Lancaster Arts Spring 2018 Programme

Spring 18 Art | ConCerts | DAnCe | FAmily | theAtre | CirCus

Lancaster Arts: where ideas, creativity and people connect.

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Dance

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Lancaster Arts: where ideas, creativity and people connect.

Hello everyone,

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...welcome to our season on the theme of reciprocity.

Peter Liversidge’s neon artwork on our cover suggests to us a hopeful interpretation of reciprocity - the practice of exchanging things with others, for mutual benefit. As winter draws in around us, Lancaster Arts warmly invites you to join us in the generous exchange of ideas, exploring what reciprocity means for us in 2018.

This theme is explored across our whole programme, not only in the Nuffield Theatre, Peter Scott Gallery and Great Hall but in our programme of workshops, events and talks, our family programme and the This Place Project which will discover what it feels like to live and work in Lancaster right now. It starts this month with listening!

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Listening is one form of reciprocity and will play a large part in our programming this year. Rajni Shah has created a body of work on this and there will be an opportunity to see and discuss films responding to different conversations. Our exhibition, Conduct examines the rules we live by and how we create and preserve them. Our Messy / Noisy / Wriggly Gallery throws out the rulebook altogether! Proto-type Theater’s world premiere of The Audit and the ‘scratch’ performance of The Bare Project’s On the Outskirts of a Large Event look at the power of the state and citizens, our actions and their impact.

There are many different ways of engaging with exciting work this season: finding sound installations in The Hum situated across the Lancaster district, joining a day-long festival learning about inclusive dance or responding to works in progress from the Foot in the Door programme. Join us for our season launch! There will even be the chance to shake your booty yourself in Dancer, our opening show at the Nuffield.

21Common: Dancer 1pm & 8pm, Tuesday 23 January Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

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A beautifully warm and tender show challenging our perceptions. What if we danced like no one was watching?

Co-created with the late Adrian Howells - much missed from our Nuffield programme.

This season offers a rich and varied array of delights. We very much look forward to having you join us and hearing your responses to all of it.

Jocelyn Cunningham Director

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Arrive early for our season launch 6.30pm, Great Hall All Welcome

Front Cover Image: Peter Liversidge, &, 2011 Photograph: John McKenzie Image courtesy the Artist and Ingleby, Edinburgh

Jamie Wooldridge.

Programmer

With a blistering soundtrack careering from Kylie to Nick Cave, we attempt to understand what it is about dance that makes us feel most alive. Join Ian Johnson - Scotland’s leading learning-disabled artist and Gary Gardiner as they hit the floor in this delicate, dapper and downright hilarious exploration into what it really means to be a 'dancer'. Expect outrageously camp jerks and thrusts… and complete stillness.

Dancer was originally co-created by the late Adrian Howells. This updated version was an Unlimited commission in 2014 and played to sold out audiences in London, Birmingham, Cardiff and Edinburgh.

21Common is a collective that actively embraces the notion of art as a deep dialogical process of exploration between artists, participants and audiences.

“Dapper and delicate … such a lovely piece of work” ★★★★ The Guardian 60mins. 14yrs+ 3

Dance

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Lancaster Arts: where ideas, creativity and people connect.

Hello everyone,

ciati o Tic Hug 6 Page

...welcome to our season on the theme of reciprocity.

Peter Liversidge’s neon artwork on our cover suggests to us a hopeful interpretation of reciprocity - the practice of exchanging things with others, for mutual benefit. As winter draws in around us, Lancaster Arts warmly invites you to join us in the generous exchange of ideas, exploring what reciprocity means for us in 2018.

This theme is explored across our whole programme, not only in the Nuffield Theatre, Peter Scott Gallery and Great Hall but in our programme of workshops, events and talks, our family programme and the This Place Project which will discover what it feels like to live and work in Lancaster right now. It starts this month with listening!

ater The type o t Pro 11 Page

Listening is one form of reciprocity and will play a large part in our programming this year. Rajni Shah has created a body of work on this and there will be an opportunity to see and discuss films responding to different conversations. Our exhibition, Conduct examines the rules we live by and how we create and preserve them. Our Messy / Noisy / Wriggly Gallery throws out the rulebook altogether! Proto-type Theater’s world premiere of The Audit and the ‘scratch’ performance of The Bare Project’s On the Outskirts of a Large Event look at the power of the state and citizens, our actions and their impact.

There are many different ways of engaging with exciting work this season: finding sound installations in The Hum situated across the Lancaster district, joining a day-long festival learning about inclusive dance or responding to works in progress from the Foot in the Door programme. Join us for our season launch! There will even be the chance to shake your booty yourself in Dancer, our opening show at the Nuffield.

21Common: Dancer 1pm & 8pm, Tuesday 23 January Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

IF 16 Page

A beautifully warm and tender show challenging our perceptions. What if we danced like no one was watching?

Co-created with the late Adrian Howells - much missed from our Nuffield programme.

This season offers a rich and varied array of delights. We very much look forward to having you join us and hearing your responses to all of it.

Jocelyn Cunningham Director

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Arrive early for our season launch 6.30pm, Great Hall All Welcome

Front Cover Image: Peter Liversidge, &, 2011 Photograph: John McKenzie Image courtesy the Artist and Ingleby, Edinburgh

Jamie Wooldridge.

Programmer

With a blistering soundtrack careering from Kylie to Nick Cave, we attempt to understand what it is about dance that makes us feel most alive. Join Ian Johnson - Scotland’s leading learning-disabled artist and Gary Gardiner as they hit the floor in this delicate, dapper and downright hilarious exploration into what it really means to be a 'dancer'. Expect outrageously camp jerks and thrusts… and complete stillness.

Dancer was originally co-created by the late Adrian Howells. This updated version was an Unlimited commission in 2014 and played to sold out audiences in London, Birmingham, Cardiff and Edinburgh.

21Common is a collective that actively embraces the notion of art as a deep dialogical process of exploration between artists, participants and audiences.

“Dapper and delicate … such a lovely piece of work” ★★★★ The Guardian 60mins. 14yrs+ 3

Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Xuefei Yang Guitar 7.30pm, Thursday 8 February Great Hall. Price D – p18.

L. LEGNANI Andante and Allegro from the Overture to the Rossini’s opera William Tell J.S.BACH Lute Suite in A minor BWV995 XU CHANGJUN Sword Dance (arr. Xuefei YANG) CHEN YI Shuo Chang Spanish Selection: includes ALBENIZ, FALLA,RODRIGO Latin Selection: includes VILLA LOBOS, JOBIM, PIAZZOLLA

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We are really delighted to welcome the international virtuoso guitarist, Xuefei Yang back to Lancaster – some musicians are so ‘at one’ with their instrument, that the wires, wood and frets become a seamless extension of their body. So it is with Xuefei Yang. A pioneering musician of exceptional artistry, we’re pleased that she will perform a work by a Chinese female composer, Chen Yi, commissioned for Fei by Wigmore Hall, within a typically ravishing selection of the best music for solo guitar.

The very essence of truly great musical experiences lies in that magical energy between a performer and their audience. This reciprocity is the lifeblood of all art.

This season I invite you to connect with our guest artists - every single performance holds the key to a precious shared moment.

Fiona Sinclair. Music Programmer

Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Kabantu

Kathryn Stott Piano

7.30pm, Saturday 17 February Nuffield Theatre. Price D – p18.

7.30pm, Thursday 1 March Great Hall. Price D – p18.

