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Music
Family
Comedy
Exhibition
Welcome to The North Wall’s Autumn Season We are thrilled by the number of exciting shows landing on our stage, and the range of exhibitions gracing the walls of the The North Wall this autumn. There will be something for everyone in a season that sees us welcome the public to the Ogston Music School for the first time. We are delighted to be housing The Mountaintop by Katori Hall, the Olivier Awardwinning play about Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s last night on earth, directed by JMK award winner Roy Alexander Weise. We saw this stunning production in a limited run at the Young Vic in 2016, and believe it is the perfect piece to highlight our continued commitment to building The North Wall’s reputation as an intimate venue that attracts work of the highest quality. New Perspectives, in association with HOME, present The Fishermen, based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel; Middle Child share their intoxicating style of storytelling with gig-theatre piece One Life Stand; and Lost Dog join us with Juliet and Romeo, a wonderful blend of dance, theatre and comedy. In a new partnership with St Edward’s School we are inviting audiences to walk over the road to the Ogston Music School. It is an honour to host Dame Emma Kirkby who directs Dowland Works for a special performance this November in the Weston Recital Room. Towards the end of the year we welcome Once Upon A Time… to the gallery, curated by Blackwells Rare Books and Zuleika Gallery. This exhibition will explore the visual history of fairy tales and magical story-making, and provides the perfect environment to welcome back Oxford’s own Creation Theatre with their innovative take on the J M Barrie classic Peter Pan. Brought to you by the same creative team behind last year’s sell-out A Christmas Carol, this new adaptation will be Pan like you’ve never seen him before. Do keep an eye out for our co-production of WOLF by Lewis Doherty, which will play at the Edinburgh Festival this August, before returning to the North Wall. We first met Lewis in 2014 on one of our flagship North Wall ArtsLab residencies for early career artists. Our ambition for all ArtsLab participants is a continuing, meaningful relationship with the organisation - we are proud to be partnering on WOLF as part of our commitment to creating and touring new work. It’s exciting times at The North Wall and we look forward to seeing you over the course of the season. Ria Parry and John Hoggarth Co-Directors of the North Wall Programme design: white space | www.white-space.net The North Wall photography: Colin Willoughby, Philip Vile
Oxford Open Doors
Saturday 8 September We’re looking forward to taking part in Oxford Open Doors this September – don’t miss the chance to step behind the scenes and find out more about the history of the building and what we do here. We’re running backstage tours from 1pm - 5pm, and holding our Season Launch at 5pm where you can meet the team and find out more about what’s going on at The North Wall this autumn.
Don’t Forget…
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FRIDAY 27 – SATURDAY 28 JULY
FRIDAY 10 – SATURDAY 11 AUGUST
Ad Infinitum presents
Summer ArtsLab 2018: The Wardrobe Ensemble
No Kids
Theatre
No Kids reveals the personal journey that real-life couple and co-artistic directors of Ad Infinitum, Nir Paldi and George Mann, embarked upon when they asked the question: as a gay couple, should we go out of our way to have children?
WEDNESDAY 25 JULY
HAUNT
Thor and Loki
The evening kicks off with GHOST NIGHT, a free scratch night where some of Oxford’s emerging artists test out the riskiest segments from their new shows in front of a live audience. Expect workshops from some of the UK’s leading theatre-makers, as well as the return of LIGHTS OVER TESCO CAR PARK, plus late-night comedy from AHIR SHAH, nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2017. Tickets: £16 (concessions £12) to see all events, individual events from £7 See website for the full programme
The residency will culminate in an evening of mixed art-form performances that promises to be energetic and entertaining. Join us for a night of work created by the most exciting theatre-makers of today in collaboration with the most promising theatre-makers of tomorrow. Performances: 7pm Tickets: £7 (concessions £5)
A new comedy musical by Harry Blake, created with HOUSE OF BLAKEWELL. War rages. The End of the World approaches. The fate of the Gods rests on Thor’s mighty shoulders, but he hates violence and prefers writing poetry. Half-Giant Loki is out for revenge, but beneath her monstrous form lies a heart of gold. Can these two misfits find the strength to be themselves? Expect epic battles, fierce ballads and a chorus of tap-dancing trolls in this bighearted comedy about friends, heroes and changing the world. Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (concessions £8)
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Graeme-Braidwood
Poltergeist Theatre present a takeover of The North Wall, packed with theatre, comedy, music, and support for artists heading to the Edinburgh Fringe.
