The Good Neighbour 2013 Programme

PROGRAMME

4TH DECEMBER 2013 - 4TH JANUARY 2014

Hello and thank you for coming to Battersea Arts Centre to help George Neighbour find his story.

Here at Battersea Arts Centre we care about George very much. He has come to represent how we feel about the history of the building in which we work.

Our building is 120 years old this year, and it is full of stories.

They are in the walls, the halls, the staircases. As Battersea’s Town Hall, this building was home to radical politicians and people committed to social change, who wanted to make the world a better

place: John Archer, the first Black Mayor of London; the Suffragettes; John Burns MP, champion of the working classes. It was home to wrestlers, grand dances, political rallies, air raid wardens, Dustmen’s balls, Ska and Punk bands, celebrations and memorials.

Today, Battersea Arts Centre offers a wide mixture of shows and discussions, home-made food and drink, weddings and dances, family fun and creative learning opportunities. Visitors can also explore the social, political and cultural history of our building through our archive.

Battersea Arts Centre is a place where everyone plays a role in inventing the future of theatre.

We develop new theatre through SCRATCH, where we invite people of all ages to see early versions of shows and offer their feedback.

Finished shows are performed throughout our building and often go on to stages across London, the UK and the world.

We’d like to thank all our Good Neighbours for helping us to make this time together with George possible; the schools who have contributed to the creative process, and the artists who have devised and collaborated with us along the years. We want to explore more about how theatre and creativity can enrich our community.

If you’d like to help Battersea Arts Centre create more adventures, like

the one with George today, then you can become a Battersea Arts Centre Friend for just £20 per year.

You’ll get special perks like ticket discounts, priority booking, and a discount at our Scratch Bar. But most importantly, you’ll be helping to invent the future of theatre for generations to come.

We hope you enjoy your time in the company of George at Battersea Arts Centre today, and like him, cement a lifelong friendship with this famous old town hall.

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The Good Neighbour Company

Frances Dawes Assistant Production Manager Alex Taylor Technical Manager

Your adventure will be unravelled with help from:

Alexandra Gray Stage Manager (Council Chamber)

Alexandra Donnachie

Thomas Mindenhall Senior Technician

Anne Langford Asta Parry

Mitch Hargreaves Technician

Conrad Murray Daniel McGowan

Kevin Miles Lighting Designer and Technician (Council Chamber)

David Bonnick Jr Lamek Ogwal Linden Walcott - Burton Matthew Heseltine Susan Kingman George Neighbour appears with permission from his great friend Tom Bowtell, and is ably assisted by the marvellous Monique Duchen.

Sarah Golding Creative Director

Russell Bender Staff Director

Sophie Bradey Producer

Liz Ellacott Production and Stage Manager

Ruth Dudman Associate Creative Director

Katie Elston Marketing Manager

Andy White Creative Consultant

Miranda Marcus Press & Publication Manager

Rose Alexander Assistant Producer

Olivia Ivens Press Assistant

Will Dickie Front of House Charlotte Turton Front of House Chloe Turner Stage Management Placement Oliver Jacques Technical Placement Alex Tintore Technical Placement Emily Britton Technical Placement

Matt O’Leary Technician (The Incandescents)

Collette Creary-Myers Design Placement

Dan Saggars Technician (The Momentorium)

Chris Tallis Design Placement

Anna McNamara Georgina Lamb Choreography

Rachel Gore Design Placement

Jojo Townsend Producing Placement Rosie Scudder Producing Placement Marianne Warley Producing Placement Lucy Fellows Front of House Kieran Lucas Front of House

Anna Reid Design Placement Valentina Turtur Design Placement Jonty Weston Front of House Placement Rosemary Millbank Production Runner Maddy Shipman Production Runner

Commissioned Artists

Commissioned Artists

Lost or Found

by Ruth Paton Ruth Paton has worked as a designer at Battersea Arts Centre on and off for 15 years. Other productions here include Newsnight the Opera, Matins for the Virgin of Guadeloupe, Gamblers and an installation project for the One on One Festival. She has also worked on many outreach and participatory projects including those with Kneehigh and Punchdrunk. Other work includes designs for the RSC, RNT, The Royal Opera House, Opera North, Glyndebourne, ENO, ETO, Live Theatre Newcastle, Hull Truck and the Oxford School of Drama. www.portfoliopatonjopling.blogspot.co.uk

Battersea Beehive

by Kazuko Hohki

Created by Kazuko Hohki in collaboration with Andy Cox, with thanks to Nao Nagai The film material in this piece was kindly permitted to use by Yutaka KItamura.

