THEATRE DANCE MUSIC COMEDY FILM SPOKEN WORD EXHIBITIONS TAKE PART
February – June 2015
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WELCOME It is with great pleasure that I introduce the Spring 2015 season at Bridport Arts Centre. We have a wonderfully diverse selection of events coming up over the next four months and we hope you’ll agree that there is something here for everyone. There’s plenty for children and families with Robin’s Winter Adventure and the Boy Who Bit Picasso while music lovers have a broad selection to choose from, from Wille and the Bandits to The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ. Those in search of some light relief can turn to Seann Walsh or Andrew Lawrence or join us one of our regular Comedy Café events. Later in the season we make a nod to the upcoming national election with both Jonny and the Baptists and Steve Richards. Our highly popular Metropolitan Opera screening series continues, while film lovers can enjoy the best of cinema on Thursday and Sundays and look forward to the popular From Page to Screen Festival in April.
EXPERIENCE ALL THAT
BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE HAS TO OFFER
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We look forward to welcoming you to the Arts Centre over the next few months.
Laura Cockett Director
General Manager: Dee Fenton, Marketing Manager: Lisa Wilcock, Finance and Administration Manager: Barry Armstrong-Marshall, Box Office Manager: Jill Beed, Learning Coordinator: Kate Wilson, Exhibitions Assistant: Megan Dunford, Gallery Technician/Caretaker: Bob Dron
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Theatre CHILDREN’S THEATRE Pied Piper Theatre Company
If you like this you’ll love Jonny and the Baptists! See p.23
ROBIN’S WINTER ADVENTURE Saturday 14 Feb, 2pm Tickets: £10/£8 Members
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£6 Concessions
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£30 Family
Age guidance: Suitable for ages 4+
A young boy’s incredible journey with a feathered friend. Townsend Productions
UNITED WE STAND Friday 6 Feb, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
The Rousing Story of Des Warren and Ricky Tomlinson; The Story of Builders’ Strike of 1972 & The Shrewsbury Pickets.
This is an uplifting tale of change, bravery and friendship told with puppetry, poetry and music.
In 1972 tens of thousands of building workers won the first national strike in the industry for better pay and conditions. Flying pickets left the contractors reeling. The Tory government and the large building companies wanted revenge, and the ‘Shrewsbury 24’ were put on trial in the following year.
Join Pied Piper Theatre Company for a new play celebrating 30 years of outstanding children’s theatre.
United We Stand tells the events that led to the imprisonment of building workers Des Warren and Ricky Tomlinson of The Royle Family. Directed by musician John Kirkpatrick this performance combines popular and political songs of the early seventies and Ricky Tomlinson’s poems from his time in prison.
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Reflecting the great tide of anger, which rocked the very foundations of the established political elite, it examines the extraordinary political will of all the participants and shares the anguish of falling prey to a miscarriage of justice. This production brings the full story of this dispute to life in a powerfully challenging and entertaining evening for all.
* See page 38 for more information
There’s more half term fun on p.36 Book your tickets online www.bridport-arts.com
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Fourth Monkey Theatre Company Circus Geeks
BETA TESTING Wednesday 18 Feb, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members | £10 Concessions A show about jugglers and their strange obsession. Beta Testing is a new kind of show that sits somewhere between a TEDx-style talk and a Heath Robinson demonstration, featuring Guinness World Record breaking performers, virtuoso juggling and a pathological fear of haddock… Circus Geeks are a brilliant young trio of circus artists who use their fascination with throwing and catching to explore a logical approach to learning and life, a light hearted analysis of excuses, awkward social situations and the misplaced fear of failure.
Abeakuta Productions
COUNTING THE BIRCHES
THE ELEPHANT MAN Saturday 28 Mar, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
CHILDREN’S THEATRE Filkskit Theatre
THE FEATHER CATCHER
Sunday 8 Mar, 7.30pm Tickets: £10
The tale of the elephant man returns to the stage in an adaptation inspired by the iconic David Lynch film. This profoundly unforgettable show tells the true story of the fabled Joseph Merrick.
Monday 30 Mar, 11am Tickets: £8/£6 Members & Concessions
Counting the Birches takes place over a single day in November 1885 and is set within the Kara prison complex in eastern Siberia. Based on actual events the drama focusses on three remarkable women: two revolutionary prisoners and a mother who has voluntarily joined her daughter. The startling appearance of an American journalist, and his meeting with the prison’s brutal security officer, present the women with alarming dilemmas.
Abandoned as a child, the horribly deformed Joseph, played with “startling subtlety” by Daniel Chrisostomou, survives as a freak-show attraction and medical marvel. But as he sits silently under the stares of London’s high society, it is the world around him that appears grotesque.
Freda loves feathers but there’s one special feather that she just can’t catch on her own. Can Greta help her on her quest and teach her about friendship at the same time?
Nominated for an Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award.
This non-verbal show playfully uses live music and beautiful projection to tell this delightful tale of teamwork. A fun, playful story of friendship, working together and mischievous feathers.
Written by Andrew Rutherford and directed by Spencer Butler who brought Blindspot to the Bridport Arts Centre as a fund-raiser in June 2014.
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£26 Family
Aimed at ages 3+ with a chance to stay and play with the performers after the show.
Fundraising for Bridport Arts Centre.
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* See page 38 for more information
* See page 38 for more information
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CHILDREN’S THEATRE Untied Artists and Oxford Playhouse
THE BOY WHO BIT PICASSO Tuesday 7 Apr, 11am & 2pm Tickets: £10/£8 Members | £6 Concessions
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£30 Family
Devised and directed by Jake Oldershaw, Inspired by the book by Antony Penrose. My name is Tony and I have the most extraordinary friend… Pablo Picasso! Come and play down on the farm with Tony and Picasso. We’ll have loads of fun, make crazy pictures and we’ll tell the true story of how a young boy became friends with one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Oxford Playhouse presents The Boy Who Bit Picasso, an interactive theatre show for everyone aged four to eight. With storytelling, music and lots of chances to make your own art, this hands-on family show introduces one of the 20th century’s most influential artists through the eyes of a young boy. Be sure to wear some play-clothes because it’s going to get messy! For everyone aged 4 – 8 and their families.
