Image: Vanley Burke, African Liberation Day, Handsworth Park. 1977
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Autumn 2012 Music . Visual Arts . Theatre . Children & Families . Dance Comedy . Food & Drink . Hires
mac at fifty
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hello again After the sucessful launch over summer, this autumn we continue our mac at fifty celebrations. Jane Packman returns with The Wake a celebratory performance event created for the gallery installation, The Woods. The ever popular Lyngo Theatre return with a mac and The Lowry co-commission Knick Knack and Doo Dad and Birmingham based artist Vanley Burke presents By the Rivers of Birminam. Alongside these signature pieces we have a diverse and exciting programme to see you through to January.
Contents: Theatre & Spoken Word Music Dance Comedy Visual Arts Children & Family
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Date
Event
Time
Page
Tue 28 Aug – Thu 30 Aug
Hairy Maclary and Friends
Various
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Sat 1 Sep
Buddy Wakefield: Apples & Snakes
7.30pm
4
Fri 7 Sep
Kill for a Seat
8pm
14
Thu 27 Sep
Jo Caulfield: Better the Devil you Know
7.30pm
12
Wed 3 Oct
Not Known at This Address
8pm
4
Thu 4 Oct
Making Tracks: Krar Collective
8pm
7
Fri 5 Oct
VIGOUR
8pm
10
Fri 5 Oct
Kill for a Seat
8pm
14
Sun 7 Oct
Barbara Nice and Gals
7.30pm
12
Fri 12 Oct
Poetry Encounters
7.30pm
4
Sat 13 Oct
Animated Earth
8pm
7
Tue 16 & Wed 17 Oct
Famous Five
8pm
5
Thu 18 Oct
Hardeep Singh Kohli: Indian Takeaway
7.30pm
13
Sat 20 Oct
Tweedy’s Lost Property
2pm
18
Sat 20 Oct
Soweto Kinch Trio
8pm
7
Thu 25 Oct
Leaving Only A Trace
8pm
10
Fri 26 Oct
The Static
7.30pm
11
Sat 27 Oct
Wizz Jones & John Renbourn
7.30pm
5
Sun 28 Oct
The Snail and the Whale
11am & 2.30pm
8
Mon 29 Oct
Borges and I
7.30pm
19
Wed 31 Oct
The Phantom of the Opera + Live Score
7pm & 9pm
5
Fri 2 Nov
Kill for a Seat
8pm
8
Sat 3 Nov
Jim Moray
8pm
14
Fri 9 Nov
Making Tracks: Melingo
8pm
8
Tue 13 Nov – Sun 2 Dec
Knick Knack and Doo Dad
Various
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Sun 18 Nov
Horse with full band
7.30pm
20
Fri 23 & Sat 24 Nov
Sonia Sabri
8pm
9
Tue 27 & Wed 28 Nov
Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi
8pm
6
Fri 30 Nov
TG Collective
8pm
9
Mon 3 – Wed 5 Dec
Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro!
7.30pm
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Thu 6 – Sat 8 Dec & Thu 13 Dec – Sat 15 Dec
The Wake
7pm
6
Fri 7 Dec
Kill for a Seat
8pm
14
Fri 7 Dec
Barbara Nice’s Christmas Cracker
8.30pm
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Vanley Burke: By the Rivers of Birminam
Tue – Sat, 12 - 8pm | Sun 11am – 4pm
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Visual Arts Sat 22 Sep – Sun 18 Nov Sat 29 Sep - Sun 2 Dec
The Big Draw: Dot to Dot
10am – 10pm
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Sat 10 Nov – Sun 13 Jan
Mister Volder Goes to the City
10am – 10pm
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Sat 1 Dec – Sun 30 Dec
The Woods
Tue – Sun, 12pm to 5.30pm
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Sat 8, Sun 9, Fri 14 - Sun 16 Dec
Contemporary Craft Fairs
11am – 5pm
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Theatre & Spoken Word
mac birmingham in association with Apples & Snakes
Buddy Wakefield Sat 1 Sep, 7.30pm | Tickets £5 Two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, Buddy Wakefield is known for delivering raw, rounded, high vibration performances of humor and heart. Buddy has been a busker in Amsterdam, a lumberjack in Norway, a street vendor in Spain, a team leader in Singapore, a bull rider, a triathlete and a sucker for anything unfolding.
