List S/S 2019 by Edge Hill University

L IS T S/S 2019 THEATRE I DANCE I MUSIC I COMEDY I FILM I VISUAL ARTS I LITERATURE

SP RI N G / S U M M E R

AT A GLANCE

Performances and Events

Live Theatre Screenings

Exhibitions and visual art

Comedy

Films

15 JAN

The Tragedy of King Richard the Second NT Live

Tuesday 15th January 7.00pm

07 FEB

The Confetti Maker Thursday 7th February 7.30pm

16 JAN

BlacKkKlansman Wednesday 16th January 7.30pm

08 FEB

Celebration of Chinese New Year 2019 Friday 8th February 6.00pm

17 JAN

Katie and Pip Thursday 17th January 7.30pm

10 FEB

Russell Kane Sunday 10th February 8.00pm

19 JAN

A Rush of Laughter Comedy Night Saturday 19th January 8.00pm

12 FEB

Rockbottom Tuesday 12th February 7.30pm

21 JAN

Jazz in The Red Bar Monday 21st January 8.00pm

13 FEB

A Simple Favour Wednesday 13th February 7.30pm

22 JAN

The Dark Room Tuesday 22nd January 8.00pm

13 FEB

Celebration, Florida Wednesday 13th February 7.30pm

23 JAN

Oh! Suburbia! Wednesday 23rd January 7.30pm

15 FEB

Forest Gander, Rachael Allen & Robert Sheppard

Friday 15th February 7.00pm

24 JAN

Lloyd Grifﬁth Thursday 24th January 8.00pm

16 FEB

Cara Dillon Saturday 16th February 8.00pm

26 JAN

Martin Carthy Saturday 26th January 8.00pm

18 FEB

Jazz in The Red Bar Monday 18th February 8.00pm

28 JAN

Ad Inﬁnitum: No Kids Monday 28th January 7.30pm

19 FEB

The Little Prince Tuesday 19th February 7.30pm

30 JAN

In Conversation with Gail Honeyman Wednesday 30th January 2.30pm

20 FEB

The Little Prince Wednesday 20th February 11.00am

31 JAN

I’m Not Running NT Live Thursday 31st January 7.00pm

20 FEB

The Little Prince Wednesday 20th February 2.30pm

31 JAN

Women-Wise Thursday 31st January 7.30pm

20 FEB

Peterloo Wednesday 20th February 7.30pm

04 FEB

Open Mic Night Monday 4th February 7.30pm

22 FEB

There Was An Old Woman Who Swallowed a Fly

Friday 22nd February 2.30pm

05 FEB

Echoes and I Imagine Tuesday 5th February 7.30pm

23 FEB

Tanyalee Davis Saturday 23rd February 8.00pm

06 FEB

Crazy Rich Asians Wednesday 6th February 7.30pm

25 FEB

The Letter Room – No Miracles Here Monday 25th February 7.30pm

26 FEB

The Letter Room – No Miracles Here Tuesday 26th February 2.30pm

19 MAR

Shut Down Tuesday 19th March 7.30pm

26 FEB

The Letter Room – No Miracles Here Tuesday 26th February 7.30pm

20 MAR

Bohemian Rhapsody Wednesday 20th March 7.30pm

27 FEB

The Children Act Wednesday 27th February 7.30pm

21 MAR

Đẹp Thursday 21st March 7.30pm

01 MAR

The Fall E

22 MAR

Half Of Me Friday 22nd March 7.30pm

01 MAR

Strange Lands And How To Survive until Saturday 30th March 10.00am - 5.00pm

25 MAR

The Shape of the Pain Monday 25th March 7.30pm

02 MAR

Edge Hill University Big Band Saturday 2nd March 7.30pm

26 MAR

Knot Tuesday 26th March 7.30pm

04 MAR

Open Mic Night Monday 4th March 7.30pm

27 MAR

Stan & Ollie Wednesday 27th March 7.30pm

05 MAR

Plan B for Utopia Tuesday 5th March 7.30pm

02 APR

The Children’s Hour Tuesday 2nd April 7.30pm

06 MAR

Bad Times at the El Royale Wednesday 6th March 7.30pm

03 APR

The Children’s Hour Wednesday 3rd April 7.30pm

06 MAR

Freestyle Comedy Wednesday 6th March 8.00pm

04 APR

Play Ball Thursday 4th April 7.30pm

07 MAR

Deeds Not Words Thursday 7th March 7.30pm

05 APR

Stage Door Friday 5th April 7.30pm

08 MAR

SHREW Friday 8th March 7.30pm

06 APR

Stage Door Saturday 6th April 2.30pm

12 MAR

Imagining Palestine Tuesday 12th March 7.00pm

06 APR

Play Ball Saturday 6th April 7.30pm

13 MAR

A Star Is Born Wednesday 13th March 7.30pm

13 APR

The Simon & Garfunkel Story Saturday 13th April 8.00pm

13 MAR

Mapdance Wednesday 13th March 7.30pm

17 APR

As You Like It RSC Live Wednesday 17th April 7.00pm

14 MAR

Lovely Girls Thursday 14th March 7.30pm

02 MAY

Plays Present #1 Thursday 2nd May 6.00pm

16 MAR

Luisa Omielan Saturday 16th March 8.00pm

14 JUL

The Tempest Sunday 14th July 3.00pm

until Friday 8th March 10.00am - 5.00pm

17 JAN

Tin Can People

Katie & Pip Katie & Pip celebrates the relationship between Katie, a Type 1 Diabetic teenager and Pip, her pet border collie trained by Katie to save her life on a daily basis. A true story which began in Scotland, this performance celebrates freedom and living life to the full, with help from a live dog. Watch humans be dogs, and dogs be humans as this chaotic and unpredictable collision of youth unfolds.