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Steve Richards
Rabbit Theatre
ROCK N ROLL POLITICS
DRACULA Thursday 16 Apr, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
Saturday 2 May, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
BurntOut Theatre
MUSCOVADO Saturday 9 May, 7.30pm Tickets: £10/£8 Members
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£6 Concessions
Age guidance: Suitable for ages 12+
Get your teeth into Bram Stoker’s classic tale. Written by Andrew McPherson and directed by Simon Harvey, ‘outrageously versatile’ performer David Mynne brings you his one-man performance of... DRACULA! Be warned: this monstrous, disturbing (and completely batty) tale of dark deeds and the UnDead, will thrill and seduce you.
“Listen to them... the children of the night. What music they make!” * See page 38 for more information
Award winning BBC broadcaster and columnist, Steve Richards, takes you behind the scenes of British Politics and the media, the characters, the absurdities, the tragedies. Discover more about Cameron, Miliband, Clegg, what might happen at the next election and why a political journalist has taken to the stage. A hit show at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival: Politics and the media all shook up... Rock N Roll Politics.
Steve is a brilliant mimic, anecdotalist and analyst, carrying lightly the accumulated wisdom of having spoken to the people at the top of British politics for over 20 years.
‘How come the cane taste so sweet, yet feasts on my blood?’ Muscovado is the scorching new play by Matilda Ibini about slavery in Nineteenth Century Barbados. A heady mix of sexual intrigue, piercing choral music and extreme racial tension, Muscovado offers an intimate snapshot of life on the Fairbranch sugar plantation, accompanied by an original musical score and atmospheric soundscape performed live. Muscovado was commissioned and developed by BurntOut Theatre with support from V&A Museum, Arts Council England and Farnham Maltings.
The Independent
* See page 38 for more information
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Community Performance CHILDREN’S THEATRE Filskit Theatre
POP! A MAGICAL COMEDY SHOW Friday 29 May, 11am Tickets: £8/£6 Concessions | £26 Family
Ergo Phizmiz
A FAIRYTALE OF WWII Fri 15 May, 7.30pm Tickets: £10/£8 Members
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£6 Concessions
In 1943, as the spirit of Hitler looms like an ogre across the world, a 12 year old variety entertainer with a very vivid imagination and the conviction that World War II was entirely his fault, unearths a Nazi plot boiling amongst the ranks of his showbusiness compadres. A musico-mechanico-magick-espionage-spectacle on music, childhood, languages, spies, dreams, codes, guns, tap-dancing, and the golden age of Variety Theatre.
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
THE BEAUX STRATAGEM Tuesday 26 May, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
A SKY FULL OF STARS
Rakes, Lovers, Desperate Housewives, Herbal Healers and Horse Thieves... The Lichfield stagecoach is a’comin’ on over the hill, laden with gallants and garters intent on fine females and their even finer fortunes. But are they prepared for cross dressing Irish priests, a band of honourable highwaymen, lardy landlords, scheming servants and aimless alliteration?
* See page 38 for more information
celebration and the birth of a girl is ignored, the play explores what happens when a group of young women with a strange glow around them suddenly appear. Are they the ‘missing women?’
Friday 27 Feb, 7.30pm Saturday 28 Feb, 3pm & 7.30pm Tickets: £10 Adults | £8 Students/Children A collaborative production by Nikki Northover with additional choreography from Aimee Symes, Matt Flint and Niki McCretton and featuring music by Andrew Dickson, Jack Harrison, Matt Benjamin and Robert Lee. Supported by Bridport Arts Centre, Arts Council England, West Dorset District Council, WDDC Bridport area car boot fund, Bridport Town Council and the Rex Trevett Appeal Fund. BACStage present
By George Farquhar, Directed by Paul Clarkson.
The stage is set for one of the finest Restoration Comedies of the age. Farquhar knits together a panoply of stock and ‘not so stock’ characters, weaving plots and sub plots in an 18th Century ‘One Man Two Governors’, where not all is as it seems and the country folk of Lichfield are not quite as dumb as we think. Well, not quite...
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With his faithful teddy bear and magical basket Christian is set for a lovely day at the seaside, when the day takes a turn and things don’t quite work out as planned… Enter a magical world of mayhem with award winning performer Christian Lee, full of audience participation, massive bubbles, floating snowflakes and a giant balloon! This is a show full of magical delight to keep both young, and young at heart, enthralled.
Bridport Youth Dance
THE BOY PREFERENCE Tuesday 3 & Wednesday 4 Mar, 7pm Tickets: £5 Adults | £3 Concessions As part of National Theatre Connections 2015, BAC’s Youth Theatre BACStage present The Boy Preference by Elinor Cook. Set in the near future where the birth of a baby boy is a cause for
Each year the National Theatre invites ten writers to create new plays for young people to perform. This spring 230 youth theatre companies will present the premieres of these plays in venues across the UK. Each company will also perform at one of 26 Connections Festivals in partner theatres – BACStage will be at the Salberg Theatre in Salisbury. Further details of this event will be available in due course. Connections celebrates great new writing for the stage and the energy, commitment and talent of young theatre-makers.
BMTC SHOWSTOPPERS 4 Tuesday 31 Mar – Friday 3 Apr Tickets: £10 | £8.50 Students/Under 18s Bridport Musical Theatre Company presents an evening of song and dance with solo and group performances from popular musicals and music through the decades. This lively and energetic company, known for their first class musical theatre productions promises you an evening of great entertainment not to be missed.
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Dance Image: Ben Osborne
Zoielogic Dance Theatre
BALLET CENTRAL Friday 24 Apr, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
Expect a dazzling programme of ballet, neoclassical, contemporary and narrative dance from Ballet Central’s 2015 tour.
Friday 13 Mar, 8pm Tickets: £10/£9 Members
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£8 Concessions
ZoieLogic Dance Theatre’s powerful new production is dance theatre at its most thrilling. Set against the imagined backdrop of New York’s world famous, iconic Empire State Building, five outstanding male performers inhabit the world of the heroic construction workers of 1930; the men whose skills, dedication and sheer bravery helped make this incredible building a ground-breaking first.
