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All the threes
I’m delighted to be welcoming you to our November Magalogue, as the ‘new girl’ and Marketing and Development Manager at Salisbury Arts Centre. I’ve been made to feel very welcome by the team here and I know we all extend that hospitality to all of you. This issue brings you a taste of the good things we have to share to tempt you to join us and keep you warmly entertained throughout these dark chilly autumn days and evenings! Happy Reading! As always, we’d love your feedback on Magalogue. Email any comments to liz@salisburyarts.co.uk
Image: I Believe in Unicorns
film
Films from France This November we bring you a selection of emotionally charged subtitled French films
Samba (15)
Thursday 5 November | 7.30pm Samba, a Senegalese kitchen worker, is under threat of deportation from his French home. Alice is a burnt-out executive volunteering in a legal centre. Both struggle to get out of their dead-end lives until fate brings them together in this charming and topical story. Directed by Olivier Nakache & Eric Toledano | 118 mins | French with subtitles
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Clouds of Sils Maria (15)
Saturday 7 November 7.30pm A multi-layered study of age and ambition set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Swiss Alps.
Girlhood (15)
Tuesday 24 November 7.30pm An explosive and emotional story of female empowerment in the tough neighbourhoods of Paris.
A veteran actress is confronted with an uncomfortable reflection of herself when she takes part in a revival of the play that launched her career.
Mariame is a shy 16-year-old with grades too poor to continue at high school. Lured out of her shell by three vivacious teens, Mariame joins a neighbourhood gang and adapts to their bolder and often reckless behaviour.
Directed by Olivier Assayas | 124 mins | French with subtitles
Directed by Celine Sciamma | 113 mins | French with subtitles
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dance
It’s all a question of Taste Wednesday 11 November | 8pm Tickets: £12 | £10 concessions
Tea; how do you take yours? Milk no sugar? Milk in first? No milk at all? Builders, Earl Grey… Herbal? What’s behind our choices? What defines our identity? Do we really fall into social tribes and if so how far up the social ladder is our tribe? Can we climb higher? This November we present a tasty morsel of a show for everyone with a sweet tooth for dance, theatre and comedy, brought to you by Cornish dance company Cscape. They have earned a reputation for warm, witty and accessible dance theatre shows over the past twelve years. Taste is a delicious romp of a show inspired by the tapestries of Grayson Perry, and relishing in our national obsessions with social class and the cultural extremities of food, fashion and style. The production explores what defines our identity and ponders the intricacies behind our choices. A dance show with a difference that’s as refreshing as a nice cup of tea! The new production is brought to you by choreographers Sally Knight (Cscape) and Neil Paris (Smith Dance/Fabulous Beast) with writing by Murray Lachlan Young (BBC Radio). Taste, aimed at 12+ audiences, is a chance to experience something inspirational that’s right up your street. Kindly sponsored by Fletcher & Partners
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comedy
Laughter therapy... Jeremy Hardy
Wednesday 25 November 8pm (bar open 7.15pm) Jeremy Hardy has this year begun his fourth decade as a stand-up comedian. Well known to us all from his BBC Radio 4 show ‘Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation’ and his appearances on ‘The News Quiz’ and ‘I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue’, he brings a slightly left of centre view of life’s experiences infused with his own special brand of humour. His satirical and slightly surreal impressions of bankers and other members of the establishment (mimicking a pompous sense of entitlement) have often prompted great mirth and recognition from live audiences. Jeremy is quite proud of the words of a critic in The Guardian who wrote of him, ‘In an ideal world, Jeremy Hardy would be extremely famous, but an ideal world would leave him without most of his best material.’
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Barnstormers Comedy Friday 27 November 8.30pm (bar open 7.45pm)
Ending the month with a healthy dose of laughter, Barnstormers brings you three great comedians from the London comedy circuit introduced by a guest compere. Over 18s only. Not for the easily offended!
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Image: Jeremy Hardy
opera
Nights at the Opera Tickets: £17 | £15 concessions
Wagner’s Tannhäuser
Wednesday 4 November | 4pm A special encore screening of Wagner’s Tannhäuser from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. James Levine conducts Wagner’s early masterpiece in its first return to the Met stage in more than a decade. Today’s leading Wagnerian tenor, Johan Botha, takes on the daunting title role of the young knight caught between true love and passion. Eva-Maria Westbroek is Elisabeth, adding another Wagner heroine to her Met repertoire after her acclaimed Sieglinde in the Ring a few seasons ago. On the heels of his recent triumph in Parsifal, Peter Mattei sings Wolfram, and Michelle DeYoung is the love goddess, Venus.
