The life we came upon while we had set out on another one. The faith we have that we didn’t know about. The divine vision we glimpse in unexpected places. The art of looking sideways.
Talks, Panels & Debates Bluffer’s Guide to Israel / Palestine It is in the newspapers, on TV and in the public consciousness, but how many of us understand what life is like in the Occupied Palestinian Territories? Nigel Varndell will look at how the occupation started and what the consequences are for ordinary Palestinians. Saturday 10.00 Shed
Christian Aid climate change crash course Join Christian Aid’s Volunteer Youth Advocates from across the UK for a crash course on everything climate change, with an expert focus on how it affects developing countries. Hear stories of first-hand experiences of Christian Aid partners from Kenya and the Democratic
Republic of Congo, prepare yourself for the exclusive youthled panel debate, get clued up, inspired by local and global workshops and have fun while doing it! Saturday 12.30 Shelter Saturday 15.00 Shack
Debate: Climate change: a load of hot air? You’ve done the prep in the climate change crash course now join our panel: Is it really happening? Are we as individuals really responsible for its devastating effects or must businesses and mother nature take their share of the blame? How can we tackle these issues locally and on a global scale? Saturday 17.00 Shed
From Vicar of Dibley to baseball mom in search for Church Joy Carroll is the real life vicar on which Richard Curtis based the Vicar of Dibley. Having hung up her priestly robe, she now lives in the States and comes to Greenbelt to share tales of finding God in new and unexpected places
Luke Leighfield and To Write Love On Her Arms Come and see one of the stars from the Underground stage doing an acoustic performance just for you and learn about TWLOHA who encourage, inform and inspire young people struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. Sunday 18.30 Shed
Monday 14.00 Shack
Debate: Human rights at home and abroad: what are they and how do we fight for them? Human rights, what’s the big issue. What do you think? Come and see what the experts have to say. Then agree, disagree, argue and please ask questions. Panellists include Mandi Hewitt, Zaw Lu Aung and Swee Ang. Chaired by Ben White.
Mandi Hewitt: The powerof one Mandi grew up on a rubbish dump in South Africa before running to the streets and living as a street child. Come and hear how she turned hardship into personal triumph. Be inspired and challanged by Mandi's words and stories. Girls +14 only Sunday 19.00 Shack
Debate: The long adventure of rebellion: say goodbye to political apathy
Mark Yaconelli: Wonder, grief, and longing: the life of the soul
Want to push at your political and personal boundaries and maybe even get involved with direct action? Take responsibility for bringing about the world you want to see, rather than leaving politics to the experts. Panellists include Clare Short, Rachael Maskell, Tom Allen and Jonathan Bartley. Chaired by Tom Warnett.
The great struggle in life is to find our soul, connect with our soul, and live our lives from the deep part of who we are. Mark asks how we do this? How do we discover our own soul and live a life that feels real and creative and compassionate? Sunday 14.00 Shed
Monday 17.00 Shed
What happens when you read a newspaper? Freelance journalist, author, campaigner and all round hero, Ben White tellshow his life changed when he learned about the Israel Palestine situation. Sunday 15.30 Shed
Sunday 17.00 Shed
Workshops An audience with Straff You’ve seen him going crazy on stage with thebandwithnoname, chest butting chipK or bringing his melodic vocals to the tbwnn mix. Straff has also been part of a band called Standby Hero and is now busy writing music for his next project, Sinister Bleak. Quiz Straff about his work and join him for this masterclass in lyric and songwriting. Saturday 14.30 Shed
Chocolate masterclass: truffle making Learn how to make delicious chocolate truffles with our master chocolatier, and pick up a few facts about the history of chocolate and Fairtrade along the way. Saturday 11.30 Shed
Clear Exchange Riding Lights Roughshod presents extracts from Clear Xchange, their atmospheric, topical and funny show that's toured the country. Exploring the climate we live in and the dramatic effects our lives have on other people, five young performers swirl through the currents of modern life... sketches, stories, music and comedy spill out all over the place. Friday 21.30 Shed Sunday 21.30 Shed
Cotton on to Fairtrade Get creative and communicate the message of Fairtrade through a huge piece of art. Can you defend
farmers in developing countries armed only with a paintbrush? Research, brainstorm and create a huge mural on Fairtrade cotton which brings together the concepts of Fairtrade in one image. Your creation will be celebrated in Fairtrade Fortnight 2011. All weekend in the Youth Area
Divine Chocolate tasting Where does chocolate come from and how is it made? What do we look for in good chocolate? Come and stimulate your tastebuds with Divine Chocolate, the Fairtrade chocolate company.