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‘SAFE’ captures ambitious imagination and pits masculinity against fragility; a punchy choreographic language lends itself to the intense atmosphere of determination and brotherhood. Choreographer and artistic director Zoie Golding envelops her performers in a visceral music score as they move within an industrial set that builds throughout the performance. Like the Empire State Building itself, the production is chock full of ambitious imagination, hope, optimism and collective spirit.
* See page 38 for more information
The company’s young and dynamic dancers will showcase their talent with a diverse performance of newly commissioned works and celebrated revivals. This family-friendly show is ideal for dance enthusiasts as well as those new to ballet. Don’t miss this opportunity to see these highly talented and vibrant dancers as they launch their professional careers.
“The young dancers sparkle and we sparkle and toe tap in return” Dance Tabs
* See page 38 for more information
Karla Shacklock
HAPPINESS Saturday 23 May, 7.30pm Tickets: £10/£9 Members | £8 Concessions What is happiness and how do you get it? Fast, fun, thoughtful and physical ‘The Happiness’ is a brand new dance theatre work that sweeps its audience into a provocative and entertaining adventure. Using the company’s trademark combination of breakneck choreography, spoken word, live sound and ever-transforming images, The Happiness is an emotional and colourful explosion of joy, grief and confusion. The performers decide the structure of the work live in the moment of performance – meaning that each performance is completely unique! Combining first person stories, case studies from across the globe and referencing a whole host of philosophers and self-proclaimed happiness gurus, the work throws happiness up for all to question, see, experience and, ultimately, feel.
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Music
WILLE & THE BANDITS
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NICK WYKE & BECKI DRISCOL
Friday 20 Mar, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
Saturday 4 Apr, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members
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£10 Concessions
Double BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominees Josienne Clarke and Ben Walker infuse ageless stories of love and loss with their exquisite command of many instruments.
Saturday 7 Feb, 8pm Tickets: £10 Wille & the Bandits’ music covers a wide range of genres from Rock to world music to blues and roots. With the versatility of Wille’s lap steel and guitar playing, the rhythmic diversity of percussionist Andrew Naumann and the sonic range of Matt Brooks’ upright bass and six string electric bass, they always keep audiences guessing.
JOSIENNE CLARKE AND BEN WALKER
“Wille & the Bandits are taking roots music to a new level” Rootstime Magazine
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£10 Concessions
This dynamic duo creates bold and unusual arrangements of English folk tunes and songs with the sound of the fiddle at the heart of the music.
Whether interpreting words centuries old or singing her own authentic lyrics, Josienne’s jewel-like voice finds the nuance in the simplest phrase and sends it, effortlessly, straight to your heart. Ben’s musical tact and flair for arrangement provide the perfect setting, allowing the song centre-stage.
Firmly rooted in the West Country, Nick Wyke and Becki Driscol are both highly respected fiddle players and composers whose combined skills and musicianship forge a joyful collision of traditional music and contemporary bowed strings. Expect melodic, emotive violin and viola blended with driving fiddle chords and powerful vocals.
In 2013 their debut release on Navigator Records – Fire and Fortune – reached No.1 on the Amazon folk chart within three months, garnered rave reviews and a constellation of stars across the board, and brought them coveted BBC Radio 2 Folk Award nominations for Best Newcomers and Best Duo in 2014.
The duo are joined by James Budden on double bass for an evening that will take you on a journey from the dark side of English ballad to light-hearted country dance tunes interspersed with their own compositions and tales of fiddling adventures!
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THE WONDERFUL SOUND OF THE CINEMA ORGAN Friday 1 May, 8pm Tickets: £12.50/£11.50 Members
GAZ BROOKFIELD PLUS SUPPORT Saturday 16 May, 8pm Tickets: £8/£7 Members
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The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ present a unique sonic and visual experience, bringing the nostalgic warmth of vintage jazz influences and archive footage projections right up to date with a captivating and highly danceable contemporary edge. With an all-live setup comprising string, vocal, horn and rhythm sections, the band shift seamlessly from haunting melodies and rich textures through to hypnotic, floor-shaking drum & bass and dubstep grooves, in an intoxicating display of musicianship and imagination.
Gaz Brookfield is an acoustic singer whose songs are instantly accessible every-man tales of life, love and everything else in between. He is one of the hardest working musicians touring today and recently played his 1000th show to a sell out crowd at The Fleece in his hometown of Bristol. Compared to performers like Frank Turner and Billy Bragg, Gaz has toured with the likes of Newton Faulkner and The Levellers and will be bringing his full band to Bridport, including local fiddle legend Benny Wain, to put on a night of rousing anthems and reflective ballads.
“There’s a certain charming Billy Bragg-esque quality to these everyman tales... a gem of an EP!” (8/10) Greg Thomas, Rock City
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POOL OF SOUND STRING QUARTET
* See page 38 for more information
Sound String Quartet are presenting a programme of music set firmly in the modern, but not inaccessible world. These locally based musicians share a history of performing all genres of music, and have shared the stage and recorded with some of the world’s finest musicians, Sting, the BSO, Nigel Kennedy, Girls Allowed, Leona Lewis, the Barrelhouse Blues Orchestra, P.J. Harvey, and Jacqui Dankworth, to name just a few. Tonight they will be presenting a performance of works by Nico Muhly, Philip Glass, Arvo Part, and Astor Piazzolla, together with new compositions by their viola player Aidan Fisher and cellist Chas Dickie.
NAMVULA Saturday 30 May, 8pm Tickets: £12.50/£11.50 Members | £10.50 Concessions
“Let the beauty we love be what we do. There are hundreds of ways to kneel and kiss the ground” Namvula is a singer, songwriter, photographer, workshop facilitator, and Co-Founding Director of Film Africa, London’s largest celebration of African cinema and culture. Fusing the folk and urban traditions of her Zambian homeland and her Scottish roots with London’s eclectic music scene, Namvula blends African sounds and rhythms with Latin, jazz and folk into uplifting and emotive songs. Crossing boundaries with a refreshing honesty and evocative lyricism, Namvula’s music transports listeners into different worlds, whilst staying firmly rooted in African soil.
