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WOW Women of the World Festival2016 Folkestone
Mixing live music & sounds, projections,performances, spoken word & soundinstallations, Folkestone Fringe, LimeBar & Hot Salvation Records present abrand new 2 day festival for Folkestone.Bringing you extraordinary theatre,alternative bands, song, synth & soundloops, across multiple venues inFolkestone.
TUESDAY 8 MARCHQUARTERHOUSE BAR QUARTERHOUSE AUDITORIUM
WELCOME DRINKSWOW Festival Drinks Tue 8 Mar 6.45pm | Free
Quarterhouse Bar
THEATREThe English Channel by Liz AggissFri 7.30pm | £10, £8 Cons | Age 15+
THE ENGLISH CHANNEL is the story of acareer forged in the heady waters ofperformance art and dancefilm. It vividlydepicts Liz Aggiss resuscitating herself back
TICKETS
All ticket must be booked through theQuarterhouse Box Office.
Buying a Festival pass will get you in toall events on the Festival programme.Remember to still reserve your place foreach event by contacting theQuarterhouse Box Office. You can alsopop in or give them a call on 01303760750.
Festival Pass: £40Satrday Day Tickets: £15
into the onstage limelight. In the process,she becomes an unwitting channel for wilfulwomen and forgotten archives; a conduit forhidden histories and buried truths. She isyour cunning connection to ‘the other side’; awitty commentator on life and death; on thepain, pleasure and paradox of the stage.
Using her body as the medium throughwhich to act out and act up, thechoreography and texts (written by Aggiss)are framed by contemporary and archive film(Joe Murray). The specially composed musicscore (by Alan Boorman/Wevie) includessome knockout musical numbers. Surpriseguests are channelled into being. On a stageof chaos anything can happen, nobody canleave, everyone is present. Knock twice foryes.
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WEDNESDAY 9 MARCHLIME BAR QUARTERHOUSE MEETING ROOM QUARTERHOUSE AUDITORIUM
TALKThree Men Speak Out About SexismWed 9 Mar 12:30 13.30Lime Bar | Free | Age 16+
Three men share reflections on theirpersonal journeys towards anunderstanding of how sexism demeans,disrespects and hurts women. They willdiscuss how they have been conditionedto play certain roles in the oppression ofwomen and talk about measures theyhave taken to effect change.
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POETRY WORKSHOPBeauty WritesWed 9 Mar 5.30pm 7pm| £5 | Ages 13+
Hair dye. Makeup. ‘Agedefying’ creams.Botox. Do you have feelings about the waythe multibillion pound beauty industrymanipulates us as women? Want to explorehow the pressures of beautification affectyour sense of yourself, your confidence andselfesteem? Got past or current ‘secrets’about your use of beautification products?Then this poetry workshop could be for you.No previous experience of poetry [or beautyproducts!] necessary – just bring awillingness to play with words and talk withother women about these issues. Led byspoken word poet and women’s liberationactivist Leah Thorn, known for hermeaningful, honest and fun workshops.
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WOW Scratch NightWed 9 Mar 19.30 21.00 | £5 | Age 14+
A night of new theatre from yourneighbourhood. WOW Scratch Night isan opportunity for artists from Kent andbeyond to get together and share extractsof new work: early ideas, nearly thereshows and short performances all playedout in a cabaret setting. At the heart ofWOW Scratch Night is the conversationbetween artists and audiences aboutwhat they have seen.
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THURSDAY 10 MARCHLIME BAR BREWERY TAP QUARTERHOUSE AUDITORIUM
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Report Yourself Missing Thu 10 Mar 12.30 13.30 | Free
Report Yourself Missing a talk by threewomen who work in the media about whywe all seem to be 'missing' from theportrayals of women online, in print andon TV. When you look at content howoften do you see a woman like yourselfspeaking about something that reallyaffects you? And how can women 'like us'influence what we see, hear and read?Audrey Green Oakes is a BBC TVProducer with a background in factualnews, she'll be joined by a journalist fromSudan and a current affairs producerfrom Deal. Come along and join theconversation and use your voice to"Report Yourself Missing" !
