WHAT’S ON May - August 2016 www.jw3.org.uk
Sephardi Festival: She’Koyokh © Alex Harvey-Brown
WHAT’S ON Performance, Music, Comedy, Dance, Cinema, Literature, Young Professionals, Israel Week, Festivals, Walks, Trips, Talks & Discussions May - August 2016 JW3London 40
Welcome... This summer enjoy festivals, inspiring talks, unique performances and more at JW3. We’re excited to present our first ever Sephardi Festival: a two-day celebration of music, food, and history. The Einstein Festival marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of Albert Einstein’s work on general relativity with events such as Einstein: The Man and the Mystery. We’re also hosting a Ping Pong Festival to coincide with the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, featuring themed films, an exhibition of Ping Pong history in the Jewish community and the chance to play. Sunday Night Live returns with talks from renowned chef Yotam Ottolenghi and Man Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson. Other stage highlights include comedy from Shappi Khorsandi, award-winning play Echoes and the premiere of the 2016 Rayne Foundation Dance Commission, a new dance piece exploring Jewish culture and identity. Young professionals can enjoy an Israeli-themed Friday Night Dinner as part of our Israel Week, a 1920s-themed Prohibition Night and more. The Ivy House Music & Dance programme features The Strauss Dynasty with John Suchet, as well as a performance from Alina Ibragimova and Alison Rhind. We look forward to seeing you!
CONTENTS Comedy p2
Talks & Discussions
Performance
p15
p3
Walks p19
Literature p4
Trips p21
Ivy House Music & Dance
p5
Mind Sports Olympiad
Contemporary Dance
p7
Music p7 Young Professionals
p8
p22
Cinema p23 See what else is going on at JW3 in our other season guides:
Gefiltefest p8 Israel Week
p9
Yom Hashoah
p10
Einstein Festival
p11
Ping Pong Festival
p12
Sephardi Festival
p13
Friday Night Dinner
p13
Sunday Night Live
p14
What’s On Families & Youth
Classes & Courses
Ivy House Music & Dance
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Comedy
Tuesday 3 May
Wednesday 29 June
SHAPPI KHORSANDI LIVE
DANIEL CAINER: 21ST CENTURY JEW
8pm, £12 Shappi Khorsandi’s new show, supported by the up and coming Tom Lucy, comes to JW3. ‘She has plenty to say, and says it with pointedness and potency.’ - The Guardian ‘Seriously funny and surprisingly filthy.’ New Statesman Tom Lucy is one of the youngest comedians working professionally on the UK circuit, and has supported the likes of Jack Whitehall and Harry Hill.
8pm, £12, £10 web advance The ‘Comic Bard of Anglo-Jewry’ makes his JW3 debut with this new award-winning collection of storytelling in song. Smart, funny, timely and only slightly irreverent, Cainer’s deeply moving stories and observational comedy are a joy. ‘A must see’ - Daily Mirror ‘Some have music in their soul, some have mirth, and some have melancholy. That Daniel Cainer has the lot.’ - Howard Jacobson
Wednesday 8 June
ASHLEY BLAKER: UNGEFILTERED 8pm, £15 Ashley Blaker ends his nationwide stand-up comedy tour by bringing his hit show to JW3. Ashley is the only Charedi Jew in British comedy and has worked extensively as a producer and writer on TV and radio (Little Britain, The Matt Lucas Awards and many more). Already seen by over 4,000 people, don’t miss the very last chance to see Ungefiltered. ‘Excellent. Such a unique perspective’ - Matt Lucas ‘I was absolutely crying with laughter’ - David Schneider
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Performance Tuesday 17 May
Monday 16 May
MAMA LOSCHEN SPOKEN WORD SALON
SMOKING APPLES AND DOGFISH PRESENT: CELL
8pm, £6, £3 for open mic performers Join us for a dynamic evening sharing your favourite poems or ones you’ve written on the open mic. In a night of radical Jewish entertainment, during the month of International Workers’ Day, we’ll be interrogating Judaism’s long history of radicalism through poetry with Sam Berkson, history with David Rosenberg, plus theatre and comedy with Ivor Dembina.
8pm, £12, £10 web advance After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime... and so does his pet fish. Humorous, heartwarming and uplifting, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure. ‘A celebration of technique and emotion’ AAAA - The Stage ‘A visual triumph’ AAAA - The List
Monday 23 May
PUPPETRY WORKSHOP: The team behind CELL offer participants the chance to come and learn basic puppetry skills in this crash course workshop. 11am-1pm, £15
ECHOES BY HENRY NAYLOR 8pm, £12, £10 web advance Echoes tells the tales of two women, born 175 years apart. One, a schoolgirl jihadi; the other, a Victorian pioneer. Both venture to the East to build Empires; both see their ideals drowned in seas of blood. It’s a brutal tale of colonialism and the rhyme of history. Spirit of the Fringe Winner, Edinburgh 2015. AAAA - The Guardian, The Times, The Scotsman, Sunday Times
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Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Monday 6 June
A GOOD JEW: PRESENTED BY SOMETHING UNDERGROUND THEATRE COMPANY 7.30pm, £12, £10 web advance Germany, 1938. Sol and Hilda play in the Frankfurt Sinfonietta. They’re in love. So what? Hilda’s father is a Fascist and Sol is a Jew. Assuming Aryan identity, Sol relinquishes all he holds dear. Can Hilda, by herself posing as a Jew, save them all from the grim Nazi show-camp that is Theresienstadt?
