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Davidt Dunlop – Exquisite Corpse
★ ★ ★ ★ Bounce Festivals very own artist in residence Davidt Dunlop has purposefully forgone the traditional route of what is expected of a visiting artist. ‘I didn’t want…
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Ruth McGinley – Transience
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Stepping into the back of the Crescent Arts Centre, you are transported via a glittering mirrorball to an old-fashioned cabaret bar, a million miles from…
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Open Arts – Flashmob
★ ★ ★ ★ Belfast’s Castlecourt Shopping Centre was not prepared for this unique public intervention. With dancers from Luminous Soul moving to Open Art’s A cappella choir belting out…
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Larry MacAree – Still Livin’
★ ★ ★ ★ The moment you enter the exhibition, you feel you are entering a private space. There is something so intimate about Larry’s work, you feel like you…
What I Want To Talk About by Pete Wharmby
★ ★ ★ ★ For anyone in our community who follows the #ActuallyAutistic hashtag, you will likely be aware of former teacher Pete Wharmby’s brilliant posts about the autistic experience.…
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Then Barbara Met Alan
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Originally shown on the BBC in march, and now released on Netflix, this biography of the Disability Right’s Movement in the UK, is excellently shown…
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John & Joe Bishop: Life After Deaf
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Life After Deaf focuses on comedian and Doctor Who actor John Bishop and his son Joe, who, at 15, unexpectedly lost his hearing to a…
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Jake Donaldson: Neurotica
★★★ Partially sighted (‘or partially blind depending on how you look at it’) stand-up Jake Donaldson reclaims his disability in the opening moments of his show. It can often be…
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Rob Madge: My Son’s a Queer (But What Can You Do?)
★★★★ The conceit of My Son’s a Queer is so inspired it has you from its first moment. We meet Rob, who, with joyous enthusiasm, recounts their childhood as a…
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The Dan Daw Show
★★★★ Seeing disabled people be sexy on stage is rare, it’s even rarer to see queer disabled people being sexy on stage. Beyond that, to be sexy on our own…