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Awaking your own female potential,embodiment and empowermentThu 10 Mar | 17.30 19.30 | £5 | Ages 18+
There is an essential connection betweencreativity and life that can facilitate greaterwellbeing and selfdevelopment. In theTamalpa Life Art Process we are interestedin a new aesthetic that reflects the here andnow reality of peoples' authentic lifeexperiences, rather than a beauty based onform or technique. For us it is our real lifeexperiences that feed our art, and our art thatinforms the real issues and challenges in ourlives.
In this Tamalpa Workshop with Lian Wilsonand Canadian performance artist MishaHoracek, participants will utilise mindfulmovement/body awareness, creativedrawing and writing to identify what isholding them back from feeling liberated intheir own female potential. Participants willtap into art’s symbolic language to explore acurrent life theme and generate newresources for greater empowerment andcelebration in their lives.
No previous dance or art experiencenecessary, just an openness and curiosity ofwanting to unleash your full female potential.
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London Feminist Film Festival Thu 10 Mar 19.30 | Free
An evening devoted to film anddiscussion on feminist activism. A seriesof short films on inspiring women's rightsactivism around the world, followed by apanel discussion with feminist activists.The discussion will focus on forms ofactivism, current campaigns, how to startyour own campaign, with plenty of timefor audience participation.
Count In this vibrant and moving shortpoetry/film, a diverse of group of womenand young women powerfully jointogether to name and to challenge issuesof everyday sexism.
30% (Women and Politics in SierraLeone) Incorporating oil paintedanimation this film tells the stories ofBernadette Lahai, Barbara Bangura, andSalamatu Kamara who are fighting for therights of women to play a role in thegovernance of Sierra Leone. The filmtackles issues of violence and the use ofsexuality to prevent women playing majorroles in society and touches on the role ofsecret societies in restricting women'sfreedom.
The Campaigner 78 year old Joycewho refuses to go along with the quiet,conformist role society approves of forolder women. Joyce is fearless in facingup to the injustice she sees in the world,and wishes more of us were too.
Six Days – A universal story of women'scourage and survival in the aftermath ofwar. Six Days follows Lanja, Nelly, andMaia – three brave women who fight forwomen's rights in three wartornsocieties. Lanja is a journalist in theKurdistan Region of Iraq who despiteconstant death threats gives a voice towomen who are victims of honourbasedviolence. Nelly works in the slums ofMonrovia (Liberia) where she empowerswomen through education. And finallyMaia works for women's health andsexual rights and fights archaic customslike 'bride kidnapping' in villages in thebreakaway region of Abkhazia (Georgia).
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FRIDAY 11 MARCHLIME BAR QUARTERHOUSE MEETING ROOM QUARTERHOUSE BACKSTAGE
TALKWomen in Faith: A Bridge to PeaceFri 11 Mar Sat 12.30 13.30 | Free
Women can be the gateway to coexistence and peace. A Muslim woman, aChristian woman, a Jewish woman and aBuddhist woman speak about how theirreligion and culture views women andhow their faith assists them inunderstanding their role in society. Theywill share what this means for thempersonally their strengths, experiencesand hopes.
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WORKSHOPTheatre of the VoiceFri 11 Mar 17.00 19.00 | Age 16+
Do you struggle when speaking in Public?Suffer from Stage fright or nerves? Asked toSing? Want to Sing? Say that you can't sing?Need to speak with more projection andexpression? Feel more at ease with yourselfin Public?
Explore how you can be authentic in publicperformance.
BRING along A HAT OR A SHAWLASARONG or STRUT YOUR SONG INTHOSE 'OUT TO PARTY' SHOES wearANYTHING THAT MAKES YOU FEELFANTASTIC. Beads, Baubles or Bangles. AROSE IN YOUR HAIR? A Colour that makesyou Zing.
Wear comfortable clothes for the main bodyof the workshop, keep the Zing for the lastHour.
You can whisper and roar & Sing the songsof love and passion. The grand toast & thepoignant Lament.
A Lullaby or a song of strength Tell a storyspin a yarn. Tap a toeIn speech & song &DanceA heartfelt statement of who you are.
