North Wall Autumn 2017 Brochure by The North Wall Arts Centre

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“Thou Wall, O Wall, O sweet and lovely Wall!” – William Shakespeare

Art

The Society of Wood Engravers returns, plus wild landscapes, charcoal Naivety & Russian revolutionaries

Comedy

Laughs from down under: Australians Kathy Lette and Sarah Kendall in the spotlight

Music

Glorious harmonies & waspish wit from The Young’uns, plus folk from Orkney Islands quartet Fara

Theatre

Gothic melodrama, an operatic tour de force, and the second coming of Kanye West

Family

Much ado about puppets: our Family Arts Takeover returns this October half term

SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER Open Attic Company presents

Much Ado About Puffin

Family

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To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we’ve launched a new membership scheme. It’s a brilliant way to support our ArtsLab programme for young artists, as well as entitling you to a fantastic selection of benefits. For £40 per year, members receive: • £10 tickets to selected events throughout our 10th anniversary year (max 2 tickets per event)

On a small island… In the middle of the big sea… A man meets a bird. Join Open Attic as they traverse stormy seas and reckless tides to bring you this funny tale about a man all alone, a friendly puffin, and a whole lot of fuss over nothing. Using skilful puppetry, beautiful music, and good oldfashioned storytelling, Much Ado About Puffin is about old habits, new friendships, and stepping out into the unknown! www.openatticcompany.com For ages 4+ Performances: 11am & 2pm Tickets: £8 (concessions £6)

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STAY & PLAY

Explore puppetry performance with the cast at 12.15pm & 3.15pm £2.50 per child

FAMILY ARTS TAKEOVER SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER

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This innocent, gentle interactive puppet show is performed with mime, music, sound effects – and lots of laughs. Watch Bob’s world come to life under an umbrella and then step inside to lend him a hand. By the end, you’ll all be singin’ in the rain! Fun for all ages – whatever the weather. Tickets: £3.50 with Takeover Pass Tessa Bide presents

A Strange New Space 2pm

Amira is obsessed with space and dreams of becoming an Astronaut. One night, the bangs, whooshes and fizzes of her imagination explode out of her dreams, becoming a deafening reality. Amira has to pack her bag for the intergalactic trip that she’s been waiting for… Come on an imaginary voyage into space, paralleled with Amira’s real-life journey as a refugee. A nonverbal, physical show for the whole family using puppetry and original music. For ages 4+ Tickets: £5 with Takeover Pass

Murder She Didn’t Write: The Improvised Murder Mystery 7pm

A classic murder mystery is created on the spot in this ingenious and hilarious show from improve theatre company Degrees of Error. Miss Crimson poisoned in the parlour? Mr Gold exploded by cannon in Sainsbury’s? You decide! But will you guess whodunnit? For ages 7+ Tickets: £10/£8 with Takeover Pass (usually £14/£12)

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We’re delighted to announce the return of our Family Arts Takeover, part of the nationwide Family Arts Festival in October. Everyone’s invited to sing, act, make, watch and play together, while learning a few magical tricks of the trade. With behind-the-scenes theatre tours, very special shows and a huge range of wondrous workshops, we guarantee there will be something for everyone

Plain Bob 10.30am

Family

Tickets: All workshops FREE when you buy a Takeover Pass for just £2 (£1 children). Performances as priced opposite

Noisy Oyster presents

WEDNESDAY 19 JULY

FRIDAY 21 JULY

FRIDAY 11 – SATURDAY 12 AUGUST

Developing Artists presents

Lakin McCarthy presents

ArtsLab Showcase: Comedy Troll

Funny, feminist author Kathy Lette invites you to her new show, Girls’ Night Out. It’s a psychological strip tease taking us from Puberty Blues to Menopause Blues, with tales of hiding Julian Assange in her attic and Close Encounters of the George Clooney Kind, en route.

Spend a summer evening sampling new work by some of the best theatremakers of tomorrow.

And Here I Am

Theatre

Written by Hassan Abdulrazzak and Ahmed Tobasi Directed by Zoe Lafferty

Kathy Lette’s Girls’ Night Out

Based on Ahmed Tobasi’s personal coming of age story, And Here I Am is an epic voyage of identity and self-discovery. Combining fact and fantasy, tragedy and comedy, spanning both the first Palestinian intifada and the second, we follow the protagonist through his transformation from armed resistance fighter to artist, his journey as a refugee in the West Bank to Norway and then back again.

