Abi Palmer (she/her) is an artist and writer.

She uses film, text, sculpture and sensory intervention to explore sick bodies, viscous textures and ecological landscapes.

Artworks include mixed-media solo exhibition Slime Mother (Chapter, Cardiff, upcoming Site, Sheffield), film series Abi Palmer Invents the Weather (Artangel), and interactive gambling arcade Crip Casino (Tate Modern, Somerset House, Wellcome Collection).

Text works include the books Slugs: a Manifesto and Sanatorium.

See more at https://www.abipalmer.com/

WORKSHOP INFO:

Abi will be presenting excerpts from her book Slugs: A Manifesto whilst guiding attendees in a sensory slug-making workshop using clay.

Saturday 26th April 3.45pm

45 mins

Age guidance: 16+

Alex (he/him) is a 21-year old doodle artist who works in digital and pen/paper mediums.

Alex uses his doodle art to express themselves as an autistic person, creating colourful characters and collages. One of his more recent collages is called “Feelings,” a collection of emotive faces.

His early influences were doodle artists like Jon Burgerman/Keith Haring as well as Picasso. Alex loves their use of shape and colour. Alex has developed popular characters who he called “Mr Autism” and “Spikey Mikey.”

Alex has interned at The Cartoon Museum and contributed to Ealing Art Beat. He will be live-doodling at Enrich and encouraging others to group doodle, as well as selling an array of fantastic merch at our marketplace.

See more at https://search.app/g3fFjCBYtid798yB9

ENRICH INFO:

Alex will be create doddles throughout the day. Come and watch him draw and join in at your leisure!

Saturday 26th AND

Sunday 27th April

11am - 2pm

Suitable for all ages

Is disability and exclusion a scary subject? Not to worry! Blue Badge Bunch is a fun, light-hearted, non-threatening way to gain an understanding and appreciation of disability through game play, laughter and some good old straight talking.

Each game in this comedy gameshow is designed to give the audience an experience of a different disability - Blue Badge Bunch has toured the UK three times and had two full runs at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It has received several rounds of Arts Council funding for its innovative ideas and disabled representation.

WINNERS of the Disability Champions Award 2023 (EdFringe)

EdFringe OffFest Nominee

See more at BlueBadgeBunch.com

WORKSHOP INFO:

(Rehearsal Room)

Interactive comedy gameshow for

children.

Saturday 26th April 11.30am

1 hour

Age guidance: 5-12yrs

Jamie Hale (they/them) is an award-winning theatre maker, poet & (screen)writer. Their work focuses on crip/queer realities and the urgency of living as a disabled person.

Described by Jack Thorne as an “extraordinary voice,” Jamie was also a 2021-22 Jerwood Poetry fellow, and  are annually listed as one of the hundred most influential disabled people in Britain. 

Jamie is Artistic Director of CRIPtic Arts, a disabled-led creative hub bringing the most exciting disabled creatives to stages around the UK. CRIPtic produces intimate and urgent work: bold, feisty, vulnerable and darkly comedic.

CRIPtic Arts is building an industry in which disabled people flourish, supporting, championing and developing disabled talent.

What happens when the NHS decides it costs too much to keep you alive?

Quality of Life is Not a Measurable Outcome is an award winning multi-media play exploring what it means to live in the world as a profoundly disabled person.

An earlier version of this show, NOT DYING, was described as “fantastic” by Hannah Gadsby, and led to Jamie being awarded Director/Theatremaker of the Year in the Evening Standard Future Awards in 2021. It has previously shown at the Barbican 2019 and HOME Manchester 2022.

See more at

https://cripticarts.org/

THEATRE SHOW

(Auditorium)

Quality of Life is Not a

Measurable Outcome

Saturday 26th April 2.30pm

1 hour

Age guidance: 16+

Dr Claire Malone (she/her) is known for making the invisible not just visible, but understandable.

During her search for new fundamental particles using data from CERN’s Large Hadron Collider as part of her PhD at the University of Cambridge, she saw firsthand that even the most exciting discoveries lose their impact if they remain locked within scientific journals.

