invites you to our Autumn 2018 season Women & Circus
Hello everyone,
Lancaster Arts’ autumn season celebrates some remarkable anniversaries in our collective calendar; some universally acknowledged, some closer to home. Such moments offer us the opportunity to acknowledge and reflect on their significance, and reimagine what they might mean for our future. 2018 marks the Centenary of Women’s Suffrage, giving some women the right to vote for the first time, but did you know that it’s also 250 years since the world’s very first circus performance near Waterloo in London? Circus is reinventing itself, introducing dance, music, visual art to tell new stories and tackle contemporary issues. We are delighted to be offering an almost entirely female season and in particular, four distinctive womens’ circus companies. Ellie Dubois’s No Show, subverts expectations of the big top, while Mimbre’s aerial feats will make you gasp, whatever your age. Sigma will captivate with a blend of South Indian dance and breath-taking juggling and Marisa Carnesky returns to the North West with her provocative and hilarious feminist cabaret spectacular, Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman. In 1988, the Peter Scott Gallery opened with an exhibition of works from the collection of botanist Irene Manton, later bequeathed to our own collection. Thirty years on, the gallery presents “Art is meant to be lived with”, inspired by Manton’s ideas about art
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and the everyday, featuring some exceptional works from across our collection. Preceding this exhibition is Vincent Dance Theatre’s Virgin Territory, a remarkable film installation exploring digital culture and its impact on young women. We are also celebrating the 50th anniversary of our Classical Concerts series, presenting Bach’s ultra-dramatic St Matthew Passion and an extraordinary performance of Karl Jenkin’s mass for peace The Armed Man, both showcasing the wonderful singers of Lancaster. This brochure is the beginning of a new look for Lancaster Arts, which will continue to evolve in print and online over the next few months. All in all, a spectacular season to question ideas and bring joy for all ages. We all hope you enjoy our season on Women & Circus. Jocelyn
Lancaster Arts Team Jocelyn Cunningham, Director Fiona Sinclair, Managing Director Richard Smith, Curator Harriet Hill-Payne, Assistant Curator Peter Davies, Creative Administrator Jamie Wooldridge, Marketing Manager Philip Dunn, Front of House Coordinator Alice Booth, Creative Producer Leo Burtin, Creative Producer
Vincent Dance Theatre: Virgin Territory Film Installation 12 – 6pm 11 – 13 October Peter Scott Gallery Price: Free Duration: 75mins 14yrs+ (Adult supervision required for under 14s) Contains content that some people may find upsetting.
Virgin Territory takes an uncompromising look at our hypersexualised digital culture and its impact on young women growing up today. Many people have the desire to be ‘liked’ and ‘followed’, but what effect does constantly performing for the camera have on our sense of self-worth? Virgin Territory is a film installation presented across five screens, performed by four children aged 12 – 14 and four adults. With moving performances, stunning cinematography and real-life testimonies, Virgin Territory asks vital questions about responsibility as we witness children playing in an adult online world. “[Vincent is] one of the most important feminist artists working in the UK today” – The Observer Hear Artistic Director Charlotte Vincent on 13 November, in our Tuesday Talks programme (see pg 4).
Photo Credit: Bosie Vincent
Virgin Territory was co-commissioned by Brighton Festival 2017 and The Place London, supported by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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Tuesday Talks
Tuesday Talks take place in the Jack Hylton Room at 1pm, they are free and open to all. Join artists, thinkers and curators to explore an aspect of their practice in a lunch-hour. Visiting speakers shape the form of their talk, so you can expect anything from in-depth discussion to a live performance.
Anat Ben David – 20 November One-time member of pop-punk-performance art pioneers, Chicks on Speed, Anat Ben David is an interdisciplinary artist working across live performance and installation. Anat describes her artistic practice as OpeRaart, a combination of sound, voice, language and image.
Lindsey Bull – 16 October With a fascination for dark, idiosyncratic psychologies, Lindsey Bull is a painter whose work explores how our interior lives manifest or hide themselves from the outside world. As Matt Price writes, Bull “not only challenges conventions of normalcy, but celebrates difference in all its myriad forms.”
