Upstart Theatre Announce Full Programme for DARE Festival 2018

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Upstart Theatre today announce full programme for the third annual DARE Festival at Shoreditch Town Hall.

Three days of performance, art installations, conversation and fun. Selling out in 2016 and 2017, DARE Festival brings together artists and audiences from across London and beyond in an explosion of new and in-development work. This year’s festival explores the theme of power through performance, installation and conversation. Inventive, unexpected, challenging and joyous, DARE Festival is a place for people to make, discover, dream and play.

The three-day festival features a variety of performances including one-woman shows from Rhiannon Brace and Channie B, East London performance duo Emma Clark and PJ Stanley present Atlantic, and new companies Don’t Be Absurd and Pink Freud Theatre present their debut productions. In addition Izzy Joan and Bradley Birkholz perform a verbatim piece, Here, Queer and Mentally Unclear and Paula Varjack, Luca Rutherford and Catriona James perform devised work #thebabyquestion, Artistic Director of Upstart Theatre, Tom Mansfield presents Kerensky Boulevard, and Thomas Ryalls performs his new work, Can You See into a Black Hole?. There are also a variety of informal discussion events and opportunities to network across the three days.

Tom Mansfield, Artistic Director of Upstart Theatre, said today, “We’re thrilled to be returning to Shoreditch Town Hall for the third DARE Festival. This is our biggest and best festival yet, bringing together an eclectic mix of twelve new performances, installations and games along with compelling discussion events. As well as giving audiences an unrivalled opportunity to check out new work in its most exciting stage of development, DARE Festival has given artists the chance to try out new ideas and make new connections, leading projects touring nationally and artists collaborating with partners across Europe. DARE Festival is the highlight of Upstart Theatre’s year and I’m thrilled to be welcoming artists and audiences to once again join us underground.”