PULSE FESTIVAL 2019 by New Wolsey Theatre

PULSE welcome

Welcome back to Pulse Festival! This year’s Pulse is bursting at the seams with extraordinary theatre, dance, comedy, puppetry, musicals and circus. It’s the most varied programme we’ve ever created, so there really is something for everyone.

PULSE Festival Ipswich is curated with China Plate and produced by the New Wolsey Theatre

Thank you to our Festival Sponsor:

As always, there are award-winning hit shows from across the UK and beyond, internationally renowned artists, work still in development on Suitcase and Scratch days, and our pay what you can programme on Sun 2 Jun – an exciting opportunity to see artists previously unknown to you or the festival team. This was a huge hit last year, so bring some money and arrive early! There are more local artists than ever before, and, because we could all do with a laugh this year, more comedy too; including an exciting new partnership with the Funny Women Awards on Sat 8 Jun. We can promise you laughter, politics, musicals, acrobatics, sex, a show at the pub and Michael Barrymore (kind of). Don’t miss our big finale shows: 1927’s award-winning, international smash-hit The Animals and Children Took To The Streets – described by the Financial Times as ‘a perfect show’ - and be sure to catch the hilarious Kieran Hodgson’s ’75 which closes the festival.

We can’t wait. The only thing missing is you… Ed, Paul & Rob - Pulse Festival Directors

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PULSE commissions

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Returning for the 19th year, PULSE Festival offers a bright and inspiring snapshot of contemporary theatre with established and emerging artists, both local and those from further afield.

New Commissions For 2019 The New Wolsey Theatre is proud to support disabled and D/deaf artists to develop their work through our Testing Ground Commission thanks to the support from the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Previewing with a Scratch performance in Testing Ground 2019 CHRIS KATIC

Sick Stories Sat 1 Jun

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Returning with full presentations of their work developed in Testing Ground 2018 BRICK WALLENSEMBLE

Henry 5 Sat 8 Jun

PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW

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This is All For You

Previewing work developed through Testing Ground 2019 SEAN BURN

Sat 8 Jun, 12pm

joey

Fri 7 Jun

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PULSE info Accessible Performances

Accessible Services

• All Duty Managers are sighted guide trained

BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES

Status

Thu 30 May, 7pm New Wolsey Theatre

AUDIO DESCRIBED PERFORMANCES

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RockBottom

Thu 6 Jun, 8pm Dance East Jerwood Dance House

Henry 5

Sat 8 Jun, 2pm The Black Horse

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CAPTIONED PERFORMANCE

Jeremiah

Thu 2 Jun, 4:30pm New Wolsey Theatre

RockBottom

Thu 6 Jun, 8pm Dance East Jerwood Dance House

• Complimentary assistance / guide dog sitting service • Infra-Red Hearing Enhancement System in the main auditorium

Age Advisory As you read our varied and exciting programme, you’ll see that there is content that contains subjects or themes you might not want your children/young people to see. If you aren’t sure please get in contact with our Ticket Sales Team who will be able to advise.

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The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets

Sat 8 Jun, 7pm New Wolsey Theatre

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WHEELCHAIR USER

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• Assistance / Guide Dogs are welcome in the theatre and auditoriums

ll venues are accessible to wheelchair users – A please advise at point of booking

SOME OF THE SHOWS INCLUDED IN THIS PROGRAMME ARE SUPPORTED BY ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND AND THE NATIONAL LOTTERY

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PULSE tickets

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NEW WOLSEY THEATRE Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS NEW WOLSEY STUDIO St George’s St, Ipswich, IP1 3NF HIGH STREET EXHIBITION GALLERY High St, Ipswich, IP1 3QH DANCEEAST JERWOOD DANCEHOUSE Foundry Lane, Ipswich, IP4 1DW

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Thu 30 May CHINA PLATE AND STAATSTHEATER MAINZ

STATUS Written by Chris Thorpe, developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin We all have a nationality. Or almost all of us. Status is a show about someone who doesn’t want his any more. About running away from the national story you’re given. About who is responsible for that story and what might happen to it if you give it up. A globe-spanning journey of attempted escape, with songs along the way. Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre, Warwick Arts Centre and Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxembourg.

