SCRATCH NIGHT

Thursday 5th October

8pm

AMATA

Are you interested in how performance work is made? Then come and be part of the audience for our fun scratch night. 4 artists will share short excerpts of a brand new performance piece and your feedback will help shape the future of the work.

This event is jointly presented by imPOSSIBLE Producing and the AMATA Arts Centre.The Made in Cornwall Scratch Night's are brought to you by Hall for Cornwall, AMATA, Carn to Cove, imPOSSIBLE Producing, intoBodmin and Miracle Theatre.

Ticket price - Free (booking essential)

Age Guidance 16+

THE BABY QUESTION

Friday 6th October

2pm

Phoenix Cinema, Falmouth, The Moor

The Baby Question is an experimental piece of feminist work, which places child-free women at the centre of the narrative and offers audiences a safe space to hear, discuss and debate what it means to be child-free in 2023.

In 1974, the contraceptive pill was made available to single women on the NHS for the first time. What has changed since then? What if child-free/childless women were at the centre of that narrative?

TheBabyQuestion is a theatrical film exploring the narratives of women who are child-free by choice or circumstance, set in the world of a seventies Top Of The Pops style chart tv show.

During the live recording of a 70s Top of the Pops style chart show, female dancers perform Pan’s People style routines for a studio audience.

Meanwhile, an unseen male host mixes chart hit titles with landmark moments in feminism, reproductive rights, and increasingly personal references about the dancers performing. Gradually the world of the chart show breaks down, as these women consider what it means for them to be childfree/childless.

TheBabyQuestion is both a film screening with performative element via a live theatrical host who interact with the audience and the film itself. After the show there is the opportunity to engage in a post-show discussion about the issues raised throughout the screening

Age suitability: 13+ Contains sensitive themes surrounding fertility.

Tickets: Pay What You Feel

PERFORMANCE POETRY

Friday 6th October

6.30pm

The Poly

Vanessa Kisuule is a writer and performer based in Bristol. She has won over ten slam titles including The Roundhouse Slam 2014, Hammer and Tongue National Slam 2014 and the Nuoryican Poetry Slam. She has been featured on BBC iPlayer, Radio 1, and Radio 4's Woman's Hour, Blue Peter, Don't Flop and TEDx in Vienna. She has appeared at an array of literary and music festivals and was Glastonbury Festival's Resident Poet in 2019. She has been invited to perform all over the world from Belgium to Brazil to Bangladesh.

Her poem on the historic toppling of Edward Colston's statue 'Hollow' gained over 600,000 views on Twitter in three days. She has two poetry collections published by Burning Eye Books and her work was Highly Commended in the Forward Poetry Prize Anthology 2019. She has written for publications including The Guardian, NME and Lonely Planet and has publication credits in pending anthologies with Canongate, Orion and Penguin Random House.

Age Guidance 16+

Running time 40 mins approx

Tickets £5 offer

HIGH STEAKS

Friday 6th October

8pm

The Poly

With two beef steaks hanging from her labia, Queer, Feminist Performance-Artist & Clown, ELOINA, stages a riotous rebellion against labia-shaming and cosmetic labia surgery.

“Bold, Brave, Captivating.”

★★★★★ ToDoList

Age Guidance 18+

Running time 60 mins approx

Full Price £15

Concession £10

HIGH STEAKS

Saturday 7th October

2pm

The Poly

Tickets for the Friday performance of High Steaks sold out in 48 hours - so be quick!

With two beef steaks hanging from her labia, Queer, Feminist Performance-Artist & Clown, ELOINA, stages a riotous rebellion against labia-shaming and cosmetic labia surgery.

“Bold, Brave, Captivating.”

★★★★★ ToDoList

Age Guidance 18+

Running time 60 mins approx

Full Price £15

Concession £10

ALL THAT GLITTERS

Saturday 7th October

5.30pm

AMATA

A story of hot rocks, cowboys and queerness. 10 months ago Cornish performer and director Tom Jackson Greaves (Kneehigh, Matthew Bourne, Watermill) cared more about finding the best flat white, than finding out what was happening in the underground mines of Cornwall.

But now Tom’s back in his homeland with a new perspective and a story to tell. Something’s coming and it could put Cornwall firmly back on the global map.

‘All That Glitters’ is end-of-the-pier meets Brokeback Mountain. It’s a Cornish millennial going deep underground to share something fiercely fabulous and funny. You’ll leave thinking about home, the future and all that is human.

Commissioned by Arts and Culture, University of Exeter, this is just the start of a collaboration between academics, students, local people and miners. In association with imPOSSIBLE Producing, Camborne School of Mines and East Pool Mine National Trust. Supported by AMATA.

Tickets £10/ £8/ £5

SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING

Saturday 7th October

7.30pm

The Poly

A wildly inventive new comedy from Quentin Dupieux (MANDIBLES, RUBBER), SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING follows the misadventures of a team of five superheroes known as the Tobacco Force -- Benzene (Gilles Lellouche), Nicotine (Anaïs Demoustier), Methanol (Vincent Lacoste), Mercury (Jean-Pascal Zadi), and Ammonia (Oulaya Amamra). After a devastating battle against a diabolical giant turtle, the Tobacco Force is sent on a mandatory week-long retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion. Their sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

Rating 15

77 mins | French with English Subtitles

Tickets: £7.50/£6/£5.50

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold.

RAW CACAO

Saturday 7th October

7.30pm

Solskinn Church, The Moor

Lurching from pop to opera via folk song, musical theatre, disco and more… a veritable mixtape of who Gateau was, who Gateau is, and who Gateau hopes to become.

“Spell binding. He’s a superstar” DIVA

★★★★★ Broadway Baby

Early Bird £10

Full Price £15

Concession £10

Age Guidance 12+

DISCOGRAPHY

Saturday 7th October

10pm

Solskinn Church, The Moor

Ireland’s finest hip hop musical comedian, Rob Broderick, a.k.a. multi-award winning Abandoman will take you on a magical journey blending audience interaction and razor-sharp improvisation.

A guaranteed great night out full of giggles

”Wildly funny and technically incredible”

★★★★★ The Age (AU)

Early Bird £10

Full Price £15

Concession £10

Age Guidance 18+

VINYL DJ SET

Saturday 7th October

11pm

Solskin Church, The Moor

Revolution Grooves is on a Mission!

To keep real music alive, celebrate the artistry of the DJ & bring back the true vibe & soul of a good night out.

Revolution Grooves was founded by the need to dance - honouring the joys of dusty vinyl grooves. FIAFest’s Saturday Spectacular culminates with a place to boogie to celebrate everything from disco, soul, funk, reggae and everything in-between curated from the underground. Congregate at Solskinn Church for a chance to go back to the time when records were events, the DJ were on the pulpit and the dance floor was epic.

With the recent resurgence of vinyl and a growing interest in playing records in clubs proves the power of the groove.

Age 18+

Tickets £3 or included in Abandoman ticket price