Join us for our Launch Event to start off the 12th year of the Bounce Festival. Experience dance routines from the classical Indian dance troupe Karma Kalakendram.

Grab some refreshments, mingle with our artists, and help us kick off the festival in style.

This will be an unmissable night in the relaxed and beautiful Roe Valley Arts and Cultural Centre in the heart of Limavady. In cabaret style, audiences will experience a magical collaboration of music and stories. Taking the stage are two of our most cherished local artists at the height of their professional careers, coming together for the first time on this special evening.

Ruth McGinley is a Derry girl who is known as one of Ireland’s most intriguing musicians. Ruth gained widespread recognition at a young age as one of Ireland’s leading pianists. Her free-spirited approach to music-making has seen her explore reflection and reconnection through music. 

Alice McCullough is a performance poet, writer, comedian, film-maker and disability rights advocate from Belfast. Alice brings warmth and humour to her unconventional poetry performances, and captivates audiences wherever she goes. Among her numerous accolades, Alice is a recipient of the Major Artist Award from The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

Soso Ní Cheallaigh (they/them) is a disability-led multidisciplinary maker from Derry. 

“De mo Neamhthoil a thánaig an crith orm”
“How does it feel 
to never truly be still?”

De mo Neamhthoil is part of Soso Ní Cheallaigh’s ongoing study on the chaos and disorder of their rare nervous system conditions. It responds to the essential tremor and involuntary contractions that convulse through their own body. 

This new site-specific work combines video installation with live intervention to explore self-documentation, bodily isolation, and our inherent human need to understand ourselves.

Supported by the European Dancehouse Network Carte Blanche Travel Award.

Mikhail Karikis is an artist based in London and Lisbon. He works in moving image, sound, performance and other media. This installation acts as an ode to the elements, expressing our entanglement with weather and celebrating our connection to the earth’s atmosphere. 

Karikis has worked with performers from diverse climates in order to create a soundscape that will transform Void into an indoor weather system generated through sound vibration and singing. He develops socially embedded projects that prompt an activist imaginary and the potential to imagine possible or desired futures of self-determination.

Join Mel Bradley and a cast of local artists for a vibrant cabaret celebration of queer, d/Deaf, disabled, and neurodivergent emerging talent in the Northwest. This event is born from an exciting new partnership between Foyle Pride and University of Atypical. It promises an unforgettable evening of performances that showcase the rich diversity of our community. 

Following the success of a sell-out show in Belfast, we asked Mel Bradley, “Could you bring that magic to Derry?” The answer was a resounding yes! So, don your best bling and get ready for a night that’s sure to be nothing short of spectacular.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, this event will not have Irish Sign Language interpretation. 

All who are weary and heavy-laden, I will give you rest is a sound and movement performance by Northern Lights Project exploring the theme of ‘burden’ as it relates to disability. Amble Skuse is a composer and sound artist from Scotland, and Boško Begović is a writer, martial and movement artist from Belgrade.

During the performance, audience members will be asked to lay what is burdening them into a stone, and give it to Boško to carry. The stones will range from gravel to boulders. Boško will symbolically take their burden from them and continue with his tasks. His costume will have a series of strangely placed pockets, and as he fills these his body will be unevenly weighted, unbalanced and uncomfortable. Body sensors on his suit control the mix of voices from interviews with disabled people.