Timetable of events

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(figures in brackets below are prices for individual events, payable only if without a day or weekend ticket, except for £10/15 ‘main events’ which always need to be purchased separately. All Sunday events are now free)

FRIDAY 23 SEPTEMBER, 5.00PM – 12.30AM

VARIOUS COURTYARD ART
Artist in Residence
Inua Ellams An award-winning poet, performer and graphic artist creates new work. (free with weekend or day tickets)

5PM-7PM
BARN THEATRE
FILM
In a Better World
Director Susanne Bier | Denmark 2010 | 1hr 50m
A doctor commutes between his home in an idyllic town and his work at an African refugee camp. (£7 or free with weekend or day tickets – limited places)

5PM-12.30AM
ROUNDHOUSE
IDEAS LOUNGE
Get Involved Make your placard, signup for Speakers
Corner or just hang out over a coffee. (free with weekend or day tickets)

6.15-6.45PM
COURTYARD
SPEAKER’S CORNER
Have your say!
Sign up at Ideas Lounge in the Roundhouse. (free with weekend or day tickets)

6.45-8PM
WELCOME CENTRE
WALK
Garden Tour
Explore Dartington’s grounds and gardens. (£3)

6.45-8PM
GALLERY
ART
Of All the People in All The World
Stan’s Cafe will bring 989kg of rice – a grain for everyone in the country, creating a powerful work of politically engaged and deeply moving art. (free with weekend or day tickets)

8PM-9.40PM (£7)
BARN THEATRE
FILM
A Better Life
Director Chris Weitz | Denmark 2010 | 1hr 38m A touching multi-generational story about a father’s love and the lengths he will go to to give his child the opportunities he never had.

8.30-10PM (£15)
GREAT HALL
COMEDY
Mark Steel’s in Town
Mark will shed comic light on Dartington and the themes of the festival – social justice and income inequality.

9.45 PM-10.30PM
ROUNDHOUSE
RAMBUNCTIOUS SOCIAL CLUB
Clubbing for the creatively curious – playful, magical & unexpected…..
Old Rambunctious favourites, served up with succulent surprises, a banging mix of Elastic electro swing, fry fired funk, gargantuan gypsy beats, lick lipping latin & whatever else we throw in the pot! (free with weekend or day tickets)

10.30PM-11.30PM (£5)
BARN THEATRE
SPOKEN WORD
Phrased,Confused & Angry!
ben Mellor, Shane Solanki & Yusra Warsama create new works inspired by the theme of protest. Exploring the fertile ground which sits somewhere between music, lyrics and poetry.

11.30PM-12.30AM
ROUNDHOUSE
RAMBUNCTIOUS SOCIAL CLUB – see above

SATURDAY 24 SEPTEMBER, 9.30AM – 00.30AM

9.30AM-8PM
ROUNDHOUSE
IDEAS LOUNGE
Get Involved Make your placard, sign up for Speakers Corner or just grab a coffee and a seat on the sofa and talk to fellow festival-goers about the issues that matter. (free with weekend or day tickets)

10AM-6PM
GALLERY
ART
Of All the People in All The World – Stan’s Cafe see Friday (free with weekend or day tickets)

10AM-7PM
COURTYARD
WORKSHOPS
Mala’s Hoops. Come along to a hooping workshop where you can relive the joy of the hoop from your childhood or maybe learn to hoop for the first time. Suitable for everyone, time to play! (free with weekend or day tickets)

VARIOUS COURTYARD ART
Artist in Residence: Inua Ellams see Friday (free with weekend or day tickets)

10.30-11.45AM (£10)
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
The Big Idea: why we do better when we are more equal
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett Authors of The Spirit Level have blown open debate about wealth and equality. They will make the case for why we all do better when we’re equal. Plus, poet/comedian Shane Solanki and Interrogate! artist in residence, Inua Ellams, respond!

11.55-12.15PM
ROUNDHOUSE
PODCAST
Hot topics live discussion – On the Sofa
Join us on the Interrogate! sofa for forty minutes of light hearted chat, performance and interviews. (free with weekend or day tickets)

12.15-1PM (£5)
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
The five new evils – mapping and gapping cause and effect Danny Dorling. Described by The Guardian as “geographer royal by appointment to the left”. He will lift the lid on the five new social evils in our society today – elitism, exclusion, prejudice, greed and despair.

1.10-1.55PM (£5)
UPPER GATEHOUSE
DEBATE
What price inequality? Peter Antonioni Crunching the numbers and chewing
the cud. Co-author of Economics for Dummies. Peter examines the extent to which money – or the relative lack of it – is the
root of all social evil.

