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2017 Festival Programme

The Fierce Festival 2017 programme serves up a wide snapshot of the hugely varied performance being made around the world today.

PILOT Nights – SOLD OUT

PILOT Nights

AE Harris

Monday 16 October 2017, 7.00pm – 10.00pm

Capitalism Works for Me! (True/False)

Steve Lambert(USA)

Capitalism Works for Me! (True/False)

Various locations around the city

Tuesday 17 October 2017 – Sunday 22 October 2017

A Very Fierce Grand Opening

Quarto, Francois Chaignaud & Marie Caroline Hominal, Splash Addict, Double Pussy Clit F*ck

A Very Fierce Grand Opening

Fierce Festival Hub

Wednesday 18 October 2017, 6.00pm – 11.30pm

Workshop: Professional Class

Lucy Suggate(UK)

Workshop: Professional Class

DanceXchange

Thursday 19 October 2017, 10.00am – 11.30pm

Artist Talk

Preach R Sun(USA)

Artist Talk

Birmingham School of Art

Thursday 19 October 2017, 5.30pm – 6.15pm

i ride in colour and soft focus, no longer anywhere – SOLD OUT

Last Yearz Interesting Negro / Jamila Johnson-Small(UK)

i ride in colour and soft focus, no longer anywhere

mac Birmingham

Thursday 19 October 2017, 7.00pm – 8.30pm

$elfie$

Marikiscrycrycry(UK/USA)

$elfie$

ACE Dance & Music

Thursday 19 October 2017, 9.15pm – 10.25pm

HOTLINE #1

HOTLINE #1

Fierce Festival Hub

Friday 20 October 2017, 1.00pm – 4.00pm

fic.the.sky

Owen G. Parry(UK)

fic.the.sky

mac Birmingham

Friday 20 October 2017, 2.00pm – 6.00pm

This ritual is not an accident – SOLD OUT

This ritual is not an accident

STRYX

Friday 20 October 2017, 4.00pm

Listening Choir

Adam Kinner & Christopher Willes(CA)

Listening Choir

STRYX

Friday 20 October 2017, 5.00pm – Sunday 22 October 2017, 4.00pm

Artist Talk

Rocio Boliver(MX)

Artist Talk

Birmingham School of Art

Friday 20 October 2017, 5.30pm – 6.15pm

PILGRIM – SOLD OUT

Lucy Suggate(UK)

PILGRIM

The Patrick Centre

Friday 20 October 2017, 6.30pm – 7.20pm

Notorious

The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein(UK)

Notorious

The STUDIO, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, B1 2EP

Friday 20 October 2017, 8.00pm – Saturday 21 October 2017, 2.00pm

Obsidian

Anne Rochat(CH)

Obsidian

AE Harris

Friday 20 October 2017, 10.00pm – 11.00pm

Boner Killer

Erin Markey(USA)

Boner Killer

Fierce Festival Hub

Friday 20 October 2017, 11.30pm

Lord of Flies (Coronation)

Preach R Sun(USA)

Lord of Flies (Coronation)

AE Harris

Saturday 21 October 2017, 6.00am – 6.00pm

HOTLINE #2

HOTLINE #2

Fierce Festival Hub

Saturday 21 October 2017, 11.00am – 2.00pm

Demonstrating the World

Aaron Williamson(UK)

Demonstrating the World

Victoria Square

Saturday 21 October 2017, 12.00pm – 6.00pm

This ritual is not an accident – SOLD OUT

This ritual is not an accident

STRYX

Saturday 21 October 2017, 12.00pm

Multiverse

Louis Vanhaverbeke(BE)

Multiverse

Foyle Studio, mac Birmingham

Saturday 21 October 2017, 2.00pm – Sunday 22 October 2017, 3.00pm

From Chibok to Calais

Eca Eps(UK)

From Chibok to Calais

Moseley Road Swimming Baths

Saturday 21 October 2017, 4.00pm – 4.30pm

Everything Fits In The Room

Simone Aughterlony & Jen Rosenblit(CH/DE & USA)

Everything Fits In The Room

Fierce Festival Hub

Saturday 21 October 2017, 5.00pm – Sunday 22 October 2017, 5.00pm

Everything Fits In The Room

Simone Aughterlony & Jen Rosenblit(CH/DE & USA)

Everything Fits In The Room

Fierce Festival Hub

Saturday 21 October 2017, 5.00pm – Sunday 22 October 2017, 5.00pm

We are for you because we are against them

Noemi Lakmaeir

We are for you because we are against them

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Saturday 21 October 2017, 6.00pm – 8.30pm

Be The Change: An Edwardian Tearoom Late

Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir, Noemi Lakmaeir, Vivian Chinasa Ezugha, Reetu Sattar

Be The Change: An Edwardian Tearoom Late

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Saturday 21 October 2017, 6.30pm – 10.00pm

Sokol Dukher Prodip: the unsung song

Reetu Sattar

Sokol Dukher Prodip: the unsung song

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Saturday 21 October 2017, 6.30pm – 10.00pm

The Trump Depression Hotline

Reverend Billy & The Stop Shopping Choir

The Trump Depression Hotline

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Saturday 21 October 2017, 8.00pm – 9.00pm

HIGHER

Michele Rizzo(IT)

HIGHER

The Patrick Centre

Saturday 21 October 2017, 10.00pm – 10.45pm

Club Fierce: We Are Fierce

Kiddy Smile, Gnucci, Marie-Caroline Hominal, Imma Asher

Club Fierce: We Are Fierce

Fierce Festival Hub

Saturday 21 October 2017, 10.30pm – Sunday 22 October 2017, 12.30am

Meet-Ups

Suriya Aisha(UK)

Meet-Ups

Centrala

Sunday 22 October 2017, 10.30am – 2.30pm

to care

Louisa Robbin(UK)

to care

The DOOR, Birmingham Repertory Theatre

Sunday 22 October 2017, 12.00pm – 12.35pm

Director’s Q&A

Aaron Wright

Director's Q&A

Fierce Festival Hub

Sunday 22 October 2017, 12.00pm – 1.00pm

Crazy But True

Ant Hampton(UK)

Crazy But True

mac Birmingham

Sunday 22 October 2017, 1.00pm – 5.00pm

I’m Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Demi Nandhra(UK)

I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired

Eastside Jazz Club, Birmingham Conservatoire

Sunday 22 October 2017, 3.00pm – 7.00pm

Fame Prayer / EATING

Fame Prayer / EATING

The Lab, Birmingham Conservatoire

Sunday 22 October 2017, 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Sweet 60th

Rocio Boliver(MX)

Sweet 60th

The STUDIO, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Broad Street, B1 2EP

Sunday 22 October 2017, 7.30pm – 8.30pm

Siblings (solo version)

Colin Self(USA)

Siblings (solo version)

Fierce Festival Hub

Sunday 22 October 2017, 9.30pm

A Very Fierce Closing Party

A Very Fierce Closing Party

Festival Hub

Sunday 22 October 2017, 10.00pm – 11.59pm