Passionate about communicating science and inclusion, Dr Claire Malone is an internationally sought-after public speaker and science journalist, writing for several scientific publications. Her TEDTalk discussing different perspectives in science using analogies from fundamental physics has inspired over 2 million viewers.

Currently, she is working on her first novel. Her creative writing uses the perspective of an extraterrestrial visitor, to dive into the often-undiscussed psychological aspects of pursuing one’s ambitions while negotiating the barriers that society creates for people with disabilities.

See more at DrClaireMalone.com

Dr Claire Malone instagram

TALK

(Tip’s Bar)

Sci-fi explorations of Disabled Lived Experience.

Saturday 26th April 4.30pm

1 hour

Age guidance: 16+

Frozen Light creates exciting and original multi-sensory theatre for audiences with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and tours it to theatre venues and arts centres nationwide.

Frozen Light has a passion for stories and adventures; engaging interactive theatre; devised theatre with original and electrifying soundtracks; theatre that is fun and mischievous; theatre that questions; theatre that is bold; theatre that encompasses all senses.

The Bar at the Edge of Time is a unique, multi-sensory performance designed specifically for audiences with PMLD.

Now, you can experience this critically acclaimed show like never before with our immersive box and a full-length film, carefully crafted to guide you through this extraordinary journey.

With scents, textures, and tastes included in the box, every element of The Bar at the Edge of Time is designed to engage and stimulate, creating an intimate connection to the performance. The film takes you on a sensory adventure, where the sights, smells, and sounds of the show invite you to explore new dimensions of storytelling.

See more at:

https://www.frozenlighttheatre.com/shows/the-bar-at-the-edge-of-time-the-multi-sensory-movie

FILM

(Auditorium)

The Bar At The Edge of Time

for attendees with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

Sunday 27th April 1.00pm

1 hour

Age guidance 16+

George Parker (they/them) is a disabled and queer writer, performer, producer, and workshop facilitator.

They are a co-director of Queer Stage Revolution, the host of A.G.Parker’s Cabinet of Curiosities podcast, co-host of Rebel Riot Poetry, Disabled and Queer Artists of the Year 2022, and an H&T slam winner.

They were nominated for the National Diversity Awards 2023 as a positive role model for disability, and longlisted for a Space Crone Prize and Best of the Net. 

George will be reading from their debut collection, Gynandromorph as well as from their upcoming queer crip anthology of erotic poetry, Eff-able. Much of their content will contain references to sex, ableism, queerness, disability, and will include some swear words. Suggested audience 16+. 

See more at https://www.agparker.co.uk/

https://effable.uk/

POETRY SET:

George, JP and Rick will all be reading their own work from their upcoming queer crip anthology of erotic poetry, Eff-able as well as from other solo work.

Saturday 26th April 4.00pm

90 mins (3 poets)

Age guidance 16+

Jah-Mir Early (he/him) is an American poet and improv spoken word artist whose style has been described as "impassioned, lyrical storytelling, meandering just to the left of chaos."

Jah-Mir’s way of weaving words around the present moment and given audience creates electric and energetic improvised poetry that utilise his unique perspectives and associative thought processes into something beautiful and meaningful.

POETRY SET

Jah-Mir will present a 20-minute poetry set in

Tip’s Bar.

Saturday 26th

6.20pm - 6.40pm

Age Guidance 16+

JP Seabright (she/they) JP Seabright (she/they) is a queer disabled writer living in London.

They have six solo pamphlets published and four collaborations, encompassing poetry, prose and experimental work.

JP has performed their work at the Vagina Museum, Primadonna Festival, Margate Bookie Festival, Polari Literary Salon and the National Poetry Library, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Forward Prize, and shortlisted (twice) for a Saboteur Award for Best Collaborative Work.

See more at https://jpseabright.com

POETRY SET:

George, JP and Rick will all be reading their own work from their upcoming queer crip anthology of erotic poetry, Eff-able as well as from other solo work.