Performances: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (concessions £8)
Award-winning theatre company The Wardrobe Ensemble join us for a three week residency this summer, developing a new show with a group of young theatre-makers as part of our ArtsLab programme.
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ArtsLab Community
SATURDAY 21 JULY
Physical storytelling, gender-bending musical cabaret, and verbatim theatre marry to conceive a distinctly queer piece striving to find out why so many of us feel so driven to have children, whether or not the human race should be reproducing less, and asks how truly open our society is to the idea of two dads
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SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER
WEDNESDAY 26 – FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER
Live Nation in association with Troika present
New Perspectives in association with HOME present
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Rachel Parris: It’s Fun to Pretend
Sarah London
MONDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Theatre Centre presents
The Muddy Choir
In this tour show, she showcases some of her best bits, from her trademark comic anthems, to her all-too relatable, bittersweet stand-up, alongside brand new material looking at the insane events of this year. Age guidance: 16+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £13
Written by Jesse Briton
“Nee killing, anly singing, and we all go home together”. It is November 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres. Young soldiers Will, Robbie and Jumbo are thrust into a landscape starkly different to their Sunderland home. Robbie dreams their music will be a ticket away from the front, but attracting the attention of their commanding officers may prove more dangerous than bullets and gas.
“A sensitive memorial to a generation of young men” ★★★★ The Stage
SOLD OUT!
by Chigozie Obiama Adapted for the stage by Gbolahan Obisesan Directed by Jack McNamara In a small Nigerian town, Ben and Obembe, along with their two older brothers, slip away to fish at a forbidden river. Unnoticed and carefree, they continue until one day the prophecy of a madman changes the course of their lives forever. Based on the Man Booker Prize-shortlisted novel by one of Africa’s major new voices, New Perspectives presents this powerful allegory of brotherhood, vengeance and fate in a new adaptation by award-winning playwright Gbolahan Obisesan. Post Show Talk Wednesday 26 September
Performance: 8pm Tickets: £10 (concessions £8)
Age guidance: 12+ Performances: 8pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £14)
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Viral sensation Rachel Parris, star of BBC’s The Mash Report, presents a comedy show packed with standup, song, sketch, and an inevitable sideways swipe at society.
SATURDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
MONDAY 1 OCTOBER
The Wardrobe Ensemble and The Wardrobe Theatre present
Inspiring People: Dame Darcey Bussell
The Star Seekers
Want to fly to the moon? Visit a space station? Become an astronaut?
Star Seekers Alph, Betty and Gammo need your help to save Oxford’s space station, collect every orb and delve into the great unanswered question of the universe: what do astronauts really have for tea? In this interactive family show, you take the steering wheel to shape the story and the actors improvise the rest. Discover strange worlds, create solar system soundscapes and even fire asteroids through space.
For ages 3-8 Performances: 11am & 2pm Tickets: £8 (concessions £6)
Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £10 (students £5, free for school groups)
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Talk
Family
“Appeals to a child’s wide-eyed wonder and hunger for exploration…it’s silly, sparkling stuff” ★★★★ The Stage
As part of our Inspiring People series, award-winning composer George Fenton introduces Dame Darcey Bussell, renowned former Principal with The Royal Ballet. Not only the most famous British ballerina of her generation, Darcey Bussell has gone on to undertake extensive broadcast work including judging Strictly Come Dancing, documentaries such as Darcey Bussell Dances Hollywood and her Looking for series. Bussell’s books include Darcey Bussell: A Life in Pictures, the Magic Ballerina children’s series and her autobiography, Life in Dance. Darcey is President of the Royal Academy of Dance and Patron of 13 other charities. The Inspiring People talk series is a joint project between The North Wall and its principal sponsor St Edward’s School.
