What's On At Anglia Ruskin Spring 2017

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Welcome to Anglia Ruskin Arts THEATRE I VISUAL ARTS I MUSIC This Anglia Ruskin What’s On brochure is a guide to the wide variety of arts events and activities that take place on Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge campus or involve our students and staff elsewhere in the city.

This includes the eclectic programme of shows at the Mumford Theatre, our oncampus professional theatre, which each season presents a range of professional touring, student and local amateur productions.

Situated within the heart of the School of Art, the Ruskin

Gallery provides an excellent space for exhibiting both digital and traditional artworks.

The Ruskin Gallery enormously enriches the cultural life of our University’s staff and students – an experience which we are delighted to share with the wider community.

The Department of Music and Performing Arts delivers a series of impressive concerts and productions throughout the year. This notably includes weekly free lunchtime concerts which take place at the Mumford Theatre. Anglia Ruskin’s orchestras and vocal

ensembles also perform regularly at venues across the city.

We invite you to enjoy the array of arts events we have to offer here at Anglia Ruskin University, which celebrate the diversity found on our campus.

If you wish to keep up to date with these exciting performances, exhibitions and concerts please register your interest at www.anglia.ac.uk/arts Read on to find out more about What’s On this season.

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YOUR LOCAL THEATRE Situated in the heart of Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge campus, the Mumford Theatre is a university theatre presenting a range of touring professional, local community and student theatre as well as music concerts.

With an excellent tiered seating arrangement, the Mumford Theatre is able to boast an enviable reputation for offering a good view from all 270 of its seats. There is a strong tradition of theatre at Anglia Ruskin University and staff and students are consistently involved in various productions at venues across the city.

To find out more about the various music concerts taking place at the Mumford Theatre and elsewhere, please see the Music sections for full details.

For more information and to book tickets please visit: www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre or phone the Box Office on 01223 352932 (Monday to Friday, 2.00 - 5.00pm)

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Anglia Ruskin University has a commitment to improving and expanding our community engagement and the Mumford Theatre plays a central role in this.

The Mumford Theatre aims to present shows that engage, stimulate the imagination, challenge expectations and, of course, entertain.

We invite our local community and our students to an exciting range of quality theatre productions at affordable prices, and for local schools we offer group prices on selected performances.

Due to the physical arrangement of the theatre, and in the interests of other members of the audience, we do not encourage bringing children younger than 3 years old to the theatre.

THEATRE & DANCE Anglia Contemporary Theatre DOPPELGÄNGER & BERNARDA ALBA Friday 13 & Saturday 14 January, 7.30pm Anglia Contemporary Theatre BLOOD WEDDING & UPWARDLY DOWN Friday 20 & Saturday 21 January, 7.30pm William Harvey Theatrical Society THE CLINICAL TRIALS OF HERCULES Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 January, 7.30pm IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS Wednesday 1 February, 7.30pm Bodywork Company STREETS AHEAD Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 February, 7.30pm Box Of Tricks Theatre Company NARVIK Tuesday 14 February, 7.30pm

European Arts Company CHEKHOV’S SHORTS Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 February, 7.30pm Icarus Theatre Collective HAMLET Monday 27 & Tuesday 28 February, 7.30pm Théâtre Sans Frontières HEAVEN EYES Saturday 4 March, 7.00pm Nora NORA INVITES Monday 13 March, 7.30pm Dom Coyote and the Bloodmoneys SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD Wednesday 15 March, 7.30pm Young Actors Company ROMEO & JULIET/MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 March, 7.00pm Theatrical Niche Ltd METAMORPHOSIS Monday 27 March, 7.30pm

Evangelia Kolyra 10,000 LITRES Wednesday 29 March, 7.30pm Bodywork Company CHILDREN OF EDEN Thursday 20 April, 7.30pm Friday 21 April, 7.30pm Saturday 22 April, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Cambridge Drama Festival CAMBRIDGE DRAMA FESTIVAL 2017 Monday 24 – Saturday 29 April, 7.30pm Hijinx Theatre MEET FRED Tuesday 2 May, 7.30pm Anglia Opera PAUL BUNYAN Friday 26 & Saturday 27 May, 7.30pm Anglia Contemporary Theatre HAPPY ENDINGS Tuesday 30 May – Thursday 1 June, 7.30pm