They will also feature some of their own arrangements of well known tunes from the pop world! * See page 38 for more information
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LE VOYAGE À PARIS: FRENCH CHANSONS
FLEKD Friday 24 Apr, 8pm
Friday 13 Feb, 8pm Get in the mood for Valentine’s Day with Parisian chic as vocalist Magdalena Atkinson sings a varied programme of well loved songs from the greats, including Charles Trenet, Charles Aznavour, and Edith Piaf, France’s most beloved entertainer, national icon and musical legend. Accompanied by pianist Philip Clouts, who the Observer praised for his “particularly subtle judgment when it comes to harmonizing simple melodies”.
CHARLIE HEARNSHAW AND PHILIP CLOUTS Tickets: £10 Join respected musician and host, Philip Clouts at the Jazz Café. He writes it, he plays it… and he wants to share it! Come along and enjoy a laid back night out!
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Lively folk-inflected jazz from this five-piece band playing between them flute, accordion, piano, guitar, bass and percussion. Their music delves into lively traditional celtic folk melodies around driving grooves, then slips into beautiful and engaging compositions from contemporary jazz angles, visiting rhythms from Indian and African traditions along the way.
THE SOUND OF BLUE NOTE
Friday 13 Mar, 8pm
Friday 22 May, 8pm In the Theatre
Charlie Hearnshaw plays alto sax and also specialises in clarinet, which will add an extra timbre to the classic jazz tunes and original compositions which he will play accompanied by pianist Philip Clouts. Hearnshaw has played, recorded and broadcast with many top jazz musicians from the UK and abroad including Don Weller, Andy Sheppard, Alan Barnes and the late great Slim Gaillard.
The iconic sound and image of the Blue Note record label in the 50s and 60s pioneered “hard bop”, mixing jazz with soul, blues and gospel. The Sound of Blue Note band faithfully recreates this vibrant music as it would have been heard ‘back in the day’, including tunes by Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Lee Morgan, delivered in a swinging and soulful way guaranteed to have you bobbing your head and tapping your feet.
MARTIN COUSIN PIANO
CLASSIC CONCERTS Tickets: £10/£8 Members £7 Concessions Including coffee or tea Spend a relaxing Friday morning listening to the sounds of Concerts in the West. With an extraordinarily high calibre of musicians you’ll be enchanted and uplifted.
THE SKAZKI TRIO Friday 20 Mar, 11am
Friday 6 Feb, 11am Beethoven – Sonata in G Op 31 No1 Brahms – 3 Intermezzi Op 117 Rachmaninov – Etudes-Tableaux Op 33 – selection Martin Cousin returns with Rachmaninov Etudes-Tableaux. He has received stunning reviews for his new recording of Op 33 and 39.
‘landmark recording’, ‘dazzling’, ‘wistful’, ‘charm’. Stephen Pritchard, The Guardian July 2014
Kamila Bydlowska violin Alisa Liubarskaya cello Maria Razumovskaya piano Dvorˇák – Piano Trio No 4 in E Minor, Op 90 ‘Dumky’ Haydn – Piano Trio in G major Hob XV:25 ‘Gipsy Rondo’ Maria Razumovskaya, ‘spell-binding musician’, brings her Russian Trio to the West Country. The Skazki (Fairytale) Trio was set up at the Royal College of Music in 2011 and quickly became noted for the intensity of its performances.
RUPERT CHARLESWORTH TENOR
EDWIGE HERCHENRODER PIANO
Friday 8 May, 11am Rupert Charlesworth won both the 1st Prize and Audience prizes at the 2013 Handel Singing Competition and is a 2011 Academy Laureate of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. In 2014 he was awarded the 1st and Audience prizes in the Cesti competition at the Innsbruck Festival of Early Music. He sings a selection of beautiful songs by Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Debussy and Fauré, accompanied by Edwige Herchenroder.
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PRICE
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7–9pm
Radio Training
£24
35
Tue 3 Feb
7pm
Met Opera
£16.50 / £15 / £12
24
Fri 6 Feb
11am
Classic Concert
£10 / £8 / £7
19
Fri 6 Feb
8pm
Comedy Café
£7 / £5
22
Fri 6 Feb
7.30pm
United We Stand
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
4
Sat 7 Feb
8pm
Wille & the Bandits
£10
14
Fri 13 Feb
8pm
Jazz Café
£10
18
Fri 13 Feb
8pm
Seann Walsh: 28
£14 / £12
22
Sat 14 Feb
2pm
Robin’s Winter Adventure
£10 / £8 / £6 / £30 (ƒ)
5
Sat 14 Feb
5.30pm
Met Opera
£16.50 / £15 / £12
24
Mon 16 Feb
Varies
Aerial Silks with Charlie Bicknell
£10 / £8
36
Mon 16 Feb
2.30pm
Hoop Trapeze
£10 / £8
36
Wed 18 Feb
10am
Surrealism for Kids art workshop
£10 / £8
36
Wed 18 Feb
7.30pm
Beta Testing
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
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Fri 27 – Sat 28 Feb
Varies
A Sky Full of Stars
£10 / £8
11
Mon 2 Mar (TB)
7pm
Rough Cut (basic) editing
£24
35
Tue 3 – Wed 4 Mar
7pm
The Boy Preference
£5 / £3
11
Fri 6 Mar
8pm
Comedy Café
£7 / £5
22
David Smith #Letter365
Free
30
Sat 7 Mar – Sat 11 Apr Sun 8 Mar
7.30pm
Counting the Birches (fundraiser)
£10
6
Fri 13 Mar
7.30pm
Zoielogic – Safe
£10 / £9 / £8 / s3
12
Fri 13 Mar
8pm
Jazz Café
£10
18
Tue 17 Mar
7pm
Met Opera
£16.50 / £15 / £12
24
Fri 20 Mar
11am
Classic Concert
£10 / £8 / £7
19
Fri 20 Mar
7.30pm
Story Café
£7 / £6 / £5
26
Fri 20 Mar
8pm
Josienne Clark and Ben Walker
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
15
Fri 27 Mar
7.30pm
Jay Rayner: My Dining Hell
£14 / £13 / £12
27
Sat 28 Mar
7.30pm
The Elephant Man
