Welcome Welcome to our annual festival of third year performance projects that celebrates the huge range of imagination and talent of our final year students. The festival opening night on Wednesday 30th April is a free event showcasing a selection of dance, music and theatre performances, both live and on film, offering a taste of what will be happening in the weeks to come. The festival is a diverse collection of performances, all sharing the same ethos of creative freedom, imagination and collaboration. Contemporary scripted plays stand alongside original dance pieces on contemporary themes. Orchestras and rock bands co-exist with community dance projects. Soulful sounds combine with comedy and tragedy. This prodigious range of work is derived from the balance between individual creativity and collaboration that is fostered within Performing Arts at Coventry. It is also a tribute to the commitment of students and staff to their art forms. Performances in the Ellen Terry Building utilise the high quality performance spaces on offer, others engage with the building as an artistic site and some take place in venues throughout Coventry and beyond. All benefit from the skills and expertise of our dedicated technical staff and music technology students.
Dr Geoff Willcocks Head of Department, Performing Arts Coventry School of Art and Design
Theatre
Perspective Theatre
The Authorised Kate Bane by Ella Hickson Perspective Theatre presents The Authorised Kate Bane by Ella Hickson, a fascinating story about memories, family and the truth. As a company, we are interested in the use and portrayal of anachronistic storytelling and multiple realities on stage.
between reality and fiction. Will her unreliable memories damage her relationships and threaten her future happiness? Told with humour and poignancy the play asks if our memories are a true account of our past, or just a version we can live with.
Kate is trapped by her carefully constructed worlds as they bleed into each other, blurring the lines
3rd May 2014 7.30pm Shop Front Theatre, 38 City Arcade, Coventry, CV1 3HW 7th May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Theatre, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW ÂŁ6 / ÂŁ4 concession Rachel Treacy: 07775530054 / perspectivetheatre@outlook.com
Nora Meldere Dance
How Do You Know When You Know Collaborative solo performance between movement, fashion and sound illuminating and capturing ongoing creative cognitive process with the references to Yvonne Rainer: ‘..art as an going exploration rather than a search for a conclusion, an ongoing set of questions, finding new ways to ask the questions, and visual answers.’
Impetus Dance Company ...for a moment their bodies touched... Dance piece was inspired by being touched. The intention of this the intricate and multi-layered experiment is to be as open as it relationship between two human is possible for anything that might bodies that investigate one of the happen. Responses can be very most important human perceptions different and quite unexpected for - touch. Attention is drawn towards that particular moment. Dialogue human touch, body-to-body touch. between two live bodies will be A live piece will be performed in ready for manipulation, rejection mostly improvised duet where two and playfulness… human bodies will play around with the idea of touching and 5th May 2014 7.00pm Ego Performance Space, Silver St, Coventry, CV1 1JN (behind Coventry Transport Museum) £7 / £5 concession plus pay what you can option Greta Pliavgo: 07835268302 / greta.pliavgo@gmail.com Nora Meldere: 07902888358 / norameldere@gmail.com
Dance
Nexus Dance Flux & Block Two pieces of work investigating the relationship between dance and music, explored through a collaborative process with a musician. The first piece Flux has been created through an ongoing process, using a traditionally structured piece of music. The dance questions whether or not we must reflect the sound in order to build a relationship with it.
The second piece Block investigates how the two forms can exist together in one space, and still remain separate entities. With the sound and dance coming together for the first time in performance
Vortex Dance Company Connections Connections is an investigation into the ‘kinships’ of our society, exploring how past experiences and current relations influence and affect how we connect with one another. The performance will experiment with these concepts through a series of improvised
scores; playing with manipulation, assistance and contact, as well as set material created by each performer in the creative process.
7th May 2014 6pm Ellen Terry Building, Room 221, Jordan Well, CV1 5RW £4 / £3 concession Chelsea: 07805697004 / chelsea250693@hotmail.com @nexusdance (twitter) Hannah Gray / grayh6@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Cross-discipline (Theatre/Music)
Cogworks Theatre & Pit The Players
The Apothecary A dark and comedic tale of deceit, lunacy and charm, peppered with the organic sounds of a Victorian quartet. Join Dr Silvanus Alighieri and his apprentice Sidney as they cheat their way across 19th Century London, disguised as an accomplished apothecary. A skilled showman, Alighieri prospers with ease as he sells his lotions and
potions to the desperate diseaseridden citizens. But can he keep up the charade? Will he be revealed as the swindler he really is? This extravagant and visually spectacular piece of theatre will appeal to all and is suitable for those aged 16 and above… One not to miss!
8th, 9th & 10th May 7.30pm Ego, Silver Street, Coventry, CV1 1JN £5 / £3 concession Oliver Barker: 07852207176 / cogworkstheatre@outlook.com www.facebook.com/cogworkstheatre
Theatre
Exposure Theatre Company
Punk Rock by Simon Stephens ‘I feel like I’m earthed. And watch what happens if I let go.’ William seemingly has it all: good grade’s, a strong circle of friends, and a happy home life. But when the lines between his reality and fantasy start to blur, the factors of his life that seemed solid start to crumble around him.
Set against the backdrop of a school uniforms and mock exams, in a high achieving Grammar School , Punk Rock details the plight of one teenager, as he battles school life, rivalries and broken friendships, with the intention of getting the girl- with disastrous consequences.
8th May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Theatre, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £4 / £3 concession Charlotte Louise Smith: 07450879028 / exposuretheatre@hotmail.com
Theatre
Carpe Librum Theatre Company
Lost and Curious One rainy afternoon in London, 1932, Bumpus Bookshop was acquainted by two similar, but at the same time very different people. Alice Liddell Hargreaves met Peter Llewellyn Davies at the opening of a Lewis Carroll
exhibition, the original Alice in Wonderland came face to face with the original Peter Pan for the very first time. Together they journey through each other’s past to reveal the pain and loss hidden behind their fictional characters.
9th May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Theatre, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £4 / £3 concession Bethany Suthers: 07403401143 / suthersb@uni.coventry@ac.uk
Music
Amy Wright Bilton Silver Brass Band
Classic Brass with Bilton A classic brass band concert held in Square One in the Coventry University Students Union. The evening will feature classic brass band music as well as some well-known favourites providing a feel good evening for audience
members of all ages. The event is in aid of the Georgina Cancer Care Unit at Russell’s Hall Hospital and all proceeds from the evening will go towards the upkeep and research of the unit.
10th May 2014 7.30pm Square One, The Hub, Coventry University Students’ Union Coventry, CV1 5LW £6 Amy Wright: 07583029359 / wright56@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Music
Leofrik Consort
Agincourt to Bablake The Leofrik Consort is a group of semi-professional musicians practicing the traditions of performance for Medieval and Renaissance music in the Greater Coventry and Birmingham Metropolitan area. The group is named after the Earl of Mercia, Leofrik, husband of Lady Godiva, who has a significant contribution to the history of the City of Coventry.
Formed as part of the Coventry University Degree Show, the concert proceeds will be donated to the Birmingham Children’s Hospital. This performance will include a rich programme of works from the English Medieval-Tudor period, including works by Kings Henry V, Henry VIII and their contemporaries.
12th May 2014 7.30pm St John the Baptist Church, Fleet Street, Coventry, CV1 3AY £4 restricted view / £5.50 adult / £4.50 student concession 07772950459 / leofrik.consort@gmail.com www.leofrikconsort.com
Theatre
Milk and Two Sugars Theatre
Wolves in the Walls Lucy hears creeping, creaking, crumpling noises coming from behind the wallpaper and is convinced that there are wolves in the walls of her house. Her jammaking mother, trumpet-playing father and video game obsessed brother think the noises are really mice, or rats or bats. But they are wrong and she is right as they will all soon find out. . .
Based on the book by Neil Gaiman and adapted for the stage by Milk and Two Sugars Theatre, this production takes Gaiman’s unique world and eccentric characters bringing them to life through the use of storytelling.
12th May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Building, Ellen Terry Theatre, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £4 / £2 concession Charlotte Savage: 07809202183 /charlottesavage1@hotmail.co.uk
Dance
Cut and Paste Dance Company
TwinSpring This duet explores new dance movement influenced by the 1970s social dance style The Pogo. The piece journeys through the physical action of bouncing using pogo sticks. Endurance and repetition creates physical presence which invites the audience to experience realism within the piece.