Appau Junior Boakye-Yiadom – 27 November Appau Jnr Boakye-Yiadom examines and re-appropriates memories of the cultural familiar. Hansi Momodu-Gordon writes, “Spanning still images and found objects, videos assembled with archival footage, and installations ignited by live actions, BoakyeYiadom’s works are a refusal of singular narrative, a celebration of multiplicity.”
Emily Speed – 23 October Emily Speed is interested in the relationship between people and buildings. Her work explores how a person is shaped by the buildings they have occupied and how a person occupies their own psychological space.
Charlotte Vincent – 13 November Charlotte Vincent is a choreographer and artistic director of Vincent Dance Theatre, creating performance work that challenges conventional values in dance and gender politics. VDT’s Virgin Territory (see pg 3) is presented in the Peter Scott Gallery in October 2018.
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Emily Speed, Façades/Fronts, 2018 (detail)
Christopher Cook – 30 October Christopher Cook works exclusively in liquid graphite, using a technique which results in an apparent fusion of drawing and painting. His recent work draws on ‘Golden Age’ Dutch still-life painting to explore contemporary global capitalism.
“Art is meant to be lived with”
Exhibition
Works from the Peter Scott Gallery Collection
12 – 5pm Weekdays 29 October – 30 November Peter Scott Gallery Price: Free
Irene Manton (1904 – 1988) challenged convention in her life and work. Throughout her career as a botanical scientist she remained curious about different fields of knowledge, growing a distinctive collection of artworks and antiquities. For Manton, the ‘other ways of looking’ afforded by art and music could offer surprising insights into new perspectives.
Exhibition Launch 6 – 8pm 26 October You are warmly invited to join us at the exhibition opening.
Terry Frost, Walking down the Quays, St Ives, 1954 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2018
Irene Manton developed a reputation for her coffee – she would offer a welcoming cup at the start of conversations. To continue her hospitality, we invite you to an event in the gallery for a cup of coffee and a conversation. For more information please email gallery@lancasterarts.org
Taking its name from Manton’s words, this exhibition revisits documented situations and locations to show how she lived with her collection at home and in the workplace. With creative flair, intellectual intention and a lively sense of humour, Manton used art to enrich everyday life. “Art is meant to be lived with” opens up this idiosyncratic collection and invites you to be part of the conversations it inspires today. Artists include: Max Ernst, Terry Frost, Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, L.S. Lowry, Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, Winifred Nicholson, Pablo Picasso Supported by the Peter Scott Gallery Charitable Trust.
“Irene Manton was a formidable person and the drive she had to explore and understand is inspirational. The opportunity to consider how she lived with her collection is timely as Lancaster Arts considers how culture can be felt everyday by those living and working around us.” Richard & Harriet
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English Touring Opera
Concert 7.30pm Saturday 20 October Lancaster Priory Price: D (see pg 22) Sung in German and English with surtitles J.S. BACH St Matthew Passion English Touring Opera Local Choirs of Lancaster The Old Street Band Conductor: John Peter Kenney
In a spectacular opening of our 50th Season, English Touring Opera return with their third staging of Bach’s masterpieces – the magnificent Passion according to St Matthew. This is easily Bach’s most dramatic work. Presented in a way you have never seen it before, the ‘St Matthew Passion’ tells the story of a trial, death by crucifixion, and transformation, sung by witnesses whose lives have been transformed by this experience. English Touring Opera’s soloists will perform with the eminent period instrument orchestra, the Old Street Band, proudly crowned with the wonderful singers of Lancaster in a simple, heartfelt staging.