Now and again, you can’t help but notice a group because of the attention they’re getting – Kabantu are a group of astonishingly talented young musicians, gathered together from diverse backgrounds, including scholarship students and one musician they found busking. Their cellist, Abel Selaocoe, left his home in South Africa to study in England.

Since the group formed they have been hoovering up awards both as soloists and with the ensemble, including the Royal Overseas League Prizes. Their philosophy of music as a connecting force for good is a strong motivation in all their work, and we are enjoying a fruitful relationship with them over the next few years. This is world music at its finest – passionate, original, skillful and absolutely inclusive for everyone to enjoy.

BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Myra Hess) GRIEG Lyric Pieces Op.52 CHOPIN Mazurka Op.7 No.1 WAGNER (trans. Liszt) Isolde's Libestod from Tristan und Isolde GINASTERA Danzas Argentinas BACH Siciliano (arr. Wilhem Kempff) STRAUSS Ramble on Love from Der Rosenkavalier (arr. Percy Grainger) VARIOUS Londonderry Air, My Favourite Things, Embraceable You (arr. Stephen Hough & Earl Wild) RAVEL (trans.Ravel) La Valse Kathy is well known to our audiences who have built up a friendship with her over many years. So we're delighted she placed Lancaster at the heart of her 60th birthday tour. A truly versatile musician, this eclectic and varied programme encapsulates all that she loves about her instrument and showcases her favourite works. Many of them are our favourites too, and this promises to be a colourful and memorable birthday concert.

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Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Xuefei Yang Guitar 7.30pm, Thursday 8 February Great Hall. Price D – p18.

L. LEGNANI Andante and Allegro from the Overture to the Rossini’s opera William Tell J.S.BACH Lute Suite in A minor BWV995 XU CHANGJUN Sword Dance (arr. Xuefei YANG) CHEN YI Shuo Chang Spanish Selection: includes ALBENIZ, FALLA,RODRIGO Latin Selection: includes VILLA LOBOS, JOBIM, PIAZZOLLA

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We are really delighted to welcome the international virtuoso guitarist, Xuefei Yang back to Lancaster – some musicians are so ‘at one’ with their instrument, that the wires, wood and frets become a seamless extension of their body. So it is with Xuefei Yang. A pioneering musician of exceptional artistry, we’re pleased that she will perform a work by a Chinese female composer, Chen Yi, commissioned for Fei by Wigmore Hall, within a typically ravishing selection of the best music for solo guitar.

The very essence of truly great musical experiences lies in that magical energy between a performer and their audience. This reciprocity is the lifeblood of all art.

This season I invite you to connect with our guest artists - every single performance holds the key to a precious shared moment.

Fiona Sinclair. Music Programmer

Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Kabantu

Kathryn Stott Piano

7.30pm, Saturday 17 February Nuffield Theatre. Price D – p18.

7.30pm, Thursday 1 March Great Hall. Price D – p18.

Now and again, you can’t help but notice a group because of the attention they’re getting – Kabantu are a group of astonishingly talented young musicians, gathered together from diverse backgrounds, including scholarship students and one musician they found busking. Their cellist, Abel Selaocoe, left his home in South Africa to study in England.

Since the group formed they have been hoovering up awards both as soloists and with the ensemble, including the Royal Overseas League Prizes. Their philosophy of music as a connecting force for good is a strong motivation in all their work, and we are enjoying a fruitful relationship with them over the next few years. This is world music at its finest – passionate, original, skillful and absolutely inclusive for everyone to enjoy.

BACH Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (arr. Myra Hess) GRIEG Lyric Pieces Op.52 CHOPIN Mazurka Op.7 No.1 WAGNER (trans. Liszt) Isolde's Libestod from Tristan und Isolde GINASTERA Danzas Argentinas BACH Siciliano (arr. Wilhem Kempff) STRAUSS Ramble on Love from Der Rosenkavalier (arr. Percy Grainger) VARIOUS Londonderry Air, My Favourite Things, Embraceable You (arr. Stephen Hough & Earl Wild) RAVEL (trans.Ravel) La Valse Kathy is well known to our audiences who have built up a friendship with her over many years. So we're delighted she placed Lancaster at the heart of her 60th birthday tour. A truly versatile musician, this eclectic and varied programme encapsulates all that she loves about her instrument and showcases her favourite works. Many of them are our favourites too, and this promises to be a colourful and memorable birthday concert.

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Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Hugo Ticciati Violin Alasdair Beatson Piano 7.30pm, Saturday 10 March Great Hall. Price D – p18.

PÄRT Fratres DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Dancing on Cobbled Streets BEETHOVEN Spring Sonata ANDREA TARRODI Nocturne for Violin and Piano FRANCK Sonata in A Major SCHNELZER Apollonian Dances

We know violinist Hugo Ticciati is going to become a firm favourite with our audiences. This effervescent musician is a passionate champion of both classical and new music. His mission is to make new music part of everyone’s lives and he relishes working with artists of all backgrounds to achieve this. We asked him to put together a programme of very wellloved works with new, enjoyable ones, including the BBC Concert Orchestra’s composer in residence, Dobrinka Tabakova, who is known for her thoughtful and approachable music. To balance the invigorating effect of this new music, we can dive into the comforting arms of Pärt’s Fratres, then snuggle up to the utterly perfect Spring Sonata and revel in the lush lyricsm of Franck’s Sonata.

Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Royal Northern College Of Music Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonietta 7.30pm, Thursday 22 March Great Hall. Price D – p18.

Mark Heron & Orr Guy Conductors Shimeng Sun Harp Monica Toll Soprano Hannah Corcoran Saxophone

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DEBUSSY Danses sacrée et profane ERIK SATIE (arr. Dominic Muldowney) Sports et Divertissements DEBUSSY (arr. David Horne) Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and ensemble * World Premiere DEBUSSY (arr. John Adams) Le livre de Baudelaire DEBUSSY (arr. Colin Matthews) Hommage à S Pickwick Esq P P M P C; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Général Lavine; La cathédrale engloutie from Préludes The RNCM will share the centerpiece of their Debussy 100 Festival with us in a spectacular season finalé of works by Debussy as you may have never heard before – in transcription. Normally, transcriptions are second-best for classical purists, but Debussy had such a profound influence on composition over the last 100 years, that it makes sense to hear this influence in a fresh new way through the eyes of those he has inspired. The sensual textures and evocative colours are vivid reimaginings of well-loved works gathered from across his output, highlighting the composer’s irrepressible capacity for innovation and originality.

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Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Hugo Ticciati Violin Alasdair Beatson Piano 7.30pm, Saturday 10 March Great Hall. Price D – p18.

PÄRT Fratres DOBRINKA TABAKOVA Dancing on Cobbled Streets BEETHOVEN Spring Sonata ANDREA TARRODI Nocturne for Violin and Piano FRANCK Sonata in A Major SCHNELZER Apollonian Dances

We know violinist Hugo Ticciati is going to become a firm favourite with our audiences. This effervescent musician is a passionate champion of both classical and new music. His mission is to make new music part of everyone’s lives and he relishes working with artists of all backgrounds to achieve this. We asked him to put together a programme of very wellloved works with new, enjoyable ones, including the BBC Concert Orchestra’s composer in residence, Dobrinka Tabakova, who is known for her thoughtful and approachable music. To balance the invigorating effect of this new music, we can dive into the comforting arms of Pärt’s Fratres, then snuggle up to the utterly perfect Spring Sonata and revel in the lush lyricsm of Franck’s Sonata.