Improvisation – the Roughshod guide to making it up! Work alongside the internationally renowned, universally popular and downright stupendous community of talent that is this year's Riding Lights Roughshod Theatre Company! Briony, Dipo, Edith, Jonathan and Rachel will guide you through 90 minutes of high energy workshop games and exercises and introduce you to a whole host of theatrical skills that you never knew you had... Saturday 10.00 Shelter Saturday 13.00 Shack
Sunday 20.00 Shed
Getting inspired about Fairtrade Talk to young people from a cocoa farming village in Ghana through a live video link. Find out about their lives, and let them find out about yours. Monday 15.00 Shed
Lemony Snickett’s A Series of Unfortunate Events The dark fairytale starring Jim Carrey, showing on Saturday night and followed by a discussion on Sunday afternoon: discuss the art of cinema, and what the film can tell us about the fairness of life. Sunday 15.30 Shelter
Henna & body art Get henna-ed by Infinite Beads.
Play is your secret weapon
Sunday 12.00 Shed
Agents of Future will be helping construct a magical media mashup monstrosity out of your vocal/ comedic/artistic contributions. All you need to bring is your self, your friends and one piece of A4. Agents of Future come from the States with the hope of reminding everyone that a playful heart that takes risks is closest to God's kingdom.
Have you ever tried being a cocoa farmer? Have a go at being a real life Fairtrade cocoa farmer, and make yourself some chocolate rice crispy cakes to woo that special someone! Monday 10.00 Shed
Saturday 18.30 Shed
Worship Prayers Take a breath, gather your thoughts, say a prayer. Take 15 minutes to call your own with this lo-fi, unplugged, daily prayer which draws on ancient practice but helps you face the here and now... Morning prayer Saturday 11.45 Shelter Sunday 11.45 Shelter Monday 11.45 Shelter
Evening prayer Saturday 19.00 Shelter Sunday 19.00 Shelter Monday 19.00 Shelter
Taize-style prayer Taize is a community in France that welcomes thousands of young people from all over the world to spend a week living simply. Join them for a short service based on a daily Taize prayer. Monday 17.00 Shelter
A box full of interesting things Steve has a box full of random objects, picked up on his daily journeys. They might not look like much to us, but to him, they are inspirational, and tell the story of his life. A chance to reflect on the everyday things that lead us towards the divine. Monday 14.00 Shelter
If… Through installation, discussion and worship, explore some of Jesus' sideways looks at different situations. We'll be inspired from key passages of Scripture, where Jesus teaches us that looking differently at something can reveal a better path, even if God's ideas go off at another angle from our natural choices. Hosted by Feig. Saturday 14.00 Shelter
The Outsiders Where is God? Where are you looking? This service explores how it feels to be on the outside looking in and how, at such times, God comes looking for us. With UnReCognised. Saturday 17.00 Shelter
Shlomo’s beatbox
masterclass
Shlomo – whose appearances on Mainstage have cemented his reputation as a Greenbelt legend – will have you sounding like a kick drum, with no kick drum in sight. An exclusive youth masterclass. Monday 17.00 Skatepark
Spiritual Search through art Spiritual Search is an exhibition of 16 works of art from young people, exploring the question "Where is God?" Answers from many perspectives sit alongside each other in the exhibition, and the young artists comment on the visions they have created. In these workshops you will see the genius of young spiritual searchers in their art, and have an opportunity to pursue your own spiritual search in a creative way. Part 1: Exploring Sunday 12.00 Shack Part 2: Creating Monday 12.00 Shack
Spoken word masterclass Join spoken soul maestro [verb]swish for a creative writing masterclass on how to approach spoken word in a changing world, or in his own words: “Write to the world as if it was mirrorless.” Exhibit your new skills in the showcase later on. Masterclass Saturday 11.00 Shack Showcase Saturday 20.30 Festival Bowl
MayBe
Sunday 14.00 Shelter
Common Ground, Holy Ground Taste and see; hear and speak; make and take as we unearth the everyday sacred in God’s story and ours. Sunday 17.00 Shelter
A special two-hour workshop run by comedian Tony Vino and the best of Get Up Stand Up’s talent. Develop your joke writing, performance skills and confidence. This fun session is geared to creating five minutes of standup material, for you to perform at the Open Mic show in the YMCA Tent. There, a panel of comedians will choose a winner to perform in Monday night’s main Get Up Stand Up set. Masterclass Monday 12.00 Shed Open Mic Show Monday 15.30 YMCA Get Up Stand Up Monday 21.30 Festival Bowl
Ten Sing Ten Sing is an international youth programme within the YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) and YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) that focuses on getting young people to express themselves by using their own culture through creative performing arts. Come along see to what we do – learn a dance and a song and have some fun. Friday 19.00 YMCA Saturday 13.00 YMCA Sunday 14.00 YMCA
Three Faiths Forum
X Mobile Van
The place to go, to have a go. Or grab a bite to eat and watch the experts.