“I’m constantly inspired by the amazing vibrant musical community of Lancaster, so it is a privilege to celebrate our 50th anniversary through two epic choral concerts which showcase the magnificent voices of Lancaster’s very own singers.” Fiona
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Anna Tsybuleva (Piano)
Concert 7.30pm Thursday 01 November Great Hall Price: D (see pg 22) BEETHOVEN Polonaise, Op.89; Sonata No.3 in C major, Op.2; Fantasy Op.77
Anna Tsybuleva grew up in the small scientific town of Nizhny Arkhyz (Karachay-Cherkess Republic, Russia) and in 2015 won the Leeds International Piano Competition, one of the world’s most coveted music prizes. She has since built an enviable international career and is known for her sensitive style and seamless phrasing which brings the singing voice of the piano to life. She offers a special selection of pianistic gems by the two greatest composers of the instrument, Beethoven and Chopin, and will perform a special commission written for her by the esteemed Irish composer, Siobhan Claery.
CLAERY An Cailleach
Photo Credit: Vera Greiner
CHOPIN Polonaise No.5 in F sharp minor Op.44; Mazurkas Op.59; Nocturne in C minor, Op.48 No.1; Nocturne in E flat major Op.55 No.2; Ballade No.1
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Lancaster Singers: The Armed Man Concert 7.45pm Sunday 11 November Lancaster Priory Price: D (see pg 22) JOHN TAVENER Song For Athene KARL JENKINS The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace Conductor: Duncan Lloyd Soprano: Jane Irwin Lancaster Singers The Amici Ensemble
2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of World War 1 hostilities. The Centenary will be commemorated through a special commission at the Priory, culminating in an Armistice Day concert by the acclaimed Lancaster Singers, in association with leading local soprano and Lancaster University Alumni, Jane Irwin. Tavener’s haunting ‘Song for Athene’ will be sung from the Priory’s Regimental Chapel, after which the Singers will process to the Chancel to perform Jenkin’s poignant mass for peace ‘The Armed Man.’ Audiences are encouraged to arrive early to witness the nationally coordinated – The Battle’s O’er: A Nation’s Tribute – where the sound of church bells will ring and beacons will be simultaneously lit all over the UK. 6.45pm Assemble in Priory churchyard 6.55pm Bugler to sound The Last Post 7.00pm Beacon lighting at Castle and Priory 7.05pm Peel of bells to ring at Priory for 30 min 7.45pm Concert
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Abel Selaocoe (Cello) Ben Powell (Piano)
Juice: Snow Queens
Concert
Concert
7.30pm Thursday 29 November Great Hall Price: D (see pg 22)
7.30pm Thursday 06 December Great Hall Price: D (see pg 22)
DEBUSSY Sonata in D minor RAVEL In the style of Habanera R.SCHEDRIN In the style of Albéniz JAMES MACMILLAN Kiss on Wood BRITTEN Sonata in C major GIOVANNI SOLLIMA Lamentatio
CHRIS WARNER Blow, Blow thou Winter Wind TRAD. Coventry Carol ALISON WILLIS The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver JUDY COLLINS Winter Sky KATE BUSH December will be magic again DAVID LANCASTER Confound Winter THOMAS CAMPION Cold Nights Freeze Me Dead
Award-winning South African cellist, Abel Selaocoe, explores a plethora of genres in his work, from collaborating with beatboxers and world musicians to giving concerto and recital performances. He is a founding member of Kabantu, who have given some stunning performances over our last two seasons. This programme takes a sumptuous tour of the full range and capacity of the cello, finishing with a powerful work by the Italian cellist/ composer, Giovanni Sollima, who played a most memorable visit to Lancaster 5 years ago.
Juice are charismatic vocal storytellers and their new programme, Snow Queens, takes a journey into the realm of snow, frost and ice. Featuring an eclectic mix, from pop and folk to contemporary and classical, the trio will perform gorgeous new arrangements of ancient carols, renaissance lute songs, folk songs and wintery pop/rock classics such as Kate Bush’s ‘December will be Magic Again’ and Judy Collins’ ‘Winter Sky’.
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Big Fish Little Fish: Family Rave
Can’t Sit Still: Plink and Boo
Family
Family
2pm Sunday 23 September Great Hall Complex Web Advance: £8/£6
11am, 1pm, 3pm Saturday 27 October Lancaster City Library Price: C (see pg 22)
Duration: 150 mins 0 – 8yrs. Adults must be accompanied by a child.
