Departure Lounge 2018 - Festival Brochure

THURSDAY 19 - SUNDAY 22 JULY THE SUMMER’S HOTTEST PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO DERBY THEATRE! @InGoodCoEm

Welcome to the hottest performance festival in the East Midlands!

Produced by In Good Company, Departure Lounge is the festival for groundbreaking work in the heart of the country. Every corner of Derby Theatre and beyond will be brought to life by extraordinary performances, workshops and discussion.

We really are reimagining what a theatrical experience can be and are committed to supporting curious minds and artists. There’s the regular mix of Edinburgh previews, the best of the East Midlands blended with the UK’s most exciting artists and companies, sharing works-in-progress, performances in cafés and cars, all-nighters, immersive and intimate performances and award-winning touring work.

Earthquake to host their East-Meets-West The Human Search Engine once again and we’re re-charging our batteries and taking stock on our Sunday workshop day.

We’ve kept our ticket prices low, as we know artists and audiences aren’t always loaded, so check out our festival and day passes on our booking page. And if you just want to pop along to an individual event nothing costs more than a tenner! At Departure Lounge you’ll always be In Good Company.

This year we’ve gone international with Theatre Replacement’s Town Choir taking place in Derby’s Intu Centre and have got a corker of a line-up for our Leadership In The Arts panel discussion on Friday; including new Artistic Director of the Young Vic, Kwame Kwei-Armah. We are teaming up with Little

You’re In Good Company with us!

In Good Company develops artists, provides opportunities and supports exciting new performance in the East Midlands. The scheme was born out of a consultation with our community of artists in 2014 and is now a multivenue partnership made up of: Derby Theatre, Attenborough Arts Centre, Burton Brewhouse, Lincolnshire One Venues and Mansfield Old Library.

For more information, drop us an email at: igc@derbytheatre.co.uk

THURSDAY 19 JULY EXCITING WORK FROM EAST MIDLANDS’ ARTISTS

EAST MEETS WEST: THE HUMAN SEARCH ENGINE After last year’s success as part of the East Meets West Symposium, The Human Search Engine is returning to Departure Lounge. Do you have a burning question? Need a bit of advice? Come and take part in a peer support session that guarantees to generate rapid answers to your problems and useful suggestions based on your queries.

Part of The Big House supported by:

A SELF HELP GUIDE TO BEING IN LOVE WITH JEREMY CORBYN

by Jess Green & The Mischief Thieves Following the success of their 5 show, Burning Books, Jess Green and the Mischief Thieves return with a lyrical, powerful and humorous poetry and music show about falling in love with Jeremy Corbyn and his raw Communist sex appeal.

Age guidance: 14+

VULVA LA REVOLUTION

by Major Labia Vulva La Revolution is BACK! After their recent lark about on Nottingham Playhouse’s main stage, Major Labia present their bloody funneh’ celebration of wonder women of Notts throughout the ages.

Major Labia are graduates and associates of the BAFTA awardwinning Television Workshop, who regularly delight audiences with their fanny funnies. Vulva La Revolution is a frank frolic about love, life and labia. Age guidance: 14+

ARTIST HUB

THE STUDIO

15:00 - 18:00

19:00 - 20:00

[CC] GARDEN STAGE 20:30 - 21:30

FREE (Booking Essential)

£9

£9

[CC]

FRIDAY 20 JULY

DEPARTURE LOUNGE HEADLINE PANEL supported by THE BIG HOUSE

THE FUTURE OF ARTS LEADERSHIP DEBATE with Kwame Kwei-Armah, Natalie Ibu and Jenny Sealey, chaired by Matt Trueman.

Departure Lounge will once again see the return of the ever-popular panel discussion which, for this year, will focus on Leadership in the Arts. Practitioners, artists and audiences are invited to come together for a fascinating and insightful discussion with leaders from a range of inspirational arts organisations in the UK. Chairing the discussion will be British freelance theatre critic, journalist and blogger, Matt Trueman.

The panel of provocateurs will include: Kwame Kwei-Armah, Artistic Director of London’s Young Vic, British actor, playwright, director, singer and broadcaster; Jenny Sealey, Artistic Director of highly acclaimed theatre company Graeae, a force for change in world-class theatre, who boldly place D/deaf and disabled actors centre stage and challenge preconceptions; and Natalie Ibu, Artistic Director of British African theatre company, Tiata Fahodzi.

This event will be BSL interpreted.