Saturday 26th April 4.00pm

90 mins (3 poets)

Age guidance 16+

Kit Whitfield (she/her) is a novelist, a carer, and can get down the stairs just fine if you don't mind looking after her mobility aid.

She currently lives in London in a neurodiverse family, which does a lot to shape both her imagination and her sense of mischief. She's also always happy to talk writing, so do come and say hi - she's the one with the goblincore rollator.

Her most recent work is the Gyrford series, In The Heart of Hidden Things and All The Hollow of the Sky, Longlisted for the British Fantasy Society Best Novel Award, her fantasy and folklore writing was called 'as tart, dark and juicy as a summer pudding'.

Kit also writes a horror film column called ‘What’s On Shudder’ for The Ginger Nuts of Horror; it is currently on the longlist for the BFSA Best Non-Fiction Award.  

You can find her on social media @kitwhitfield.bsky.social and read her microfiction under the hashtag #AskAFairySmith.

See more at:

http://www.kitwhitfield.com/theauthor.html

https://gnofhorror.com/category/whats-on-shudder/

WORKSHOP:

(Tip’s Bar)

“Writing your monsters”

Kit will be reading excerpts

from her writing as well as guiding attendees to channel their own experiences into building fantastical creatures in their writing.

Saturday 26th April 2.15pm

1 hour

Age guidance 12-18yrs

Matthew is a multi-disciplined musician, specialising in piano performance. He also plays drums and oboe.

Graduating from Brunei University in 2016, he has developed as an accompanist for local choirs in Hertfordshire as well as performing regularly at concerts and events including fundraisers and the Dial Up open mic nights.

Matthew is also accomplished in musical arrangement and performs his own arrangements of Popular music

from the past 100 years, jazz and film music, using his gift of perfect pitch to transform familiar tunes into solo classical-fusion versions.

PIANO CABARET

(Tip’s Bar)

Music set in a relaxed atmosphere with

refreshments for sale.

Sunday 27th April 5.00pm

1 hour

Age guidance: 12+

Rebecca A Withey is a creative artist based in the Midlands. Rebecca is a Deaf, bilingual BSL user and has worked in signed song since 2005. She has performed for film, television and theatre. 

Notable performances include signed song for Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee Street Party at the AO Arena and live signed performances for pop icons Midge Ure, Gregory Porter, Imelda May and The Vamps. 

Rebecca also led Unify - a sign song choir - for their performance at King Charles’ coronation concert at Windsor Castle. 

Rebecca will be contributing some BSL sign-song video tutorials (one for beginners and one advanced) for some of the songs from Sunday Assembly’s singalong set list. Attendees of these workshops can then attend the Sunday Assembly singlong to sign-along!

Rebecca will also feature in Sunday Assembly’s set by providing BSL sign-along videos to their set list.

For further details see www.rawithey.com 

Rick Dove (he/him) is a black, queer, and disabled writer and activist from South London.  Widely anthologised since 2016, he has two solo collections with Burning Eye Books, Tales From the Other Box (2020), and Supervillain Origin Story (2023).

Touring nationally in 2022, Rick's feature performances include festival appearances at Shambala, Greenbelt, the Margate Bookie, the Edinburgh Fringe, and once before at Enrich Festival.

Crowned UK Poetry Slam Champion in 2021 at the Royal Albert Hall, his eclectic work explores themes of social justice, identity, and revolution,

Rick has a vision of a fairer world and wants to take you with him.

See more at https://www.rickdove.co.uk/

POETRY SET:

George, JP and Rick will all be reading their own work from their upcoming queer crip anthology of erotic poetry, Eff-able as well as from other solo work.

Saturday 26th April 4.00pm

90 mins (3 poets)

Age guidance 16+

Sahera Khan (she/her) is Deaf and a BSL artist/actor.

Her other elements are poetry, storytelling, devised work, content creation and filmmaking.

Sahera has a range of screen acting experience, including ‘Edicius’ (short film, 2022 Academy Award and BAFTA qualified) and was part of Channel 4’s Inclusion Festival 2022.

