The Hooligan Project: Screening and Discussion

Friday 28 February 2025, 6pm Cornubian Arts & Science Trust (CAST) 3 Penrose Road, Helston, Cornwall

Book your ticket here: https://castcornwall.art/entry/the-hooligan-project/

Tickets £5, booking essential (All money will go to Hooligan Art Community)

Liubov Sliusareva’s 25-minute documentary The Hooligan Project follows Ukrainian theatre group Hooligan Art Community as they work with young artists in Cornwall following their displacement to the UK by Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Commissioned by The Ladder for the Harbour Festival in September 2024, Hooligan Art Community developed an original piece of music-theatre with local 18-35 year olds at The Pearl Exchange in Bude, in response to the story of actor Simeon ‘Sam’ Kyslyi’s teenage years as a football hooligan. (Sam used to fight in brutal competitions against rival football supporters in the east of Ukraine, while at the same time studying to be an actor, covering his bruises with make-up before going on stage.)

The screening of the film will be followed by a discussion with Peter Cant, Artistic Director of Hooligan Art Community, Fliss Loxley, Managing Director of The Pearl Exchange, filmmaker Liubov Sliusareva, and participants involved in the project. It will open up a dialogue around how organisations and artists bring contemporary arts practices to communities, looking at the way in which The Hooligan Project bridges the gaps between participation, access and aspiration.

We would like to thank Helston CIC whose support has made it possible for Liubov Sliusareva to attend.