Kazuko is a founding member of the pop performance group Frank Chickens with whom she has released 5 albums, toured worldwide and won Foster Comedy God Award in 2010. Her past performance work includes Toothless, My Husband is a Spaceman, Herald Angel and Total Theatre Award winning Evidence for the Existence of Borrowers (collaboration with The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals guitarist/ artist, Andy Cox) and Last Night I dreamed I Was An Eskimo (commissioned by Nordland Visual Theater in Norway). Kazuko and Andy created The Great Escape - A Borrowers Tale, as a Christmas show for Battersea Arts Center in 2010, You Only Live Twice (But Die Once) for the One on One Festival at Battersea Arts Centre (2011), Tottenham Travesties for Birmingham Rep (2011) and Incontinetnal (2012). She is currently developing a new multi-media production Man From Fukushima due to be presented in 2014 and One Night Only (working title) produced by Jackson’s Lane and presented by young people of Haringey where Kazuko lives, due to be shown in March 2014. www.kazukohohki.com

The Incandescents

by Abigail Conway

Written and Conceived by Abigail Conway Set by Abigail Conway Sound Design by Melanie Wilson Abigail Conway is a creator of live art performance. Abigail’s interests lie in working with material objects and craft to create sitespecific installations and immersive experiences for audiences. She is committed to exploring intimacy, within instruction-based works. She is founder, and director, of Subject to_ change, a Live Art Company, which makes small and large-scale, spectator led installations.

Their show home sweet home has toured to national and international acclaim. The Company is committed to challenging the boundaries of artistic performance. The works of Subject to _change give priority to spectator perception and engagement. www.abigailconway.org.uk & www.subjecttochange.org.uk

Presence!

by Sheila Ghelani Sheila is an artist whose work spans performance, installation and moving image. She works both as a solo and collaborative artist, and originally trained in contemporary dance. She enjoys the weight of words when spoken or held, and finds multiples of objects and actions arranged in repetitious patterns very reassuring. She likes to cut things up, break things apart and mix things together. She is also interested in the relationship between art and science with particular focus on hybridity, crossings, carefully controlled experiments, the practice of medicine and care, colour, genetics and love. She is an artist who champions making work for the passer-by.

Most recently she was Artist in Residence at Ealing’s Pitzhanger Manor & Walpole Park in Summer 2013, where she developed two new pieces of work, and earlier in the year was awarded a commission to lead an Extravagant Act For Mature People by Clod Ensemble. She is currently working on her new project Rambles with Nature. www.sheilaghelani.co.uk

Commissioned Artists The Momentorium

by Kirsty Harris & Matthew Blake Performed by Michael Cusick Directed by Matthew Blake Videos created by Max Dovey

Despite Kirsty Harris and Matthew Blake having worked with Battersea Arts Centre in various capacities for a combined time of thirteen years, this is their first collaboration together. Matthew has regularly created work with companies Gideon Reeling and Punchdrunk and is a vocalist & percussionist in a Music Hall band called The Dead Victorians. Kirsty is an artist and theatre maker. She has worked with companies including WildWorks, Kneehigh and Punchdrunk. She also makes her own work as a solo artist, telling stories through immersive environments. www.khmakesthings.co.uk

Kablooey!

by Bryony Kimmings

Directed by Bryony Kimmings Costume and Set designed by David Curtis-Ring Performed by Tara Boland: 2 December 2013 – 15 December 2013 23 December 2013 – 29 December 2013 Performed by Nina Smith: 16 December 2013 – 22 December 2013 30 December 2013 – 4 Jan2013 Bryony Kimmings is an award winning Performance Artist based in London. She creates fulllength theatre shows, cabaret, stand-up, music, sound installations and documentary films. Her work is larger than life, outrageous, visually loud, often dangerous, somewhat unpredictable but above all fun. Her adult work follows real life social experiments that she embarks upon with genuine genius intrigue and wholehearted, fearless gusto. This was Bryony’s first work for children, she has since gone on to win multiple awards and critical acclaim for her incredible show Credible Likeable Superstar Role Model with her 9 year old niece. www.bryonykimmings.com

Commissioned Artists The Fire - Hidden Show

Conceived by Sarah Golding & Richard Dufty Written and Directed by Richard Dufty Performed by Anne Langford Richard Dufty is a Senior Producer at Battersea Arts Centre. He is responsible for overseeing the programming of our regular Cook Up seasons and manages a team of producers who support exciting artists to make new theatre. Amongst other things Richard programmed Battersea Arts Centre’s renowned One on One Festivals and conceived London Stories – our recent festival of true stories told in intimate settings around the building.

