Normal? 2018

Normal? Festival of the Brain brings science and art together over four days to delve into and question the brain. This year, we’re looking at rest and sleep, grief and loss, love and perception and exploring ways to pay attention, delight in difference and make ourselves more resilient.

Normal? Festival of the Brain is co-curated by Living Words, Folkestone Quarterhouse and Folkestone Fringe with input from the local community.

Please click here to download this year's programme

You can enjoy as many Normal? Festival of the Brain events as you like by purchasing a £40 festival pass. Many events have a limited capacity so please book in advance (even for free events and even if you have a festival pass) online or by calling the box office on 01303 760750.

Keep up to date and find out more about Normal? 2018 by following us on Twitter @BrainFestUK #Normal18

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10 May 2018 : Art

wordplay: the emoji-con
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10 May 2018

Talking Life On Tour
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10 May 2018

rest booth
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10 May 2018

Normal? 2018 festival launch
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10 May 2018 : Performance

Ugly Chief
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11 May 2018 : Art

good grief
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11 May 2018

Participate Pop-Up Cafe
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11 May 2018 : Art

Charlie Murphy From Skin to Mind, parts 1-2 (work in progress)
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11 May 2018

HELLO HAIR
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11 May 2018

A Walk Through Dementia
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11 May 2018

Jim Lockey: BOAT
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11 May 2018

Profiles in Paint & Handling by Charles Harrison
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11 May 2018

Living with Autism: Roundtable
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11 May 2018

Lucy Thane: Draw Your Own Reality
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11 May 2018

Living with Autism: Problem Solving
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11 May 2018

Perceiving Differently
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11 May 2018

Dementia Friends
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11 May 2018

Playing A/Part: Women & Autism
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11 May 2018

Bake Tell Tarts
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11 May 2018

Perceptions of Frontotemporal Dementia
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11 May 2018

Swearing is Good for You
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11 May 2018 : Sound

Nwando Ebizie: Intimacy / Tingle / Sound
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11 May 2018

Pint of Science Beautiful Mind
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12 May 2018

Morning Meditation
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12 May 2018

James Middleton: My Space
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12 May 2018

SICK! Fest Zine
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12 May 2018

Mindful Macrame
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12 May 2018

Rayya Ghul: The Diamond Inside Us
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12 May 2018

Dr. David Whitebread Children’s Free Play
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12 May 2018

Philip Cowell: Street Wisdom
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12 May 2018

Eyegazing with Faith Warn
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12 May 2018

Love and Other Devices
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12 May 2018

Film Shorts Double Bill
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12 May 2018

Avni Trivedi Rest and the Body: Moving Through Loss
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12 May 2018 : Sound

The Beat of Our Drums
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12 May 2018

Hair Show (& Tell)
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12 May 2018

Helen Thomson: Unthinkable
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12 May 2018 : Performance

Francesca Martinez: What the **** is Normal?
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12 May 2018 : Sound

The Fish Police + support
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12 May 2018 : Sound

Bedtime Stories
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12 May 2018 : Performance

Sleep Over
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13 May 2018

Morning Meditation
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13 May 2018

Holding On Letting Go
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13 May 2018

My Head Hurts
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13 May 2018

What Goes on in Your Head?
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13 May 2018

Sleep Disorder
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13 May 2018

Patterns of Trauma
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13 May 2018

Write Your Own Obituary
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13 May 2018

Can the Arts Save Us?
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13 May 2018

Who’s Challenging Who?
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13 May 2018

Stacy Makishi: Killing Time
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13 May 2018

Caroline Horton & Co: All of Me (work in progress)
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13 May 2018 : Sound

Anil Sebastian: Mesonoxian
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13 May 2018 : Performance

LOVE BOX
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