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THEATREPube Show Fri 11 & Sat 12 Mar Various times(Duration 45mins) | £5 | Age 18+
Pube is an intimate, oneononeperformance that explores ourrelationship with pubic hair and thereasons that inform the choices we make.During each performance, theparticipants will collaborate with Eugéniein the making of a unique selfportrait. Anoccasion to reflect on a part of your bodyyou might not often think about, with astranger who will do her best to make youfeel comfortable.
Supported by Farnham Maltings andFolkestone Quarterhouse
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THEATREHair PieceFri 11 Mar 19.30 | £10, £8 | Age 12+
Hair Peace looks at how one woman’ssituation through birthplace; class andreligion can be so radically different yetstill be so inextricably linked by havingworn the same hair. It all started whenVictoria was transforming into a beautyqueen for her previous show Major Tom,a hairdresser told her that to make it as abeauty queen she needed hairextensions. Struck by the lack ofquestions asked about the origins of hairextensions given that they are at theirpeak last year 38 million pounds worthof human hair entered the country andthe UK are the 3rd biggest importer in theWorld, Victoria decided to ask thequestion: ‘where do they come from?’
Through the show Victoria traces her hairextensions trying to find the people thatgrew them and get to the bottom of theindustry. She charts her journey to Indiaand to Russia introducing the audienceto the people she meets, the factories shevisited, sharing what she discoveredalong the way.
For ages 12+
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SATURDAY 12 MARCHQUARTERHOUSE BAR QUARTERHOUSE AUDITORIUM QUARTERHOUSE MEETING ROOM
TALKMotherhood and IdentitySat 12 Mar 10.00 Midday
Has becoming a mother affected yoursense of self? Does this change in lifechange who you are? How are thephysical, social or political aspects of
WORKSHOPSpeaking Up in PublicSat 12 Mar 10.00 11.00 | £3 | Age 18+
A small group workshop for women who arenervous about speaking up in public andwant some practical help to boost theirconfidence. We will combine practical tips on
TALKCaring WomenSat 12 Mar 10.15 11.15 | £3
A quarter of all women over 45 in the UKare carers, whether for a partner or olderrelatives. Women provide over £7billionin unpaid support to our economy and
your identity altered by motherhood?Women at all stages from expectantmotherhood to grandmotherhood areinvited to join us to explore ideas ofidentity. This workshop involves afacilitated group discussion welcomingcontributions from all participants. Youare welcome to bring your baby undertwo years old, a soft play space andbuggy parking are provided. Thisworkshop facilitated by CatherineSangster and Katy Lockey.
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voice, posture and body language withexercises that address any particularconcerns raised by the group. Eachparticipant will have an opportunity topractice speaking up, using presentationslides and microphones if they want to, andto get feedback on how they come acrosswhen they are speaking in front of a group.This hourlong workshop will involvephysical movement and trying out new skills,and all participants will be expected tocontribute to a supportive and positiveenvironment. The workshop leader will beMary Ann le Lean from Year One Consulting.Mary Ann is an executive coach andconsultant with extensive experience ofpublic speaking, and she regularly helpsclients prepare for key speeches,presentations and meetings.
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frequently find they are ‘sandwich carers’,looking after both older and youngergenerations at the same time. Oftencarers do not identify themselves as suchand as a result will not look for support forthemselves. Come and meet somewomen who are carers or excarers andhear the stories behind the statistics.
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THEATER ValiantSat 12 Mar 11.15 12.55 | £5 | Age 12+
Valiant is a powerful piece of verbatimtheatre. From victim to perpetrator topeacemaker, the piece recounts 13women’s true stories of how they fought,suffered and survived in a century ofconflict. Adapted for the stageby Lanna Joffrey from the book ofverbatim interviews,Valiant Women inWar and Exile by Sally HaytonKeeva,this new piece of writing explores theperspective of these 13 women, how warhas shaped their lives and subsequentlyour own. Most of us know the history ofwar as men see it; in Valiant, womenhave their say.
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SPEEDMENTORINGSpeed Mentoring & CoffeeSat 12 Mar 12.15 14.00 | Free | Age 14+
Join our group speedmentoring session:share your challenges, exchange ideas andstories and potentially identify a new mentor.Speed mentoring is an opportunity for you tobe mentored by experts across many fieldsincluding theatre makers, journalists,scientists, campaigners, artists and WOWspeakers. The mentoring session lasts forone hour and during this time you have fourindividual 15minute speed mentoringsessions.
