Welcome to Handmade If you’ve been to Handmade before - welcome back. If it’s your first year, that’s awesome too. We’ve got a new layout and new stages so take a look at the map on the back page of the programme and get yourself situated. The whole ethos of this festival revolves around discovering new things - whether it’s musicians, artists, , performers, filmmakers or photographers - so make use of this programme and the biographies and videos over on the Handmade website to find something new to fall in love with. That’s basically all we ask...

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WE ARE SCIENTISTS CHARLOTTE 22:00 - 23:00 CARPENTER 22:00 - 22:45 FRIDAY PRETTY ELIZABETH VICIOUS CORNISH 21:15 - 22:00 21:15 - 22:00

HANNAH LOU 65daysof- CLARK static 20:30 - 21:15 20:15 - 21:15

BLACK HONEY REUBEN 19:45 - 20:30 WISNER 19:45 - 20:15

THE RECKLESS YOUTH 19:15 - 19:45 HER NAME IS CALLA THE MAGIC SOPHIA PERFORMING “THE GANG MARSHALL QUIET LAMB” 18:45 - 19:15 18:45 - 19:15 18:15 - 19:45 FRENCH LEAVE 18:15 - 18:45

VITAMIN 17:45 - 18:15

ASH MAMMAL 17:15 - 17:45 ESTRONS LACURA 17:00 - 17:30 17:00 - 17:30 O2 ACADEMY 2 SCHOLAR BAR O2 ACADEMY 3 IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNION SQUARE UNION DINER

DEAF HOUSE OF HAVANA CLUBS VERSE 22:00 - 23:00 22:00 - 22:45 WITH NINJA BOB, DOUG DEANS, POETMAN, THE JODIE HANDMADE HANNIS, CINEMA THE XCERTS 18:15 - 23:00 21:15 - 22:00 DAN NICHOLAS, DAN KENT, MYTHYM, MATT CROSA HELLARD, LONELY THE ROSA WISEASS, BRAVE 20:30 - 21:15 HIBWORD, MR SHAY,

SATURDAY 20:15 - 21:15 SHUTER, YAN, VELVET EXIT, AXES MARCUS 19:45 - 20:30 JOSEPH, DEF NINJA, HAYCHE GRIIIM, KAGOULE ARCADES & NIKNAK 19:15 - 19:45 19:15 - 19:45 19:00 - 23:00 JOKES ON US GET INUIT 18:00 - 20:00 18:45 - 19:15

WE THREE AND WEIRDS THE DEATH... 18:15 - 18:45 18:15 - 18:45

OHBOY! SHE MAKES 17:45 - 18:15 WAR 17:45 - 18:15

CROWS MICHAEL KURTZ 17:15 - 17:45 17:15 - 17:45 COMEDY & COCKTAILS CASSELS FALLERS 16:00 - 18:00 16:45 - 17:15 16:45 - 17:15

CLEFT DAYFLOWER 16:15 - 16:45 16:15 - 16:45

HAPPY PILES OF ACCIDENTS CLOTHES 15:45 - 16:15 RICH LIST 15:45 - 16:15 SPEAKING 15:30 - 16:00 IN ITALICS 15:15 - 15:45 JURASSIC POP 15:00 - 15:30

O2 ACADEMY 2 SCHOLAR BAR O2 ACADEMY 3 IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN ASSOCIATION WITH IN ASSOCIATION WITH UNION SQUARE UNION DINER ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE

BEANS ON SWIM DEEP TOAST 22:00 - 23:00 22:00 - 23:00 PROPER FUNNY COMEDY THREE 21:00 - 23:00 TRAPPED WEIKIE TETRAD TIGERS 21:15 - 22:00 “US & THEM 6” 21:15 - 22:00 WITH MARIA LOTHE, TEMPO RUBATO, MATT WATTS, GRACE JACK BRITTON, LOS PETRIE & THE TIN CAN PEOPLE CAMPESINOS! BENEFITS & MATT SMITH & 20:15 - 21:15 CULTURE MEG ULLAH 19:00 - 23:00 20:15 - 21:15 CLUB SMASHING COMEDY USA NAILS CAROLINE 19:00 - 21:00 WRIGHT 19:45 - 20:15 19:45 - 20:15

