the Nightingale at home

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Brighton Fringe 2013

at

home

Winner of Star of the Festival and Most Groundbreaking Act 2012 for Dip Your Toe www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 1

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

be curious and visit us

2 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Welcome In the last two years the Nightingale has branched out well beyond our home to make theatre happen in some very surprising places. Remember the Victorian-style bathing machines all over Brighton last year? That was us with our friends at Brighton Fringe and The Marlborough. This year we have decided to stay ‘at home’ throughout May. Almost all of our shows will be in the comfort of our own dining room for Brighton Fringe 2013. Don’t get too cosy though, as this programme is sure to make you laugh, cry and everything in between. the Nightingale has lots of visitors – artists and audiences – all year round. Our cover model Annie Brooks is one of the many artists, local, national and international, who benefit from using our spaces and expert knowledge to develop their work throughout the year.

This sounds formal, and where necessary it can be, but day-to-

day we are simply there when needed and the Nightingale hums with the activity of an array of people creating and performing.

Our programme this year is a veritable smorgasbord of wonders, so don’t be shy, be curious, and visit us as often as you like.

You will always be welcome!

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 3

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

pl ton

ln tr afa

k ens

er st

d ens

ar dn

ga r

er g

en ’s

u pp

que

Facebook: NightingaleTheatre Twitter: @NGTheatre st ilee

ent r eg

ne

wr

d

st bond

Box office

jub

st

st er r dn ga

tl and

st

In Person: At Brighton Fringe ticket sales points or on the door at the Nightingale, 30 minutes before the show (cash only please).

e st rn h bo

st

tic

ch

in g

lga r

st k emp y st nd r

fo u

ga r ing

rt h

black man st

station st

lgar ar

st

ns eric dens

d

po r

No

ur

By Telephone: 01273 91 72 72

d

rde k ga

ic k d er

fr ed

fr e

er r

st

r st

que

en ’s

ch windso

st

c e st

spr

rd

rt h

et

Online: Tickets available (24 hours) at www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk www.brightonfringe.org

pl fr e

st

ns rde N ga

st

st

Clock Tower

No

th r

kew

ch

str e

ic k rd

d er

re y

en ’s que

su r

g u il st

rd

er r d

g lo u

set new

do r

o l as ic h

u r ion

st n

c ent

st

rd dfo

k in buc

u c e st

rd

r g lo

ur

lgar

st

g ham

buck

st

tr afa

no r

ch

trafa

Rd

ove r

in g ham

rd

clifton

Brighton Station

gu ildfo rd

u ppe

ches

st

Booking

THE NIGHTINGALE 29-30 Surrey Street Brighton BN1 3PA Above the Grand Central bar opposite Brighton Train Station

THE NIGHTINGALE IS Steven Brett Artistic Director & Programmer

Camilla & Olivia Bates Technicians

Kate Gowar Theatre Producer

Design: www.sarahferrari.com

Janine Fletcher Assistant Theatre Manager

Photo: Joe Murray

Liberty Martin Press and Marketing Manager

Model: Annie Brooks

Gregory Mickelborough Production Manager

With special thanks to Tramp Vintage Boutique

4 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Mess China Pl ate presents Caroline Horton & Company

Josephine is putting on a play, Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off. A new play with songs from You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy creator Caroline Horton. Winner of the 2012 Stage Award for Best Ensemble.

4th / 5th May 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £10/£8

Triggered@Warwick. Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre and Parabola Arts Centre. Funded by a Wellcome Trust Arts Award. Supported by Ovalhouse, London. “ Comes perilously close to genius and announces Horton as a major, major talent” – Time Out

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 5

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking Tangr am The atre Company Meet the genius behind the übercoolest moustache in scientific history, in the show where Einstein = Musical Comedy2. From the boys behind international smash-hit The Origin of Species… “ Science has rarely been so fascinating and never so much fun” – The Stage on The Origin of Species “ John Hinton is an absolute joy… This guy would get anyone interested in science” – Adelaide Theatre Guide Preview 5th May 12th / 19th / 26th May 5pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50. Preview Tickets: £7/£6 Suitable for ages 11+

Miss Givings A’ Nother Productions A’Nother Productions presents Miss Givings, a new one-woman play with music about a year in the life of a musical superstar-to-be, with songs by American legends Samuel Barber, Amy Beach, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland and the Gershwins. Performed by Debbie Bridge, script by Robert Cohen and direction by Nicholas Quirke.

