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Launch Fest 2023

LAUNCH FEST 23 is a celebration of new art, dance, music, theatre, writing, and performance from the current and graduating students of University of Lincoln’s Creative Arts courses. This festival showcases new work from emerging professional artists, performers, and creatives across all artforms, that has been made as part of their studies at Lincoln.

The Grandpa with a Jetpack

Once upon a time, struggling writer/director, T.B. Connell, happened across a battered old copy of Anwir Scribes ‘The Grandpa with a Jet Pack’ at a British Heart Foundation charity shop.

Credence

This piece unravels the unrealistic expectations on what it means to be emerging artists trying to navigate the ever-growing ceiling of success and the persistent sense of “standing on the outside”. How does a young artist tackle self-inflicted othering, setting oneself lower to established artists, and overworking to avoid being “exposed”? The dancers use movement and body language to communicate shared efforts to overcome the restrictive thought patterns of self-doubt.

The Story of a Lifetime

Since the dawn of man humans have attempted to communicate art. Whether it was the simple cave painting, the Grecian philosopher debating in the town square, or even when the first silent picture was put to cinema screens.

Carmilla

‘I ask you to pay close attention. Vampirism and vampires are under no circumstances to be interacted with. Allow this record to inform your decisions. It is the only safe way forward.’

Resistance and Reinvention

Join student performers from the University of Lincoln’s Music degree for three nights of bold, genre-spanning work shaped by resistance and reinvention.