19 JAN

A Rush of Laughter Comedy Night Join us for a fantastic evening of comedy with stars of TV Angelos Epithemiou, Tony Law, Dane Baptiste, and compere Adam Rushton Angelos Epithemiou, star of Shooting Stars, The Angelos Epithemiou Show, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Soccer AM, The Rob Brydon Show, Tony Law, best known for Does Doug Know, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Have I Got News For You, Comedy Central’s Alternative Comedy Experience and Dane Baptiste who you will have seen on Live At The Apollo, Tonight At The London Palladium, Mock The Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Sunny D.

Thursday 17th January 7.30pm

Saturday 19th January 8.00pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

21 JAN

22 JAN

18 FEB

Jazz in The Red Bar

The Phil Shotton Quartet Phil Shotton and his quartet regularly perform alongside many national and international jazz artists and have appeared at major jazz festivals, venues and music festivals throughout the country and abroad. With a tenor sound reminiscent of Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon, Phil is gaining the reputation of a highly sought-after soloist. The Quartet includes; Dr Tom Sykes, Piano. Matt Lawton, Double Bass and Jez Finch, Drums. For the evening The Red Bar will become a cabaret style jazz club and the Quartet will entertain you by playing jazz standards from the 1930's onwards and popular songs from the American songbook - swing music at its best! During the second half of the performance, audience members can 'sit in' with the Quartet and experience playing with a professional group.

Monday 21st January Monday 18th February 8.00pm FREE just turn up

The Dark Room You awake to ﬁnd yourself in a Dark Room! You, the audience must choose an option. Will you: A) Find the Light Switch? B) Cry for Help? C) Go North? Come and play the world’s ﬁrst live-action text-based adventure game! It’s a chooseyour-own-adventure! So choose it! ‘NOT TO BE MISSED’ The Guardian  ‘You must see this show’ British Comedy Guide

Tuesday 22nd January 8.00pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

23 JAN

Oh! Suburbia! By Bob Karper, directed by Gary Winters

Raconteur/Performer/Musician Bob Karper has made an idiosyncratically individual new show about growing up in the American Midwest, revealing the epic magniﬁcence and nail-biting grandeur of our outlying residential districts. Directed by Gary Winters from the acclaimed performance duo Lone Twin, Oh! Suburbia! presents live musical stories about embarrassing childhood punishments, playground heroism, meticulously planned escapes, tragedy and comedy, life and death and outdoor cooking - mixed with ﬁlm, songs, accordions and experimental dance. You’ll love it! Come and see! Bob is not a dancer!

24 JAN

Lloyd Grifﬁth After the success of his sold-out 2017/18 UK tour, comedian, choirboy and host of Soccer AM, Lloyd Grifﬁth is back on the road with his hilarious new stand-up show. Expect jokes, dubious impressions, jokes, a bit of choral singing, jokes, maybe a fact about a Cathedral, jokes and probably the story about that time he had a toilet incident on the A46. As seen on: Soccer AM, Live At The Comedy Store, Bounty Hunters, Drunk History , The Premier League Show, Football’s Funniest Moments, In Off The Bar, Rugby’s Funniest Moments. Online: Every Premier League Football Fan in 90 seconds, Jack Whitehall’s Training Days, Taxi To Training, BBC3 Quickies: The Tape Guy. He recently supported Jack Whitehall and Rob Beckett on their respective sold out UK tours.

Wednesday 23rd January 7.30pm

Thursday 24th January 8.00pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

26 JAN

Martin Carthy For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music's greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it. He's a ballad singer, a ground-breaking acoustic and electric-guitarist and an authoritative interpreter of newly composed material. He always prefers to follow an insatiable musical curiosity rather than cash in on his unrivalled position. Perhaps, most significant of all, are his settings of traditional songs with guitar, which have influenced a generation of artists, including Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, on both sides of the Atlantic. “Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all” Q Magazine

28 JAN

Ad Inﬁnitum present

No Kids Described as ‘We Need to Talk About Kevin on acid’ (Total Theatre), No Kids is the latest energetic, hilarious, moving and thoughtprovoking play from the multi-award-winning Bristol-based company, Ad Inﬁnitum. Should we have kids, or not? George and Nir are a real-life same-sex couple trying to answer a question many of us face. Every consideration – adoption, surrogacy, coparenting, the environmental impact of childbirth, the fears and anxieties, how the past affects parenting and much, much more – brings with it a succession of ethical challenges. Together, George and Nir confront this chaos head-on. And invite you along for the ride. “It’s a beautiful and touching experience, leaping from ﬂights of fantasy to grim seriousness and brimming with laughter and tears throughout” ★★★★ British Theatre Guide

Saturday 26th January 8.00pm

Monday 28th January 7.30pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

30 JAN

THE

BIG READ

31 JAN

In Conversation with Gail Honeyman

Untold Dance Theatre present

Author of the EHU Big Read 2018 Gail Honeyman is visiting The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University to talk about her book Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine and answer questions. We are expecting high demand so please book early.

An intergenerational cast of 7 women share stories of struggling with and ﬁnding conﬁdence told through comedic and thought provoking dance theatre.

Remember to bring your book along for signing!

Women-Wise reveals what it is like to experience a lack of conﬁdence and self esteem as a woman and how, perhaps we can ﬁnd strength in each other. This performance has been informed by true life stories.

Women-Wise

"We want to share our stories of love, loss, loathing and laughter!"

