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Image: Once Upon A Time in a Western
“We are serious about being silly” Le Navet Bete
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April FOOLS time
Well we’re not ones for pranks but we’ve got some wonderful fools to entertain you this April. We’ll be embarking on a very silly Wild West adventure with theatre company Le Navet Bete (loosely translated as The Stupid Turnip). Enjoy an interview with Le Navet Bête in this month’s magalogue, along with Q&As with CBeebies’ Sid Sloane, Commotion Dance, Impermanence Dance Theatre and rock-n-roll superstar Kid Carpet.
BIG NEWS Would you like to join our motley crew? We are looking for two lovely people to join our team to help make imaginations fly. If you’re an experienced Catering professional looking for an exciting challenge, you could be our next Catering Manager. We’re looking for an enthusiastic individual to run our café and catering service, fuel creativity with delicious food and generate a stable source of income to support our outreach and community work. If you love working on artistic projects and supporting young people to develop their skills and talent, we’re looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Participation Projects Manager to join our Outreach and Engagement team. Find out more and download application packs from the Opportunities section of our website. Don’t be put off by the motley crew on the right; they were performing Kathakali faces and don’t normally look like that!
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Once upon a time... The Wild West was transformed by a fabulous bunch of clowns!
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very now and again there comes a show that you just know will have you rolling around with laughter. Once Upon A Time in a Western by Le Navet BĂŞte is one such show. With lassoes at the ready we chased after the gang to find out more about their show: First of all, tell us about the company name: Le Navet BĂŞte is kind of slang, and roughly translates to The Stupid Turnip. We liked that it had such a serious sound, but really meant something really silly. This is reflected in our work, we are serious about being silly.
What are your backgrounds? How did you all start clowning around? We met at University in Plymouth in the mid-2000s where we were all studying a broad Theatre and Performance degree. During our study we explored the work of clown and pushed on our discovery from there together.
What do you think makes your audiences smile/laugh at what you do on stage? We try and create work that makes a certain atmosphere in a venue, we like the audience to feel very much a part of the show. To play a fifth character if you will. This allows a strong bond to develop between performer and audience which can create hilarious and sometimes surprising moments!
How do you create your shows and what are your inspirations? We talk about what we find amusing, whether it be a cinematic genre such as the western or something as simple as a roller disco. Once these initial ideas are set we then play with whatever material may come out of a basic idea for a narrative, and move on from there. We take inspiration from all sorts of places, music, film, language, variety, circus and theatre to name but a few.
Wednesday 9 April Book your tickets now>>>
“We are serious about being silly�
Image: Once Upon A Time in a Western
Images: Palaces & Cabins
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hat happens when a group of artists comes together to explore an idea inspired by a trip to the Ukraine? Find out this month as we launch the long-awaited Palaces & Cabins exhibition on Thursday 10 April 6.30 - 8.30pm:
Artist and Co-founder of OSR Projects Simon Lee Dicker and fellow artist Tim Martin became interested in our relationship with buildings following a tour of Kiev by Ukranian architect Sasha Burlaka. What are the places that feel like home and what are our personal palaces? Exploring Salisbury through both residents’ and artists’ eyes, OSR Projects and a talented group of artists have created a unique exhibition for Salisbury Arts Centre that will be revealed in a special launch event on Thursday 10 April. Come and meet the artists, chat about the work, and explore Salisbury in an original light. PLUS special event on Sunday 27 April 10am - 3pm.
Laughter therapy
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fter all the April Fools tomfoolery there’s certainly a sense of humour in the air and what better way to finish your weeks in April than with a healthy dose of laughter? We’re dishing up not one but six great comedians in two big nights out: Tom Craine & Joz Norris Friday 11 April 8pm (bar open 7.15pm)
Part of comedy trio Jigsaw, Tom Craine is a regular on The Josh Widdicombe show and writer for Mock the Week. He has also appeared on Russell Howard’s Good News and Live at the Electric. In his new show ‘Crying on a Waltzer’ he takes a comedy look at everything from being friends with your ex to eating off Margaret Thatcher’s face. Tom is joined by Salisbury’s Joz Norris. His show ‘Awkward Prophet’ takes you on a journey through everything that feels special to him - including his decision to bury a woman up to her neck in rocks because he thought it was romantic.
Barnstormers Comedy Friday 25 April 8.30pm (bar open 7.45pm)
In the last Barnstormers Comedy club of the season, we welcome Noel James, Christian Reilly, a mystery comedian and a hilarious guest compere. “[Noel James] liberates the lunatic side to our personalities brilliantly!” Time Out “This genuine, trendy, confident comedian is not to be missed” Funny.co.uk on Christian Reilly
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Image: Tom Craine
Little Artist Big Painting A free event for under 5 year olds Saturday 12 April 10.30am, 12.30pm & 2.30pm
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ance and painting are two great ways to entertain small children and get them moving and exploring their imaginations. So when we heard Commotion Dance were mixing the two together we got very excited about the company’s big colourful idea! We loved your last show Ready or Not. What can we expect from Little Artist Big Painting? A fun story through dance, lots of messy paint and the chance to join in! Watch as a young girl’s imagination comes to life through the help of three painters who want to tell a story.