The culmination of a three-week residency with young artists aged 1825, this year’s project explores comedy in all its forms. In a world where sometimes it feels there’s very little to laugh about, we need to tell stories inspired by hope and optimism, infused with a healthy dose of fun and a sense of the absurd.

A brand new theatrical production from international arts charity, Developing Artists, the company who toured last year’s urgent and heart-breaking Queens of Syria to Oxford.

A celebrated and outspoken comic writer with an inimitable take on serious issues, Kathy Lette is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for the likes of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham.

Age guidance:14+ Performance: 8pm7.30pm Performance: Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10) Tickets: £14 (concessions £10)

Age guidance: 16+ Performance: 8pm Performances: 7pm Tickets:£12 £16 (concessions £13, members £10) Tickets: £7 (concessions £5) Tickets:

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Join us for an uplifting evening of theatrical hilarity.

Comedy

In a series of tragicomic episodes, vividly brought to life by award-winning writer Hassan Abdlrazzak, we journey through this personal and political tale of occupation and resistance, fear and heroism, a life of self-pursuit and loyalty. Transporting us to the heart of the hardships, struggles and contradictions of a young Palestinian man growing up under occupation and his pursuit for the true meaning of freedom.

MONDAY 11 SEPTEMBER

Imtiaz Dharker Join us for a literary evening with poet, artist and documentary film-maker Imtiaz Dharker. Winner of the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry in 2014, Imtiaz Dharker is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and is on the editorial board of Poems on the Underground. Her collections include Postcards from god, I speak for the devil, The terrorist at my table (Penguin India and Bloodaxe Books UK), Leaving Fingerprints and Over the Moon (Bloodaxe Books UK). She reads with other poets at Poetry Live! events all over the country to more than 25,000 students a year. She has been Poet in Residence at Cambridge University Library, recently completed a series of poems based on the Archives of St Paul’s Cathedral, and is currently working on several projects across art forms, in Leeds and Hull.

Poetry

She has had eleven solo exhibitions of drawings in India, London, New York and Hong Kong. She scripts and directs video films, many of them for non-government organisations in India, working in the area of shelter, education and health for women and children.

“If there were to be a World Laureate, then for me the role could only be filled by Imtiaz Dharker” Carol Ann Duffy

FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER Nominated twice for the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show and total Fringe sell out 2016, Sarah Kendall returns with One-Seventeen. A blistering hour of storytelling from the creator and star of the hit BBC Radio 4 series Australian Trilogy. Ayesha Dharker

www.imtiazdharker.com

“Knocked the wind out of my sails” ★★★★★ The Herald (UK) “A mini masterpiece of tragicomic storytelling” ★★★★ The TImes

Performance: 7pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

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Comedy

Sarah Kendall: One-Seventeen

WEDNESDAY 20 – FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

HighTide and Paul Jellis in association with The Marlowe and The North Wall present

Kanye The First

by Sam Steiner

Age guidance: 14+ Performances: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

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Theatre

“Know what? If you’re a Kanye West fan, you’re not a fan of me - you’re a fan of yourself.” Annie’s not really a fan of herself. How did she get a life like this? While her perfect sister poses in hipster hats, she has to take care of her sick mother. And she keeps mistaking hot men for her Dad. There must be more than this. The celebrities that fill her social media feeds are only separated by a screen, but that’s as close as she’ll ever get to someone like Kanye West. People think he’s a God. But what if everyone thought she was someone else? Someone different. Someone better. Sam Steiner’s first commissioned play is a dazzlingly funny and original drama about identity, guilt, contemporary culture and the second coming of Kanye West. Developed through the Marlowe’s Roar programme.

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER

Kate Dimbleby: Songbirds

All the Things I Lied About

in association with Theatre Damfino directed by Katy Carmichael

Songbirds weaves songs from Kate’s critically acclaimed original a cappella album with a personal story, using a vocal looper to layer her voice and interact directly with her audience. The result is a unique and engaging audience experience, different at each performance.

“ Part concert, part confessional. A project that is anything but conventional” ★★★★ The Times

Music

Following the critical success of the Fringe First award-winning Dirty Great Love Story, Katie Bonna’s latest show was nominated for two OFFIE awards, for Most Promising New Playwright and Best Female Performance.

“ A riveting, funny and discomfiting hour” ★★★★★ Evening Standard www.katiebonna.org

“ Riveting. Halfway between pop and spirituals. Crystalline and credible” ★★★★ Mail on Sunday Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

Age guidance: 12+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

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Theatre

In a comic exploration of her past mistakes and inevitable future disasters, Katie unpicks how everyday lies can lead to a world of Trump and Brexit. A fearlessly honest show for the post-truth era.