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
7
Mon 30 Mar
11am
The Feather Catcher
£8 / £6 / £26 (ƒ)
7
Tue 31 Mar
10.30am
Film Making workshop with James Price
£20 / £17
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Mon 2 Feb (TB)
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FEBRUARY MARCH
DATE
DATE
TITLE
PRICE
PAGE
Tue 31 Mar – Fri 3 Apr
7.30pm
BMTC Showstoppers 4
£10 / £8.50
11
Sat 4 Apr
8pm
Nick Wyke & Becki Driscol
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
15
Tue 7 Apr
11am & 2pm The Boy Who Bit Picasso
£8 / £6 / £26 (ƒ)
8
Tue 7 Apr
8pm
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
23
Jonny and the Baptists From Page to Screen Festival
Wed 8 – Sun 12 Apr
25
Fri 10 Apr
8pm
Comedy Café
£7 / £5
22
Sun 12 Apr (TB)
7pm
How to structure and conduct an interview
£18
35
Thu 16 Apr
7.30pm
Dracula
£12 / £11 / £10 / s3
8
Fri 17 Apr
8pm
Andrew Lawrence
£13 / £11 / £10
23
Ricky Romain
Free
31
Sat 18 Apr – Sat 30 May Tue 21 Apr
6.30pm
Looking Twice at My Work – John Hubbard
£10
28
Thu 23 Apr
7.30pm
Flash Fiction Story Slam
£5
28
Fri 24 Apr
7.30pm
Ballet Central
£12 / £11 / £10
13
Fri 24 Apr
8pm
Jazz Café
£10
18
Sat 25 Apr
5.30pm
Met Opera
£16.50 / £15 / £12
24
Fri 1 May
11am
Poetry Morning
£6 / £5
29
Fri 1 May
8pm
The Wonderful Sound of the Cinema Organ
£12.50 / £11.50 / £10.50 / s3
16
Sat 2 May
7.30pm
Steve Richards Election Special: Rock n Roll Politics £12 / £11 / £10 / s3
9
Fri 8 May
11am
Classic Concert
£10 / £8 / £7
19
Fri 8 May
8pm
Comedy Café
£7 / £5
22
Sat 9 May
7.30pm
Muscovado
£10 / £8 / £6 / s3
9
Fri 15 May
7.30pm
Story Café
£7 / £6 / £5
26
Fri 15 May
7.30pm
Ergo Phizmiz: A Fairytale of WWII
£10 / £8 / £6 / s3
10
Sat 16 May
8pm
Gaz Brookfield
£8 / £7 / £6 / s3
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Tue 19 May
7.30pm
Pool of Sound
£10 / £8 / £6 / s3
Fri 22 May
8pm
Jazz Café, in the theatre
£10
18
Sat 23 May
7.30pm
Happiness – Karla Shacklock
£10 / £9 / £8 / s3
13
Tue 26 May
7.30pm
The Beaux Stratagem
£12 / £11 / £10
10
Fri 29 May
11am
Pop! A Magical Comedy Show
£8 / £6 / £26 (ƒ)
11
Sat 30 May
8pm
Namvula
£12.50 / £11.50 / £10.50 / s3
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DON’T MISS… The latest in new release and classic cinema at Bridport Arts Centre. Weekly – Thursdays and Sundays. Visit www.bridport-arts.com for all of the latest information.
KEY Theatre Dance Music Comedy Film Literature & Spoken Word Exhibitions Take Part (TB) Term Begins (f) Family Ticket 2 Adults x 2 Children s3 Super £3 See p.39 for details
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Comedy
COMEDY CAFÉ
SEANN WALSH
Friday 6 Feb, 6 Mar, 10 Apr, 8 May, 8pm Tickets: £7/£5 Concessions
Friday 13 Feb, 8pm Tickets: £14/£12 Members & Concessions
Get in on the action at the start and discover some of the most promising comedians on the comedy circuit before they hit the big time.
Nominee: Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award 2013
You won’t have seen any of the acts on the TV yet but you will see them in comedy clubs in Exeter, Bristol and London. With fresh material and a variety of styles, you’ll never be bored. With a maximum capacity of 50, you’ll be close to the comedians – but don’t worry, there’s space to hide at the back! The monthly event is hosted by local stand-up Tom Glover, who seamlessly moves from locals trying their hand at comedy to headline acts. In collaboration with Mirth Control comedy agents.
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JONNY AND THE BAPTISTS Tuesday 7 Apr, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members | £10 Concessions
2013 Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and comedy’s fastest rising star Seann Walsh returns to the road this autumn with an all-new highly anticipated live show, to show the world that he is the Lie-In King.
Following their acclaimed, news-making STOP UKIP TOUR, the UK’s hottest musical comedians Jonny and the Baptists once again bring their blend of songs, satire and silliness to the nation.
Star of Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week, BBC1’s Live At The Apollo and Michael McIntryre’s Comedy Roadshow, and Dave’s Argumental, Seann is a charming and charismatic natural born observational storyteller, and one of the most frighteningly precocious talents to emerge from the UK comedy circuit in years.
Taking on the big issues ahead of the May 2015 general election, ROCK THE VOTE is their most ambitious show yet. And with politicians now officially ranked below estate agents in the public’s trust, it's a desperate bid to find at least one good reason to vote. Stars of Radio 4’s The Now Show and The Infinite Monkey Cage, nominated for five national awards including the 2014 Leicester Comedy Festival Awards and British Comedy Awards. * See page 38 for more information
ANDREW LAWRENCE Friday 17 Apr, 8pm Tickets: £13/£11 Members | £10 Concessions Stand-up comedy’s foremost creepy-faced ginger man, star of BBC1’s ‘Live at the Apollo’ and a regular on Channel 4’s Stand-Up For The Week. Star of three series of his own acclaimed show on BBC Radio 4. Yet none of it has brought him any joy. Come and laugh in his stupid face at his disappointing life and some amusing thoughts he’s cobbled together about how awful the world is as he embarks on his fifth consecutive sell-out UK tour.
‘Stand-up’s leading exponent of misanthropy and misery’ Independent
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Film
WE SHOW FILM!
