SummerTyne

Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007

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with ten days of incredibly diverse events all based around the NewcastleGateshead Quayside area. The festival includes spectacular UK exclusive shows by top European performance group La Fura dels Baus from a ship moored at Spiller’s Quay, international performers from all music genres at The Sage Gateshead, including Northern Sinfonia and Wynton Marsalis, an Americana weekend with, among other artists, Kris Kristofferson, Nanci Griffith and a fabulous free outdoor programme and related film and photography events at The Star and Shadow and Side Cinema and Gallery, plus family events and activities for all ages.

We’ve grouped together the events on different postcards, so you’ll be able to read all about the opening weekend, family activities and events, the Americana weekend, and stand alone concerts in this postcard pack. Plus there’s a handy performance timetable at the end so you can plan your time.

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All events are at The Sage Gateshead, unless stated otherwise. For updates and more information you can also visit www.thesagegateshead.org, look out for The Sage Gateshead’s July/August events diary, or check www.NewcastleGateshead.com for details.

Concessions and discounts Concessions and Flexi-buy

discounts for bookings of 3, 6 or 9 concerts are available for many of our events: please check with our Ticket Office. Many events are free and performance tickets start from just £5.

Ask at the Ticket Office or see our website for information on getting to The Sage Gateshead, accessibility, parking, group bookings and food and drink.

SummerTyne is part of NewcastleGateshead’s world-class festivals and events programme. Visit www.NewcastleGateshead.com to find out more.

In association with:

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

Photography Andreu Adrover

Welcome to the second year of SummerTyne – Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007. The summer starts here,

Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007

La Fura dels Baus | www.thesagegateshead.org

OPENING WEEKEND

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La Fura dels Baus – Friday 20th and Saturday 21st July, 9.30pm, Spiller’s Quay, Newcastle SummerTyne

Artists on Saturday include Dulcamara – traditional dance music from Spain; Moishe’s Bagel – rip-roaring klezmer and Balkan music; LO’JO – French chanson, African, Arabic, Romany, funk, jazz and dub; and 422 dance band – for jigs and reels. On Sunday the line up includes Koshka – a fusion of Russian gypsy hot club, jazz and more; Katie Doherty – award-winning folk singer songwriter; The Braykes – big band folk and jazz; and Alumínio Roots – a major Brazilian reggae name playing with percussionist Brendan Murphy. Free entry.

Folk and World Music Stage – Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July from 2pm, Performance Square

Two whole afternoons of free music: listening, dancing or relaxing in the sun (hopefully) outside The Sage Gateshead!

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¡VAMOS! Latin Dance Party – Saturday 21st July, 11pm, The Sage Gateshead Concourse Straight after the

La Fura dels Baus performance, The Sage Gateshead comes alive ’til 2am to a massive ¡VAMOS! Latin Dance party featuring Banda Odarah and Geordie Latino, plus salsa DJs and Latin drinks all on the Concourse. In association with ¡VAMOS! Festival (www.vamosfestival.com).

Tickets: £5 (advance), £7 (on the door).

In association with:

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

Photography Andreu Adrover

starts with a bang – a spectacular new show from one of Europe’s leading performance groups, La Fura dels Baus.

Amongst other notable successes, they were responsible for the central element of the opening ceremony for the Barcelona Olympics. This show ‘Naumachia’, a UK exclusive for NewcastleGateshead, will take place from the ship Naumon, moored at Spiller’s Quay, and will feature daring imagery and effects including giant puppets, projections onto screens, live music, massive moving structures and a giant web with 60 aerialists hanging over the action. Tickets £5 standing outdoors. (N.B. This show, which lasts about 75 minutes, contains partial nudity; parental guidance required).

Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007

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FAMILY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

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Family Ceilidhs – Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd July, 2pm, The Sage Gateshead Our Family Ceilidhs

beginners. Each child must be accompanied by an adult.

Enrolments: £6.

