Elements: Celebrate Age & Diversity

Elements

Celebrating Age & Diversity 01. 10 - 31. 10. 2016 Arts, Literature, Films Venues Across Cumbria

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We work with venues that are accessible for most wheelchair users, all of our films are screened with close captions.

British Sign Language interpreters will also be at our core events.

Tickets for ticketed events must be purchased via the venue in advance or on the door.

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WELCOME TO ELEMENTS From photography to literature to a programme of extraordinary films, the first Elements festival presents a diverse range of events and activities, across the stunning region of Cumbria.

Grown out of the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Trans) history project CELEBRATE, Elements aims to bring more inclusive and high-quality arts and cultural events to our rural region. For its pilot year, the festival features an exhibition of LGBT history with photographic artwork by Colin Tennant, created through months of working with older LGBT people (p4); a writer in residence project in Copeland, where poet Pascale Petit worked with locals over 60 (p6); and a film programme curated by three of the most amazing people working in equality and diversity in the UK (p10). In addition to our own programme, we also include associated events from organisations across the region (p18).

We would like to thank the team at OutREACH Cumbria, all of our partners, participants, and our funders: Arts Council England, Heritage Lottery Fund, Copeland Community Fund, Cumbria Community Foundation - for making all this happen.

We hope you enjoy the first Elements Festival.

Tonia Lu, Producer image: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (2009)

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EVENTS AT A GLANC E Tickets for ticketed events must be purchased via the venue or on the door.

THROUGHOUT OCTOBER Here, Today + CELEBRATE (p4) Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle Sat 01 Oct 7pm Festival Launch + Film: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, Penrith (p9+p12) with Pascale Petit & Adele Patrick Sun 02 Oct 3pm Film: Freaks, Egremont (p14) Tue 04 Oct 1pm The Wordsworth Trust on Black History, Carlisle (p20) Thur 06 Oct 11am Setting the Scene, Keswick (p23) 6pm CELEBRATE Talk & Film: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, Carlisle (p4+p12) with Colin Tennant Fri 07 Oct 7.30pm Film: Margarita with a Straw, Penrith (p15) 7.30pm Love, Lies and Taxidermy, Kendal (p23)

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8pm Hunter Davies: My Life with Margaret, Carlisle (p21) Sat 08 Oct 10am Karen Lloyd: The Gathering Tide, Carlisle (p21) 11am Joanna Cannon: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, Carlisle (p21) 12pm Graham Robb: Cols and Passes of the British Isles, Carlisle (p21) 4pm Mari Hannah & David Mark: From Facts to Fiction, Carlisle (p22) 5pm Love, Lies and Taxidermy, Kendal (p23) Sun 09 Oct 3pm Film Double Bill: A Last Farewell + Love is Strange, Egremont (p12+p14) 3pm Jimmy McGovern in Conversation, Carlisle (p22) 5pm Susan Calman: Cheer Up Love, Carlisle (p22) 7.30pm Love, Lies and Taxidermy, Kendal (p23) Wed 12 Oct 8pm About 1972: The History of Sex, Kendal (p23) Thur 13 Oct 11am Setting the Scene, Keswick (p23)

CE Fri 14 Oct 7pm Film Double Bill: A Last Farewell + Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement, Barrow(p12) with Lindsay River and Lee Wicks Sun 16 Oct 3pm Film Double Bill: Annie Dearest + The Tribe, Egremont (p16) with Ruth Gould Wed 19 Oct 2pm Meet the Writers, Whitehaven (p9) 7pm West Lakes Writing Reading – Whitehaven (p9) with Neil Curry Thur 20 Oct 11am Setting the Scene, Keswick (p23) 7pm West Lakes Writing Reading – Grasmere (p9) with Wordsworth Trust Sun 23 Oct 2pm West Lakes Writing Reading – Keswick (p9) 3pm Film: If These Walls Could Talk 2, Egremont (p13) Mon 24 Oct 2pm Meet the Writers, Millom (p9)

