The Obelisk Arena at the top of the hill overlooks the whole site and will provide a unique and perfect soundtrack to the weekend’s festivities.
The Word Arena will house an eclectic line-up of alternative, leftfield music. Please note, for everyone to have a fair vantage point, chairs will not be permitted inside this arena.
Fri 16th July
Richard HawleyWild BeastsSpecial Guests The FeelingAngus & Julia Stone Black MountainVillagersThe Kissaway TrailJonathan Jeremiah
The Sunrise Arena showcases the best of tomorrow’s biggest stars on the stage within the woods.
Fri 16th July
GirlsTokyo Police ClubLuna BelleThe Middle EastI Blame CocoLissieArno CarstensHolly MirandaDelta MaidKurran and The WolfnotesMatthew PSat 17th July
Archie Bronson OutfitFirst Aid KitLoneladyThe Lost LevelsLauren PritchardO ChildrenWhite Belt Yellow TagThe Hundred in the HandsMichael KiwanukaLupen Crook Active ChildSun 18th July
Darwin DeezThe Pains of Being Pure at HeartThese New Puritans Morning ParadeJesca HoopEgyptian Hip HopJoe WorrickerNadine Shah The Liberty Vessels
With the shimmering lake as a stunning backdrop The Lake Stage is an open air hub of rising stars handpicked by Radio 1 DJ and new music aficionado, Huw Stephens. A place for discovery and recognition The Lake Stage brings you the freshest new acts.
PLUS VERY SPECIAL GUEST APPEARING THURSDAY EVENING ON THE LAKE STAGE Nigel Kennedy
Fri 16th July
Everything Everything Islet Engine EarZ ExperimentEsben & The WitchThe Good Natured Alice GoldYuckY NiwlRose Elinor Dougall These GhostsAaron WrightEleanor LouSat 17th July
Frankie & The HeartstringsTeethNedryZun Zun EguiSweet BabooStandard FareBoycott MondayClare MaguireThe SupernovasThe CadsRachel FurnerSun 18th July
Beth Jeans Houghton Tom Williams & The BoatKelpeSamuel Chase WilderMitchell MuseumThe AgitatorSpectralsThe QuailsCevanneOnce the bands finish...
Gaggle (Sat)The Vinyl Vendettas DJ's (Sat)White Wedding DJs (Fri)Moshi Moshi DJs (Sun)
Laugh-out-loud entertainment from some of the cream of the comedy circuit. The Comedy Arena is one of the biggest draws of the weekend, bursting at the seams. Please note, for everyone to have a fair vantage point, chairs will not be permitted inside.
Emo Philips (Sun)Ardal O'Hanlon (Sat)Rich Hall (Sat)Tommy Tiernan (Fri)The Early Edition with Marcus Brigstocke, Andre Vincent & Guests (Sun)Phill Jupitus & Friends Improv Show (Fri)Stephen K. Amos (Fri)Kevin Eldon (Sat)Rufus Hound (Sun)Richard Herring (Sun)Mark Watson (Sun)Russell Kane (Fri)David O’Doherty (Fri)Andrew Lawrence (Sun)Jimeoin (Sat)Dominic Holland (Sat)Holly Walsh (Sun)Kevin Bridges (Sat)Josie Long (Sat)Sara Pascoe (Fri)Miles Jupp (Fri)Seann Walsh (Fri)Angelos Epithemiou (Sat)Terry Alderton (Sun)Micky Flanagan (Sat)Craig Campbell (Fri)Charlie Baker (Fri)Doc Brown (Fri)Mark OlverJoe BorAndi Osho (Sat)Marlon Davis (Sun)Abandoman (Sun)Simon Evans (Sun)Josh Widdicombe (Sat)Daniel Sloss (Fri)Latitude's New Act of the Year Award (Sat, Sun)Guilty Pleasures (Sat)Smash & Grab (Fri)Swap-A-Rama (Sun)
Titillation and torment from the cream of Europe's cabaret acts. If you want to experience something entirely different then seek out Latitude’s quirky den of mischief and mayhem; the Cabaret Arena.