7th / 14th / 21st / 28th May 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50

6 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Wild Thing I Love You Ell a Good and Nicki Kent

“ In September 2011, we took a trip across America to see if Bigfoot is out there. We’d like to tell you about it.”

Held in a tent, for a limited audience, Ella Good and Nicki Kent present a conversational and provocative performance examining their experiences of searching for a legendary mythical creature. An exploration into things we cannot see, the spaces they might exist in, and our desire to believe.

6th May 3pm, 6pm & 8pm 7th May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Limited capacity. Contains mild swearing. Suitable for ages 12+

Developed with support from Bristol Ferment and Residence. Supported by the National Lottery through Grants for the Arts. “ ...beguilingly delicate” – Andy Field, Exeunt Magazine

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 7

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Tunnel

BY MAGS CHALCRAFT Presented by Sandpit Arts When a tunnel between Egypt and the Gaza Strip collapses, professional smuggler Salim finds himself trapped with 17-year-old Ammar, a surfboard and a goat. Moving between hilarity and melancholy, Mags Chalcraft’s brilliant play combines poetry and physicality to create a magical realist parable. “ Boldly metaphoric, brilliantly surreal.” – Latest 7 8th / 9th / 10th / 11th / 12th May 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Contains swearing. Suitable for ages 12+

GATHER YE ROSEBUDS

W i nn t h e e r s of Bul P l ayw bul Comp r e t it it i n g and i on

by A S u ppo r 2 0 1 2 t r ts Co u e d En g l andn c i l

BY SILVA SEMERCIYAN Presented by Sandpit Arts When Medina invites Louise to her daughter’s circumcision party, against everyone else’s wishes, the two are forced to confront the secrets that bind them together.

As well as a compelling exploration of friendship and gender, Silva Semerciyan’s play is a brave indictment of the failures of the Arab Spring.

8th / 9th / 10th / 11th / 12th May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Contains swearing. Suitable for ages 12+

8 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

A GIRL CALLED OWL Writ ten , directed and produced by Jon Kee v y, performed by Briony Horwitz

Hot from South Africa after successes at The National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, Arts Alive Festival and Festival of Fame in Johannesburg, the Nightingale presents Jon Keevy’s quirky, heart-breaking one-woman show.

Olivia arrived in the town with her Dad; she was the new girl, the quiet girl, the weird girl. Then she met Kay, the girl with the scar. Told in two parts, A Girl Called Owl begins with a new friendship in the heat of the Overberg summer between two ten-year-old girls, and finds them again six years later. It’s an honest picture of growing up different in the middle of nowhere; a story about climbing trees, punching boys and kissing girls. A story about growing up where nothing grows. Briony Horwitz performs Jon Keevy’s script under his direction with choreography

by Fiona Du Plooy and music by Brydon Bolton.

11th May 3pm & 5pm 12th May 3pm 15th / 16th / 17th May 7.15pm 18th May 3pm, 5pm & 7.15pm 19th May 3pm & 7.15pm 20th May 7.15pm & 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Children (16 and under) must be accompanied by an adult

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 9

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

BOOGALOO STU’S POP MAGIC Boogaloo Stu and The Two Wrongies Audience members collectively write, record and produce their very own pop single accompanied by an all-singing all-dancing pop video.

Along the way, your host and musical impresario Boogaloo Stu reveals the modest but glittering highs and barrel-scraping lows of his own pop career. Just hours later the audience can watch, download and share the results on the internet!

10th May 10.30pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Children (16 and under) must be accompanied by an adult

MULTIPLEX

BY CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM HILL ACT Kids The atre Multiplex shines a light on the shadowy existence of the usher.

