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Midgitte Bardot, a person with dwarfism, performs on stage. They wear bold white makeup with blue eyeshadow covered mostly by thin white sunglasses, a glamorous blonde wig, red fish net tights and silky white shorts. They hold a cymbal in front of their chest which reflects golden light, with rays of more golden light flooding from the top left. Photo by Holly Revell.

Liberty Festival 2025

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This autumn, Liberty Festival 2025 brings a celebration of disabled artistry to Wandsworth from 24–29 September, as a highlight of the London Borough of Culture Year. An electrifying programme of free events will run across venues in the borough, spanning immersive art installations, theatre, dance, cabaret, creative workshops and much more.

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Midgitte Bardot, a person with dwarfism, performs their cabaret act onstage. They stand in white silk underwear and a red fishnet bodysuit, covering their chest with a cymbal..
CRIPtic Arts

Liberty Festival 2025 Opening Party

Wed 24 Sep 2025
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A young woman using a wheelchair and a middle-aged woman sit beside each other. They are surrounded by wooden crates and plants, with a billowing tent canopy overhead. Atmospheric low lighting, illuminates their faces with a golden glow and casts shadows of the plant leaves around them.
Oily Cart & Polyglot Theatre

When the World Turns

Thu 25 Sep 2025
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Image shows a bedside table and wooden four-poster bed trailing with ivy, spotlit in a darkened room. Fabrics printed with ornate patterns tumble from mattress to floor, snaking like tree roots into loose autumn leaves on the surrounding floor.
Kristina Veasy and Alejandro Ahmed

Capturing the Forest

Thu 25 - Sun 28 Sep 2025
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Jack, a white non-binary person with bright green hair and wearing a white t-shirt stands with their back to the camera under UV light, doing a morning stretch.
Jack Wakely in association with Silent Faces

GOBLIN

Thu 25 Sep 2025
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Lead performer Francis dressed as Elvis, sitting on a toilet with his trousers around his ankles. He has a burger in his hand and looks into the camera.
BLINK Dance Theatre

Elvis Died of Burgers

Thu 25 Sep 2025
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An abstract painting by Rachel Gadsden, showing five figures made of white lines flowing around a stage. From left to right: figure one is an electric wheelchair user underneath a spotlight, mid-movement; figure two stands at the back of the stage with their hands up as if they are signing; figure three is bent double, as if in a bow; figure four, a manual wheelchair user, is mid-movement; and figure five is in a running pose as if moving swiftly offstage.
CRIPtic Arts

CRIPtic presents: Past, Present, Future, ACTION!

Fri 26 Sep 2025
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A pink envelope with
Amanda Grace

The Love In

Fri 26 - Sat 27 Sep 2025
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Sim Campbell sits centre stage on a sofa. He is a black man with dyed dreadlocks, wearing a black vest, grey shorts and white socks. He's surrounded by mysterious figures wearing trench coats, masks and hats. They frame him as they pass objects to eachother, behind and around him. But Sim is looking intently at his own hands, which are held up in front of him as he uses sign language.
BirdGang & Simeon 'Kardinal' Campbell

SADBOI

Fri 26 Sep 2025
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Chisato, a Japanese woman with a black bob. She stands in a white tunic dress in front of a blurred background of trees and greenery.
Chisato Minamimura

The Lost Golden Lotus

Sat 27 Sep 2025
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An abstract drawing of a person in an electric wheelchair. The image is vibrant hues of pinks and purples.
CRIPtic Arts

CRIPtic Presents: Open Mic & Pecha Kucha

Sat 27 Sep 2025
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Two tarot cards of the
AJ Venturini

Altar to Joy

Sat 27 Sep 2025
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The silent disco space, Disco Neurotico at Dublin Dance Festival
Disco Neurotico and Deaf Rave

Disco Neurotico and Deaf Rave Takeover Party

Sat 27 Sep 2025
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This black-and-white photo depicts Adrian Lee, a white man playing an electric guitar. Adrian’s figure fills the frame from just below the chest up. Adrian faces the camera squarely but his eyes are shut with deep concentration as he plays his guitar which is held high to his chest across his left shoulder. His right hand fingers pluck the string while his left hand fingers are curled to press the strings on the guitar’s neck. He wears a dark baseball cap, a light-coloured shirt with a mandarin colour unbuttoned over a dark t-shirt. The background is light, and Adrian’s stance is dramatic and strong and the image of him is clearly articulated in this black-and-white photo.
Adrian Lee

Hexagram

Sat 27 Sep 2025
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Everyone in the group is dressed in t-shirts featuring iconic music artists or bands, including The Beatles, Elton John, Queen, Guns N’ Roses, Iron Maiden, and Pink Floyd. Behind them, a large image of a vintage TEAC reel-to-reel tape recorder is projected onto a screen. The stage lighting is moody with purple and red hues, adding to the dramatic tone of the scene.
The Baked Bean Charity

Life of I

Sun 28 Sep 2025
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Miss Jacqui performs onstage. She sings into a microphone, hand half raised with her eyes shut.
CRIPtic Arts

Liberty Festival Sunday Picnic in the Park

Sun 28 Sep 2025
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Three women, two are white and one has brown skin, surround a pile of sand against a grey background in a variety of dynamic balletic positions.
Krystal S. Lowe & Ballet Cymru

Daughters of the Sea

Sun 28 Sep 2025
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Access

Access is embedded at the heart of the festival. All events will take a Relaxed approach to movement and noise with audiences able to leave and re-enter, tic and move around if needed. There will also be wheelchair access, accessible toilets and quiet chill-out areas to rest and relax in. BSL, Audio Description and Captioning will be available throughout the festival. Please check the event listings for detailed access information for each event and venue.

You can also read more about the access provisions of each venue below:

  • Battersea Arts Centre
  • Tara Theatre
  • The Clapham Grand 
  • World Heart Beat: The venue is fully accessible to all, with ramped level access into the building, wide thresholds throughout, a lift and accessible bathroom. There is a Hearing Loop installed, with thanks to the generosity of the Marsden family, in memory of Austin Marsden.
  • The Bedford: the venue is wheelchair accessible 
  • Battersea Park, Bowling Green & Pavilion: The space is wheelchair accessible.

More about Liberty

Liberty Festival is the Mayor of London’s flagship disability arts festival, platforming some of the most exciting disabled creatives, showcasing bold, innovative work that excites, challenges and reframes disability for audiences across the capital. It is hosted in each London Borough of Culture. This year’s Liberty is produced by one of the country’s most influential and outstanding disabled-led creative organisations, CRIPtic Arts. 

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.

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