12.15-1.45PM (£5)
GRIFFITHS
WORKSHOP
Song writing Natural Causes
Create instant songs (words and music) with the effervescent Natural Causes and perhaps have your song
performed at the Interrogate! Cabaret on Saturday night.

12.15-1PM (£3)
WELCOME CENTRE
WALK
Garden Tour Explore Dartington’s grounds and gardens.

2PM-3.50PM (£7)
BARN THEATRE
FILM
Kes [PG]
Director Ken Loach | UK 1970 | 1hr 50m Loach received international acclaim for this moving tale of a lonely
boy who finds a baby kestrel and decides to raise and train it.

1.15-1.45PM
GREAT HALL
THEATRE
The King
Attention Seekers a company in residence performs Peter Oswald’s play exploring the issue of inequality. (free with weekend or day tickets)

2PM-3PM (£5)
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
Mind the gap – exploring the impact of income inequality
Owen Jones, Naomi Eisenstadt, Andy Stranack, Max Wind-Cowie What’s the real cost of income inequality? Short, sharp inspirational provocations followed by a chance to have your say.

2PM-3.45PM (£5)
GRIFFITHS
WORKSHOP
Creative Writing Inua Ellams
Interrogate!’s artist in residence, Inua Ellams, leads a session on creative writing.

3.15-3.45PM
COURTYARD
SPEAKER’S CORNER
Have your say! Sign up at Roundhouse.

3.30PM-4.15PM
GREAT HALL
POETRY
100,000 Poets for Change ben Mellor, Jackie Juno, Inua Ellams and Lucy Lepchani. Just 4 of the 100,000 in this worldwide happening, with over 600 Events in 450 Cities in 95 Countries. (free with weekend or day tickets)

4PM-5PM (£5)
GRIFFITHS
DEBATE
Crime and [just?] punishment Caspar Walsh and Jean Abreu
Personal reflections from a writer and a choreographer whose work has taken them into close contact with the inequality issues around crime and imprisonment.

4PM-5PM (£5)
UPPER GATEHOUSE
DEBATE
Health, wealth & wellbeing: what’s the diagnosis doctor?
Dr Sarah Wollaston and Molly Mattingly Giving a 2011 diagnosis on links between health, wealth and wellbeing are MP for Totnes, Dr Sarah Wollaston, and the Mental Health Foundation’s Molly Mattingly.

4PM-5PM (£5)
BARN THEATRE
FILM
Poor Kids
This superb and heartbreaking documentary explores the harsh realities of growing up in poverty from the point of view of the children themselves. First shown on BBC1 in June, the film trended no.1 worldwide on Twitter, and led to questions being raised in Parliament.

4.45-5.15PM
COURTYARD
SPEAKER’S CORNER
Have your say! Sign up at Roundhouse. (free with weekend or day tickets)

5.15PM-6PM (£5)
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
The Film “Poor Kids”
Alison Garnham, brian Woods, Louise banfield Join the film makers and other guests including Alison Garnham from Child Poverty Action Group for a post-show discussion.

5.15-5.35PM
COURTYARD
THEATRE
The King
Attention Seekers a company in residence performs Peter Oswald’s play exploring the issue of inequality.

6PM-8PM
BARN THEATRE
FILM
Wasteland [U]
Director Lucy Walker | Documentary | UK/Brazil 2010 | Colour | 1hr 30m
On the edge of Rio de Janeiro, at the world’s largest landfill, photographer Vik Muniz captures the dignity and intelligence of the people who’ve created a thriving community. (free with weekend or day tickets)

6PM-7PM (£7)
UPPER GATEHOUSE
DEBATE
The Protest Song
Chris T-T and Theo Simon ª[Seize the Day] A lively discussion on the role of the protest song in the age of social media. Do they make any difference whatsoever and is anyone really listening?

6.15-6.45PM
ROUNDHOUSE
PODCAST
Hot topics live discussion – On the Sofa
Join us on the Interrogate! sofa for forty minutes of light hearted chat, performance and interviews. (free with weekend or day tickets)

7PM-8PM (£5)
STUDIO ONE
DANCE
Inside
Jean Abreu A dramatically intense exploration of violence, incarceration, solitude and hope within the prison walls, all set to a dramatic soundtrack by guitar/noise/glitch band 65daysofstatic, Inside was the dance hit of Edinburgh’s festival fringe last year. Please note latecomers cannot be admitted.

8PM-10PM (£7)
BARN THEATRE
FILM
In a Better World
Director Susanne Bier | Denmark 2010 | 1hr 50m Winner of the 2011 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, this drama follows a doctor who commutes between his home in an idyllic town and his work at an African refugee camp.