Concerts

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Royal Northern College Of Music Symphony Orchestra and Sinfonietta 7.30pm, Thursday 22 March Great Hall. Price D – p18.

Mark Heron & Orr Guy Conductors Shimeng Sun Harp Monica Toll Soprano Hannah Corcoran Saxophone

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DEBUSSY Danses sacrée et profane ERIK SATIE (arr. Dominic Muldowney) Sports et Divertissements DEBUSSY (arr. David Horne) Rhapsodie for alto saxophone and ensemble * World Premiere DEBUSSY (arr. John Adams) Le livre de Baudelaire DEBUSSY (arr. Colin Matthews) Hommage à S Pickwick Esq P P M P C; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Général Lavine; La cathédrale engloutie from Préludes The RNCM will share the centerpiece of their Debussy 100 Festival with us in a spectacular season finalé of works by Debussy as you may have never heard before – in transcription. Normally, transcriptions are second-best for classical purists, but Debussy had such a profound influence on composition over the last 100 years, that it makes sense to hear this influence in a fresh new way through the eyes of those he has inspired. The sensual textures and evocative colours are vivid reimaginings of well-loved works gathered from across his output, highlighting the composer’s irrepressible capacity for innovation and originality.

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Exhibitions

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Exhibitions

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Tuesday Talks The Tuesday Talks programme invites 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 of a current interest to a live performance.

30 January - Richard DeDomenici 6 February - Jake Clark 13 February - Paulette Terry Brian 20 February - Rebecca Collins 27 February - Hannah Catherine Jones 7 March - Jordan Baseman The Tuesday Talks programme is a collaboration between the Peter Scott Gallery and Lancaster University Fine Art Department and take place in the Jack Hylton Music Room (next to Peter Scott Gallery), at 1pm. Talks are free and open to all to attend.

Conduct 24 January – 23 March Peter Scott Gallery Launch Event: 6.30 - 7.30pm, 23 January There are expectations around behaviour in society. Individual, collective and institutional Conduct is often governed by convention. The rules we live by might be written or unwritten, their motives transparent or concealed, their existence public or privileged knowledge.

Conduct presents a selection of works that reconsider systems of shared behaviour. They challenge convention in order to open up new possibilities for connection between people, creating new parameters for making sense of the world we live in.

Flexer & Sandiland: The Hum Check our website for installation locations across the district in March. FREE. The Hum is a sound and movement trail centered across the Lancaster district. The piece weaves together a soundtrack on an audience member’s smartphone with visuals of the existing environment to create an experience which is half reality, half cinema. There are no performers and no stage in The Hum, just real-life framed as unusual and surprising performance: everyday choreography by everyday people on their journeys through the streets of the city.

The Hum incorporates text from: international dance artist Wendy Houston, dance writer for The Times Donald Hutera, Maria Oshodi director of Extant Theatre Company of visually impaired people and live artist Pete Phillips.

Presented in collaboration with This Place Project (p18).

Conduct forms part of a wider piece of work being undertaken around our relationship with Lancaster and will provide a context for a series of conversations about working with the city in the future.

Featuring work by: Larry Achiampong Johanna Billing Rebecca Birch Richard DeDomenici Kathryn Elkin Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard Ellie Harrison Peter Liversidge Storey G2 Rebecca Birch, Undermine, 2017 (production image - detail) Undermine is a multi-platform work, including conversation events, performances and film work. It focuses on communities affected by fracking in Lancashire and investigates the psychological implications of being undermined, environmentally, democratically and emotionally.

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Credit: Nic Sandiland

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Exhibitions

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Exhibitions

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Tuesday Talks The Tuesday Talks programme invites 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 of a current interest to a live performance.

30 January - Richard DeDomenici 6 February - Jake Clark 13 February - Paulette Terry Brian 20 February - Rebecca Collins 27 February - Hannah Catherine Jones 7 March - Jordan Baseman The Tuesday Talks programme is a collaboration between the Peter Scott Gallery and Lancaster University Fine Art Department and take place in the Jack Hylton Music Room (next to Peter Scott Gallery), at 1pm. Talks are free and open to all to attend.

Conduct 24 January – 23 March Peter Scott Gallery Launch Event: 6.30 - 7.30pm, 23 January There are expectations around behaviour in society. Individual, collective and institutional Conduct is often governed by convention. The rules we live by might be written or unwritten, their motives transparent or concealed, their existence public or privileged knowledge.

Conduct presents a selection of works that reconsider systems of shared behaviour. They challenge convention in order to open up new possibilities for connection between people, creating new parameters for making sense of the world we live in.

Flexer & Sandiland: The Hum Check our website for installation locations across the district in March. FREE. The Hum is a sound and movement trail centered across the Lancaster district. The piece weaves together a soundtrack on an audience member’s smartphone with visuals of the existing environment to create an experience which is half reality, half cinema. There are no performers and no stage in The Hum, just real-life framed as unusual and surprising performance: everyday choreography by everyday people on their journeys through the streets of the city.

The Hum incorporates text from: international dance artist Wendy Houston, dance writer for The Times Donald Hutera, Maria Oshodi director of Extant Theatre Company of visually impaired people and live artist Pete Phillips.

Presented in collaboration with This Place Project (p18).

Conduct forms part of a wider piece of work being undertaken around our relationship with Lancaster and will provide a context for a series of conversations about working with the city in the future.

Featuring work by: Larry Achiampong Johanna Billing Rebecca Birch Richard DeDomenici Kathryn Elkin Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard Ellie Harrison Peter Liversidge Storey G2 Rebecca Birch, Undermine, 2017 (production image - detail) Undermine is a multi-platform work, including conversation events, performances and film work. It focuses on communities affected by fracking in Lancashire and investigates the psychological implications of being undermined, environmentally, democratically and emotionally.

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Credit: Nic Sandiland

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Comedy

Theatre

Theatre

Credit Mihaela Bodlovic

Credit: Emily Waterhouse

Credit: David Wilson Clarke

Credit: Adam York Gregory and Proto-type

Jamie MacDonald: Designated Driver

Zoo Co: The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

Tin Can People: Katie & Pip

Proto-type Theater: The Audit

8pm, Friday 2 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

Foot to the floor comedy courtesy of ‘That Funny Blind Guy’. Irreverent, hilarious stories from the Glaswegian you don’t want driving you home. The master story teller has uncovered conspiracies about humiliating products for the blind plus he’s disproportionately jealous of smug lab mice with 20 20 vision. It’s topical humour with a disabled slant. Charming, disarming eye opening comedy. “not afraid to milk his disability“ HHHHH Broadway Baby “Consistently hilarious“ HHHHH Ed Fest “pure wit and confidence“ HHHH The Skinny 70mins. 16yrs+

8pm, Thursday 25 January Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room…”

Join this tattered troupe as Luna’s tragic tale unravels for the first time. But why tonight?

A patchwork of puppetry, poetry, movement and live music stitched together with Zoo Co’s explosive visual imagination. The Girl Who Fell in Love With The Moon sets out to explore humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies through the eyes of this playful and dynamic young ensemble.

“It is performed with panache as the company weaves its magic on the audience who were totally absorbed and enthralled. This is certainly a must-see show.“ HHHHH British Theatre Guide 60mins. 12yrs+

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

8pm, Friday 9 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

Katie & Pip celebrates the relationship between Katie, a 15-year-old Type 1 Diabetic girl and ‘Pip’ her 5 year old border collie, trained by Katie to save her life on a daily basis.