This performance will be British Sign Language Interpreted

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 #pulse19 FRAN BUSHE

Ad Libido

Join Fran’s quest for a “normal” sex life. Fran wants to fix sex. No matter what she tries, how many trips to the doctor or offers of help from friends, she doesn’t feel her fire’s been lit. Sometimes it hurts. Join Fran on this “relentlessly hilarious” (★★★★ Stage) quest, as she pursues a satisfying sex-life. Expect toe-tapping tunes, a magic penis and a visit to sex camp. Oh, and dolphins. Featured in The Guardian’s Best Shows of Edinburgh Fringe 2018.

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 NEW WOLSEY STUDIO  8:45pm (60mins)

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Fri 31 May

Suitcase Prize Day The Suitcase Prize challenges theatre makers to think in an environmentally and economically sustainable way and encouraging companies to tour with a lower carbon footprint.

SESSION 1  NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  11:30am – 12:50pm SIMON PANAYI

The Things We Leave Behind

CONTINGENCY THEATRE

George

EDITH TANKUS

Wild Country

“You can ask me whatever you like, just don’t ask me about my bank balance.”

An affirmingly human moment. A crushing, cascading global crisis. The beat of a heart plucked like a harp string. Ann & Carl. Created by award-winning theatre maker Simon Panayi, a performance about our individual humanity versus that of our species.  @Nisom_

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George has been given a oncein-a-lifetime opportunity to meet with the mysterious J. This surrealist, pitch-black piece of physical theatre is an insight into the ways the millennial generation deals with the side effects of ambition. Contingency theatre’s visually stunning choreography and sharp tongued satire transports the audience into a bizarre world of dangerous ambition. Suitable for ages 14+  @contingencytco

contingencytheatre  contingencytheatre

An intimate and absurd, one-person exploration of motherhood, exile and transformation. Part storytelling, part standup, part myth, it asks the question: How does an urban Canadian raising children in rural Kent, England with declining parents back home, learn the codes of survival? www.edithtankus.com  Edith Tankus  @edithtankus

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The 10 participants compete to win £1,000 by presenting a 20 minute scratch show that could tour on public transport! Yes, literally in a suitcase! The judging panel will consider your feedback throughout the day at #PULSEsuitcase

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URBAN FOXES COLLECTIVE

Mother Culture

Should you have a baby … at the end of the world? Mother Nature has changed. The kids have moved on, but she still wants to talk. Inspired by Daniel Quinn’s Ishmael, this is a one woman show about the rules of life.  @FoxesCollective

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PURSUED BY A DRAGON

Feeling Lonely at Parties

Set in a dystopian future where people are forced to wear headphones in order to regulate their mood, Feeling Lonely at Parties is a piece with no words that tells a love story of two men who try to find love when their headphones are broken. It explores the themes of love, mental health and loneliness and how the three intertwine.

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EMERGENCY CHORUS

Landscape (1989)

In an age of climate change and nuclear anxiety, we like to tell stories about apocalypse, disaster, endings. This isn’t quite one of those stories. A razed forest and two people journeying towards the horizon. One foot in front of the other. Combining movement, music and text, Landscape (1989) conjures a post-apocalyptic world and the people passing through.

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Fri 31 May continued SESSION 3  NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  3:40pm – 5pm RACHEL MARINER

Recovering Misogynist

Steffi Mueller (Homeland, Killing Eve) performs Rachel Mariner’s (Bill Clinton Hercules) true story of exemplary legal service to the patriarchy unravelled by #metoo. An unruly retelling of Bluebeard capturing the moment a feminist realises, courtesy of Twitter, that she is, at best, a recovering misogynist. Developed with Hannah Jane Walker and Josie Dale-Jones. Supported by ACE, Park Theatre, Cambridge Junction.

