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Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, 8th March BFI
SUSAN SARANDON
ACTOR, PRODUCER & ACTIVIST
ROBERT WEBB
ACTOR, COMEDIAN & AUTHOR
SALENA GODDEN
POET
KRISTJANA S WILLIAMS
ARTIST
ALICE INSTONE
ARTIST
How can we inspire a change of culture that can help bring attitudes towards women and gender equality into the 21st century? Join us as we discuss how men, women, businesses, organisations and those who find themselves in positions of power can help enable change by highlighting how we break damaging behavioural habits and take steps to alter negative attitudes towards women.
Icelandic born artist Kristjana S Williams studied graphic design and illustration at Central St Martins and quickly gained critical acclaim as Creative Director of Beyond the Valley for 8 years. In 2011, Kristjana S Williams began creating fine art pieces, art prints, furniture and more. Williams’s inspiration lies heavily with layering nature upon nature and ‘the symmetry in all things living’, which stems from the artist’s childhood in Iceland.
Kristjana has designed a bespoke piece of artwork, displayed on the HeForShe T-Shirt.
HeForShe T-Shirt Designer
SalenaGodden's whose spoken word album LIVEwire was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award.
Joining the LIVEwire line-up are: Joelle Taylor, Inua Ellams, Dzifa Benson, Matt Abbott, Michelle Fisher, Selina Nwulu, Connor Byrne!
LIVE Wire - An eventing of poetry, 13th March, Libreria
PLAYING CARDS WITH MY GRANDMOTHER
“I played cards with my Grandmother all the time when I was growing up (she lived next door). It was about being together without the need for conversation but with space for it if we wanted. Games remind us of what we have in common, and the cards are an attempt to realise and recapture some of the essence of what my grandmothers offered through images and messages; advice, wisdom, experience, reassurance, love, patience, stoicism, continuity and comfort. I loved my grandmother’s house because it was calm, time moved slower, things were always the same. The cards themselves were also therapeutic, the motifs magical, ambiguous, enigmatic.”
Alice Instone is a British artist who makes work concerned with gender and power; drawing attention to the female archetype. She has worked with numerous influential women including Annie Lennox, Alison Goldfrapp, Baroness Kennedy QC, Secretary of State Baroness Scotland, Professor Baroness Greenfield, Helen McCrory, Sadie Frost, Elle Macpherson, Bianca Jagger, Bella Freud, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Emilia Fox, Cherie Blair QC and Alice Temperley to name a few.
Artists involved include
SPEAKERS
RACHAEL DOWNIE
BROADCASTER
Hosting 24 hour Radio show, Friday 9th March
Rachael Downie is an established sports broadcaster anchoring sport shows on channels such as Arise News and FATV. Rachael has covered many motorsport championship's in Europe, including the Le Mans 24-hour Race for Nismo TV and has interviewed the drivers from the F1 team Sahara Force India for live Q&A's during many Grand Prix's. Rachael also presents her own sports radio show on FUBAR Radio called Pitch Talk. One of her passions is mentoring for the FA's anti-racism charity 'Kick It Out' and aims to inspire a generation
SUSAN SARANDON
ACTOR, PRODUCER & ACTIVIST
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
8th March, BFI
Photograph by Austin Hargrave
ROBERT WEBB
ACTOR, COMEDIAN & AUTHOR
How can we inspire a change of culture that can help bring attitudes towards women and gender equality into the 21st century? Join us as we discuss how men, women, businesses, organisations and those who find themselves in positions of power can help enable change by highlighting how we break damaging behavioural habits and take steps to alter negative attitudes towards women.
VISUAL ARTISTS
KRISTJANA S WILLIAMS
ARTIST
Icelandic born artist Kristjana S Williams studied graphic design and illustration at Central St Martins and quickly gained critical acclaim as Creative Director of Beyond the Valley for 8 years. In 2011, Kristjana S Williams began creating fine art pieces, art prints, furniture and more. Williams’s inspiration lies heavily with layering nature upon nature and ‘the symmetry in all things living’, which stems from the artist’s childhood in Iceland.
Kristjana S Williams designed this print especially for HeForShe Arts Week reimagining existing narratives to emphasise the role of women in tales. Through a variety of symbols and visual attributes each emphasising female power, the artwork aims to envisage a world of harmony, not only between the different genders but bringing the Earth itself into the picture with its seas and different creatures. In the centre of the piece, the modified statue of Pallas Athene represents the importance of women, female identity, power and equality, echoing the essence of the HeForShe movement. The sensitive disposition of the subject required great care in selecting the elements that were going to be incorporated into the image.
