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Liberty Festival

1st - 3rd Sep 2023 - In and around Fairfield Halls and The Queen's Gardens

Price : free

Two dancers are laying down on a rocking board, looking at each other. The board is tilted diagonally. The dancers are lit with a green light, contrasting with the background, where sound reactive visuals are projected on three screens and reflected on a mirror.

From live comedy to inclusive HIIT, the Mayor of London’s flagship disability arts festival, LIBERTY, heads to Croydon

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Where are Liberty Festival events taking place?

Map of central Croydon with venues for Liberty Festival including BoxPark, Breathing Room, The Queen's Gardens and Fairfield Halls.

Events during Liberty Festival

Liberty Festival leaflet
A white woman with albinism in her 20s with short white hair wearing a blue shirt stands in front of a blurred park background.

Take Your Time

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Two dancers are laying down on a rocking board, looking at each other. The board is tilted diagonally. The dancers are lit with a green light, contrasting with the background, where sound reactive visuals are projected on three screens and reflected on a mirror.

NOISE from Nua Dance

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A poster of TransHuman Embodiment and Beyond performance, with a photo in the middle, of artist and performer Rachel Gadsden wearing black, a leather corset and pannier skirt with syringes attached, painting an image of an abstract body, with a music score by Freddie Meyers woven through the photo.

TransHuman Embodiment and Beyond

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Francesca wears a pink jumper and jeans and smiles into the camera as she hugs her knees. Francesa has short brown hair and is wearing bright pink lipstick.

Liberty Live Comedy Night

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India wears turquoise work out gear and is lifting a kettlebell with two hands, showing her strength

Inclusive HIIT Workout from India Morse and Leroy Elevates

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Billy Read is facing the camera in a red boiler suit with his arms above his head and hands facing out. There are 4 people stood behind him, with their arms and hands out at different angles

Liberty Garden Party (Saturday)

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Liberty Garden Party (Sunday)

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A tree in the Scottish cairngorms, leaves and branches covered in snow with some slight sunlight poking through a grey sky.

IF YOU’VE SEEN IT YOU HAVEN’T SEEN IT from Ellen Renton

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A photo of the interior of Breathing Room. Two visitors look towards a wall of cones, and away from the camera. The cones are illuminated in an orange-coloured light.

Breathing Room

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Jess Thom – a white woman with curly brown hair in front of a plain white background. Jess is smiling into the camera and her arms are outstretched. She is sitting in her wheelchair dressed as an astronaut in blue, white and red with a large white helmet on.

Journey to a Better World

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woman with legs crossed and held up to chest, head tucked in so we do not see her face as she balances on her bottom making an inverted triangular form in a dark room

Orbits

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Rachel Gadsden is painting a large colourful artwork

Liberty Festival Finale

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A black and white image of Ifeoluwa standing with their head turned to the side, in front of a white wall

Intervention X Liberty: Panel Discusion

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A black and white image of Ifeoluwa standing with their head turned to the side, in front of a white wall

Intervention X Liberty: DJ Performances

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A woman with green curly hair in a glittery dress with a wand stands in a park smiling.

Gloria Darling – Fairy Godmother

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About Liberty Festival

The Liberty Festival is the Mayor of London’s flagship programme celebrating Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Artists, curated by registered charity Drunken Chorus. Since 2019, Liberty has been developed into a touring festival, taking deaf and disabled arts to local communities in outer boroughs. This year the three-day festival will come to Croydon, London Borough of Culture 2023. Drunken Chorus, founded in 2007 are a Croydon focused charity curating inclusive and accessible festivals, events and creative experiences. Drunken Chorus work with numerous local organisations to promote and create interesting, contemporary and alternative performances.

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