The singing daughter of Britain’s broadcasting family of voices explores her legacy, weaving soulful a cappella songs with stories of singing with Bobby McFerrin, stepping out of Peggy Lee’s shadow and listening to find the song in everyone.

by Katie Bonna

Katie Bonna is giving a TED talk on the science of lying. Well, that’s not quite true. TED haven’t actually asked her to do one – yet.

If you had a song, what would it be?

FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER dotdotdot dance presents

No Frills

dotdotdot dance uses flamenco as a medium to create innovative dance, challenge conventional perceptions and explore how traditional flamenco can be expressed in a contemporary context. In No Frills, they set out to strip flamenco down to its bare essence to access and express the raw and nuanced energy that is awoken in both performer and spectator. The show has toured the UK three times, winning the Buxton Fringe Dance Award two years running. The North Wall are delighted to welcome back dotdotdot dance once again following the sell-out success of their show in 2015.

Dance

www.dotdotdotdance.com

Flamenco Taster workshop 5.30 – 6.30pm in the Dance Studio £10 per person Email dotdotdotflamenco @gmail.com for more details and booking Performance: 8pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £13, members £10)

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WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER

THURSDAY 5 – FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER

Paines Plough presents

The Wardrobe Ensemble, Royal & Derngate Northampton and Shoreditch Town Hall present

Growth

Education, Education, Education

by Luke Norris

“It’s a lump in a bag of lumps. It’s fine.” Tobes is young, free and having a ball. Off. He’s successfully ignored his lump for two years but it’s starting to get in the way - cramping his style and, worse, affecting his sex life. So now there are pants to be dropped, and decisions to be made… It’s a real ball ache. A comedy about growing up and manning up from critically acclaimed writer Luke Norris (So Here We Are, Royal Exchange; Goodbye to All That, Royal Court).

“ Achingly funny and tender... Of the hundreds of shows at the Fringe, few feel as necessary as this” ★★★★★ Financial Times

Theatre

Winner of a prestigious Fringe First Award at the 2016 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Growth embarks on its second national tour.

www.painesplough.com

It’s May 1997. Tony Blair has won the election and Katrina and the Waves have won Eurovision. Channel 5 is a month old. No one knows who Harry Potter is. Britain is the coolest place in the world. At the local secondary school it’s a different story. Miss Belltop-Doyle can’t control her year 9s, Mr Pashley has been put in charge of a confiscated Tamagotchi and for some unknown reason Princess Anne is attending the Year 11 leavers’ assembly. Tobias, the German language assistant, watches on. Things can only get better. Education, Education, Education is The Wardrobe Ensemble’s love letter to their halcyon nineties schooldays. Using their trademark inventive theatricality and irreverent humour, the company asks big questions about a country in special measures, exploring what we are taught and why, and where responsibility lies.

Performance: 8pm Tickets: £13 (concessions £9)

Performances: 8pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £13, members £10)

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SUNDAY 8 OCTOBER

MONDAY 9 OCTOBER

Strada Music presents

Boomshakala Productions presents

The Young’uns: Strangers Album Tour

My Beautiful Black Dog by Brigitte Aphrodite

Gig meets theatre meets tidal wave of glitter. A poetically wild musical exploring the difficult and beauteous complexity of our fragile minds. Depression is at its heart, but it’s not depressing – it’s joyous, funny and hopeful.

Music

“It’s original, heartwrenching and warming all at once” ★★★★ The List “My Beautiful Black Dog is a raw show in more ways than one, but the warmth and good feeling that it generates is kind of glorious” ★★★★ The Stage

The Teesside trio return in 2017 with an extensive October UK tour and an eagerly anticipated new album, Strangers, which is a collection of folk songs for our times – a homage to the outsider, a eulogy for the wayfarer and a hymn for the migrant.

“ The harmonies are glorious, the wit is waspish. The songs are powerful, the banter is relentless and the audience is happy. What’s not to like?” ★★★★ The Guardian “ Magnificent - destined to become hailed as national treasures before long” ★★★★★ Maverick www.theyounguns.co.uk Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £16.50 (concessions £14.50)

Age guidance: 14+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

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Theatre

This electrifying show challenges the urgent stigma around mental health and encourages the audience to take ownership over their own black dogs whilst channelling infectious dance moves, swagger-boss costumes and banging tunes!