Led by duo of lead devisers Charlotte & Rob and presented with participants Katie & Pip, the performance investigates the pairing between humans and dogs as a vehicle to exploring compassion and companionship in the human social condition. On a journey of extreme highs and extreme lows, they celebrate freedom and living life to the full; watch dogs be humans and humans be dogs as this chaotic and unpredictable collision of youth unfolds.

60mins. 10yrs+

2018 marks the 10th year that we've supported Proto-type Theater’s work, and we are delighted to be commissioning and premiering their latest call to arms, The Audit Alice Booth.

Programmer

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(or Iceland, a modern myth) 8pm, Tuesday 27 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

There’s a shadow coming, across the sea. Long and terrifying. The vultures are circling, the wolves are howling… how can we weather this storm?

The global economy is a mess. The crash has landed, the tide’s swept out, and it’s taken our hope with it. There’s less in our pockets and more to be spent. The rich have got richer, the middle’s squeezed tight, and the poor are being dragged ever downwards.

With the true value of money and the human cost of greed firmly in their sights, Proto-type Theater tell the story of how a nation raised their voices in protest and railed against the currents.

Using original text, performance, film, music and animation, The Audit is about finding strength, overcoming a world designed to keep us docile, and how collective power can move a mountain – even if only a little.

60mins. 14yrs+ 11

Comedy

Theatre

Theatre

Credit Mihaela Bodlovic

Credit: Emily Waterhouse

Credit: David Wilson Clarke

Credit: Adam York Gregory and Proto-type

Jamie MacDonald: Designated Driver

Zoo Co: The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon

Tin Can People: Katie & Pip

Proto-type Theater: The Audit

8pm, Friday 2 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

Foot to the floor comedy courtesy of ‘That Funny Blind Guy’. Irreverent, hilarious stories from the Glaswegian you don’t want driving you home. The master story teller has uncovered conspiracies about humiliating products for the blind plus he’s disproportionately jealous of smug lab mice with 20 20 vision. It’s topical humour with a disabled slant. Charming, disarming eye opening comedy. “not afraid to milk his disability“ HHHHH Broadway Baby “Consistently hilarious“ HHHHH Ed Fest “pure wit and confidence“ HHHH The Skinny 70mins. 16yrs+

8pm, Thursday 25 January Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

“It wasn’t a particularly spectacular night, as she sat stargazing in her room…”

Join this tattered troupe as Luna’s tragic tale unravels for the first time. But why tonight?

A patchwork of puppetry, poetry, movement and live music stitched together with Zoo Co’s explosive visual imagination. The Girl Who Fell in Love With The Moon sets out to explore humanity’s eternal fascination with the skies through the eyes of this playful and dynamic young ensemble.

“It is performed with panache as the company weaves its magic on the audience who were totally absorbed and enthralled. This is certainly a must-see show.“ HHHHH British Theatre Guide 60mins. 12yrs+

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

8pm, Friday 9 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

Katie & Pip celebrates the relationship between Katie, a 15-year-old Type 1 Diabetic girl and ‘Pip’ her 5 year old border collie, trained by Katie to save her life on a daily basis.

Led by duo of lead devisers Charlotte & Rob and presented with participants Katie & Pip, the performance investigates the pairing between humans and dogs as a vehicle to exploring compassion and companionship in the human social condition. On a journey of extreme highs and extreme lows, they celebrate freedom and living life to the full; watch dogs be humans and humans be dogs as this chaotic and unpredictable collision of youth unfolds.

60mins. 10yrs+

2018 marks the 10th year that we've supported Proto-type Theater’s work, and we are delighted to be commissioning and premiering their latest call to arms, The Audit Alice Booth.

Programmer

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(or Iceland, a modern myth) 8pm, Tuesday 27 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

There’s a shadow coming, across the sea. Long and terrifying. The vultures are circling, the wolves are howling… how can we weather this storm?

The global economy is a mess. The crash has landed, the tide’s swept out, and it’s taken our hope with it. There’s less in our pockets and more to be spent. The rich have got richer, the middle’s squeezed tight, and the poor are being dragged ever downwards.

With the true value of money and the human cost of greed firmly in their sights, Proto-type Theater tell the story of how a nation raised their voices in protest and railed against the currents.

Using original text, performance, film, music and animation, The Audit is about finding strength, overcoming a world designed to keep us docile, and how collective power can move a mountain – even if only a little.

60mins. 14yrs+ 11

Dance

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Family

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Messy Noisy Wriggly For families with children aged 0-5 years Our Saturday-morning workshops are especially 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.

For all workshops: meet in the Lancaster Arts Café|Bar 5 minutes before start time.

NOISY GALLERY: SEA HEAR - SEE HERE WITH KABANTU 10am & 11.15am Saturday 17 February Nuffield Theatre. £4.50 - £3.50 Credit: Zoe Manders

Credit: Nicole Guarino

Lost Dog: Juliet and Romeo

Verve: Mixed Bill

8pm, Wednesday 7 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

8pm, Thursday 1 March Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

Lost Dog’s new show, Juliet and Romeo - A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after.

Experience an evening of physically charged and refreshingly original dance, performed by dance artists on the cusp of their professional careers. See where dance is right now… and where it may go next.

Well they lived at least.

Verve presents an exhilarating programme of bold new dance work created by internationally-acclaimed choreographers Hannes Langolf (Germany) and Sita Ostheimer (Germany), a reworking of the award-winning Riders by Lenka Vagnerová (Czech Republic) and a new work by Verve Artistic Director Matthew Robinson (UK), his first for the company.

Now they’re 40ish, at least one of them is in the grips of a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They have decided to confront their current struggles by putting on a performance – about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.

With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy this duet takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.

75mins & Post Show Discussion. 13yrs+

“A very talented cast…strong personalities.”

Dance Europe Verve is the postgraduate performance company of Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD). The company comprises fourteen international dancers trained at some of the world’s most prestigious dance schools and tours extensively to theatres, festivals and arts centres across the UK and Europe.

After wowing Lancaster with Paradise Lost in 2016 we’re excited to preview Lost Dog’s adaption of Shakespeare’s iconic play before their national tour.

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Jamie Wooldridge. Programmer

Dive into a sensory undersea voyage with world music collective Kabantu, exploring the magical creatures of the ocean using touch, music, movement, sight and smell, for the under-3s.

Credit: David Wilson Clarke

Arun Ghosh’s Jazz Club 11am & 2pm, Sunday 21 January Nuffield Theatre. Price C – p18.

Performances 11am (2-5yrs) 2pm (5yrs+) Following his brilliant Big Imaginations Festival Jazz Club Arun is back this January with two concerts introducing children aged 2-5yrs and 5yrs+ to the world of jazz. Hear how Arun's melodies and rhythms draw together jazz, hiphop and South Asian music, with clarinet, double-bass and the dazzling, percussive sounds of the tabla.

“One of the coolest British Jazz artists on the circuit. Relaxed, entertaining banter with the kids.”

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

MESSY GALLERY: PAINT PLAYGROUND WITH DAVID HULSTON 10am & 11.15am, Saturday 10 March Playroom. £3.50 - £2.50 Join artist David Hulston to explore mark-making and colourmixing using paint – but no paintbrushes! We’ll throw out the rulebook to create a vibrant collaborative artwork, full of colour, pattern and texture.

This workshop is an opportunity for children to create with paint - please wear appropriate clothing!