Wednesday 30th January 2.30pm

Thursday 31st January 7.30pm

FREE, booking required

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

04 FEB

05 FEB

04 MAR

Open Mic Night The Arts Centre Red Bar

Open Mic is an opportunity for Edge Hill students to come along and show off their talents. Edge Hill University is bursting with students who can sing or dance, recite poetry, play an instrument or surprise us with a hidden talent. Bring your friends along to support or just come along to be part of the audience. To book your slot call in to the box ofﬁce at The Arts Centre.

Aakash Odedra Company present

Echoes & I Imagine Dancer Aakash Odedra performs a spectacular double bill featuring Echoes, a stunning approach to the traditional art of Kathak, choreographed by ground-breaking icon Aditi Mangaldas. A virtuosic dancer is presented on stage invaded by cascades of golden bells as a metaphor for resonance and awakening, offering us a glance into Kathak’s tradition and spiritualism. I Imagine, co-created with spoken-word artist Sabrina Mahfouz, is a more immediate and political work; ﬁerce and funny, melancholic and moving. This dance theatre piece presents a visceral and humorous story of migration and identity through masks and acting. “70 minutes of solo dance and not for one second do you want to take your eyes off him” Dancing Times

Monday 4th February Monday 4th March 7.30pm FREE just turn up

Tuesday 5th February 7.30pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

07 FEB

Frank Wurzinger

The Confetti Maker The Confetti Maker is a day in the life of a full-time confetti factory worker. Full of optimism, he pursues his profession: making confetti; cutting, perforating, shredding – all day, every day – but he has ambitions, dreams and fears far beyond the mundane factory life. Romance … love … family … The Confetti Maker is a highly visual piece. It combines slapstick, puppetry, absurd storytelling, improvisation and lots of small bits of paper, which are expertly woven into a humorous, yet poignant show.

08 FEB

Celebration of Chinese New Year Confucius Institute at Edge Hill University invites you to celebrate Chinese New Year with Jinlong’s New Year Extravaganza. Come and experience an exciting performance by experienced acrobats performing spectacular balancing acts, contortion sculpture, feet juggling, Chinese opera and much more – a thrilling performance for all the family.

Directed by award winning physical theatre director John Wright (Trestle, Told by an Idiot), supported by the Arts Council England and Jackson’s Lane. Suitable for anyone age 12+

Thursday 7th February 7.30pm

Friday 8th February 6.00pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

FREE, booking required

10 FEB

Russell Kane He’s back. The keenly-awaited brand new tour show is here. Packing more energy than a Duracell factory, Russell’ s RS Turbo laugh engine will motor through love, family and life - once again proving that the fast and the curious amongst us, see more stuff, and get more done. Multi-award winning comedian, presenter, actor, author and scriptwriter Russell Kane is best known for BBC Three’s Stupid Man, Smart Phone and the host of three series of BBC Three‘s Live At The Electric. Other TV appearances include Live At The Apollo, Unzipped, Celebrity Juice and I’m A Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here Now.

Winner of Best Show in 2010 at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards, Russell went on to make history as the ﬁrst comedian to win both the Edinburgh Award and Melbourne Comedy Festival’s Barry Award in one year.

Sunday 10th February 8.00pm £20 / £18 £5 for EHU Students

12 FEB

13 FEB

Stuart Waters

Greg Wohead

Rockbottom

Celebration, Florida

Rockbottom is a powerful, topical new dance theatre solo from Stuart Waters, a successful performer for 20 years making his debut as an independent artist.

Featuring two unrehearsed performers who have never met, Celebration, Florida is a quietly surreal show for anyone who has ever missed anyone or anything.

Combining bold story-telling with highly physical choreography, Rockbottom is a moving and incredibly honest self-portrait of personal struggle with depression and addiction. The themes are leavened with humour and warmth, skyrocketing between existential angst and irony, and give prominence to the roles of resilience and support networks within recovery.

Veering between reality and simulation, Celebration, Florida orbits around ideas of surrogacy; a stand-in to replace a person you miss, a re-creation of an experience you can’t stop thinking about, nostalgia for a place that never existed.

Rockbottom is not only a thought-provoking night-out it is a reﬂective tool for everyone concerned with mental well-being. Importantly, safe-guarding is centre stage with this project, with discussion and signposting available in the post-show discussion.

Greg will speak to you through two performers using pre-recorded audio and headphones. They will know almost nothing about the show when they walk on stage. ‘A moving tone poem on loss and retrieval’ ★★★★ The Stage ‘A work of great sensitivity written with enviable grace and poise’ After the Lights Fade

This performance has Audio Description and Captioning.

Tuesday 12th February 7.30pm

Wednesday 13th February 7.30pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

15 FEB

Forrest Gander, Rachael Allen and Robert Sheppard A poetry Reading, featuring Edge Hill University International Writer in Resident, Forrest Gander, with Rachael Allen and Robert Sheppard, hosted by James Byrne (Senior Lecturer in Poetry). Forrest Gander is a poet, ﬁction writer, translator and geologist. His book Core Samples from the World, published in 2011, was a ﬁnalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Other collections of poetry include Eye Against Eye (2005) and Torn Awake (2001). Gander’s latest titles include The Trace, a novel and Be With. He lives in California and is the Edge Hill University International Writer in Resident for 2019. Forrest Gander's visit is sponsored by the British Council and by the Department of English, History & Creative Writing.

Friday 15th February 7.00pm FREE, booking required

16 FEB

Cara Dillon Cara Dillon occupies an enviable position at the very top of her genre. This extraordinary Irish singer has been captivating audiences and achieving exceptional acclaim for over 20 years. She has (according to Mojo Magazine) ‘Quite Possibly the world’s most beautiful female voice’. Alongside a selection of favourites from her previous releases, Cara will be performing material from her new album Wanderer which is a collection of beautiful ad moving songs recorded in an intimate setting with her husband and musical partner Sam Lakeman. Every note and word sung with a passion and conﬁdence earned through a life of experience singing traditional songs. Legions of fans will attest to their impassioned performances with Cara’s warm and natural stage presence something to savour.

Saturday 16th February 8.00pm £20 / £15 £5 for EHU Students

19 FEB

22 FEB

20 FEB

Luca Silvestrini’s Protein

The Little Prince Welcome to the incredible story of the Little Prince, who journeys through the universe, coming face to face with the bafﬂing world of grown-ups discovering the power of friendship and the complexity of love. Based on the world-famous story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince is brought to life using Protein’s award winning mix of dance, humour and spoken word. Protein’s new show invites us to look at the world through one’s heart and to reconnect with our inner child. Suitable for children young and old.

Tuesday 19th February 7.30pm Wednesday 20th February 11.00am and 2.30pm £7 / £5 / Family ticket £20

The People’s Theatre Company

There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. I don’t know why she swallowed a ﬂy... But The People’s Theatre Company do! And now you can too as they bring one of the world’s best loved nursery rhymes to life just in time to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Pam Adams' best selling book! This magical show has been written especially for grown ups to enjoy with their children, so come and relive the delights of this most charming of tales complete with a feast of sing along songs, colourful animal characters and heart warming family fun. It’s the perfect treat for anyone aged 2 to 102! The songs in the show including If You're Happy and You know It, Incy Wincy Spider and many more are available to sing along to on The People's Theatre Company's website at www.ptc.org.uk so why not have a listen and join in when you visit the theatre!

Friday 22nd February 2.30pm £10 / £8 / Family ticket £30

(2 adults and 2 children or 1 adult and 3 children)

Free for EHU Students

23 FEB

25 FEB 26 FEB

Tanyalee Davis

The Letter Room

Actual Size

No Miracles Here

Tanyalee Davis is the little lady with the big voice! Her TV credits include Live at The Apollo, The John Bishop Show, The Last Leg, I'm Spazticus and The Blame Game.

‘Tighten your laces, look to the band and don't let your knees hit the ground.’

She may be just 3-foot 6-inches tall, but Tanyalee’s gargantuan personality has ensured that she stands tall amongst the comedy greats. With a comedy proﬁle that spans continents, Miss Davis leaves audiences reeling from her torrent of gags, feisty attitude and unique life-story. Actual Size is an hour of Tanyalee’s most hard-hitting jokes mixed-in with a healthy dose of sidesplitting tales from the absolutely absurd adventures of a pint-sized punchline-purveyor.

Saturday 23rd February 8.00pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

A tale of resilience, strength and the need to just stay on your feet, The Letter Room present a sweat soaked marathon with a Northern Soul. Packed with live music and wall-to-wall dancing, No Miracles Here is an anthem to feeling alive and keeping the faith. Supported by the Royal Shakespeare Company and Northern Stage.

Monday 25th February 7.30pm Tuesday 26th February 2.30pm and 7.30pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

Public Events Arts and Psychotherapy: Emotional Wellbeing and Mental Health Thursday 28th February 2019, 9.30am - 8.30pm

What contribution can the arts make to oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s emotional wellbeing and mental health? What is the relationship of the arts and psychotherapy? How can the one ďŹ eld support and celebrate the other, and together provide access to people in emotional distress from diverse sociopolitical backgrounds? These questions will be explored at a special one-day event featuring talks, workshops and performances. The event will be a unique opportunity to bring together psychotherapists, artists and arts psychotherapists from the local, national and international community and explore synergies, collaborations and respective contributions. Speakers and participants include the chief executive of UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), Professor Sarah Niblock, and the commissioning manager at the NHS Liverpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), Andy Kerr.

During the event, we will launch the new MSc in Psychotherapy and Counselling: Contemporary Creative Approaches, present the new and largest arts therapies research project funded from the National Institute for Health Research and welcome lectures, workshops and performances from colleagues and students from the US, the Netherlands and Latvia. The event will be of particular interest to artists, psychotherapists and counsellors, mental health practitioners and service providers, educators and policy makers interested in the area of arts and wellbeing. Undergraduate and postgraduate students and those with interest in the area of arts and wellbeing will also be very welcome. To book a free place at this event visit ehu.ac.uk/ewmh

02 MAR

Edge Hill University Big Band directed by Phil Shotton Edge Hill’s very own big band bring their eclectic mix of contemporary big band music back for another music extravaganza. Musical Director Phil Shotton will take the audience on an exciting journey of interesting and sometimes lesser heard big band repertoire, showing just what is possible with the modern day big band.

05 MAR

Joan Clevillé Dance

Plan B For Utopia You have a plan, and then you don’t. You have a dream, and then you wake up. You fall in love, and your heart gets broken. The question is: do you pick up the pieces and try again?’ Tipping between humour and pathos, Plan B for Utopia explores the role that imagination and creativity can play as a catalyst for change in our personal and collective lives. Bringing together elements from dance, theatre and storytelling, Scotland-based company Joan Clevillé Dance create a space for reﬂection where audience and performers can come together to re-imagine the world. "This thoughtful and perceptive show will haunt you for days" The Skinny

Saturday 2nd March 7.30pm

Tuesday 5th March 7.30pm

FREE, booking required

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

06 MAR

07 MAR

Freestyle Comedy Improvised Stand-Up

Abbott Dance Theatre

It's stand-up, but not as you know it; no rules, no backup, no script, no set-list, just pure comedy. International double-act Rick Molland & Sully O’Sullivan deliver a unique hour of improvised stand-up comedy every single show.

To Mark the 2018 centenary of the Representation of the People's Act 1918 (where some women over 30+ won the right to vote in the UK); Abbott Dance Theatre presents Deeds Not Words. A moving, energetic piece of dance theatre highlighting and commemorating women's suffrage in the UK.