MET OPERA Tickets: £16.50/£15 Members | £12 Concessions Book four of more tickets at once to receive a 10% discount Be transported to New York’s world-famous Metropolitan Opera House with a series of live performance broadcasts at Bridport Arts Centre. From Page To Screen
Opera Supper in the Arts Garden Cafe will be available during the interval; a menu will be available online closer to the event. All food must be booked in advance – two courses for £14. Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) Tuesday 3 Feb Jacques Offenbach Approximate runtime 3:46
7pm
Wednesday 8 Apr – Sunday 12 Apr
IOLANTA (Tchaikovsky) / DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE (Bartók) Approximate runtime 3:39
Saturday 14 Feb LIVE
5.30pm
La Donna del Lago Gioacchino Rossini Approximate runtime 3:30
Tuesday 17 Mar
7pm
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Mascagni) / PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) – New Production Approximate runtime 3:30
Saturday 25 Apr LIVE
5.30pm
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CELEBRATING THE ADAPTATION OF BOOKS TO FILM www.bridportfilmsociety.co.uk T: 07770 261 348 E: info@bridportfilmsociety.co.uk Facebook/bridportfilmsociety
The 50th anniversary of the Bridport Film Society who offer a specially curated programme for this special season. The remaining films in this season’s programme will be shown on 10th February, 24th February, 10th March and 24th March.
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Weekly cinema at Bridport Arts Centre
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Story Café
Literature & Spoken Word Jay Rayner
MY DINING HELL Friday 27 Mar, 7.30pm Tickets: £14/£13 Members
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Jay Rayner has been a restaurant critic for over a decade, written reviews of well over 700 establishments, and if there is one thing he’s learnt it is that people like reviews of bad restaurants. No, scratch that. They adore them, feast upon them like starving vultures who have spotted fly-blown carrion out in the bush.
ADLAIS (ECHO) MICHAEL HARVEY – STORYTELLER, PAULINE DOWN – SINGER Fri 20 Mar, 7.30pm Tickets: £7/£6 Members
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Michael and Pauline join forces with the spoken and sung voice to bring you a delectable evening of entertainment, with stories and songs from Wales and far away. These seasoned performers have travelled the world plying their trade and will bring a feast of musical and story goodies to raise the spirits and feed the soul. Pauline brings her performance background in music to this latest collaboration with Michael, who tells in Welsh and English. He has held audiences rapt from Cardiff to Canada and Newcastle to Norway.
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SHONALEIGH DIAMOND GIRL Friday 15 May, 7.30pm Tickets: £7/£6 Members
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Shonaleigh returns to the Story Café with a tale that crosses cultures and speaks to us of the longings, failings and triumphs of the human spirit. Described as ‘a modern day Shaharazad’, Shonaleigh is a drut’syla, an oral storyteller in the Jewish tradition, with an extraordinary cache of hundreds of tales learned from her grandmother. She is one of the foremost storytellers on the British scene, appearing at venues around the country as well as travelling globally. Drawing on her Yiddish, English and European culture, she invites you into a world of image and myth with breathtaking vividness and with unexpected diversions along the way.
In My Dining Hell, Jay examines our love affair with lousy reviews, reads from accounts of some of the most excruciating nights out he’s ever had, looks at the worst reviews his own work has ever received, and invites the audience to give his performance a review in real time via Twitter. A hugely entertaining hour in the company of the man recently voted the best food and drink journalist in Britain. Jay Rayner is an award winning journalist, writer and broadcaster. He has been the Observer newspaper’s restaurant critic for over 12 years, is the resident food expert on The One Show, a regular judge on Masterchef and chair of BBC Radio 4’s Kitchen Cabinet. He has a lot of hair and a fine collection of flowery shirts.
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THE BRIDPORT PRIZE
John Hubbard
LOOKING TWICE AT MY WORK 1965-2015
The Bridport Prize is an international creative writing competition established in 1973 by the Arts Centre’s founder Peggy ChapmanAndrews. Today it is BAC’s flagship project raising vital funds for our work. With categories in poetry, short stories, flash fiction and the opening chapters of a novel – and top prizes of £5,000 – the competition annually attracts many thousands of entries from across the globe.
Tuesday 21 Apr, 6.30pm Tickets: £10 This will be the first illustrated talk about my work from 1965 to 2015. The programme is divided into two roughly equal parts, the first dealing with the relationship between my painting and gardening, a talk first given at the 2014 symposium Petworth House organised by the Garden Museum, London. The second is a brief overview of my paintings and drawings, focused on oils on canvas and charcoal drawings, using recent photographs. The Darling Buds of May
FLASH FICTION STORY SLAM Thursday 23 Apr, 7.30pm Tickets: £5 In the Café Who can tell the best story in just 250 words? Flash Fiction is the art of writing very short stories and is one of the categories in the Bridport Prize creative writing competition. Hone your writing skills and take part by telling your own very short story or come along to enjoy local writers telling tales. MC’d by Declan Duffy. To take part in the Slam please contact Frances Colville from Bridport Storytraders at frances.colville@gmail.com
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POETRY MORNING Friday 1 May, 11am Tickets: £6 Members
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Our judges this year are Roger McGough for poetry, Jane Rogers for short stories, David Gaffney for flash fiction and Jane Feaver for novel extracts. The competition for 2015 was launched in November 2014 and will close on 31 May. Entry forms are available at the Arts Centre and online at www.bridportprize.org.uk
£5 Concessions
A morning of poetry and song to celebrate the “Merry Month of May”.
The 2015 competition results will be announced at the Prize-giving on Saturday 17 October.
David Bushrod, Christine Prideaux and Margie Barbour will read a variety of lyrical, narrative and humorous poems delighting in the springtime and soprano Emily Hicks will sing a selection of songs accompanied by Bruce Upton on the Estonian Grand piano. Raising funds for Bridport Arts Centre and Bridport Museum.
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Allsop Gallery
DAVID SMITH
RICKY ROMAIN
Saturday 7 Mar – Saturday 11 Apr
Saturday 18 Apr – Saturday 30 May
Every single day since 7 March 2014, David Smith has created an artwork, sealed it in an envelope and sent it to the Arts Centre where they remained unopened. This unique installation is the culmination of a year-long collaboration with Bridport Arts Centre, when all the envelopes will be displayed but only sold pieces will be opened! People can invest in the project by buying a day – unseen – so you decide how the exhibition unfolds and takes form! The exhibition will open as the last #letter365 reaches the doors of the Art Centre. Follow the progress and find out how to buy the day that is significant to you via the blog; www.letter365.co.uk
New work using sgraffito (or scratching) techniques to scrape through layers of paint, ink and gesso. This method is a kind of excavation, a search for imagery that emerges by digging into the subconscious to discover representations of the faces of those who I imagine to be the ‘disappeared’, the ‘disempowered’. It is a process that could be described as ‘archaeological’ –in some way reflecting the action of relatives digging in the soil for the remains of loved ones who have been taken with no explanation.