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Tin Box Theatre
Not Known at This Address Wed 3 Oct, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£7) Obsessed by the secret world of letters, Martin Simons, a post office worker, has collected 1463 of them. Through visual theatre, puppetry and live music, Not Known at This Address invites the audience into Martin’s personal sorting office of stories, people and places. Workshop also available, see page 25.
Poetry Encounters:
From the West Midlands to West Africa Fri 12 Oct, 7.30pm | Tickets £10 (£5) Choreographed in the form of a poetic dialogue, interspersed with film and music, Jo Skelt and a guest writer will explore and reflect on cultural difference and similarities between West Africa and the West Midlands. Workshop also available, see page 24.
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Theatre & Spoken Word
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Red Earth Theatre in association with mac birmingham presents
Idle Motion in association with The New Diorama Theatre and Greenwich Theatre presents
Famous Five
Borges and I
Tue 16 & Wed 17 Oct, 8pm Tickets £12 (£10)
Mon 29 Oct, 7.30pm | Tickets £12 (£10) + Free post show discussion
Once upon a time, there were five girls whose Technicolor teenage dreams were of adventure and romance. As the years passed, the girls lost track of themselves, their dreams were abandoned and their world turned to monochrome. This is the story of what happens to a dream deferred.
Fringe sell-out Idle Motion return with their Total Theatre Award nominated show Borges and I. This stunning piece of visual theatre explores the life of surrealist writer Jorge Luis Borges. Through the use of multimedia and his evocative stories, Idle Motion bring forth images of labyrinths, tigers and a universe of libraries. Workshop also available, see page 23. ThickSkin Theatre
The Static Fri 26 Oct, 7.30pm | Tickets £12 (£10) + Free post show discussion A kinetic coming-of-age story about desire, guilt and mind over matter. Following an award-winning debut in 2010, ThickSkin returns with a magnetic new play by Davey Anderson. Workshop also available, see page 24.
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Theatre & Spoken Word
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Music
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Image: Chris Keenan (Prime Objective)
mac birmingham & sampad present
Jane Packman Company
mac birmingham & Making Tracks:
Kabaddi, Kabaddi, Kabaddi
The Wake
Krar Collective
mac at fifty Thu 6 – Sat 8 Dec, 7pm Thu 13 Dec – Sat 15 Dec, 7pm Tickets £10 (£7)
Thu 4 Oct, 8pm | Tickets £12 (£9)
A World Premiere by Satinder Chohan Director - Helena Bell
Tue 27 & Wed 28 Nov, 8pm Tickets £12 (£10) A powerful new drama about sport, nationality and belonging, with a haunting love story at its heart. In 1936, against a backdrop of Indian revolutionary fervour, two players compete for the Berlin Olympics and for the love of Azadeh, a freedom fighter with a troubled past. In 2012 at London’s Olympic stadium, their descendants wrestle to win favour once more, with disturbing consequences. Presented by Pursued by a Bear Productions in co-production with Kali Theatre and in association with the Mercury Theatre, Colchester.
You are invited to The Wake, a celebratory performance event created for our gallery installation, The Woods. Join us to celebrate a passing. Let’s make a toast. To absent friends. To shadows, dreams and death. But as the depths of winter enfold us, we’ll stand our ground, raise a glass and look ahead to spring. “Deft and imaginative” The Guardian on Jane Packman Company. Presented by Jane Packman Company and mac birmingham. Funded by Arts Council England.
Workshops Be inspired by The Woods & The Wake. Keep an eye out for exciting opportunities for all ages with Artist Tutors: Polly Wright, Jo Feldwick, Emma Jackson and Jonny O’Hanlon. For more info visit: www.macarts.co.uk
Led by Temesgen Zeleke, a former star pupil of Ethiopian legend Mulatu Astatke, Krar Collective perform a rootsy yet contemporary take on traditional music from Ethiopia based on other-worldly modes and driven by hypnotic rhythms. “Spine tingling stuff” Fly Global Music
mac birmingham and Birmingham City Council present
Animated Earth
Featuring Luke Concannon & Jess Gold Sat 13 Oct, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£8) Jess is launching her new album “Project Earth Rock”. Luke Concannon formerly of Nizlopi (yes the JCB song man!) is playing material from his brand new solo album. During the show cartoonist Danny Fenster will bring to life random audience offerings in the creation of a unique satirical cartoon.
mac birmingham & Jazzlines present
Soweto Kinch Trio Sat 20 Oct, 8pm | Tickets £12 (£10) Award-winning alto-saxophonist and MC Soweto Kinch is one of the most exciting and versatile musicians in both the British jazz and hip hop scenes. This year he returns with a new touring project entitled ‘The Legend of Mike Smith’ based on the ‘Seven Deadly Sins’. The new album of the same name will be released in October 2012.