We love the idea of a fusion of dance, music and paint. What was the inspiration behind this piece? We wanted to make something different for people to see outdoors, we have never danced outdoors before so this was an exciting challenge. We really wanted to see how a story could be told through the medium of dance and paint, we remember loving painting when we were younger and so wanted to offer this in an exciting new way for everyone to enjoy. We hear little artists can join in after, can the parents get involved too? Yes, certainly, the more the merrier – we love for everyone to get involved and have fun regardless of age.
Image: Little Artist Big Painting, Commotion Dance
Film This month we delve into The Beat generation with Kill Your Darlings. We did a bit of swotting up to remind ourselves of the writers who shocked their generation and are widely credited with liberalising publishing in the United States: The Beat Generation was a group of American postWorld War II writers who became well known in the 1950s as new bohemian hedonists. They celebrated non-conformity and spontaneous creativity, experimenting with drugs, sexuality and religion. Allen Ginsberg’s Howl (1956), William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch (1959) and Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (1957) are among the best known examples of Beat literature. Both Howl and Naked Lunch were the focus of obscenity trials that ultimately helped to liberalise publishing in the United States.
Kill Your Darlings (15): Sunday 13 April 7.30pm The award-winning film Kill Your Darlings takes us back to the early years of the Beat Generation. University was Mecca for Allen Ginsberg (Daniel Radcliffe): a portal to art, intellect, culture and freedom. There he met Lucien Carr, William Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Kill Your Darlings tells their true story of friendship, love and murder and the pivotal year that sparked Ginsberg’s creative revolution.
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What the press say:
“3D fun for all the family with impressive visuals and some catchy tunes.” Empire Magazine
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Image: Kill Your Darlings
Image: Sid Sloane
CBeebies’ Sid Sloane
Sid’s Show: Tuesday 15 April 11am & 2pm
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f you’re a fan of CBeebies, Sid probably needs little introduction. We caught up with him ahead of his show that comes full of games, songs and magic for ages 3 - 7 years: Where did the inspiration for Sid’s Show come from? I am a trained actor with a love of performing live, so I am fulfilling a dream as well as establishing a theatre company that not only produces high quality imaginative theatre for children but creates further opportunity to build a brand that engages children creatively through the arts. What is it like going from being on CBeebies to performing on the stage? Is it a nice change? As a CBeebies presenter I had years to develop a natural personality and as a performer I get the chance to move away from that persona to help me emphasise a point or piece within the performance.
So I get to combine the two which is essentially what you see on tv, only on stage I get to throw my arms around a bit more to try and fill the space. We read that there are lots of funny characters in the show. Can you hint at any of the characters we can expect to meet? We use socks, outer space and pets to help me on my quest, we even go to the jungle! What would you like the audience to take away from the performance? Their rubbish please! You should see the place afterwards!
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Spiro Friday 18 April 8pm
“Cinematic, breathtaking and beautiful” ***** Songlines:
Folk meets Minimalist Classical and Dance music as festival stars Spiro present their own uniquely English sound. The genre-defying four-piece unites musicians from backgrounds as diverse as Classical and Punk in a thrilling musical adventure. Tunes collide with rhythms and counter melodies to create a powerhouse of sound featuring violin, mandolin, accordion and guitar.
Friday 18 April Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions (Members: £11 / £9) Book tickets now>>>
Image: Spiro
“Our shows always have an element of spectacle, they’re exciting, colourful and beautiful.”
Image: Impermanence Dance Theatre
Impermanence Dance Theatre Wednesday 23 April 8pm
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mpermanence Dance Theatre describes itself as a dance company that tours like a band. We were intrigued so we had a chat with Josh to find out more about the company and its work: How did the company come together and what are the dancers’ backgrounds? We all met a long while ago when we were training at the Rambert School. Since then, between us, we’ve worked with some of the biggest and most exciting companies and choreographers around Europe. Danny has just got back from New York where he was performing a duet with Fiona Shaw, Eleanor works regularly with the groundbreaking UK choreographer Gary Clarke, and Ale does a lot of work in the Netherlands with artists from Batsheva and Netherlands Dans Theatre. So you can expect dance of the highest quality. We’re based in a church building. What other interesting spaces have you performed in? We’ve performed in big theatres, rowdy gay clubs, pubs, Italian Piazzas, and in City centres.
