Pecs, the all female drag king collective, are some of our heroes. Ever since the project began in 2013, we’ve wanted to know more. After their sell-out run of The 80s show last month, we got in touch and finally got to ask them all about their world. Through all singing and all dancing shows…
We caught up with Brother Portrait, Equal Echo and SE Dub Collective ahead of our launch.
A lot of the time, DIY projects running on small budgets can end up approaching things in the most interesting ways. Without a centralised team filming and recording Brainchild Festival 2016, we launched a new project with filmmaker Sam Boullier and producer Zoe Hunter-Gordon – ‘BCTV2‘ – where 12 filmmakers were invited to the festival to make films…
No matter where we are or what we’ve been up to, in our own way we are all grappling with the twists and turns of 2016. And whilst there are plenty of insightful, critical roundups of to read about what’s gone on, we thought we’d accompany these with our own list; a celebration of all…
With just under a week to go before our party with Brazilian collective Sonido Tropico, we asked two of our DJs for the night to give us a taste of what’s to come.
We spoke to our fantastic puppeteering friend, Alicia of Wondering Hands about their new show ‘Sex and Puppets’ which we’re showing on Sunday
Emily Motto is a dreamy, curly haired babe with a penchant for flour and playdough. There are probably very few materials, however weird, that Emily can’t turn into a beautiful sculpture, if she tries.
We have always known Sophie Molyneux as an exuberant, eccentric girl, with a pretty mad sense of style. It wasn’t until her ‘Avocado bums’, however, that I realised she is an incredibly talented maker, too.
Lover of all things crass and bright, Josie Tucker has been on the Brainchild team since day one. We ask her about her work in illustration, design and animation, who inspires her and the ideas behind Brainchild’s branding this year.
We find out more about the dance music scene in Brazil, and what Sonido Trópico have in store for us this year…