Performance

COMEDY (Friday)
Mark Steel’s in Town
In a special show for Interrogate!, Mark will shed comic light on Dartington and the themes of the festival – social justice and income inequality.

MUSIC (Saturday)
Spiers & Boden
Figureheads of the English folk scene and Bellowhead founders Spiers and Boden will treat what’s bound to be a capacity crowd to songs from their latest album Vagabond and others that mine folk music’s fascination with inequality and injustice. “The finest instrumental duo on the traditional scene,” The Guardian.

DANCE (Saturday)
Jean Abreu presents Inside
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 will not be admitted.

SPOKEN WORD (Friday)
Phrased & Confused – Phrased, Confused & Angry!
Exploring the fertile ground which sits somewhere between music, lyrics and poetry, Ben Mellor, Shane Solanki and Yusra Warsama create three new works inspired by the theme of protest.

CABARET (Saturday)
Phrased & Confused presents The Interrogate! Cabaret
Join us for an evening of late night word play, vocal trickery, comic truths and some good old fashioned fun! Featuring Inua Ellams, Natural Causes, Casper Walsh, Chris T-T and Theo Simon – plus some surprise guests. Hosted by Perrier Award nominee Stuart Silver.

MUSIC (Sunday)
Dartington Community Choir: Protest Songs
The acclaimed 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!

PERFORMANCE (Sunday)
A Sharing by the participants of the Cardboard Citizens workshop.

PODCAST (Saturday, Sunday)
On the Sofa!
Join us on the Interrogate! sofa for forty minutes of light hearted chat, performance and interviews.