literature Tuesday 17 May
Thursday 19 May
LIT CAFÉ: BERNARD KOPS
THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE: THOMAS HARDING IN CONVERSATION WITH TOM HOLLAND
7.30pm, £12 An evening dedicated to one of Britain’s most celebrated and prolific authors, featuring the world premiere of documentary The Hamlet of Canfield Gardens by Jill Campbell, combining vérité footage with traditional Jewish songs and Kops’ poetry. This will be followed with readings by Bernard Kops from This Room in the Sunlight, his recent collected volume of poems, selected from a lifetime’s work.
8pm, £12 The latest book by Thomas Harding (author of Hanns and Rudolf) reveals the story of Germany through the inhabitants of a small house. Moving from the late 19th century to the present, it’s a story of domestic joy and terrible grief. Harding discusses the book and the journey he took to write it in conversation with historian, writer and broadcaster Tom Holland.
The Hamlet of Canfield Gardens
Wednesday 6 July
BATTLE OF THE BOOK GROUPS 8pm, £10 Nothing compares with the pleasure of reading a good book - apart from the pleasure of proving that you know more about it than anyone else. Bring your friends and pit your wits against other readers in our big literary quiz, hosted and created by writer and broadcaster Marcel Theroux.
Sunday 7 August
SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE: HOWARD JACOBSON See page 14 for full details. 4
Ivy House Music & Dance at JW3
Thursday 16 June
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA, VIOLIN ALISON RHIND, PIANO 8pm, £20 Technical mastery and empathetic eloquence are brought together by this long-established partnership of extraordinary violinist Alina Ibragimova and outstanding pianist Alison Rhind. Together they present an inspiring programme of colourful and distinctive works. Sunday 22 May
THE STRAUSS DYNASTY WITH JOHN SUCHET 3.30pm, £15 John Suchet, writer and broadcaster, will introduce the Strauss family, who in two generations provided us with the everlasting delight of their captivating music. The talk, interspersed with musical excerpts, will describe the history of a family beset by dramas, set against a disordered and doomed Vienna.
Mozart, Violin Sonata in G major, K.379 Prokofiev, Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op.35 Brahms, Violin Sonata No.1 in G major, Op.78
Tuesday 31 May
THE SWING’S THE THING WITH DIGBY FAIRWEATHER’S HALF DOZEN 8pm, £15 An unforgettable evening of swinging sounds, favourite songs and Latin jazz. The Half Dozen, who toured and recorded with the legendary George Melly, are nine-time award-winners of Top Small Group in the prestigious British Jazz Awards. ‘The best band I ever sung with’ - George Melly Special Offer: Book any three different Ivy House Music & Dance events at one time and save £5 off the total. Pick up your copy of the Ivy House Music & Dance leaflet on your next visit to JW3, or view it online at www.jw3.org.uk JW3 is grateful for sponsorship of Ivy House Music & Dance from the NJL Foundation. 5
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Thursday 23 June
Sunday 17 July
RODGERS REVEALED
A TRIBUTE TO MARGOT FONTEYN
8pm, £20 This intimate evening exploring Richard Rodgers’ life and music is hosted by writer and broadcaster Edward Seckerson and illustrated by selections from the Rodgers songbook, sung live by the magnificent Anna Francolini, accompanied by Tony Award nominee Jason Carr on piano. Featuring songs from The Sound of Music, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I and South Pacific.
3.30pm, £20 69 years ago Margot Fonteyn’s defining performance in The Sleeping Beauty at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, heralded a new golden age of British ballet. We pay tribute to her artistry, inspiration and legacy with film excerpts, discussion, a masterclass and performance.
Tuesday 5 July
SITKOVETSKY TRIO 8pm, £20 This dynamic piano trio, Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin, Wu Qian, piano and Richard Harwood, cello, has already consolidated a formidable reputation. They perform Mendelssohn’s two exquisite piano trios with the enticing Haydn Gypsy Rondo Trio.
Margot Fonteyn in Firebird Credit: The Royal Ballet School Collections
Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No.1 in D minor, Op.49 Haydn, Piano Trio in G Major (Gypsy Rondo) Mendelssohn, Piano Trio No.2 in C minor, Op.66 Thursday 21 July
CELEBRATING GEORGE GERSHWIN 8pm, £15 A jazz exploration of one of the 20th century’s most celebrated and enduring composers, using imaginative arrangements rooted in melody, swing and bebop. Mark Nightingale, trombone Alan Barnes, saxophone Graham Harvey, piano Simon Woolf, bass Matt Skelton, drums
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Contemporary Dance Monday 9 May
Thursday 26 May
FLEXER AND SANDILAND: DISAPPEARING ACTS
INTRODUCTION TO CHOREOGRAPHER HILDE HOLGER
6.30pm & 8.30pm, £10 The digital dance team’s latest immersive performance looks at the idea of illusion and its disintegration from a choreographic point of view. Working at low light levels and drawing together personal stories and political threads around darkness, five dancers interpret specially written texts. Choreography is by Yael Flexer and the company,
7pm, £10 Drawing on Dr Thomas Kampe’s firsthand experience of working with Hilde Holger during the 1980s and 1990s and using archive material, this talk unpacks the impact of the Jewish expressionist choreographer on British dance.