A humorous fantasy of what lies in the parallel world beneath the candy-coloured foyers of a multiplex cinema. To them, cinema is not just entertainment, it is life. The characters become as complex and varied as the screen stars they are watching. Life really does reflect the movies. Recipients of the best ‘Group Acted Scene’ at the Springboard Brighton and Hove Youth Performing Arts Festival 2010, 2011 & 2012.

13th May 8pm 30th / 31st May 5pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 14+

10 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

HOLOCENE David Sheppe ard Performs at Times Reflections on eruptions, both geological and emotional, in a world intent on destruction. The true story of French volcanologists Maurice & Katia Krafft, who spent their lives on the edge, collides with everyday anxieties in this new play investigating the lengths we go to in order to forget essential truths. Shortlisted for Best New Play Award, New Writing South (for Photographic Memory).

14th / 15th May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 16+

“!” [HOLLY WOOD BLUES] Rowena E aston Desperate times call for desperate pleasures: this spoken choir performance is an exhilarating comedy of trauma, where disaster, threat and survival are a way of life. Smell the fear, feel their pain, marvel at the devastation... shrug, and thank God it’s not you. “ An all-consuming journey through a kind of spoken word mash-up sound performance... Funny and sophisticated.”

– Semiconductor Rowena Easton has received the Art Plus Award for Art in Public Places, and an Arts & Business First Time Sponsor Award.

16th / 23rd May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 12+

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 11

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

YOU AND ME Lit tle Soldier Productions A bitter-sweet physical comedy about two elderly sisters sharing the intimacy of a life lived together. The pair shift between hilarious defamation, tender reminiscing and pure madness; but is this behaviour just eccentricity or something more destructive? You and Me tackles old age with humour, imagination and tenderness. A show for everyone who is a day older than yesterday!

17th / 18th / 19th May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 8+

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF BILLY THE KID presented by Livestock Many mysteries remain about Billy the Kid. Who he was?

Why he did what he did? How many died at his hand? Finally the mysteries are resolved in this unique show performed by those who knew him personally; Chevron Malaise (aged 154) and Acapulco Beans (aged 146). Released from their retirement home for the day, Chev and Al present words, music and stories about the legend that was Billy the Kid. Performed by Rex Horan, Musician (Mama’s Gun, Neil Cowley Trio – Winner, UK Jazz Artist of the Year 2013) and Chris Johnston, Actor/Director (Fluxx, Rideout, the RSC).

21st / 22nd May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 14+

12 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

FAILURE (& OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR NON-LINEAR SUCCESS) Mary Pe arson

Fashion victim, aspiring pop diva, and chronic underachiever is consumed by delusional fantasies of commercial success.

22nd / 23rd / 24th May 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50

New solo performance bringing together visual absurdity with contemporary dance, comedy and social commentary. Written, directed and performed by Mary Pearson in collaboration with Jules Beckman, Mamoru Iriguchi, Hannah Silva, and Jamie Wood.

Suitable for ages 16+

“ Mary Pearson’s warmth and incredible sense of comic timing was breathtaking” – Total Theatre on Fool’s Proof Theatre’s Je Suis Dead

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 13

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

HOW TO HOST A DINNER PARTY Park Bench Dance The atre The stage is set with dining room furniture. Two women enter; they prepare for a lavish dinner party. Join them on a journey of expectations, nerves and despair as the anticipation builds. Will anyone turn up? This minimalist dance work looks at the challenges of throwing a dinner party and how to overcome them...or not!

Recipient of the IdeasTap Brighton Fringe award.

24th / 25th May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50

HOW A MAN CRUMBLED Clout The atre Award-winning Clout Theatre invite you to dive into the absurd world of Russian poet Daniil Kharms. Three storytellers let narrative escape them as metaphysical ponderings and senseless violence provide constant distraction. Silent film meets grotesque slapstick in a world where clocks have no hands and a cucumber can kill a man.