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Anglia Contemporary Theatre DOPPELGÄNGER & BERNARDA ALBA Friday 13 & Saturday 14 January, 7.30pm A double-bill of theatre inspired by people and places. Doppelgänger is an original piece of music and physical theatre devised by the company and inspired by the works of Dostoyevsky, Gogol and Tolstoy, in particular The Double and The Overcoat; two exceptionally moving tales about poor and much-ridiculed St. Petersburg officials.

Themes of helplessness, victimisation and scandal run throughout these small masterpieces of the form, two of the most significant short stories from two of the most influential novelists in history.

Bernarda Alba is a music theatre piece with words and music by Michael John LaChiusa. Originally produced in 2006 by New York’s Lincoln Center Theatrer, this work is based on Federico Garcia Lorca’s masterpiece The House of Bernarda Alba. Set in a small village in rural Spain, in the 1930s, this piece explores the religious and socio-economic themes of the time, featuring a rich dramatic counterpoint as well as flamencosounding rhythms.

These performances will be assessed work by Anglia Ruskin University’s 2nd year Drama & Performing Arts students.

Tickets: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions, £5.00 Anglia Ruskin student/child)

Anglia Contemporary Theatre BLOOD WEDDING & UPWARDLY DOWN Friday 20 & Saturday 21 January, 7.30pm A double-bill of theatre inspired by people and places. Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding is a masterpiece of twentieth-century theatre.

Desire, repression, ritual, and the constraints of the rural Spanish community are at the heart of this classic tragedy. Upwardly Down is a visual experimentation with tea, technology and poetry taking us into the heart of Afghan refugee life in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Ambitious and creative refugee youth have taken to writing poetry to tell their story as a group and to improve their prospects for a better life.

These performances will be assessed work

by Anglia Ruskin University’s 2nd year Drama students.

Tickets: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions, £5.00 Anglia Ruskin student/child)

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Written and directed by Adrian Berry IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS Wednesday 1 February, 7.30pm Adrian Berry’s acclaimed production tells the tale of a young David Bowie obsessive.

Martin is a boy with problems - an illness noone understands and a head full of sound and vision. So when an unexpected gift arrives on his birthday, Martin embarks on a thrilling journey in the footsteps of his obsession, leading him to discover some long-hidden truths about himself.

What follows will change his life forever...

William Harvey Theatrical Society THE CLINICAL TRIALS OF HERCULES Tuesday 24 - Saturday 28 January, 7.30pm

Powerful and touching, music and magic realism collide in this darkly funny and moving tour-de-force solo show featuring Alex Walton and the voice of comedian Rob Newman.

With a blistering Bowie soundtrack, the life of the pop fan is dissected in this tale of unnatural teenage wildlife.

Addenbrooke’s Charity Pantomime proudly presents this year’s show: The Clinical Trials of Hercules!

This brand new and updated production sold out runs in London, Edinburgh and Germany.

Follow our hero, Hercules, as he and his friends help to save the Clinical School from the plans of the evil Hadean and his Malignant Dean Team.

What schemes does the Hadean have up his sleeve? Will the heroes be able to complete the Clinical Trials that stand between them and their futures as doctors?

Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child)

Suitable for ages 16+, contains adult content

Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

A student production by Cambridge Clinical School of Medicine that is filled with non-stop jokes, panto-obsessed consultants, and an album’s worth of medically-recycled songs.

Voted 4 stars by the Cambridge Tab, “Side effects of the Addenbrooke’s Charity Panto may include joy, laughter, and a great evening out” Not suitable for children due to mature content and sexual themes Tickets: £12.00 (£7.50 concessions)

For further information and to book online please visit

www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre

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Box of Tricks Theatre Company

Bodywork Company STREETS AHEAD RAD ATE RE E

NARVIK SH

Tuesday 14 February, 7.30pm

Tuesday 7 & Wednesday 8 February, 7.30pm An .