GARDEN STAGE 11:00 - 12:30

FREE (Booking Essential)

[BSL]

Part of The Big House supported by:

NETWORKING supported

by THE BIG HOUSE

Departure Lounge Networking Lunch

SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE

WRECKED by Fever Dream Theatre

REHEARSED READING

I DARE YOU

by Beth Shouler

Picnic on our indoor lawn and A crashed car, six audience chat & chow with industry folk members, no way out... and peers alike. Lunch is on us, the conversation is on you!

Sam is on the run.

Part of The Big House supported by:

“I dare you to cut your eyes out with a kitchen knife.”

You live in the perfect family.

Mum. Dad. Sister. Brother.

But lately Mum’s started She has stolen a car, crashed it sleeping all the time. and is trapped with no way out. Dad’s knocked all the walls out and replaced them with glass.

Join Sam as she attempts to Solomon is waging war on the find a way out. insects trying to get in.

And Emily will only drink Age guidance: 12+, limited Coca Cola. Something’s going spaces available. horribly wrong.

A play reading about family, trauma, suitcases of worms and a sofa that has seen everything.

DEPARTURE GATE

DERBADOS

12:30 - 13:30

13:00, 14:00, 15:00, 17:30, 18:30 13:15 - 13:30 (45mins) £9 FREE (Booking Essential)

FREE (Booking Essential)

GARDEN STAGE [BSL/CC]

FRIDAY 20 JULY ED FRINGE HOT PICK

NEW WORK FROM THE EAST MIDLANDS

INTERNATIONAL WORK

USER NOT FOUND

by Dante or Die

TOWN CHOIR by Theatre Replacement

REPRESENT SHOWCASE

Would you delete your online legacy at the moment of your death? User Not Found is a pioneering and intimate new play performed through smartphones and headphones as you become a fly-on-thewall of one man faced with keeping or deleting. A story of contemporary grief unfolds through this intimate, funny performance that gently interrogates our need for connection.

In a fixed location, writers type out observations of the world unfolding around them. In that same moment, a town choir receives these observations via a large screen and sings them out to the public. Drawing on patterns of relaying information that mirror Twitter or Facebook, Town Choir treats everyday considerations as the news. Intimate and minute details are transmitted through the ether, and then filtered through the live body in an epic choral declaration.

A showcase of work made by women of colour. Visit derbytheatre.co.uk for more details on each performance.

Age Guidance: 14+ Contains some strong language

BOARDING GATE

[CC] intu DERBY

13:45-15:15 & 17:30-19:00 [BSL]

14:00 - 15:00 & 17:30 - 18:30

£9

FREE

TROPICAL AWKWARD BAST*RD by whatsthebigmistry MENTAL

by Lauren Nicole Whitter PINK LEMONADE

by Mia Johnson SHE CAME FROM INNER SPACE by Michelle Vacciana

THE STUDIO [CC & BSL] 15:30 - 17:00

£9

SHOWCASE

NEW WORK

NEW WORK

OPEN WOUND

by Cheeky Chin

ONE ACT OPEN MIC

I’M STICKING WITH YOU by Pebble Gorge

“How did you break up last time?”

Open mic nights are an exciting opportunity for all performers and all styles. If you have music, poetry, comedy or more that you would like to present in a relaxed, supportive and intimate setting, whilst meeting other like-minded performers, make sure you arrive early to book a slot.

With just a box of characters and some simple instructions, the play delivers an experience of some of the feelings that have been running high in the UK since Brexit. Whose voice do we listen to? How do we know what’s right for us? You sit at the table. You put on the headphones. You look out from the white cliffs, across the blue sea and to the person sitting opposite. Do you stick with them? Or do you want to leave?

Open Wound is a semisolo show about break-ups, relationships, decisions and broken hearts, exploring how the heightened gendered, racialized and classed social expectations in the new global context permeate into the most intimate relationships from an East Asian perspective, not only for the two people in the relationship, but also for nations in the world. Written and performed by Yuyu Wang.

GARDEN STAGE [CC & BSL] 19:30 - 20:30 £9

A number of performances will be captioned: 10:30 on Friday 21, and 11:00 & 16:30 on Saturday 22.

