Together! 2016 Disability History Month Festival

Act Up! Newham perform Outside the Box at the Old Town Hall Stratford on 25 November as part of the Together! 2016 Disability History Month Festival. L to R: Paizah Malek, Glory Sengo, Grace Fundu, Sterre Ploeger, Abdul Qureshi and Jade Sempare.

Act Up! Newham perform Outside the Box at the Old Town Hall Stratford on 25 November as part of the Together! 2016 Disability History Month Festival. L to R: Paizah Malek, Glory Sengo, Grace Fundu, Sterre Ploeger, Abdul Qureshi and Jade Sempare.

The Together! 2016 Disability History Month Festival runs from Tuesday 22 November to Friday 16 December 2016. Four years on from London 2012, this year’s Festival showcases the talents of locally based disabled artists—as visual artists, actors, street art performers, musicians, poets and more. The Festival also includes the international Together! Disability Film Festival (9-11 December), and a series of arts workshops for disabled people led by national artists and companies. All events are FREE, ‘relaxed’ and held in step-free venues with induction loops; other access information is below. Please contact us for additional access requirements; we will do our best to meet them. Read about each event after it happens in the Festival Director’s Blog.

TOGETHER! 2016 DISABILITY HISTORY MONTH FESTIVAL CALENDAR

Alien tourists arrived in central Stratford for the official launch of Disability History Month on 22 November 2016

Alien tourists arrived in central Stratford for the official launch of Disability History Month on 22 November 2016

Tuesday 22 November 2016 2pm: Alien tourists arrive in Stratford Shopping Centre for the official start of Disability History Month. Produced with Natural Diversions, with performers from Act Up! Newham, McGrath Makers and Powerhouse.

Friday 25 November 2016 7-9pm: Act Up! Newham presents Outside the BoxTogether! 2016 Open Exhibition. Join us for an evening of art and performance at our official Festival opening event at the Old Town Hall Stratford. With BSL interpretation.

Monday 28 November 2016 11am-2pm (arrive 10.30am): Together! Dance Club hosts a Contemporary Dance workshop for disabled people with Stopgap Dance Company. At Vicarage Lane Community Centre.

Wednesday 30 November 2016 10.30-12.30 (+ lunch): Together! Pop-Up Poetry Club hosts a Magical Realism writing workshop  for disabled people with Penny Pepper. At Vicarage Lane Community Centre.

Wednesday 30 November 2016 onwards: Submit to Love Studios, based at Headway East, present an Exhibition by self-taught artists with brain injuries. At Stratford Circus until 23 February 2017.

Rona Topaz

Rona Topaz will be compering the Music Club on 2 December 2016

Friday 2 December 2016 7.30-10pm: Together! Music Club presents performances by Baz Kinghorn, Grace Fundu, Roxana Stroe, Steve Karim and Angus McKenzie-Davie, compered by Rona Topaz. At Vicarage Lane Community Centre. With BSL interpretation.

Saturday 3 December 2016 12pm:  Locally based disabled artists parade with ParaCarnival to celebrate International Day of Disabled People. At Gallions Reach Shopping Park.

Sunday 4 December 2016 3pm & 6pm: Resident company Blue Sky Actors present their annual pantomime at Stratford Circus. (This is an external event and costs £2-£4 for tickets. Venue contact details are below.)

Thursday 8 & Friday 9 December 2016 11am-3pm (arrive 10.30am): Together! Photographers and Filmmakers Club hosts a Poetry Film workshop with Zata Banks for disabled people. At the Grassroots Centre.

Friday 9- Sunday 11 December 2016 6pm-8pm Friday; 12-8pm Saturday & Sunday:Together! Disability Film Festival at the Old Town Hall Stratford. Many of the films are captioned or without language; some are in BSL. Events have BSL interpretation. Live audio-description on demand.

Photograph of a woman playing the cello

Jo-anne Cox will be performing at the End of Festival Party

Tuesday 13 December 2016 11am-2pm: Disability History Day with the Newham Disabled Reps Forum. At St Mark’s Community Centre Beckton. With BSL interpretation.

Friday 16 December 2016 7.30-10pm: End-of-Festival Party, with performances by Jo-anne Cox,  Dwain Bryan, Grace Fundu, Angus McKenzie-Davie, Jade Sempare & the Together! poets. At Vicarage Lane Community Centre. With BSL interpretation.

Click here to download a programme in standard print
Click here to download a programme in large print.

 FESTIVAL VENUES

Gallions Reach Shopping Park, 3 Armada Way, Beckton, London E6 7ER. Nearest station: Gallions Reach DLR (fully accessible). Bus routes include: 366, 262 & 101. Large free carpark. Click here for further details.

Grassroots, Memorial Park, 66 Memorial Avenue, West Ham, London E15 3DB. 020 7474 6376. Nearest station: West Ham (accessible on some lines only). Bus routes include: 276. Small free carpark.

Old Town Hall, 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.

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.

Stratford Circus, Theatre Square, Stratford, London E15 1BX. 020 8279 1001. Nearest tube, overground and DLR stations: Stratford (fully accessible). Bus routes 257, 69  and 308 stop outside Stratford Circus in Great Eastern Road; 25, 86, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 262, 276, 425, 473, D8 alight at station. Very limited Blue Badge parking nearby; otherwise use the (old) Stratford shopping centre carpark.

Stratford Centre, Stratford Broadway, Stratford, London E15 1NG. T: 0208 536 5350. E: info@stratfordshopping.co.uk Nearest tube, overground and DLR stations: Stratford (fully accessible). Bus routes 257, 69  and 308 stop outside Stratford Circus in Great Eastern Road; 25, 86, 104, 108, 158, 238, 241, 262, 276, 425, 473, D8 alight at station. Very limited Blue Badge parking nearby; otherwise use the (old) Stratford shopping centre carpark.

Vicarage Lane Community Centre, Govier Close, Stratford, London E15 4HW. 0207 420 4986. Nearest tube, overground and DLR stations: Stratford (fully accessible). Street parking.