This year is all about exploring this notion of performance in different spaces further… to challenge us creatively, and to take work to audiences as opposed to waiting for them to come to us. We’re currently building a solar powered generator with a lighting rig and sound system, and will be taking it to 6 music festivals this summer - we’re really excited about that! For newcomers to dance, what makes your piece worth trying? Our shows always have an element of spectacle, they’re exciting, colourful and beautiful. We make work to engage an audience, and carry them on a journey with us. A large part of why we came together was because we weren’t enjoying watching a lot of dance that was out there ourselves. The feeling of isolation you can get as an audience member while watching a contemporary dance piece is something we work really hard to try and avoid… We make work to move people… There will be something for everyone… It’s a proper show!
Wednesday 23 April 8pm Tickets: £12 / £10 (Members £11 / £9) Book your tickets now>>>
Blast off
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id Carpet won the hearts of the audience on his last visit with his catchy ‘Doing a Poo in the Forest’ song. This time he’ll be blasting us off into space so buckle up and prepare for the ride. He told us a bit more:
Tell us a little bit about yourself I’ve been making music and gigging as Kid Carpet for 10 years, touring to rock venues, festivals and nightclubs. I started with a Casio keyboard and a plastic guitar, got a bit fixated with toy instruments and electronica and now play a real guitar. I like playing around, jumping about and singing. Why did you start making children’s theatre? When we had our first child I found it way too tiring to be crawling home at 4am after a gig to then be bright and breezy for the kids at 5.30am. I needed a change of opening hours. I also found a lot of children’s books and media pretty unpalatable and so I made my first children’s theatre show, Kid Carpet & the Noisy Animals, for me and the kids to enjoy rocking out at. Why did you want to make a show about space? Because it’s dead cool and really exciting.
I got to make a space rocket that goes really, really fast, travel all around the universe and have a picnic in Zero G. Who else is in the show? The Noisy Animals who are the biggest band in the world. Made up of a Gorilla, a Badger (unculled), a Hedgehog and a Bear. And Chris in the engine room. Oh and The Dog who is the band manager. What’s your favourite musical instrument? What noise does it make? My favourite instrument is my voice. It makes all kinds of sounds like angels, trombones, monkeys and motorbikes. It’s also useful for singing and talking. Describe your space rocket? My space rocket has got a window for seeing where we’re going, a super computer (the space rocket’s brain), an engine room with Chris in it, a teleporter for making anything we see magically appear onboard, a super duper really fast button and a record player. Basically it’s the best space rocket ever and you get to travel on it during the show.
Tuesday 15 April 11am & 2pm Tickets: £7.50 / £6.50 concessions / £24 family of 4 • Ages 4+ Book your tickets now>>>
Image: Kid Carpet
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LOVE ACTUALLYsoon Coming “Gets the audience laughing from the get go.” Steven Fraser, Broadway Baby
Directed by Andy McQuade
(Fringe Report, Best Director 2012)
TH SE E U HI QUE NOF T F LT FIC ILM O T IA HE L
Monkey Poet: Love Hurts Actually
Matilda and Me
The unofficial sequel to the hit film starring one man with a gift for poetry.
A story of migration, family and cultural identity fusing storytelling, dubpoetry, live art and Reggae music.
Photos Luke Walwyn
Design Jez Cowley
Graham Gouldman’s Heart Full of Songs A special acoustic show from 10cc’s Graham Gouldman and band.
Team of the Decades An interactive outdoor performance about father and son and life on the pitch.
Babakas: Our Fathers An award-winning portrait of fatherhood by international company Babakas in a story that relates to us all.
April Diary Saturday 5 Tomten family Saturday 5 MET Opera: Puccini’s La Boheme opera Sunday 6 Live Lunch: Sagat Guirey music/cafe Monday 7 The Story Exchange theatre Tuesday 8 RSPB talks Wednesday 9 Cafe LUA cafe Wednesday 9 Once Upon A Time in a Western theatre Thursday 10 Palaces & Cabins Launch exhibitions Friday 11 Tom Craine & Joz Norris comedy Saturday 12 Little Artist Big Painting family Saturday 12 Altar Club music Sunday 13 Live Lunch: Tim Rea music/cafe Sunday 13 Scriptwriters Doo Dah Sharing theatre Sunday 13 Kill Your Darlings film Tuesday 15 Sid’s Show family Tuesday 15 Magic Lantern film/cafe Thursday 17 Hijack Open Mic music Friday 18 Spiro music Wednesday 23 Impermanence Dance Theatre dance Friday 25 Barnstormers Comedy comedy Saturday 26 Kid Carpet: Blast Off family Saturday 26 MET Opera: Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte opera PLUS One-off Workshops and Workshop Courses Full programme details available at www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk or you can contact the Box Office on 01722 321744.