One Billion Rising Festival

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Performances
Workshops
Talks
Exhibition

7th to 14th February 2016
at The Bread and Roses Theatre in Clapham

With the One Billion Rising Festival at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham (South London), we joined the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history, with an eight day creative campaign, featuring performances, workshops, talks and an exhibition.

"The rising of the women means the rising of the race."

About One Billion Rising & The Festival

The One Billion Rising Festival is an eight-day creative campaign raising awareness for and demanding an end to violence against women, featuring performances, workshops, talks and an exhibition.

One Billion Rising is the biggest mass action to end violence against women in human history. The campaign, launched on Valentine’s Day 2012, began as a call to action based on the staggering UN statistic that 1 in 3 women on the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. With the world population at 7 billion, this adds up to more than ONE BILLION WOMEN AND GIRLS. For three years - 2013 to 2015 - people across the world have come together on February 14th to express their outrage, strike, dance, drum and RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, by demanding an end at last to violence against women, accountability, justice and systematic CHANGE.

In 2016, the theme of Revolution continues with a call to focus on marginalised women and to bring national and international focus to their issues; to bring in new artistic energy; to amplify Revolution as a call for system change to end violence against women and girls; to call on people to rise for others, and not just for ourselves.

The OBR Festival is set to reach out to and engage people on many different levels by offering a diverse line-up of events and creative activities. It runs at The Bread & Roses Theatre in Clapham in the lead-up to the international OBR- and V-Day on February 14th. Several events take place each day and ticket prices range from Free to £15 with discounts available for multiple bookings.

Organisers

Tessa Hart (Festival Producer, Performance Coordinator), Alisa James (Assistant Festival Producer, Workshop Coordinator / Burlesque Event Producer), Claire Booker (Poetry Event Curator), Alice Frick (Comedy Event Producer), Pulp & Pith (Banner & Poster Design)

V-Day 2015: The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler
Sun 7th February at 7pm Sat 13th & Sun 14th February at 8pm

The mystery, humour, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement buried in women’s experiences.

Alice Frick presents
Laughing Labia
Mon 8th February at 8pm

All female comedy and cabaret show. Because entertainment can be so much funnier, richer and deeper than represented on TV and in the media.

Speak It, Hear It!
Tue 9th February at 8pm

A poetry event inspired by One Billion Rising, curated by poet and playwright Claire Booker.

tu: pɔɪnt faɪv by Tessa Hart (Rehearsed Reading)
Wed 10th February at 8pm

One woman's journey through the net of human trafficking; and the people she encounters.

Dance! Strip! Rise!
Thu 11th February at 8pm

Evelyn Carnate presents a line-up of some of London’s most fabulous Burlesque artists for One Billion Rising!

Breathless
by Samantha Coughlan
Fri 12th February at 7pm

A young woman falls in love with a man without realising just how possessive, abusive and violent he was to become.

A Little Night Music
by Amy Ng
Fri 12th February at 7.30pm

A poignant portrayal of the effect of rape on a woman's sexuality, sense of self and identity as wife and mother.

The Princess Monologues
Fri 12th February at 8pm

What does it even mean to be a Princess in the 21st Century?

V-Day 2015: A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer
Sat 13th & Sun 14th February at 6pm

A groundbreaking collection of monologues by world-renowned writers.

Drums, Chants & Body Percussions
Sun 7th February
from 2pm to 6pm

Tom Morley and Dawn Ellis train people up to support One Billion Rising through drums, chants & body percussions.

Bravery: let’s t/look our image
Tuesday 9th February
from 5pm to 7pm

Photography workshop with Sonia Sanchez Lopez. YOU HOLD THE CAMERA, no one else does!

Body Confidence
Saturday 13th February
from 4pm to 5pm

Jo King’s therapeutic combination of exercises, movements, and positive image techniques which help reconnect women with their intrinsic and supremely powerful feminine sensuality.

What is One Billion Rising (OBR) and why do we need it?
Sunday 7th Feb at 8.45pm

Organisers and activists who have supported OBR this year and in the past share what the campaign is about as well as their experiences working on it.

Human Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery in the UK?
Wednesday 10th Feb at 9.15pm

Following a rehearsed reading of the play tu: pɔɪnt faɪv, exploring human trafficking in the UK, experts and charity workers explain the current situation and discuss what more could be done.

Respecting & celebrating femininity on a global scale will change the world
Thursday 11th Feb at 6.30pm

Having trained over 4500 women in the art of burlesque worldwide, Zoe Charles will be asking the question; can the celebration of femininity change the world?

Violence against women How do we achieve revolutionary change?
Sunday 14th Feb at 4pm

On the final day of the festival we meet activists and supporters of some of the organisations currently fighting for an end to violence against women and discuss what we need in order to achieve real change moving forward.

Selected artists presented artworks inspired by and based around the topics of One Billion Rising and Violence Against Women.
Featured artists: Susan Plover, Melitta Nemeth, Jacquie Jones, Andrea Chamberlain & Ben Coiacetto

Profits from the OBR Festival were donated to Refuge, The Samaritans, unseen, Hope for Justice and Women for Refugee Women.