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Music
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Wizz Jones and John Renbourn Sat 27 Oct, 7.30pm | Tickets £12 (£10) For this performance two of the top acoustic guitar players unite. Wizz Jones brings his unique guitar style and eclectic repertoire and John Renbourn offers a rich musical landscape of warm vocals and witty asides about the history of the songs.
mac birmingham & Moseley Folk present
Jim Moray Sat 3 Nov, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£8) Jim Moray is one of the most consistently inventive musicians working in traditional folk music today. After four groundbreaking and award-winning albums - he now finds himself at the forefront of a new folk revival in the UK, and hailed as a pivotal influence by a new generation of folk musicians.
Melingo
Horse with full band
Fri 9 Nov, 8pm | Tickets £12 (£9) Cabaret style performance - Room to dance
Sun 18 Nov, 7.30pm | Tickets £18
Knives and romance, hallucinations, spiralling twists of the brain and undiscovered romanticism…Melingo’s insolent, anecdotal songs take the form of daydreams or occasional thrillers, with swinging bursts, shady noises and the grating, almost Dada-like echo of the craziness of a world stumbling on its last legs. A true tango original.
The Phantom of the Opera & Live Score
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No-one on this earth sounds like Horse. She is quite simply unique. To see Horse live is a moving and joyful experience. She shares her spirit and her love in equal measure – every gig. The band are an integral part of the live sound and as much as part of the brand as the voice. Horse and her band know how to put on a show – each one as important as the last.
TG Collective Fri 30 Nov, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£8)
Wed 31 Oct, 7pm & 9pm | Tickets £7 (£5)
A spirited brew of young, Birmingham based musicians - the TG Collective move through flamenco, gypsy jazz and contemporary classical influences.
Following up last year’s sell-out event, this Halloween the Midlands Fretted Orchestra return to provide live musical accompaniment to Gaston Leroux's timeless classic The Phantom of the Opera. With a specially commissioned score by Mark Willetts, who will also conduct the evening performances.
Music
‘As refreshing as it is infectious…’ Jazzwise *** .
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Dance
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Dance
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mac at fifty
Keneish Dance
VIGOUR
Sonia Sabri
Fri 5 Oct, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£7)
Akaar – celebrating ten years Fri 23 Nov, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£8)
VIGOUR is an entertaining and captivating triple bill of African Contemporary and Contemporary Dance. Performed by a fierce cast of female dancers, Keneish Dance uses physicality and form to question the ways in which we communicate with one another.
As part of Sonia Sabri Company’s (SSCo) ten-year celebrations, Akaar presents students, nurtured by Artistic Director Sonia Sabri and Musical Director Sarvar Sabri, from mac, local groups and schools. Akaar paints an evening of promise, wonder and passion.
Exploring personal, cultural and social experiences, VIGOUR helps us make sense of the world that we live in.
Kaavish - celebrating ten years Sat 24 Nov, 8pm | Tickets £12 (£10)
VIGOUR includes a special collaborative work with sculptural artist Heidi Luker.
Kaavish (meaning ‘to achieve one’s desires through action’), traces Sonia’s artistic journey, with live performances, unseen archive recordings and insightful voiceover by Sonia. mac Associate Company, SSCo then looks forward to the next stages of Sonia’s creative journey, with a new specially commissioned work by sampad and Milapfest with a guest artist and live Indian rock music. The collaboration challenges the boundaries between concepts, and dance styles of classic and contemporary. The new work is accompanied by an ensemble of musicians including Tabla Maestro Sarvar Sabri.
mac birmingham and sampad present
Shane Shambhu: Leaving Only A Trace Thu 25 Oct, 8pm | Tickets £10 (£8)
Leaving Only A Trace is a revealing story shared by many of dual-heritage in the UK. A young British Asian man realises the only way to find himself is to leave home. Whilst packing his belongings he begins to unravel the past and wonders whether cultural values have restricted him? He has to let go of his past to come to terms with his future…
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Comedy
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Jo Caulfield: Better The Devil You Know
Women & Theatre present
Thu 27 Sep, 7.30pm | Tickets £15 (£12)
Women & Theatre’s 5th Comedy fun(d) raiser is back at mac, in style.
