiverpool, L3 5QF

Email: [email protected]: +44 (0)151 707 1733Minicom: +44 (0)151 706 0365Fax: +44 (0)151 708 9355

Brochure photography includes images by Leila Romaya, James Dunn and Harriet Gould

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