8PM-10PM
ROUNDHOUSE
OPEN SPACE
Have your say and vote with your feet!
Heard something you want to explore in more depth? Got an ideological itch you need to scratch? Open Space allows you to do just that: convene a session yourself, or join a group! (free with weekend or day tickets)

8.30-10.30PM (£15)
GREAT HALL
MUSIC
Spiers and boden
Figureheads of the English folk scene (and Bellowhead founders) will treat us to songs from their latest album Vagabond, as well as others that mine folk music’s fascination with inequality and injustice. “The finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene,” The Guardian.

11PM-1AM (£5)
STUDIO ONE
CABARET
Phrased & Confused presents The Interrogate! Cabaret
Inua Ellams, Natural Causes, Caspar Walsh, Chris T-T, Jackie Juno and Theo Simon ª[Seize the Day] plus surprise guests. Join us for an evening of late night word play, vocal trickery, comic truths and some good old fashioned fun. Hosted by Perrier Award winner Stuart Silver.

SUNDAY 25 SEPTEMBER, 10.00AM – 5.00PM

10AM-11AM
COURTYARD
SWAP SHOP
Instead of a Carboot
Bring something you want to swap and take away your own treasure. (free entry)

10AM-12.30
GRIFFITHS
CLOTHES SWAP
Drop off! Bring an item of clothing, tag it with its story and it may get picked for the fabulous catwalk show. (free entry)

10.30-11.30AM
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
Yes we can?
Rob Hopkins, Melissa benn, John Hamblin [Shekinah], ben Mellor and Mark Williamson. Some responses to income inequality How can us everyday folk take a stand against inequality? Four pithy provocations from big-hitting thinkers and activists. Plus your chance to have your say on how to make a difference. (free entry)

11.45-12.45
SHIP STUDIO
DEBATE
Food inequalities
Molly Conisbee [Soil Assoc] & Guy Watson [Riverford] ask the key question “Why is food considered a privilege, and not a right? (free entry)

11.30-12.30
PATCH OF GROUND
VIEW & DISCUSS
A Little Patch of Ground – Garden and Exhibition
Meet Encounters Arts and participants from this intergenerational, cross-cultural permaculture and performance project taking place on the Dartington Estate. (free entry)

11.30-12NOON
COURTYARD
SPEAKERS CORNER
Have your say! Sign up at Roundhouse.

11.55-12.20
GREAT HALL
THEATRE
Bunnies
bikeshed Theatre previews its November production of Keiran Lynn’s play, concerning a farmer’s radical attempt to restore his
land to its supposed former glory, and the differing reactions of his children.

12.15-1.45PM
UPPER GATEHOUSE
WORKSHOP
Creative writing
Caspar Walsh Are you ready to use your writing to bring difficult and challenging life experiences into the spotlight
to highlight issues of social and criminal justice?

12.30-1.30PM
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
Manifesto
Trade with fellow festival-goers the ideas Interrogate! has inspired in you, and the changes you want to make to how
you live your life. We’ll publish all these postcard pledges and words online, creating the 2011 Interrogate! Manifesto.

1.40-2PM
COURTYARD
CLOTHES SWAP
Fashion Show
Kathryn Trenshaw hosts a Fashion Show with a difference. See clothes and their stories on the catwalk – Barn Theatre if wet!

2PM
GRIFFITHS
CLOTHES SWAPPING
Let the mayhem begin & grab your fashion treasure!

2PM-4PM
BARN THEATRE
FILM
Boudu Saved from Drowning[PG] Director Jean Renoir | France 1932 | B&W | 1hr 25m
Remade in the 1980s as Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Renoir’s classic film tells the tale of a tramp saved by a bourgeois bookseller and invited into his home with surprising consequences…

2.PM-2.45
SHIP STUDIO
WORKSHOP
Protest Songs
Learn classic protest songs then join Dartington Community Choir in their performance

2.15-2.45PM
ROUNDHOUSE
PODCAST
Hot topics On the Sofa (See Saturday)

2.15-3PM
GREAT HALL
DEBATE
income equality in action
Mac Macartney Embercombe’s founder shares their vision and implementation of a deeper democracy, including income equality.

2.15-3.15PM
UPPER GATEHOUSE
WORKSHOP
Bridging divides
Encounters participatory arts projects bring people together from across cultural, social, economic and age divides for dialogue, exchange and action.

3.15-3.30PM
COURTYARD
Protest March Grab your placard, prepare to sing and join the crowd!

3.30-4.30PM
GREAT HALL
Protest Songs Dartington Community Choir
trade the classical repertoire to explore the history of the Protest Song. Expect familiar songs like you’ve never heard them before as well as a few unknown gems! A celebratory end to Interrogate!