Freestylers open their doors to the public after a year of R&D.
Freestylers welcome you into the studio to share a new film work, live performance and workshop. Come and take part in as much or as little as you feel like on the day. This period of research and development has been supported by Arts Council England and Siobhan Davies Studios.
‘Hi everyone, we are so excited to share our new work with you. It will change your life forever and make all your wildest dreams come true.’
Roland Carline, Freestylers Director
Freestylers are a team of people who have longstanding creative relationships built on care, support and trust. As the team is made up of people with and without disability they often interrogate the idea of care in the knowledge that it goes both ways.
In the Roof Studio
Tickets
Pay what you choose
£5 / £8 / £12
Free tickets for Support Workers, Carers and PAs
You can book in advance, or come on the day. Tickets will be available on the door.
This is a relaxed event. You can come and go as you need.
There will be a designated Quiet Space in the building.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Freestylers
Freestylers (previously Depford Freestylers) is made of a team of people who have longstanding creative relationships built on care, support and trust. We believe that everyone in our group is powerful, so we are passionate about finding ways to break down conventional power structures and share ownership of our work. We want to celebrate individuals but challenge individualism in the arts.
Freestylers provide a space where people can be seen if they choose to be, and become a part of a wider cultural conversation about race, class, identity, and gender which is shaping the future.
We use performance and film in our workshops to look for new and inclusive ways to communicate. We work in gallery spaces in the context of performance art. We want our spaces to feel relaxed and intimate. We want our audiences to be able to come and go, shout and make noise, and to join us when they want to.
ACCESS AND AMENITIES AT SDS
Siobhan Davies Studios is mostly accessible, with lifts to all floors. There are two accessible parking spaces available on site which can be booked in advance. Blue Badge parking is also available nearby on West Square and Garden Row (for a full map visit the Southwark Council website). Our main door is power assisted.
Amenities include:
- Changing facilities*
- Communal showers*
- Toilets / wheelchair accessible toilets
- Kitchen: tea and coffee making, fridge, and microwave
- Snack Bar: We have a small selection of bars, drinks and food available to buy from the front desk.
- Shops: The closest shop is Superway Supermarket on Garden Row (4 min walk), the closest supermarket is Sainsbury’s on New Kent Road (7 min walk). We also recommend the Art Cafe which serves sandwiches, jacket potatoes and meals (3 min walk).
* Our changing facilities and showers are not fully accessible. Our closest publicly available and fully accessible changing facility is at The Castle Centre, a leisure centre 0.3 miles away from the studios. You can find full details of their features here.