Playing the Building – Monday 23rd – Sunday 29th July, 12 noon, The Sage Gateshead Come and take part

Planet Music – Monday 23rd – Friday 27th July, The Sage Gateshead Enjoyable music and movement

sessions for 5-7 year olds and their carers, with lots of involvement and participation encouraged. Children cannot be left unaccompanied for these sessions. Enrolments: £4.

Family Choir – Tuesday 24th – Thursday 26th July, The Sage Gateshead An opportunity for the whole family

in a surprising, informing and entertaining musical tour of the building which tells the story of The Sage Gateshead through music in a travelling theatrical performance. Suitable for all the family. Tickets: £7.

to enjoy singing together for half an hour. You don’t need experience, or to be able to read music, just come along and join in. Enrolments: £1.50.

Under 5s’ Workshops – Monday 23rd – Friday 27th July, The Sage Gateshead Music-making for parents/carers

CoMusica Bands Day – Thursday 26th July, 12.30pm – 6.30pm, Performance Square Young bands showcase

and under 5s – join in with songs, music-making, games and dances from around the world chosen especially for the very young. Enrolments: £2.50.

from the North East Youth Music Action Zone. Free entry.

SteelTyne – Monday 23rd, Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th July, The Sage Gateshead A family event for

children over 7 and their parents/carers. Come along and learn to play the steel pans as part of a friendly group of

SummerTyne participants who will have been learning new skills all week. With music by steel panners SteelTyne; Mongrel UK – music theatre that bites; and the newly formed Festival Family Choir. Free entry.

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Sharing Performance – Friday 27th July, 12.30pm, Performance Square An outdoor showcase featuring

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

Photography Mark Savage/Dan Brady

(children are half price) are popular events – everyone joins in and there’s a caller to explain the dances. Plus games, songs to join in and music from the award-winning 422 dance band.

Tickets: £7.

Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis | www.thesagegateshead.org

CONCERTS

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Northern Sinfonia: Cool Classics for Summer Nights, Monday 23rd July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead

music evolved through the twentieth century. Plus, The Sage Gateshead’s youth jazz ensemble Jambone will perform on the Concourse at 6.30pm. Tickets: £7 & £32.

Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: Full Steam Ahead, Tuesday 24th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead Wynton Marsalis is probably the world’s best-known

living jazz musician and his Orchestra consists of fifteen of the finest jazz soloists and ensemble players today. In this concert they explore a fascinating repertoire that links the rhythms and sounds of jazz with the atmosphere of the American railroad, echoing the cross-country journeys that took jazz from city to city as the SummerTyne project funders:

The Water of Tyne, Wednesday 25th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead A celebration of the River Tyne’s

landmarks, people and industry. Jez Lowe and the Bad Pennies take the theme of shipbuilding to present Jez’s songs from BBC Radio 2’s Radio Ballads; Folkestra evokes two of the bridges in music; Alistair Anderson presents our own ‘Tyne River Dance’ with new music created for clog and rapper dancers; Lindisfarne’s Billy Mitchell adds the classic Fog on the Tyne; and vocalist Katie Doherty sings her own material as well as the much-loved The Water of Tyne. The concert is followed by a free ceilidh on the Concourse. Tickets: £16.

The Water of Tyne - film screenings, 25th July, 2pm – 7pm, The Sage Gateshead A selection of short

films relating to The Water of the Tyne concert, programmed

by Side Cinema. Free entry.

In association with:

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

Photography Clay Patrick McBride

A concert of some of the best-loved music from chilly northern climes to cool you down on a hot (we hope) night – full of works that you will recognise when you hear them (even if you don’t know the titles)! The Sage Gateshead's international orchestra Northern Sinfonia, with conductor Michal´Dworzynski, ´ plays the gorgeous music from Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece, ‘Swan Lake’, and other familiar pieces including Mendelssohn’s ‘Hebrides’ overture, Greig’s ‘In the Hall of the Mountain King’ from ‘Peer Gynt’ and Sibelius’s work ‘The Swan of Tuonela’. Tickets: £7 - £23.

Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007

SummerTyne Americana weekend 2006 | www.thesagegateshead.org

AMERICANA WEEKEND

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Glen Campbell with special guest Debby Campbell, Thursday 26th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead One

John Miller and his Country Casuals; Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs; Willy Vlautin and the full Richmond Fontaine.

On Sunday we have Endrick Brothers; Southern Tenant Folk Union; Shawn Lee (‘Soul Visa’); Edgar Jones and The Joneses; Bill Kirchen; Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike. Free entry.

Nanci Griffith, Friday 27th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead Nanci Griffith’s ‘folkabilly’ style has won her five

Grammy Award-nominations, plus hits like From a Distance.

Tickets: £7 & £23.

Seasick Steve plus support, Friday 27th July, 8pm, The Sage Gateshead American bluesman Seasick Steve, with his

growly voice, three stringed guitar and his cowboy and hobo background, has had a rapid rise to legendary status. Tickets: £7 & £16.

The Blind Boys of Alabama plus Mouthful, Saturday 28th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead Formed in 1939,

The Blind Boys are still at the top of the gospel charts, have won four consecutive Grammy Awards and recorded songs by everyone from Tom Waits to Prince. Tickets: £7 & £19.

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan plus Ana Egge, Saturday 28th July, 8pm, The Sage Gateshead Last year

free outdoor performances. Saturday’s line up features John Lewis and his trio; JC and Angelina Grimshaw; Jackie Leven;

Isobel Campbell (Belle and Sebastian) and Mark Lanegan (Queens of the Stone Age/Screaming Trees) teamed up to produce the Mercury-nominated ‘Ballad of the Broken Seas’, featuring Campbell’s own songs, plus covers of Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood, Johnny Cash and Hank Williams. Tickets: £7 - £19.

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Americana Jumpin’ Hot Stage, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th July, 12 noon onwards, Performance Square Grab a margarita and enjoy two full afternoons of

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

Photography Mark Savage

of the biggest names in country pop, Campbell’s hits include Wichita Lineman and Rhinestone Cowboy. Tickets: £7 & £32.50.

Friday 20th to Monday 30th July 2007

Kris Kristofferson | www.thesagegateshead.org

AMERICANA WEEKEND

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Laura Veirs, Sunday 29th July, 2pm, The Sage Gateshead “Veirs’ songs qualify as poems: careful, word-

July – 8th September, Side Gallery (Tuesday – Saturday, 11am – 5pm) For six years James Perry Walker

conscious, narrative, neither foggy nor overwritten, and tend to give you a take on regular life experience that you don't quite expect.” The New York Times. Tickets: £7 & £13.

documented Reverend Louis Cole’s Black Baptist circuit, the congregations and the roads he travelled in West Tennessee and North Mississippi. This is the first UK exhibition of these magical photographs. Free entry.

Kristofferson is best known for his singing and songwriting, most famously Me and Bobby McGee and Help Me Make It Through the Night. Tickets: £35.

Americana film screenings – Side Cinema presents the films of Les Blank, 28th and 29th July, from 12 noon on the hour, The Sage Gateshead A celebration of

Americana photography exhibition – The Preacher and his Congregation by James Perry Walker, 19th

Les Blank’s legendary music documentaries, including ‘The Blues According to Lightnin’ Hopkins’ (1969) and ‘A Well Spent Life’ (1971), Blank’s portrait of the great bluesman Mance Lipscomb. There are two Cajun/zydeco films – ‘Spend it All’ (1971) and ‘J’ai Été au Bal’ (1989), plus 1976’s Tex Mex ‘Chulas Fronteras’, 1978’s New Orleans ‘Always for Pleasure’ and 1983’s, ‘Sprout Wings & Fly’, a portrait of Appalachian old time fiddler Tommy Jarrell. Plus ‘Alan Lomax, the Songhunter’ (Roger Kappers), about the father of the American folk song revival. Free entry.