#LETTER365 – THE INSTALLATION
Look out for additional events during the installation.
MARKING INJUSTICE – A PAINTER’S WAY OF COPING
‘As I pare away each canvas, I search for justice, and I wonder – at what point did we decide to settle for a world that has so much senseless greed and so little moral compassion in it? Also on display, an interactive visitors comments book. Leave your own creative ideas about the exhibition. Film & Talk: Join Ricky Romain & Film Maker Robert Golden Tuesday 5 May, 7pm, FREE, in the Theatre Carla Firstman Talk: Searching for Justice – Why Justice Matters for Human Rights Abuses and How Survivors have Persevered to Achieve It – Carla will chair a discussion between an invited panel, as well as, answering questions, and listening to comments, from members of the audience’ Saturday 16 May, 2pm, FREE
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Café & Foyer Galleries
Take part Don’t miss the Bridport Youth Dance Performance A Sky Full of Stars. See p.11
PRINT RUN GROUP Tuesday 24 Feb – Saturday 28 Mar In the Café and Foyer Print Run is a group of seven artists, Ann Fagan, Caroline Dowdell, Caroline Morriss, Liz Biesty, Lyndia Gardner, Sue Trevellyan and Phillipa Threlfall, who all for some years have been making prints at Strode College, Street. Although they exhibit individually, they have come together to show varying approaches to printmaking. This diverse exhibition includes linocuts, etchings, dry point, screen prints, collographs and monoprints.
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JEAN GEORGE
COLOUR, MOVEMENT, STORY, DANCE Tuesday 14 Apr – Sat 9 May In the Café The works on show will be from two stories the artist has written for Ballet. Displayed are scenes from the “Ballets Gustav III” and “Russian Dolls”. Alongside these we see paintings of dance from Cuba and Spain, Sweden and Russia. Jean George has previously sketched dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet, Moscow City Ballet during rehearsal; others are purely imaginary. Through the paintings exhibited here the artist aims to create atmosphere through colour and movement through depicting dance.
NICOLE BURT
DORSET VISUAL ARTS
Tuesday 14 Apr – Sat 9 May In the Foyer
INTERROGATE, INVESTIGATE, COLLABORATE
Nicole Burt is a Bridport based illustrator, artist, wall muralist and professional doodler. Inspired by people, relationships, the media and our surroundings. She creates tongue in cheek, beautiful designs in a variety of different drawing media that inspire the mind and set the visual senses alive.
Tuesday 12 May – Saturday 30 May In the Café and Foyer
Nicole will be creating a special and unique site-specific installation in the Foyer of Bridport Arts Centre surrounding the idea of how people interact with theatre and dance.
Since its inception in early 2014, Interrogating Landscapes has evolved into 3 distinct artists groups to now include Interrogating the Figure and Interrogating Materials. Similar in their approach and intentions but separate in their subject interests, these groups have come together under the guidance and support of Dorset Visual Arts. This exhibition gives a taster of the work produced over the last 6 months showing how group discussion can aid professional development and creative collaboration. www.dorsetvisualarts.org/projects
BRIDPORT YOUTH DANCE
ALIVE LIFE DRAWING
WITH NIKKI NORTHOVER
WITH JOHN MEAKER
Spring term starts Monday 12 Jan / Summer term starts Monday 13 Apr 4.30 – 5.30pm Beginners tap and creative dance for ages 8 to 11 years. Term fees: £60 5.30 – 6.30pm Middle tap and contemporary dance for ages 10 to 13 years with dance experience. Term fees: £60
To enrol please call Nikki on 07765 971357 or e-mail bridportyouthdance@yahoo.co.uk Bridport Youth Dance is supported by Arts Council England, West Dorset District Council, WDDC car boot fund, Bridport Town Council and Bridport Round Table.
6.30 – 7.30pm Senior contemporary dance with Aimee Symes for ages 14 years and over with dance experience. Term fees: £60
DANCE SCHOLARSHIPS
Other classes offered throughout the week by BYD include a specific boys programme including Bridport Boys Dance, Rhythm Makers and a vibrant tap and contemporary dance programme for up to age 21 years.
Bridport Youth Dance offers subsidised classes for talented and committed children from families on a lower income. If you would like to support a child for a term or for a year or to find out more information please contact Nikki. www.bridportyouthdance.org.uk
Tuesdays from 6.30 – 9.30pm Spring Term: 13 Jan – 24 Mar Summer Term: 14 Apr – 30 Jun £10 per session | £7 Full-time Students Alive Life Drawing offers excellent models and fundamental observational and analytical skills. A great resource for artists, tuition for students and beginners. Tutor John Meaker offers conscientious tuition, technical guidance and creative challenges. (No class on 24 February). To book call John Meaker on 07816 850 107.
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SCREENWRITING FOR FILM AND TV WITH HESTER SCOFIELD
18 Jan, 15 Feb, 22 Mar, 19 Apr, 17 May, 10.30am – 4.30pm Course fees: £120 (for 5 sessions) – Max 12 participants
BACSTAGE
Create a 30 minute script for film or television through these stimulating and enjoyable workshops. Learn what it takes to develop plot, story and character; how to write good dialogue and the technical challenges of writing for the screen. The course will run monthly between January and May and students will develop and share their scripts between the taught sessions. The finished pieces will be shared with an audience in an event to be programmed in the summer.
Wednesdays 5.45 – 8pm Spring term starts: 7 Jan – 25 Mar Summer term starts: 15 Apr – 1 Jul Price: £100 for spring term (including extra rehearsals) Max 16 places Age guidance: Suitable for 12 to 18 year olds
This term the group will be rehearsing The Boy Preference by Elinor Cook for their participation in National Theatre Connections 2015 directed by Niki McCretton. Extra all-day rehearsals will take place at BAC on 17 Feb and 1 March and from 4.30pm on Mon 2 March. Students can work towards gaining Bronze or Silver Arts Awards through participation in BACStage.