DANCE WORKSHOP: Through improvisation, movement and text based exercises Yael will explore the ideas behind the creation of Disappearing Acts. Sunday 8 May, 10.30am-12.30pm, £8
Music
Tuesday 21 & Wednesday 22 June
2016 RAYNE FOUNDATION DANCE COMMISSION 7.30pm, £10 Be the first to see the 2016 Rayne Foundation Dance Commission winning performance. JW3’s dance commission for 2016 presents a new dance piece that is innovative, courageous and honest, exploring themes of Jewish culture and heritage. Please visit www.jw3.org.uk/rayne2016 for full details.
Sunday 10 July
Wednesday 17 August
THE BIG BUSK
KLEZFEST CONCERT 2016
8pm, £5 Sing your heart out with Dan Patterson and friends as they lead a sing-along of all your favourite songs. Bring your guitars, your kazoos and your in-depth knowledge of Simon & Garfunkel’s back catalogue. No experience of (or ability in) campfire singing necessary.
8pm, £15 An evening showcasing klezmer superstars, from this year’s JMI Klezfest summer school. This is a rare chance to hear significant players in the klezmer revival movement performing with some of the most exciting young klezmer bands around. Visit www.jw3.org.uk/klezfest for the full line-up.
Sunday 17 July
BATTLE OF THE DAD BANDS 8.30pm, £15 You don’t need to be male, or have reproduced, you just need to be old enough to know better and young enough to remember your musical ambitions. If this is you, then visit www.jw3.org.uk/dadband and apply for the opportunity to perform on the JW3 stage. A selection of bands will be chosen, and profits from this event will be donated to the winners’ charity of choice. 7
Young Professionals Friday 13 May
ISRAELI-THEMED FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER 6pm, £25, £15 early bird (ends 30 April) We celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut with a Friday night to remember at JW3. Entertainment will include top Israeli music. Tickets are set to sell out early so book now! Part of JW3’s Israel Week Thursday 7 July
SUMMER PARTY 6.30pm, £15, £12 web advance Our hugely popular Summer Party is back! Now an annual fixture in the Young Professionals calendar, expect summer vibes, great company, fabulous food and refreshing cocktails. Make sure you book your tickets quickly so that you don’t miss out.
Thursday 18 August
PROHIBITION NIGHT 7pm, £25, £20 web advance Join us for our 1920s themed Prohibition party and enjoy blackjack, poker and roulette, with a live performance from the outstanding Jive Aces - as seen on Britain’s Got Talent. Plenty of martinis ‘shaken not stirred’! Thursday 11 August
PING PONG NIGHT See page 12 for full details. Monthly
#FILM NIGHT OUT £7.50 Our monthly #FilmNightOut is for those in their 20s and 30s, where for just £7.50 you can enjoy a new release and a FREE drink from the Zest bar. Check www.jw3.org.uk/cinema for updates.
Gefiltefest Sunday 26 June 10.30am-5.30pm Advance Tickets: £22 adult, £12.50 child, family ticket £55 Gefiltefest’s annual Jewish Food Festival at JW3 is a must for foodies everywhere. Immerse yourself in Jewish food culture and experience over 50 demonstrations, interactive workshops, lectures and panel events led by prominent chefs and food writers exploring our rich tradition. Amble through our piazza, transformed into London’s only kosher pop up food market, with stalls showcasing the best in kosher food and drink. Suitable for younger foodies too – children’s workshops and activities provided throughout the day. For further information visit www.gefiltefest.org Sponsored by
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With thanks to Jewish Care, Kedem Wines, Bamo Creative, Carmelli Bakeries, New Israel Fund and UK Task Force
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Israel Week Sunday 8 - Sunday 15 May 68 years after the birth of the State of Israel, JW3 hosts Israel Week. A week of learning, conversation, reflection, debate, celebration and fun, looking at different aspects of Israel today. A feel of Israel throughout the building. And come and enjoy Israeli snacks at Zest: Bamba, Bissli and Krembo, plus other special events, including for Yom Ha’atzmaut itself. Please visit www.jw3.org.uk/israelweek for full details. Tuesday 10 May
YOM HAZIKARON COMMEMORATION
Sunday 8 May
5 KILO SUGAR 8pm, £15 5 Kilo Sugar is a fast-paced comedy play by Gur Koren, whose late grandfather appears to him through people he knows and randomly meets. Set in Tel Aviv and written in the style of a mockumentary, the play is a farcical yet touching story about one man’s journey to fulfil his grandfather’s wishes. Monday 9 May
LAND OF MILK AND START-UPS 12.30-4pm, £35, £30 web advance HAGAI SEGAL Explore the Israeli Tech and entrepreneurial revolution and what it tells us, positive and negative, about Israel today. The country was founded as a socialist-orientated state, yet today is famed for its economic successes, entrepreneurism, Silicon Wadi and ‘Start-up Nation’ status.