WRIGGLY GALLERY: DANCING IN PLAY WITH HELEN GOULD 10am & 11.15am, Saturday 28 April Playroom. £3.50 - £2.50 An exciting and accessible dance workshop specially designed for children ages 2-5 with and without disabilities and their parents/carers. Delivered by experienced dance artist Helen Gould (LPM Dance Theatre) the session will involve a fun introduction to dance through music and creative play.

Please contact phil@lancasterarts.org to find out how we can support you and your child during your visit.

45mins. 2yrs+

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Messy Noisy Wriggly For families with children aged 0-5 years Our Saturday-morning workshops are especially 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.

For all workshops: meet in the Lancaster Arts Café|Bar 5 minutes before start time.

NOISY GALLERY: SEA HEAR - SEE HERE WITH KABANTU 10am & 11.15am Saturday 17 February Nuffield Theatre. £4.50 - £3.50 Credit: Zoe Manders

Credit: Nicole Guarino

Lost Dog: Juliet and Romeo

Verve: Mixed Bill

8pm, Wednesday 7 February Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

8pm, Thursday 1 March Nuffield Theatre. Price A – p18.

Lost Dog’s new show, Juliet and Romeo - A Guide to Long Life and Happy Marriage reveals the real story of Romeo and Juliet. It turns out they didn’t die in a tragic misunderstanding, they grew up and lived happily ever after.

Experience an evening of physically charged and refreshingly original dance, performed by dance artists on the cusp of their professional careers. See where dance is right now… and where it may go next.

Well they lived at least.

Verve presents an exhilarating programme of bold new dance work created by internationally-acclaimed choreographers Hannes Langolf (Germany) and Sita Ostheimer (Germany), a reworking of the award-winning Riders by Lenka Vagnerová (Czech Republic) and a new work by Verve Artistic Director Matthew Robinson (UK), his first for the company.

Now they’re 40ish, at least one of them is in the grips of a mid-life crisis, they feel constantly mocked by their teenage selves and haunted by the pressures of being the poster couple for romantic love. They have decided to confront their current struggles by putting on a performance – about themselves. Their therapist told them it was a terrible idea.

With Lost Dog’s blend of dance, theatre and comedy this duet takes on our cultural obsession with youth and our inevitable issues with longevity.

75mins & Post Show Discussion. 13yrs+

“A very talented cast…strong personalities.”

Dance Europe Verve is the postgraduate performance company of Northern School of Contemporary Dance (NSCD). The company comprises fourteen international dancers trained at some of the world’s most prestigious dance schools and tours extensively to theatres, festivals and arts centres across the UK and Europe.

After wowing Lancaster with Paradise Lost in 2016 we’re excited to preview Lost Dog’s adaption of Shakespeare’s iconic play before their national tour.

12

Jamie Wooldridge. Programmer

Dive into a sensory undersea voyage with world music collective Kabantu, exploring the magical creatures of the ocean using touch, music, movement, sight and smell, for the under-3s.

Credit: David Wilson Clarke

Arun Ghosh’s Jazz Club 11am & 2pm, Sunday 21 January Nuffield Theatre. Price C – p18.

Performances 11am (2-5yrs) 2pm (5yrs+) Following his brilliant Big Imaginations Festival Jazz Club Arun is back this January with two concerts introducing children aged 2-5yrs and 5yrs+ to the world of jazz. Hear how Arun's melodies and rhythms draw together jazz, hiphop and South Asian music, with clarinet, double-bass and the dazzling, percussive sounds of the tabla.

“One of the coolest British Jazz artists on the circuit. Relaxed, entertaining banter with the kids.”

Cheltenham Jazz Festival

MESSY GALLERY: PAINT PLAYGROUND WITH DAVID HULSTON 10am & 11.15am, Saturday 10 March Playroom. £3.50 - £2.50 Join artist David Hulston to explore mark-making and colourmixing using paint – but no paintbrushes! We’ll throw out the rulebook to create a vibrant collaborative artwork, full of colour, pattern and texture.

This workshop is an opportunity for children to create with paint - please wear appropriate clothing!

WRIGGLY GALLERY: DANCING IN PLAY WITH HELEN GOULD 10am & 11.15am, Saturday 28 April Playroom. £3.50 - £2.50 An exciting and accessible dance workshop specially designed for children ages 2-5 with and without disabilities and their parents/carers. Delivered by experienced dance artist Helen Gould (LPM Dance Theatre) the session will involve a fun introduction to dance through music and creative play.

Please contact phil@lancasterarts.org to find out how we can support you and your child during your visit.

45mins. 2yrs+

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Scratch Performances

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Credit: Georgia Lomax-Thorpe

The Bare Project: On The Outskirts of a Large Event 8pm, Tuesday 13 February Nuffield Theatre. Price B – p18.

An iceberg arrives at a tropical island. The inhabitants search for someone to blame for the unlikely visitor; this is a place where scapegoating is a reflex. On the Outskirts of a Large Event mixes cinematic projection, surround sound and spoken word to form a piece of theatre as strange and bright as a lump of ice. The Bare Project is a Sheffieldbased theatre and interactive arts company who want to push our sense of what is real and unreal.

This performance is a scratch version of the piece following a two-week rehearsal period. Feedback from the audience would be very helpful to help guide us in our final week of rehearsals!

Scratch encourages artists and creatives to test and develop new ideas with an audience.

Your feedback is a vital part of the creation process.

Making Room: Foot In The Door 8pm, Thursday 15 February Nuffield Theatre. Price B – p18.

Foot In The Door begins with an invitation to artists at the start of their career to spend a week together in Lancaster. They might never have met before.

Some make theatre shows, while others are musicians and visual artists. Together, they spend a week developing brand new ideas. You are invited to be the first people to hear them, see them, engage with them.

“When we choose the artists for this programme, we are particularly excited to imagine how they might work together as a group. We always look forward to seeing how they support and challenge each other."

Leo Burtin, Producer.

After Foot In the Door last year, participating artists received ACE funding, undertook national tours and performed to sell out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Film & Showcase

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Credit: Rajni Shah Projects

Rajni Shah: Experiments in Listening 6.30pm, 29 January Jack Hylton Room. FREE. Experiments in Listening is the name for a series of weeklong performative dialogues that took place in 2014 and 2015 between Rajni Shah and performance-makers Karen Christopher, Chris Goode, and Andy Smith.

Each dialogue was accompanied by a filmmaker, who was invited to make a film in response to the week. The resulting films – by Lisa Cazzato-Vieyra, Griffyn Gilligan, and Jonathan Kemp – are three distinctly personal responses, capturing moments of laughter, intimacy, frustration, confrontation, silence, dance, and indeed love.

LICA Theatre Showcase 6pm, Wednesday 21 March Nuffield Theatre. Price B – p18.

Come and watch Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Art (LICA) final year Theatre shows.

These shows stand at the pinnacle of the Theatre degree and have in previous years often served to launch the careers of new emerging theatre companies. The original pieces have been devised over ten weeks with students drawing on the skills and knowledge of contemporary theatre and performance studied throughout their degree. As in previous years, this year’s productions promise to show an astonishing variety of genres, visual aesthetics and performance modes.

You are warmly invited to attend a screening of all three films, which will be hosted by Rajni Shah. The screening will include a short facilitated discussion, and will be accompanied by refreshments.

150mins.

As an organisation committed to the development of ideas, it enables us to invite the diverse voices in our community to shape who we are and what we do.

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Leo Burtin. Producer

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Scratch Performances

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Credit: Georgia Lomax-Thorpe

The Bare Project: On The Outskirts of a Large Event 8pm, Tuesday 13 February Nuffield Theatre. Price B – p18.