“peaks of true improvisation” Fest Magazine “a unique comedy experience.” The New Current “rewriting the rules of comedy with never to be repeated punchlines” STV

Deeds Not Words

Featuring choral music and dance from local community groups, soundscape by Breifne Holohan and music composed by Jessica Dannheisser (BBC One’s Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley).

Wednesday 6th March 8.00pm

Thursday 7th March 7.30pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

08 MAR

Mrs Pankhurst’s Players present

SHREW “My tongue will tell the anger of my heart, or else my heart concealing it will break.” To mark International Women’s Day 2019, Mrs Pankhurst’s Players present their feminist adaptation of Shakespeare’s controversial play about marriage, gender and greed. This radical adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most contentious plays uses Kate’s story to explore what it means to be trafﬁcked into a forced marriage. Mrs Pankhurst’s Players is a staff and student feminist theatre collective established in June 2018. Emerging out of the University’s Drama programme, their ﬁrst production was a revival of Elizabeth Robins’ landmark play, Votes for Women! This performance of Shrew is a new adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic, The Taming of the Shrew.

Friday 8th March 7.30pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

12 MAR

Imagining Palestine Following the recent publication of Gazan author Nayrouz Qarmout's The Sea Cloak, Comma Press co-host an evening of readings and reﬂections on Palestine, with two contributors to its follow-up project Palestine + 100 - an experiment in using science ﬁction and futurism as a device for exploring the present, and historic grievances, in particular the 'Nakba' (or 'catastrophe') of 1948. Featuring Ra Page (Founder & Editorial Manager of Comma Press), the British Palestinian novelist Selma Dabbagh, and writer and director Ahmed Masoud, who grew up in Palestine and moved to the UK in 2002. Nayrouz Qarmout will be joining the conversation via Skype. Presented by Edge Hill University’s Creative Writing Department

Tuesday 12th March 7.00pm £5 Free for EHU Students

13 MAR

Mapdance Mapdance performs diverse repertoire by renowned and upcoming contemporary choreographers. This year the Company has commissioned new works by Anthony Missen (Company Chameleon), Didy Veldman, Jose Agudo as well as a re-staging of Liz Aggiss’s History Repeating…. created especially for mapdance. The mixed repertory offers a refreshing mixture of dance theatre, intricate lyrical choreography, fast-paced athleticism and wry humour. It is a programme that will appeal to both seasoned dance viewers and audiences new to dance and is of particular relevance to dance students at GCSE, BTEC and A-level.

14 MAR

The Hiccup Project

Lovely Girls People commonly refer to them as ‘the lovely Hiccup girls’. It got them thinking… After diving into the world of romance and heartbreak in critically acclaimed multiaward winning May-We-Go-Round?, Cristina and Chess explore what it means to be a young woman in brand new show Lovely Girls. Meandering through real women’s stories using The Hiccup Project’s potent blend of dance, theatre and comedy, it is an insight, a celebration and an ode to being a woman in the 21st Century. A show made by women for everyone, regardless of gender. ★★★★ - “Men will laugh from their very core... in a story every woman can relate to' Total Theatre

Wednesday 13th March 7.30pm

Thursday 14th March 7.30pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

16 MAR

Luisa Omielan Fresh from ﬁlming her BBC3 series, comedy phenomenon Luisa Omielan ('What Would Beyonce Do?!' and 'Am I Right Ladies?!') is back with her third stand up instalment. Tackling hard hitting subjects in her signature style, she discusses everything from public spending to housing, from cannabis to cancer..and Five Guys. As seen on BBC 1, Live at the Apollo, 'Thigh Gap' joke (45 million views) and host of Comic Relief.

Saturday 16th March 8.00pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

19 MAR

21 MAR

Vincent Dance Theatre

Van Huynh Company

SHUT DOWN

Đẹp

Directed by ‘one of the most important feminist artists working in Britain today’ (The Observer) SHUT DOWN explores the spectrum of modern day masculinity and investigates the pressures, contradictions and confusions of being a man.

Đẹp is the Vietnamese word for beautiful. With his latest dance work, the UK-based choreographer Dam Van Huynh explores inﬂuences from his Southeast Asian heritage. In Vietnamese culture, death is also a form of rebirth. The dancers in Đẹp are nude for a purpose. Fragile and vulnerable, their nudity literally strips them bare. The movement invites the audience to let go, reaching ever closer to the feeling of being alive. Winner of the Asian Arts Award for Best Directing 2018.

Vincent Dance Theatre’s ﬁrst ever all male production is timely, humorous and highly charged ‘political and poetic dance theatre’ (London Dance), from one of the UK’s most risk-taking and rigorous choreographers. Dance, spoken word, rap and real-life testimony collide to ask: what is it like to live as a man today? ★★★★ - ‘Vincent identiﬁes, with forensic precision, the way men react to changing times’ The Observer Adult supervision for under 14s is advised due to strong language and adult themes.

★★★★ The Observer ★★★★ Seeing Dance ★★★★ Broadway Baby Supported using public funding by Arts Council England Suitable for age 16 plus Photo credit Barry Lewis

Tuesday 19th March 7.30pm

Thursday 21st March 7.30pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

22 MAR

25 MAR

Swati Dance Company

China Plate presents

Half of Me

The Shape of the Pain

Inspired by Satinder Kaur Chohan’s play by the same title, Half of Me is based on a modern day theme which shares often unheard stories of young people born through Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART) and draws parallel to a similar storyline based on motherhood from famous Indian epic ‘Mahabharata’.