7pm West Lakes Writing Reading – Millom (p9) Tue 25 Oct 2pm Meet the Writers, Egremont (p9) 6pm West Lakes Writing Reading – Egremont (p9) 7pm Film: Salma, Egremont (p17) Wed 26 Oct 10am Morning at the Museum, Carlisle (p20) Thur 27 Oct 11am Setting the Scene, Keswick (p23) 7.30pm Film Double Bill: Women Like Us & A Last Farewell, Penrith (p12+p13) with Rosalind Pearson Sat 29 Oct 10am Exploring Cumbria’s Black History Through Words, Objects and Performance, Carlisle (p20) More information on our website: www.elementsfest.com hello@elementsfest.com ElementsLakes @ElementsLakes ElementsLakes

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CELEBRATE + HERE, TODAY 10. 09 - 31. 10. 2016

CELEBRATE is the first project to explore and uncover the living history of the LGBT community in Cumbria. Significant national events, local incidents and personal stories are linked together through time and brought to life through objects, audio recordings and photography.

The exhibition includes a series of photographic artwork by artist Colin Tennant who has spent months with a group of LGBT people over fifty - documenting their everday life and exploring issues around age, gender and sexuality in a rural region.

Colin Tennant is a documentary and fine art photographer. He graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2007. Since then his work has been exhibited in galleries in the UK and abroad, including the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow, Getty Images Gallery in London and Exit Art in New York.

Location

Special Event

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Street Carlisle CA3 8TP

Exhibition tour with Colin Tennant, followed by film: Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (p12)

Standard museum admissions apply

6.45pm, 07 Oct £7/£5 con. & mem. image © Colin Tennant

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WEST LAKES WRITERS RESIDENC Y Poet Pascale Petit has been working with a group of Copeland residents aged over 60 since late August. With six workshops, four day trips and a lot of writing, the participants and the poet explored some of the literary heritage of Cumbria, including William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Norman Nicholson and Sir Hugh Walpole.

Pascale, the participants and other involved in the programme will present work created during the residency.

A publication will also be launched towards the end of the festival.

image Š Masayo Matsuda

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CY About Pascale Petit Pascale Petit is of French/ Welsh/Pakistani heritage. She has published six previous collections, four of which have been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize. Her seventh poetry collection Mama Amazonica will be published in September

2017. She is the recipient of a 2015 Cholmondeley Award and was the chair of the judges for the 2015 T.S. Eliot Prize.

She was Poetry Editor of Poetry London from 1989 to 2005 and is a co-founding tutor of The Poetry School. She taught popular poetry courses at Tate Modern for nine years.

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EVENTS FESTIVAL LAUNCH

READINGS Pascale Petit and participants in the programme present new writing produced.

7pm 1 Oct Penrith Old Fire Station Join Pascale Petit and film panelist, Adele Patrick (p10) for our festival launch. Where Pascale will read some of her newest writing and be in conversation with Adele.

Followed by the first festival film screening (p12).

MEET THE WRITERS Drop in Sessions

Come and meet Pascale and some of the participants and hear about their experiences.

Whitehaven Library 2-4pm Wed 19 Oct Millom Library 2-4pm Mon 24 Oct Egremont Libray 2-4pm Tue 25 Oct

Whitehaven: The Beacon Museum 7pm Wed 19 Oct With Neil Curry, poet & editor of Norman Nicholson’s Collected Poems Grasmere: Jerwood Centre, Dove Cottage 7pm Thur 20 Oct Joined by Jeff Cowton, Curator of The Wordsworth Trust Keswick: Theatre by the Lake 2pm Sun 23 Oct Millom: The Bradbury Centre, St George’s Road 7pm Mon 24 Oct Egremont: Florence Arts Centre 6pm Tue 25 Oct Followed by screening of Salma - documentary about an extraordinary woman who becomes an activist, politician and poet.