Duckie (Sat)The Razzle (Fri)Pick of the Pleasance (Fri)The Crack (Sun)Laura Solon (Sun)Idiots Of Ants (Sat)The Al Pitcher Picture Show (Sat)Colin Hoult (Fri)Cardinal Burns (Fri)Golden Lizard (Sat)Tom Basden (Fri)Frisky & Mannish (Sat)Deborah Frances-White (Sun)Pros From Dover (Fri)Richard Dedomenici (Fri)Fancy Chance (Sat)Dusty Limits (Sat)Funny Women Awards Showcase (Fri)And the Devil May Drag You Under (Sun)Cartoon de Salvo presents Pub Rock (Fri)Vikki Stone and the Flashbacks (Sat,Sun)Ophelia Bitz (Sun)Showstopper! ‘The Improvised Musical’ (Sun)Desmond O’Connor (Sat)The New Year ClubThe la de dahs (Sun)The Midnight Beast (Sat)Jimmy McGhie (Sun)Fergus Craig (Fri, Sat)Jessica Ransom (Sun)Chris Ramsey (Fri)Lee Kern (Fri)Delete The Banjax (Sun)Rosie Wilby (Sun)Ward and White’s Karaoke Circus (Sat)Sounds Familiar Music Quiz (Sat)Musical Bingo (Sun)
With the involvement of the country’s leading theatre companies, Latitude has established itself as one of the best theatre festivals in Europe. We are very pleased to announce special premieres just for Latitude denoted by the asterisks.
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents The 13 Midnight Challenges of Angelus Diablo (Thur, Sat)The Opera Group & London Sinfonietta present Into The Little Hill (Sun)Bush Theatre presents The Great British Country Fete (Sat,Sun)The Lyric presents The Dream* (Fri)Lyric presents The Island (Sat)Paines Plough & Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse present Tiny Volcanoes by Laurence Wilson (Sat,Sun)Company Of Angels/Northern Stage present Apples by Richard Milward (Fri&Sat)English Touring Theatre presents Lovesong (Fri,Sat)Les Enfants Terribles presents The Vaudevillains* (Thur, Fri)Soho Theatre presents The Experiment (Sun)Birmingham Repertory Theatre presents 8SIXTEEN32 (Sun)nabokov presents It's About Time (Thur,Fri)Theatre503 present PLAYlist*(Sun) and Epic*(Fri,Sun)Red Shift Theatre Company presents The Invisible Show (Fri,Sat,Sun)Daniel Kitson 'It's Always Right Now. Until It's Later'Cartoon de Salvo presents Pub Rock (Fri)Duke Special (Fri)NSDF 'The Wind In The Willows' (Fri, Sun)Shatterbox Theatre Company (Fri,Sat)Tangled Feet - Undercover (Sat, Sun)Bad Physics - Pitching In (Sat,Sun)Perennial Theatre Company presents The Show Of The Night (Sat)The Stage Competition Winners: Millie & Tillie (Fri)Circus Space
Not to be constrained by the confines of the arena, theatre can be found throughout the Latitude site, on the banks of the lake and deep within the woods.
Lyric presents A Midsummer Night's Dream* (Sat)Royal Shakespeare Workshop : Fighting Talk! (Fri,Sun)The Factory Theatre (Sat)Mouth To Mouth presents The Comedy Of ErrorsNSDF 'The Wind In The Willows' (Fri, Sun)Royal Shakespeare Workshop : Fighting Talk! (Fri,Sun)Perennial Theatre Company presents The Show Of The Night (Sat)Eyebrow Productions (Sat,Sun)Box of Tricks presents True Love Waits (Fri,Sun)Cambridge Touring Theatre (Fri)The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra (Sun)
The waterside stage hosts open-air performances.