The Young’uns have cemented their reputation at the forefront of the English folk scene in the last few years. Having taken their uplifting voices, powerful songs, spine tingling harmonies and raucous humour to audiences across the UK and around the world, they won the title of Best Group at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award in 2015 and 2016.

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER

TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

The Devil’s Violin presents

Rhum & Clay presents

STOLEN

Testosterone

Niall Walker

A father is sick. A young woman disappears. A man has been turned into glass. The solutions to these problems can only be found in The Land of No Return. The heroes set off - but don’t come back. So the coward has a go! With an enchanting blend of words and music, and brimming with dream-like images that will haunt long after the performance ends, The Devil’s Violin take the audience on an epic journey to the end of the world - and into the next one. The Devil’s Violin has been breathing new life into the ancient art of storytelling since 2006. The North Wall are delighted to welcome them back to Oxford for the fourth time with their latest spell-binding show. www.thedevilsviolin.co.uk

Music

Theatre

What’s it like going through adolescence at the age of 33? One year after transgender man Kit receives his first injection of testosterone he enters a male gym changing room for the first time. For the other guys this is just another routine moment in an ordinary changing room, but for Kit it becomes an urgent search to uncover what it means to be a man. Critically-acclaimed Rhum and Clay collaborate with writer/performer Kit Redstone and drag BAME performer Daniel Jacob, in this comical quest for a masculine identity in an environment that affords little space to hide.

“ Rhum and Clay have come of age” ★★★★ The Guardian www.rhumandclay.com Age guidance:10+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

Age guidance:16+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

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FRIDAY 20 OCTOBER

OperaUpClose presents

Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine

Opera

Olivier Award-winning OperaUpClose return to The North Wall this autumn with a new production of Poulenc and Cocteau’s astonishing La Voix Humaine. Alone in her flat, Elle is unravelling. Cradling the phone, she tries to put on a brave face for her ex-lover on the other end of the line, but despair and loneliness overwhelm her. This is opera at its rawest and most intimate: a deeply personal work by a composer going through his own heartbreak. Poulenc and Cocteau had shared the perils and pleasures of early-20th-century gay life – including Nazi occupation – for decades by the time the composer tackled his friend’s hit play, and the result is a perfect marriage of words and music. An intense 50-minute tour de force for solo soprano, this one-woman opera is short in length, but not in emotion. Performed by soprano Sarah Minns (OperaUpClose’s Olivier Award-winning La Bohème, The Marriage of Figaro, The Elixir of Love) and Richard Black on piano, and directed by OperaUpClose’s Artistic Director, Robin Norton-Hale, this is a devastating musical portrait of a human being on the brink of disintegration.

“OperaUpClose are leading an artistic revolution” Sunday Times www.operaupclose.com

Active Events presents

Fara

Fara brings together four emerging musicians at the forefront of today’s young Scottish folk scene to produce a fiery sound rooted strongly in their upbringing among the music of Orkney. With vibrant and inventive arrangements, energetic fiddle and driving piano, Fara’s live show is an exciting one. With their mixture of self-penned and traditional tunes, as well as songs with rich four-part harmony vocals, the girls combine musical experiences and friendship to produce an exciting and individual sound. Fara were nominated for a Horizon Award at BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2017. Don’t miss the chance to see the band while their star is on the rise. www.faramusic.co.uk Performance: 8pm Tickets: : £16 (concessions £13, members £10)

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Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

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Music

FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER

SATURDAY 28 OCTOBER

THURSDAY 2 NOVEMBER

ClerkinWorks and Ovalhouse presents

OCM presents

The Secret Keeper Written by Angela Clerkin

Sorana Santos: Refuge of the Roads Re-imagining Joni Mitchell’s Hejira To mark the 40th anniversary of Joni Mitchell’s seminal album Hejira, Sorana Santos recreated the 4200-mile round-trip from Portland, Maine, to LA, on which Hejira was written.

Theatre

“I couldn’t sing the songs authentically”, says Sorana, “and realised the only way into the album was to do the trip, solo, like she did.”

“Tell me what makes you so sad. Tell me your dark secret and I promise to keep it safe for you”. The Good Daughter wants to make her father happy. He whispers in his daughter’s ear and a great weight lifts from his shoulders. Feeling jubilated, he invites the whole town to confide in his miraculous daughter. Soon everyone is flocking to unburden themselves on The Secret Keeper. But what happens when a murderer confesses. And who is to blame for the consequences…? Told using puppetry, music and fiendish storytelling, The Secret Keeper is a witty and playful adult fairy tale with a murderous gothic heart from Angela Clerkin, Associate Artist with Improbable and Chris Goode and Co.