‘I don't have to remember being in pain. I'm not sure that's something we can do. And in my case, it's irrelevant. You can't remember something that's still happening’

The artistic idea of this work is grounded in the technique of Bharatanatyam, a classical South Asian dance form but has contemporary relevance in connecting with a diverse audience. This work has wider appeal and especially easy to reach a young dance audience, as well as families.

One woman attempts to articulate her experience of physical pain. Pain with no apparent cause. Also, she’s met someone, and they want to make this work. Words and an original sound score combine to create an explosive dialogue about love and perception. An experiment in how we talk about pain - and if we ever do that in a way someone else can understand. Developed by Rachel Bagshaw and Chris Thorpe. Written by Chris Thorpe. Directed by Rachel Bagshaw with an original score by Melanie Wilson. All performances are captioned, audio described & wheelchair accessible.

Friday 22nd March 7.30pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

Monday 25th March 7.30pm £10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

26 MAR

Nikki & JD presents

Knot Physically exhilarating and touchingly poignant, Knot is the internationally acclaimed circus and dance work by Nikki Rummer and JD Broussé. These talented performers use hand-to-hand circus skills to tell the tale of an impossible choice: How can we be honest with ourselves without hurting those we love? Knot is a ﬁnely crafted theatrical journey through the struggles of commitment. Created in collaboration with award-winning choreographer Ben Duke of Lost Dog Dance Company, Knot is a very modern affair told with delicate sensitivity through breathtaking acrobatics and heart wrenching dance. ★★★★ “A show of great complexity and breathtakingly-effortless acrobatic skill” The Review Hub

13 APR

The Simon & Garfunkel Story The UK's biggest, most successful Simon and Garfunkel theatre show with a full live band. Featuring a full cast of talented actormusicians, The Simon and Garfunkel Story takes you back through the 'Groovy' times of the 1960s. It tells the story of both Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel from their humble beginnings as Rock 'n' Roll duo Tom And Jerry, right through their massive success, dramatic break-up and ﬁnishing with a stunning recreation of the 1981 Central Park reformation concert. Using a huge projection screen, the show features both original photos and ﬁlm footage whilst a full live band perform all their hits including Mrs Robinson, Cecilia, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Homeward Bound, Sound of Silence and many more!

Tuesday 26th March 7.30pm

Saturday 13th April 8.00pm

£10 / £8 Free for EHU Students

£18 / £15 £5 for EHU Students

02 MAY

The Free Radical Writing Company present

Plays Present #1 The Free Radicals present the ﬁrst of a series of readings of writing for the stage by emerging playwrights from Edge Hill. The Company brings student actors and writers together to explore the dramaturgical possibilities of the play-text in action. Included, are works by both current undergraduates, postgraduates and alumni. We aim to offer a forum where writing for a 21st Century stage is developed in public.

14 JUL

Illyria present

The Tempest By William Shakespeare The magician Prospero is marooned on an island with his daughter Miranda. With the assistance of a powerful air spirit he keeps in servitude, he conjures up a storm to shipwreck his enemies on the shore of the island. Inexorably they are driven towards the centre of the island to answer to Prospero – until Prospero learns that in spite of everything Miranda has met and fallen in love with Ferdinand, the son of his enemy. Illyria is an intrepid band of ﬁve actors who perform Shakespeare’s plays, entirely uncut, direct from the First Folio, the most authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s plays. Open Air Theatre in the Rock Garden. Gates open at 2pm.

Thursday 2nd May 6.00pm FREE, booking required

Sunday 14th July 3.00pm £15 / £13 £5 EHU Students

STUDENT PERFORMANCES

02 APR 03 APR

Daughters of the Revolution?

The Children’s Hour

A century ago in 1919, the nineteenth amendment to the US constitution was passed in the Senate declaring "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex”. Presidential ratiﬁcation happened the following year, the ﬁnal state to ratify was Mississippi in 1984.

Hellman understood that small-town America is America: her country…best seen under a microscope, not viewed through a telescope. How better to talk about paranoia, prejudice and power, than in the claustrophobic atmosphere of a girls’ school? Set the school in a small town where everybody knows everybody and some are related, and Hellman had the mix for a powerful drama”… The protagonists “are career-women: and that in itself comes to be held against them… It is worth remembering that America, the world’s democracy, had great difﬁculty with women who were independent of men, either economically or sexually. When the play was revived in 1952, Hellman was summoned before the committee for Un-American Activities. She avoided a gaol sentence, but was blacklisted as a writer, for her left-wing politics, but perhaps her sexual politics too” Jeanette Winterson

Here we present a season of drama by American women writers in the years immediately after this milestone. The Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression were times of great change in the societal role of women, variously reﬂected in three remarkable plays.

by Lillian Hellman

Tuesday 2nd April Wednesday 3rd April 7.30pm £5 FREE for EHU Students

04 APR

05 APR

06 APR

Play Ball

Stage Door

by Maurine Dallas Watkins

by Edna Ferber and George S. Kaufman

Inspired by crimes she covered for the Chicago Tribune, Watkins’ prohibition-era play became an instant hit and has been continuously reinterpreted for ﬁlm and stage, notably as a musical, (it is retitled here for contractual reasons). Watkins, opens this comic drama with a brutal dramatization of the typical situation the women in articles, submitted to the Chicago Tribune as a court reporter and “sob sister”, experienced: vengeful Roxie Hart slays a lover for mistreating her…and then the fun begins. A run-of-the-mill murderess, until her vivid confession creates opportunity for proﬁt, she begins a transformation to rival that of Eliza Dolittle.

Ferber and Kaufman’s ‘love letter’ to American Theatre follows a group of young women in a theatrical boarding house looking to make it in the “legitimate” theatre. Their dedication to that struggle speaks to the cry for emancipation, creativity and fulﬁlment made by American Suffragists a generation earlier. Despite the glittering oneliners and the Cinderella love story the play is rooted in the knowledge that the stage provided young women with a way out.