Tickets: £18.00 (£12.00 concessions)

Inspired by tales of Naval veterans, Narvik tells the story of a Liverpudlian man and a Norwegian woman pulled together and torn apart by war as the events of one summer cause ripples across an ocean of time. Fusing live folk music and new writing to create a patchwork of memory and dream, Narvik is a bold new play set during the Second World War that brings to life a powerful story of love, guilt, heroism and betrayal.

‘A thrillingly theatrical encapsulation of a little-known theatre of war’ (The Guardian) Suitable for ages 14+ Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

European Arts Company CHEKHOV’S SHORTS Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 February, 7.30pm European Arts Company returns with a hugely entertaining collection of classic one-act farces by Anton Chekhov, including The Evils of Tobacco, The Dimwit, The Bear, Swan Song and The Proposal. This is Chekhov as you’ve never seen him before – funny!

Originally performed in Russian vaudeville theatres, these bittersweet plays are Chekhov at his comic best - before The Seagull got stuffed, Uncle Vanya fired blanks, The Three Sisters started moaning and The Cherry Orchard was ‘car-parked’.

‘Chekhov wasn’t all doom and gloom! European Arts Company’s production of Chekhov Shorts is fast-paced, witty and engaging’ (The Stage) Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

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Icarus Theatre Collective HAMLET Monday 27 & Tuesday 28 February, 7.30pm The King of Denmark is dead. His son Hamlet whose depressions is festered by the death of his father - shatters the narrative and drives it forward. The young prince is not self-pitying or self-indulgent. He is angry. He is infuriated by the world that envelops him. Torn and enabled by his mental malady, the Herculean character embarks on a self-destructive rampage to avenge his father’s death.

Incorporating an original score, this gripping, ensemble reimagining embraces the brutality of the subject, and amplifies the exhilaration and violence of one of the greatest plays ever written Shakespeare for the Game of Thrones generation.

Suitable for ages 11+ Contains violence Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

Théâtre Sans Frontières HEAVEN EYES Saturday 4 March, 7.00pm Three youngsters run away from their children’s home and sail down the River Tyne on a makeshift raft. Stuck on the mudflats, they meet a strange girl who lives with an old man, Grampa. The girl has a secret only Grampa knows …. and he’s not telling.

Adapted for the stage by internationally acclaimed children’s author David Almond (Skellig, Song for Ella Grey), Heaven Eyes is a poetic and gritty story about young people trying to find their way in the world. Mysterious, exciting and humorous in equal measure, this story will touch the depth of your soul.

Suitable for ages 9+ Tickets: £10.00 (£8.50 concessions, £7.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

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Nora NORA INVITES Monday 13 March, 7.30pm Nora brings to the stage a bold, hysterical and sublime programme of duets by renowned choreographers Liz Aggiss (UK), Simon Tanguy (FR), and Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion (UK). Dancers Eleanor Sikorski and Flora Wellesley Wesley, AKA Nora, offer up an evening of energy and wit as they shift between the contrasting characters and worlds of the three pieces.

Burrows’ and Fargion’s piece, Eleanor And Flora Music, overflows with free-ranging, rhythmical dancing, their musical score translated into a playful landscape of touch and synchronicity.

Tanguy’s choreography, Digging, slips between subjects - road trips, plant biology and sexual desire - as dialogue and motion twist the stage into all corners of the imagination.

Aggiss’ finale, BLOODY NORA!, is fiery send up of all who dare patronise the menstruating woman. It is a riot of hormones, competitiveness and female solidarity.

Commissioned by Sadler’s Wells and DanceEast.

Co-commissioned by South East Dance.

Supported by Arts Council England.

Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

Dom Coyote and the Bloodmoneys SONGS FOR THE END OF THE WORLD Wednesday 15 March, 7.30pm Set in a dystopian future, the bizarre English town of Ashley-Coombe and its inhabitants are steadily steamrolling towards catastrophe. And when the apocalypse finally arrives, astronaut Jim Walters is suspended in orbit, broadcasting his songs for the end of the world back to a silent Earth, where the few remaining survivors must fight for their future.

Inspired by Philip K Dick’s post-apocalyptic novel Dr. Bloodmoney, Ziggy Stardust and 1950s rock’n’roll, Songs for the End of the World is a show like no other.

Dom Coyote is an associate artist of Kneehigh Theatre and his high octane, multi-instrumentalist band, the Bloodmoneys, have toured and recorded with artists including Beth Orton, Scissor Sisters, Gary Numan, Goldfrapp, Beth Gibbons, and Tinie Tempah.

Join them as they explore the line between epic theatre and raucous gig.

Suitable for ages 12+ Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

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Theatrical Niche Ltd

Evangelia Kolyra

METAMORPHOSIS

10,000 LITRES

Monday 27 March, 7.30pm

Young Actors Company ROMEO & JULIET/MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 March, 7.00pm Building on its successful Greek Season in 2016, the Young Actors Company returns with an evening of everything Shakespeare with a double bill of contrasting plays.

The Upper Academy, directed

by John Shields, will be performing an abridged version of perhaps Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy, Romeo & Juliet; followed by the Senior Stage Academy (directed by Matt Feast), with a reduced version of one of his finest comedies, Much Ado about Nothing.

Wednesday 29 March, 7.30pm

Waking to find himself transformed into a dung beetle one morning, Gregor must now seriously consider his options. One of the most resonantly strange stories ever brought to stage, this highly acclaimed adaptation by Steven Berkoff plunges into the extremity of Kafka’s dark humour, and reveals a tremulous human heart.

An average amount of 10,000 litres of air circulates through our body every single day.

Metamorphosis casts its beady eyes over the norms of society, illustrating the alienation of one painfully normal individual with deft surrealism. Theatrical Niche Ltd tour this wonderful monstrosity, using signature touches of physical theatre and grotesque ensemble puppetry.

Exposing physicality with flair and sharp wit through a collection of absurd actions, Evangelia Kolyra creates unusual, quirky and remarkable work offering visceral experiences.

Awe-inspiring visuals in amongst a darkly funny and deeply disturbing modern masterpiece promise a jaw-dropping, bellyache of an experience.

In 10,000 litres, three individuals take movement right back to the body’s most essential function and use it to define their personality and create relationships whilst touching upon issues of existence, power and freedom.

Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

Suitable for ages 12+ Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

Tickets: £15.00 (£12.00 concessions)

For further information and to book online please visit

www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre

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Bodywork Company CHILDREN OF EDEN Thursday 20 & Friday 21 April, 7.30pm Saturday 22 April, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Bodywork Company Cambridge Performing Arts presents Children Of Eden. Based on the stories of Genesis, the age-old conflict of parents and children takes the stage in this epic, heartfelt musical with music & lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin, Godspell), original book by John Caird, and performed by a cast of 3rd year Dance & Musical Theatre students, this joyous and inspiring musical celebrates the difficulty of choice, the importance of passion, the value of questioning, and the pain in allowing those you love to take risks and face the consequences.

Music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz, book by John Caird This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Ltd. on behalf of Music Theatre International of New York Tickets: £15.00 (£12.00 concessions)

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Cambridge Drama Festival CAMBRIDGE DRAMA FESTIVAL 2017 Monday 24 – Saturday 29 April, 7.30pm A Feast of Short Plays Tragedy, fantasy, history, drama, comedy, social commentary and maybe even Shakespeare brought to you by adult and junior groups from in and around the region. At least two one-act plays each evening plus intriguing theatrical quizzes for the audience, and interesting professional critiques of each play by Jennifer Scott-Reid from the Guild of Drama Adjudicators. The Festival ends with the presentation of awards to groups and individuals whose work has been outstanding.

