STET No Limits Festival
No Limits festival brings you a weekend of diverse and curated international theatre by professional disabled artists. Immerse yourself in the work of world class performers.
Let’s have dynamic conversations, educate ourselves and most importantly enjoy great theatre!
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Line-up
Jess Thom – Opening Night Performance
We are delighted to welcome British theatre maker, comedian and founder of Touretteshero, Jess Thom to open No Limits Festival with her key note speech on pushing the limits of inclusivity.
The opening night will also include talks from our incredible line up : Willemijn Haasken (Het Nationale Theater / HNT Onbeperkt), Jennifer Cosgrave (The British Council), Ieder(in) (De Week van de Toegankelijkheid), Fabian Pikula (Creative Access Lab) and last but not least a poetry performance by Boaz Blume.
Els Àngels no tenen fills
Is maternity for disabled people?
A STET debut in our first Catalan performance, Els Àngels no tenen fills spreads light on one of those issues that don’t seem to exist until someone starts talking about it out loud – sexual and reproductive rights of people with functional diversity. This is Theater of Testimony that raises questions that many might not have asked until now. What makes one part of the community believe that it is more valid than another for motherhood/fatherhood?
This performance will incorporate surtitles.
No Limits – Inclusive Theatre Workshop
Drawing powerful inspiration from ‘being different together”, by Jonny Cotsen (UK)
Saturday 5 October, 14:00 – 15:30
Explore making theatre in a relaxed, participant-led and fun way. This interactive drama workshop was thoughtfully crafted for inclusivity. From deaf and hard-of-hearing participants to able-bodied persons and wheelchair users, people from all backgrounds and abilities can join as long as they share the love for theatre. Click for more…
Deafy
Solo performance about what it means to belong as a deaf person.
Nathan Jesper has flown in for his big talk and is desperately late. Upon arriving, he launches into his speech but things are soon found to not be what they seem.
Written and performed by Deaf performing artist Chris Dodd, Deafy blends ASL, the spoken word, and captions, to weave a tragicomedy that deals with deafness, community, and what it really means to belong.
Kitchens Lights
Short stories in Dutch Sign Language.
Kitchen’s Light is a group of performers who give their own presentations in their native language, Dutch Sign Language (NGT). Kitchen’s Light was founded in 2019, after a series of workshops by spoken word artist Elten Kiene. The group brings ‘signed word’ performances, individually or collectively, in freestyle pieces, classical sign poetry and ‘visual vernacular’ (an ‘own’ form of presentation of sign languages). Story telling and sign dancing (songs and music translated into sign language) are also in the repertoire.
Blue Badge Bunch
An interactive fun game representing different disabilities.
A hilarious game show where each game represents a different disability, giving kids and grown ups the chance to learn about Autism and Cerebral Palsy among others. Host Benny Shakes invites the audience to help join in the games, while the panellists battle it out to come up trumps, in a show where disadvantage is an advantage!
Usually I am on Top
Prevailing norms of femininity and sexuality are questioned.
In a world where beauty and perfect pictures blur the image of reality, Speels Collectief pulls the ideal image from its pedestal. In Usually I’m on Top, prevailing norms of femininity and sexuality are questioned. Vulnerable and grotesque, in words and bodies, seven women take you into their experiences and desires. In a search for a new morality (or no… the absolute rejection of it) we arrive at ‘what she really really wants’.
Photos from a previous STET symposium on disabilities in the arts:
For this show, STET is grateful for the support of:
