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Cultural development is central to Queen’s mission. So too is a commitment to enhancing local economic prosperity. For 49 years, the Festival has contributed on both fronts, illuminating dark autumn nights by bringing the best of the world’s arts and culture to Northern Ireland and providing an international platform for our best local arts practitioners.
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Belfast is ready to take advantage of the fact that it is one of Europe’s most exciting cultural cities and destinations as we celebrate the opening of stunning new venues and look forward to the
anniversary of the Titanic among other highlights which include an enviable roster of festivals throughout the year. We will animate this fantastic infrastructure with genuinely ambitious and exciting cultural products which tell new stories in new ways and develop and showcase our talent to the full while bringing new audiences to the best that the rest of the world has to offer. Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s will continue to be at the forefront of this mission. Graeme Farrow Festival Director
The successful partnership with the Ulster Bank has allowed the Festival to deliver a number of notable successes in recent years, with dramatic increases in audience numbers delivering an additional £3.7 million to the local economy. I
am delighted that this success has encouraged Ulster Bank to continue its exemplary relationship with the Festival. As this programme illustrates, the Festival attracted hundreds of artists and performers from across the world to Belfast. In doing so, it serves as a showcase of the best of Queen’s and Northern Ireland and underpins University initiatives such as the Queen’s Film Theatre, the Naughton Gallery and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, which establish the region as a cultural force. At Queen’s we aim to foster a real sense of global citizenship among our students the Festival embodies this spirit. The 49th Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s offers a dynamic and exciting programme, one which brings to life the University’s vision of Northern Ireland as a
Professor Sir Peter Gregson President and Vice-Chancellor
beacon of cultural tourism, a vision shared with our partners in the Ulster Bank, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, British Council and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. I commend this programme to you. Professor Sir Peter Gregson President and Vice-Chancellor
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that it was the only event in the UK to recently receive a highly prized 3 year funding award from the EU for Cultural Festivals. As we approach the Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2012 it is as fit as a 20 year-old Olympic athlete and in the 2011 programme we’re setting the pace with a thrilling and diverse programme which showcases the likes of Carlos Acosta, Oskaras Koršunovas, Jan Garbarek, Handspring Puppet Company, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, and Elvis Costello to name a few.
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Lithuania, Quebec, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Cuba, France, Spain, New Zealand, Ireland, England, Scotland, Poland, Denmark, Mali, United States, India, Portugal, Bulgaria, South Africa.....
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Festival Funders
am dr a & 21
Cultural development is central to Queen’s mission. So too is a commitment to enhancing local economic prosperity. For 49 years, the Festival has contributed on both fronts, illuminating dark autumn nights by bringing the best of the world’s arts and culture to Northern Ireland and providing an international platform for our best local arts practitioners.
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Belfast is ready to take advantage of the fact that it is one of Europe’s most exciting cultural cities and destinations as we celebrate the opening of stunning new venues and look forward to the
anniversary of the Titanic among other highlights which include an enviable roster of festivals throughout the year. We will animate this fantastic infrastructure with genuinely ambitious and exciting cultural products which tell new stories in new ways and develop and showcase our talent to the full while bringing new audiences to the best that the rest of the world has to offer. Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s will continue to be at the forefront of this mission. Graeme Farrow Festival Director
The successful partnership with the Ulster Bank has allowed the Festival to deliver a number of notable successes in recent years, with dramatic increases in audience numbers delivering an additional £3.7 million to the local economy. I
am delighted that this success has encouraged Ulster Bank to continue its exemplary relationship with the Festival. As this programme illustrates, the Festival attracted hundreds of artists and performers from across the world to Belfast. In doing so, it serves as a showcase of the best of Queen’s and Northern Ireland and underpins University initiatives such as the Queen’s Film Theatre, the Naughton Gallery and the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry, which establish the region as a cultural force. At Queen’s we aim to foster a real sense of global citizenship among our students the Festival embodies this spirit. The 49th Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s offers a dynamic and exciting programme, one which brings to life the University’s vision of Northern Ireland as a
Professor Sir Peter Gregson President and Vice-Chancellor
beacon of cultural tourism, a vision shared with our partners in the Ulster Bank, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, British Council and the Northern Ireland Tourist Board. I commend this programme to you. Professor Sir Peter Gregson President and Vice-Chancellor
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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that it was the only event in the UK to recently receive a highly prized 3 year funding award from the EU for Cultural Festivals. As we approach the Festival’s 50th anniversary in 2012 it is as fit as a 20 year-old Olympic athlete and in the 2011 programme we’re setting the pace with a thrilling and diverse programme which showcases the likes of Carlos Acosta, Oskaras Koršunovas, Jan Garbarek, Handspring Puppet Company, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, and Elvis Costello to name a few.