OSCAR CHRIS T-T 19:15 - 19:45 19:15 - 19:45

WAKING AIDA 18:45 - 19:15

BIG DEAL 18:15 - 18:45 18:15 - 18:45 FIND THE RIGHT WORDS NARCS WITH 17:45 - 18:15 BRIGITTE APHRODITE & JOHNNY COLOUR ME QUIET BOY, LLOYD WEDNESDAY MARK GRIST, 17:15 - 17:45 17:15 - 17:45 JEMIMA FOXTROT, ALPHA MALE OH STANDFAST! THE TEA PARTY & HANDMADE 16:45 - 17:15 JESS GREEN CINEMA 16:00 - 19:00 15:00 - 18:45 HARKIN GRAINNE MAGUIRE 16:15 - 16:45 16:15 - 16:45 BEAR MAKES NINJA 15:45 - 16:15 JASMINE KENNEDY 15:30 - 16:00 NOYO MA- THIS 15:00 - 15:30 COMEDY FROM: Leicester Fridge exists for reason and one reason only - to showcase the vast wealth of comic talent that in Leicester, and to direct you towards the awesome comedy nights that the city has to offer all year round! They proudly present four showcases of comic talent, each presented by one of the city’s regular comedy promoters. Follow ‘LeicesterFridge’ on facebook and twitter to keep up with all the comedy events happening in the city.

SATURDAY SUNDAY COMEDY & COCKTAILS CLUB SMASHING UNION DINER - 16:00 - 18:00 UNION DINER - 19:00 - 21:00

Leicester’s longest running monthly comedy night If you find traditional stand-up a bit dull and crave featuring the best up-and-coming comics from the inventiveness in your comedy, Club Smashing is for UK circuit. Headliner Harriet Dyer has been win- you. Characters, sketches, songs, off-kilter stand-up ning over audiences at the UK’s biggest clubs and and downright weirdness. festivals with her infectious energy and hilarious Cheekykita headlines with her absurd character/ tales which tread the fine line between eccentric and physical show, described as “like The Mighty Boosh barking mad. on crack” Support comes from: Support comes from: Michael Crump, Tom King, Chris Purchase, Sam Nicoresti as ‘Wilbur Bilb’, Lindsey Santoro, Reverend Henry King, Danny James Clives Lindsey Warnes Carroll Hosted by ‘Irish Wrestling Bear’ - Dave McGuckin Hosted by Ian Hall & Bruce Edhouse JOKES ON US PROPER FUNNY COMEDY UNION DINER - 18:00 - 20:00 UNION DINER - 21:00 - 23:00

Jokes On Us won the Liberty Award at this year’s The Criterion’s monthly showcase of stand-up talent Leicester Comedy Festival for their efforts. provides quality local and national acts and is well Headliner Bethany Black’s brand of provocative known for its cracking atmosphere. stand-up has taken her all the way from the Chortle Headliner Masai Graham is the new pretender to Student Comedy Awards to being a criticall the throne of Britain’s top gagsmith, having recently acclaimed , writer, LGBT icon and actor, won the 2016 UK Pun Championships and regularly starring in ’s Cucumber and BBC1’s Doctor appearing in Edinburgh’s top ten jokes of the Fringe. Who. Support from: Support from: Jack Campbell, Lucy Thompson, Josh Pugh, Robbie Ormrod, Matt Hollins Joe Ross Williams Jason Neale Hosted by ‘Der Comedy Wunderkind’ - Alex Hylton

FIND OUT MORE ONLINE AT HANDMADEFESTIVAL.CO.UK/ARTISTS COMEDY SUNDAY CURATED BY GRACE PETRIE O2 ACADEMY 3 ROBIN INCE Robin Ince is a comedian, writer, presenter and all round popular culture pundit and film expert. Over the years Robin has written jokes for the likes of Alastair McGowan, Graham Norton, ’The Sketch Show’ and ’Have I Got News For You.’ He also wrote the hugely successful ‘ meets the dictators’ GRAINNE MAGUIRE monologues for Channel Four’s ’The 11 O’Clock Show.’ Gráinne Maguire is a stand-up comedian, comedy In 2005 he performed a brand new stand-up show writer and actor. She has performed at Edinburgh ’Robin Ince As Dumb As You’ at the Edinburgh Fringe Fringe Festival in 2010 with her show ’We Need to Festival to critical acclaim, as well as hosting the Talk About Bonnets’, 2012 with ’Where Are All the Fun comedy show ’The Book Club.’ Places and Are Lots of People There Having More He has supported on his ’Politics’ tour Fun?’ and 2013 with ’Gráinne Maguire’s One Hour All around the country and featured in the ’Politics’ DVD. Night Election Show.’ He also appeared briefly in an episode of ’The Office’ As a comedian she has appeared on BBC1’s ’Question as a job applicant. Time’, ’Daily Politics’, ITV1’s ’Agenda’, and Comedy Robin has also contributed to the world of radio. Central’s ’’s Alternative Comedy Expe- Recent credits include writing and performing ’The rience.’ In Crowd’ on Radio 4, and he has also appeared in She has written for Channel Four’s ’Alternative Elec- ’We’ve Been Here Before’, ’Loose Ends’, ’4 At The Store’ tion Night’ and Radio 4’s ’News Quiz’, ’’, and ’Beat The Kids.’ ’Dilemma’ and ’.’ He is perhaps best known for hosting BBC Radio 4’s ’’ with .

