The Accidental Festival

Wed, 21st May 12:00pm-7:30pm: Digital Studio
Photography Exhibit: The Moment of Performance The Accidental Festival
The Moment of Performance

Wed, 21st May 12:00pm-7:30pm: Digital Studio
Collective 1: S'he o' nasty part of 'Photography Exhibit: The Moment of Performance'
It’s glamorous, it’s provocative, it’s all within a whirlwind trashy lifestyle

Wed, 21st May 12:00pm-7:30pm: Digital Studio
Collective 2: Collaboration part of 'Photography Exhibit: The Moment of Performance'
Nine individuals met, talked, shared. Experimented. Collaborated.

Wed, 21st May 2:00pm-3:00pm: Theatre
Young Company Project Leotard Lady
Visiting more schools than ever before, delivering workshops to young people, in numerous locations, throughout London.

Wed, 21st May 6:30pm-7:50pm: Cinema 1
Here Is Always Somewhere Else Rene Daalder
A sweeping overview of contemporary art films as well as an epic saga of the transformative powers of the ocean.

Wed, 21st May 8:00pm-8:30pm: Theatre
Kevin Kulkhe Talk Kevin Kulkhe
Inspirational actor, director and teacher Kevin Kulkhe will open this year’s event, in the spirit of international collaboration and achievement.

Wed, 21st May 9:00pm-10:35pm: Theatre
Drums on the Dam New York University Experimental Theatre Wing
When all the days are done and all the nights are gone, will we still be here? Or are we like the dinosaurs?

Thu, 22nd May 1:00pm-11:00pm: The Brandon Room
The Need Circuit Stage Readings Need Circuit
An eclectic range of plays from a variety of countries.

Thu, 22nd May 1:00pm-3:30pm: The Brandon Room
The Sun Laughs The Need Circuit Stage Readings
A political piece that surrounds human rationale.

Thu, 22nd May 3:30pm-6:15pm: The Brandon Room
Like Boys in The Rain The Need Circuit Stage Readings
Three young men waiting to be re-modelled.

Thu, 22nd May 6:00pm-7:00pm: Theatre
Serendipity Le Navet Bete
Imagination creates a world where anything goes

Thu, 22nd May 6:15pm-9:00pm: The Brandon Room
The Fort The Need Circuit Stage Readings
The collision between myth and history.

Thu, 22nd May 7:45pm-11:00pm: The Nash Room
Scratchwerk The Accidental Festival 2008
Developing raw and experimental pieces of theatrical work.

Thu, 22nd May 9:00pm-11:00pm: The Brandon Room
Women dreamt Horses The Need Circuit Stage Readings
A family business walking on thin ice.

Thu, 22nd May 9:30pm-10:30pm: Theatre
It Goes Unsaid Under the Spell Productions and FeVA Productions, Inc
Seeing is believing, but what I see is not what I want to believe.

Fri, 23rd May 4:00pm-5:20pm: Cinema 1
Accidental Shorts: A showcase of short films from new and emergent filmmakers. The Accidental Festival
Young and fresh talent from a selection of filmmakers.

Fri, 23rd May 4:00pm-4:26pm: Cinema 1
Ray Who by Sam Bailey part of 'Accidental Shorts': A showcase of short films from new and emergent filmmakers.
'You have a good life! I saw it!''

Fri, 23rd May 4:30pm-4:35pm: Cinema 1
The Argument and the Loneliness Left by Joe Connor part of 'Accidental Shorts': A showcase of short films from new and emergent filmmakers.
Squeaky shoes provided

Fri, 23rd May 4:40pm-4:52pm: Cinema 1
Once Upon A Man by Chrystele Mboa's part of 'Accidental Shorts': A showcase of short films from new and emergent filmmakers.
Chrystele Mboa`s directorial debut

Fri, 23rd May 4:55pm-5:08pm: Cinema 1
Vernon Avenue by Amiel Melnick & Steffani Jemison
part of 'Accidental Shorts': A showcase of short films from new and emergent filmmakers.
Nine year-old Tatianna circles her block in search of a puppy...

Fri, 23rd May 5:10pm-5:20pm: Cinema 1
Satisfaction by Maja Šest part of 'Accidental Shorts': A showcase of short films from new and emergent filmmakers.
This experimental short blurs the line between gritty and fantastical.

Fri, 23rd May 6:30pm-7:30pm: Theatre
The Warzone is my bed Yasmine Beverly Rana
She looked at me … from across the room. She wouldn’t look away … she had no fear of looking directly at me. She had no fear of my looking directly at her. She wouldn’t blink. She wouldn’t move. Finally, she spoke. She told me I hadn’t cried enough, not nearly enough. There weren’t enough rings on the trunk of the tree, and the rings being tears, and the trunk being me.

Fri, 23rd May 9:30pm-10:30pm: Theatre
Three Graces Cafe Antarsia
'High passion world folk and Americana with streaks of Greek blues, Balkan rhythm and working-class fire...''

Sat, 24th May 12:30pm-1:30pm: Theatre
Top Story Sebastian Michael
Imagine the countdown to the impact of a meteor the size of LA - ''Godot meets Rosencrantz & Guildenstern'' for the Facebook Generation.

Sat, 24th May 2:00pm-3:00pm: Nash Room
Mercury Musical Songwriters Showcase Mercury Musicals
An afternoon of musical theatre writing.

Sat, 24th May 2:30pm-3:30pm: Theatre
Herr K Arrested Ulfulf Production
'Someone must have been telling lies about Josef K., he knew he had done nothing wrong but, one morning, he was arrested.'' - The Trial, Franz Kafka

Sat, 24th May 6:00pm-7:00pm: Brandon Room
Cockeyed Richard Bevan
New comic writing from Richard Beven.

Sat, 24th May 8:30pm-10:00pm: Theatre
Richard Foreman Talk Richard Foreman
'Because I believe the 'accidental' - and the rigorous, controlled development of what it provides - to be the 'hidden' source of much that is most adventurous and radical in contemporary art-- I find it very exciting to be able develop the implications of these strategies with the young artists who will be participating in the London Accidental Festival.' - Richard Foreman