THE STUDIO

CUSTOMS

21:00 - 23:00

Various Times

£5

FREE (Please book for [CC] shows)

SATURDAY 21 JULY WORKSHOP The Eulogy of Toby Peach Saturday, 19:30

GREAT SHOWS FROM FRIDAY. THAT YOU CAN SEE AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

SITE-BASED THEATRE MAKING WORKSHOP with Dante or Die

There are some shows that are so good we have to show them twice! Check out brief details below and flick back a page to read A 90-minute introduction to the full description of these cracking pieces! site-based theatre-making for professional theatre-makers or WRECKED by Fever Dream Theatre non-professionals with theatre Venue: DERBADOS experience to experience some Times: 13:00, 14:00, 17:00 & 18:00 (45 mins) of Dante or Die’s methods for creating site-based work, including improvisation exercises, devising techniques TOWN CHOIR by Theatre Replacement and relationship to audience.

Venues: intu DERBY Times: 12:00 - 13:00

I’M STICKING WITH YOU by Pebble Gorge Venues: CUSTOMS Times: Various 11:00 & 16:30 performances will be captioned [CC], please book.

REHEARSAL BUNKER 11:00 - 12:30

£7

NEW WORK

INTERNATIONAL WORK

WHEN OUR MOLECULES MEET AGAIN*...

by Stuart Bowden

Cosmic comedy kindly presented by somebody obviously pretending to be an alien. Bewilderingly uplifting. “Weirdly magical” (The Scotsman); “Searingly entertaining” (The Times) “Eccentric, comic storytelling”  (The Stage); “Many fringe acts promise something different but Bowden delivers”  (Adelaide Advertiser).

NETWORKING

STARS

by Mojisola Adebeyo

EAT, MEET & GREET with ACE & IGC

Told through one woman and a live DJ, with projected animation, STARS tells the story of a very…very old lady who goes into outer space… in search of her own orgasm. Isn’t that where all the orgasms go?

A chance to chat and connect with key staff from Arts Council England and In Good Company partner venues over food.

A moving and sensitive, funny and transformative space odyssey to be made aesthetically accessible for all.

Age guidance: 14+

Age guidance: 14+

THE STUDIO

[CC] GARDEN STAGE

[CC] ARTIST HUB

14:00 - 15:00

15:30 - 17:00

17:00 - 19:00

£9

£5

FREE

SATURDAY 21 JULY NEW WORK

EDINBURGH HIT

THE EULOGY OF TOBY WE ARE IAN PEACH by Toby Peach by In Bed With My Join Toby as he enters the Brother (not so) exclusive Cancer Club; sample chemotherapy cocktails, select the perfect funeral playlist and marvel at Willy Wonka’s life-saving stem cell machine. From diagnosis to remission, relapse and treatment, experience a young man’s journey with cancer in this honest, fascinating, humorous and inspiring exploration of modern science and the wonders of the human body.

END OF THE FEST

THE AFTER PARTY

1989. Manchester. A frenzy of drugs, beats, bucket hats.

Illegal raves. Acid parties. Just jumping up and down in a field and throwing two fingers to Thatcher...Remember it?

Because we don’t. But Ian does.

And he’s gonna take us back.

The party continues after the performance so stay for more great music, a few drinks and networking.

“Be you, be Ian, but really just be in this audience”  A Younger Theatre Age guidance: 14+

 Edinburgh Evening News

THE STUDIO

[CC] GARDEN STAGE

[CC] ARTIST HUB

19:30 - 20:30

21:00 - 22:00

22:00 - 23:00

£9

£9

FREE

SUNDAY 22 JULY NEW WORK

WORKSHOP

THE NIGHT SHIFT by Lapelle’s Factory

WORKSHOP with Stacy Makishi

A 12-hour theatrical lock-in for anyone interested in rapidresponse theatre-making and staying up really, really late. Part workshop, part performancemaking free-for-all to explore the creative creepies which lurk in the dark. You’ll be let loose to craft your own material, which will be shaped and then shared, bleary-eyed, at 11am the following morning.

Do you kill your creative ideas before they’re born?

Age guidance: 18+ .

Killing Time motivates participants to: • Move faster than think • Create faster than critique • Pulverize procrastination

WORKSHOP

LOOK AFTER YOURSELF As our Festival comes to an end, it’s important to take a moment to check-in with our new-found friends and take a moment to improve your sense of wellbeing, restore your energy levels and be kind to yourself with this wellness through movement workshop.

Killing Time: a physical performance making workshop open to anyone willing to walk into the unknown.