“An hour of sheer pleasure” – The Scotsman 25th / 26th / 27th May 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 14+

14 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

SPEAKERS’ CORNER: A PLATFORM FOR YOU Red Herring Productions Giving a voice to the social, political, contentious, eccentric, wonderful, irritating, heretical, the unwelcome and provocative…

This is a call to speak, to anyone who wishes to be heard, who needs a voice. Anyone can apply to speak on any subject – as long as it’s lawful and expressed with respect to others. Take part, speaking for 5-10 mins.

To reserve your slot please contact: admin@redherringproductions.co.uk 25th May 12-5pm Off-site – as part of Fringe City on New Road Tickets: FREE

EXPIRY TBC LLL Productions Movements and improvisations for ‘electronically enhanced’ solo cello written and performed by acclaimed Brighton composer, Peter Copley, with an accompanying text by Mark C. Hewitt combining live and recorded voices.

This multi-media work explores memory, mortality, and the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.

Lighting design by Kristina Hjelm.

27th / 28th May 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 15

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

WHITE CANVAS Bespoke Taylors One man on a mysterious journey. When he looks back, he can’t see where he came from.

In this interactive show, co-written with Little Green Pig Writing Project, a strange world is brought to life with music, puppetry, paint and the audience’s artistic skills. With pens, paint and a world of paper, you will help create the adventure!

White Canvas is supported by the Nightingale, Arts Council England and New Writing South.

27th May 1pm, 3pm & 5pm 28th May 1pm & 3pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 7+

FISH PIE Colossal Crumbs A puppetry feast following the troubled tales of three solitary sea creatures – Cuthbert (fish), Ludwig (prawn) and Myrtle (sea cucumber) who all live in the same murky pond. Set within the style of a 1920s film, the story of this seafood medley is told using puppetry, narration and melodic accompaniment from Matti Bye. Recipients of an IdeasTap Fringe Fund and supported

by Arts Council England.

29th / 30th / 31st May 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Suitable for ages 14+

16 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

BUDDHISM: IS IT JUST FOR LOSERS? Inconvenient Spoof Life isn’t complicated: it just requires the right type of effort, applied in the correct direction, and an appropriate choice of wall - or so says Larry. But how happy is he? A compact performance-lecture with props, puppets and poetry, en route to a mid-life epiphany.

30th / 31st May / 1st June 9pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Contains swearing. Children (16 and under) must be accompanied by an adult

BLUE: AN EXPERIMENT IN PUPPETRY Touched The atre “ The last time I saw her she had on her blue jacket with the hood…”

Sylv Dee has disappeared. Will you help us find her? Closeup puppetry, interactive mystery and rich visuals animate the Nightingale’s spaces in this new story of the green in our roots and the blue in our hearts. From the company who brought you the sell-out Punched series and Headcase. “a very beautiful and moving show” – Total Theatre on Headcase 1st / 2nd June 3.30pm, 5.30pm & 7.15pm Dining Room Tickets: £8.50/£6.50 Limited capacity. Suitable for ages 12+

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 17

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

calendar Date Tim e E vent Pag e Sat 4th May

7.15pm

Mess

p5

Sun 5th May

7.15pm 5.00pm

Mess Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking

p5 p6

Mon 6th May

3.00pm 6.00pm 8.00pm

Wild Thing I Love You Wild Thing I Love You Wild Thing I Love You

p7 p7 p7

Tues 7th May

7.15pm 9.00pm

Miss Givings Wild Thing I Love You

p6 p7

Wed 8th May

7.15pm Tunnel 9.00pm Gather Ye Rosebuds

p8 p8

Thurs 9th May

7.15pm Tunnel 9.00pm Gather Ye Rosebuds

p8 p8

Fri 10th May

7.15pm Tunnel 9.00pm Gather Ye Rosebuds 10.30pm Boogaloo Stu’s Pop Magic

Sat 11th May

3.00pm A Girl Called Owl 5.00pm A Girl Called Owl 7.15pm Tunnel 9.00pm Gather Ye Rosebuds