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Berg’s Lulu
Saturday 21 November | 5.30pm A live in HD screening from the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Acclaimed artist and director William Kentridge (The Nose) applies his unique theatrical vision to Berg’s notorious femme fatale who shatters lives, including her own. Soprano Marlis Petersen has excited audiences around the world with her portrayal of the tour-de-force title role, a wild journey of love, obsession, and death. Susan Graham joins a winning cast, including Daniel Brenna and Johan Reuter.
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music
November sounds like... Be transported by the world famous music group Huun Huur Tu to the Russian Federation republic of Tuva, on the Mongolian border, with an evening of their distinctive haunting throat singing. The sound they create echoes a flute or a whistle and can be evocative of birdsong and the wind whistling among the rocks of the harsh Tuvan landscape. Vocalist Radik told Magalogue: ‘We have strong tradition, generation to generation pass down this special voice. It is not only sound from your vocal chords, it is more than voice, it is songs, lyrics, tune, mythology and philosophy.’ Khoomei’s origins are lost in the mists of time, Radik says: ‘Nobody can tell you when this started and how it originated. But we think this sound came from nature. We are nomads, we have horses, sheep, yaks, reindeer... We are hunters too. So, we hear sound from nature everyday: wind, rain, snow... And if you listen to the sound of nature everyday then you must copy this
sound straight from your own voice. For example, hunters need to make imitation of animals’ sound when hunting.’ The group uses native Tuvan instruments such as the igil, khomus (Tuvan jaw harp), doshpuluur, and dünggür (shaman drum). However, in recent years, the group have begun to selectively incorporate western instruments, such as the guitar. While the thrust of Huun Huur Tu’s music is fundamentally indigenous Tuvan folk music, they also experiment with incorporating not only Western instruments, but electronic music as well. Radik describes how Huun Huur Tu has been able to incorporate the use of western instruments and to collaborate with western musicians. He says: ‘We keep our tradition inside of us. We need keeping. If not, we’ve lost everything. This is why western musicians find it interesting to play with us. And of course for us it is interesting to play with other great musicians, because we are modern people. We need to play more interesting music and have collaborations with other genres of world and modern music around the world.’
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theatre
Literary Magic
Everyone loves a good children’s book, even those of us who’ve officially outgrown the recommended age range on the back cover. Whether it’s a modern classic or an old favourite, nothing stirs the soul like a first-rate childhood tale. This month we’ve got two children’s book adaptations translating that literary magic onto the stage. They’re sure to make your imagination fly whatever age bracket you fall into!
The Falcon’s Malteser
Saturday 14 November | 2pm & 7pm The first book in Anthony Horowitz’s hugely popular Diamond Brothers series, The Falcon’s Malteser follows inept private detective Tim Diamond and his sharp-witted brother as they attempt to discover what’s so important about those titular Maltesers. This version, adapted for the stage by New Old Friends, is a hilarious film noir pastiche with slapstick, songs and a cast of four fearless actors tackling twenty brilliant roles. Taking the best of Horowitz’s novel and playing the humour up to the hilt, this is silly but intelligent fun for all the family.
“Barmy fun never failing to hit the spot. An absolute treat for young and old alike, don’t miss it” What’s On Stage Suitable for adults and children aged 8 and over
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I Believe in Unicorns
Saturday 21 November | 2pm For slightly littler ones, we have an enchanting and interactive version of Michael Morpurgo’s treasured tale. Published in 2005, I Believe in Unicorns explores how stories can change our lives, especially under the most difficult of circumstances. Against the backdrop of war-torn Europe, eight-year-old Tomas discovers the magical tales of the Unicorn Lady after a visit to his local library, and finds that he too believes in unicorns. This spellbinding adaptation by Wizard Presents comes to us fresh from two hugely successful seasons in London’s West End, described by The Stage as “utterly magical”. Don’t be surprised if you leave believing in unicorns too! Suitable for children aged 6 and over
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diary November Wednesday 4 Wagner’s Tannhäuser opera Thursday 5 Samba film Saturday 7 Live Lunch: Effra music Saturday 7 Clouds of Sils Maria film Wednesday 11 Café LUA café Wednesday 11 Taste dance Thursday 12 Jenny Eclair comedy Saturday 14 The Falcon’s Malteser theatre Tuesday 17 Magic Lantern film/café Wednesday 18 Dr Sketchy’s Salisbury visual arts Thursday 19 Worth Fighting For? Launch exhibitions Friday 20 Huun Huur Tu music Saturday 21 I Believe in Unicorns family Saturday 21 Berg’s Lulu opera Tuesday 24 Girlhood film Wednesday 25 Jeremy Hardy comedy Thursday 26 Hijack Open Mic music Friday 27 Barnstormers comedy Saturday 28 Live Lunch: Pete Webber music Saturday 28 Altar Club music
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