Working with ancient Greek statues helped to add a timeless feel to the composition and hopefully to create a visual language that people can easily connect with regardless of race, sexuality or other factors of identity formation. The positive atmosphere of the campaign suggested a playful approach to the creation of the artwork, its tropical and colourful elements compliment the spirit of the HeForShe Campaign. The composition features a number of symbols such as leopards (peace), dolphins (joy, diligence, love, charity), orchids (perfection), laurel leaves (eternity, victory), palm leaves (prosperity, beauty) among others.
ALICE INSTONE
ARTIST
Alice Instone is a British artist who makes work concerned with gender and power; drawing attention to the female archetype. She has worked with numerous influential women including Annie Lennox, Alison Goldfrapp, Baroness Kennedy QC, Secretary of State Baroness Scotland, Professor Baroness Greenfield, Helen McCrory, Sadie Frost, Elle Macpherson, Bianca Jagger, Bella Freud, Baroness Shami Chakrabarti, Emilia Fox, Cherie Blair QC and Alice Temperley to name a few.
POETS
SALENA GODDEN
POET
SalenaGodden's whose spoken word album LIVEwire was shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award.
Joining the LIVEwire line-up are: Joelle Taylor, Inua Ellams, Dzifa Benson, Matt Abbott, Michelle Fisher, Selina Nwulu, Connor Byrne!
JOELLE TAYLOR
WRITER
Poet, playwright, essayist and athor, and the founder of the Poetry Society’s national youth slam championships.
Joelle's new collection Songs My Enemy Taught Me was published in July 2017 by Out-Spoken Press, and was supported by two national tours in that year. She has been anthologised widely in English, Portuguese, Polish, Finnish, Arabic and Ndebele.
INUA ELLAMS
WRITER
Born in Nigeria, Inua Ellams is an award winning poet, playwright & founder of the Midnight Run. Identity, Displacement & Destiny are reoccurring themes in his work in which he mixes the old with the new, traditional with the contemporary. His books are published by Flipped Eye, Akashic, Nine Arches & Oberon.
CONNOR BYRNE
WRITER
Up and coming poet Connor Byrne is from Brighton. He has been writing and sharing his work for two years, including at Trans Pride Brighton, in the Brighton and Edinburgh Fringes as part of Poets vs MCs, at the Southbank Centre as part of the London Literature Festival and supporting the Out-Spoken Press Tour in Brighton. He was a Roundhouse Slam finalist in 2017 and was commissioned by Apples and Snakes for the Brighton Festival 2017.
MICHELLE FISHER
WRITER
Michelle Fisher is a writer and performance poet from Glasgow. She was a finalist for the Glasgow leg of Words First; a national collaborative project between BBC Radio 1xtra and the Roundhouse. She has supported some of the UK's top performers including Kate Tempest, Salena Godden, Hollie McNish, Elvis McGonagall and Luke Wright and is currently a Resident Artist at the Roundhouse.
SELINA NWULA
WRITER
Writer, social researcher and campaigner with a focus on social and environmental justice, education and global politics, also recently finished her tenure as Young Poet Laureate for London. She has worked in a number of social policy roles for not for profit organisations including UN Women, the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Capacity Global (an environmental think tank) and currently at the RSA. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, Red Pepper, Sable Litmag and The Free Word Centre. She was Co-Editor for women’s news portal, Women’s Views on News until 2012.
DZIFA BENSON
ARTIST AND WRITER
Dzifa Benson is a multi-disciplinary live artist who uses literature as her primary mode of expression.Dzifa is currently developing a transmedia project inspired by DNA, The Spit of Me, an artistic, social and biological investigation into the body's relationship with time, culture, migration, memory and identity. She is currently studying for an MA in Text & Performance at Birkbeck and RADA. She is also a Ledbury Emerging Poetry Critic.
MATT ABBOTT
WRITER
Founder of Nymphs and Thugs poetry label. Matt Abbott is a rising star on the UK’s spoken word scene and a social and political activist. His 2017 Edinburgh Fringe show ‘Two Little Ducks’ earned 5* reviews in the national press. A former music frontman, he tours the UK with bands, comedians and political speakers as well as appearing at spoken word poetry nights.
COMEDIANS
Jen Brister
COMEDIAN
Jen is a critically acclaimed stand up comedian, writer and actor. She has written for BBC Scotland, presented for BBC 6 Music and Juice FM, and has performed stand up on Live at the Apollo, and Comedy Central in Live at the Comedy Store.
With thanks to all the artists, performers, speakers and creators involved:
Abbey Raymonde
Albert Hammond Jr.
