CRIPtic Pit Party

Award-winning artist Jamie Hale curates a joyful and uplifting Pit Party comprising a mixed bill of creative, political and responsive work by d/Deaf and disabled performers.

Following their sold-out Pit Party in 2019, Jamie invites d/Deaf and disabled artists to respond to the theme of ‘the stories we tell ourselves, about ourselves, by ourselves’. Sets will include music, spoken word, poetry and a dynamic collaboration between Deaf hip hop artists.

Barbican Open Lab alumni and Evening Standard Future Theatre Fund winner Jamie Hale returns following their sold-out Pit Party in 2019. These performances are the culmination of an artistic development programme led by Jamie, supporting a cultural arts scene that has been hit hard by the pandemic. Their Pit Party recreates deeply personal experiences rarely represented on stage in a spirited, celebratory atmosphere.

Duration: Approx 2 hours 30 mins, including an interval

Age guidance: 16+ (contains scenes of self-hitting, sexual assault and flashing images)

All performances are Audio Described, Captioned, BSL interpreted (by Jacqui Beckford) and Relaxed.

Fri 19 Nov
Post-show talk
With Jenny Sealey, CEO and Artistic Director of Graeae and Jamie Hale
Free to same day ticket holders

Please email [email protected] if you would like to be sent a Visual Story

The performance on Friday 19 November will be filmed and the filmed version of the show will be made available on the Barbican website from Friday 26 November.

Presented by the Barbican