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Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, Monday 30th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead Ricky Skaggs’s debut

album ‘Waitin’ for the Sun to Shine’ produced two number one hits – Cryin' My Heart Out Over You and I Don't Care.

Further number ones, plus four Grammy Awards followed.

Tickets: £7 & £23.

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

Photography MAry Ellen Mark

An Evening with Kris Kristofferson, Sunday 29th July, 7.30pm, The Sage Gateshead A living legend, Kris

PERFORMANCE TIMETABLE

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Fri 20 9.30pm

Tue 24 12 noon 6.30pm 7.30pm Wed 25 12 noon 2-7pm

Spiller's Quay

La Fura dels Baus Family Ceilidh

2-8.30pm 9.30pm 11pm-2am

Northern Rock Foundation Hall Performance Square Spiller's Quay Concourse

Folk and World Music Stage La Fura dels Baus ¡VAMOS! Latin Dance Party

Sun 22 2pm 2-7pm

NRFH Performance Square

Family Ceilidh Folk and World Music Stage

Mon 23 12 noon 6pm

The Sage Gateshead Concourse

7.30pm

Hall One

Playing the Building Ensembles from The Sage Gateshead’s community programme Northern Sinfonia: Cool Classics for Summer Nights

Sat 21 2pm

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The Sage Gateshead Concourse Hall One

Playing the Building Jambone Wynton Marsalis

The Sage Gateshead Hall Two

Playing the Building The Water of Tyne film screenings Ensembles from The Sage Gateshead’s community programme The Water of Tyne

6pm

Concourse

7.30pm Thur 26 12 noon 12.30pm

Hall One

7.30pm

Hall One

The Sage Gateshead Performance Square

Playing the Building CoMusica Young Bands Day, from the North East Youth Music Action Zone Glen Campbell

In association with:

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.

PERFORMANCE TIMETABLE

Information and booking 0191 443 4661 or www.thesagegateshead.org

Fri 27 12 noon 12.30pm 7.30pm 8pm

The Sage Gateshead Performance Square Hall One Hall Two

Playing the Building Sharing Performance Nanci Griffith Seasick Steve plus support

Sun 29 12 noon The Sage Gateshead 12-12.45pm Performance Square

Sat 28 12 noon 12-12.45pm 1.15-2pm 2.30-3.15pm 3.45-4.30pm 5-5.45pm

The Sage Gateshead Performance Square Performance Square Performance Square Performance Square Performance Square

6.15-7pm 7.30pm

Performance Square Hall One

8pm

Hall Two

Playing the Building John Lewis & rock ‘n’ roll trio JC & Angelina Grimshaw Jackie Leven John Miller’s Country Casuals Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs Richmond Fontaine The Blind Boys of Alabama plus Mouthful Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan plus Ana Egge

1.15-2pm

Performance Square

Southern Tenant Folk Union

2pm

Hall Two

Laura Veirs plus support

2.30-3.15pm Performance Square

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Playing the Building Endrick Brother

Shawn Lee ('Soul Visa')

3.45-4.30pm Performance Square

Edgar Jones & The Joneses

5-5.45pm

Performance Square

Bill Kirchen

6.15-7pm

Performance Square

Valerie Smith and Liberty Pike

7.30pm

Hall One

Kris Kristofferson

Mon 30 7.30pm

Hall One

Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder

Hall One, Hall Two and Northern Rock Foundation Hall (NRFH) are all in The Sage Gateshead. Performance Square is directly outside The Sage Gateshead, on the BALTIC side of the building.

In association with:

North Music Trust is registered in England as a company limited by guarantee, number 4044936 and as a charity, number 1087445.

The Sage Gateshead Founding Patrons: The Sage Group plc, The Barbour Trust, Northern Rock Foundation, The Garfield Weston Foundation, Joan and Margaret Halbert.