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BRIAN MULLIN

Live to Tell: The Madonna Juke Box Musical

Madonna Louise Ciccone is a global superstar. Brian Mullin is not. She has hits that span the decades. He has an incurable disease. How can he tell her story, when he hasn’t even figured out his own?  @bamullinspeaks

Witt ‘n’ Camp

You’ve caught them, up to no good. The outrageous double act Witt ‘n’ Camp bring their hit sell-out debut to Pulse. Smashing musical theatre with clowning, character-comedy and cabaret, it’s a mad circus complete with hip-hopera, parole-breaking glamazons and the classiest breastfeeding burlesque you’ll ever see!  @WittnCamp  WittnCamp

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ALICE HOSKYNS

#thebaby question

#thebabyquestion is a devised research based performance by three female performers: investigating the power and inevitability of ‘the baby question’ on women, through personal stories, choreography, pop culture references, biological information and interview material. It seeks to amplify the narratives of childless/childfree women and the nuances that come within them.

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Caught is All

Meet a veritable cornucopia of characters as Alice takes you on a trip down muscle-memory lane to the moments when she could’ve been much braver. Caught is All finds the rollicking humour of our fight/ flight responses by examining and re-imagining her trickiest encounters.

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PHILIPPA MANNION

Supernova

A show of stars burning at incredible temperatures in the depths of dark and cold space and intense, mind-blowing climaxes in bedrooms across our own small planet. Join us on a comical journey through stellar evolution and female arousal. Suitable for ages 15+

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Fri 31 May continued

Police Cops PRESENT DAY (1976). Rookie Police Cop Jimmy Johnson is out to avenge his brother’s death, and he’s got to go it alone. With the help of his new partner, a retired renegade named Harrison, the pair get digging. Police Cops is a cinematic joyride, speeding down Adventure Avenue in a souped-up squad car. Oh, and did I mention...the steering wheel is made out of guns.  NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  7:30pm (60mins)

Suitcase Prize Awards Ceremony  New Wolsey Theatre  8:45pm

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Find out more about our 2018 PULSE Festival Suitcase Prize Winner

Augmented See

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Sat 1 Jun

Scratch Day All of today’s participants bravely present new work at an early stage of development and ask for your feedback. It’s an ideal opportunity to engage with some of the UK’s most innovative and exciting artists, to explore new ideas and be inspired.

SESSION 1  NEW WOLSEY STUDIO  12pm – 1:20pm NOD AT THE FOX

TOM CHAMBERLAIN & JACK TRICKER

PEA

Suffolk in Colour

Journey with us down through worlds of mattresses, dangers and quirky characters. On top of that adventure, Tiffany has a whole new family to meet! Tiffany’s quest is to find the PEA. But what’s really keeping her awake? Suitable for ages 5+

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Tom and Jack are from Suffolk. Sunny Suffolk. Where the fields are green, and the cottages painted Suffolk Pink. They love Suffolk and they’re going to show you why. A comedic look at what home means after you’ve left.

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JAZ WOODCOCK-STEWART WITH MORGANN RUNACRE-TEMPLE

Civilisation

A day in the life of a woman following a tragic event. An experiment in two forms, theatre and dance.

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Sat 1 Jun continued SESSION 2  NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  2:20pm – 3:40pm CHRIS KATIC

FULL PELT THEATRE

1623 THEATRE

SICK Stories

Sisterson Foods

Othello’s Sister

It’s 2019 in Long Eaton, UK. Lauren is drowning her sorrows in the bathroom as she waits to hear from her friend Sherronlynetta. Why won’t she answer her calls?

A verbatim play about claiming Employment and Support Allowance, the benefit you claim if you’re too sick or disabled to work. Real people, real stories. Voices from austerity Britain - funny, furious, shocking and resilient.

People always ask me, “What’s it like inside your head?” It’s easier if I show you. Using spoken-word, home video footage and a hip-hop-inspired soundtrack, Sisterson Foods is a brutally honest, poetic testimonial about struggling with mental health.  Full Pelt Theatre  @Full_Pelt

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It’s 1949 in Linstead, Jamaica. Sherronlynetta is drowning her sorrows in the bathroom as she waits to hear from her brother Othello. Why won’t he answer her calls? Lauren and Sherronlynetta are both played by Lauren Nicole Whitter who explores home, identity and what it means to be Black, British and ignored.  @1623theatre #OthellosSister

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POLICE COPS

Wake Up Maggie Badass Be Thy Name

Top Gun / Nutribullet / Special Brew / 80s mullet / b oiling kettles / 90s trance / Cliff Richard / bedroom dance / ironing piles / Maggie May / mince and veg / Happy Birthday! Come on Eileen / recession bites / 10p rubbers / Friday nights. Two stories. Two lives. Two experiences of class.

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MANCHESTER 1999. A gritty Northern kitchen-sink drama turns into a vampire slaying horror epic. Complete with a 90s rave soundtrack, supercharged physical comedy and more vampires that you can shake a stake at. Suitable for ages 14+

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NIKKI & JD

PASS

A group of circus artists: We’re a bit obsessive. Control freaks, really. But what happens when our bodies betray us? This piece asks what it means to be human in coping with the unknown, when facing the limits of our control.  /NikkiandJD

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Sat 1 Jun continued RICHARD MARSH AND JESSICA SHARMAN

Phoenix (preview) Ash is the ultimate one-man band: guitarist, pianist, drummer... and dad. But it’s hard to reach stardom when you’re constantly walking on Lego. A new musical comedy heartbreaker from Richard Marsh, Fringe First Winner (Dirty Great Love Story) and BBC Audio Drama Award Best Scripted Comedy winner (Love & Sweets) and gold disc-getter Jessica Sharman. Directed by Lucy Jane Atkinson; starring Andy Gallo.

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NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  6pm (70mins)

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Commitment (Edinburgh preview)

Say ‘I do’ to the brilliant new show from Edinburgh Comedy Award-nominees Max & Ivan. (BBC2’s W1A, Radio 4’s Casebook...) A true story about dreaming big, growing up, and trying – but ultimately very much failing – to make it in the band. Directed by Kieran Hodgson.

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Sun 2 Jun

Free Day* * Pulse Festival tickets are usually priced at £10, but today you’re in control of paying what you think. Take a risk on the unknown, or bring that friend that thinks theatre’s rubbish just to prove them wrong, and pay what you think at the end of the show. ANN AKIN

I Lost My Virginity to Chopin’s Nocturne in B-Flat Minor

trying to find me

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PAPER MUG THEATRE

Ollie and Laura have been together for three years, and are one pack of reduced M&S olives away from killing each other. But with an engagement ring hidden in an en-route takeaway, Ollie has the task of stopping Laura from walking out altogether. I Lost My Virginity to Chopin’s Nocturne in B-Flat Minor hysterically tackles the fear of loneliness, and dependency to the point of destruction.

A restless Ann paces her room full of shoes, clothes and stories. She’s trying to find those barriers in her life that stop her finding herself... but keep her trying to find a man. Featuring movement and a club soundtrack trying to find me marries Bridget Jones’ Diary and HBO’s Insecure with Blind Date; exposing the secret, heart-breaking, funny and honest world of Ann — a black woman in her early 30s looking for love and in many ways, trying to heal.

Suitable for ages 14+

Written and performed by Ann Akin, produced by Tiata Fahodzi in association with Talawa Theatre Company.

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It’s as easy as One, Two, FREE Book your free space online or with our ticket sales team, or turn up on the day (with plenty of time to spare as it’s first come, first served). Get your free ticket. Enjoy the show. Then at the end you can pay what you think. JACK DEAN

MARIA FERGUSON

Jeremiah

Essex Girl

From the critically-acclaimed rap storyteller behind Grandad and the Machine comes a raucous new show with live music about England’s forgotten revolution. Featuring an original score and live band, Jeremiah tells the incredible true story of the much-misunderstood Luddite rebellion.

Kirsty is a sixteen-year-old girl. She likes WKD, Elton John, Pie and Mash and Charlie Red body spray. She’s on a quest to win Sexy Ricky’s heart and pass her GCSEs. She also has a secret to tell you. One she can’t tell anyone else. Follow Kirsty’s story through the house parties and Irish pubs of Essex. From West Ham matches to choir practice, pre-drinks to registration, she will tell you what it’s really like to be an Essex Girl.

 NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  4:30pm (115mins plus interval)

Developed with support from Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Centre and Soho Young Company.

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This performance will be Creatively Captioned

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Mon 3 Jun MOLLY NAYLOR

BYRON VINCENT

Lights!Planets!People

Instagramming the Apocalypse

Who do you trust when the news is fake, you’re partner is cheating on you and global politics is an exploding clown car? Byron Vincent is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, but with dying icons, impending climate catastrophe and that bloke from Home Alone Two in charge of worlds largest nuclear arsenal; isn’t abject panic the only sane response?