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Lithuania, Quebec, Sweden, Germany, Norway, Cuba, France, Spain, New Zealand, Ireland, England, Scotland, Poland, Denmark, Mali, United States, India, Portugal, Bulgaria, South Africa.....
Welcome to the 2011 Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, an international arts extravaganza which highlights the University’s and Belfast’s role as a cultural centre of excellence.
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Graeme Farrow Festival Director
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is Northern Ireland’s most prestigious international stage and it is for this reason
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funders & sponsors
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Welcome to Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s
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Carlos Acosta was born in Havana. The son of a truck driver, he was one of eleven children and grew up in a cramped Havana apartment. He played truant from school and dreamed of being a professional footballer. His father however had other ideas and the fear of his wayward son becoming a delinquent prompted his father to send him off to ballet school aged 9. He has not looked back since. Carlos Acosta, the world’s favourite dancer, makes his first visit to Ireland with Premières Plus, his most personal work to date. Premières Plus builds on Carlos’ astonishing dance vision and features collaborations with major UK and International dance stars including Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Zenaida Yanwosky. Also featured in this performance will be Belfast’s Cappella Caeciliana choir. Booking for this event through the Grand Opera House at www.goh.co.uk or (028) 9024 1919. Date: Thursday 27 October - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House Tickets: £20.50 - £45
drama & dance
Premières Plus
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Carlos Acosta
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Carlos Acosta was born in Havana. The son of a truck driver, he was one of eleven children and grew up in a cramped Havana apartment. He played truant from school and dreamed of being a professional footballer. His father however had other ideas and the fear of his wayward son becoming a delinquent prompted his father to send him off to ballet school aged 9. He has not looked back since. Carlos Acosta, the world’s favourite dancer, makes his first visit to Ireland with Premières Plus, his most personal work to date. Premières Plus builds on Carlos’ astonishing dance vision and features collaborations with major UK and International dance stars including Royal Ballet Principal Dancer Zenaida Yanwosky. Also featured in this performance will be Belfast’s Cappella Caeciliana choir. Booking for this event through the Grand Opera House at www.goh.co.uk or (028) 9024 1919. Date: Thursday 27 October - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House Tickets: £20.50 - £45
drama & dance
Premières Plus
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Oskaras Koršunovas/ Vilnius City Theatre www.okt.lt Co-producers: European Capital of Culture Stavanger 2008 (Norway) European Capital of Culture Vilnius 2009 (Lithuania) Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Special thanks to Europe Theatre Prize
Handspring Puppet Company’s Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Woyzeck on the Highveld Magical, wondrous and darkly poetic in equal parts. The first landmark collaboration between celebrated artist William Kentridge and internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company, Woyzeck on the Highveld transposes Büchner’s timeless tale to 1950s South Africa. A migrant worker struggles to survive in a callous, inhospitable, urban landscape, vividly portrayed in this multi-media work featuring hand-carved puppets, animated film and haunting music.
Founded in Cape Town in 1985, with a desire to develop puppet theatre for adults, Handspring has delighted London audiences with plays such as 5 times Tony award-winning War Horse and Or You Could Kiss Me at the National Theatre. Now Handspring Puppet Company returns to the UK with this beautifully, haunting production.
