SICK! Festival 2014
SICK! Festival 2014 took place between 03/03/14 to 26/03/14, in Brighton.
In 2014 we presented our first full-scale festival exploring the medical, mental and social challenges of life and death and how we survive them (or don’t).
It was a celebration of survival, of individual resilience, medical knowledge and the social bonds that keep us going.
In 2014 the festival explored a range of issues including adolescence, mental illness, ageing and death.
Journey
KOEN DE PRETER
JOURNEY
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
A man and woman are on stage. Two dancers, two generations. Koen is 32 years old, Alphea is 88.
You’re Not Alone
KIM NOBLE
YOU’RE NOT ALONE
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
Blending performance, comedy and film, Kim Noble tries to get close to other people on this planet. Keith for instance. You maybe.
RUFF
SPLIT BRITCHES
RUFF
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
Peggy Shaw had a stroke in January 2011. Since the stroke she’s realized she has never really
performed solo.
Hurt Me
DAVID HOYLE
HURT ME
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
Notorious ‘anti-drag queen’, performance artist, avant-garde cabaret artist, singer, actor and comedian, Hoyle presents a new work on the subject of mental health.
Falling In Love With Frida
CAROLINE BOWDITCH
FALLING IN LOVE WITH FRIDA
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
Exploring the life, loves and legacy of painter Frida Kahlo, Falling in Love with Frida is a love-like obsession.
Before Your Very Eyes
GOB SQUAD
BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
A rare and magnificent opportunity to witness seven
lives lived in fast forward… Before Your Very Eyes.
The Eradication of Schizophrenia In Western Lapland
RIDICULUSMUS
THE ERADICATION OF SCHIZOPHRENIA IN WESTERN LAPLAND
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
This new work from Ridiculusmus is inspired by a treatment method for psychosis that has virtually eradicated schizophrenia from Western Lapland.
Stories From The Front Line
VARIOUS ARTISTS
STORIES FROM THE FRONT LINE
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
Four fantastic comic artists present four stories from the
Front Line of medical practice in Brighton.
If These Spasms Could Speak
ROBERT SOFTLEY
IF THESE SPASMS COULD SPEAK
MARCH 2014, FESTIVAL 2014
BRIGHTON
An engaging and humorous live art performance about disabled people that exposes a truth behind bodies that differ from the norm.