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TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER
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Paul Blakemore
Dom Coyote: We Can Time Travel
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Dom has found a message, hidden in a cassette tape his grandad sent to him 15 years ago. Some people think it’s a key. A key to time travel. Join Dom as he takes us back to the day that his grandfather was lost at sea in a desperate quest to save him. This lyrical new piece of gig-theatre, set against a backdrop of 80’s synths and drum machines, is a story of adventure, hope and the urgency of living in the now. Inspired by HG Wells’ 1895 novella, The Time Machine, with a style reminiscent of alternative pop classics from Kate Bush and the poetic storytelling of Kate Tempest – We Can Time Travel is a playful contemporary fable for our times and a loving homage to the music and blockbuster movies that inspired a generation – from Back to the Future to Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
“ Imaginative gig theatre...full of hope and heart” The Stage Performance: 8pm Tickets: £13 (concessions £11)
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THURSDAY 4 OCTOBER Avalon presents
Harry and Chris Save the World Harry and Chris are the hottest comedy-rap-jazz duo out there. They might also be the only one.
MONDAY 8 – TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER Middle Child presents
One Life Stand
Written by Eve Nicol Music by James Frewer and Honeyblood
Theatre
After sell-out runs of their 2016 and 2017 shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, Harry Baker and Chris Read have been featured three times on The Russell Howard Hour (Sky), and tour regularly around the UK. Their songs range from panda repopulation to coming of age to Robot Wars, and they bring love and laughter to a world that needs both more than ever.
Comedy
“A wonderful blend of infectious songs packed with sharp, clever wordplay” ★★★★★ The Sunday Post “Upbeat and feel-good” ★★★★★ Fringe Guru
When we can have sex whenever we want, with whomever we want, why settle for a normal relationship? With the promise of fresh excitement just a swipe away, is Kat’s long-term lover really her lifelong dream? One Life Stand is a late-night search for intimacy across a city obsessed with sex and screens, exposing the loneliness sometimes found in modern relationships, where the expectations of love and lust are ever-changing. With music by James Frewer and Honeyblood, this is the latest gig theatre production from the award-winning company behind All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. Performance: 8pm Tickets: £13.50
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Age guidance: 14+ Performances: 8pm Tickets: £13 (concessions £11)
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FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
Lewis Doherty & The North Wall present
OCM and Snape Maltings present
WOLF
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Gwyneth Herbert: Letters I Haven’t Written
Theatre
Ian Wallman
Written and performed by Lewis Doherty Directed by John Hoggarth
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Music
Comedy
Welcome to Shadow City, a hellhole of a city, but a city nonetheless… Detective Jay Walker is dead, and with no leads and a case colder than…ice. It’s up to his ex-partner Patrick ‘Nobody calls me Patrick’ Wolf to bust some imaginary heads and find out who killed him. Armed with nothing but his own body and a chair, Lewis Doherty brings to life thirty characters, car chases, and multi-man brawls for a hilarious hour-long adventure across a cyber-punk landscape. Following sell-out previews at VAULT Festival and The North Wall earlier this year, we’re delighted to welcome Lewis back to Oxford direct from the Edinburgh Fringe. Age guidance:14+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £13 (concessions £11)
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When was the last time you wrote a letter? Tag, swipe, meme, like: the way we communicate is constantly changing. Letters I Haven’t Written invites you on a voyage into the lost art of letter writing through music and film by awardwinning composer/performer Gwyneth Herbert and leading video artist Will Duke (Complicite’s The Encounter), alongside some of the UK’s most creative musicians.