Renowned astronomer Maggie Hill is giving a lecture about her career, to inspire young women to work in science. She’s also attending her first ever therapy session, in order to overcome some debilitating anxiety. Both events force Maggie to examine her greatest achievements and biggest regrets. A new play about legacy, loss, human curiosity and the economics of failure by award-winning writer Molly Naylor (Sky One, BBC Radio 4).

It’s a glib postmodern world in which cynicism is cool, modern life is rubbish and sincerity is for suckers; but as concepts like truth, peace and hope become risible anachronisms, maybe it’s time to re-evaluate our perspective. In a post-satire age, what’s so funny about peace, love and understanding?

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Your Sexts are Shit: Older Better Letters

Award-winning theatre maker Rachel Mars presents a gloriously intimate, funny new solo show. Before sexts there were hand-written letters. And loads of them were filthy. Triangulating the sex and love letters of long dead artists with contemporary sexts and a meditation on the queer female body, this tender show asks how do we write ourselves and for whom? Including letters by Frida Kahlo and James Joyce, and sexts sent in by anonymous donation.

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Tue 4 Jun JADE BYRNE

NICK CASSENBAUM

Pricks

My Kind of Michael

I’ve had over 70,000 pricks…of the medical kind. This is my chance to set the record straight about Type 1 diabetics like me. Despite what people say, I’m not bankrupting the NHS. And I can eat cake – a whole bloody cake – if I want to. This urgent, funny new show blends warmly engaging storytelling with poetry and an original soundscape. It tells a surprisingly moving and uplifting story about families and learning to care for each other better. Join me as I learn to cope with the ups and downs of dealing with a lot of pricks.

Nick Cassenbaum is back for PULSE Festival 2019 following his international hit show Bubble Schmeisis. This time he has created a passionate and playful tribute to his childhood hero, Michael Barrymore. Ever since he was a kid, Nick has loved Michael Barrymore. In this heartfelt tribute, Nick invites you to experience the turbulent love affair between entertainer and audience. Nick uses his critically-acclaimed storytelling style and Barrymore’s iconic shticks, to weave his own story alongside Barrymore’s dramatic rise and fall. With live music and gags aplenty, it promises to be ‘Alwight!’

Suitable for ages 12+

Created with Danny Braverman (Wot? No Fish!!!), supported by Bread & Circuses Arts and developed at and supported by The Yard Theatre.

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The Ladder SHÔN DALE-JONES PRESENTS HUGH HUGHES IN A HOIPOLLOI PRODUCTION OF

For almost a decade, until 2013, Hoipolloi collaborated with the Welsh emerging artist Hugh Hughes on the creation of a number of highly popular shows, including Floating, Story of a Rabbit and Stories From An Invisible Town. For the first time in six years, the multi-award winner Hugh Hughes returns to the stage with his own unique blend of storytelling. Forming the third part of “The Loose Change Trilogy”, The Ladder is a funny and poignant story about a son creating a new relationship with his father almost 20 years after his death. The more time they spend together, the more Hugh begins to understand his father. The Ladder is a wonderfully hopeful and heart-warming story about accepting our vulnerability and learning to share what scares us the most. Commissioned by Norfolk and Norwich Festival. In association with Theatre Royal Plymouth & Cambridge Junction.

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Wed 5 Jun UMAR BUTT & MANJOY SUMAL

TANGRAM THEATRE

How to Make a Killing in Bollywood

A Hundred Different Words for Love

Disillusioned with his job in a take-away, and daydreaming of a different life, out of work actor Raza and his best friend Gurjit decide to head to Bollywood in search of fame, fortune and themselves. Full of upbeat and familiar Bollywood songs and spectacular dance routines, this funny story – with a twist – will have you on the edge of your seat. Conceived by ARC Artistic Associate Umar Butt and Manjot Sumal. Performed by Umar Butt, Manjot Suma, Jessica Lucia Andrade and Adam Buksh.