For other Israel Week events see our Families & Youth season guide. 9
8pm, FREE JW3, in partnership with The Jewish Agency shlichim (emissaries) and other community organisations, invites you to our commemoration, which will include readings, poems, personal anecdotes and specially commissioned animated films from Jerusalem’s Beit Avi Chai cultural centre, where top Israeli animators take true, personal and deeply moving stories and turn them into commemorations.
Thursday 12 May
ISRAEL AT 68: WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance JONATHAN PARIS Israel has much that is going for it. How significant are the new relations it’s developing with China and India to compensate for its difficulties with Europe? Is the fraught relationship with Obama on the mend? We look at Israel’s role in the future geopolitics of the Middle East and beyond. Friday 13 May
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ISRAELI-THEMED FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER See page 8 for full details.
Yom Hashoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day
Wednesday 4 May
7.30pm, £8 Devised by Peter Braithwaite: baritone, Nigel Foster: piano, this critical song-based performance is based on the infamous Degenerate Music (Entartete Musik) exhibition of 1938, intended by the Nazis to alert the German public to ‘inferior and ultimately dangerous’ forms of music, particularly jazz and Jewish music. Featuring works by Eisler, Brecht, Weill, Feuchtwanger, Hollaender, Tucholsky, Krenek and Schönberg, interspersed with spoken excerpts from the exhibition’s pamphlet, whilst video projections show scenes of everyday life during the Weimar Republic. Introduction by Dr Malcolm Miller Commemoration by Shalom Youth Quartet and Rabbi Roni Tabick. In partnership with JMI. Thursday 5 May
FROM HITLER TO HI-DE-HI: WINTER 1938 3pm, £5 Mike Levy tells the story of the first arrivals of Jewish refugee children at a freezing cold holiday camp near Harwich, in winter 1938. Working with a school local to the camp, he has uncovered the stories of those who worked there, the kindness of the townsfolk and the experience of being alone in a strange country. In partnership with AJR.
Arnold Schöenberg by Egon Schiele
YOM HASHOAH CONCERT AND COMMEMORATION: DEGENERATE MUSIC
The Haaretz Israel Conference Sunday 3 July 10am-5pm Haaretz is coming to London. Israel’s leading newspaper, which publishes in both Hebrew and English, will be holding its first ever conference in the UK this summer, in partnership with us. With a line-up of top Haaretz reporters, analysts and opinion-makers, including names such as Ari Shavit, Aluf Benn, Chemi Shalev, Allison Kaplan Sommer and Anshel Pfeffer, as well as leading politicians and community leaders from both Israel and the UK, the event promises to bring us lively, impassioned and high-level debate. More details to be announced over the coming months at www.jw3.org.uk/haaretz and www.haaretz.com
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Einstein Festival Tuesday 28 June - Monday 4 July We celebrate the life of a genius on the centenary of the publication of his work on general relativity. The many aspects to Albert Einstein range from his theory of relativity and love of music to his commitment to the State of Israel and deep involvement with The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. JW3 is proud to invite you to a diverse programme of lectures, debates, musical presentations and an exhibition of pictures, artefacts and documents from The Hebrew University’s extensive archive. ©Informiguel Carreño
Tuesday 28 June
Sunday 3 July
EINSTEIN’S GOD: A SCIENTIST AND A RABBI IN CONVERSATION
EINSTEIN: THE MAN AND THE MYSTERY
7.30pm, £12 Einstein expert Professor Hanoch Gutfreund discusses whether Einstein’s Jewishness influenced his Theory of Relativity with Rabbi Dr Raphael Zarum, a theoretical physicist and leading Jewish educator. Hear how Einstein’s views on religion and science still have much to say to our modern society. Followed by a drinks reception. This event will have Live Subtitles. Thursday 30 June
WHAT WE CANNOT KNOW: PROFESSOR MARCUS DU SAUTOY IN CONVERSATION WITH DR DANIEL GLASER 7.30pm, £10 Based on his new book What We Cannot Know, Professor Marcus du Sautoy, famous British mathematician, takes us to the edge of knowledge. He’ll be challenged by Dr Daniel Glaser to give scientific insight into some of humanity’s biggest questions. 11
5pm, £10 Dr Joseph Schwartz, physicist, psychotherapist and author of the bestselling Einstein for Beginners, will convince you that relativity is easy to understand but hard to believe. What helped an obscure German Jewish theoretical physicist receive such worldwide fame? Sunday 3 July
BLOOMING BUZZING CONFUSION 8pm, £12 Writer, comedian and all-round science boff, Robin Ince of Radio 4’s Infinite Monkey Cage curates and comperes this explosive collision of science, music, comedy and fascination especially for our Einstein Festival. Guests from the worlds of music, comedy, books and academia will riff on the theme of Einstein. Sparks will fly, particles will be charged. Sunday 3 July
SCI-TUNES See our Families & Youth season guide for full details.
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Monday 4 July
FIGHTING THE MENACE OF WAR: WHAT WOULD EINSTEIN SAY TODAY? 8pm, £12 DR COLINE COVINGTON, BARONESS SUSAN GREENFIELD, SIR MALCOLM RIFKIND, EMMA SKY OBE & DR DANIEL GLASER The issue of political violence (and ISIS in particular) is on the national agenda and at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Einstein’s question to Freud, ‘Is there any way of delivering mankind from the menace of war?’, raises crucial issues. The panel explore the menace of war and terrorism, from scientific and military deterrents to what role the media and the internet play, and how policy making at the top unravels on the ground. Followed by Q&A.
