Up-Stream

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Dada-South presents: Up-Stream 24th, 25th & 26th May 2011

Up-Stream will showcase the very best of engaging, contemporary live and visual art works presented across Brighton made by disabled and Deaf artists.

In the build up to the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London 2012, Dada-South spotlights eleven artists and companies producing extraordinary and stunning artworks in the South East. Up-Stream will present work at a variety of venues across Brighton providing a tasty menu of delectable delights ready to inspire, challenge and surprise. Up-Stream will feature Gary Thomas, Noemi Lakmaier, Juan DelGado, Freewheelers Theatre Company, Project Artworks, Oska Bright Film Festival, Sally Booth, Charlie Swinbourne, Jon Adams, Deaf Men Dancing and Colin Hambrook.

The Up-Stream Showcase will take place as part of the Brighton Festival 2011 and will be open to the public and but will also be seen by visiting professional programmers, festival directors, curators and producers as delegates over three days.

Up-Stream will provide delegates with:

Up-Stream Launch and networking event
Tickets to Deaf Men Dancing’s Sense of Freedom
Showcase of eleven artists and companies with guided tours of the work
Delegate Reception
Tickets to Freewheelers Theatre Company’s Your Call is Important to Us
Up-Stream Seminar
Networking Lunch
Market Place featuring all Up-Stream artists and sixteen additional regional artists/practitioners
Up-Stream Handbook

Booking information

Tuesday 24th May (Includes Deaf Men Dancing’s ‘Sense of Freedom’): £20

Wednesday 25th May (Includes Freewheelers Theatre Company’s ‘Your Call...’): £20

Thursday 26th May: £20

Three day Up-Stream Pass: £60

Full booking and ticketing information is available on our Booking page

Press Enquiries

For all press enquiries, please contact our Press Office:

Rachael Webb rachael@pillorybarn.co.uk

Sarah Walters sarah@pillorybarn.co.uk

Tel: 01622 684607

Funders and Partners

Dada-South is proud to be working alongside the following funders and partners:

Accentuate

Up-Stream is part of Accentuate, a transformational programme of 15 projects which seeks to change perceptions and offer opportunities to showcase the talents of deaf and disabled people. Inspired by our proud heritage of Stoke Mandeville as the birthplace of the Paralympic Movement. Accentuate has 1000 days to create a cultural shift. Screen South is the home of Accentuate. For further information about Accentuate please visit www.accentuate-se.org.uk

The Legacy Trust

Accentuate is funded by Legacy Trust UK, an independent charity set up to create a cultural and sporting legacy from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games across the UK. Other funding bodies include SEEDA and the regional cultural agencies.

Arts Council England

Accentuate is part funded by Arts Council England and Dada-South is also supported by Arts Council England. www.artscouncil.org.uk