Drop-in
DJ workshops
Friday 19.00–22.00 X Mobile Van Saturday 20.00–22.00 X Mobile Van Sunday 20.00–22.00 X Mobile Van
Saturday 15.00 Sunday 15.00
Open skate Friday 16.00 Saturday 10.00 Sunday 12.00 Monday 10.00
Beginners' skate Saturday 11.00 Saturday 17.00 Sunday 13.00 Sunday 17.00 Monday 11.00
Intermediate to advanced skate Saturday 14.00 Saturday 19.00 Sunday 15.00 Sunday 19.00 Monday 14.00
and confront prejudice for more than ten years. Its objective is to build lasting relationships between people of different faiths, cultures and communities. Encountering faiths Presenters from different faiths will share their stories. You then have the opportunity to put any questions you want (literally anything!) to the speakers. Saturday 17.00 Shack
Skills for dialogue and communication Interactive games will help you develop the skills and awareness to be able to communicate with those who are different to you. Includes "The Art of Asking" and "Yeah But No But" (the art of disagreeing). Sunday 14.00 Shack
Youth’s Got Talent Your chance to show off your talents in front of judges on the YMCA stage. Exciting prizes to be won. Sunday 19.00 YMCA
Xpress Yo'self Fancy learning some new hip-hop moves? Join Impact Dance for a fun packed, high energy session of street dance to the freshest urban tunes. Come and Xpress Yo’self on the dancefloor! Masterclass Sunday 13.30 Workshops 1 Xtreme Circumstance (performance) Sunday 16.30 Centaur
The Three Faiths Forum has worked to encourage dialogue
Skatepark
Beginners' lesson Join MayBe in the youth tent for a time of reflection, conversation and creative improvisation.
Stand up comedy masterclass with the best from Get Up Stand Up
Drop in and visit the van, see what it is doing at this year's festival.
Workshop: music creation featuring GreenJade From the first spark of an idea all the way to performance, create
a communal track based on the Greenbelt theme. Guest-starring GreenJade. Saturday 13.00 X Mobile Van Sunday 13.00 X Mobile Van
Final play Join us for a party to show off the music created over the weekend. Monday 14.00 X Mobile Van
Welcome to Greenbelt 2010 – a festival full of things to inspire, encourage, entertain and amaze. The guide over the page has details of all the events taking place in the Youth Village – the Shack, the Shed and the Shelter. Below, you can see everything in chronological order, along with some other highlights from across the site that we think you might enjoy. To find out more about the wider programme, get a Festival Guide. The Youth Launch takes place on Friday night at 20.00 in the Shed – be there to be properly welcomed to Greenbelt, to discover more about what's going on in the Youth programme, and to let the party officially start!
Friday
Shed
Shelter
Shack
Colour Code
music. film. performing arts. visual arts. comedy. literature.
talks & panels. worship & spirituality. partners & sponsors. family & children. youth. other.
Other highlights 1
Other highlights 2
18.00 thebandwithnoname Mainstage 19.05 Ugly Duckling Mainstage 20.10 Ty Mainstage 21.35 Courtney Pine Mainstage
18.45 Ferris Bueller's Day Off Film 19.00 TenSing YMCA 20.00 Zic Zazou Centaur 21.45 Jude Simpson Big Top 22.00 Applecart Presents YMCA
17 00 18 00 19 00 20 00 21 00 22 00
19.00 Cotton on to Fairtrade All weekend 20.00 Youth Launch
21.30 Clear Exchange Riding Lights Theatre
23 00
23.45 Fantastic Mr Fox Film
Saturday
Shed
Shelter
10.00 Bluffers Guide to Israel Palestine 11.30 Chocolate masterclass Divine Chocolate
10.00 Improvisation – Roughshod guide to making it up
Shack
Other highlights 1
Other highlights 2
11.00 Spoken word masterclass [verb]swish
11.30 The three desires Mark Yaconelli – Jerusalem
11.30 Poetry workshop The Hub
13.00 Improvisation - Roughshod guide to making it up
13.00 TenSing YMCA 14.00 Youth scratch choir rehearsal Workshops 1
09 00 10 00 11 00 12 00
11.45 Morning prayer 12.30 Christian Aid climate change crash course