“A remarkably gifted talent” ★★★★★ Guardian Gwyneth Herbert: voice, french horn, ukulele Ned Cartwright: piano, sax, voice Sam Burgess: bass, voice Al Cherry: guitar, voice Corrie Dick: drums, voice Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £12)
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TUESDAY 16 – SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER
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Reading Rep, Desara Productions & Nuffield Theatre present
The Mountaintop Theatre
Written by Katori Hall Directed by Roy Alexander Weise, winner of the JMK Award 2016
April 3, 1968. The smell of cigarettes and coffee hangs thick in the air as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. winds down from a day of preaching and marching. An intimate look into the quieter moments of King’s life, The Mountaintop chips away at the myth of the great man to expose his fears about his family, his country and the ever-looming threat of a violent death. Set during the height of America’s Civil Rights Movement, Katori Hall’s sharp and powerful play confronts the legend and his legacy. Are we really free or do we live in a world of false liberation? In the 50th anniversary year of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, this Olivier Award-winning play about King’s last night on earth embarks on its first UK tour, following a sold out run at the Young Vic.
“ With riveting performances, this two-hander simmers with tension and is suffused with wonder, awe and dread” ★★★★ The Times “ Weise directs with bounce and brio” ★★★★ Evening Standard
Age guidance: 14+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £14)
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TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER
THURSDAY 25 OCTOBER
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Antler presents
Meurig Marshall
Lands
Theatre
Dance
Rosetta Life presents 2 performers, a mini trampoline and a 1000 piece puzzle. Leah and Sophie have been together, here, for a long time. They are happy here. But there’s a problem. There’s a massive f**king problem and soon they’re going to have to talk about it. This new show by the award-winning company, Antler, is a playful, intimate dissection of a relationship teetering on the edge of collapse. An absurd tragicomedy, Lands explores the impossibility of relationships, our inability to understand one another and the hills we’re willing to die on. This moving play arrives at The North Wall following a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe 2017. Performance: 8pm Tickets: £13 (concessions £11)
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Stroke Odysseys Stroke Odysseys is an ambitious piece of dance theatre performed by an ensemble of stroke survivors, supported by professional dancers, singers and musicians. The show explores intertwined journeys of recovery from stroke and asks what impact the act of storytelling through dance and song may have on the brain’s ability to heal itself. This new production by award-winning choreographer Ben Duke and composer Orlando Gough is commissioned by Rosetta Life – a charity that changes the way we perceive the frail and disabled. The performance is supported by an education programme of talks and workshops led by experts including dancers, musicians, neurologists and stroke survivors. Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £14)
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FRIDAY 26 OCTOBER
SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER
Half Moon and Tangled Feet present
Alan Bearman Music presents
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Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuiness
Butterflies
Stephen Beeny
“I’ve got that funny feeling again… it’s a good thing right?” Three friends embark on an exciting adventure to chase their butterflies away. They cross new seas to uncharted lands, on a journey filled with discovery. The only trouble is they’re all a bit worried about it! During their voyage the group ride the waves, walk high bridges, discover deep caves and climb to the sky, before reaching dry land braver than ever before. Join our intrepid characters as they step into the unknown in an uplifting tale of friendship, courage and facing your fears, told using innovative staging, breath-taking physicality, touching humour and a specially commissioned musical score.
Recorded by Neil McDermott at the University of Glasgow Recital Room, mixed with Calum Malcolm, mastered by Sam Smith and released on the Drag City label in Spring 2018, What News finds the trio delivering surprising, moving and idiosyncratic versions of eight traditional Scottish ballads, arranged for voice, piano and electronics.
“So many intricate ideas here, so beautifully done” ★★★★ Guardian
For ages 3-8 Performances: 11am & 2pm Tickets: £8 (concessions £6)
Performance: 8pm Tickets: £14 (concessions £12)
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Acclaimed Scottish folk musician Alasdair Roberts joins brazen-faced sonic provocateur Amble Skuse and keyboard wizard David McGuinness in an exciting new collaboration, What News.
