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R l R f t d R d Photo: Narcissister ssel Ru Cannon Hill Park Fierce Festival Programme Schedule Thursday 2 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 3,4 & 5pm Forced Entertainment, The Last Adventures Warwick Arts Centre 7.30pm Friday 3 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 3,4 & 5pm Festival Hub Opening Festival Hub @The Edge 5pm–late Phoebe Davies, Influences Festival Hub @The Edge 5–8pm Dina Roncˇ evic´, Car Deconstructions Eastside Projects 6–8pm Forced Entertainment, The Last Adventures [WKND1] Warwick Arts Centre 7.30pm Saturday 4 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 11am, 12, 2, 3, 4 & 5pm Eric & Mia, Council of Community Conveyors Various Locations 11am & 4pm Dina Roncˇ evic´, Car Deconstructions Eastside Projects 11am– 5pm Jo Bannon, Exposure Festival Hub @The Edge 12–2pm & 3–5pm Phoebe Davies, Influences See Website 12–5pm Narcissister, Narcissister: Performance & Video Wrks [WKND1] Festival Hub @The Edge 8pm Club Fierce: Algorave [WKND1] Festival Hub @The Edge 9.30pm–late Sunday 5 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Eric & Mia, Council of Community Conveyors Various Locations 11am Sarah Jane Norman, Concerto No 3 Birmingham Conservatoire 11am–11pm Dina Roncˇ evic´, Car Deconstructions Eastside Projects 11am– 5pm Jo Bannon, Exposure Festival Hub @The Edge 12–2pm & 3–5pm Miguel Gutierrez, HEAVENS WHAT HAVE I DONE [WKND1] DanceXchange 7pm Monday 6 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tuesday 7 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Wednesday 8 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day the vacuum cleaner & Hannah Hull, Madlove – A Designer Asylum Talk Festival Hub @The Edge 6.30pm Fierce Festival Programme Schedule Thursday 2 October Venue Times Thursday 9 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 3,4 & 5pm Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 3,4 & 5pm Forced Entertainment, The Last Adventures Warwick Arts Centre 7.30pm Laura Delaney & Lisa Stewart, Parting Waters: Floating Forum* Moseley Road Baths 4.30–6.30pm Friday 3 October Venue Times Friday 10 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 3,4 & 5pm Amy Sharrocks, Museum of Water Moseley Road Baths 12–5pm Festival Hub Opening Festival Hub @The Edge 5pm–late Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 3,4 & 5pm Phoebe Davies, Influences Festival Hub @The Edge 5–8pm Steven Cohen, SPHINCTEROGRAPHY [WKND2] Mockingbird Theatre 6pm Dina Roncˇ evic´, Car Deconstructions Eastside Projects 6–8pm Dana Michel, Yellow Towel [WKND2] DanceXchange 8pm Forced Entertainment, The Last Adventures [WKND1] Warwick Arts Centre 7.30pm Trevor Pitt, This is Your Tomorrow Festival Hub @The Edge 10pm Saturday 4 October Venue Times Saturday 11 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 11am, 12, 2, 3, 4 & 5pm Amy Sharrocks, Museum of Water Moseley Road Baths 10am–5pm Eric & Mia, Council of Community Conveyors Various Locations 11am & 4pm Eric & Mia, Council of Community Conveyors Various Locations 11am Dina Roncˇ evic´, Car Deconstructions Eastside Projects 11am– 5pm Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 11am, 12, 2, 3, 4 & 5pm Jo Bannon, Exposure Festival Hub @The Edge 12–2pm & 3–5pm Laura Delaney & Lisa Stewart, Parting Waters: Sound Bath* Moseley Road Baths 1–2pm Phoebe Davies, Influences See Website 12–5pm Mammalian Diving Reflex, Eat the Street Award Ceremony Mocking Bird Theatre 5pm Narcissister, Narcissister: Performance & Video Wrks [WKND1] Festival Hub @The Edge 8pm Ian Johnston & Gary Gardiner, Dancer [WKND2] mac birmingham 8pm Club Fierce: Algorave [WKND1] Festival Hub @The Edge 9.30pm–late Sherwin Sullivan Tjia, Fierce Slow Dance [WKND2] Polish Centre 9pm–late Sunday 5 October Venue Times Sunday 12 October Venue Times Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Authentic Boys, Rehearsing Revolution mac birmingham All day Eric & Mia, Council of Community Conveyors Various Locations 11am Amy Sharrocks, Museum of Water Moseley Road Baths 10am–1pm Sarah Jane Norman, Concerto No 3 Birmingham Conservatoire 11am–11pm Eric & Mia, Council of Community Conveyors Various Locations 11am Dina Roncˇ evic´, Car Deconstructions Eastside Projects 11am– 5pm Tania El Khoury, Gardens Speak @AE Harris 11am, 12, 2, 3, 4 & 5pm Jo Bannon, Exposure Festival Hub @The Edge 12–2pm & 3–5pm Various Artists, Unlimited Salon mac birmingham 1.30–3pm Miguel Gutierrez, HEAVENS WHAT HAVE I DONE [WKND1]
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