An iceberg arrives at a tropical island. The inhabitants search for someone to blame for the unlikely visitor; this is a place where scapegoating is a reflex. On the Outskirts of a Large Event mixes cinematic projection, surround sound and spoken word to form a piece of theatre as strange and bright as a lump of ice. The Bare Project is a Sheffieldbased theatre and interactive arts company who want to push our sense of what is real and unreal.

This performance is a scratch version of the piece following a two-week rehearsal period. Feedback from the audience would be very helpful to help guide us in our final week of rehearsals!

Scratch encourages artists and creatives to test and develop new ideas with an audience.

Your feedback is a vital part of the creation process.

Making Room: Foot In The Door 8pm, Thursday 15 February Nuffield Theatre. Price B – p18.

Foot In The Door begins with an invitation to artists at the start of their career to spend a week together in Lancaster. They might never have met before.

Some make theatre shows, while others are musicians and visual artists. Together, they spend a week developing brand new ideas. You are invited to be the first people to hear them, see them, engage with them.

“When we choose the artists for this programme, we are particularly excited to imagine how they might work together as a group. We always look forward to seeing how they support and challenge each other."

Leo Burtin, Producer.

After Foot In the Door last year, participating artists received ACE funding, undertook national tours and performed to sell out audiences at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Film & Showcase

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Credit: Rajni Shah Projects

Rajni Shah: Experiments in Listening 6.30pm, 29 January Jack Hylton Room. FREE. Experiments in Listening is the name for a series of weeklong performative dialogues that took place in 2014 and 2015 between Rajni Shah and performance-makers Karen Christopher, Chris Goode, and Andy Smith.

Each dialogue was accompanied by a filmmaker, who was invited to make a film in response to the week. The resulting films – by Lisa Cazzato-Vieyra, Griffyn Gilligan, and Jonathan Kemp – are three distinctly personal responses, capturing moments of laughter, intimacy, frustration, confrontation, silence, dance, and indeed love.

LICA Theatre Showcase 6pm, Wednesday 21 March Nuffield Theatre. Price B – p18.

Come and watch Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Art (LICA) final year Theatre shows.

These shows stand at the pinnacle of the Theatre degree and have in previous years often served to launch the careers of new emerging theatre companies. The original pieces have been devised over ten weeks with students drawing on the skills and knowledge of contemporary theatre and performance studied throughout their degree. As in previous years, this year’s productions promise to show an astonishing variety of genres, visual aesthetics and performance modes.

You are warmly invited to attend a screening of all three films, which will be hosted by Rajni Shah. The screening will include a short facilitated discussion, and will be accompanied by refreshments.

150mins.

As an organisation committed to the development of ideas, it enables us to invite the diverse voices in our community to shape who we are and what we do.

14

Leo Burtin. Producer

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Lancaster Arts Extra

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Dance Festival

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

half an hour at the end of your session) or can work with you to find a suitable time and location.

Rich Tea and Currency is an accessible, respectful and confidential space where a group comes together to discuss and freely share their thoughts around the difficult, and oft-times taboo subject of MONEY. If you would like Proto-type to host a discussion with your group between 19 - 25 Feb, please get in touch with Alice or Leo at producers@lancasterarts.org

Ludophiles 6.30pm, 22 February Great Hall Bar. FREE.

Theatre, Democracy and Imagination 5pm, 12 February £5 (£4 Supporters) This workshop is a practical investigation of the role of theatre in creating real democratic spaces. More and more, we are taught to look out for our own personal interests, rather than to be citizens working towards ambitions that benefit everyone.

Capitalism is put forward as the only sensible way of running a country and alternatives are regularly written off as idealistic fantasies. With this in mind, this workshop asks: what can the role of theatre be in changing the world?

This workshop will be led by Malaika Cunningham (Artistic Director of The Bare Project and PhD Candidate with the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity). In this 2 hour workshop, she will be using Theatre of the Oppressed technique to open up discussions about democracy, theatre and the political role of imagination.

120mins.

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Rich Tea and Currency: Community Discussions about Money 19 - 25 February For the last year, Proto-type Theater have been making The Audit (Or Iceland, a modern myth), a theatre performance about money, global inequality, protest and power. The company have made the show to help them think about the economic structures that govern our lives, and how are they affecting us and those around us. Along the way they've been talking to communities across the country to share experiences and widen the discussion.

In the lead up to the world premiere of the show here in Lancaster, Proto-type will be hosting Rich Tea and Currency, a discussion event with no agenda or objectives. They'll be serving hot drinks, Rich Tea biscuits (and maybe even currant-cy-buns...) and can bring the event direct to YOUR community organisation, group, club, society or network. The company would love to join you in the place you usually meet and at the time you usually meet (or for

Join us for our first ever games night!

Whether you are a longstanding Monopoly champion, or an occasional UNO player, we are sure you will find a game you will not want to end. Bring friends or come prepared to make new ones as we gather around some of the most innovative games created in recent years. We will provide refreshments, and you are welcome to dust down your own personal favourites and bring them along. Exploring alternative gameplay, and engaging primarily with ideas-led games, we promise you an evening of fun where the winner does not take it all.

Sketch Campus in the City. FREE. In 2017 the Peter Scott Gallery hosted Sketch, an exhibition celebrating the diversity of contemporary sketchbooks, and learning programme Project Sketchbook with Ryelands and Bowerham Primary Schools in Lancaster. Visit Lancaster University’s Campus in the City to handle and explore the sketchbooks created by Year 3 pupils with artist-in-education David Hulston.

Join Lancaster Arts for a hands-on, drop-in Sketchbook Workshop to make your own sketchbook, before taking it out into the city with new creative strategies for noticing, recording and engaging with the world around you.

IF A celebration of inclusion and dance 10am, Monday 26 March Great Hall. £20 / £15 Students or Unwaged.

LPM Dance Theatre and Lancaster Arts bring together a broad range of renowned practitioners and companies specialising in dance as part of healthcare, child development, education and social change for a one-day festival of workshops, performance and discussions.

IF will feature Indepen-dance, Primed for Life, Mary Prestige, Dr Richard Coaten and Lisa Simpson Inclusive Dance amongst others.

IF is open to artists, healthcare professionals, researchers, students and anyone interested in the area of inclusive dance practice.

IF is a thrilling opportunity for us to support the amazing work in dance and health being done here in the northwest. IF is a one-day inclusive festival of learning and dancing. Should this be as exciting and fruitful as we hope, this pilot will become a regular event!

Jocelyn Cunningham.

Director 17

Lancaster Arts Extra

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Dance Festival

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

half an hour at the end of your session) or can work with you to find a suitable time and location.

Rich Tea and Currency is an accessible, respectful and confidential space where a group comes together to discuss and freely share their thoughts around the difficult, and oft-times taboo subject of MONEY. If you would like Proto-type to host a discussion with your group between 19 - 25 Feb, please get in touch with Alice or Leo at producers@lancasterarts.org

Ludophiles 6.30pm, 22 February Great Hall Bar. FREE.

Theatre, Democracy and Imagination 5pm, 12 February £5 (£4 Supporters) This workshop is a practical investigation of the role of theatre in creating real democratic spaces. More and more, we are taught to look out for our own personal interests, rather than to be citizens working towards ambitions that benefit everyone.

Capitalism is put forward as the only sensible way of running a country and alternatives are regularly written off as idealistic fantasies. With this in mind, this workshop asks: what can the role of theatre be in changing the world?

