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• Laura Kenyon x Centre 151: During the pandemic domestic abuse related arrests
have risen by 24% and put thousands of women in unsafe living situations in
complete isolation. This project will work with women who have experienced

domestic abuse to create a ‘handbook’ using movement and improvisations to
empower them to tell their story in their own voices.

• Rhubarb Theatre and Addy Farmer x Lincolnshire County Council and SHINE
Network: Lincolnshire has a devastatingly high rate of male suicide, which has
worsened during the pandemic. This project aims to bring awareness and open

dialogue by working with Shine, a mental health organisation, to create a series of
resources for adults, schools, and children to help encourage dialogue about

depression and suicidal thoughts. DISRUPT will host an animation for schools
created by Rhubarb Theatre, as well a selection of resources.

• Maya Productions x Darnall Wellbeing x Ignite Imaginations x Roshni
Sheffield Inspired by Maya’s new musical, ‘Benny and the Greycats’ which tells the

story of an Anglo-Indian family moving from South India to Sheffield, this project will
work with an over 50s South Asian and ethnically diverse group in Sheffield. The

project will focus on providing participants with new skills and respite from the
constraints of COVID-19 through memory sharing, music, art and theatre-making.

• Breakfast Club x The Magpie Project: The restrictions which are in place because
of the pandemic have had a devastating impact on the lives of many, but in

particular on the community of mothers which the Magpie Project supports, who are
suffering from temporary or insecure housing. Over five weeks, Breakfast Club will

work with Magpie mothers to produce a series of sonic postcards in response to
material developed by the mothers in workshops, which will include instrumental

improvisations, spoken word, field recordings and moments captured during
workshop conversations.

• Tickets are available on a pay-what-you-can basis and are available to purchase

from disruptfestival.org

Full details of the festival line up will be announced in due course.

Guildhall School of Music & Drama is provided by the City of London Corporation.