Ping Pong Festival Sunday 7 - Wednesday 17 August To coincide with the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics, JW3 will turn table tennis-tastic for two weeks! As well as the events below, we’ll be showing sports-themed films in the Cinema and a table tennis table will be set up for use in the entrance area, plus an exhibition of ping pong history in the Jewish community. Visit www.jw3.org.uk/pingpong for more details. Sunday 7 August
Thursday 11 August
PING PONG TOURNAMENT
YOUNG PROFESSIONALS PING PONG NIGHT
11am-4.30pm A day of ping pong fun for all the family. Get a team together and compete to be crowned the champions. Sunday 7 August
8pm, FREE Join us for a themed young professionals event to meet new people while facing them off over the ping pong table, along with drink deals and music through the evening.
SUNDAY NIGHT LIVE: HOWARD JACOBSON
Tuesdays 9 & 16, Wednesdays 10 & 17 August
Howard Jacobson will discuss the relationship between Jewishness and ping pong. See page 14 for full details.
See our Classes & Courses season guide for full details.
TABLE TENNIS COACHING
Sunday 31 July, 3pm, FREE
WORLD CUP 50 An afternoon celebrating the 50th anniversary of England’s one and only World Cup triumph in 1966. We’ll be showing the match on the big screen, alongside various football related activities throughout the building. More details at www.jw3.org.uk/1966 12
Sephardi Festival Sunday 1 - Monday 2 May Our first ever Sephardi Festival is a celebration of film, food, history, music and more. We’ll have talks about Sephardi London and traces of Sephardi history in modern-day Spain, a new Moroccan Jewish movie from UK Jewish Film, workshops, kids activities, outstanding music from the likes of She’Koyokh and Los Desterrados, plus a panel of gastronomic titans talking you through their favourite recipes (and a chance to eat them in Zest afterwards). Please visit www.jw3.org.uk/sephardifestival for more details.
Tarek Bitar - Baladi Blues Ensemble
Sephardi History
Los Desterrados
Claudia Roden
She’Koyokh
Friday Night Dinner Friday 8 July
A SPECIAL 60+ FRIDAY NIGHT DINNER 7pm, £30 Enjoy a reception with pre-Kabbalat instrumental music followed by a beautifully prepared meal. During dinner, storyteller and street performer Nick Cassenbaum will bring you a medley of entertaining stories, whilst singers from Minim will fill the room with traditional songs. Please let us know when you book if you’d prefer the meat or vegetarian option. For those aged 60+. 13
Sunday Night Live
Sunday 15 May
Sunday 7 August
YOTAM OTTOLENGHI IN CONVERSATION
HOWARD JACOBSON
6.30pm, £15 Yotam Ottolenghi’s innovative take on Middle Eastern, Jewish and vegetarian cooking has changed the face of modern British cuisine. Here he talks about his life and career, from his beginnings in Jerusalem, to setting up the first Ottolenghi deli in London with Palestinian chef Sami Tamimi, opening his restaurant, NOPI, and becoming a vocal advocate for gay marriage, parenting and surrogacy.
6.30pm, £15 Experiences growing up in 1950s Manchester and dreaming of one day becoming table tennis world champion led Jacobson to write his semi-autobiographical tale, The Mighty Walzer. He will discuss the relationship of Jewishness to ping pong and sport in general, in conversation with sports journalist and author Anthony Clavane. Part of JW3’s Ping Pong Festival This event will have Live Subtitles.
VENUE HIRE Looking for venue hire? JW3 has something that will suit your needs, whether for a corporate or charity event or function. Our Howard Hall, seating up to 270 theatre-style, is perfect for conferences, talks and more. There are plenty of breakout rooms for meetings and ‘away-days’. Our intimate 60-seat Cinema is available for parties, charities, industry screenings and business presentations. Enjoy HD films in comfortable surroundings. For more information about venue hire email venuehire@jw3.org.uk or call 020 7433 8989 14
Talks & Discussions Thursday 9 June
ARTHUR MILLER AT 100 7.30-9pm, £20, £16 web advance DAVID HERMAN By popular demand David returns to repeat his successful talk commemorating the greatest Jewish playwright of the 20th century. 70 years after Death of a Salesman and The Crucible, does Miller still speak to modern audiences? Is he still fresh and relevant, and if so, why? This event will have Live Subtitles. Wednesday 15 June
FRITZ LANG’S METROPOLIS
Wednesday 11 May
ALICE IN WONDERLAND: THE LIFE OF ALICE FAYE 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance GEORGE MCGHEE The rags to riches story of one of the most popular musical stars during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Starting in the chorus and rising to become the top female star of 1940 in many hit films, we look at Alice Faye’s life story. Thursday 19 May
THE GERSHWINS IN HOLLYWOOD 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance SEARLE KOCHBERG In 1929 George Gershwin appeared in Hollywood musical The King of Jazz. In the 1930s, after stage work including Porgy and Bess, George and his brother Ira – his regular lyricist – returned to Hollywood. A chance to (re-)familiarise yourself with their hugely significant contribution to American film. 15
2.30-6pm, £15 NATHAN ABRAMS Ahead of the 40th anniversary of the death of legendary film director Fritz Lang this summer, Nathan Abrams, Professor of Film Studies at Bangor University and author of The New Jew in Film speaks about Lang’s life and work, his ground breaking oeuvre, his flight from Nazi Germany and influence on modern cinema. Followed by a screening of Lang’s 1927 masterpiece Metropolis. Thursday 14 July
FABULOUS MUSICAL MOMENTS FROM THE MOVIES 7.30-9pm, £20, £16 web advance GEORGE MCGHEE We’ve all seen Gene Kelly in Singin’ In The Rain and 200 dancers tapping out Lullaby of Broadway, but many great musical moments and performers are rarely shown. We’ll look at some lesser known routines featuring such luminaries as Maurice Chevalier, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, Frank Sinatra and many more.