Richard is also one of the artistic directors of Bristol-based theatre company Uninvited Guests. He has devised, performed in and written for numerous theatre shows and performance installations since 2000, including Love Letters Straight From Your Heart and last year’s version of The Good Neighbour for adults which took audiences on a tour of the local area. With Uninvited Guests Richard has toured nationally and internationally and has presented work at places including Tate Britain, The Southbank Centre, The RSC, Bristol Old Vic, Tramway, Fierce Festival and at the National Review of Live Art.

Battersea Arts Centre’s School Projects We offer opportunities for teachers and young people to collaborate with world-renowned artists in school. These projects creatively explore a chosen theme or story in curricular subjects such as History, Citizenship and English. Each project results in a performance or installation presented by the children at Battersea Arts Centre.

The Hero Machine:

An installation by Shaftesbury Park, St Joseph’s Catholic and Falconbrook primary schools and Illustrators Pencil & Help, is currently in the Battersea Arts Centre foyer.

We invite you to take a seat and delve into the imaginative world of these pupils’ heroes. This project has been inspired by Battersea’s history and its extraordinary residents.

The Good Neighbour Conceived by Sarah Golding & Ruth Dudman Frame story written by Sarah Golding & Tom Bowtell Devised by Sarah Golding, Tom Bowtell, Monique Duchen & Ruth Dudman Developed with scratch input from Tiernan Douieb Sarah Golding A Drama graduate from Hull University, Sarah has been producing theatre and participatory arts programmes for over 16 years. During this time, Battersea Arts Centre has earned the Best Community Contribution Award at the Wandsworth Business Awards 2006; Best Public Sector Partnership at the Third Sector Awards 2008 and Best Corporate Partnership Award at the Charity Times Awards 2008. Sarah leads Battersea Arts Centre’s work with visionary artists to develop new theatre for children and young people, and has worked with Fevered Sleep; Blind Summit; Kazuko Hohki; Coney and Polarbear.

Ruth Dudman Ruth Dudman is an independent theatre producer. She is the Director of Undercurrent, a programme for children and families based on the South Coast and works part time at Arts Council England as Relationship Manager for Combined Arts in the South East. She also works on a freelance basis for a number of artists and organisations. Ruth spent several years as a producer at Battersea Arts Centre where she worked closely with Sarah Golding building the Battersea Arts Centre Schools’ Programme.

She has worked as Creative Producer at the Basement in Brighton and is a founding member of SOUPing, a model of working and support system for independent producers around the UK.

Tom Bowtell Tom is an actor, writer and director who has been making theatre at Battersea Arts Centre for more than a decade. As a co-director of interactive theatre company Coney, Tom has co-created shows such as A Small Town Anywhere and is the lead writer for Coney’s award-winning Adventures in Learning programme in schools. Tom also makes comedy with Tom Cameron as part of TomTom and spends much of his free time drinking cocoa with his fond friend, Mr George Neighbour.

Andy White After training at the University of Hertfordshire, Andy’s 3D design career began in 1994. Employed as a Special Effects Technician for Film, TV and Advertising, Andy’s ongoing 3D Design experience (and interest in all things theatrical and experiential) lead to the establishment of Andy White Creative. He has designed large scale installations for clients including The Walt Disney Company, Harrods Ltd, and Merlin Magic Making, and continues to work across a range of industries, providing designs and consultancy worldwide.

George’s Friends at Battersea Arts Centre Adam Garrett Theatre Operations Team Member Adam Lilwall Project Accountant

Emmanuel Adanlawo Executive Administrator Foteini Aravani Digital Collections Manager

Alessandra D’Almo Press Placement

Frances Dawes Assistant Production Manager

Alex Taylor Technical Manager

Freddie Huntington Sales and Business Development Manager

Amy Jobling Senior Events Coordinator Anam Khawar Events & Marketing Assistant Andrea Keogh General Manager Ann Tan Chief Financial Officer Anne Wareing Development Officer Bethany Haynes Producer Casey Nevin Venue Operations Apprentice David Jubb Artistic Director & CEO David Owen Events Coordinator Emily Leech Events Coordinator

Kieran Lucas Theatre Operations Team Member Layla El-Deeb Deputy Marketing Manager Lawrence Keal Interim Commercial Operations Manager Liz Moreton Senior Producer