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ELEMENTS FILMS We are excited to present an eclectic programme of films, curated by a panel of diversity champions, which will be screened in venues across Cumbria. The programme has been created in association with partners including Eden Arts, Florence Arts Centre and The Forum. There will also be talks by the panelists about their selections and their work.

The panelists are:

Ruth Gould

Adele Patrick

Lindsay River

Director of DaDaFest

Co-founder of Glasgow Women’s Library

LGBT advisor for Age UK & former Director of Polari

A creative space and information and support hub for women of all backgrounds.

Organisation for older LGBT people.

One of the most cutting edge disability arts organisations in the UK.

image: A Last Farewell (2013)

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Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (2009) Dir. Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir, USA, 67min

Screenings 7pm 01 Oct, Penrith Old Fire Station with Adele Partrick 7pm 07 Oct, Tullie House

After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early ’60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through many battles, both personal and political.

7pm 14 Oct, The Forum

A Last Farewell (2013)* Dir. Casper Andreas.

Sweden. 13min

Screenings 3pm 9 Oct, Florence Arts Centre 7pm 14 Oct, The Forum with Lindsay River 7.30pm 27 Oct, Penrith Old Fire Station

A calm and unsettling portrait of an aging author’s sorrow over the death of his long-term partner. Haunted by visions of his late husband, and in conflict with his daughter who is trying to renew the ties between them, he must tackle the impossible task of moving on and finding peace in the wake of a devastating loss.

*Short films are shown as part of double bills with full-length feature films

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Women Like Us (1990)

Dir. Suzanne Neild & Rosalind Pearson. UK. 55min A pioneering amateur documentary showing lives of lesbians over 60, which has not been surpassed in terms of introducing older lesbians and making space for them to speak for themselves.

Screenings 7.30pm 27 Oct, Penrith Old Fire Station with Director Rosalind Pearson

If These Walls Could Talk 2 (2000)

Dir. Jane Anderson, Martha Coolidge, Anne Heche, USA, 1 hour 36min Trio of stories about lesbian romance in three different decades in 1961, 1972 and 2000, with an all-star cast.

It was a follow up of the acclaimed original in 1996, and was originally made for TV.

Screening 3pm 23 Oct, Florence Arts Centre

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Love is Strange (2014) Dir. Ira Sachs, USA, 1hr 34min

Screening 3pm 9 Oct, Florence Arts Centre

After Ben and George get married, George is fired from his teaching post, forcing them to stay with friends separately while they sell their place and look for cheaper housing — a situation that weighs heavily on all involved.

Part of Associated Events Programme

Freaks (1932) Dir. Tod

Browning, USA, 1hr 4min A circus’ beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Screening 3pm 2 Oct, Florence Arts Centre FREE

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Margarita with a Straw (2014) Dir. Shonali Bose & Nilesh Maniyar, India, 1hr 40min

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves her home in India to study in New York. She unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks on an exhilarating journey of selfdiscovery.

Screenings 7.30pm 7 Oct, Penrith Old Fire Station

The Tribe (2014) Dir.

Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi, Ukraine, 2hour 6min A deaf mute boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the ‘tribe’.

Part of Associated Events Programme

Screening 3pm 16 Oct, Florence Arts Centre with Ruth Gould

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Blueprint for Change (2013)* Dir, Young Dada Members, UK, 7min

Screening 3pm 16 Oct, Florence Arts Centre with Ruth Gould

Young DaDa worked with a group of young disabled and deaf people who made a short film about the barriers they face in attending youth projects. The film was devised, filmed, edited and narrated by the young people themselves.

Annie Dearest: The Real Miracle Worker (2002)* Dir. Terry Galloway & Diane Wilkins, USA, 8min

Screening 3pm 16 Oct, Florence Arts Centre with Ruth Gould

Annie Dearest is a video parody of the classic film The Miracle Worker, which stared Patty Duke as deaf/ blind Helen Keller and Anne Bancroft as Anne Sullivan, Helen’s mentor and tormentor.