Tickets: £10.00 (£8.00 concessions) per evening Season Tickets £30.00/ £25.00 Groups of 10 or more £6.00 per person

Hijinx Theatre in association with Blind Summit MEET FRED Tuesday 2 May, 7.30pm “Prejudice against puppetry is the only acceptable form of prejudice” (David Sefton, Artistic Director, Adelaide International Festival) A cloth puppet fights prejudice every day. Fred just wants to be part of the real world, to get a job and meet a girl, but when threatened with losing his PLA (Puppetry Living Allowance), Fred’s life begins to spiral out of his control. Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2016 sell out show is ‘Sharp, funny and vastly entertaining’ (Lyn Gardner, The Guardian).

Suitable for ages 14+ Contains strong language and puppet nudity.

Tickets: £12.50 (£10.00 concessions, £8.50 student/child) Further discounts apply for Anglia Ruskin students & staff

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Friday 26 & Saturday 27 May, 7.30pm

Tuesday 30 May – Thursday 1 June, 7.30pm

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By Benjamin Britten and W.H. Auden

Venue: Cambridge Junction, Clifton Way, CB1 7GX

Owing more to Oklahoma than Peter Grimes, Britten’s first musical theatre work, the operetta Paul Bunyan, was written during the early years of his self-imposed exile to America in 1941. In the operetta, the story of the mythical Paul Bunyan is presented as a metaphor for the human struggles of the emerging New World and the personal struggles of the central character Johnny Inkslinger. In this sense, the opera foreshadows many of the themes of Britten’s later works concerned with a search for identity. Full of colourful characters and memorable melodies, Paul Bunyan sees Britten at his freshest and most inventive.

Celebrating three years of making work together, we present three devised, experimental performances by our graduating students from Anglia Ruskin University’s Drama and Performing Arts courses. As the culmination of an intensive rehearsal period and students’ final days at university, you can expect a theatrical roller-coaster of song, dance, drama and fun!

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Tickets: £10.00 (£7.00 concessions, £5.00 students and children) available from the Cambridge Junction Box Office: 01223 511511 and www.junction.co.uk

Tickets: £12.00 (£8.00 concessions, £5.00 Anglia Ruskin students and children)

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RUSKIN GALLERY

VISUAL ARTS

The Ruskin Gallery is a unique exhibition space surrounded by artists’ studios on Anglia Ruskin University’s Cambridge campus. Open to the public, all exhibitions are free and carefully selected to provide a singular and memorable gallery-going experience.

PHANTOM Ruskin Gallery Thursday 26 January - Saturday 18 February

Combining its vaulted ceilings and period character with digital technology (including a 103” 3D Full HD plasma screen) the Ruskin Gallery is a fully flexible exhibition space, allowing both traditional hanging and digital viewing, either independently or simultaneously.

The Ruskin Gallery opens all of its Private Views to members of the public as well as staff,

students and invited guests, giving the whole community a chance to share in the experience. We see the Private View as an official celebration of the artists’ works, and often these events are attended by the exhibiting artists themselves, who may give speeches, provide Q&A sessions and discuss their works with guests.

Enjoy the gallery: Monday - Saturday 10.00am - 4.30pm

STAY IN TOUCH WITH THE RUSKIN GALLERY Join our mailing list at anglia.ac.uk/contactruskin Receive regular news on exhibitions and events.

BA FINE ART EXHIBITION Ruskin Gallery Balcony Thursday 2 - Saturday 18 February MA CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATION Ruskin Gallery Thursday 23 February - Saturday 4 March NOISY EMBRYOS Ruskin Gallery Thursday 9 March - Saturday 25 March SUSTAINABILITY ART PRIZE & SEARLE AWARD FOR CREATIVITY 2017 Ruskin Gallery Thursday 30 March - Thursday 6 April EATON PORTRAIT PRIZE 2017 Ruskin Gallery Balcony Thursday 30 March - Thursday 6 April TRANSFORMATION Ruskin Gallery April - Saturday 20 May CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF ART DEGREE SHOW 2017 Ruskin Gallery, Balcony & Studios Friday 9 – Saturday 17 June

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PHANTOM Ruskin Gallery Thursday 26 January - Saturday 18 February Private View: Thursday 26 January, 5.00pm It’s a story of latency and the polyphonic narrative that is each of us.