Expect razor-sharp observations and scandalous one-liners as Jo asks: Why are drunken girlfriends so much fun? Which hotel has the best porn? What constitutes an airtight alibi? Is friendliness overrated? Come join Jo’s celebration of anger. “Feisty, funny and wonderfully bitchy” – The Observer
Barbara Nice and Gals Sun 7 Oct, 7.30pm | Tickets £15 (£12)
Resident host, housewife and mother of 5, Mrs Barbara Nice, is joined by an exciting line up of some of the UK’s top comediennes including Isy Suttie and of course, Barbara’s world famous raffle, this is a night not to be missed! Please check www.womenandtheatre.co.uk for confirmation of the line-up closer to the time.
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Indian Takeaway with Hardeep Singh Kohli Thu 18 Oct, 7.30pm |Tickets £16 (£14) Everyone loves a curry - after all, it is Britain’s national dish! Broadcaster, writer and Celebrity Masterchef finalist Hardeep Singh Kohli is on a mission to find the best Indian takeaway in the UK.
Comedy
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Barbara Nice’s Christmas Cracker Plus special guests
Fri 7 Dec, 8.30pm | Tickets £12 (£9) Christmas is a time for giving and no one loves giving more than local superstar housewife Barbara Nice. Join her in a bumper bundle selection box of seasonal fun including a Christmas Tombola, Yuletide raffle and mince pies. Top class comedy with all the trimmings.
Mark Thomas: Bravo Figaro
Does laughter make you hungry?
Mon 3 – Wed 5 Dec, 7.30pm | Tickets £17.50 (£14.50)
Then why not try one of our comedy meal deals? For full details of current offers please visit the event page at: www.macarts.co.uk/comedy or ask our Sales & Information team for details when making your booking on 0121 446 3232
After walking the wall in the West Bank, becoming Guinness World Record holder for political protests and chasing arms dealers around the country, Mark Thomas turns his attention to matters closer to home with a show about his father.
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Comedy
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Image: Silky
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Visual Arts
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Image: Simon Munnery
Kill for a Seat Comedy Club First Friday of every month | Tickets £11 (£8), 8pm Our regular comedy nights continue throughout autumn with headline comedians, special guests and your rib-tickling host, Silky.
Fri 7 Sep
Fri 2 Nov
Jen Brister ‘Brister ticks all the boxes: she’s confident, energetic and knows how to deliver a line for maximum laughs’ The Scotsman
Elis James ‘It’s his pathological need to share that makes this such an enjoyable Fringe debut... might well be my favourite routine of this festival’ - The Scotsman
Fri 5 Oct Benny Boot ‘Consistently brilliant gags’ Guardian Nick Page ‘Roguish comic Page is a bear-like man with a fund of barely believable stories about life, love and brushes with the law’ Guardian ‘Pick of The Week’
David Trent ‘His use of video, animation and repetition is brilliant and unique‚ genuine originality’ Chortle
Fri 7 Dec Simon Munnery & Benny Boot ‘A delicious opportunity to enjoy a performance from a real pro, served directly to your table’ Independent
Kill For A Seat Food Offer Burger, chips and salad for £5. Plus individual offers for special events throughout the season. Offers are available to pre-book at Sales and Information alongside your ticket on 0121 446 3232.
Image: Vanley Burke, African Liberation Day, Handsworth Park. 1977
Curated by Lynda Morris in association with mac birmingham
Vanley Burke: By the Rivers of Birminam Sat 22 Sep – Sun 18 Nov | Open Tue – Sat, 12 - 8pm | Sun 11am – 4pm (closed on Mondays) | First Floor Gallery |Free Entry Vanley Burke has photographed the Jamaican Community in Handsworth since the late 1960s. His images reveal a great compassion for his own people, expressed in his image of the Africa Liberation Day crowds gathered in Handsworth Park in 1977. Curated by Lynda Morris, the exhibition contextualises the images through a collage of quotes drawn from press on the subject of immigration to Birmingham.