This workshop will be led by Malaika Cunningham (Artistic Director of The Bare Project and PhD Candidate with the Centre for Understanding Sustainable Prosperity). In this 2 hour workshop, she will be using Theatre of the Oppressed technique to open up discussions about democracy, theatre and the political role of imagination.

120mins.

16

Rich Tea and Currency: Community Discussions about Money 19 - 25 February For the last year, Proto-type Theater have been making The Audit (Or Iceland, a modern myth), a theatre performance about money, global inequality, protest and power. The company have made the show to help them think about the economic structures that govern our lives, and how are they affecting us and those around us. Along the way they've been talking to communities across the country to share experiences and widen the discussion.

In the lead up to the world premiere of the show here in Lancaster, Proto-type will be hosting Rich Tea and Currency, a discussion event with no agenda or objectives. They'll be serving hot drinks, Rich Tea biscuits (and maybe even currant-cy-buns...) and can bring the event direct to YOUR community organisation, group, club, society or network. The company would love to join you in the place you usually meet and at the time you usually meet (or for

Join us for our first ever games night!

Whether you are a longstanding Monopoly champion, or an occasional UNO player, we are sure you will find a game you will not want to end. Bring friends or come prepared to make new ones as we gather around some of the most innovative games created in recent years. We will provide refreshments, and you are welcome to dust down your own personal favourites and bring them along. Exploring alternative gameplay, and engaging primarily with ideas-led games, we promise you an evening of fun where the winner does not take it all.

Sketch Campus in the City. FREE. In 2017 the Peter Scott Gallery hosted Sketch, an exhibition celebrating the diversity of contemporary sketchbooks, and learning programme Project Sketchbook with Ryelands and Bowerham Primary Schools in Lancaster. Visit Lancaster University’s Campus in the City to handle and explore the sketchbooks created by Year 3 pupils with artist-in-education David Hulston.

Join Lancaster Arts for a hands-on, drop-in Sketchbook Workshop to make your own sketchbook, before taking it out into the city with new creative strategies for noticing, recording and engaging with the world around you.

IF A celebration of inclusion and dance 10am, Monday 26 March Great Hall. £20 / £15 Students or Unwaged.

LPM Dance Theatre and Lancaster Arts bring together a broad range of renowned practitioners and companies specialising in dance as part of healthcare, child development, education and social change for a one-day festival of workshops, performance and discussions.

IF will feature Indepen-dance, Primed for Life, Mary Prestige, Dr Richard Coaten and Lisa Simpson Inclusive Dance amongst others.

IF is open to artists, healthcare professionals, researchers, students and anyone interested in the area of inclusive dance practice.

IF is a thrilling opportunity for us to support the amazing work in dance and health being done here in the northwest. IF is a one-day inclusive festival of learning and dancing. Should this be as exciting and fruitful as we hope, this pilot will become a regular event!

Jocelyn Cunningham.

Director 17

Information

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Ticket prices 2017/18 Price A: Theatre Web Advance: Adults: £13.50 Under 26s & Students: £9.50 Standard: Adults £15. Under 26s & Students: £11 Supporters: £11 (Limited free tickets for U26s)

Price B: Scratch Performances Web Advance: Adults: £8 Under 26s & Students: £5 Standard: Adults: £9. Under 26s & Students: £6 Supporters: £5 (Free tickets for U26s)

Price C: Family Theatre Web Advance: Adults: £7. Children: £6 Standard: Adults £8. Children: £7 Supporters: £6

Price D: Concert Tickets Web Advance: Adults: £19 Under 26s & Students: £9.50 Standard: Adults £20.50 Under 26s & Students: £11 Supporters: Adults £14.50 Under 26s: FREE Youth Pass: Parents and their children (U16) can get 50% off concert prices. Call for details.

Concert Programmes £3 / Concert Friends £2 / Supporters £1

Lancaster Arts Café | Bar 12 January - 23 March 2018 Enjoy artisan coffee, loose leaf tea and locally-sourced beers, wines and spirits at our Café | Bar. Located in the Great Hall foyer, our cafe bar is open weekdays from 125pm and an hour before our listed performances and events. All profits are reinvested back into art by supporting emerging artists and their projects.

Lancaster Arts Supporters are eligible for a free tea/coffee every day our café | bar is open or they can upgrade for just £1 to any of our specialty hot drinks.

Community & student events Haffner Orchestra Great Hall. 24 February Lancaster University Theatre Group Nuffield Theatre. 2 - 3 March Lancaster University Students: Sister Act Nuffield Theatre. 25 - 28 April

Volunteer opportunities for all ages Want to meet new people, be part of a thriving community and get involved with all aspects of Lancaster Arts’ work? Want to see great shows and gain experience working in an arts centre recognised internationally for quality and innovation?

Learn more about volunteering with Lancaster Arts.

Email: volunteer@lancasterarts.org

This Place Project throughout 2018

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England 18

Lancaster Arts is passionate about place-making. We want to learn what makes a place distinctive in the eyes of those who call it home. We are calling this a ‘felt’ identity.

In the spring a new project called This Place will initiate conversations with Lancaster's people and communities in order to find out more about life here, now, in 2018.

Sometimes creative activity will play a part; in March, sound installations in The Hum (p9) will be situated across the district, which may prompt you to see some everyday places differently.

If this sounds intriguing and you are involved in some way with exploring identity and working creatively, please get in touch: info@thisplaceproject.uk

Purchasing your tickets You will always get the cheapest tickets online at lancasterarts.org – Supporters receive the same supporter price through all booking methods. Tickets can be purchased by calling 01524 594151 between 12noon and 5pm, Monday to Friday (from Monday 8 January). Our Box Office (at the Lancaster Arts Café|Bar) is staffed weekdays between 12noon - 5pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.

Buy our tickets in the city centre You can purchase your tickets to our events in person, or via telephone, at either the Lancaster Visitor Information Centre (VIC) situated within The Storey or at the Morecambe VIC at The Platform.

Web advance Discounts are available for online bookings made up to 24 hours before the performance start time. After this time, our standard ticket rates apply.

Concessions

Refunds/exchanges

A 10% discount applies (on Box Office and Web Advance rates only) to seniors (over 60s), the unemployed, disabled people and their essential companions. We have separate rates for students (full time education) and under 26s. Where appropriate, ID may be required on collection of tickets.

Web Advance concession tickets must be collected in person.

There is a no-refund policy unless a performance has been cancelled. Box Office tickets may be exchanged only if the Box Office is contacted more than 24 hours in advance. All Web Advance tickets are non refundable. We are unable to reserve seats without payment.

Free tickets for U26s & students

Unless stated, the time stated on all our publicity refers to the performance start time. The admittance of latecomers is decided by the visiting artists/company and it is not always possible to admit latecomers. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time.

Where possible and for the majority of our events (excluding hires, student performances) we offer a limited number of free tickets to our Under 26 / Student Supporters. To become a Supporter please call the Box Office or visit lancasterarts.org/students

Campus construction Lancaster University is undertaking building work around the Great Hall complex this spring. Please follow any signed diversions that may be in place.

Information is available at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/spine

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Late admission

Accessibility Lancaster Arts welcomes deaf and disabled patrons. Please tell us if you have any access requirements at the time of your booking. We are here to help so please do not hesitate to approach any staff member for assistance prior to or during your visit.

A hearing loop system is available and guide or assistance dogs are welcome.

Contact boxoffice@lancasterarts.org for more information.

By Car

Parking

By Bus

Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster.

Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Great Hall Complex. Our postcode for your 'Sat Nav' is LA1 4YW.

Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces.

See map for nearest locations for parking.

For weekday parking there are pay and display machines.

Alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge.

Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm.

Buses run every 5-20 minutes from Lancaster City centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. For bus information call 'Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.

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Information

Box Office: 01524 594151 lancasterarts.org

Ticket prices 2017/18 Price A: Theatre Web Advance: Adults: £13.50 Under 26s & Students: £9.50 Standard: Adults £15. Under 26s & Students: £11 Supporters: £11 (Limited free tickets for U26s)

Price B: Scratch Performances Web Advance: Adults: £8 Under 26s & Students: £5 Standard: Adults: £9. Under 26s & Students: £6 Supporters: £5 (Free tickets for U26s)

Price C: Family Theatre Web Advance: Adults: £7. Children: £6 Standard: Adults £8. Children: £7 Supporters: £6

Price D: Concert Tickets Web Advance: Adults: £19 Under 26s & Students: £9.50 Standard: Adults £20.50 Under 26s & Students: £11 Supporters: Adults £14.50 Under 26s: FREE Youth Pass: Parents and their children (U16) can get 50% off concert prices. Call for details.

Concert Programmes £3 / Concert Friends £2 / Supporters £1

Lancaster Arts Café | Bar 12 January - 23 March 2018 Enjoy artisan coffee, loose leaf tea and locally-sourced beers, wines and spirits at our Café | Bar. Located in the Great Hall foyer, our cafe bar is open weekdays from 125pm and an hour before our listed performances and events. All profits are reinvested back into art by supporting emerging artists and their projects.

Lancaster Arts Supporters are eligible for a free tea/coffee every day our café | bar is open or they can upgrade for just £1 to any of our specialty hot drinks.

Community & student events Haffner Orchestra Great Hall. 24 February Lancaster University Theatre Group Nuffield Theatre. 2 - 3 March Lancaster University Students: Sister Act Nuffield Theatre. 25 - 28 April

Volunteer opportunities for all ages Want to meet new people, be part of a thriving community and get involved with all aspects of Lancaster Arts’ work? Want to see great shows and gain experience working in an arts centre recognised internationally for quality and innovation?

Learn more about volunteering with Lancaster Arts.

Email: volunteer@lancasterarts.org

This Place Project throughout 2018

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England 18

Lancaster Arts is passionate about place-making. We want to learn what makes a place distinctive in the eyes of those who call it home. We are calling this a ‘felt’ identity.

In the spring a new project called This Place will initiate conversations with Lancaster's people and communities in order to find out more about life here, now, in 2018.

Sometimes creative activity will play a part; in March, sound installations in The Hum (p9) will be situated across the district, which may prompt you to see some everyday places differently.

If this sounds intriguing and you are involved in some way with exploring identity and working creatively, please get in touch: info@thisplaceproject.uk

Purchasing your tickets You will always get the cheapest tickets online at lancasterarts.org – Supporters receive the same supporter price through all booking methods. Tickets can be purchased by calling 01524 594151 between 12noon and 5pm, Monday to Friday (from Monday 8 January). Our Box Office (at the Lancaster Arts Café|Bar) is staffed weekdays between 12noon - 5pm and from 90mins before the start of the performance.

Buy our tickets in the city centre You can purchase your tickets to our events in person, or via telephone, at either the Lancaster Visitor Information Centre (VIC) situated within The Storey or at the Morecambe VIC at The Platform.

Web advance Discounts are available for online bookings made up to 24 hours before the performance start time. After this time, our standard ticket rates apply.

Concessions

Refunds/exchanges

A 10% discount applies (on Box Office and Web Advance rates only) to seniors (over 60s), the unemployed, disabled people and their essential companions. We have separate rates for students (full time education) and under 26s. Where appropriate, ID may be required on collection of tickets.

Web Advance concession tickets must be collected in person.

There is a no-refund policy unless a performance has been cancelled. Box Office tickets may be exchanged only if the Box Office is contacted more than 24 hours in advance. All Web Advance tickets are non refundable. We are unable to reserve seats without payment.

Free tickets for U26s & students

Unless stated, the time stated on all our publicity refers to the performance start time. The admittance of latecomers is decided by the visiting artists/company and it is not always possible to admit latecomers. Please ensure you arrive in plenty of time.

Where possible and for the majority of our events (excluding hires, student performances) we offer a limited number of free tickets to our Under 26 / Student Supporters. To become a Supporter please call the Box Office or visit lancasterarts.org/students

Campus construction Lancaster University is undertaking building work around the Great Hall complex this spring. Please follow any signed diversions that may be in place.

Information is available at: www.lancaster.ac.uk/spine

hoW to FinD us

Late admission

Accessibility Lancaster Arts welcomes deaf and disabled patrons. Please tell us if you have any access requirements at the time of your booking. We are here to help so please do not hesitate to approach any staff member for assistance prior to or during your visit.

A hearing loop system is available and guide or assistance dogs are welcome.

Contact boxoffice@lancasterarts.org for more information.

By Car

Parking

By Bus

Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster.

Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Great Hall Complex. Our postcode for your 'Sat Nav' is LA1 4YW.

Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces.

See map for nearest locations for parking.

For weekday parking there are pay and display machines.

Alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge.

Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm.

Buses run every 5-20 minutes from Lancaster City centre to the central underpass on campus. There are also frequent services from Morecambe, Blackpool and Preston. For bus information call 'Traveline' on 0871 200 22 33.

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Spring 2018 Diary Launch Event

Great Hall

6.30pm, 23 January

EXHIBITIONS Peter Scott Gallery

24 January – 23 March

Lost Dog: Juliet and Romeo Tin Can People: Katie & Pip The Bare Project: On The Outskirts of a Large Event Making Room: Foot In The Door Proto-type Theater: The Audit Verve: Mixed Bill LICA Theatre Showcase

Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Jack Hylton Room Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre

1pm & 8pm, 23 January 8pm, 25 January 6.30pm, 29 January 8pm, 2 February 8pm, 7 February 8pm, 9 February 8pm, 13 February 8pm, 15 February 8pm, 27 February 8pm, 1 March 6pm, 21 March

FAMILY Arun Ghosh’s Jazz Club Noisy Gallery Messy Gallery Wriggly Gallery

Nuffield Theatre Nuffield Theatre Playroom Playroom

11am & 2pm, 21 January 10am & 11.15am, 17 February 10am & 11.15am, 10 March 10am & 11.15am, 28 April

CLASSICAL CONCERTS Xuefei Yang (Guitar) Kabantu Kathryn Stott (Piano) Hugo Ticciati (Violin) & Alasdair Beatson (Piano) Royal Northern College Of Music Symphony Orchestra

Great Hall Nuffield Theatre Great Hall Great Hall Great Hall

7.30pm, 8 February 7.30pm, 17 February 7.30pm, 1 March 7.30pm, 10 March 7.30pm, 22 March

Conduct

21Common: Dancer Zoo Co: The Girl Who Fell In Love With The Moon Rajni Shah: Experiments in Listening Jamie MacDonald: Designated Driver

TO BOOK TICKETS The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.org VISIT: www.lancasterarts.org EMAIL: boxoffice@lancasterarts.org CALL: 01524 594151 (Mon-Fri 12-5pm)

PETER SCOTT GALLERY The Gallery is open Mon-Fri 12-5pm during term, and an hour before performance events. For gallery enquiries please email gallery@lancasterarts.org or call 01524 594151.

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