Jabberwocky Market - Autumn 2018

Wednesday 3 October - Sunday 7 October

Finding Your Story workshop
Miriam Sherwood, a theatre-maker who works with oral histories, documentary material and music. Miriam will help us consider family connections across historical, national and political borders. Participants will be encouraged to explore, record and share the histories of their grandparents in a fun and thought-provoking session.

Ground Control
By non zero one
Here’s the situation: in 1974, a manned mission was sent into space to look for inhabitable planets. Now, in present day, the sensors aboard Shuttle X27-40 indicate that it may have found just such a planet. The three astronauts on board are about to be woken from their hypersleep …They need your help.

Rendezvous in Bratislava
By Miriam Sherwood & team
Miriam and her granddad are making a cabaret together. They’re the perfect double act: he’s got the stories, she loves telling them, and they both have a flair for the theatrical. The only problem is they’ve never met. (He’s been dead for 37 years.)

Black
By 20 Stories High

Nikki doesn’t think that her Dad is a racist, he just cares deeply about his community.

But when a Zimbabwean family move in over the road, the dog won’t stop barking, the local kids start lobbing stones, and her Dad starts laying down the law.

This provocative and engaging show from 20 Stories High digs deep at the heart of racial tensions in the UK today.

The Quest for the Perfect Shirt

By Richard Bliss
Artist and tailor Richard Bliss is on a quest to make the perfect shirt.
Richard has been travelling the country, talking to men and women about shirts; what shirts they like, how shirts should be worn, what messages shirts send out to the world. Using these conversations as his starting point, Richard is creating shirts that are being exhibited in museums, galleries and at pop-up events all around the country.

BIG Little Gigs
By BIG Little Gigs

Featuring the popular vintage swing band, Ragtime Rewind performing true 1930s & 1940s swing dance sets, plus 1950s and modern tunes with a vintage twist. For excellent musicians and outstanding vocals, immaculately presented, come along and be swept into a long gone era for a really fun afternoon.

Facebook Saved Our Baby
By Wolf Close
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family clings together around an illness that has crawled under the skin of their baby.
With compelling storytelling, they foster a deep connection to the audience in ways that resonate with anyone navigating the tricky path between cynicism and hope.

In Conversation
Chaired by Kerami Roberts and featuring artists from across the season’s events.

The panel discussion looked more deeply at the themes of the shows and events, sharing insights with our visiting artists and people involved in Jabberwocky Markets from far and wide. This season we talked about Room for More, the theme we’ve borrowed from our partners, Darlington Quakers. Artists and partners chatted about what’s motivating and exciting to work with diverse people and communities.