*Short films are shown as part of double bills with full-length feature films

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Salma (2013) Dir. Kim

Longinotto, UK, 1hr 31min The extraordinary story of a woman who becomes the legendary activist, politician, poet, Salma.

Screening 7pm 25 Oct, Florence Arts Centre FREE

Tickes (unless stated otherwise): Penrith Old Fire Station: £5/£3 con. or £10 for all three screenings Florence Arts Centre: £5/£2 con. or £10 for all three paid screenings - including double bills Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery: £7/£5 con.

The Forum: £3.50 Please book all tickets from the venues, see page 25 for more information.

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ASSOCIATED EVENTS Elements provides a platform for age and diversity related events across the region, and for our pilot year we are delighted to feature a wide range of exciting events, which include: Special events for Black History Month at Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, in partnership with The Wordsworth Trust Talks by award-winning writers as part of Carlisle’s Borderlines Book Festival A series of creative workshops for people living with dementia and their carers at the Theatre by the Lake in Keswick Two new theatre productions about sexualities and relationships at Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal Two of the most influencial films on diversity in recent years - Love is Strange (p16) and The Tribe (p18) at Florence Arts Centre in Egremont - shown as two double bill screenings with two short films. image: Setting the Scene p23

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Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery + The Wordsworth Trust

Location: Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Street, Carlisle, CA3 8TP

The Wordsworth Trust on Black History

Join us to discover why William Wilberforce gave the young Dorothy Wordsworth ten guineas a year. Who were the Wordsworths visiting on the day they saw the famous daffodils? What connects Wordsworth, Haiti and postrevolutionary France?

FREE 4 Oct, 1 - 2 pm

Morning at the Museum FREE 26 Oct, 10am - 12pm Older people experiencing memory loss and their friends, family and carers are particularly welcomed.

Exploring Cumbria’s Black History Through Words, Objects and Performance FREE, 29 Oct, 10am - 4.30pm

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A morning at the museum to take a closer look at some of our objects from Victorian kitchenware to costume from the 1960s. Relax and enjoy a cup of tea whilst sharing stories, meeting new people, and discovering more about our exhibitions and collections.

A day of reflective responses from local community groups, writers and performers.

We hope that you will be able to join us and share in the conversation about issues as topical and urgent today as they were in the early 1800s.

Borderlines: Carlisle Book Festival Hunter Davies in conversation with Roger Bolton. Hunter talks about his late wife, Margaret Forster who died in February following a long and courageous battle against cancer.

Hunter Davies: My Life with Margaret

Karen Lloyd will read from and talk about her bestselling book The Gathering Tide. The author explores many of the bay’s best loved landscapes and digs into its hidden and little-known corners.

Karen Lloyd: The Gathering Tide

£9, 7 Oct, 8pm - 9pm Crown and Mitre Hotel, 4 English Street Carlisle, CA3 8HZ

£4, 8 Oct, 10am - 12pm Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Castle Street Carlisle, CA3 8TP

When neighbour Mrs Creasy goes missing, ten year olds Grace and Tilly turn amateur detective to find her. The novel considers secrets, friendship and the challenges we can face to find our fit in society.

Joanna Cannon: The Trouble with Goats and Sheep

A keen cyclist, Robb has personally crossed most of the cols described in the book, bringing to light a realm of trials and adventures.

Graham Robb: Cols and Passes of the British Isles

£4, 8 Oct, 11am - 12pm Carlisle Library,11 Globe Lane Carlisle, CA3 8NX

£6, 8 Oct, 12pm - 1pm

Tullie House, Castle Street,

Carlisle, CA3 8TP

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Borderlines: Carlisle Book Festival Mari Hannah & David Mark: From Facts to Fiction £4, 8 Oct, 4pm - 5pm Carlisle Library, 11 Globe Lane Carlisle, CA3 8NX

Jimmy McGovern: Give the Devil the Best Tunes £7, 9 Oct, 3pm - 4pm Crown and Mitre Hotel, 4 English Street Carlisle, CA3 8HZ

Susan Calman: Cheer Up Love

£9, 9 Oct, 5pm - 6pm Crown and Mitre Hotel, 4 English Street Carlisle, CA3 8HZ

A chance to hear two internationally best-selling crime fiction writers in conversation. Hear how Mari Hannah, a former probation officer, and former journalist David Mark, have turned their real-life experiences, combined with skilled plotting, into best-selling novels.