Phantom is an exhibition that penetrates multiple layers to uncover latent potential through translation. Ten artists have been asked to make new work based on one chosen piece. This reiteration of themes, processes, and ideas is a recursive look back, in order to move forward.

It is an engagement with the multiplicities we all carry within us.

Symposium with artist/performer Caron Freeborn Wednesday 8 February, 2.00pm Room COS117, Coslett Building, Anglia Ruskin University Poet Caron Freeborn, who is a Royal Literary Fellow at ARU, will be performing new work written specifically for Phantom at the symposium. Her performance will be followed by a panel discussion with some of the artists from Phantom. For registration to this free event, please see the Ruskin Gallery website.

BA FINE ART EXHIBITION Ruskin Gallery Balcony Thursday 2 - Saturday 18 February Private View: Thursday 2 February, 5.00pm This 2nd Year BA Fine Art exhibition is curated by students. It runs at a key stage in the 3 year degree at Anglia Ruskin University, when students are starting to form a clear artistic identity for their studio practice. Learning to curate exhibitions is integral to the degree course, and with this having the opportunity to exhibit publicly forms a key part of their study of Fine Art. The artwork presented is extremely diverse, reflecting the multi-disciplinary nature of the Fine Art course, and the exhibition includes painting, drawing, sculpture and video installation.

MA CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATION Ruskin Gallery Thursday 23 February - Saturday 4 March Private View: Thursday 23 February, 5.00pm This annual exhibition returns to the Ruskin Gallery after its showing in London. Seventy-five graduates will be presenting their work, a significant proportion of whom are already signed up to publishers from around the world. This internationally renowned course has been shortlisted for a Times Higher Award in the category Excellence and Innovation in the Arts and has received a Vice Chancellor’s Award for outstanding contribution to the university.

Students and graduates form the course have won numerous international awards, including the MacMillan Prize for Children’s Picturebook Illustration (1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize in 2013, 2014 and 2015), The Penguin Design Awards, The V&A Illustration Award and the Bologna International Illustration Prize. Others have been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Picturebook of the Year, the Bologna Ragazzi Awards and the highly prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal.

Illustration: Puck Koper

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NOISY EMBRYOS Ruskin Gallery Thursday 9 March - Saturday 25 March Private View: Thursday

March, 5.00pm

Noisy embryos is a multi-channel, audio-visual installation that reflects on the relationship between scientists and the animals they observe by juxtaposing videos of snail embryos generated under laboratory conditions with the ‘messiness’ of the natural environment and of the process of data collection in the field. It draws on interdisciplinary research carried out by artists Deborah Robinson and David Strang and biologist Simon Rundle during field trips at locations used by naturalist Carl Linnaeus and film maker Andrei Tarkovsky on the Swedish island of Gotland.

Cambridge Science Festival 2017 Noisy Embryos: From the bane of embryology to indicators of the Anthropocene Thursday 16 March, 6.30pm-8.00pm This interdisciplinary talk links the history of variation in embryology (Nick Hopwood, Cambridge) to the current use of embryos as indicators of climate change (Simon Rundle, Plymouth) to introduce how the audio-visual exhibition Noisy Embryos (Deborah Robinson and David Strang, Plymouth) responds to the uses of embryos in scientific research. Presented with Anglia Ruskin University.

This talk will take place in room RUS110, in the Ruskin building (adjacent to the gallery), no need to book, just turn up.

