A MINI festival showcasing the talents of disabled artists through music, performance, comedy and film will take place at Stourbridge's Glasshouse Arts Centre later this month.

Events will be held at the Wollaston Road centre on Friday November 27 and Saturday November 28 as part of the Why? Festival, a new venture for the Black Country which explores new expressive performance work stemming from social oppression.

Friday's event Krip-Hop will feature thought-provoking performances by disabled hip hop artists/activists.

While Saturday's show One of Us Must Die explores through humour the discrimination faced by disabled people when it comes to matters of love.

The production stars Kiruna Stamell, an actress with dwarfism who appeared in Baz Lurhmann’s Moulin Rouge, Ricky Gervais’s Life’s Too Short, Eastenders and recently Giueseppe Tournatorre’s The Best Offer, and stand-up comedian Gareth Berliner, who has performed at festivals and comedy clubs across the UK and overseas before recently landing a role in Coronation Street.

Both shows run from 7.30 pm until 9.15pm and form part of the Why? Festival, which is being supported by Disability Arts Network and Black Country Touring and promoted by disability arts campaigner and singer/songwriter Robin 'Angryfish' Surgeoner.

Tickets cost £6 each night.

To find out more about the festival check out www.whyfestival.co.uk/ or contact the venue on 01384 399430.