Together! 2015 Disability History Month Festival

* 20 NOVEMBER – 16 DECEMBER 2015 *

Penny Pepper performs Lost in Spaces on 21 November

Penny Pepper performs Lost in Spaces on 21 November at the Old Town Hall Stratford

Funded by Arts Council England with additional support from London Borough of Newham, Countryside Properties, Trinity Buoy Wharf and Davenport Venues & Events Management.

Click here to download a programme as a standard print A4 PDF or here as a large print PDF ; Click here to read the Festival Director’s Blog.

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE & DO NOT REQUIRE PRE-BOOKING*

Friday 20 November 6.30-9pm: Together! 2015 Open Exhibition and Festival launch party. The Hub, 123 Star Lane, Canning Town, London E16 4PZ. Nearest DLR station: Star Lane (fully accessible). Nearest tube station: Canning Town (fully accessible). Bus routes include 69, 115, 5, 330, 300. Limited street parking. The Open Exhibition brings together work by amateur, community, semi-professional and professional disabled artists with a Newham connection. Continuing until 15 January, the galleries are open from 9am-9pm.

Saturday 21 November 3.30pm: Penny Pepper: Lost in Spaces. Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 The Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ. 020 3373 7033 /07791 291 685. Nearest tube, overground and DLR stations: Stratford (fully accessible). Bus routes include 25, 69, 86, D8, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, N8, N86, 010, A9, 741 & UL1. Blue Badge holders can prebook parking; others are advised to use the (old) Stratford shopping centre carpark. This is the final date of the national tour of this outstanding one-woman show.

Signdance Collective International in Carthage

Signdance Collective International perform Carthage at the Old Town Hall Stratford on 26 November

Thursday 26 November 2.30pm & 7pm: Signdance Collective International open workshop (2.30pm) followed by performance of Carthage. Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 The Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ. 020 3373 7033 /07791 291 685. Nearest tube, overground and DLR stations: Stratford (fully accessible). Bus routes include 25, 69, 86, D8, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, N8, N86, 010, A9, 741 & UL1. Blue Badge holders can prebook parking; others are advised to use the (old) Stratford shopping centre carpark. This powerful Afro-Cuban dance-theatre work by Caridad Svich explores the subject of slavery and human trafficking and integrates sign language into the performance.

Thursday 3 December 2.30pm: Street Art performance in central Stratford to celebrate International Day of Disabled People with Together! artists and Natural Diversions.

Saturday 5 December 1.30pm & 3.30pm: Stratford Circus presents accessible performances of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Little Angel Theatre. With audio-description and BSL interpretation. This is a charged-for production; see https://stratford-circus.com/event/bear-hunt/ for details.

Saturday 5 December (7pm) and  Sunday 6 December (5pm): Stratford Circus’s inclusive community theatre company Blue Sky actors present The Wizard of Us. This is a charged-for production; see: https://stratford-circus.com/event/the-wizard-of-us/

Jo-anne Cox appears at the Together! Music Club with Walton McClaren on 7 December at the River Centre.

Jo-anne Cox appears at the Together! Music Club with Walton McClaren on 7 December at the River Centre.

Monday 7 December 7-9pm: Together! Music Club with special guests Jo-anne Cox & Walton McClaren. River Centre, Vincent Street, Canning Town, London E16 1LZ. Nearest DLR and Jubilee Line station: Canning Town (fully accessible). Nearest bus stop: Canning Town station. Street parking. The Together! Music Club takes place throughout the year on the first Monday of each month.

Tuesday 8 December 10am-2pm: Local History Day with Newham Disabled Reps Forum. St Mark’s Community Centre, 218 Tollgate Road, Beckton, London E6 5YA. Nearest DLR: Beckton. Nearby bus routes include the 101, 173, 262, 300 and 474. Limited Blue Badge parking. With a performance of Dear Mr Cameron by Act Up! Newham at 12 noon.

Act Up! Newham perform Dear Mr Cameron at the Local History Day on 8 December at 12 noon.

Act Up! Newham perform Dear Mr Cameron at the Local History Day on 8 December at 12 noon.

Wednesday 9 December 10.30am: Stratford Circus presents a relaxed performance of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Little Angel Theatre. This is a charged-for production; see https://stratford-circus.com/event/bear-hunt/ for details.

Thursday 10 & Friday 11 December 11am-3pm: Film making workshop ‘Telling a story without words’. St Luke’s Community Centre, 89 Tarling Road Canning Town London E16 1HN. Nearest tube and DLR: Canning Town (fully accessible). Bus routes: 541, 241, 325, 678, 5, 115, 276, 300, 330. Street parking. This workshop takes place as part of the Together! 2015 Disability Film Festival.

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Margo Cargill and Alex Bulmer in Michael Achtman’s existential comedy Awake

Friday 11 – Sunday 13 December: Together! 2015 Disability Film Festival (6-8pm on 11 December; 12-8pm on 12 & 13 December. Old Town Hall Stratford, 29 The Broadway, Stratford, London E15 4BQ. 020 3373 7033 /07791 291 685. Nearest tube, overground and DLR stations: Stratford (fully accessible). Bus routes include 25, 69, 86, D8, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 257, 262, 276, 308, 425, 473, N8, N86, 010, A9, 741 & UL1. Blue Badge holders can prebook parking; others are advised to use the (old) Stratford shopping centre carpark. Screening times are to be announced; the full programme will be released online including links where available on 11 December.

Sean Burn

Sean Burn performs at the end-of-festival party at The Hub on 16 December.

Wednesday 16 December 2pm: Poetry workshop with Sean Burn. The Hub, 123 Star Lane, Canning Town, London E16 4PZ. Nearest DLR station: Star Lane (fully accessible). Nearest tube station: Canning Town (fully accessible). Bus routes include 69, 115, 5, 330, 300. Limited street parking.

Wednesday 16 December 6.30-9pm: Closing party, with performance poetry by Sean Burn at 7pm. The Hub, 123 Star Lane, Canning Town, London E16 4PZ. Nearest DLR station: Star Lane (fully accessible). Nearest tube station: Canning Town (fully accessible). Bus routes include 69, 115, 5, 330, 300. Limited street parking.

*Groups of 5+ please contact us in advance to arrange reservations.

Our usual weekly poetry and art workshops continue at The Hub on Wednesday mornings from 10.30-12 noon (poetry) and Friday afternoons from 2.4pm (drawing and painting).

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Details of Together! 2012 CIC activities can also be found on Newham Council’s What’s on in Newham? app, which can be downloaded for Apple and Android software from the relevant App stores or use the QR code below:

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With grateful thanks to our funders:

Arts Council England, with further support fromTrinity Buoy Wharf, Countryside Properties, Davenport Venue and Events Management and London Borough of Newham.