THE STUDIO

REHEARSAL BUNKER

REHEARSAL BUNKER

23:00(Sat) - 11:00 (Sun)

11:00 - 14:00

15:00 - 17:00

£9

£7

£7

Thoughts from ACCESS the Field.

by David Ralfe, IGC

Departure Lounge welcomes all customers and we are working hard to make as much of the Festival as we can accessible to all Associate including the following events with captioning or BSL options.

Captioned Using The Difference Engine: ...Being In Love With Jeremy Corbyn, Thursday 19 July, 7pm Vulva La Revolution, Thursday 19 July, 8:30pm I’m Sticking with You, Friday 20 July, 10:30am & 7pm, and Saturday 21 July, 11am & 4.30pm When Our Molecules Meet Again*, Saturday 21 July, 2pm STARS, Saturday 21 July, 3:30pm The Eulogy of Toby Peach, Saturday 21 July, 7:30pm We Are Ian, Saturday 21 July, 9pm BSL Interpreted: Leadership in the Arts Panel Discussion, Friday 20 July, 11am User Not Found, Saturday 21 July, 5.30pm Captioned Using The Difference Engine and BSL Interpreted: I Dare You - Rehearsed Reading, Friday 20 July, 1:45pm REPRESENT: A Women of Colour Showcase, Friday 20 July, 3:30pm Open Wound, Friday 20 July, 7:30pm The Difference Engine is a portable tool which puts access into people’s pockets – sending captions and/or audio description to audience members’ mobile devices (smart phones/tablets) via the Difference Engine app.

Wheelchair Access All our performance and workshop spaces are accessible and if you are a wheelchair user a dedicated member of our cabin crew will be able to guide you through our access routes. This service is available on the day of performance but we recommend emailing tickets@derbytheatre.co.uk before you visit and we will send you venue maps and information in advance.

More access information is available at derbytheatre.co.uk

FIND THE ACTION During Departure Lounge, Derby Theatre gets a makeover - here’s a list of what’s what, and where you can find all the exciting events.

Boarding Gate Our Festival Box Office Fueling Depot Our ground floor café serving in-flight food day and night Departure Gate Our second floor bistro and bar Derbados Our outside performance space and bar Artist Hub Our second floor artist hot desk hub, for those who need to catch up on a few emails in between shows Garden Stage One of two Festival performance spaces Studio Stage One of two Festival performance spaces Rehearsal Bunker Our space for workshops Customs Our Intimate performance space

Find out about free Creative Business Support Opportunities In Good Company and Derby Theatre are thrilled to be part of The Big House, a ÂŁ5 million tailored support programme for the creative and digital industries (CDI) sector, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).

From developing potential business ideas, nurturing start-ups and new entrepreneurs, to working with established businesses wanting to grow, our partner network provides specialist support for creative businesses and sole traders based in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. You can access grants, 1-2-1 mentoring, networking events and workshops to help build contacts, skills and knowledge to succeed.

The Big House is also supported by the Creative Local Growth Fund programme, funded by Arts Council England.

To find out more visit bighouse.org.uk or email m.rooth@derby.ac.uk.

Don’t miss The Big House events during Departure Lounge!

All workshops in Departure Lounge are in association with The Big House plus these delights:

EAST MEETS WEST Do you have a burning question? Need a bit of advice? Come and take part in a peer support session that guarantees to generate rapid answers to your problems and queries.

DEPARTURE GATE Thurs 19 July, 11:00 - 18:00

THE FUTURE OF ARTS LEADERSHIP DEBATE We once again see the return of the ever-popular panel discussion which, for this year, will focus on Leadership in the Arts. Practitioners, artists and audiences are invited to come together for a fascinating and insightful discussion.

GARDEN STAGE Fri 20 July, 11:00 - 12:30

DEPARTURE LOUNGE NETWORKING LUNCH Picnic on our indoor lawn and chat & chow with industry folk and peers alike. Lunch is on us, the conversation is on you!

DEPARTURE GATE Fri 20 July, 12:30 - 13:30

Tickets & Passes Our Festival passes couldn’t be better value so we highly recommend picking up a weekend or day pass in order to get the most bang for your buck! Alternatively, all events can be booked individually and everything is under £10 - see indvidual events for details.

Festival Full Day Pass £35pp

saving you over £13 on Friday and Saturday only.

Weekend Festival Pass £80pp saving you over £50 - including all events on Thursday - Saturday.

Book Online: derbytheatre.co.uk Box Office: 01332 59 39 39 Email: tickets@derbytheatre.co.uk