Festival 41 – Tuesday 17 May

The first day of the festival kicks off on our performers’ home turf of QMUL in Mile End. The many spaces in the ArtsOne building will host a massive variety of shows so make sure to book in to see as many as possible to experience the unique plethora on offer.

2pm – 10pm | Atlas: A Finale | RR2
Atlas, the grand diva and performance art extraordinaire returns for the final time. In this retrospective exhibition, we’ll look back on their life and experience death imitating life imitating art. Sponsored by Pochpac.
[note: this is a durational performance. Audience members are invited to come and go at leisure.]

3pm | TOUCH | RR3
A One to One performance.
Performed by Katalin Bresztyenszky.

4pm / 4:30pm / 5pm | Trust. Interrupted. | Lecture Theatre
You let the Doctor touch you intimately. Why not any other stranger?
Performed by 
Olga Kravchenko.

5:30pm / 6:30pm | Grandpapi’s Pleasure Palace | Film Studio
Optical Opulence and the Vitality of Voyeurism but can we really call this pleasure?
Performed by Lily Davis-Broome

6pm | Mind the Gap between the artist and the platform | Hitchcock Theatre
The Exotic Girl’s big break.
Performed by Roya Eslami.

7pm | Abled/Disabled | Pinter Studio
We’ve all been labelled. What’s yours?
Performed by Elise Lamsdale.

7:15pm | Words at 51 | Pinter Studio
An insight into the process of creating original music shared by two London artists.
Performed by Shafiq Nsubuga.

7:30pm | A Theatrical Nudity Structure | Pinter Studio
‘Protect me. Terrorise me. Protect me again’.
Performed by Laura Graham Anderson.

 7:30pm – 9:30pm | Trial 32: G.R.A.C.E. | Film Studio
Control is Autonomous. Agency is a Lie.
Performed by Sydney Goldsworthy.

8:30pm | I I I I will dI I I | RR3
It’s time to die. Let’s get started.
Performed by 
Franciska Éry / Francesca Ery.

8:45pm | Happily Never After | Pinter Studio
Not all fairy tales end with a Happily Ever After.
Performed by Paulina Musayev.

9:00pm | My Anxious Mind | Pinter Studio
An exploration of mental health through performance.
Performed by Shannon Reeves.

9:20pm | Edible Beginnings & Messy Endings | Pinter Studio
LICK ME. BITE ME. TASTE ME. CONSUME ME. Ohhhhh I love *[P]@(R)t{Y}i[£]$.
Performed by Catherine Palmer.