Hannah Forrester Theatre Operations Team Member

Lucy Fellows Theatre Operations Team Member

Jess Clarke Comms Placement

Mai Pham Assistant Project Accountant

Jo Hunter Freelance Capital and Strategy Consultant

Maureen Martin Duty Manager

Rosie Scudder Producing Placement

Stephane Tierou Head Chef

Rachel Twigg Town Hall Manager

Susie Thornberry Project Manager

Rebecca Holt Executive Manager

Thea Jones Assistant to the Artistic Director

Rhea Mehmet Touring Marketing/Press Officer

Thomas Mindenhall Senior Technician

Richard Dufty Senior Producer

Tim Hopkins Facilities Coordinator

Roisin Feeny Project Manager

Tobi Kyeremateng Community Arts Apprentice

Rosalie White Producer

Tom Cameron Kitchen Porter

Rose Alexander Assistant Producer

Tref Davies Capital Administrator

Joanne Irvine Organisational Coach

Miranda Marcus Deputy Comms Manager Press

Kane Moore Capital Project Fundraiser

Mitch Hargreaves Technician

Sarah Golding Associate Artistic Director

Katie Duffy Take Out Coordinator

Mohand Oumoussa Chef de Partie

Sarah O’Connor Production Manager

Katie Elston Marketing and Communications Manager

Nick Morgan Catering Supervisor

Scott MacColl Capital Project Manager

Phillip Payne Box Office Manager

Shelley Hastings Senior Producer

Pippa Davies Theatre Operations Team Member

Sophie Bradey Producer

Katie Roberts Take Out Producer Katy Smith Administration Officer

Sam Brzeski Volunteer Coordinator

FRONT OF HOUSE: Becky Perryman Freddy Dos Santos George Moustakas Helen Kirby Hope McGarry James Davies Kieron Boyle Kurtis O’Kasi Lucy Newholm Luke Gouldbourne Lynne Forbes Martin Murray Maureen Martin Mel Anouf Mischa Resnick Molly Burn Natalia Galkova Oli Back Phoebe Éclair-Powell Rebecca Hutchins Russell Hill Sally Kerry Samuel Reynolds Steven Lee Susan Wareham Thea Stanton Thomas Brewer Tom Appleton Tom Brocklehurst Tom King TonjeWik Olaussen

Devising Notes Seven years ago, Battersea Arts Centre began developing theatre shows for young people in partnership with children from local schools in Wandsworth. A new model for creating work for this audience was developed: a blend of artist residencies; participation projects and Scratch showings. Since then, we have worked with hundreds of children and many artists and teachers to finesse this practice and create a range of new performances. Artists who have collaborated in this way across that time include Polarbear; Neil Callaghan; Coney; Hannah Ringham; Kazuko Hohki; Subject to_change; Edith Tankus; Matthew Blake and Bryony Kimmings.

The Good Neighbour itself began life as an extension of this work, when, in 2009, Ruth Dudman (then a Battersea Arts Centre Producer) and I began developing an idea to enable a number of artists to share short bursts of Scratch ideas that had been created in schools inside the same show experience.

Battersea Arts Centre’s mission “To invent the future of theatre” was a challenge to be met - we wanted to investigate how we could explode the traditional theatre experience for our audiences of families and young people.

Battersea Arts Centre isn’t your usual venue.

Rather than theatre happening within one or two specially designed auditoriums, our work takes place in unusual spaces, in every nook and cranny of our beautiful, creaky, Victorian home. Ruth and I wanted to create a performance experience that tapped into the innate energy of the children we were working with in schools. We wanted our young audiences to be able to explore, to respond, to talk, to be wowed and then feel cosseted, to be free to laugh, to feel and to engage.

We housed six scratch shows made by some of our favourite and most exciting artists within the building and invited two classes from a local school to come and help us experiment with the form. We designed maps, and split the children into small groups, led by Battersea Arts Centre team members. What we needed however was a host; someone who could provide the reason as to why the children needed to discover the shows hidden within the building. And that is when we found George.

Three years later, after much testing and research, and four or five scratch versions created with children, teachers and artists, The Good Neighbour was first presented as a finished show at Battersea Arts Centre in October 2012. In this first outing, it was as a trio of work, the original piece we had devised happened concurrently with an experience for under 5s within our early years space The Bee’s Knees, alongside an offering for adults created by the award winning Uninvited Guests.

This year, the show returns to its initial solo form. George and Monique are reunited, along with friends old and new and with some unexpected twists to be discovered along the way. Here at Battersea Arts Centre, we count ourselves lucky to know George Neighbour.

He has taught us so much, and has been instrumental in developing the way in which we now think about making work for families in our venue. Although he hails from the past, George has enabled us to look to the future, inspiring us to reimagine what theatre for families can be.

