“Have you ever trauma dumped? TikTok tells me this show might do that but don’t worry we can just trauma bond” 

Demi is obsessed with trauma, childhood trauma, naming it, analysing it,healing from it, and getting-on-stage-to-perform-it. That last one might be a trauma response but you can decide that. Having entered her 30’s Demi expected to be more whole, more healed, to not still feel like a child. Because trauma lives in the body and the body keeps the score, and we all know what that means. Disclaimer: Demi doesn’t know what that means.

The Trauma Show explores the impacts of adverse childhoods, making a show and dance out of it, mourning our little selves, ‘therapise’ culture and how TikTok can heal us all.

Access and content information to help you decide if The Trauma Show is for you.

Credits

“Have you ever trauma dumped? TikTok tells me this show might do that but don’t worry we can just trauma bond” 

Demi is obsessed with trauma, childhood trauma, naming it, analysing it,healing from it, and getting-on-stage-to-perform-it. That last one might be a trauma response but you can decide that. Having entered her 30’s Demi expected to be more whole, more healed, to not still feel like a child. Because trauma lives in the body and the body keeps the score, and we all know what that means. Disclaimer: Demi doesn’t know what that means.

The Trauma Show explores the impacts of adverse childhoods, making a show and dance out of it, mourning our little selves, ‘therapise’ culture and how TikTok can heal us all.

Access and content information to help you decide if The Trauma Show is for you.

Credits

Remaining Strangers is the final work in a series that reflects on the notion of the ‘stranger’.

In Remaining Strangers we acknowledge the strangeness inherent in every individual, the stranger within and the emancipatory possibility of always remaining curious of the other. A commitment to remaining strangers fosters relations that are durable: the other can never be fully known, our knowledge of the other is never finished.

Those present get involved in recognisable social situations like a dinner party with a DJ and toasting farewell to the things that we have already lost. Using only foldable chairs and microphones, the artists Jen Rosenblit and Nic Lloyd, together with the musician Hahn Rowe, prepare and host an ever-changing event to welcome their guests, highlighting our infinite differences and limitations.

Credits

Performance & Creation: Jen Rosenblit, Gary Wilmes / Nic Lloyd
Concept & Direction: Simone Aughterlony
Music: Hahn Rowe
Light design: Joseph Wegmann
Dramaturgical advice: Saša Božic, Jorge León, Felipe Ribeiro
Stage design: Thibault van Craenenbroeck
Costume: Nathalie Pallandre, Thibault van Craenenbroeck
Mask: Nagi Gianni
Stage manager: Jan Olieslagers
Technical manager: Marie Prédour
Production management: Sina Kiessling
Production: Verein für allgemeines Wohl / Imbricated Real
Co-production HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin), Arsenic – Centre d’art scénique contemporain (Lausanne), Gessnerallee (Zurich)
Supported by: City of Zurich, Canton of Zurich Culture, Prohelvetia – Swiss Cultural Foundation, Goethe-Institut London,
Migros-Kulturprozent, SIS – Swiss Interpreten Foundation, Anne-Marie Schindler Foundation, The Invisible Dog Art Center – New York, NATIONALES PERFORMANCE NETZ – Co-production fund for dance, funded by the federal government commission for culture and media.

*THIS SHOW IS INCLUDED IN OUR TIERED DISCOUNT OFFER*

New for this year we’re offering a tiered discount on bookings for multiple shows, giving you savings whether you’re planning to attend just a handful or all of them. The more tickets you buy, the more you save.

Buy tickets for 6 shows =10% off
Buy tickets for 9 shows = 15% off
Buy tickets for 12 shows = 20% off

Please note that this discount is only applicable to full-priced tickets, and only on certain shows.

Please see each individual event page to see whether that show is included in the offer.

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.

In the nocturnal wandering performance Wolf Safari by Other Spaces (Toisissa tiloissa), the civilized urban space collides with untamed nature. The participants encounter the city from the perspective of a wild, social predator. The protagonist, the wolf, embodies more than a metaphorical conflict. On one hand, we know that it is one of the most socially developed and organised creatures, on the other hand, it is one of the most feared and controversial animals, onto which humankind has projected all its undesirable traits. 

Wolf Safari is a participatory performance based on a collective exercise in which the participants form a pack of wolves that wander around the city space at night. The transformation from human to wolf is based on a simple set of behavioural patterns borrowed from wolves and adapted for humans. In the performance the participants howl like wolves, search each other, create a pack and go hunting for an animal of prey. After the hunt, the participants participate in a final discussion to share their experiences and findings. 

Welcome to the Wild Side! Please bring comfortable shoes!

Wolf Safari: Access Information

Wolf Safari involves taking on traits of a wolf during the encounter. It is a physical participatory performance, taking place outside at night. It involves walking and at times some running within a defined area (there is no fixed requirement to run at a particular speed however).