Duration: 40mins 2 – 5yrs Suitable for D/deaf and EAL audiences.
Following two sell out parties the awardwinning Big Fish Little Fish family raves are back in Lancaster!
Some might be Plink and others are Boo Why does it matter, what’s the to-do? Jumbled up people and boxes too small Come play in our den and discover it all...
‘Over and Under the Sea’ theme with (optional) fancy dress for pirates, mermaids, captains and little fishes!
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Welcome to the topsy turvy world of Plink and Boo. Using acrobatics, live music and mountains of toys, join us in an interactive circus theatre adventure to explore what happens when people don’t fit into boxes (even if it is the neatest place to put them). Plink and Boo has been created and written by Can’t Sit Still, in collaboration with children, parents and childcare professionals from Bristol and Swindon. Can’t Sit Still creates new, devised performances combining physical theatre, circus and original music. We tell stories, start conversations, and try to change the world.
Photo Credit: Joe Clarke.
Dance with the family to a (grown up) dance music set with Dream Frequency on the decks. Enjoy top tunes on the dancefloor with bubbles, confetti cannons, balloons and our parachute dance finale. Get creative with themed crafts, a colouring-in mural and playdough tables. There is a baby chill area for the very little ones and free glowsticks and transfer tattoos. All this plus stalls for sweet treats, face painting and a licensed bar for the grown-ups. Dance, laugh, craft, be daft!
Theatre Hullabaloo & Theatr Iolo: Luna
Messy, Noisy Wriggly Studio
Family
Family Workshops
11am & 1.30pm Wednesday 28 November Nuffield Theatre Price: C (see pg 22)
0 – 5 years and their grown ups All workshops take place in The Playroom Each workshop costs £3.50 – £2.50
Duration: 50mins 2 – 5 years and their families. An enchanting first theatre experience about friendship, the moon and being brave in the dark. Up in the sky, Luna has no-one to play with. She is surrounded by stars, but they never quite understand her. In his bedroom, Billy is hiding from the night time shadows, with only his favourite toy Pig to help him overcome his fear of the dark. If only they could find each other, what wondrous adventures could be had… With original live music, this captivating play about friendship and bravery is a wonderful introduction to theatre for young children. “Took my son to see Luna today and it was just magical. His very first trip to a theatre and it has set a high bar!” Audience Member
Our Saturday morning workshops are specially designed to support our smallest visitors in their creative exploration and expression. Led by artists, these hands-on sessions offer something for curious and creative minds – of all ages! – to enjoy. Noisy Studio with Kabantu 10am & 11.15am Saturday 06 October Experiment with sounds from around the globe in this playful session with our favourite world-folk-fusion collective, Kabantu. Messy Studio with David Hulston 10am & 11.15am Saturday 17 November What can you keep in a book? A box? A paper bag? Inspired by trailblazing scientist and art collector Irene Manton (pg 5), discover your own way of collecting ideas, objects and stories.
Photo Credit: Kirsten McTernan
Wriggly Studio with Anna Daly 10am & 11.15am Saturday 08 December Have fun flipping gender roles in traditional rhymes and stories with Early Years and dance practitioner, Anna Daly. Come prepared to make a song and dance!
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Ellie Dubois: No Show Circus Theatre 8pm Monday 15 October Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22) Duration: 60mins 6yrs+
Workshop Join Ellie for a workshop! See our website for details or email: producers@lancasterarts.org
After landing a string of rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe last year, we’re delighted to present the critically acclaimed circus-theatre production No Show by Ellie Dubois. What really lies behind the glitzy smiles, the glitter of sequins and the death-defying acts of the traditional circus? Expect desperate attempts and heroic failures, glorious achievements and bruised bodies and egos as the performers push themselves to their physical and mental limits. See behind the flawless smiles and perfect execution of the traditional circus performance to show the wobbles, the pain, and the real cost of aiming for perfection. A show for anyone who has tried, failed and failed better. “Five female performers brilliantly flip audience expectations of circus razzle-dazzle and expose industry sexism” – The Stage.