Sarah Golding,Creative Director The Good Neighbour

Discover More for Families at Battersea Arts Centre

Battersea Arts Centre’s Next Family Theatre Show Book Now For February Half Term!

The Bee’s Knees A magical indoor play space for 0-5s and their carers at Battersea Arts Centre which can be enjoyed alongside our shows for families, so there will be something exciting on offer for all ages.

Step into a bright and buzzing space filled with activities and games for children, or take part in a workshop devised by Battersea Arts Centre artists.

Enjoy lunch and refreshments from our family friendly café across the foyer.

Opening Hours 10am-5pm, Monday-Friday Extra Christmas opening hours 1pm - 5pm Saturday & Sunday, 8 December 2013 - 4 January 2014 £2.50 entry fee per child until 2pm Monday – Friday (adults & under 1s go free). Free entry to the space after 2pm Mon-Fri and at the weekends unless there is an activity or workshop.

For more information go to: www.bac.org.uk/beesknees

Mouth Open, Story Jump Out

by Polarbear A story about how a master maker-upper started out as a boy with a talent for telling tales. Polarbear makes things up; stories, jokes, adventures – a master makerupper. But where did it all begin?

Mouth Open Story Jump Out is about the moment that started it all, and how one little decision set off a chain reaction that changed his life forever.

International assassins, secret codes, dog eating boa constrictors and much more fill the hole left when a father disappears and a boy discovers a talent for telling tales. ‘’The audience were thoroughly invested in Polarbear’s tale, fighting over small detail and full of questions at the end’’ Irish Times Dates, Time & Price 11am & 3pm , 20 - 22 February 2014 £12, £9 concessions For more information go to: www.bac.org.uk A Battersea Arts Centre Production, Conceived and Created by Polarbear, Co-commissioned by Southbank Centre

We are grateful to our Good Neighbours for their support: - Bloomberg Futures - Wandsworth Council - Arts Council England - Hanne & Co Solicitors Local Sponsor of the Good Neighbour Ticket Scheme - Currell Residential Battersea Local Sponsor of The Good Neighbour Education Programme - Oranges and Lemons Local Sponsor of The Good Neighbour Education Programme - Dame Vivienne Westwood Sponsor of The Good Neighbour Neighbour Education Programme - William Allen Young Charitable Trust Funder of The Good Neighbour Education Programme - Chapman Charitable Trust Funder of The Good Neighbour Education Programme - Gavin Barlow and Ben Stephen, The Albany - Duncan Mundell, The Party Shop - Hannah Dummett, The Christmas Forest - Flowers by Emma Weaver @ Palais www.palaisflowers.com Thanks also to: - Ian Golding, Sue Quelch, Helen White, Mr E J Bensaude-Loevenbach - Phillip Payne, Mia and Evie Townrow, Paul Drury & Stuart Lawson -

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Help us secure our future from just £20 £20 is all it takes to become a member and get closer to Battersea Arts Centre.

You’ll be helping us to ensure the future of our building as well as to invent the future of theatre.

You’ll also receive: ** A £5 discount on your first ticket purchase ** 10% off your ticket to all other BAC shows ** A 10% discount on food and drink our Scratch Bar. ** Priority Booking, with first access to cheaper tickets

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All our meals are homemade and sourced fresh from local suppliers.

ADULT MEALS - all £8.00 (Available to pre-book with your tickets) Navarin of Lamb & Stuffed Cabbage Diced shoulder of lamb cooked in white wine with bay leaves, carrot, thyme, turnip and new potatoes served with savoy cabbage stuffed with chicken and pork meat Winter Beef and Vegetable Stew Served with herby dumplings Stuffed Aubergine (V) With ratatouille topped with camembert and served with mixed leaves CHILDREN’S MEALS - all £4.00 (Available to pre-book with your tickets) Chef ’s Chicken Goujons With french fries and mayonnaise Beef Meat Balls with Linguine In a rich tomato sauce topped with cheddar cheese Penne Pasta with Creamy Tomato Sauce Topped with cheddar cheese (V) Homemade Fish Fingers With french fries, ketchup and mayonnaise Please ask if you would prefer fresh salad instead of french fries CHRISTMAS DESSERT SELECTION - from £2.25 After your hearty meal, don’t forget to pop over to the bar to purchase your pudding.

Our café bar will be serving a host of scrumptious Christmas treats from mulled wine and warm mince pies to gooey brownie logs with frosting, Christmas pudding with brandy custard, and a selection of ice creams.

Meals will be available to purchase on the day, but pre-booking is advised.

Meals will be served from 90 minutes before the performance, please arrive early to eat.

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