The Wardrobe Theatre

Sell out warning! The one-man band from Nagoya redefines live performance with kindergarten animalism and homemade instruments - from stilt-basses to balloon pipes, steel drums to typewriters, and crayon-core vocals that unify the glaze. Utterly unmissable FFO: Deerhoof, The Fiery Furnaces, David Byrne, Christmas cards from the asylum. With his simple concepts and playful presentation ICHI has universal appeal and tours extensively as a solo artist in Japan, the UK, Europe, and further afield.

Two vital conduits of French to English translation step out from behind the page to unpack their craft. With translator credits spanning from Houellebecq’s existential grit to Despentes’ punk provocation, they dissect the art of language migration - examining how the same sentence can shift through voice, tone, idiom and intent. It's the festival closer! A fascinating look into the translation process, moderated by Ros Schwartz and featuring two top-tier translators!

Sell out warning! A genuine master at work! NYC escapee turned mountain musicologist Bruce Molsky is lauded as “America’s reigning old time fiddler”, offering a transportative journey across Appalachian old-time, Delta blues and Celtic folk through early rural rarities & soul-filled originals. "One of the world's premier Appalachian-style fiddlers" - Bloomberg News

'Guitar, banjo, a wood stove and the wind': the credits for Cahalen Morrison’s last album say it all. With his haunting and poignant bluegrass, Cahalen could’ve scored the whole of Oh Brother Where Art Thou solo from a New Mexico shack. An insightful and poetic wordsmith and songwriter, a subtle and accomplished roots multi-instrumentalist, and a captivating singer.