She has performed on stage at the V&A Museum and performs and publishes her own poems, including “My Eyes” which won the Disabled Poets Prize in 2024.

Her short documentary ‘My Glow’ (2023) was selected by BISFF (Academy Award and BAFTA qualified). This was a story about Deaf, Muslim mother who shares her pregnancy journey during the pandemic.

Sahera will be performing her children’s story “The Cockerel and the Fox” for us at Enrich.

For more info, see: https://linktr.ee/Sahera04

PERFORMANCE

(Rehearsal Room)

Sahera will be performing

her children’s story

The Cockerel and the Fox

in BSL, with interpretation

for hearing people provided.

Saturday 26th April 1.30pm

30 minutes

Age guidance 3-9 years

(families welcome)

Sunday Assembly is an inclusive secular community that embodies the motto: Live Better, Help Often, Wonder More. It hosts events facilitating these objectives, where people gather en masse to sing songs, hear inspiring talks, showcase poets and musicians, and create community together.

With more than 40 Assemblies operating worldwide, the flagship London branch is bringing it’s joyful audience sing-along event to Enrich Festival this year.

Join the live band (featuring exceptionally talented neurodiverse musicians) as they get the whole theatre singing along to ten well-known pop songs!

Lyrics will be provided, dancing encouraged - everyone is welcome.

For more info, see https://sundayassembly.com

LIVE SINGALONG

(Auditorium)

Inclusive massaoke style singalong featuring neurodiverse members of

the Sunday Assembly band.

Sunday 27th April 3.30pm

1 hour

Suitable for all ages.

T.E. Yates (he/him) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Bristol. His first gig flyers and album covers were ones he designed for other bands not himself. He’s performed in front of huge crowds but always as a hired hand or supporting player, a multi-instrumentalist in the shadows – mandolin, banjo, harmonica, even musical saw.

Now a solo artist, T.E. Yates is taking centre-stage with a formidable backing band. Not one to travel light, his weird and wonderful drawings regularly making an appearance between songs.

His debut EP Possessed was released on Debt Records in 2013. His first full LP, entitled Silver Coins and White Feathers, was released on Debt Records in May 2017. Most recently, the EP Strange Weather was released towards the end of 2021.

On the 1st of November 2021, Yates premiered the accompanying video to "Condition", the opening track of Strange Weather - a song about his experiences as a neurodivergent person. For this video, he has teamed up with fellow neurodivergent creative practitioners through Biggerhouse Films’ Different Voices project.

Described by Louder Than War as "a modern Renaissance man" and BBC Introducing in the West as "absolutely ace", Yates is not one to be missed!

MUSIC

(Auditorium)

Music set and discussion of Yates’s art.

Sunday 27th April 6.00pm

1 hour

Age guidance 12+

Tom is an Ipswich-based composer and music tutor who is passionate about inclusive education and specialises in Deaf music tuition.

As the dad of a young Deaf boy who loves music, he has a deep appreciation of the fact
that music should be accessible to all.

For the last 6 years Tom has provided guitar lessons tailored to Deaf
students both privately and in Heathlands School For Deaf Children. He uses a variety of accessible methods including BSL, visualisers, sign song and his own adapted forms of notation.

At the start of 2025, Tom released a first-of-its-kind Deaf-friendly beginner’s guitar course called ‘Six String Signs’. This course was featured in the popular UK Deaf blog
‘Limping Chicken’ and was also used further afield, for example by the
University of Toronto, Canada who used it to inspire Deaf music
education.

Tom’s workshop provides a fun and easy introduction to playing a basic
Rock song: ‘Smoke On The Water’. BSL and an audio visualiser will be
used throughout. Students will learn a few key guitar terms and then
strum a ‘power-chord’ on the electric guitar along to sign song. This
workshop is a highly visual way of experiencing the joy of Rock music
and a chance to have a Deaf-friendly ‘jam’ with Tom!

See more at https://tomhunt.co.uk/

WORKSHOP

(Rehearsal Room)

Deaf Guitar Workshop

Sunday 27th April

book your 15 minute slot

for one or two students

between 2pm and 5pm.