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk
Monday 9 May
Wednesday 11 May
LEON BAKST
BOMBERG’S PAINTING LEGACY
10.30am-12noon, £20, £16 web advance PATRICK BADE 2016 marks the 150th anniversary of artist and stage designer Leon Bakst’s birth. He brought lavish exoticism and sensuality to early Ballets Russes productions and enabled Sergei Diaghilev to realise his ideal of ballet as ‘total work of art’. He exercised a potent influence on the fashion and interior design of the early 20th century. Patrick Bade will introduce you to Bakst’s sumptuous art and glamorous world.
1.30-3.30pm, £15 NIGEL CAPLE David Bomberg developed a significant approach to painting and drawing which he referred to as the ‘spirit in the mass’. Nigel Caple, who was taught by one of Bomberg’s closest students, gives an illustrated lecture.
COURSE: BOMBERG’S PAINTING LEGACY See our Classes & Courses season guide for the associated six week Art Studio course.
Know Before You Go Monday 23 May
Monday 4 July
GLYNDEBOURNE
GEORGIA O’KEEFE AND THE AMERICAN AVANT GARDE
10.30am-12noon & 1-2.30pm, £20 each, £36 for both. Web advance: £16 each, £28 for both PATRICK BADE Glyndebourne 2016 will include Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Le nozze di Figaro, Il barbiere di Siviglia and The Cunning Little Vixen, as well as Béatrice et Bénédict and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. In the morning session we’ll survey these operas, and in the afternoon focus on two touring operas: Don Giovanni and Madama Butterfly.
10.30am-12noon, £20, £16 web advance PATRICK BADE Ahead of a major retrospective of Georgia O’Keefe at Tate Modern, we celebrate Independence Day with a survey of 20th century American art, from the gritty urban realism of the Ash Can School, the haunting images of Edward Hopper and the exquisite floral abstractions of O’Keefe, to the establishment of Abstract Expressionism. 16
TALKS & DISCUSSIONS Tuesday 10 May
Wednesday 1 June
ARE BOOKS BEING BURNT AGAIN? A DEBATE ON CENSORSHIP
COMMEMORATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FARHUD
7.30-9.30pm, £15, £12 web advance TRUDY GOLD & PANEL On 10 May 1933, the Nazis burnt the writings of any author whose work they considered contrary to their ideology. 83 years on, again the line between liberty and freedom is blurred. The panel will include human rights activists, journalists and politicians.
1-3pm, £5 Join us for an afternoon of memories, films and discussion. The Farhud (Arabic for ‘forced dispossession’) was a pogrom incited by pro-Nazi Arab nationalists during Shavuot in Baghdad, 1-2 June 1941, when many Jews were murdered and injured, and Jewish homes looted and destroyed.
Wednesday 11 May
FOLEY: SPY & RESCUER OF JEWS 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance DR HELEN FRY WITH MICHAEL SMITH Michael Smith talks about his new research on Frank Foley, the spy who saved over 10,000 Berlin Jews from the Nazi regime. He uncovers new revelations about Foley’s involvement in clandestine operations, including with Rudolf Hess. Wednesday 20 July
SECRETS OF THE TOWER OF LONDON IN WWII REVEALED 2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance DR HELEN FRY Few people are aware that the iconic Tower of London has a secret WWII history. In this special seminar, Dr Helen Fry unearths some little known stories of how the intelligence services used part of the Tower for covert activities during the war.
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Thursday 23 June
LIVES IN FOCUS: THE EXILED JEWS OF EGYPT 4-5.30pm, £10 Screening of the Sephardi Voices film Lives in Focus, in which Dr Ellis Douek takes the viewers on his journey from childhood in Egypt to settling in London, sharing his reflections on exile, home, and identity. Followed by Q&A with Dr Ellis Douek, the film’s director Dr Bea Lewkowicz and Alec Nacamuli (Chairman, Sephardi Voices UK).
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Wednesday 18 May
Thursday 9 June
THE MAGIC CARPET OF THE ROTHSCHILDS
THE MONARCHY IN 10 OBJECTS
2-3.30pm, £20, £16 web advance DR HELEN FRY WITH HELEN SETRIGHT Helen Setright was born into the Rothschild family. Over a period of 100 years, a precious Persian carpet came to symbolise the family’s past and unique journey, as she discusses in this special talk.