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Inspiration and Impact: Amplifying YourCreative VoiceSat 12 Mar 11.30 13.00 | £3 Women Only event
Desiree Burch is a Fringe Firstwinningwriter and solo performance artist. Afounding member of the New York NeoFuturists who present the weekly show'Too Much Light Makes the Baby GoBlind', Desiree specialises in directaddress performances that put personalexperiences into a global perspective. Asa comic on the US and UK circuits (2015Funny Women Stage Awardwinner),Desiree brings provocative humour andsubtle (and not so subtle) forms ofaudience participation into hermonologues to enrich the emotional andintellectual journey of her audiences.
In this 90minute workshop, participantswill use selfgenerated and found text tohome in on their voice, perspective andand audience in presenting originalperformance work. Incorporating gesture,sound and physicality, participants willempower their narratives with structureand substance. This workshop is forbeginning and developing solo anddevised performers who want to discoverand enliven their stories. As a preclassassignment, participants should writedown a recent dream they've had.Participants should also bring pen andpaper for use during the workshop andbe prepared to move.
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SATURDAY 13 FEBRUARY CONT...
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WORKSHOPMore than the sum of our parts: Womentalking about intersectionalitySat 12 Mar 13.15 14.45 | £3 | Age 16+
Black and Lesbian? Deaf and disabled?Young and Muslim? Lots of women findthat aspects of their lived experiencemean that they can feel isolated even inwomen’s spaces. In this workshop we willexplore the concept of intersectionalityand how it affects the way we can relateto feminism. We will look at how theissues we face as women differaccording to race, age, disability, religionand class. So often the differencesbetween women are highlighted andthen used to divide us and keep us apart;undermining the strength of ourmovement. We will use the space toidentify common ground and find ways ofbuilding alliances across theintersections. Facilitator: FemiOtitojuBlack woman, radical feminist,practicing lesbian by choice, disabilityequality ally, trainer, facilitator, cook,comedian, and writer.
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THEATREWomen In SinkSat 12 Mar 13.30 14.30 | £3
‘Women In Sink’is the story of a little Arabhair salon in Haifa, Israel, the story of coexistence between Arab and Jewish women,and the story of Iris, a filmmaker, whowashed their hair last summer. Expecting tohear from Arab women about the difficultiesof living as a minority in Israel, filmmaker Iriswas surprised to find a story of friendshipand acceptance between Arab and Jewishwomen, an island of sanity in the complexreality of Israel. The film shows ten portraitsof women Arabs and Jews at the hairwashing sink, speaking with curious Irisabout politics, history, life and love,representing contrasting voices of Israelisociety.
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SUPPORT GROUPMixed BiteSat 12 Mar 13.30 14.30 | Free
Women's Wisdom Support Group is arecently founded local group providing aspace for women of all ages whoexperience PMT, PND, menopause orany hormonal issues to come and sharetheir ideas, difficulties, resources and ofcourse wisdom. The group also facilitatesupdates to medical, therapeutic andholistic research and information bothlocally and nationally. This Wow Bitewelcomes women, their friends, familyand partners to come along and hearhow, sometimes, the smallest piece ofinformation can be the thing that makesthe greatest difference and help womento help each other, not to feel isolatedand alone but instead heard, listened to,understood, connected and empowered.What 'woman' do you see when yousearch the internet? Who does yourphone and search engine think you wantto see?
As the personalisation of search and filteralgorithms increase; what and who youget to see maybe very different to theperson who is on their phone standingright next to you. Liv would love to seethe women that you see via your smartphone and have a chat about yourrelationship with your image and howyou choose to share. Liv Pennington isan Artist based in Folkestone andcurrently undertaking a PhD at theUniversity of Creative Arts. Her researchproject looks at the impact of the digitalon women's visibility and asks how canyou reject an image if you can't delete it.The information gathered will form thebasis for a piece of artwork to be realisedin time for WOW 2017.
