A celebration to launch Joshua Sofaer: Performance | Objects | Participation ed. by Roberta Mock and Mary Paterson.

A performance lecture by Swiss artist Andrea Saemann

A screening of (re)collecting (f)ears, a film documenting a number of performances by the artist selina bonelli.

The launch of a new eBook by Dr Charlotte Cooper exploring fat activist language. The evening will feature  an interview with Charlotte, fat readings and a fat discussion.

A gathering to support ‘extreme performance artists’, considering strategies for managing safety, risk management, fees and techniques, and to support programmers and producers in understanding the specific needs of your work.

An Activation Day for migrants, people of colour and allies working in the cultural sector, aiming to connect and build a movement able to resist the government’s Hostile Environment Policy, and to work towards a cultural sector for us all to thrive.

LADA has curated a Bibliotheque and video review as part of the next iteration of Venice International Performance Art Week.

Part reading-group, part-film club, and part-social, Gut-Reactions returns for its newest series of Study Room Sessions at LADA.

Join us for LADA’s second annual Festive Fair on Sunday 8 December.

LADA is delighted to host the first UK screening of Self Portrait in 23 Rounds, a film about the work and life of David Wojnarowicz.

An event considering current social issues and alternative ways that artistic practices can offer with regard to creating new structures for relating and coexisting.

Come along to the launch of Social Art Publications for an evening of talks, readings & performances.

A day of provocations and discussions by Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic artists, leaders, academics and organisations, taking place in Manchester.

As part of the Study Room Residency undertaken by artist and researcher Jude Browning, the live event looks at notions of female vocality and expectations of formal public address and will begin with a new performance by Amelia Barratt.

This event marks the launch of two new titles by the artist Daniel Oliver.

LADA is thrilled to present Upside Down (2011) by Narcissister.

Against the backdrop of her provocative and inventive performance, Narcissister reflects on the personal impact of her mother’s illness and death.

The premiere of Nando Messias new performance work – ‘The Pink Supper’.

One of two events discussing the ways that solidarity can be organised and performed through the arts.

A fundraising gala to celebrate the Live Art Development Agency’s 20th Anniversary.

An evening in which some of LADA icons will present illustrated talks about their own icons from popular culture

An evening exploring the Live Art scenes in Switzerland.

This book attests to the rise of the rise of performance art in Latin America in the 1980s, in the context of feminism, HIV-activism, and human right movements.

An evening of short films and performance documentation by artists working around ritual, performance and queer futurity.

An event reflecting on new pedagogical models for performance art.

LADA is thrilled to present ‘Ex Nilalang (From Creature ~ From Creation)’ by multi-form artists Justin Shoulder and Bhenji Ra, Club Ate.

A two part event, featuring screenings, conversation and readings, looking at Australian Live Art.

Join us for a rare opportunity to explore the amazing network of community run gardens in Bethnal Green

To mark the launch of ‘Elastic City’ please join Todd Shalom on an improvised, participatory walk through Bethnal Green

An evening event in which first recipient Marcia Farquhar, hands over the baton to the second recipient, Stacy Makishi

A performance lecture by Swiss based Brazilian artist Ivy Monteiro

A project by Theatre of Research & LADA for Manchester International Festival 2019

Ouch screening programme is being shown at Ruimtevaart Den Haag, The Netherlands

Dr Duckie – aka Ben Walters – in a public explanation of his just-completed PhD on Duckie in the Community

Join us for a day of talks, conversations, actions and sharing at/across/against borders.

A rare UK appearance by Skip Arnold, a significant artist who works primarily in public, durational and/or behavioural actions and “activities”.

We invite you to share ideas about how we might build for future struggles to free art and artists from their dependency on the proceeds of toxic capitalism.

Something Other Live is a night of experimental writing and performance, in support of the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants.

Save the date for the launch of two new publications showcasing exciting possibilities of Live Art thinking and doing

An evening with artists readings of extracts from significant books held in LADA’s Study Room

LADA is thrilled to present ‘Soldier of Female’ by the visual and performance artist, filmmaker and musician Kembra Pfahler

A day of discussions around kickstarting and maintaining a Live Art practice

A screening of films and video artworks by the visual and performance artist, filmmaker and musician Kembra Pfahler

The evening of the joint launch hosts Ron Athey and Jennifer Doyle in conversation with Monica Pearl.

Launch at Arnolfini, Bristol, of the first book dedicated to Ron Athey’s work, Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey, edited by Dominic Johnson.

Launch at Tate Modern, London, of the first book dedicated to Ron Athey’s work, Pleading in the Blood: The Art and Performances of Ron Athey, edited by Dominic Johnson.

Launch of two new publications from LADA: Throwing the Body into the Fight: a Portrait of Raimund Hoghe edited by Mary Kate Connolly and While You Are With Us Here Tonightwritten by Tim Etchells.

Launch of Performance Matters, a three-year creative research project.