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)