12th May 2014 - 5.30pm & 13th May 2014 - 5.00pm Ellen Terry Building, 2nd floor crush lobby, Jordan Well, CV1 5RW ÂŁ4 / ÂŁ3 concession Steph Dagnall: 07881301782 / cutandpastedance@outlook.com @cutandpastepogo www.facebook.com/cutandpastedancecompany
Theatre
The Survivors Theatre Company
Woyzeck During the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace in the 1940s, there was a man named ‘Woyzeck.’ Franz Woyzeck can hear voices that talk to him from underneath, the wind, and the walls; and they gain momentum as the play evolves. Whether this stems from him coming to the crossroad in his life
or just plainly having a mid-life crisis remains to be seen. Either way, this along with being the subject of a doctor’s psychosomatic experiment and Marie’s whorish ways, are the root causes for his descent into madness and a murder so beautiful.
14th May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Theatre, Jordan Well, CV1 5RW £5 / £3 concession Daniel Mariki: 07721923885 marikid@uni.coventry.ac.uk or danjmariki@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/thesurvivorstheatrecompany
Dance
Kirsty Butler
I imagine this… ‘I imagine this…’ is an explorative solo choreographed and performed by 3rd year dance student Kirsty Butler. This solo will form one half of a two-part shared evening. The piece will be the result of the
choreographer’s research process into imagery found within Skinner Releasing Technique™, and will contain elements of music, spoken word, visual art and improvisation.
14th May 2014 6pm Ellen Terry Building, Room 221, Jordan Well, CV1 5RW £3 / £2 concession Kirsty Butler: 07938232926 / butlerk8@uni.coventry.ac.uk
Dance
ECHT
Bring it to the Table Dance collective Echt from Coventry University presents 4 unique, authentic, real performances in a festival ‘Bring it to the table’. With an interest in human body and everyday life, artists explore the potential, awkward moments in dance and relationship between patient and
Dance Movement Therapist. The projection of images and video is going to bond these performances, creating another piece of work. Media, live music and dance reserve your ticket at the table.
14th May 2014 3pm-5pm & 7pm-9pm Ticket price £10 / £8 concessions Square One, Coventry University Student Union, Coventry, CV1 5LW 07887387071 Email echtfestival@outloook.com Follow us at: @echt5 www.facebook.com/echtfestival
Dance
Oana Rotariu and Patricia Martin
Assenza “Vulnerability is the birthplace of innovation, creativity, and change.” Brené Brown. This live work brings together four independent movement artists with mutual curiosity to explore a greater depth of vulnerability in performance
through the philosophical concept of being present. The piece will display the potential intersection across movement and sound, acknowledging the instabilities and shifts in thinking patterns whilst working with these two mediums.
Wednesday 14th May 6pm Ellen Terry Building Room 221 Jordan Well Coventry CV1 5RW Ticket price £3 / £2 concession Patricia Martin 07753496857 Email trish.martin91@gmail.com www.faccebook.com/assenzaperformance
Theatre
Black Umbrella Theatre
The Beekeeper Black Umbrella Theatre presents an original black comedy, “The Beekeeper”. This début performance focuses on the life of Edward Hive, a humble, polite young gentleman who spends his days as a door-to-door salesman trying to sell his homemade honey. As the night sets in, he turns to
murder in order to avenge the loss that his beloved neighbor, Mrs. Cavern, faced in her past. Things begin to change for our protagonist as he falls for the local florist, Annie, not to mention, the town’s best Detective and his loyal sidekick, Rookie, hot on the trail of the notorious Pussy Killer.
15th May 2014 7.30pm Second Floor Theatre, Ellen Terry, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £5 / £3 concession 07557945915 / blackumbrellatheatre@gmail.com www.facebook.com/BlackUmbrellaTheatre
Dance
Deuces Dance Company
Duplexity A performance about the fusion between ballroom, Latin and contemporary practice with the addition of new media and technology. This piece will utilise the dancers’ abilities in both ballroom and Latin training, and combine it with their more recent developments in contemporary disciplines such as contact
improvisation. It will explore the relationship between the disciplines, and how they both complement each other, as well as the connection between bodies dancing in space. This will work alongside the use of technology to create imagery and aesthetics of space in relation to the dancers and choreography.