Three years ago, James met the love of his life. A year ago, they broke up. This is James’s story of falling in love and landing broken hearted. It’s also about him being Best Man of Honour at Sarah and Emma’s wedding. And it’s the story of a quest: to find the right words to make sense of love. A hilarious, heart-lifting story of romance, despair and friendship featuring live music, heart-ache, belly laughs and lots and lots of words, from one of the UK’s most acclaimed storytellers.

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The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale

Can we turn sentimental value into cold, hard cash? Haley McGee was on the phone with Visa, promising to pay off her bill by having a yard sale, when she realized all the things she could sell were gifts from her exes. Inspired by this call, The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale is a hilarious and daring show about the cost of love… or what love costs us.

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Thu 6 Jun STUART WATERS

RockBottom RockBottom is a challenging place. It’s an opportunity. A place where transformation can happen. A riveting exploration of one man’s journey into and out of the deep end of human existence. Combining compelling storytelling with highly physical choreography and humour, this show skyrockets between the highs, lows, ecstasy and despair with heart-warming honesty.

This performance will be Audio Described and Captioned  STUDIO THEATRE JERWOOD DANCEHOUSE  8pm Dance Night is presented by

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Fri 7 Jun SEAN BURN

joey

Produced by gobscure in association with Greyscale ‘they gave lou reed e.c.t. because he wz bi. dont let them give yu’ joey is a true story about growing up in 80s britain. a story about playgrounds and care-homes, dms and red laces, punk and cassette tapes, about smashed up tellies and running away, about three kids called spaz, dumbo and psycho – a story of love and rage and surviving it all.

Performed in English and British Sign Language

 NEW WOLSEY STUDIO  6:30pm (60mins)

Supported by ACE, Northern Stage, Andrew Lloyd Webber foundation, Live Theatre and Regional Theatre Young Directors Scheme.

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Fri 7 Jun JOHN OSBORNE

DOM COYOTE

You’re in a Bad Way

We Can Time Travel

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Following his award-winning Songs for the end of the World, musician and theatre-maker Dom Coyote presents his brand-new sci-fi infused solo work. Since he was a boy, Dom has been receiving messages from the Traveller, a mysterious voice, at the edge of time. Join him for an experiment in DIY time travel as he sets out to change his fate. Jump into a world of analogue synths, cassette tapes, live looping, epic storytelling and roaring songs to raise a rallying cry for our times. Discover a secret society of Time Travellers and take a leap into the unknown.

Writer and theatre-maker John Osborne is back at Pulse with a brand new show. When their dad is diagnosed with dementia, two sisters choose very different ways to deal with the news. You’re in a Bad Way is a show about dementia, family and the role music plays in our memories, by the creator of cult Edinburgh theatre show John Peel’s Shed.

Commissioned by Shoreditch Town Hall and supported by Quarterhouse Folkestone and Bristol Ferment. Funded by Arts Council England and Unity Theatre Trust.

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Sat 8 Jun PEOPLE YOU MAY KNOW

This is All for You

Someone in this room will die in the next 45mins and it might be your fault. But you’ll be glad it’s happened. More importantly, you’ll never forget it. That’s the point. That’s why they do it. That’s why you’re here. Pulse Festival favourites People You May Know present the first preview of their latest work.

Directed by Rob Salmon. Devised and Performed by Joss Oliver and Fred Double. Strong content makes this performance suitable for those who are not easily offended and are 14+.  HEG  12pm

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Sat 8 Jun BRICK WALL ENSEMBLE

Henry 5 “Once more unto the breach because football’s coming home.” It’s Southgate meets Shakespeare in this radical retelling of Henry V. Henry 5 is a story of football, friendship, hilarity and heartbreak. Follow Henry King and his band of brothers as they follow their beloved Three Lions to the 2018 World Cup, escaping the mundanity and troubles of their home life to a dream world of Harry Kane hat-tricks, Harry Maguire headers and Gareth Southgate waistcoats. Join Brick Wall Ensemble for a show full of laughter, music and mayhem. Audio Described via a headset with a Touch Tour at 1:15pm  BLACK HORSE INN  2pm (90mins plus interval)

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Funny Women

Shazia Mirza

PHOTO: GRAINNE-MAGUIRE - IDIL-SUKAN

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Lily Phillips Gráinne Maguire

Come and see an exciting array of new and established acts in this fantastic double bill. The Funny Women Awards were established in 2003 and have become a key fixture on the UK’s comedy calendar. The Awards have become an important launch pad for many talented performers including this amazing line-up. Past Awards alumni include: Katherine Ryan, Zoe Lyons, Susan Calman, Kerry Godliman, Sara Pascoe, Bridget Christie, Sarah Millican, Rachel Parris, Desiree Burch, Jayde Adams and many more.

