Wednesday 2 March 2022
SUMBERGE LAUNCHES CITYWIDE FESTIVAL OF RADICAL INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE AND VISUAL ART IN GREATER MANCHESTER
Saeborg and Zubin Kanga are amongst the international artists from over 10 countries bringing UK and world premieres to the first Submerge Festival in the North, 8-27 March 2022.
Taking place in iconic venues across Greater Manchester, Submerge Festival presents its first festival of experimental international performance, music and visual art in the North, 8-27 March, with artists from across the globe, alongside the next generation of UK creatives.
Based around the theme of resistance, festival highlights include: the UK premiere of Pigpen (19 March), an installation by Saeborg (Japan), which sees a giant latex pig give birth to a litter of human-sized piglets; Cyborg Soloists: The Body Electric (18 March), a series of intimate world premieres presented by Zubin Kanga (Australia) combining classical piano with cutting-edge digital instruments, lighting and sensor technologies; and All Things Equal, a large-scale, immersive audiovisual installation in Mayfield Depot by artist Urban Projections (Rebecca Smith) and Loraine James which marks the opening of the festival on International Women’s Day (8 March).
Other performances include a dance double bill in Salford Lads Club (22 March) with choreography from Alessandro Sciarroni (Italy) and Thick and Tight, Jamal Gerald’s sex-positive-dance-party-cum-performance Jumbie at HOME (23-26 March), and The Ten Commandments at the Lowry by the legendary David Hoyle (23 March).
The concurrent club night and gig programme features genre-pushing artists including 2 Pigs Under 1 Umbrella (Austria), Cakes Da Killa (USA), Blood Williams (Germany) and GÆRALD (Belgium); plus immersive experiences, workshops and lectures throughout the three weeks exploring everything from gender and queer theory to the politics of breastfeeding and social care.
Mike Pony, Artistic Director of Submerge said: “Manchester is known internationally as a hotbed for innovation, experimentation and radical artistic expression; it’s the perfect new home for Submerge Festival.”
Submerge 2022 runs 8 – 27 March in venues across Greater Manchester.
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Rebecca Smith, Loraine James &
Friends (Mayfield Depot) |
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All Things Equal |
Tue 8th March |
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Dan Daw (HOME) |
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The Dan Daw Show |
Thu 17th - Sat 19th
March |
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Samuli Laine (SEESAW Space) |
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Nurture |
Thu 17th - Sun 20th
March |
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Zubin Kanga (Royal Northern College
of Music) |
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Cyborg
Soloists: The Body Electric |
Fri 18th March |
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Sara Leghissa (Outside: Northern
Quarter) |
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Will You Marry
Me? |
Sat 19th March |
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Saeborg (Seesaw Space) |
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Pigpen (Live
Performance) |
Sat 19th March |
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Saeborg (Chapeltown Picture House) |
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Queer
Japan Screening + Artist Talk |
Sun 20th March |
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Alessandro Sciarroni & Thick and
Tight (Salford Lads Club) |
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Dance Double Bill |
Tue 22nd March |
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Saeborg (SEESAW Space) |
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Pigpen (Installation) |
Tue 22nd -Sun 27th
March |
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David Hoyle (The Lowry) |
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Ten Commandments |
Wed 23rd March |
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Jamal Gerald (HOME) |
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Jumbie |
Wed 23rd - Sat 26th
March |
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GÆRALD (Contact) |
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Hot
Bodies Choir (Live) |
Fri 25th March |
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Cakes Da Killa (YES) |
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Cakes Da Killa |
Fri 25th March |
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Sexuality Summer School (Whitworth
Art Gallery) |
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Workshop: Queer Theory For Queer Artists |
Sat 26th March |
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Tammy Reynolds & Rosana Cade
(Contact Theatre) |
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Artist
Talks: Self Care in Autobiographical Work |
Sat 26th March |
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Jade Blackstock & Shrek666
(Manchester Art Gallery) |
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Protest!
Live Art Takeover |
Sat 26th March |
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2 Pigs Under 1 Umbrella (SOUP) |
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2
Pigs Under 1 Umbrella + Gærald (Live) |
Sat 26th March |
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