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Photo Credit: Chris Reynolds
– The Times, The Stage, The List and The Herald.
Julie Rose Bower: The Foley Explosion Theatre 8pm Tuesday 23 October Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22)
The Foley Explosion is an immersive storytelling show about Russia; an alternative spy thriller featuring live Foley sound effects and looping technology in sound worlds that conjure a movie in the mind. This solo show brings to life experiences of a year spent in Russia and features disinformation, fake news and cameos from the intelligence community past and present: Edward Snowden, Grigori Rasputin and Alexander Litvinenko.
Duration: 55mins
Workshop
Photo Credit: Chloe Wicks
Julie will run a workshop for those interested in learning about live loop sampling, Foley and immersive storytelling. See our website for details or email: producers@lancasterarts.org
Foley is a technique for creating cinematic sound effects named after sound editor Jack Foley. Used primarily in the film industry, this technique has surprising conventions such as walking in the snow being recreated by treading in sand and manipulating a bag of cornflour in the hand. InThe Foley Explosion, Julie Rose Bower produces these sounds live and makes visible a process which is often hidden from public view. Julie Rose Bower is a Lecoq-trained theatre maker and live artist creating feminist, sound-led performance and installations.
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Marisa Carnesky: Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman Theatre 8pm Friday 26 October Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22) Duration: 60mins 16yrs+
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Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman showcases the magic of human cyclical renewal to uncover the last unmentionable taboo of menstruation in an all-out genrebending contemporary performance spectacular. Expect a provocative, rigorously researched, untamed romp into the importance of celebrating the symbolic and cultural power of menstruation. Menstrual rights, issues around fertility, miscarriage, trans identities, lost ancient herstories and what it means to be ‘female’, are scrutinised, politicised and reclaimed. Both deadly serious and hilariously tongue in cheek, this is a show that is part surreal lecture, part magic show, part witchy ritual and part activist protest. Featuring Marisa Carnesky and collaborating artists Fancy Chance, Rhyannon Styles, MisSa Blue, H Plewis and Nao Nagai.
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Photo Credit: Sarah Ainslie
“Marisa Carnesky’s exploration of the menstruation taboo starts off cheeky and turns into something downright hair-raising” – The Guardian
Andy Smith: Summit Theatre 8pm Tuesday 30 October Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22) Duration: 50mins 14yrs+ Integrated BSL
“We need to use our imagination. We need to imagine that change might be possible. That change is possible, however hard or impossible it might seem.” In a blend of languages, including fully integrated BSL, three performers tell a story from three perspectives. It is the story of an international meeting. A meeting called to respond to a crisis. A meeting at which something happened, and in that moment everything changed. Exploring equality and inviting action, Summit is the new play by renowned theatre-maker Andy Smith, writer-performer of The Preston Bill, Commonwealth, and what happens to the hope at the end of the evening (alongside Tim Crouch). “Smith’s optimism is infectious” – Total Theatre Magazine
Image Credit: Stem Design with Photography by The Other Richard
Co-commissioned by South Street with University of Reading, Brighton Festival, LPAC, UCLan/Derelict and Lancaster Arts. Supported by University of Manchester, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Unity Theatre, Liverpool and the Peggy Ramsey Foundation.
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Jackie Hagan: This Is Not A Safe Space Theatre 8pm Wednesday 14 November Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22) Duration: 55mins 12yrs+
Benefit cuts are hitting disabled people the hardest. Half of people in poverty are disabled or live with a disabled person. The future looks grim, so how can we get people to sit up, listen and care and not keel over with empathy-fatigue? Award-winning poet and theatre maker Jackie Hagan’s answer is a new solo show that features the real voices of proper skint disabled people she knows. Jackie has conducted interviews with people from all over the country living on the fringes and the spaces in between. These are not sob stories – they are well rounded lives full of the spiky humour and the complicated weirdness of being human. Jackie weaves these narratives together with poetry and anecdotes, celebrating the weird, the wonky, the unruly, and the resilient. Expect audience interaction, DIY puppetry, comedic poetry, and one underclass amputee steering the show. Skelmersdale native Jackie Hagan is a Lancashire favourite. She has previously wowed local audiences with appearances at the Morecambe Fringe and at Hear Me Roar festival.