Jimmy McGovern’s television dramas have won multiple BAFTAs and Emmys. Crime novelist Isabelle Grey will be asking him about storytelling, character, dramatising true events and his love of classic Westerns.

Susan Calman has depression and she’s not alone in that. Despite being one of the funniest women in the UK, she has had her own black dog, the Crab of Hate, whispering in her ear since she can remember. And her answer?

To talk about it.

Borderlines Tickets Buy tickets at www.borderlinescarlisle.co.uk or on 07412 366152.

Tickets may be bought in person from Bookends, 19 Castle Steet, Carlisle, CA3 8SY (9.30am – 5pm Mon-Sat; 11.30am-4pm Sun).

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Location: Lakeside Keswick, Cumbria CA12 5DJ

Theatre by the Lake

A series of weekly creative sessions for those living with dementia and their carers, enabling people to share, create and connect. A blend of simple drama exercises, singing, music and movement, storytelling, crafts and conversation, sessions are tailored to accommodate participant needs.

Setting the Scene FREE, 11am - 12.30pm 6, 13, 20, 27 Oct Please contact Mary Elliott on 017687 81103 mary.elliott@theatrebythelake.com for more information.

Brewery Arts Centre

Location:122A Highgate Kendal, LA9 4HE This is a boy meets girl story. Son of a Polish taxidermist meets daughter of a failing ice cream salesman at a medical research facility in Merthyr Tydfil. But it’s difficult to fall in love when your parents need saving from themselves.

Love, Lies and Taxidermy

It’s 1972, an era of possibility and polyester and pubic hair. Ziggy Stardust is on Top of the Pops, Penny is writing an essay on Lady Chatterley’s Lover and Christine is watching Deepthroat. Brian is confused. Our parents are 20 and they’re having sex.

1972: The Future of Sex

£10/£9 Under 16s 7 & 9 Oct, 7.30pm 8 Oct, 5pm

£14/£13 Under 16s 12 Oct, 8pm

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VENUES Tickets for ticketed events must be purchased via the venue.

If you have concerns or questions about accessibility, please get in touch before your visit.

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Castle St, Carlisle CA3 8TP 01228 618718 Penrith Old Fire Station Bridge Ln, Penrith CA11 8HY 01768 899444 Florence Arts Centre Florence Mine Egremont CA22 2NR 01946 824946 The Forum Duke St Barrow-in-Furness LA14 1HH 01229 820000

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The Beacon Museum West Strand Whitehaven CA28 7LY 01946 592302 Jerwood Centre Dove Cottege Grasmere LA22 9SH 015394 35544 Theatre by the Lake Lakeside Keswick CA12 5DJ 017687 81103 The Bradbury Centre St George’s Road Millom LA18 4JE 01229 774573 Information on venues for associated events can be found on organisations’ websites and publicity material. Please see page page 20 for further information.

Elements is organised by OutREACH Cumbria (Charity Reg No. 1147753) with partners across Cumbria.

Address: 27 Spencer Street, Carlisle, Cumbria CA1 1BE General Enquiry: 07956 336872 PR & Media: Matthew Shelley 07786 704299

www.elementsfest.com | hello@elementsfest.com ElementsLakes @ElementsLakes ElementsLakes

FUNDERS

SPONSOR

PARTNERS

SPECIAL THANKS TO Prism Arts, Rosehill Theatre, Carnegie Theatre and Ana Moraes.

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