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Heats

Showcase

Award winning stand-up comedian and comedy writer Gráinne Maguire will host brand new acts on their way to stardom competing in the East Anglia Heat for a place in the Regional Final. Your opinion counts as the audience has an opportunity to vote on who goes through. This is a unique opportunity to see the start of some amazing careers as well as those in progress!

Shazia Mirza will headline the Showcase at the New Wolsey Studio. Her previous stand-up show, the critically acclaimed The Kardashians Made Me Do It played for 103 nights internationally, including four sell out runs at London’s Soho Theatre. The showcase line-up will be completed by Lily Phillips (Funny Women Finalist 2018); Gabby Best (Funny Women Awards Winner 2012) and Gráinne Maguire.

 NEW WOLSEY STUDIO

 4:15pm

 5:35pm

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Sat 8 Jun continued 1927

The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets

Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement block, where curtain-twitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf... is always at the door. When Agnes Eaves and her daughter arrive late one night, does it signal hope in this hopeless place, or has the real horror only just begun? Seamlessly synchronising live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation this is the wickedly twisted international hit tale from the multiple award-winning company behind Golem, Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea and The Magic Flute. Like a giant novel burst into life, 1927 invite you on a theatrical journey of startling originality.

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This performance will be Captioned

Suitable for ages 11+  NEW WOLSEY THEATRE  7pm (70mins) ★★★★ “A really astonishing piece of work.” The Guardian ★★★★ “This is a perfect alternative show. In fact, it is a perfect show.” Financial Times

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Kieran Hodgson ‘75

Passion. Betrayal. Harold Wilson. Character comedian Kieran Hodgson returns with the epic and surprising tale of how Britain joined Europe in the first place. On a deeply personal quest for understanding, Kieran perfects a series of obsolete impressions and discovers that the 70s were about more than just TISWAS, the colour brown and the words ‘Let’s go on strike again’. Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, Star of Radio 4’s Earworms and Lance, and as seen regularly on BBC2’s Two Doors Down, Upstart Crow and Dad’s Army: We’re Doomed.

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 NEW WOLSEY STUDIO  8:45pm (65mins)

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AN UPDATE FROM SOPHIE WOOLLEY ON

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Augmented

After winning the Suitcase Prize in 2018, we developed the script and sound design, and performed three scratches at Ovalhouse. Later, we worked on embedding the captions and audio descriptions within the design during a workshop at The Bush (supported by New Wolsey Theatre). We have just won an Arts Council England grant to tour Augmented as a full production. We have big plans for the tour, which will begin in early 2020. The lengthy process of raising funding, and tour booking has meant that we’re not yet ready to return to this year’s Suitcase Day (gutted not to be seeing everyone again!). But I’m certain the long wait will be worth it, to show you the fully finished work in 2020, with itsbeautiful, accessible design.  weareunlimited.org.uk  sophiewoolley888  sophwoolley

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Our Café Bar will have a great offer of food-on-the-go throughout the festival. Never Bean Better Veg Chilli and Nachos G/F V VE Houmous, PULSE Pink Beetroot & Baby Spinach Wrap & Chips G/F Thas’ Bloomin’ Lovely Fish Finger Sandwich & Chips G/F Banging BBQ Sausage Baguette with Caramelised Onions G/F All £6.00 each Optional Cheese for all £1.00 G/F Gluten Free V Vegetarian VE Vegan

Take advanta g of our delicio e u s grub all day with an All Day Food Ticket!

Enjoy 2 x PULSE Menu choices as above

2 x drinks

(excludes Glass Bottles and Alcohol)

1 Snack

from the Café Bar for just £15! All Day Food Tickets can be purchased online in advance or at the Café Bar on the day. All Day Tickets will be valid on Fri 31, Sat 1 and Sun 2.

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