There will also be a preceding viewing of the exhibition 5.00pm - 6.30pm

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EATON PORTRAIT PRIZE 2017 Ruskin Gallery Balcony Thursday 30 March - Thursday 6 April Private View: Thursday 30 March, 5.00pm

SUSTAINABILITY ART PRIZE & SEARLE AWARD FOR CREATIVITY 2017 Ruskin Gallery Thursday 30 March - Thursday 6 April Private View: Thursday 30 March, 5.00pm The Sustainability Art Prize is an annual competition run by the Cambridge School of Art and the Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) at Anglia Ruskin University. It was first awarded in 2012, to coincide with the launch of the GSI, which plays a critical role in allying academic disciplines across the University together with business and governments to address the urgent need for practical solutions to global sustainability challenges.

The Eaton Portrait Prize is awarded to a BA Photography student at the Cambridge School of Art, whose portrait captures the judges’ eye through a combination of sensitivity, creativity and skill. The Eaton Portrait Prize is unique prize for the BA Photography students at the Cambridge School of Art, which is generously sponsored by Andy Eaton, an alumnus of our course. His generous support is been greatly appreciated.

Last year’s winning entry was Sterrin by Anna Kressler – a portrait of a girl in a refugee camp in the Dunkirk suburb of Grand-Synthe in France, smiling.

The Searle Award for Creativity was originally instigated by Ronald Searle, one of our most celebrated alumni, on the occasion of his award of Honorary Doctor by Anglia Ruskin University in 2007. Ronald Searle used drawing to record the world around him, to invent characters and situations in his imaginative work, and to develop visual ideas. With this in mind, the prize (£500, and a signed Searle lithograph) is awarded to the final year student whose submitted sketchbook most reflects any or all of these qualities.

Photo: Anna Kressler

The competition is open to all students at Cambridge School of Art, the brief being to create a piece of work based on their own interpretation of the concept of ‘sustainability’ that reflects the aims of the Institute.

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TRANSFORMATION AN EXHIBITION BY ANNIE CATTRELL Ruskin Gallery April - Saturday 20 May Private View: Thursday

April, 5.00pm

Artist Annie Cattrell has long explored the connections between the scientific, the technological and the poetic. This exhibition includes new work that explores the idea of transformation, made in collaboration with dancers Charlie Morrissey and Andrea Buckley, artist Frances Scott, and curator Marius Kwint. It precedes the completion of her permanent public artwork for the exterior of Anglia Ruskin University’s forthcoming science building next September.

Free symposium, Friday 12 May: Transformation: Body, Mind and Society Universities are in the business of changing lives through education and research. In advance of the completion of Annie Cattrell’s kinetic art installation for the exterior of Anglia Ruskin University’s new science block, we seek to understand physical, mental and social transformation with an exciting and accessible programme of talks by leading researchers, including the artist herself. Registration is free, but booking is essential – please visit the Ruskin Gallery website for more details.

CAMBRIDGE SCHOOL OF ART DEGREE SHOW 2017 Ruskin Gallery, Balcony & Studios Friday 9 – Saturday 17 June Private View: Thursday 8 June, 6.00pm – 9.00pm Opening times: Weekdays 10.00am – 8.00pm Saturday & Sunday, 10.00am – 4.30pm The Cambridge School of Art Degree Show 2017 represents the culmination of the students’ work here. They have studied with us for 3 years, and are about to enter the wider world of work. There will be over 150 graduating BA (Hons) students displaying their work in the fields of Computer Games, Fashion Design, Film & Television Production, Film, TV and Theatre Design, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Illustration and Animation, Interior Design, and Photography.

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Information for Disabled Visitors

How to find us

PARKING

Conveniently located on the conjunction of East Road and

Blue Badge holders are permitted to park in Bradmore

Mill Road we are easy to reach by foot, bus and train.

Street, providing easy access to the campus. If necessary,

BY CAR

reserved disabled parking may be possible on campus,

Whilst there is no public parking available on the

subject to availability. If you wish to request reserved

campus, we have public car parks close by including

disabled parking, please telephone the University’s

Queen Anne Terrace and the Grafton Centre (East),

Facilities Helpdesk on: 01245 686464.

both well signposted and within easy walking distance.