‘One of the most evocative experiences I have ever had in the theatre’. The Sunday Times (South Africa). ‘…every once in a while, the sheer beauty and imaginative
Date: Tuesday 18 October - Saturday 22 October
power of a work of theatre
Time: 7.45pm
leaves you sitting in your seat,
Matinee: Saturday 22 October 2.30pm
not wanting to move or speak,
Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £19.50, £16.50
for fear that the magic spell will Image: Barney Simon
be shattered’. Chicago Times
Duration: 195 minutes With One Intermission Performed in Lithuanian with English surtitles Direction - Oskaras Koršunovas Set design - Oskaras Koršunovas and Agne Kuzmickaite Costume design - Agne Kuzmickaite Author of the Mask - Donatas Jankauskas Lighting Desing - Eugenijus Sabaliauskas Composer - Antanas Jasenka Sound designer - Vilius Vilutis Touring manager - Audra Zukaityte Cast: HAMLET - Darius Meškauskas CLAUDIUS and THE GHOST - Dainius Gavenonis GERTRUDE - Nel Savičenko POLONIUS - Vaidotas Martinaitis OPHELIA - Rasa Samuolyt HORATIO - Julius Žalakevičius LAERTES - Darius Gumauskas ROSENCRANTZ, BERNARDO - Tomas Žaibus GUILDENSTERN, MARCELLUS - Jonas Verseckas, Giedrius Savickas
We are thrilled to be bringing the breathtaking theatrical vision of Oskaras Koršunovas back to the Festival. Audiences who remember his wonderful productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet will not want to miss this acclaimed Hamlet, which makes a premiere visit to these islands at the beautiful new Lyric Theatre. “Hamlet tells the actors: act as if you were in front of a mirror. When we have a close look in the mirror, we realize how little we belong to ourselves. It’s somebody else who’s looking at us. Someone more real than we are. A stranger who is as strange as one’s own destiny. The vector of such a look is already directed at the beginning of a tragedy, which ends with the stories of Oedipus, Orestes and Hamlet. To act as if you were in front of a mirror means to be the most honest to yourself. Theatre begins from the mirror of the make-up room, to be more precise - from the actors’ look at themselves.Hamlet doesn’t win his
struggle. Yet, he lives out his present time to the fullest. It is impossible to enact Hamlet, just as it is impossible to reconstruct Elsinore. Because it never existed. What is possible though is to feel your own present time, to open the door to your own Elsinore. To seek a Hamletian theatre, one that acts as a mousetrap for our inner reality.” Oskaras Koršunovas Date: Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £22.50, £19.50
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
By William Shakespeare
UK Arts International and Quaternaire in association with the Barbican, Warwick Arts Centre and The Puppet Centre Trust present:
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Hamlet
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Oskaras Koršunovas/ Vilnius City Theatre www.okt.lt Co-producers: European Capital of Culture Stavanger 2008 (Norway) European Capital of Culture Vilnius 2009 (Lithuania) Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania Special thanks to Europe Theatre Prize
Handspring Puppet Company’s Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Woyzeck on the Highveld Magical, wondrous and darkly poetic in equal parts. The first landmark collaboration between celebrated artist William Kentridge and internationally renowned Handspring Puppet Company, Woyzeck on the Highveld transposes Büchner’s timeless tale to 1950s South Africa. A migrant worker struggles to survive in a callous, inhospitable, urban landscape, vividly portrayed in this multi-media work featuring hand-carved puppets, animated film and haunting music.
Founded in Cape Town in 1985, with a desire to develop puppet theatre for adults, Handspring has delighted London audiences with plays such as 5 times Tony award-winning War Horse and Or You Could Kiss Me at the National Theatre. Now Handspring Puppet Company returns to the UK with this beautifully, haunting production.