7.30-9pm, £20, £16 web advance ZAKI COOPER Drawing on his spell working at Buckingham Palace on the Diamond Jubilee, Zaki Cooper will describe the role, activities and features of the modern monarchy.
Thursday 30 June
AMERICAN JEWS, BRITISH JEWS, AND THE ISRAEL QUESTION 7.30pm, £15, £12 web advance Israel has become a divisive issue in the US, UK and other Diaspora Jewish communities. More than ever before, the debate over Israel has become increasingly bitter and polarised. Why is this occurring and what, if anything, can be done about it? Professor Dov Waxman, author of the new book Trouble in the Tribe: The American Jewish Conflict over Israel and Dr Keith Kahn-Harris, author of Uncivil War: The Israel Conflict in the Jewish Community discuss the similarities and differences between the debates over Israel in the UK and US.
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Walks Thursday 5 May
Tuesday 7 June
SHAKESPEARE’S LONDON
A RIGHT ROYAL TOUR
11am, £15 ANDREW BROWN In the 400th anniversary year of his death, starting in Southwark, we’ll explore the places Shakespeare and his contemporaries lived and worked. Discover what we do and don’t know about him, how the London of the day informed his writing and how his plays have skewed our thinking about English history.
2.30pm, £15 MARK KING On this walk from the City of London into the City of Westminster, discover interesting local connections with our current Queen and many of her predecessors, as well as stories from London’s famous ‘Street of Ink’. We’ll also be toasting Her Majesty’s health, during her 90th birthday year, in some of the area’s finest pubs. (Drinks at your own expense).
Wednesday 11 May
JEWISH EAST END 2.30pm, £15 RACHEL KOLSKY This tour around Brick Lane and Spitalfields evokes the long-gone Jewish community of the late 19th and early 20th century. Featuring synagogues, schools and soup kitchens and an exclusive visit to Sandys Row Synagogue, housed in a converted Huguenot chapel built in 1766. Sunday 22 May
FLEET STREET: RADICALS, RIOTERS & REBELS 2.30pm, £15 DAVID ROSENBERG Fleet Street, and the maze of alleys leading from it, have been a centre of printing and publishing since the early 1500s. Led by historian and writer David Rosenberg, this tour takes in some fascinating and unusual sites along the street and shows how the traces of its rebellious past are still present.
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Tuesday 14 June
JEWISH WEST END 10.30am, £15 STEPHEN BURSTIN A magical walk of discovery through Soho and Fitzrovia, where we’ll explore the hidden history of a vast Jewish community that once lived here: tales of billionaires and paupers, rivalries and friendships, religious factions, political fervour and larger than life characters.
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk Wednesday 22 June
Sunday 17 July
BATTLING BELLES OF BOW
ROUNDHOUSE TO WINEHOUSE, STABLES TO SKA: CAMDEN TOWN
11am, £15 RACHEL KOLSKY Sylvia Pankhurst chose East London as the starting point for her campaign for women’s suffrage and led East End women to be key to the success of the Suffragette movement. Join us and follow in her pioneering footsteps. Wednesday 13 July
A WAPPING WANDER 2.30pm, £15 ISABELLE SEDDON Wapping is a corner of London rich in history and brimming with stories. As we wander through its narrow streets, packed with wonderfully restored warehouses, we’ll delve into its past from the heyday of the docks to their demise. We’ll hear tales of pirates, the world’s first police force, see the pub where Whistler painted and Dickens drank, and end at the Battle of Cable Street Mural.
2.30pm, £15 RACHEL KOLSKY Marking the fifth anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s death, we explore her spiritual home Camden, once a centre for transport, the ice trade and piano making. Later, Camden Lock became the home of a world famous market and ‘urban grunge’. Relive Camden’s fascinating entertainment heritage from Oh! Calcutta! to Madness, and Kermit to MTV. Tuesday 19 July
WILLESDEN CEMETERY 10.30am, £15 STEPHEN BURSTIN Visit the last resting places of those whose varied lives provide stories that are enthralling, inspiring, tragic and even humorous. As we walk through this 140 yearold Jewish cemetery, we’ll come across chief rabbis and business giants, a royal illusionist, and one engrossing tale after another.
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Trips Tuesday 12 July
Tuesday 2 August
STRAWBERRY HILL
CHARTWELL
10.30am-3.30pm, £45 (includes travel from JW3) Join us for a guided tour of Horace Walpole’s restored Gothic castle in Twickenham, internationally famous as Britain’s finest example of Georgian Gothic Revival architecture. There will also be time to see the garden, which as far as possible is being restored to its original appearance.
9.15am-5pm, £45, £33 with National Trust Membership (includes travel from JW3) The principal home of Sir Winston Churchill, Chartwell is still much as it was when he lived there, containing pictures, books and personal mementoes evoking his career. The beautiful gardens reflect Churchill’s love of landscape and nature, and many of his paintings can be seen in the garden studio.
Thursday 21 July
Wednesday 24 August
WATTS GALLERY & ARTISTS’ VILLAGE
WINDSOR CASTLE
10am-5pm, £54 (includes travel from JW3) Watts Gallery - Artists’ Village is a unique Arts & Crafts gem. Discover Victorian paintings and sculpture in the historic Watts Gallery where we’ll be given an introductory talk and guided tour. There will then be time to see the temporary exhibition in the Old Kiln and the Watts Chapel.