16th May 2014 6pm Ellen Terry Building, Room 221, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £5 / £4 concession 07972878549 / balex25@hotmail.com
Theatre
Rhubies & Gould
WASTED by Kate Tempest Three friends, on the 10 year anniversary of the death of their friend Tony, ask themselves the question that has plagued many people for years, “What am I doing with my life?” Author, Kate Tempest, in her usual clever, unique and piercing style, which has both a hip hop flow and the linguistic genius of William
Blake embedded within it, doesn’t answer this question, but she does shed light on how we may have got to where we are. The play contains a mixture of thought provoking spoken word poetry and naturalistic scenes, which show everyday life and everyday people.
16th May 2014 7pm Ellen Terry Building, Room 233, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £5 concession Rheo: 07733660587 / rhubiesandgould@outlook.com
Theatre
Synergy Theatre Company
The God of Carnage If your son had assaulted another boy at school how would you treat the other parents and the situation? With dignity? In a mature manner? When two sets of civilised parents meet to discuss their son’s playground altercation the atmosphere soon turns into ‘carnage’ with tantrums and
name-calling. The meeting takes place in a real life living room placing the audience at the centre of a family home. An evening of insulting remarks and bonding over Spartacus, cursing of pet hamsters and mobile phones. Will this altercation ever be resolved or will it all end in tears?
16th May 2014 / 7pm 17th May 2014 / 4.30pm & 7pm The Vallon Household, 40 Ipswitch Walk, (meeting point Marston Green Station or ask for address/postcode when booking tickets) £6 / £4 concession Amy Edwards: 07975514132 / synergytheatre@hotmail.co.uk www.facebook.com/Synergytheatre
Theatre
Up-Front Theatre
The Country Doctor Fleeing from the shame of his academic failure in the city, a young man escapes to the cold isolation of the Russian countryside where he finds a lonely medical practice. Here, a strange cohort of nurses and surgeons take him to be their new head doctor, a position he freely embraces
despite his lack of qualifications. Up-Front Theatre’s free adaptation of Bulgakov’s ‘A Country Doctor’s Notebook’ takes you through a series of lies and deceit in the medical world. Up-Front Theatre combines physical performance with music to reimagine the world around us.
16th & 17th May 7.30pm Shop Front Theatre 38 City Arcade, Town Centre, Coventry, CV1 3HW £6 / £4 concession 20th May 7.30pm Ellen Terry Building Priory Street, Coventry, CV1 5FB £5/ £3 concession 07792 598629 up-fronttheatre@hotmail.co.uk www.facebook.com/upfrontheatre
Theatre
Black Laugh Theatre Company
The Wonderful World of Dissocia by Anthony Neilson As Neilson puts it himself “If you like Alice in Wonderland but there’s not enough sex and violence in it, then Dissocia is the show for you.” Follow Lisa Jones on her colourful, eccentric journey in search of the hour that has altered the balance of her life. Dissocia turns theatrical
convention on its head in this visual feast into the underworld of mental illness. Black Laugh Theatre brings you a two act multi-rolling comedy of hallucination and sedation. Can you survive the power of the Black Dog King?
17th & 18th May 8pm The Space Upstairs, North Hall, Spencer Yard, Leamington Spa, CV31 3SY 22nd May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Building, Ellen Terry Theatre, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £6 / £4 concession Shawny Osgerby: 07811822013 / Blacklaugh@live.com
Music
MenCho Men’s Chorus in Concert
In January 2014 a completely new men’s community chorus formed in Coventry, for a one-off concert in May as part of the Coventry University degree show. The Invite was open to every man in Coventry who enjoyed singing pop classics. No auditions were held, and everyone was welcome.
During the concert MenCho will display months of hard work that every man has put in. The theme for the concert is ‘Popular Classics’ and will feature music from The Beach Boys, Michael Jackson and other classic artists.
19th May 2014 7.30pm The Albany Theatre, 53 The Butts, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 3BH £5 / £4 concession Tickets available from www.albanytheatre.co.uk/mencho 07881 427 657 / seb@mencho.co www.mencho.co
Dance
Effectus Dance
The Order of Disorder The performance looks at order and disorder with relevance to OCD. Exploring touch, textures and different organisational process and how one person can bring order to an individual and complete disorder to another. The aim of the performance is to bring awareness to the audience and to bring a new understanding to order
and disorder with a view to others perspectives of what is considered order and what is considered disorder. The performance is a durational one and the audience are welcome to come and go as they please.