Family
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THURSDAY 1 – FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER
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Lost Dog presents
Juliet and Romeo Conceived and directed by Ben Duke Devised and performed by Ben Duke and Solene Weinachter
Dance
Lost Dog’s new show reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after. Well…they lived at least. Now they are 40ish, at least one of them is in the grips of a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They have decided to confront their current struggles by putting on a performance – about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea. With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy this duet takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.
“ Pure pleasure. Smart, subversive and sexy” ★★★★★ The Guardian “ Squirmingly funny and no less heart-breaking” ★★★★ The Times “Glorious. Full of warmth and intimacy” ★★★★ The Independent
Zoe Manders
Post Show Talk: Thursday 1 November Join us in the stalls after the show to hear Ben Duke in conversation with Emma Smith, Professor of Shakespeare Studies at Hertford College, Oxford, on the use of Romeo & Juliet as a starting point in the show’s creation and how the original work continues to have relevance in today’s modern world.
Age guidance:14+ Performance: 8pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £14)
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SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER
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Emma Kirkby directs
Dowland Works: The Consent of Speaking Harmony Songs by John Dowland and John Danyel The consummate lutenist John Dowland was also a brilliant songwriter and polyphonist and had a mighty influence on his contemporaries. In this programme, Dowland Works celebrate a selection of his work alongside that of John Danyel from his book, Songs to the Lute, Viol and Voice (1606). Dowland Works was formed in 2013 to mark the 450th anniversary of John Dowland. Alongside one of the world’s leading sopranos, Emma Kirkby, the ensemble brings together young performers and seasoned professionals to explore the rich heritage of lute song and revitalise Early Music performance for a contemporary audience. Emma Kirkby & Emily Owen sopranos Clemmie Franks alto Michael Solomon Williams tenor Gareth Thomas bass Sam Brown lute
thenorthwall.com stedwardsoxford.org Registered Charity No: 309681
This concert will take place in the Ogston Music School at St Edward’s School. Performance: 7.30pm Tickets: £16 (concessions £14)
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Music
St Edward’s School is the principal sponsor of The North Wall’s innovative public programme of theatre, music, exhibitions, dance and talks.
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1 December 2018 – 5 January 2019
“All children, except one, grow up.” A shadow at the window, a sprinkling of fairy dust and then straight on till morning; the Darling children are off on an adventure. Can Peter Pan lead the Lost Boys to victory, or will Hook win Neverland?
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This winter, pull up a chair for Creation Theatre’s eighth family Christmas show at The North Wall. From the team behind last year’s anarchic A Christmas Carol comes a new adaptation full of songs, sword fights and awfully big adventures. Recommended 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
www.creationtheatre.co.uk 01865 766266
“As good as theatre gets” The Oxford Times (A Christmas Carol, 2017) “A first-class Christmas show” Daily Info (Snow White and Other Tales from the Brothers Grimm, 2016) “Enormously fun, utterly compelling, seriously off-the-wall, mesmerisingly atmospheric and pretty surreal.” The Oxford Times (The Wind in the Willows, 2014)
Peter Pan written by J M Barrie By arrangement with Great Ormond Street Hospital Children’s Charity And Samuel French Ltd. Tickets: £13.50-£32 (concessions available, ask at the Box Office) Special offers for groups of ten or more.
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TUESDAY 4 – FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER
MONDAY 24 SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER
Hannah Robson: Seeking Form
Joanna Vestey: Conditions of Knowledge
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Hannah Robson is a textile artist, interested in the spatial qualities of textiles. She constructs sculptural pieces using combinations of weaving and lace-making, exploring how threads can escape the traditional vertical and horizontal pathways imposed by the loom. She creates opportunities for threads to break away from woven surfaces, taking alternative routes and joining together in three-dimensional forms. She exploits the tensions between rigorously controlled constructions and free-flowing loose threads, balancing structure and chaos. A range of two and three-dimensional works will be displayed at The North Wall, including Ersilia, an installation commissioned by the Crafts Council, recently exhibited at Collect Open 2018.
