Two male presenting figures who are performing outdoors. One is a wheelchair user and is learning far forward and posing on all fours while the wheelchair is still strapped to their waist. The other is behind the wheelchair user and holding onto the wheelchair with one outstretched hand, while crouching down with one long stretched behind them. There are a group of people of mixed age and gender in the background watching the performers.

Liberty Festival

Produced by CRIPtic Arts

Information

BAC is the hub for Liberty Festival 2025.

The full programme runs 24-28 Sept at multiple Wandsworth venues.

All events are FREE

The Mayor of London’s flagship free festival of work by disabled artists comes to BAC as part of London Borough of Culture 2025.

Liberty Festival will spotlight and celebrate the very best disabled artists in Wandsworth and London as part of a joyful, radically inclusive festival where everyone is welcome. 

The festival will explore the disabled experience – past, present and future – and push artistic boundaries to create a fresh, resonant and vital experience, leaving a lasting legacy of widening inclusion to the arts in the borough.

Get ready for an electrifying programme of free events.

Liberty Festival is part of Welcome to Wandsworth, London Borough of Culture. London Borough of Culture is a Mayor of London initiative.

Produced by CRIPtic Arts.

Explore the Line-Up

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

25 - 28 Sep

Capturing The Forest

Kristina Veasey and Alejandro Ahmed

Immerse yourself in the essence of a forest landscape in this unforgettable multi-sensory installation.

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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.

25 Sep

When The World Turns

Oily Cart / Polyglot Theatre

Join us on an adventure, where your senses lead the way.  An immersive performance for young people.

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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. They are surrounded by trinkets; a tiny pink flamingo, a book, leaves, a water bottle, a shiny pink love-heart shaped disco purse, and other nondescript things.

25 Sep

GOBLIN

Jack Wakely / Silent Faces

An honest, funny and cathartic mash-up of clowning and Neo Futurism, which explores the performative nature of trying to ‘fit in’.

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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.

25 Sep

Elvis Died of Burgers

BLINK Dance Theatre

The four BLINK Dance Theatre performer-directors love food. Take a seat as they spill the tea on their own food stories with plenty of sensory and bizarre tangents.

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26 - 27 Sep

Love In

Amanda Grace

This one-on-one performance is an ode to intentional, gentle, transgressive love, where you will take away a personal love letter.

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Simeon Campbell, a black man with dyed dreadlocks, wearing a black vest, grey shorts and white socks, stands centre stage, flanked by 2 other figures wearing trenchcoats, hats and masks. All 3 hold their hands over their mouths, their faces downcast. They are onstage, illuminated by spotlights.

26 Sep

SADBOI

Simeon Campbell / BirdGang Ltd

Follow acclaimed hip-hop performer Sim, as he is carried around by his thoughts. An explosive, personal story of understanding and unravelling.

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27 Sep

Altar to Joy

AJ Venturini

A participatory workshop exploring what it means to feel joy, especially when it isn’t easy or accessible.

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A group of people dancing on the Disco Neurotico dance floor. They are all wearing headphones.

27 Sep

Disco Neurotico and Deaf Rave Takeover

An immersive and accessible clubbing experience with DJs, a silent disco and creative activities.

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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.

28 Sep

Daughters of the Sea

Krystal S. Lowe / Ballet Cymru

A bold adaptation of the Welsh folktale brought to life with multilingual spoken word, dance, and soul/funk/folk music fusion.

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About CRIPtic Arts

CRIPtic Arts exists to create an artistic landscape where disabled people flourish, providing active disabled leadership which advances world-class arts work with disabled creatives. From high-quality community activities to showcasing breakthrough performers; they’re blazing a revolution in accessibility.

Access

PRE EVENT INFORMATION

This event takes place in person in various spaces around the BAC building. There is step-free access to the ground floor, and step-free access to the first floor via a lift.

There is detailed pre-show access information available for each event.

For more general information about access at BAC please visit our access page.

VISIT OUR ACCESS PAGE

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