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2022 Festival Programme

11-16 October

Celebrating 25 years of performance, parties, politics and pop in Birmingham and the West Midlands.

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View the Fierce Festival Schedule At A Glance

Bab’s Baldacchino
Free

Adam Nathaniel Furman(London)

Bab’s Baldacchino

Midlands Arts Centre

Tuesday 11 October 2022 – Sunday 16 October 2022

Peaked too Soon
Free

Liz Ord(Birmingham)

Peaked too Soon

Warwick Arts Centre & MAC

Tuesday 11 October 2022 – Saturday 15 October 2022

Digital Edition: The Making of Pinocchio

Cade & MacAskill(Glasgow)

Digital Edition: The Making of Pinocchio

Tuesday 11 October 2022 – Sunday 16 October 2022

Farm Fatale

Philippe Quesne / Vivarium Studio(Paris)

Farm Fatale

Warwick Arts Centre

Tuesday 11 October 2022, 7.45pm – 9.15pm

Softcore Parent

Lisa Vereertbrugghen(Ghent)

SOFTCORE a hardcore encounter

Birmingham Hippodrome, Patrick Studio

Wednesday 12 October 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022

The Making of Pinocchio Parent

Cade & MacAskill(Glasgow)

The Making of Pinocchio

Midlands Arts Centre

Wednesday 12 October 2022 – Thursday 13 October 2022

Wolf Safari Parent

Other Spaces(Helsinki)

Wolf Safari

Secret Location

Wednesday 12 October 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022

enormousface
Free

enormousface(NYC/Autonomous Cascadia)

Nothing Is Also Possible

Various venues

Wednesday 12 October 2022 – Sunday 16 October 2022

Soya the Cow

Soya the Cow(Zurich)

in concert

Various venues

Wednesday 12 October 2022 – Saturday 15 October 2022

Festival Late Night Bar
Free

Festival Late Night Bar

Feat. enormousface, 火山 + HighSeas

Festival Hub @ Symphony Hall

Wednesday 12 October 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022

Oozing Gloop Tentacular Spectacular Parent

Oozing Gloop(Berlin/Norwich)

Tentacular Spectacular

7SVN, 77A Upper Trinity Street

Thursday 13 October 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022

Remaining Strangers Parent

Simone Aughterlony(Zurich/Berlin)

Remaining Strangers

Warwick Arts Centre

Thursday 13 October 2022 – Friday 14 October 2022

Dog Rising

Clara Furey(Montreal)

Dog Rising

Crescent Theatre, Main House

Thursday 13 October 2022, 9.00pm – 10.00pm

We Are All Made of Stars

Freddie Wulf(Bristol/Berlin)

we are all made of stars

Midlands Arts Centre

Friday 14 October 2022 – Saturday 15 October 2022

Sparks

Francesca Grilli(Brussels)

Sparks

Moseley Road Swimming Baths

Friday 14 October 2022 – Saturday 15 October 2022

The Golden Age Parent

Igor Cardellini & Tomas Gonzalez(Lausanne)

The Golden Age

Bullring & Grand Central

Friday 14 October 2022 – Sunday 16 October 2022

Performance, Possession & Automation
Free

Nicholas Ridout & Dhanveer Singh Brar

Talk: Performance, Possession & Automation with performance by Eirini Kartsaki

Festival Hub @ Symphony Hall

Friday 14 October 2022, 11.00am – 12.00pm

Half human, Half toy
Free

Saeborg(Tokyo)

Talk: Half Human, Half Toy

Festival Hub @ Symphony Hall

Friday 14 October 2022, 2.00pm – 3.00pm

Luca Manning Trio
Free

Luca Manning Trio(London)

Free Jazz Friday, Presented by B:Music

Symphony Hall

Friday 14 October 2022, 5.00pm – 6.30pm

Kall For Healing
Free

crazinisT artisT(Accra)

Kall for Healing

Midlands Arts Centre

Friday 14 October 2022, 5.30pm – 7.30pm

Kolonial Karma: Late at the Museum
Free

SaVAge K’lub(Auckland)

Kolonial Karma: Late at the Museum

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Friday 14 October 2022, 7.30pm – 10.30pm

Lavagem Parent

Alice Ripoll / Cia REC(Rio de Janeiro)

Lavagem (Washing)

Midlands Arts Centre

Saturday 15 October 2022 – Sunday 16 October 2022

Get Out Of My Swamp
Free

crazinisT artisT, enormousface, Oozing Gloop(Accra / New York City / Berlin)

Talk: Get Out Of My Swamp

Festival Hub @ Symphony Hall

Saturday 15 October 2022, 11.30am – 12.45pm

Radio III

Zoë Poluch, Hanako Hoshimi-Caines and Elisa Harkins(Stockholm, Montreal & Tulsa)

Radio III ᎦᏬᏂᏍᎩ ᏦᎢ

Birmingham Hippodrome, Patrick Studio

Saturday 15 October 2022, 2.00pm – 3.00pm

Jade Blackstock
Free

Jade Blackstock(Catania)

new performance

Midlands Arts Centre

Saturday 15 October 2022, 4.00pm – 7.00pm

Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex

Ásrún Magnúsdóttir and Alexander Roberts(Reykjavík/Trondheim)

Teenage Songbook of Love and Sex

Crescent Theatre, Main House

Saturday 15 October 2022, 5.00pm – 6.00pm

Club Fierce: The Ho Down

Club Fierce feat. Saeborg & Soya the Cow(Tokyo)

The Ho Down

7SVN, 77A Upper Trinity Street

Saturday 15 October 2022, 10.00pm – Sunday 16 October 2022, 4.00am

SaVAge K’lub
Free

SaVAge K'lub(Auckland)

In Conversation

Festival Hub @ Symphony Hall

Sunday 16 October 2022, 12.30pm – 1.45pm

Prints of Paradise
Free

SaVĀge K'lub (Aukland)

Prints of Paradise

Industrial Gallery, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery

Sunday 16 October 2022, 2.00pm – 5.00pm

Skin of My Teeth
Free

Rosie Gibbens(London)

Skin of my Teeth

Midlands Arts Centre

Sunday 16 October 2022, 2.30pm – 5.30pm

Jezebel

Cherish Menzo(Amsterdam)

Jezebel

Midlands Arts Centre

Sunday 16 October 2022, 5.30pm – 6.30pm

Akin to the Hurricane
Free

Jesús Hilario-Reyes(New York City)

Akin to the Hurricane

Moseley Road Swimming Baths

Sunday 16 October 2022, 8.45pm – 9.45pm