Drumming is a basic human instinct crossing all musical traditions and cultures and, importantly, social classes. Flash Bang Wallop imagines and recreates the early memories and self-perceptions of drummers in a series of portraits featuring some of the most iconic players of the past fifty years.

Anyone can learn to drum without owning a drum-kit. Photographer Chris Payne’s portraits of selected drummers from a range of musical backgrounds will explore their childhood memories of first-beats; intended to inspire young people to pick up sticks and learn about the rhythms that connect us as humans. It’s the musical equivalent of "jumpers for goalposts".

Join Art and Design Historian, Jennifer Little for a tour of this exhibition. This tour will be led solely in British Sign Language with no spoken English. Attendees are welcome to join Jennifer after the tour for an informal BSL discussion in the cafe-bar.