“A panoramic epic of an album... Sorana Santos, lady of myriad magical voices” Max Reinhardt, BBC3 www.ocmevents.org

Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12, members £10)

Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £10)

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Music

Alongside presenting her eclectic and soulful reinterpretation of Hejira, Sorana also performs original songs from her own ‘Hejira’ written on this journey, played with some of the cream of the young British jazz scene.

2 December 2017 – 6 January 2018 Adapted from the original work by Charles Dickens Written and Directed by Gari Jones

“Marley was dead, to begin with.” The clock strikes midnight on Christmas Eve. The first of four ghosts appears. Will skinflint Scrooge learn the error of his ways and find redemption before Christmas morning? This winter, pull up a chair for Creation Theatre’s seventh family Christmas show at The North Wall. From the team behind last year’s anarchic Snow White and Other Tales from the Brothers Grimm comes a new adaptation full of misers, music and Christmas spirits.

“A first-class Christmas show” Daily Info (Snow White and Other Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 2016) “If you are looking for an alternative to pantomime, then this take on a children’s classic is recommended.” The Stage (The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, 2013) “Enormously fun, utterly compelling, seriously off-the-wall, mesmerisingly atmospheric and pretty surreal.” The Oxford Times (The Wind in the Willows, 2014)

Recommend for age 7+

Performances: Selected matinees at 10.00am and 2.00pm, evening shows at 7.30pm. Selected evening shows 6.00pm. Full schedule at www.creationtheatre.co.uk

Tickets: £13.50-£32 (concessions available, ask at the Box Office) Special offers for groups of ten or more.

www.creationtheatre.co.uk 01865 766266 EBEN

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TUESDAY 5 – SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER

WEDNESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER

Co-education at Twenty An Anniversary Exhibition

In 2017, St Edward’s School celebrates its 20th anniversary of becoming fully co-educational. This exhibition marks the occasion by bringing together six former pupils who are now forging careers as professional artists and artisans. These women all studied art during their time at the school, and it is a wonderful opportunity to see how their work has progressed and their practice has developed in the intervening years. The exhibition encompasses a broad range of styles, media and techniques: from Rose Barry’s egg-shell ceramics and Lâle Guralp’s highly detailed, intricate illustrations; to Rebecca Wilkes’ bold, statement floral jewellery, there’s a wealth of talent on display. Many of the artists draw inspiration from their surroundings: Miranda Stewart paints semi-abstract expressionistic landscapes, Harriet Blomefield’s drawings are inspired by urban architecture and Cecily Vessey’s screen prints depict landmarks around Britain, including Henley and the Oxford skyline. Cecily has created a special limited edition print of the view of the St Edward’s School Quad/Chapel and Cloisters for the exhibition.

Andrew Hardwick trained at Bath College of Art, UWE and the University of Wales. He has exhibited extensively across the UK over the last 20 years, particularly throughout the western counties, Wales and Cornwall. His work plays with traditional ideas of landscape, from the seemingly natural and poetic wilderness of the Moors, to the man-made impact of big industrial ports, redundant factories and resulting wastelands. A layered, heavily textured landscape is a theme in Hardwick’s work, using different types of paint, plaster, plastics, soils, pigments, roofing felt and other unconventional materials. To this rich surface often relevant toys are added, suggesting reminders of the landscape’s history. No image in the work is left untouched by the notion of change, memory, history and emotion; often the landscape’s story and history is purposely unclear. Hardwick’s images remind us that we are just another layer within time.

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Andrew Hardwick: Remnant

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER – SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 8 – SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER

The Society of Wood Engravers: 80th Annual Exhibition

Lenin: The Revolutionary

The Society of Wood Engravers returns to the North Wall this October to open its national touring exhibition with an entirely new selection of amazing prints. Over one hundred wood engravings, woodcuts and linocuts made by artists as near as Summertown to as far away as Beijing showcase the wide range of effects and interpretations this art form is capable of. But traditional or experimental in approach, these prints all have one thing in common; an astonishing level of virtuosity and intensity distilled into exquisitely rendered images. The SWE Annual is always stringently selected, choosing only the best from a large open submission, but while standards are always high, prices can be surprisingly modest; this original “affordable art”, has prices starting from £50 for a limited edition print, offering something for every taste and budget. www.woodengravers.co.uk