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Photo Credit: Jonathan Clover
Commissioned and supported by Unlimited, celebrating the work of disabled artists, with funding from Arts Council England. Supported with funding from BlueSCI Wellbeing, Contact and Full Circle Arts. Produced by Big Feast.
Mimbre: The Exploded Circus Circus Theatre 8pm 23 – 24 November & 11am 25 November Great Hall Price: A (see pg 22) Family Ticket Deal Available (see website)
Duration: 70mins
Featuring a breathtaking mix of acrobatics, surprising aerial feats and masterful juggling, The Exploded Circus weaves a story without words, where six women come together to seek order in the chaos and create a new normal. In their new production, female-led contemporary circus company, Mimbre join forces with critically acclaimed designer Loren Elstein and experimental composer Quinta. The Exploded Circus invites audiences into a moment where an explosion has been frozen in time, the remnants of a big top caught mid-air with everything from the circus ring, sequins and fairground horses suspended above the ground. With striking imagery and subtle humour, the show explores themes around change, hope and belonging.
Image Credit: Photo Eric Richmond, design longarm.co.uk
“Suitable for the whole family, it serves as a marvellous introduction to circus performance, as well as allowing us to glimpse the future of the artform. A magical evening.” – Theatre South East
“Several years ago I saw Mimbre pitch the concept of 'The Exploded Circus'. I was impressed with the scale and their ambition for the piece, but thought it was way too big for Lancaster. How wrong was I?! Enjoy tonight's spectacle, it promises to be a fantastic evening for the whole family.” Jamie
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Maya Chowdhry: What’s Eating Reality Theatre 1pm & 8pm 04 – 05 December Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22) Duration: 150mins
Set in an imagined future What’s Eating Our Reality is a three course meal with a difference. This intimate show explores the journey your food has taken from seed to field to table illuminating issues of food justice. Performer-maitre d’ Maya Chowdhry orchestrates the ritual of dining and media art to gently immerse the audience in a new reality, one in which the food they love may be in short supply. This project has been commissioned through Diverse Actions. Diverse Actions is a Live Art UK initiative which champions culturally diverse ambition, excellence and talent in Live Art. Live Art UK is a national network of Live Art promoters, of which Lancaster Arts is a member.
“Climate change and the global food crisis are some of the biggest challenges we are currently facing. Maya Chowdhry's piece makes it crystal clear is that it is within our power to make a difference to this.” Leo
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Gandini Juggling: Sigma Circus Theatre 8pm Saturday 08 December Nuffield Theatre Price: A (see pg 22) Duration: 60mins 8yrs+
Gandini Juggling’s beautiful new show explores the creative interface between juggling, geometry and classical Indian dance. Sigma showcases exuberant rhythms, patterns and colours, at the heart of which is a unique interpretation of the South Indian dance form, Bharatanatyam. With a seductive percussion score and sumptuous backdrop of multimedia projections, Sigma is a finely crafted work. This cross-artform collaboration, engages in a dialogue with the viewer, transcending cultural barriers and stimulating imaginations.
Workshop
Photo Credit: ASH
Join Gandini Juggling for a workshop at Ludus Dance. See our website for details or email: producers@lancasterarts.org
Winner of an Asian Arts Award and Total Theatre Award at the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Sigma is performed by a quartet of female artists including the award-winning choreographer Seeta Patel. “It looks, and is, exquisitely beautiful” – The Herald
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Lancaster Arts: where ideas, creativity and people connect.
