SICK! Festival 2017
In 2017 the festival programme looked at how our health and wellbeing are affected by the communities around us. It explored how we construct our identities through our choices, hopes and actions, and how for better or worse, we are shaped by the world we live in.
#negrophobia
JAAMIL OLAWALE KOSOKO
#NEGROPHOBIA
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
#negrophobia examines the erotic fear associated with Black bodies inside the context of the contemporary American project.
I Am Black…
THOMAS F DEFRANTZ
I AM BLACK
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
The discourse of race in contemporary performance falls apart when whites try to understand black performance.
My Father’s Kitchen
TONI-DEE PAUL
MY FATHER’S KITCHEN
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
My Father’s Kitchen explores home-cooked food and family trees, whilst delving into the stories that unfold in her father’s kitchen, Paul’s performance examines the relationship between an 8 year old girl and her estranged father.
Daughters Of the Curry Revolution
AFREENA ISLAM
DAUGHTERS OF THE CURRY REVOLUTION
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
In this intimate performance, Afreena Islam invites you to take a seat around her dinner table as she serves up second-hand stories of her father’s past, present and what little she imagines is left of his future.
Hello Hollow
JULIAN HETZEL
HELLO HOLLOW
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER
Julian Hetzel positions uncanny figures, apparently formed of detritus, within urban settings.
Guide Gods
CLAIRE CUNNINGHAM
GUIDE GODS
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
Using mixed mediums, Claire goes on a perilous quest to explore how the major world faiths view deafness and disability in this witty and illuminating show.
Lolling and Rolling
JAHA KOO
LOLLING AND ROLLING
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER
Lolling and Rolling penetrates Korean’s tragic social phenomenon related to English education.
American Man
HETAIN PATEL
AMERICAN MAN
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
American Man imagines a not too distant future where celebrity power and political correctness have reached new heights.
On Record
SOPHIE WILLAN
ON RECORD
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER
Bolton born Sophie grew up in and out of the care system. At 23, the State unexpectedly handed over all her personal records.
Fractured Memory
OGUTU MURAYA
FRACTURED MEMORY
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
Examining the legacy of the congress, the performance shift perspectives, seeking a new vocabulary for dealing with uncomfortable truths.
Afterlife
FRENCH & MOTTERSHEAD
AFTERLIFE
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER
Two pieces from the Afterlife series of immersive digital artworks that transport the listener via intimate stories to the body’s decomposition after death.
Zvizdal
BERLIN
ZVIZDAL
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER
Due to the explosion of a reactor, the lives of the people living in and around Pripyat took a drastic turn. Petro and Nadia, a couple born and raised in Zvizdal, refused evacuation.
Before I Die
CANDY CHANG
BEFORE I DIE
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
Before I Die is a participatory public art project that invites people to contemplate death, reflect on life, and share their personal aspirations in public.
Michael Essien, I Want To Play As You
AHILAN RATNAMOHAN
MICHAEL ESSIEN, I WANT TO PLAY AS YOU
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER
The financial explosion of football coupled with the growing success of African players in Europe has led to many Africans seeing football as a way out of poverty.
To Belong
KOEN DE PRETER & THEATER STAP
TO BELONG
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
To Belong is a dance performance about solidarity, about what it means to be part of a group.
The Game
THEATRE CLUB
THE GAME
MARCH 2017, FESTIVAL 2017
MANCHESTER & BRIGHTON
The Game explores the act of buying sex and the subculture of prostitution; its rules; its language and its power structures.