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Don’t miss BACStage’s Performance The Boy Preference. See p.11 for details.
Hester Schofield has worked in the British and American TV and film industry as a professional writer since 2000. She has written for TV series including The Bill, Eastenders, Family Affairs, Tracey Beaker and CSI as well as developing film projects with Dreamworks, BBC, and Film Four. She has also worked as a Script Editor/Script Consultant for BBC Films, Pathe, Miramax, Film Four, Working Title and Icon. Her teaching experience includes being a visiting lecturer on the M.A Screenwriting courses at London College of Communication, Goldsmiths, University of East London and Imperial College.
Courses for adults
RADIO TRAINING Would you like to learn some of the skills associated with making radio programmes? Volunteers from Bridport FM will be running short courses with a view to creating podcasts for the Bridport Arts Centre website and to widen the skills pool for the next radio station. Income from course fees will be put towards the costs of a future radio station. More detailed course descriptions will be available on the BAC website and Bridport FM facebook page at www.facebook.com/BridportFM Courses run in the BAC cafe on Mondays (Feb & March) or Wednesdays (April) from 7 – 9pm and are open to anyone aged 16+. How to structure and script a radio feature or programme – with Murdoch Mactaggart 2, 9, 16 & 23 Feb, 7 – 9pm Course fee: £24 – Max 10 places Rough Cut (basic) editing – with Declan Duffy and Tristan Allsop 2, 9, 16 & 23 Mar, 7 – 9pm Course fee: £24 – Max 10 places How to structure and conduct an interview – with Chris Savory 12, 20 & 27 Apr, 7 – 9pm Course fee: £18 – Max 10 places
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Holiday Activities SHORT AERIAL COURSES WITH CHARLIE BICKNELL FOR FEBRUARY HALF TERM
AERIAL SILKS Monday 16 Feb, 10.30am – 12pm for 8 to 11’s, 12.30 – 2pm for 12+ Tickets: £10/£8 Concessions – Max 8 places per session
SURREALISM FOR KIDS ART WORKSHOP WITH ANGIE PORTER
Wednesday 18 Feb, 10am – 12pm Tickets: £10/£8 Concessions / Siblings Age guidance: For Children aged 5 to 7 years
The aerial tissue (silks) is a circus discipline developing not only core strength and flexibility, but also the skills of balance and counter balance, making it an excellent all round skill. These short workshops for younger and older children will concentrate on climbing and working within a footlock to create sequences and work towards drops and layouts. This can be a challenging class requiring focus, but exhilarating. Each session begins with a warm up and conditioning. Please bring water, long sleeved close fitted tops and close fitted leggings / track-suit bottoms – you will probably be upside down at some point!
HOOP TRAPEZE Monday 16 Feb, 2.30 – 4pm Tickets: £10/£8 Concessions – Max 6 places Age guidance: Suitable for Children aged 12+ and Adults over 4ft tall
Learn how to use the Lyra, or aerial hoop trapeze. Study the technique of movement within the hoop, a variety of poses and to smoothly achieve transitions from one move to another. Building strength and flexibility, this is enormous fun whilst being challenging.
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The parlour games of the Surrealists involving chance, word play and picture making will be revived in Bridport this half term at the Surrealism for Kids Workshop. Participants will be encouraged to create their own surreal dreamscapes through drawing and making collages where objects and landscapes function as props in the ‘theatre for the soul’.
FILM MAKING WORKSHOP WITH JAMES PRICE
Tuesday 31 Mar, 10.30am – 4pm Tickets: £20/£17 Concessions / Siblings – Max 10 places Turn words and stories into a short film in this fun, one-day workshop led by freelance film maker James Price jameswilliamprice.wordpress.com. No film-making experience necessary.
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VISITOR INFORMATION FARMERS MARKETS 9am – 1pm second Saturday of every month: Over 20 local producers selling delicious food, drink and plants, including fruit and vegetables, lamb, venison, pork and beef, fish and shellfish, bread, cheese, olives, cakes and bakes, oils and dressings, preserves, cider, apple juice and coffee, plus locally grown cut flowers.
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In Person The Box Office is open 10am – 3pm Tue to Sat, Sat 10am – 4pm and one hour before an evening performance. Refunds Bridport Arts Centre does not refund money for tickets. Reservations We are happy to reserve tickets for one week, after this they will be deleted from the system. Please collect no later than 30 mins before the performance. Concessions Our concessionary rates apply to those in receipt of disability benefit, job seekers’ allowance or income support. Proof may be requested. Note Latecomers will be asked to delay entering the auditorium until a suitable pause in the performance. Visiting Information Address: Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR. Phone: 01308 427183 Email: info@bridport-arts.com Access We have a level access foyer, theatre and cafe. Please advise us when booking tickets of any special requirements. The Allsop Gallery is accessible via a platform lift.
Marlow Theatre A charming listed building occupying a prime site in the centre of Bridport, the Arts Centre makes an ideal venue for weddings, conferences (1–3 days), lectures, demonstrations, AGM’s and, of course, staged musical and theatrical productions. There is ample public parking nearby and improved disabled access. Seating capacity of 194 (120 fixed) Standing capacity of 300 (e.g. music events) Stage (performing) area of 6.12m x 6.63m Refreshments & Catering Facilities The kitchen (suitable for the preparation of teas/ coffees and light meals) can be hired with your booking. Alternatively the Art Garden Café may be able to provide additional catering. For all theatre hire enquiries please call our General Manager Denise Fenton dee@bridport-arts.com
Car Parking Parking bay for disabled drivers immediately outside the venue. Other visitors are advised to use the south street car park on the left hand side further down South Street, leaving town.
Bridport Arts Centre is registered in England and Wales as a Company Limited by guarantee No. 3550280. Charity number 1069780
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SPOKEN WORD SPECIAL!
DONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;T MISS JOHN HUBBARD
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LOOKING TWICE AT MY WORK
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Tuesday 21 Apr, 6.30pm
CALL US ON
Bridport based artist John Hubbard talks about his remarkable work. See page 28 for details
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