We are delighted to welcome British theatre maker, comedian and founder of Touretteshero Jess Thom to open No Limits Festival with her key note speech on pushing the limits of inclusivity.

The opening night will also include talks from our incredible line up : Willemijn Haasken (Het Nationale Theater / HNT Onbeperkt), Jennifer Cosgrave (The British Council), Ieder(in) (De Week van de Toegankelijkheid), Fabian Pikula (Creative Access Lab) and last but not least a poetry performance by Boaz Blume.

A STET debut in our first Catalan performance, Els Àngels no tenen fills spreads light on one of those issues that don’t seem to exist until someone starts talking about it out loud – sexual and reproductive rights of people with functional diversity. This is Theater of Testimony that raises questions that many might not have asked until now. What makes one part of the community believe that it is more valid than another for motherhood/fatherhood?

A hilarious game show where each game represents a different disability, giving kids and grown ups the chance to learn about Autism and Cerebral Palsy among others. Host Benny Shakes invites the audience to help join in the games, while the panellists battle it out to come up trumps, in a show where disadvantage is an advantage!

Explore making theatre in a relaxed, participant-led and fun way. This interactive drama workshop was thoughtfully crafted for inclusivity. From deaf and hard-of-hearing participants to able-bodied persons and wheelchair users, people from all backgrounds and abilities can join as long as they share the love for theatre. Everyone is welcome!

Nathan Jesper has flown in for his big talk and is desperately late. Upon arriving, he launches into his speech but things are soon found to not be what they seem.

Written and performed by Deaf performing artist Chris Dodd, Deafy blends ASL, the spoken word, and captions, to weave a tragicomedy that deals with deafness, community, and what it really means to belong.

CONTENT WARNING: contains strong language, mentions of bullying and suggestion of suicide.

Kitchen’s Light is a group of performers who give their own presentations in their native language, Dutch Sign Language (NGT). Kitchen’s Light was founded in 2019, after a series of workshops by spoken word artist Elten Kiene. The group brings ‘signed word’ performances, individually or collectively, in freestyle pieces, classical sign poetry and ‘visual vernacular’ (an ‘own’ form of presentation of sign languages). Story telling and sign dancing (songs and music translated into sign language) are also in the repertoire.

In a world where beauty and perfect pictures blur the image of reality, Speels Collectief pulls the ideal image from its pedestal. In Usually I’m on Top, prevailing norms of femininity and sexuality are questioned. Vulnerable and grotesque, in words and bodies, seven women take you into their experiences and desires. In a search for a new morality (or no… the absolute rejection of it) we arrive at ‘what she really really wants’.

CONTENT WARNING: explicit language and images of intimacy.