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Exhibition tour 25 September 6.30pm – 7.30pm Paul Hobson, Director of Modern Art Oxford, in conversation with Joanna Vestey
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Exhibition
Joanna Vestey continues her photographic exploration into spaces and objects that relate to the production and holding of knowledge. Best known for her large format interior images made in physical spaces of academia such as libraries and lecture theatres, these new abstract works, in contrast, are responsive to the fleeting and ephemeral nature of electronic media. Shown at The North Wall for the first time, Conditions of Knowledge explores the digitisation of knowledge and the way in which screen-based media and digital networked storage allow for new kinds of engagement. Through the use of both physical and digital forms, a space is created to consider methods of the past alongside future possibilities for the accessing and sharing of knowledge.
WEDNESDAY 10 – SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER
WEDNESDAY 7 – SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER
The Society of Wood Engravers 81st Annual Exhibition
St Edward’s School: In Progress 2
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In Progress 2 celebrates the fantastic work from St Edward’s pupils across all year groups. Although primarily 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 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. In Progress 2 showcases the outcomes produced to date, approximately half way through the course.
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Exhibition
Kelmscott Manor by Peter Lawrence
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 relief prints. Over one hundred wood engravings, woodcuts and linocuts made by artists as near as Summertown to as far away as Russia and America showcase the wide range of styles and interpretations of which this art form is capable. Whether 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 Exhibition 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.
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WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 5 JANUARY https://blackwells.co.uk/rarebooks
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Once Upon A Time... In conjunction with Creation Theatre’s production of Peter Pan, Zuleika Gallery and Blackwell’s Rare Books present Once Upon A Time..., a glorious exhibition at The North Wall. The exhibition will explore the visual history of fairy tales and story-making as seen through the lens of artists from the 19th Century to the present day. You will encounter kissing frogs, fairies, imps, and magic. A range of work in various media will be presented, with rare books illustrated by artists Edmund Dulac and Arthur Rackham right the way through to contemporary ceramics by the ever ebullient Claudia Clare. The exhibition will also feature posters, limited editions prints and paintings - all of which will be for sale. With prices starting at £30 the exhibition will be the perfect opportunity to provide some Christmas magic for all princes and princesses.
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At a glance event guide DATE
EVENT HAUNT
Festival
4
Jul 25
Thor & Loki
Theatre
4
Jul 27-28
No Kids
Theatre
5
Aug 10-11
ArtsLab Summer Showcase
Theatre
5
Sep 17
The Muddy Choir
Theatre
6
Sep 22
Rachel Parris
Comedy
6
Sep 26-28
The Fishermen
Theatre
7
Sep 29
The Star Seekers
Family
8
Oct 1
Inspiring People: Dame Darcey Bussell
Talk
9
Oct 2
We Can Time Travel
Theatre
11
Oct 4
Harry and Chris Save The World
Comedy
12
Oct 8-9
One Life Stand
Theatre
13
Oct 12
WOLF
Theatre
14
Oct 13
OCM: Gwyneth Herbert
Music
15
Oct 16-20
The Mountaintop
Theatre
17
Oct 23
Lands
Theatre
18
Oct 25
Stroke Odysseys
Dance
19
Oct 26
Butterflies
Family
20
Oct 27
Alasdair Roberts, Amble Skuse & David McGuiness
Music
21
Nov 1-2
Juliet and Romeo
Dance
23
Nov 10
Emma Kirkby & Dowland Works
Music
25
Dec 1-Jan 5
Creation Theatre: Peter Pan
Theatre
27
Jul 21
CATEGORY PAGE
Gallery Sep 4-21
Hannah Robson: Seeking Form
28
Sep 24-Oct 6
Joanna Vestey: Conditions of Knowledge
29
Oct 10-27
The Society of Wood Engravers
30
Nov 7-24
St Edward’s School
31
Nov 28-Jan 5
Once Upon A Time
33
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