This show will be the first among a number of national exhibitions marking the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution to focus on Lenin. Drawing on extensive material owned by the Society for Co-operation in Russian and Soviet Studies, the exhibition will feature items never before seen in public. Founded in 1924 by intellectuals such as EM Forster, Bertrand Russell, Virginia Woolf and Maynard Keynes, the SCRSS aims to promote knowledge of the culture, language and history of Russia through its archive of photographs, prints and posters. Exactly 100 years after Lenin took control of the newly-formed Bolshevik government in October 1917, the exhibition will consider Lenin’s international standing, the ‘networking’ he undertook to promote his ideology, his activities during the Civil War and personal propaganda. With grateful thanks to the SCRSS and TopFoto.

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MONDAY 20 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER

TUESDAY 5 DECEMBER – SATURDAY 6 JANUARY

Pete Codling: Naivety Pete Codling is an artist specializing in large charcoal drawings and sculpture. This exhibition will show a series of new drawings, sketches and limited edition prints in the ‘Christmas theme’ which will definitely be more Dickens than Disney. His work is full of narrative references to classical, mythological and religious themes with contemporary subversions, political and personal content. The large freehand drawings rely on draughtsmanship and traditional chiaroscuro techniques to create bold visions of the human story fed directly by the artist’s own experience. Be prepared to see some uncomfortable beauty and visual poems that will stay with you long after the exhibition.

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St Edward’s School: In Progress

In Progress celebrates the fantastic work from St Edward’s pupils across all years. Although primarily the exhibition provides a platform for the Lower Sixth to showcase work produced on the Teddies Foundation Course, the exhibition will also present work from Year 9, GCSE and Upper Sixth students. The Teddies Foundation Course, which was recently introduced by the school, provides Lower Sixth A Level and IB pupils an opportunity to explore a range of media over a sixteen week programme. Pupils are encouraged to choose a theme at the beginning of the year which their work centres on and teachers introduce pupils to a new technique fortnightly. Pupils are encouraged to work independently, exploring new media and ensuring they have mini outcomes at the end of each project. In Progress showcases the outcomes produced to date, approximately half way through the course.

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School Groups £7.50 tickets on selected shows. Accompanying staff members go free.

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Present your tickets to receive 25% off your food bill on the day of your performance.

Portabello Bar and Grill South Parade

Exclusive to North Wall ticket holders ….why not take advantage of a great offer from our friends and partners at Portabello Bar and Grill on South Parade. Receive 25% off the food bill when you present your tickets for the evening’s performance. Give them a call

01865 559653 to book your pre- or post- theatre meal. www.portabellorestaurant.co.uk

Keep up to date with news and offers Don’t miss out – join our mailing list by registering on the homepage of our website or email contact@thenorthwall.com. www.thenorthwall.com The North Wall is part of St Edward’s, Oxford: charity number 309681

To book, call 01865 559653 or visit portabellorestaurant.co.uk 7 South Parade, Summertown, Oxford, OX2 7JL

At a glance event guide DATE

EVENT

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July 19 July 21 Aug 11-12 Sep 11 Sep 15 Sep 20-22 Sep 23 Sep 28 Sep 29 Sep 30 Oct 4 Oct 5-6 Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 13 Oct 17 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 21 Oct 27 Oct 28 Nov 2 Dec 2-Jan 6

And Here I Am Kathy Lette’s Girls’ Night Out ArtsLab Showcase: Comedy Troll Imtiaz Dharker Sarah Kendall Kanye the First Kate Dimbleby: Songbirds All the Things I Lied About No Frills Much Ado About Puffin Growth Education, Education, Education The Young’uns My Beautiful Black Dog The Devil’s Violin: Stolen Testosterone Poulenc’s La Voix Humaine Family Arts Takeover Murder She Didn’t Write Fara The Secret Keeper Sorana Santos A Christmas Carol

Theatre Comedy ArtsLab Poetry Comedy Theatre Music Theatre Dance Family Theatre Theatre Music Theatre Storytelling Theatre Opera Family Comedy Music Theatre Music Theatre

Gallery Sep 5-23 Sep 27-Oct 14 Oct 18-Nov 4 Nov 8-18 Nov 20-Dec 2 Dec 5-Jan 6

Co-education at Twenty Andrew Hardwick Society of Wood Engravers Lenin: The Revolutionary St Edward’s School Pete Codling

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