"Gee, this play's sure got our number, ain't it?" Belva Gaertner (the ‘real’ Velma Kelly).

Thursday 4th April Saturday 6th April 7.30pm £5 FREE for EHU Students

Kaufman is remembered for his collaborations with Moss Hart Once in a Lifetime, Merrily We Roll Along, and The Man Who Came to Dinner. Ferber, in 1936, was the foremost female novelist of her generation, author of the original novels Showboat and Giant. “a rarely produced 1930s classic comedy providing a broadly insightful, satirical look into that legendary decade” DCTheatrescene

Friday 5th April 7.30pm Saturday 6th April 2.30pm £5 FREE for EHU Students

LIVE THEATRE SCREENINGS

15 JAN

National Theatre Live presents

The Tragedy of King Richard the Second by William Shakespeare Please note that there will be more Live Theatre Screenings added to the programme throughout the season. Please contact the Box Ofﬁce or check the website for updates.

Simon Russell Beale plays William Shakespeare’s Richard II, broadcast live from the stage of the Almeida Theatre in London to cinemas. Richard II, King of England, is irresponsible, foolish and vain. His weak leadership sends his kingdom into disarray and his court into uproar. Seeing no other option but to seize power, the ambitious Bolingbroke challenges the throne and the king’s divine right to rule. Simon Russell Beale returns to National Theatre Live screens following broadcasts of Timon of Athens and King Lear, and his recent role in the National Theatre’s critically acclaimed production of The Lehman Trilogy.

Tuesday 15th January 7.00pm £10 £5 for EHU Students

31 JAN

17 APR

National Theatre Live presents

RSC Live presents

I’m Not Running

As You Like It

by David Hare

by William Shakespeare

I’m Not Running is an explosive new play by David Hare, premiering at the National Theatre and broadcast live to cinemas.

Come into the forest; dare to change your state of mind.

Pauline Gibson has spent her life as a doctor, the inspiring leader of a local health campaign. When she crosses paths with her old boyfriend, a stalwart loyalist in Labour Party politics, she’s faced with an agonising decision. What’s involved in sacriﬁcing your private life and your piece of mind for something more than a single issue? Does she dare?

Rosalind is banished, wrestling with her heart and her head. With her cousin by her side, she journeys to a world of exile where barriers are broken down and all can discover their deeper selves. Director Kimberley Sykes (Dido, Queen of Carthage) directs a riotous, exhilarating version of Shakespeare’s romantic comedy.

Image: Siân Brooke by Felicity McCabe.

Thursday 31st January 7.00pm

Wednesday 17th April 7.00pm

£10 £5 for EHU Students

01 MAR

Roger Hill and Mandy Romero present

The Fall & Strange Lands And How To Survive Central Asia – the new global frontier. A transcontinental transgender adventure and the life-and-death moment when you fall into the watery void of your deepest fears. An exhibition of silken encounters in some less-than-liberal regimes, coupled with a sound-and-image installation which takes you into the spaces and emptinesses of those strange lands.

The Fall 1st – 8th March Strange Lands And How To Survive 1st – 30th March

EXHIBITIONS

until 05 JUL

Op Art In Focus Edge Hill University is the sponsor of Tate Liverpool’s Op Art In Focus Exhibition. Op art – short for optical art – emerged in the 1960s. Its leading figures included Bridget Riley, Jesus Rafael Soto and Victor Vasarely. They combined lines, geometric shapes and eye popping colour to create artworks that fool the eye. Images could be subtle or disorientating, giving the illusion of movement. The display moves beyond the typical period of op art and includes works by more contemporary artists such as Angela Bulloch. Included is a rare installation of Jim Lambie’s Zobop which floods the entire gallery floor with psychedelic patterning.

Op art in Focus is a part of Tate Liverpool’s in Focus series – displays of the Tate collection dedicated to signiﬁcant modern and contemporary artists or movements. Edge Hill Unicard holders get free entry to all exhibitions at Tate Liverpool and for entry to Tate Modern and Tate Britain you can download a pass at edgehill.ac.uk/artscentre

Wives’ Tales

Rebecca Sharp

Wives’ Tales are The Arts Centre at Edge Hill University’s Performance Company in residence until August 2019. They have been working with The Arts Centre and the Performing Arts department since September 2018 to provide professional development support and offer a vision for career pathways in performing arts to current students by offering professional development opportunities.

We’re delighted that Rebecca Sharp will be artist and writer in residence at The Arts Centre from January to March 2019. Making new work and sharing her outcomes, Rebecca will be exploring techniques of divination as a means to interpret and navigate particular places; how layers of time and experience coexist in our imaginations.

A highlight of the Autumn 2018 season has been producing their ﬁrst original performance as Resident Company, ‘I Do’, which involved over 50 students from varying disciplines in both performance and production roles.

More information will be available on our website as the residency progresses. www.rebeccajoysharp.com

After creating a central outreach to the student community through creating performance, Wives’ Tales are keen to begin leading masterclasses and working with ﬁnal year students on the next steps after graduating.

ARTS CENTRE RESIDENCIES

18 JAN

FREE FILM FRIDAYS FOR EHU STUDENTS Free Film Fridays are one of our most popular events at The Arts Centre. Join us every Friday at 7.00pm during term time for a free film. Check the listings for Free Film Friday dates and join out FFF Facebook group to find out which films are coming up on a weekly basis. There are also extra special free film screenings during Welcome Week. facebook.com/groups/EHUFreeFilmFriday

Friday 18th January Friday 1st February Friday 8th February Friday 15th February Friday 22nd February Friday 8th March Friday 15th March Friday 22nd March

FILM

16 JAN

BlacKkKlansman Dir: Spike Lee 132 mins From visionary filmmaker Spike Lee comes the incredible true story of an American hero. It's the early 1970s, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first AfricanAmerican detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver), into the undercover investigation of a lifetime.