Alessi’s Ark
Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Dean
Alice Instone
Alicia MacDonald
Alison Weir
Amanda Maxwell
Amanda Palmer
Amanda Star
Amber Doig Thorne
Amika Ezer
Amy Mason
Andrea Pallaoro
Andy Pilkington
Andy Tillett
Annabelle Knight
Anuvab Pal
Arielle Free
Ashlee Bentley
Aston Merrygold
B.Traits
Baroness Manzoor CBE
Basma Khalifa
Benjamin Brooks-Dutton
Benjamin Zand
Bobby Pleasure
Bright Light Bright Light
Briony Redman
Calum McSwiggan
Carla Marie
Carmen Lynch
Carrie Anne
Charlie Condou
Chi Onwurah
Chirine El Ansari
Chloe Howl
Chloe Petts
Clare Wright
Clifford Samuel
Collette Cooper
Connor Byrne
Cordelia O’Neill
Courtney Blazon
Dan Caplen
Dave Hill
David Brockway
Deanne Oliver-Pickard
Dfiza Benson
Dr Joanna Williams
Eartha Pond
Edna Pletchetero
Eline Van Der Velden
Ellie Prohan
Emma Walsh
Eva Lazarus
Faith Orr
Faye Milton
Ferhan Khan
Francesca Lombardo
Francesco De Carlo
Franko Fraize
Gabriel
Girli
Good Witch
Greer Dale Foulkes
Guvna B
Hanna Flint
Hannah Jewell
Hannah Sharkey
Hannah Witton
Harriet Braine
Harriet Moss
Harriet Rose
Helen Richardson Walsh
Hill Bauman
Holly Walker
Imogen Butler Cole
Inua Ellams
Isatta Sheriff
Jack Barry
Jackmaster
Jahannah James
James Brookes
James Grundy
Jan Ravens
Jessica Ashworth
Jessica Fostekew
Jodie Mitchell
Joey Page
Juliet Stevenson
June Sarpong
Kady McDermott
Kate Budgen
Kate Fahy
Kate Herront
Kate Richardson Walsh
Kate Simko & London Electronic Orchestra
Katy B
Keith Harris
Kim Murray
Kirsti Hadley
Kristjana S Williams
Kwabs
Kyro
L'Aubaine
Lara Baker
Laura Crane
Lauren Baker
Lia Williams
Libby Liburd
Lily Bevan
Lily Mercer
Lily Phillips
Lisa Luxx
Lizzie Cundy
Louise O’Neill
Louise Young
Lucy Moon
Lucy Spraggan
Luke Courtier
Luke Cutforth
Maisie Adam
Manny & Me
Marfije Cornelissen
Mark Simmons
Marsicans
Martha
Martina Connors
Matt Abbot
Matt Okine
Matthew Ryder QC
Maxine Mawhinney
Maya Jupiter
MC Angel
Megan Shandley
Melanie Murphy
Melissa Maouris
Michael Fentiman
Michaela Starck
Michele Pernetta
Michelle Fisher
Mike Shephard
Mikill Pane
Munroe Bergdorf
Nancy Buirski
Nathan Crossan-Smith
Nathaniel Martello-White
Nigel Lindsay
Nigel Munson
Nyomi Gray
Olivia Arben
Patrick Turpin
Peggy Gou
Persia Lawson
Philip Scott-Wallace
Phoebe Fox
Pips Taylor
Polina Kalinina
Preet Gill
Rachael Downie
Rachel Wellford Wellbeing
Ralph Moore
Rav Bansal
Robert Webb
Robyn Vinter
Roly UnGashaa
Rothwell
Roxanne De Bastion
Roxie Nafousi
Sabrina Mahfouz
Saint Clair
Salena Godden
Salena Raffle
Sam Callaghan
Sam Thompson
Samantha Johnson
Samantha Schnitzer
Sammy Andrews
Sarah Chew
Sarah Love
Sarah Wilson
Seann Walsh
Selina Nwulu
Sh!tst!ck
Simon Stephens
Snoochie Shy
Sophie Walker
Stacee Smith
Stacey Devonport
Susan Riddell
Susan Sarandon
Suzi Ruffell
Tameka Mortimer
Teuila Blakely
Thaila Skye
Thanyia Moore
The Last Skeptik
The Manor
Tiggi Hawke
Tim Crowther
Ty
Tyger Drew Honey
Vanessa Reed
Vicki Psarias
Weave
Will Attenborough
Will Hardy
Xanthe Fuller
Yomi Adegoke
DARREN HARRIOTT
COMEDIAN
Darren Harriott is one of the most exciting up-and-coming comedians on the circuit. Over the last couple of years, he has appeared on Live at the Apollo, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, BBC Radio 4’s Best of the Fest, BBC 4 Extra Stands Up, and The Now Show.
JO CAULFIELD
COMEDIAN
Jo Caulfield is “one of the finest female comics at work” (The Observer) and has recently been nominated as “the best female Stand-Up in the country” (Chortle.co.uk). Jo is a regular guest on both Mock The Week (BBC2) and Have I Got News For You (BBC1).