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Matthew Hellett and Stephen Firshman, Oska Bright committee members and film-makers have curated a fantastic range of films especially for Up-Stream.

Visual artist Sally Booth exhibits drawings and paintings inspired by her recent residencies on the Hastings seafront and at Bluecoat Arts Centre.

Le Reve de Newton is Juan delGado’s poetic reflection on ageing, vulnerability and the changing landscape as well as an exploration of the politics of sport and the body.

Up-Stream Delegates, VIPS and Artists are invited to attend the Up-Stream Launch Event to join us in raising a glass to the artists and companies participating in the showcase.

What does it mean to be truly alive? To celebrate the wonder and miracle of our shared humanity? Through dance, image, sound and spoken word, Alive! gets right to the heart of the matter.

Sally Booth will be making her own live panoramic landscape drawing installation in a specially designed 'Pavilion' drawing tent in Pavilion Gardens, Brighton.

Sense of Freedom is a suite of dances by Mark Smith for his company of four deaf men. Song lyrics or spoken poetry are the choreographic starting points.

The creative drive and artistic journey for this series of works is based on Jon Adams' idea of the underlying stratigraphy with themes that are both autobiographical and geological.

Charlie Swinbourne presents My Song and Hands Solo.

Colin Hambrook's 100 Houses is an illustrated collection of visual poetry and an exhibition of ink drawings exploring mental health and the impact of the mental health system on the lives of those who become immersed in it.

For one day in July 2009, Fort Brockhurst - an English Heritage site in Gosport - became a small kingdom populated by people with neurological impairment;