Wednesday 16th January 7.30pm £3.50 / £3 Free for EHU Students

06 FEB

13 FEB

Crazy Rich Asians

A Simple Favour

Dir: Jon M. Chu 121 mins

Dir: Paul Feig 117 mins

Constance Wu and Henry Golding star in this US romantic comedy based on the novel by Kevin Kwan. After dating for more than a year, Nick Young (Golding) decides it's ﬁnally time for his girlfriend, Rachel Chu (Wu), a New York economics professor, to meet his family when he travels back to Singapore for his best friend's wedding. Having mentioned little about his family, Rachel is shocked to discover Nick is the sole heir to a vast fortune as his family belong to the elite class of the super-rich. Culture clashes and a cruel ultimatum from Nick's hostile family threaten to ruin their relationship. Can the couple ﬁnd a way to overcome their seemingly insurmountable differences to be together?

Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively star in this crime thriller directed by Paul Feig. The ﬁlm follows Stephanie Ward (Kendrick), a blogger who becomes friends with the glamorous Emily Nelson (Lively) after meeting outside their children's school. The pair begin to form a strong bond, only for Emily to suddenly disappear shortly after calling Stephanie asking her to do her a small favour. With no sign of her after days of searching, Stephanie begins looking into the secrets of Emily's past as she desperately searches for answers. The cast also includes Rupert Friend, Linda Cardellini and Henry Golding.

Wednesday 6th February 7.30pm

Wednesday 13th February 7.30pm

£3.50 / £3 Free for EHU Students

20 FEB

27 FEB

Peterloo

The Children Act

Dir: Mike Leigh 154 mins

Dir: Richard Eyre 103 mins

British historical drama following the events which culminated in the Peterloo massacre at St. Peter's Field, Manchester in 1819. As the Napoleonic Wars reached an end, political unrest struck the nation as ongoing stretches of famine, unemployment and the introduction of the Corn Laws began to stir the working classes. A demonstration took place on 16th August led by Henry Hunt (Rory Kinnear) with the intention to challenge the government and propose parliamentary reform. Their hopes were soon diminished, however, when a cavalry charged into the massive crowd, causing the situation to turn deadly.

A high court judge must make a life-or-death decision on behalf of a child while struggling with her own problems in her personal life. Putting her marriage and own self-interests on the back burner, Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) puts her time and energy into a high-proﬁle case which sees a 17-year-old Jehovah's Witness refuse a life-saving blood transfusion due to his religious principles. With the boy's condition worsening by the day, it is up to Fiona to ultimately decide whether to overrule the parents' and child's decision and enforce the blood transfusion or to grant the family their wish and dismiss it.

Wednesday 20th February 7.30pm

Wednesday 27th February 7.30pm

£3.50 / £3 Free for EHU Students

06 MAR

13 MAR

Bad Times at the El Royale

A Star Is Born

Dir: Drew Goddard 140 mins

Dir: Bradley Cooper 136 mins

Seven strangers, each with a secret to bury, meet at a run-down hotel in Lake Tahoe in 1960s California. Over the course of a fateful night, they all get one last shot at redemption before everything goes wrong.

Bradley Cooper directs and stars in this romantic musical drama alongside Lady Gaga. The ﬁlm follows troubled country music star Jackson Maine (Cooper) as he meets and falls for aspiring singersongwriter Ally (Lady Gaga), after seeing her perform at a roadside bar. Recognising her talent, Jackson invites Ally to perform with him and the pair forms an onstage partnership that sends her soaring towards pop superstardom. As she strives to achieve her dream, their offstage relationship begins to break down as Jackson struggles to maintain control over his inner demons.

Wednesday 6th March 7.30pm

Wednesday 13th March 7.30pm

£3.50 / £3 Free for EHU Students

20 MAR

27 MAR

Bohemian Rhapsody

Stan & Ollie

Dir: Bryan Singer 134 mins

Dir: Jon S. Baird 97 mins

Biographical drama following the life of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury (Rami Malek). When relatively unknown English band Smile discover young singer Freddie Mercury just at the time their frontman walks out, everyone's hopes lift as they finally find the sound they had been missing. Changing their name to Queen, the band become determined to get their music on the radio but find the task increasingly difficult. When they realise their ambitions of becoming a successful band, Freddie shocks everyone by expressing an interest in a solo career. As they are invited to perform at the charity Live Aid concert, will Freddie return to his roots and the band that made him famous or will his AIDS diagnosis stop him from performing? The cast also includes Ben Hardy as Roger Taylor, Gwilym Lee as Brian May and Tom Hollander as Queen manager Jim Beach.

The beloved comedy team of Stan Laurel (Steve Coogan) and Oliver Hardy (John C. Reilly) embark on one last variety hall tour in Great Britain in 1953, where their struggles with health issues, changing times and the stress of the road threaten to overshadow their creative partnership.

Wednesday 20th March 7.30pm

Wednesday 27th March 7.30pm

£3.50 / £3 Free for EHU Students

FREE FOR EHU STUDENTS ARTS CENTRE MEMBERSHIP

As an Edge Hill University student you can sign up to The Arts Centre’s free membership scheme. You’ll receive four free tickets per season to see any show of your choice and will ﬁnd out about special offers and competitions throughout the year. It’s really easy to sign up, just go to edgehill.ac.uk/artscentre/student and provide us with a few details or you can call in at The Arts Centre box ofﬁce.

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