PERFORMANCE FROM: SUNDAY AT THE ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE 60 LANCASTER ROAD, LE1 7HA Founded in 2014, Tetrad is a collective led by artists, dedicated to engaging with the creative discourse of per- formance practices through the bringing together of artists, thinkers and citizens. Tetrad is active in maintaining a network of artists and researchers, offering platforms and opportunities without walls to discuss, observe, reflect, act, write, film and move in response to exchanging current per- formative ideas.

Maria Lothe Tempo Rubato Matt Watts ‘Betweenroom/Mellomrom’ ‘Meaningless Dance 13’ ‘Multi-Story’

Jack Britton Tin Can People Matt Smith & Meg Ullah ‘Not to be Borrowed’ ‘The Freak Show feat. Crystal ‘Splintered: We’ve Grounded the Vision’ Pace and to the Dot’ FIND OUT MORE ONLINE AT HANDMADEFESTIVAL.CO.UK/ARTISTS CURATED BY: PHOTOGRAPHY DAVID WILSON CLARKE YOURS & MINE SKYLARKING By Jacqui Booth & Andy Stafford By Leicester Lo-Fi

Jacqui Booth and Andy Stafford have been together The skylark is a small brown bird, somewhat larger for 25 years. They take photos as individuals but than a sparrow but smaller than a starling. It is are drawn to the same places, though they wouldn’t streaky brown with a small crest, which can be say that this exhibition is truly a collaboration. It’s raised when the bird is excited or alarmed, and a an insight into the space they happen to occupy white-sided tail - basically, a bird. together. Their land. Your land. And that land is used, abused, beautiful, hostile. It’s neglected, Skylarking is to fool around or act astranged also to windswept, harsh. It’s nurturing, safe and stable. galavant or to commit tomfoolery or shenanigans. And it’s often full of rubbish. Leicester Lo-Fi have combined the two and have MUSIC asked their members to put together a photography By The Handmade Photographers exhibition about birds, with one catch - no cameras allowed.

Digging through the history of photography, and with plenty of darkroom shenanigans, some very old techniques have been unearthed to create these flights of fancy.

Prowling round the festival, you will see several folk dripping with cameras: these are the Handmade Photographers. Rather than keeping their pictures in a box under the stairs, we thought it would be nice to show some of their pics from previous Handmade Festivals. They are: Ash Brown, David Wilson Clarke, Magda Wrzeszcz, Matt Cawrey, Oliver Bellamy

CURATED BY: FILM POPPY JACK, THE SHORT CINEMA & WETHECONSPIRATORS This year our film team, made up of curators from The Short Cinema, wetheconspiritors and Poppy Jack Productions, have reunited to present our 2016 programme of music videos and documentaries.

After receiving more entries than ever before from sixteen different countries the programme contains unique, innovative and ambitious collisions of image and sound from international and home grown talent.

WETHECONSPIRATORS SUPPORTED BY: ART FROM

L.O.V.E. Art – the Leicester Open Variant Exhibition is an annual art exhibition open to all artists in any medium - exhibiting the very best cutting edge and avant-garde creators and artists in and around Leicester. “Variant, noun: A form or version of something that differs in some respect from other forms of the same thing or from a standard. Synonyms: variation, alternative, different, adaptation, modification, permutation, mutant, deviant.” Handmade Festival is proud to host the second annual L.O.V.E. Art Exhibition, curated by Phil Hackett & Jonjo Elliott (who are both local artists). This year the exhibition features works by the following burgeoning local artists: THROUGHOUT THE FESTIVAL ALL WEEKEND

Public Views (Museum) Distorted Drawing #2 (a series of three) Angelos II by Phil Hackett by Alice Cross by Nik Papaioannou

Earth Box Profiles #3 Uninhabited #1 by William Dickinson by Bethany Beagle by Tiffany Tangen

Harlem 5:00am (LE Print) Faux Blue Lunch by Marcus Dove by Laura Brooks by Tom Wareing

Untitled Grey Skies Windowsills of the West End by Samantha Cowie by Jonjo Elliott by Fran Sanchez

SATURDAY & SUNDAY BEHIND THE CINEMA SCREEN Murmuration by Rebecca Hobbs Murmuration examines society’s image of the “perfect” woman and mother. The work asks mothers Perfect Body to participate in the project by by Keesha Carpenter donating personal belongings to be woven into cocoon-like nests... AFTER PARTIES AT

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