13 00 14 00
14.30 An audience with Straff
14.00 If... Feig 15.00 Christian Aid climate change crash course
15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00
17.00 Debate: Climate change: a load of hot air? 18.30 Play is your secret weapon Agents of Future
17.00 The Outsiders UnRecognised
17.00 Encountering faiths Three Faiths Forum
19.00 Evening prayer
19 00 20 00 21 00
21.00 Wii tournament
17.40 18.45 19.30 19.50 20.30
Luke Leighfield Mainstage Danny and the Champions of the World Mainstage Luke Leighfield Underground Fionn Regan Mainstage Poetry Slam
14.00 Listen2Us Big Top 15.45 Breaking the chains of injustice: the power of non violence in the Holy Land Sami Awad – Hebron
18.30 4D & Duologues Epic Arts – Festival Bowl
20.30 Spoken word showcase [verb] swish – Festival Bowl
21.20 Shed Seven Mainstage 22.00 Applecart Presents YMCA
22 00 23.45 Bible Society presents: Lemony Snickett Film
23 00
Sunday
Shed
Shelter
Shack
Other highlights 1
Other highlights 2
12.00 Africa United Centaur 12.30 BeBe Vox Underground 13.30 Xpress Yo'self workshop Workshops 1 14.00 TenSing YMCA 14.15 Milton Jones Festival Bowl 15.00 Jive workshop Workshops 1 16.30 Impact Dance Centaur
09 00 10 00 11.45 Morning prayer
11 00 12 00
12.00 Henna body art
12.30 Ashtanga yoga
12.00 Spiritual search through art part 1: Exploring
12.00 Lobbying parliament on Israel /Palestine Claire Short – Jerusalem
14.00 Wonder, grief & longing Mark Yaconelli 15.30 What happens when you read the newspaper Ben White
14.00 MayBe
14.00 Skills for dialogue & communication Three Faiths Forum
17.00 Debate: Human rights at home and abroad 18.30 Luke Leighfield and TWLOHA
17.00 Common Ground, Holy Ground
14.30 Mandi Hewitt in conversation with Simon Mayo – Bethlehem 15.45 Origins and Lemons Riding Lights Theatre 16.00 God of compassion Mark Yaconelli 17.40 Lovers Electric Mainstage
13 00 14 00 15 00 16 00 17 00 18 00
21 00
18.45 The Herbaliser Mainstage 19.00 Evening prayer
19 00 20 00
15.30 Reflections and discussion on Lemony Snickett's a Series of Unfortunate Events
19.00 The power of one Mandi Hewitt (Girls 14+ only)
20.00 Chocolate tasting Divine Chocolate 21.30 Clear Exchange Riding Lights Theatre
19.00 Youth's Got Talent YMCA 20.05 London Community Gospel Choir Mainstage 21.20 Beverley Knight Mainstage
22 00
22.00 Taize worship Big Top
23 00
23.45 Napoleon Dynamite Film
Monday
Shed
Shelter
Shack
Other highlights 1
10.00 Have you ever tried being a cocoa farmer? 11.45 Morning prayer
11 00 12 00
12.00 Stand up comedy masterclass
12.30 Ashtanga yoga
12.00 Spiritual search through art part 2: Creating
14.00 A box full of interesting things
14.00 From Vicar of Dibley to baseball mom Joy Carroll
13 00 14 00 15 00
15.00 Getting inspired about Fairtrade
18 00
19.00 Evening prayer
20 00 22 00 23 00
14.15 Jesus, my Facebook friend John Bell – Jerusalem
17.00 Taize-style prayer 17.00 Debate: the long adventure of rebellion
19 00 21 00
10.00 Folk Club Winged Ox 11.30 The spirit level: why equality is better for everyone Kate Pickett – Festival Bowl 12.30 South Africa after Fifa Solomuza Mabuza – Bethlehem
15.30 Comedy Open Mic YMCA
16 00 17 00
Other highlights 2 09.00 Agents of the Future Underground
09 00 10 00
19.30 The Floe Underground 20.45 Extra Curricular Underground 21.30 Get Up, Stand Up Festival Bowl 22.00 Baby Blue Underground
17.25 The Violet Burning Mainstage 18.30 Jars of Clay Mainstage 19.50 The King Blues Mainstage
11.30 Youth scratch choir performance Mainstage 12.30 Harry Bird and the Rubber Wellies Perf. Cafe 13.30 Swing workshop Workshops 1 14.30 Bobby Baker in conversation The Hub 12.00 Human table football Arena (sign up at YMCA) 15.15 Intensi T Underground 15.45 Dubb Underground 16.15 Stereo Inf. Underground 16.45 Faded Cadence Underground 17.00 Shlomo's beatbox masterclass Skatepark
19.00 Wii tournament 21.20 Gil Scott-Heron Mainstage
21.30 Get Up, Stand Up with youth comedy winner Festival Bowl