Nowhere can tell that story better than Birmingham. Charting the past 45 years, Vanley Burke’s pictures represent probably the greatest photographic document of Caribbean people in post-war Britain, detailing the experience of Black people in the UK and their community identity. Funded by Arts Council England, The Roughley Trust and NORWICH UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF THE ARTS.
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Visual Arts
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Image: Kris Keenan (Prime Objective)
Dot to Dot
Contemporary Craft Fairs
Sat 29 Sep - Sun 2 Dec, Open Mon – Sun, 10am – 10pm Arena Gallery | Free Entry
Sat 8, Sun 9, Fri 14, Sat 15 & Sun 16 Dec, 11am – 5pm Public spaces | Free Entry
Building on the success of last year’s Big Draw project, Etch a Sketch, this year sees the project push the boundaries on another classic childhood activity. Connect the dots anyway you like to discover the true potential of dot to dot.
The Contemporary Craft Fairs return this year featuring a range of high quality work from designer makers. The yearly craft fairs provide the perfect opportunity to buy and commission the very best in unique gifts and crafts, direct from the maker.
The Big Draw
Jane Packman Company & mac birmingham presents
The Woods
Mister Volder Goes To The City
Sat 1 Dec – Sun 30 Dec, 12 - 5.30pm (excluding Tue 25 Dec, closed on Mondays) First Floor Gallery | Free Entry Step into The Woods, an interactive installation inspired by an autumn spent under the trees. As night turns to day and the seasons change, we invite you to contemplate and dream.
Previously presented in 2011, The Woods returns to mac by popular demand. An unmissable gallery experience from Jane Packman Company, to help tide you through ‘til spring.
“I really was transported from the smoggy hustle and bustle of Birmingham to the depths of a faraway forest” – Visitor to The Woods, 2011
On selected December evenings, the company will perform The Wake, a companion performance hosted in The Woods, please see page 7 for details.
An enticing sensory environment for all ages, where you can explore and play, or just sit and think.
Funded by Arts Council England.
Sat 10 Nov – Sun 13 Jan, Open Mon – Sun, 10am – 10pm Terrace Gallery | Free Entry
Image by Rebecca Hurst and Ben Pacey
mac at fifty
Mister Volder – a mysterious fictional character – arrives in a new city. A city in which possibility lurks behind every door, and where things may not be as they seem. Taking an ambiguous short story as their starting point, Rebecca Hurst and Ben Pacey use simple materials and low-fi digital techniques to create compelling, atmospheric images. Their work offers glimpses of imagined urban adventures: an exploration of the uncertainty and potential of walking the streets of an unfamiliar city.
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Children & Families
Hairy Maclary and Friends Tue 28 Aug, 2pm & 4pm Wed 29 & Thu 30, 11am & 2pm Tickets £9 (£7 for children under 16yrs) Family Ticket £28.00 (2 adults and 2 children) ‘Out of the gate and off for a walk, went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy.’ Anyone with young children will recognise these immortal words instantly as the opening lines of the book ‘Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy’ by Lynley Dodd. Following a sell-out run at the Fringe 2010, a UK Tour in 2011 and the Christmas season at the Sydney Opera House, Hairy Maclary and his friends are springing off the page once again this summer.
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Tweedy’s Lost Property Sat 20 Oct, 2pm Tickets £12 (£10) | Age 3+ A comedy about a clown who gives in to society and gets a real job. Not knowing who he is anymore, Tweedy gets a job in a Lost Property Office to try and find himself. The consequences of attempting to run the office are hilarious - the lost property in his possession seem to develop lives of their own and allied with his own body rebelling against him he is constantly prevented from answering the ringing telephone. In this one man, family show, Tweedy illustrates an impressive repertoire of comedic talents which have made him one of the most respected and popular clowns the country currently has to offer. “Tweedy understands the true nature of clowning, he communicates like a semaphore.” David Shiner, Director of Cirque Du Soleil
The Snail and the Whale Sun 28 Oct, 11am & 2.30pm | Tickets £6.50 Tall Stories (creators of the Gruffalo and Room on the Broom stage shows) are proud to present their latest exciting collaboration with Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. A tiny snail longs to see the world, so she hitches a lift on the tail of a humpback whale. But when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him? Follow the tiny snail’s amazing journey, as seen through the eyes of an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father… Storytelling, live music and lots of laughs, in a show for everyone aged 4 and up.