p9 p9 p8 p8

Sun 12th May

3.00pm A Girl Called Owl 5.00pm Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking 7.15pm Tunnel 9.00pm Gather Ye Rosebuds

p9 p6 p8 p8

Mon 13th May

8.00pm

Tue 14th May

7.15pm Miss Givings 9.00pm Holocene

p6 p11

Wed 15th May

7.15pm A Girl Called Owl 9.00pm Holocene

p9 p11

Multiplex

p8 p8 p10

p10

Thurs 16th May 7.15pm

9.00pm

A Girl Called Owl “!” [Hollywood Blues]

p9 p11

Fri 17th May

7.15pm 9.00pm

A Girl Called Owl You and Me

p9 p12

Sat 18th May

3.00pm 5.00pm 7.15pm 9.00pm

A Girl Called Owl A Girl Called Owl A Girl Called Owl You and Me

p9 p9 p9 p12

18 | www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Date Tim e E vent Pag e Sun 19th May

3.00pm 5.00pm 7.15pm 9.00pm

A Girl Called Owl Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking A Girl Called Owl You and Me

p9 p6 p9 p12

Mon 20th May

7.15pm 9.00pm

A Girl Called Owl A Girl Called Owl

p9 p9

Tues 21st May

7.15pm 9.00pm

Miss Givings The Life and Adventures of Billy the Kid

p6 p12

Wed 22nd May

7.15pm 9.00pm

Failure (& Other Opportunities…)

The Life and Adventures of Billy the Kid

p13 p12

Failure (& Other Opportunities…) “!” [Hollywood Blues]

p13 p11

Thurs 23rd May 7.15pm

9.00pm Fri 24th May

12.00-5.00pm Speakers’ Corner: A Platform for You 7.15pm Failure (& Other Opportunities…)

9.00pm How To Host A Dinner Party

p15 p13 p14

Sat 25th May

7.15pm How a Man Crumbled 9.00pm How To Host A Dinner Party

p14 p14

Sun 26th May

5pm Albert Einstein: Relativitively Speaking 7.15pm How a Man Crumbled

p6 p14

Mon 27th May

1.00pm White Canvas 3.00pm White Canvas 5.00pm White Canvas 7.15pm How a Man Crumbled 9.00pm Expiry TBC

p16 p16 p16 p14 p15

Tues 28th May

1.00pm White Canvas 3.00pm White Canvas 7.15pm Miss Givings 9.00pm Expiry TBC

p16 p16 p6 p15

Wed 29th May

7.15pm

Fish Pie

p16

Thurs 30th May 5.00pm

7.15pm

9.00pm

Multiplex Fish Pie Buddhism: Is It Just For Losers?

p10 p16 p17

Fri 31st May

5.00pm 7.15pm 9.00pm

Multiplex Fish Pie Buddhism: Is It Just For Losers?

p10 p16 p17

Sat 1st June

3.30pm 5.30pm 7.15pm 9.00pm

Blue: An Experiment in Puppetry Blue: An Experiment in Puppetry Blue: An Experiment in Puppetry Buddhism: Is It Just For Losers?

p17 p17 p17 p17

Sun 2nd June

3.30pm 5.30pm 7.15pm

Blue: An Experiment in Puppetry Blue: An Experiment in Puppetry Blue: An Experiment in Puppetry

p17 p17 p17

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk | 19

Brighton Fringe 2013 | the Nightingale at Home

Collect

4 Birdy Stamps to get your 5th ticket free during Brighton Fringe 2013

When your Nightingale brochure has been stamped 4 times (once for each show you’ve attended) you can book one ticket for your fifth Nightingale

Fringe show absolutely free. Simply present your stamped brochure at the Nightingale Box Office to make your free booking.

Our Box Office is located in

the Grand Central bar and opens 30 minutes before each Fringe performance.

Your free ticket can only be redeemed in person at the theatre.

www.nightingaletheatre.co.uk The Nightingale is a registered Charity, number 1145506