Composer and musician Maja Bugge is the recipient of the Nuffield Residency and will be exploring the sounds of what makes Lancaster the place that it is, collaborating with a field recordist and video artists to create an outstanding concert which will tour nationally, notably making an appearance at the Manchester Jazz Festival. There will be an opportunity to experience a work in progress version of this performance on Thursday 13 September at 2pm. Meanwhile, on the same theme of ‘place’, Katie Etheridge and Simon Persighetti will create a cultural ‘twinning’ between artists based in ‘the regions’, outside of large metropolitan centres. There will be an opportunity to hear about their project on the week beginning 8 October. Artist Louise Ann Wilson will be working with us to develop new work, test ideas and build relationships as she moves towards the development of the Centre for Life Event Walks. We will keep you updated through our digital channels on opportunities and happenings over the next year. This year we have been working with award winning Bristol based artist, Kathy Hinde, on a new commission. Kathy has developed ideas through public workshops, talks, walks and residencies with poet Sarah Hymas and technologist Matthew Olden culminating in a light and sound installation inspired by our relationship with birds. Join us for this 01524 594151 boxoffice@lancasterarts.org
playful new work, Chirp&Drift; a flock of small illuminated instruments temporarily nesting in the Storey Gallery garden, coming to life at night for Light Up Lancaster (2 – 3 November). We’ve been conducting interviews with a broad range of residents to uncover a ‘felt’ identity of Lancaster District and understand what makes ‘this place’ distinctive in the eyes of the people who call it home, here and now. This is part of This Place Project, which will commission a series of creative projects that respond to what we have heard in these conversations and will take place anywhere in the Lancaster District over the coming months. We’ll tell you more through the project’s website www.thisplaceproject.uk and digital channels as these intriguing and exciting interventions take shape. There is a rich array of workshops and events this coming autumn; see our website to learn more about what’s happening or email producers@lancasterarts.org
Photo Credit: Porous City by Katie Etheridge and Simon Persighetti
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Autumn 2018 Diary
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Concerts
Visual Arts
7.30pm 20 October Lancaster Priory
English Touring Opera J.S.Bach: St.Matthew Passion
12pm – 6pm 11 – 13 October Peter Scott Gallery
Vincent Dance Theatre: Virgin Territory
7.30pm 01 November Great Hall
Anna Tsybuleva (Piano)
12 – 5pm 29 Oct – 30 Nov Peter Scott Gallery
‘Art is meant to be lived with’
7.45pm 11 November Lancaster Priory
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man
The Peter Scott Gallery is open weekdays 12 – 5pm during term and an hour before performance events. For gallery enquiries please email gallery@lancasterarts.org or call 01524 594151
7.30pm 29 November Great Hall
Abel Selaocoe (Cello)
7.30pm 06 December Great Hall
Juice: Snow Queens
Theatre, Dance & Circus
Family
8pm 15 October Nuffield Theatre
Ellie Dubois: No Show
8pm 23 October Nuffield Theatre
Julie Rose Bower: The Foley Explosion
2pm 23 September Great Hall Complex
Big Fish Little Fish: Family Rave
8pm 26 October Nuffield Theatre
Marisa Carnesky: Dr Carnesky’s Incredible Bleeding Woman
10am & 11.15am 06 October The Playroom
Noisy Studio
8pm 30 October Nuffield Theatre
Andy Smith: Summit
11am,1pm & 3pm 27 October Lancaster City Library
Can’t Sit Still: Plink & Boo
8pm 14 November Nuffield Theatre
Jackie Hagan: This Is Not A Safe Space
10am & 11.15am 17 November The Playroom
Messy Studio
8pm 23 – 24 November Great Hall
Mimbre: The Exploded Circus
11am & 1.30pm 28 November Nuffield Theatre
Theatre Hullabaloo & Theatr Iolo: Luna
11am 25 November Great Hall
Mimbre: The Exploded Circus
10am & 11.15am 08 December The Playroom
Wriggly Studio
1pm & 8pm 04 – 05 December Nuffield Theatre
Maya Chowdhry: What’s Eating Reality
8pm 08 December Nuffield Theatre
Gandini Juggling: Sigma