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Children & Families
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Children & Families
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Tue 13 Nov – Sun 2 Dec, Tickets £8, Preview Shows £7 | FOR AGES 3 to 101 What’s big and smelly and floats on the water? A big smelly rubbish island! And that’s where we find our heroes Knick Knack and Doo Dad, living on a huge pile of all the things that we’ve thrown away over the year.
But how can they celebrate Christmas with no shops and no money? Discover the real meaning of the festive season as Knick and Doo show you how to have fun no matter where you are. From the creators of the hugely popular Snow Play.
They might be shipwrecked and forgotten but love to invent things and turn all our scrap into brilliant new geegaws, telephones into showers, umbrellas into kites and shoes back into telephones – to help them solve all the problems of living on an island of rubbish.
We wish you a smelly Christmas!
Date
Morning
Early Afternoon
Tue 13 Nov
11am
2pm
Wed 14 Nov
11am
2pm
Thu 15 Nov
11am
2pm
mac at fifty Late Afternoon
Fri 16 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Sat 17 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Sun 18 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Tue 20 Nov
11am
2pm
Wed 21 Nov
11am
2pm
Thu 22 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Fri 23 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Sat 24 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Sun 25 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Tue 27 Nov
11am
2pm
Wed 28 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Fri 30 Nov
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Sat 1 Dec
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Sun 2 Dec
11am
2pm
5.30pm
Show Duration: Approximately 55mins
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Connected Development
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Connected Development We have a fantastic season of theatre, visual art, dance, film, spoken word and music from a range of exciting companies from across the UK and beyond. Surrounding the programme there are a variety of workshop and engagement activities across the season designed for children, young people from schools, colleges, universities, community groups and adults. Highlights include...
SweetFlyPaperMouth
Gallery Tours and Talks
Group Prices from £100 | 2 Hours
Group Prices from £30 | 2 Hours
Inspired by Vanley Burke’s By the Rivers of Birminam, mac has designed a range of spoken word, literature and photography based workshops which will enable young people to develop new skills and generate content to be showcased in the online digital publication. Content will also feature a live event In November alongside work by other young people.
Join mac’s Visual Arts and Learning Team as they take you on a guided tour of the main gallery exhibitions and talk you through the background and context of the work.
Vanley Burke Inspired Photography Workshops Group Prices £60 | 2 Hours Using the Vanley Burke exhibition as an inspiration, learners will get the chance to creatively explore reportage and journalism through the medium of photography.
Big Draw 2012 Dot to Dot As part of this year’s Big Draw we have gone Dot to Dot mad and we are inviting two schools and colleges to design their own giant dot to dot image. The image will then be mapped out on our giant dot to dot board, which will be showcased as part of the Big Draw season. To get involved send a dot to dot image to learning@macarts.co.uk together with your name, which organisation you are from and why you love dot to dot by 5pm Fri 21 Sep 2012.
ThickSkin
Keneish Dance
Free for group bookings over 10 | 2 Hours
Group Prices from £220 | 2 Hours
ThickSkin will be delivering free workshops for school and college groups booking 10+ tickets to see the show. The workshops will explore how ThickSkin approached creating The Static. Participants will gain insight into the rehearsal process and create their own material in response to creative tasks.
Keneish Dance offer a range of workshop opportunities including technique classes, choreography, and examinations into contemporary African dance.
Idle Motion
A range of workshops from storytelling through dance to dance & inclusion are available from Sonia Sabri Company.
Group Prices from £200 Idle Motion offer diverse and dynamic workshops covering items such as devising and producing physical theatre. Workshops can be adapted for various ages. All activities will mostly take place at mac but can be delivered in your organisation or venue on request. To find out more about any of these opportunities and age suitability please contact learning@macarts.co.uk.
Age Suitability: Young People Families Adults
Sonia Sabri Company Group Prices from £220 | 2 Hours
Poetry Encounters Workshop Sat 20 Oct, 10am – 4pm | Tickets £12 (£7) Combined Show and Workshop ticket: £15 (£10 concs) Jo Skelt leads a Writing Our World workshop in writing and responding to the world we live in, places and different cultures.
