Liberty Festival 2025
Liberty 2025 celebrated and shone a spotlight on the very best disabled artists in Wandsworth and London as part of a joyful, radically inclusive festival where everyone was welcome.
Working in collaboration with CRIPtic Arts the festival offered a bold platform of work from some of the most exciting disabled creatives, embedding them in the heart of Wandsworth's community. It explored the disabled experience – past, present and future – and pushed artistic boundaries to create fresh, resonant and vital experiences, leaving a lasting legacy of widening inclusion in Wandsworth arts.
Liberty's Opening Night!
More amazing performances...
Immersive installations, sensory art workshops and clowning!
About CRIPtic Arts
CRIPtic Arts is a disabled-led arts organisation creating an artistic landscape where disabled people can flourish. Since its inception in 2019, CRIPtic has undergone a rapid period of expansion, growing from one development programme and show in a year to five shows, four development programmes and a community programme in 2024, alongside research, development and campaign work. Made up of disabled cultural workers, we work with other disabled people engaging with the arts - whether for fun, connection, employment or career development - whilst working to revolutionise accessibility across the cultural sector through consulting, training and campaigning.
We’ve established ourselves as a leading voice in the disability arts sector. In 2022-23, we were recognised as one of the 25 most influential disabled-led organisations in the UK, reaching over 1,000 disabled people through our workshops and programmes. By 2023-24, our impact grew further, with over 1,200 disabled individuals directly engaged, alongside numerous successful partnerships and performances across the UK. We’ve since been recognised by the Shaw Trust Disability Power 100 as a highly commended disability small employer, in addition to our artistic director, Jamie Hale, being on the DP100 list for 3 years in a row.
Full Programme:
Liberty Festival 2025 Opening Night Party - Hosted by CRIPtic Arts, cabaret radical Midgitte Bardot followed by a showcase of live music from Sound Minds.
Life of I, The Baked Bean Charity - A production created by actors with learning disabilities which showed difference in the way they would like you to see it.
Love In, Amanda Grace - An ode to intentional, gentle, transgressive love, where audience-participants were invited to share what’s in their hearts.
Elvis Died of Burgers, BLINK Dance Theatre - A non-linear journey through the cast’s food memories, juxtaposed with a deep dive into the culinary conundrum surrounding the end of Elvis’ life.
Altar to Joy, AJ Venturini - A participatory ritual-workshop where creators and audiences come together to co-create an altar that honours joy in all its complexity, inspired by the tarot card The Sun.
The Lost Golden Lotus, Chisato Minamimura- A powerful new immersive film installation that reimagines the haunting legacy of China’s traditional foot binding cultural practices through a richly layered, sensory experience.
When The World Turns, Oily Cart (UK) and Polygot Theatre (AUS) - An award-winning immersive and sensory experience that playfully explores our connection with each other and the world around us.
Sense Arts presents Zarji Arts, Raji Gopalakrishnan and Zara Jayne Arnnold - A powerful and practical workshop exploring Deafblind access and inclusion in the arts.
Capturing the Forest, Kristina Veasey and Alejandro Ahmed - A powerful, multi-sensory installation merging sculpture, ceramics, sound, film and movement immersing the audience into a fictional forest landscape.
Daughters of the Sea, Krystal S, Lowe and Ballet Cymru- Krystal S. Lowe and Ballet Cymru present a bold adaptation of the Welsh folktale Daughters of the Sea telling the tale of three women from different lands.
Disco Neurotico and Deaf Rave Takeover - Pioneering neuroinclusive events company Disco Neurotico teams up with Deaf Rave to bring a unique, immersive and accessible clubbing experience to Liberty Festival.
GOBLIN, Jack Wakely in association with Silent Faces - A new solo work by Jack Wakely of Silent Faces Theatre (Godot is a Woman, A Clown Show About Rain, Follow Suit) and Degenerate Fox (The Dirty Thirty), Goblin combines clowning and Neo Futurism to examine the performative nature of trying to ‘fit in’.
SADBOI, BirdGang Ltd presents Simeon 'Kardinal' Campbell - An explosive, personal story of understanding and unravelling. It follows acclaimed hip hop performer Sim, who is carried around by his thoughts, a struggle that’s complicated by modern distractions and issues that need addressing.
Hexagram, Adrian Lee - Adrian Lee curates, composes, commissions, and performs exciting new repertoire for solo electric guitar.
CRIPtic presents: Past, Present, Future, ACTION! - A mini conference for artists, producers, venues and artistic allies to explore the dynamic history of the disability arts and rights movements, and a chance to learn from some of the most innovative and inclusive arts practitioners working in the UK today.
Open Mic & PechaKucha - Pecha Kucha and presentation session, as well as vibrant performance-based Open Mic, welcoming local disabled artists to share their poetry, music, spoken word, comedy, or any creative form.
Sunday in the Park - A joyful picnic in Battersea Park to celebrate the end of Liberty Festival 2025 public programme!