Sadler’s Wells present: Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake Act II (Sat,Sun)Sadler's Wells ~ BalletBoyz the TALENT present Torsion (Sat)Sadler's Wells ~ ZooYouth (Sun)Sadler's Wells present Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui's 'Faun' (Sat,Sun)Daniel Kitson and Gavin Osborn present Stories For The Starlit Sky (Fri,Sat,Sun)Derevo present Wolves‘ Tango (Sat)Ballet Black (Fri)Hair the Musical ~ An excerpt (Sun)DryWrite (Fri,Sat)Central St. Martins and Chelsea College of Art Fashion Graduate Shows (Fri)Coco De Mer Presents Circus Child with Victoria Grant (Fri)La Belle Reve (Thur,Fri,Sun)NSDF 'The Wind In The Willows' (Fri, Sun)
Award winning shorts, silent films, art, and visuals, stylishly accompanied by live music, dancers and DJ's.
The vast majority of films will be rated 15.
The Passion of Joan of Arc with live score from Adrian Utley and Will Gregory (Sun) BAFTA Q&A with Paul Greengrass (Sat)BAFTA presents: Four Lions screening plus Chris Morris Q&A (Fri)BAFTA presents:Q&A with cast members from The Inbetweeners (Sun)The Rime of The Modern Mariner (with Anthony Rossomando,Didz Hammond,Rose Elinor Dougall) (Sun)MARK LAMARR presents GOD'S JUKEBOX with Geno Washington,The Jim Jones Revue,Skatroniks Jamaica,Noel McKoy&The Mummers (Sat)Future Cinema presents: The Blues Brothers with Kitty, Daisy and Lewis plus special guests (Fri)Steve Mason (Sun)Riz MC presents MICroscope (Fri)Joby Talbot (Sat)Martin Creed & his Band (Thurs)Screening of Oil City Confidential and Q&A with Julien Temple (Sun)James Rhodes (Fri)AmiinaAdam Buxton presents BUG (Sun)Aldeburgh Music's Faster Than Sound (Fri)Birds Eye View (Sat)BAFTA: Short FilmsNoise of Art’s UFO: Rendlesham Incident (Fri)Modern Toss (Sun)Popcorn Comedy (Sat)TAQWACORE: The Birth Of Punk Islam (Fri)Soulboy (film) (Sat)Let The Right One In (Sun)Curzon Docdays present : When You're Strange (A Film about The Doors) (Sat)‘The One & Only Herb Maguire’ (Fri)London Short Film FestivalComma Shorts
Poetry and comedy alongside Hip Hop, slam poets, bizarre raconteurs, spoken word, lyricism, storytelling, rappers, and much much more.
Wendy Cope (Fri)John Cooper Clarke (Sun)Blake Morrison (Sun)Psycho PoeticaLuke Wright (Thur,Fri,Sat,Sun)Jacob Polley (Sun)Martin Newell (Fri)Spoken Word All StarsWordTheatre presents David Soul reading Pablo Neruda WordTheatre presents Amber TamblynEddie Argos (Fri)Daljit NagraMatt AbbottLaura Dockrill and the Word OrchestraTHePETEBOXAngry Sam (Fri, Sat, Sun)Brigitte Aphrodite (Fri, Sat)Byron Vincent (Thur, Fri, Sun)Chris HicksClare Pollard (Fri, Sat)Dean ParkinHannah Walker (Fri, Sun)Helen MortThe Fake ThackraysInua Ellams (Fri, Sun)Rhian Edwards (Fri, Sat, Sun)Joe Dunthorne (Sat, Sun)John Osborne (Thur, Sun)Kate Tempest (Fri, Sat)Richard Tyrone Jones (Sat, Sun)Kriss Foster (Fri, Sat, Sun)Martin Figura (Thur, Fri, Sat)Molly Naylor (Fri, Sat, Sun)Musa Okwonga (Fri, Sun)Niall O’Sullivan (Fri, Sat, Sun)Paul Lyalls (Fri, Sat)The Dead PoetsEl CrisisJoel Stickley (Fri, Sat, Sun)Joshua Idehen (Fri, Sat, Sun)Matt Harvey (Thur, Fri)Ross Sutherland (Fri, Sat, Sun)Steve LarkinTim Clare (Fri, Sat, Sun)Tim Turnbull Sabrina Mahfouz (Thur, Fri)Heather PhillipsonAlex Gwyther (Thur, Fri,Sat)Hollie McNish (Fri, Sat)Michelle Madsen (Sat, Sun)Anna Freeman (Fri, Sun)Will Averill (Fri, Sat)Simon Mole (Sat, Sun)Rosy Carrick (Thur, Fri)Sam Riviere (Sat, Sun)
Like all good books, the Literary Arena will transport you to the far reaches of your imagination guided by the storytelling talents of the very best authors and special guests scheduled for the weekend.