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Connected Development
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Tin Box: Stories from Scratch
Access, Film & Media at mac
Sat 29 Sep, 10am – 1pm | Tickets £10
Group Prices from £100
Explore ways to create a story from scratch. Linked to Tin Box Theatre’s production of Not Known at This Address (Pg 5), directors Jo Newman and Jo Gleave will use letters as a theme to guide participants to make their own stories.
mac in partnership with Reel Access offer a range of film and media based workshops and creative opportunities which are inspired by mac’s cinema programme. From animation workshops to film challenges, to private screenings of your work in the cinema, mac and Reel Access have a range of opportunities available on request
Mister Volder Exhibition Masterclass Sat 17 and Sun 18 Nov 10am – 4pm (inc. Lunch) | £30 (£25) Work with artists Rebecca Hurst and Ben Pacey to explore the inspiration and themes behind the making of the Mister Volder exhibition. The workshop will include playful techniques in visual narrative, lo-fi model making, and digital photography.
Mister Volder Family Workshops Sat 24 Nov 10am – 11.30am|12pm – 1.30pm | 2.30pm – 3pm 6-12 yr olds and their accompanying adult £10 for 1 child and 1 adult (£7.50 for additional person of any age) Explore the exhibition and story and create your own miniature worlds and characters to take home.
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Ideas Tap We are pleased to announce that mac is now an official partner of IdeasTap. Established to help young, creative people at the start of their careers, IdeasTap is a charitable organisation with free membership that offers a variety of free resources including showcasing opportunities, free workshops through the IdeasTap Spa programme, funding, mentoring and advice. As part of the partnership mac birmingham will be developing a range of exciting opportunities, briefs and events across the season. www.ideastap.com @ideastap http://www.ideastap.com/Partners/mac Age Suitability:
All activities will mostly take place at mac but can be delivered in your organisation or venue on request. To find out more about any of these opportunities and age suitability please contact learning@macarts.co.uk.
Visual Arts
Young People Families Adults
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Food, drink & hires
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Image: Adrian Burrows
Bridges Café Bar & Hires Arena Bar We offer a varied menu and friendly atmosphere with natural light pouring in over the views of Cannon Hill Park. Perfect for basking in the sunshine with a cool orange juice or getting cosy away from the wind and rain with one of our mammoth hot chocolates. There is free Wi-Fi throughout the building. So, arrange that informal business meeting, enjoy a working lunch or just treat yourself to a fairtrade coffee while you check your emails. For more information please visit; www.macarts.co.uk/bridgescafe
Whether you are looking for a small meeting space or somewhere to host a conference, mac birmingham offers it all, with state of the art facilities and amazing spaces all housed in a thriving arts centre. We have a selection of facilities to hire at very competitive rates and we’re located right in the splendour of Cannon Hill Park, with many of the rooms and spaces enjoying inspiring views across the park and lakes. We offer a creative, friendly and relaxed environment where ideas and inspired thinking can flow. For more information please visit; www.macarts.co.uk/hires or call 0121 446 3250
FOOD MARKET Local Artisan Bakers | Local Producers | Specialist Food Last Sunday of every month 26 Aug, 30 Sep, 28 Oct & 25 Nov | 10.30am – 3.30pm
How to book Online Tickets may be booked online 24 hours a day at www.macarts.co.uk By phone or in person Sales and Information is open 9am – 11pm daily. Group bookings Book 10 tickets and get an 11th ticket free. This offer does not apply to events featured as part of any external hires. Please note groups of 10+, schools, wheelchair spaces cannot be booked online. Please call 0121 446 3232 to book.
Concessions Prices shown in brackets are available to the following groups on production of valid ID: • Under 16s • Over 60s • Full time students with photo ID • Holders of current Passport to Leisure Cards • Job Seekers Allowance Our staff are required to check ID for every concession price ticket sold, so please bring proof of your status every time you visit.
Refunds and Exchanges Tickets cannot be exchanged under any circumstances and refunds will only be given in very exceptional conditions at the management’s discretion. For directions to mac birmingham, please visit www.macarts.co.uk/plan-your-visit or call 0121 446 3232