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10am-4.30pm, £55 (includes travel from JW3) Enjoy a visit to Windsor Castle to see the display Shakespeare in the Royal Library, marking the 400th anniversary of the playwright’s death. We’ll be given an expert talk outlining Shakespeare’s strong connection with the royal court. There will then be time to see the magnificent State Apartments, displaying some of the finest works from the Royal Collection.
Mind Sports OlyMpiad Sunday 21 - Monday 29 August An olympics for the mind, with over sixty different board game tournaments alongside free Learn to Play sessions for newcomers and families, the Mind Sports Olympiad has something for everyone. Competitions range from classics like Chess, Scrabble and Go to newer games, including Settlers of Catan, 7 Wonders, Dominion, Ticket to Ride and Coal Baron. Card games figure too, plus a general knowledge quiz and unique events such as Tetris and a Computer Programming Championship, in addition to over a dozen world championships. Join us at JW3 for a series of free learn-to-play events all starting at 7pm Tuesday 17 May: Backgammon
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Monday 6 June: Ticket to Ride
Tuesday 9 August: Simultaneous Chess
Thursday 14 July: Settlers of Catan
www.jw3.org.uk/mso
Wednesday 15 June, at the Porters Park Golf Club
FUNDRAISING GOLF DAY In aid of JW3 Gateways Programme supporting vulnerable young people through education and work skills development. The competition will be a Stableford with teams of four, off full handicap (max 28 for men and 36 for ladies). Teams may be mixed. Other events will include nearest the pin and straightest drive. For more information contact Nikki Barnett on 020 7433 8963 or nikki@jw3development.org.uk 22
Cinema Our boutique cinema screens a weekly mix of the best new releases from around the world, plus Jewish and Israeli films curated by our partner UK Jewish Film. There are also regular special screenings including #FilmNightOut, a monthly cinema series for those in their 20s and 30s, and Family Films on Sundays. For full details visit our website www.jw3.org.uk/cinema and pick up our monthly Cinema Guide when you’re next at JW3.
SERET THE LONDON ISRAELI FILM AND TELEVISION FESTIVAL Sunday 19 - Monday 27 June The best in Israeli cinema can be seen in the UK at SERET, The London Israeli Film and Television Festival. JW3 will be screening an exciting line-up of dramas, documentaries, comedies and shorts, created by Israel’s leading filmmakers.
Jung and Film 2016: World Cinema JW3, in partnership with the Confederation of Analytical Psychology (CAP), presents a series of seminars in the JW3 Cinema. Each incorporates a short introductory expert lecture, film screening and post-screening discussion. The seminars are open to anyone with an interest in cinema, Jungian psychology and psychoanalysis. Sunday 8 May
Sunday 10 July
THE WHITE RIBBON
THE MIRROR
10am, £15 (£12.50 CAP Members) Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment.
10am, £15 (£12.50 CAP Members) A study of a man’s relationship with the mother in various incarnations – as a woman, a symbol, an object, the unconscious and, finally, as Mother Russia. Also coming up later in the year, as part of the Jung and Film series, and available to book now: Sunday 11 September
BLACK CAT, WHITE CAT Sunday 13 November The White Ribbon
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AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk
Live Arts on Screen
Sunday 1 May
Tuesday 28 June
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ENCORE
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA - ENCORE
2pm, £16 The story of two feuding families in 17thcentury Scotland. Donizetti’s opera has not been seen at the Royal Opera House in more than a decade. Sunday 22 May
FRANKENSTEIN: ROYAL OPERA HOUSE BALLET ENCORE 2pm, £16 Royal Ballet Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett has chosen Frankenstein for his first fulllength narrative ballet at the ROH. Scarlett explores the depths of human nature and our need to find a place in the world. Wednesday 8 June
RSC LIVE: HAMLET 7pm, £16 Simon Godwin directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.
6.30pm, £16 The first Glyndebourne production of The Barber of Seville in 33 years. Annabel Arden’s production promises to be playful, theatrical, sultry and slightly surreal. Tuesday 12 July
DIE MEISTERSINGER VON NÜRNBERG - ENCORE 5.30pm, £16 Featuring an 80-strong orchestra, 80 chorus members, 36 actors, and sets built on a huge scale. This spectacular Glyndeboune production is a cornerstone of the operatic repertoire, and one of Wagner’s greatest works. Tuesday 9 August
BÉATRICE ET BÉNÉDICT 6.30pm, £16 Inspired by Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing and marking 400 years since the playwright’s death. This is the first ever fully staged version of the opera at Glyndebourne, as it has only previously been performed as a concert piece.
UK JEWISH FILM UK Jewish Film brings you the best new Jewish and Israeli films throughout the year, six times a week. Upcoming highlights include the Cannes award-winning Holocaust drama Son of Saul; the thrilling docudrama Sabena, about one of history’s most dramatic terrorist hijacks - of Sabena flight 571 en route to Tel Aviv; and Apples from the Desert, a timeless love story about a young Orthodox girl who falls for a secular Kibbutznik, much to her parents’ horror.
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