RUSKIN GALLERY Wheelchair access is via a lift to the main gallery level and the balcony area. The lift entrance is located in the courtyard between the Ruskin Gallery and the Coslett Building. The gallery also has disabled toilet facilities

Alternatively you may wish to make use of Cambridge’s excellent Park & Ride scheme (please note buses stop running at 8.00pm). More information on all parking available in the city can be found at: www.cambridge.gov.uk/parking

accessible from the main gallery area.

ON FOOT

MUMFORD THEATRE

From Queen Anne Terrace

There is level access to the Mumford Theatre from

Walking from the car park turn right onto Gonville Place

the University’s main entrance on East Road and from

and pass Parkside Swimming Pool. At the crossroads

Bradmore Street. The seating is fully tiered and for this

continue straight on. This is East Road and you will soon

reason there is provision for 5 wheelchair users. If you

see our University’s buildings on your right.

have difficulty with stairs please let us know when you

From Grafton (East)

are booking your tickets. Mumford Theatre ticket prices

Walking from the Grafton Centre, turn right onto East

are listed for each show, concessions apply to some

Road. Cross the road at the pedestrian crossing by the

performances and disabled customers who need to be

Professional Music Technology store and continue along

accompanied for assistance purposes are entitled to an

East Road. Our University is on the left hand side just after

Essential Companion ticket, free of charge, in addition to

St Matthew’s Primary School.

a concession ticket for themselves.

From Drummer Street Bus Station

An Induction Loop is installed in the theatre. Switch your

Most bus routes (including the Park & Ride) stop at

hearing aid to the ‘T’ setting.

Drummer Street. Our University is a 10 minute walk away along Drummer Street, Parker Street and Parkside (alongside Parker’s Piece) all of which form an easy to follow, continuous line. Turn left at the major crossroads on to East Road and you will see the glass fronted main entrance a short way along to your right.

From the Train Station Exit on to Station Road, after about 100 metres turn right on to Tenison Road and continue all the way along this residential street. At the end, turn left on to Mill Road and continue to the major crossroads, with the swimming pool on your left. Turn right on to East Road and the University is situated just past the church on your right.

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Maps and further directions can be found at www.anglia.ac.uk/findcambridge

DRUMMER STREET

Cambridge Campus Cambridge Campus

DRUMMER STREET

City Centre

City Centre

EMMANUEL STREET DROP OFF/PICK UP

Park & Ride

GRAFTON CENTRE DROP OFF/PICK UP

Park & Ride

Cambridge City Centre

The Mumford Theatre has 270 fully tiered seats allowing a good view from anywhere in the auditorium and the seats also have good leg room. With our advanced online booking system you can choose your own seat.

If you have limited mobility and have difficulty using stairs please advise us when booking. The theatre can accommodate up to five wheelchairs in the front row, should you require one of these spaces please book through the Box Office.

Mumford Theatre ticket prices are listed for each show. Concessions apply to some performances and disabled customers who need to be accompanied for assistance purposes are entitled to an Essential Companion ticket, free of charge, in addition to a concession ticket for themselves.

For more information on the Mumford Theatre please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre or telephone the Box Office on 01223 352932.

The Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 2.00 – 5.00pm.

www.anglia.ac.uk/arts

East Road, Cambridge CB1 1PT Email: arts@anglia.ac.uk

THEATRE For more information on the Mumford Theatre please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mumfordtheatre or telephone the Box Office on 01223 352932.

The Box Office is open Monday – Friday, 2.00pm – 5.00pm.

VISUAL ARTS For more information on the Ruskin Gallery please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/ruskingallery The Ruskin Gallery is open Monday - Saturday, 10.00am - 4.30pm.

MUSIC The Department of Music and Performing Arts performs concerts and productions in and around Cambridge throughout the year and hosts free Friday lunchtime concerts at the Mumford Theatre.

For more information on Music and Performing Arts events please visit www.anglia.ac.uk/mpaevents

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