Participants should wear shoes and clothes they can move easily in, and be warm in on an October evening.

If you have further questions please email contact@wearefierce.org

Performers: Outi Condit, Minja Mertanen, Heli Mäkinen and Helena Ratinen.

Wolf Safari (premiered on 16.-18.10.2014 at NordWind Festival, Hamburg, Germany) is one of the most popular performances by Other Spaces. It has been performed in several noted festivals in Finland, Italy, Russia, Denmark and UK.  

If you are participating in the Wolf Safari, we recommend getting acquainted with the Wolf Knowledge, where you can find information about wolves that Other Spaces have collected. After this you can pass the Wolf Knowledge Quiz

About Other Spaces Collective:

The Other Spaces collective is  one of the most influential and international Live Art groups in Finland. The group’s artistic work is based on collective bodily exercises and participatory performances that enable an experiential contact with non-human forms and phenomena, in other words “visits into other spaces”. The collective’s goals include facilitating more sustainable and collective ways of thinking and behaving  and to increase our understanding of the mutual equality and interdependence between all kinds of living beings.

*THIS EVENT HAS A VERY LIMITED CAPACITY AND THEREFORE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TICKET DISCOUNT SCHEME.*

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.

In the nocturnal wandering performance Wolf Safari by Other Spaces (Toisissa tiloissa), the civilized urban space collides with untamed nature. The participants encounter the city from the perspective of a wild, social predator. The protagonist, the wolf, embodies more than a metaphorical conflict. On one hand, we know that it is one of the most socially developed and organised creatures, on the other hand, it is one of the most feared and controversial animals, onto which humankind has projected all its undesirable traits. 

Wolf Safari is a participatory performance based on a collective exercise in which the participants form a pack of wolves that wander around the city space at night. The transformation from human to wolf is based on a simple set of behavioural patterns borrowed from wolves and adapted for humans. In the performance the participants howl like wolves, search each other, create a pack and go hunting for an animal of prey. After the hunt, the participants participate in a final discussion to share their experiences and findings. 

Welcome to the Wild Side! Please bring comfortable shoes!

Wolf Safari: Access Information

Wolf Safari involves taking on traits of a wolf during the encounter. It is a physical participatory performance, taking place outside at night. It involves walking and at times some running within a defined area (there is no fixed requirement to run at a particular speed however).

Participants should wear shoes and clothes they can move easily in, and be warm in on an October evening.

If you have further questions please email contact@wearefierce.org

Performers: Outi Condit, Minja Mertanen, Heli Mäkinen and Helena Ratinen.

Wolf Safari (premiered on 16.-18.10.2014 at NordWind Festival, Hamburg, Germany) is one of the most popular performances by Other Spaces. It has been performed in several noted festivals in Finland, Italy, Russia, Denmark and UK.  

If you are participating in the Wolf Safari, we recommend getting acquainted with the Wolf Knowledge, where you can find information about wolves that Other Spaces have collected. After this you can pass the Wolf Knowledge Quiz

About Other Spaces Collective:

The Other Spaces collective is  one of the most influential and international Live Art groups in Finland. The group’s artistic work is based on collective bodily exercises and participatory performances that enable an experiential contact with non-human forms and phenomena, in other words “visits into other spaces”. The collective’s goals include facilitating more sustainable and collective ways of thinking and behaving  and to increase our understanding of the mutual equality and interdependence between all kinds of living beings.

*THIS EVENT HAS A VERY LIMITED CAPACITY AND THEREFORE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TICKET DISCOUNT SCHEME.*

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.

In the nocturnal wandering performance Wolf Safari by Other Spaces (Toisissa tiloissa), the civilized urban space collides with untamed nature. The participants encounter the city from the perspective of a wild, social predator. The protagonist, the wolf, embodies more than a metaphorical conflict. On one hand, we know that it is one of the most socially developed and organised creatures, on the other hand, it is one of the most feared and controversial animals, onto which humankind has projected all its undesirable traits. 

Wolf Safari is a participatory performance based on a collective exercise in which the participants form a pack of wolves that wander around the city space at night. The transformation from human to wolf is based on a simple set of behavioural patterns borrowed from wolves and adapted for humans. In the performance the participants howl like wolves, search each other, create a pack and go hunting for an animal of prey. After the hunt, the participants participate in a final discussion to share their experiences and findings. 

Welcome to the Wild Side! Please bring comfortable shoes!

Wolf Safari: Access Information

Wolf Safari involves taking on traits of a wolf during the encounter. It is a physical participatory performance, taking place outside at night. It involves walking and at times some running within a defined area (there is no fixed requirement to run at a particular speed however).

Participants should wear shoes and clothes they can move easily in, and be warm in on an October evening.

If you have further questions please email contact@wearefierce.org

Performers: Outi Condit, Minja Mertanen, Heli Mäkinen and Helena Ratinen.