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TALKWomen's Equality Party TalkSat 12 Mar
TALKPecha KuchaSat 12 Mar 15.00 16.00 | £3 | Age 13+
LIVE MUSICBeginners Guide to FeminismSat 12 Mar 16.00 18.00 | Dropin event, No need to book
Equality for Women isn't a women'sissue. When women fulfill their potential,everyone benefits. In conversation withthe East Kent WE branch, come find outmore about the new party on the blockand what it wants to achieve foreveryone.
No booking required
Not fifty shades of grey but one hundred andtwenty slides of feminism. If you’ve neverwitnessed a Pecha Kucha before, now’syour opportunity. Six dynamic and diversewomen each have twenty twentysecondslides to trace and explore their journeyswith feminism. Prepare to be informed,amused and challenged. With equality andhuman rights activist Femi Otitoju, photoimage maker and interfaith minister AnitaMcKenzie, editor of a school feminist ‘zineGreta Rae Gillham, spoken word poet andwomen’s liberation activist Leah Thorn,criminology lecturer Marion Duggan andstoryteller Mekella Broomberg
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What is the first word that comes to mindwhen I say feminism? Why can people beso reluctant to call themselves a feminist?If you were new to the feministmovement, what would you want toknow? Your answers will help to build abeginner’s guide to feminism, and helpget more people educated and involvedin the movement. Dropin to thisworkshop and write down your opinion. Itis open to all, and all views are welcome,a we need as wide a variety as possibleto create a realistic representation of thefeminist movement. Break down themyths, spread the word, and share yourexperience to create a booklet that willencapsulate the true essence offeminism.
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WORKSHOPTogether as Men in Ending SexismSat 12 Mar 16.15 17.15 | £3 | Age16+
Sexism exists. Women are hurt bysexism, limited by sexism and die as aresult of sexism. As men we have, orhave had, females who are close to us our grandmothers, mothers, sisters,daughters, lovers, friends andcolleagues. The lives of these women willbe impacted on a daily basis by men'soppressive behaviour and attitudes. Inthis workshop we will explore what wethink and feel about the oppression ofwomen, about the roles we areconditioned to play as men and aboutwhat we can do together to eradicate the
WORKSHOPLoving Them Without Losing YouSat 12 Mar 16.15 17.45 | £? | Age18+
Join relationship counsellor & psychosexualtherapist Joyce Walter for a workshop/discussion on codependency and fusion inloving relationships. We’ll explore thecommon traps which can swallow women upwhen they love and care for someone, andgain a better understanding of how tomaintain healthier boundaries withoutsacrificing love and closeness.
Women only.
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WORKSHOPWomen TogetherSat 12 Mar 18.00 19.30 | £3 | Age13+
A key way that Second Wave feministsworked together and developed feministtheory was through 'consciousnessraising' groups. These groups offered anopportunity for women to support eachother and engage with what it meant tolive in a maledominated world.Suchgroups are still vital today. Rayya Ghul,Aruna JagoBrown and Leah Thorn arewomen from three different decades andeach run support groups for women.Come and explore the ideas behind'womenonly' spaces, experience beingin a women's support group and get to
mistreatment of all women – andultimately free ourselves in the process.
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know other women who might like tocontinue to meet after the Festival.
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LIVE MUSICWOW ConcertSat 12 Mar 19.30 21.00 | £10, £8
The WOW Concert is a gig, a party and acelebration of female artistry. The eventbegins with musician Nina Clark followedby the Quarterhouse Choir led by CarolGrimes
We welcome American singer/songwriterand Radio 2 presenter Nell Bryden. Nellperforms an electric mix of her own songsand discusses some of the mostimportant female artists in the musicworld.
Finish your festival in the QuarterhouseBar for closing drinks and music byDolly Doowop's Dance Club!
HOW TO BOOK TICKETS
All ticket must be booked through theQuarterhouse Box Office. Popin, call orbook online.
01303 760750 www.quarterhouse.co.uk
Ticket PriceIndividual tickets are priced between £3 £12, £2 £10 concession
£25 Festival PassBuying a Festival pass will get you in toall events on the Festival programme. It'sa bargin at £25. Remember to stillreserve your place for each event bycontacting the Box Office.
There are different capacities in differentvenues so book early to avoiddisappointment.
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