Robin Ince's Book Club (Thur,Fri,Sat,Sun)WordTheatre (Thur, Fri, Sat)5x15 with Zoe Margolis, Tristram Stuart, Craig Brown, Gavin Pretor-Pinney & Michela Wrong (Sun)Hanif Kureishi (Sat)Bret Easton Ellis (Sat)Sebastian Faulks (Sun)Adam Foulds (Fri)The Mark Thomas Community Pub Quiz (Fri)Jeremy Hardy (Sat)Identity - Billy Bragg, Mark Thomas & Jez Butterworth (Fri)The Evening Edition with Marcus Brigstocke & Andre Vincent (Sat)Jon Ronson (Fri)Peter Hook interviewed by Keith Allen (Sun)Julie Burchill & Garry Mulholland (Sat)Arthur Smith - An Evening with Daphne Fairfax (Fri)Howard Jacobson (Thur)Richard Herring (Sun)Natasha Walter (Sun)Jon McGregor (Sun)Samantha Harvey (Fri)Philippa Perry (Sat)Jackie KayMark Watson(Sun)David Aaronovitch (Fri)Miles IrvingPeter Owen-Jones (Fri)Robert Forster (Thur)Scarlett Thomas (Sat)China Miéville (Sat)D.J. Taylor (Sun)Rachel Trezise (Sat)Steven Machat (Sun)Mike Gayle & Jojo Moyes (Sun)Emily Woof (Sun)Katharine Hibbert (Sun)Jim Bob (Sun)Olly Hicks (Fri)Emily Woof (Sun)Bruno Vincent (Sat)Craig Taylor (Sat)Jennie Rooney (Thur)Jane Bussmann (Fri)Anthony Cartwright (Sat)Louise Stern (Thur)Pappy's (Fri)Josh Widdicombe (Sat)Wendy WatsonJames Acaster Mark OlverRoisin ConatyJoel DommettJoe Bor
Discussions, Q & As, stories and comic genius are the order of the day for these talks and readings with a difference.
Pandora’s Playground will again have all manner of side shows, interactive art, dance troupes and theatre. Pure uninhibited fun.
Red Shift Theatre Company presents The Invisible Show (Fri,Sat,Sun)Forest FringeThe Faraway Fashion StudioThe New Year ClubFaery CruiseNathan Evans Art TourDance EastEnterPlayAfter the BeepAdvice Booth iConfess BoothSchool Sports DayPantheonic Empire’s presents ZebraworldLove Calculator We Are Words + PicturesDuckie's Pop-up Mask WorkshopHarp For Hangovers Native FacesLook Left Look Right: The Booth ProjectDavid’s Glamour mask workshop Famous Last WordsThe Medicine Shop presents (ex)sightingMimi PoskittScrabble Sunday
At sundown this secret place will transform into a den of magical intrigue. Indulge your darkest desires and set free any inhibitions as you lose yourself in its darkest depths.
Royal Opera House - Pleasure's Progress (Fri,Sat,Sun)The School Of Life: Plato's Symposium (Sat)The Masked Ball ~ Duckie (Sat)The Masked Ball ~ Les Enfants Terribles (Sat)The Masked Ball hosted by Johnny Blue Eyes (Sat)The Dialogue Project present Intimate ConversationsHigh TideHarp For Hangovers The Mystery Fax Machine Orchestra (Sun) The Faraway Forest decor by Imogen Hammond
With its big bad sound system filling a stunning woodland setting, four nights of great music and non-stop dancing you'll find the DJ's like the crowd - hands in the air and loving it!
PLUS VERY SPECIAL GUEST APPEARING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT Tom Jones performs 'Praise & Blame'
Warming up for Tom Jones will be Les Clochards