Wolf Safari (premiered on 16.-18.10.2014 at NordWind Festival, Hamburg, Germany) is one of the most popular performances by Other Spaces. It has been performed in several noted festivals in Finland, Italy, Russia, Denmark and UK.  

If you are participating in the Wolf Safari, we recommend getting acquainted with the Wolf Knowledge, where you can find information about wolves that Other Spaces have collected. After this you can pass the Wolf Knowledge Quiz

About Other Spaces Collective:

The Other Spaces collective is  one of the most influential and international Live Art groups in Finland. The group’s artistic work is based on collective bodily exercises and participatory performances that enable an experiential contact with non-human forms and phenomena, in other words “visits into other spaces”. The collective’s goals include facilitating more sustainable and collective ways of thinking and behaving  and to increase our understanding of the mutual equality and interdependence between all kinds of living beings.

*THIS EVENT HAS A VERY LIMITED CAPACITY AND THEREFORE IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE TICKET DISCOUNT SCHEME.*

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.

“I am interested in the sense of responsibility, which I put in the hands of children: their firm belief in their visions and ideas of the future. I believe in a utopia-in-the-making as a social objective, even if it remains intangible and incomprehensible.” – Francesca Grilli

How often do you completely surrender to a child?

Sparks creates a space where the usual power relationships between the child and the adult are inverted. The children become oracles; bearers of mystical knowledge; wielders of magical powers.

As you enter the space, you encounter a community of oracles, including, for the Fierce festival edition, the artist’s daughter. Their faces are hidden behind masks but you can hear their voices. How does it feel to have a child tell you your destiny?

This event is presented as part of our Flanders Focus.

This is a limited capacity event and therefore is not part of the ticket discount scheme.

This event is for audiences 18+ only.

credits
Creation: Francesca Grilli
Words: Azzurra D’Agostino
Sound: Roberto Rettura
Movements: Benno Steinegger
Hat designer and realization: Paola Villani
Advice: Chiara Guidi
Palm reading advices: Guido Rossetti
Producer: Chiara Massari
Communication: Elena Regazzoni / Studio Francesca Grilli
Administration: Chiara Fava/ Corpoceleste

*THIS SHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR TIERED DISCOUNT OFFER*

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.

“I am interested in the sense of responsibility, which I put in the hands of children: their firm belief in their visions and ideas of the future. I believe in a utopia-in-the-making as a social objective, even if it remains intangible and incomprehensible.” – Francesca Grilli

How often do you completely surrender to a child?

Sparks creates a space where the usual power relationships between the child and the adult are inverted. The children become oracles; bearers of mystical knowledge; wielders of magical powers.

As you enter the space, you encounter a community of oracles, including, for the Fierce festival edition, the artist’s daughter. Their faces are hidden behind masks but you can hear their voices. How does it feel to have a child tell you your destiny?

This event is presented as part of our Flanders Focus.

This is a limited capacity event and therefore is not part of the ticket discount scheme.

This event is for audiences 18+ only.

credits
Creation: Francesca Grilli
Words: Azzurra D’Agostino
Sound: Roberto Rettura
Movements: Benno Steinegger
Hat designer and realization: Paola Villani
Advice: Chiara Guidi
Palm reading advices: Guido Rossetti
Producer: Chiara Massari
Communication: Elena Regazzoni / Studio Francesca Grilli
Administration: Chiara Fava/ Corpoceleste

*THIS SHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR TIERED DISCOUNT OFFER*

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.

“I am interested in the sense of responsibility, which I put in the hands of children: their firm belief in their visions and ideas of the future. I believe in a utopia-in-the-making as a social objective, even if it remains intangible and incomprehensible.” – Francesca Grilli

How often do you completely surrender to a child?

Sparks creates a space where the usual power relationships between the child and the adult are inverted. The children become oracles; bearers of mystical knowledge; wielders of magical powers.

As you enter the space, you encounter a community of oracles, including, for the Fierce festival edition, the artist’s daughter. Their faces are hidden behind masks but you can hear their voices. How does it feel to have a child tell you your destiny?

This event is presented as part of our Flanders Focus.

This is a limited capacity event and therefore is not part of the ticket discount scheme.

This event is for audiences 18+ only.

credits
Creation: Francesca Grilli
Words: Azzurra D’Agostino
Sound: Roberto Rettura
Movements: Benno Steinegger
Hat designer and realization: Paola Villani
Advice: Chiara Guidi
Palm reading advices: Guido Rossetti
Producer: Chiara Massari
Communication: Elena Regazzoni / Studio Francesca Grilli
Administration: Chiara Fava/ Corpoceleste

*THIS SHOW IS NOT INCLUDED IN OUR TIERED DISCOUNT OFFER*

Please note that our ticket purchasing is administered by Midlands Arts Centre. If you are an existing customer of Midlands Arts Centre, please use your account login details to purchase Fierce Festival tickets on this website.