20th May 2014 5.00pm - 7.00pm The Herbert Gallery, Jordan Well, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5QP ÂŁ4 / ÂŁ3 concession 07963931341 / hvwise@hotmail.co.uk
Theatre
Crafty Hammock
The ‘Dry’ County The year is 1926. Prohibition is in full flow and crime is rife amongst the United States of America. A ban on alcohol makes weak men turn to whatever means necessary to get their fix. Elliot Chapman, a rising star in the Ohio Police Department, sees things differently. In his
attempts to clean up the streets of the likes of small time thugs through to Mafia kingpins, we see, through the incorporation of brilliant one-liners, live Jazz music and comical farce, just how corrupt individuals could be.
21st May 2014 7.30pm Ellen Terry Building, Jordan Well, Coventry, CV1 5RW £5 / £3 concession Charlie Williams: 07779510925 / craftyhammocktheatre@live.com www.facebook.com/CraftyHammockTheatre
Theatre
Ludus Theatre
The Wasps by Aristophanes Ladies and gentleman! Queens and drones! Come along and see our retelling of an ancient tale, the fable, the theatrical legend that is… The Wasps by Aristophanes! A grumpy old man addicted to serving on jurys is confined to his home, guarded by two hapless slaves. His son seeks to control his
addicition by creating a make shift court room, complete with pigsty witness stand and waspish jury men. The suffering son attempts to convince his father to take pity on the defendants when they’re brought to trial. 2000 years old and still as funny and relevant as ever.
23rd May 2014 7.30pm (Ellen Terry Building Room 233) 25th May 2014 7.30pm (The Crescent Theatre) £5 / £4 concession Fraya Grove: 07710575987 / frayagrove@hotmail.co.uk www.facebook.com/ludustheatrecompany Venue Details The Ellen Terry Building, Coventry University, Jordan Well, Coventry CV1 5RW
The Crescent Theatre Sheepcote St Birmingham West Midlands B16 8A
Theatre
Espial Theatre
What the Butler Saw by Joe Orton Espial Theatre present What the Butler Saw, a 1960s farce where libidos run rampant and insanity is the order of the day from the moment that Dr Prentice, a psychiatrist, attempts to seduce his prospective secretary. With enough twists and turns, mishaps and lunatic logic to keep audiences entertained, What the
Butler Saw is a witty and satirical farce that delves further into chaos as the characters lose their sanity and their clothes, but never their razor-sharp wit… Widely recognised as Orton’s greatest play, What the Butler Saw is an eccentric look at mistaken identities, sexuality and madness.
Suitable for age 14+ 26th & 27th May 2014 7.30pm The Abbey Theatre, Pool Bank Street, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, CV11 5DB £6 / £4 concession Heather Gordon: 07717410378 / espialtheatre@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/Espialtheatre
Theatre
Stage & Canvas
BUG by Tracy Letts Stage & Canvas present Bug by Tracy Letts. Bug is a dark comedy revolving around Agnes a Drug Addict, who confines in and old motel room. She is introduced to Peter a vagabond, who is a war veteran. Both become romantically attached, their relationship becomes frantic due to the motel’s claustrophobic confines, Peter rants
about conspiracies throughout the play; his madness infects Agnes causing tension to rise. Peter and Agnes are regularly bitten by bugs during the play. Bug is a tale about love that looks at paranoia and government conspiracies; it is a thought-provoking psycho thriller that combines laughter and terror.
28th May 2014 7:30pm Ellen Terry Theatre, Coventry University, Jordan Well, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5RW £5 / £3 concession Nathan Lewis 07884495650 Email: stageandcanvas@outlook.com lewisn10@uni.coventry.ac.uk
The Performing Arts Department at Coventry offers a range of degree courses in music, dance and theatre. For further information on what we offer please visit the following course information web pages:
Dance BA (Hons) www.coventry.ac.uk/dance Music Composition BA (Hons) www.coventry.ac.uk/musiccomposition Music Performance BA (Hons) www.coventry.ac.uk/musicperformance Music Technology BSc (Hons) www.coventry.ac.uk/musictechnology Theatre and Professional Practice BA (Hons) www.coventry.ac.uk/theatre
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