September 04th – September 07th, 2025 • Brighton
Deaf-led Arts festival celebrating creativity.
Welcome Introduction in British Sign Language
Welcome.
I’d like to give a warm welcome and introduction to our Flare Wave website. Here is a chance to meet the team with members of the steering group. I’m thrilled to tell you about our festival event that we will be holding bi-annually. All information and updates of the program will be up on the website. Stay tuned!
Our Special Guests
International Guests
Wawa
Hip-Hop Recording Artist
Jamila & Amina Ouahid
Multi-Artist
Ryan Commerson
Head of Global Strategy
Con Mehlum
Director - Salt & Pepper
Michel Laubacher
Producer - Salt & Pepper
Britain Guests
Chris Fonseca
Co-Artist Director (Fuse Theatre)
Harry Jardin
Co-Artist Director (Fuse Theatre)
Naadem Islam
Associate Artist
Samantha Baines
Actress, Comedian and Author
John Walker
Associate Professor for BSL
Marios Costi
BSL Tutor
Zoë McWhinney
VV Performer
Ruth Montgomery
Musician and Artist
Chris Wright
Artist
Deepa Shastri
Deaf Theatre Creative
Hermon & Herods Berhane
Content Creators
Cathy Mager
Artistic Director
Ramesh Meyyappan
Theatre Maker
Louis Stern
Writer & Artist
Stephen Iliffe
Photographer (Deaf Mosaic)
Sarah Marsh
Author
Maral Mamaghanizadeh
Contemporary Visual Artist
Moona Mohammed
Event Host & MC
Stephen Collins
Event Host & MC
Edward Lovelace
Director (Me name Lawand)