‘One of the most evocative experiences I have ever had in the theatre’. The Sunday Times (South Africa). ‘…every once in a while, the sheer beauty and imaginative
Date: Tuesday 18 October - Saturday 22 October
power of a work of theatre
Time: 7.45pm
leaves you sitting in your seat,
Matinee: Saturday 22 October 2.30pm
not wanting to move or speak,
Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £19.50, £16.50
for fear that the magic spell will Image: Barney Simon
be shattered’. Chicago Times
Duration: 195 minutes With One Intermission Performed in Lithuanian with English surtitles Direction - Oskaras Koršunovas Set design - Oskaras Koršunovas and Agne Kuzmickaite Costume design - Agne Kuzmickaite Author of the Mask - Donatas Jankauskas Lighting Desing - Eugenijus Sabaliauskas Composer - Antanas Jasenka Sound designer - Vilius Vilutis Touring manager - Audra Zukaityte Cast: HAMLET - Darius Meškauskas CLAUDIUS and THE GHOST - Dainius Gavenonis GERTRUDE - Nel Savičenko POLONIUS - Vaidotas Martinaitis OPHELIA - Rasa Samuolyt HORATIO - Julius Žalakevičius LAERTES - Darius Gumauskas ROSENCRANTZ, BERNARDO - Tomas Žaibus GUILDENSTERN, MARCELLUS - Jonas Verseckas, Giedrius Savickas
We are thrilled to be bringing the breathtaking theatrical vision of Oskaras Koršunovas back to the Festival. Audiences who remember his wonderful productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo and Juliet will not want to miss this acclaimed Hamlet, which makes a premiere visit to these islands at the beautiful new Lyric Theatre. “Hamlet tells the actors: act as if you were in front of a mirror. When we have a close look in the mirror, we realize how little we belong to ourselves. It’s somebody else who’s looking at us. Someone more real than we are. A stranger who is as strange as one’s own destiny. The vector of such a look is already directed at the beginning of a tragedy, which ends with the stories of Oedipus, Orestes and Hamlet. To act as if you were in front of a mirror means to be the most honest to yourself. Theatre begins from the mirror of the make-up room, to be more precise - from the actors’ look at themselves.Hamlet doesn’t win his
struggle. Yet, he lives out his present time to the fullest. It is impossible to enact Hamlet, just as it is impossible to reconstruct Elsinore. Because it never existed. What is possible though is to feel your own present time, to open the door to your own Elsinore. To seek a Hamletian theatre, one that acts as a mousetrap for our inner reality.” Oskaras Koršunovas Date: Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £22.50, £19.50
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
By William Shakespeare
UK Arts International and Quaternaire in association with the Barbican, Warwick Arts Centre and The Puppet Centre Trust present:
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drama & dance
Hamlet
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The scene is set in the heart of a city, in a public space where people seek refuge and a chance to shed their anonymity, a place where identity is forged and individuality is expressed to a stimulating soundtrack created by composers Jean-Phil Goncalves (Beast) and Alex McMahon.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
The company is integrating multimedia for the first time in its 7th original creation, giving this show a unique feel. Sixteen performers from 12 disciplines help create iD’s entertaining and resolutely urban universe, in keeping with Cirque Éloize’s tradition of using multidisciplinary performers from around the world.
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Cirque Éloize’s brand new creation by Jeannot Painchaud positively crackles with daring modernity. iD is a blend of circus arts and urban dance, b-boying/bgirling, breakdance, hip-hop and more.
Suitable for older children Date: Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House Tickets: £17.25 - £30
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance
FAR
Wayne McGregor’s dynamic style and ground-breaking collaborative approach across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science has seen him create a string of truly unique, interdisciplinary work over the years. His latest work FAR is no exception.
Don’t miss this new work from “one of the most celebrated and sought-after choreographers of his generation” New York Times
Danced by an ensemble of 10 incredible performers and the finest exponents of McGregor’s singular style, FAR is set to a new, haunting score by the critically-acclaimed composer Ben Frost.
“One of the most purely beautiful things McGregor has made...to the extent that you almost decline to breathe, for fear of breaking its spell” The Independent on Sunday
A prolific dance maker, and the first Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet to come from contemporary dance, in the past year alone McGregor has delivered world premieres for New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and The Royal Opera. He has choreographed movies (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), music videos (Radiohead’s Lotus Flower) and created sets for Glastonbury. In January 2011, McGregor was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). In 2013, he will create a new Rite Of Spring for Bolshoi Ballet.
Date: Friday 14 October & Saturday 15 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio Tickets: £15, £12.50
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
Cirque Éloize
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The scene is set in the heart of a city, in a public space where people seek refuge and a chance to shed their anonymity, a place where identity is forged and individuality is expressed to a stimulating soundtrack created by composers Jean-Phil Goncalves (Beast) and Alex McMahon.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
The company is integrating multimedia for the first time in its 7th original creation, giving this show a unique feel. Sixteen performers from 12 disciplines help create iD’s entertaining and resolutely urban universe, in keeping with Cirque Éloize’s tradition of using multidisciplinary performers from around the world.
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drama & dance
Cirque Éloize’s brand new creation by Jeannot Painchaud positively crackles with daring modernity. iD is a blend of circus arts and urban dance, b-boying/bgirling, breakdance, hip-hop and more.
Suitable for older children Date: Wednesday 19 - Saturday 22 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House Tickets: £17.25 - £30
Wayne McGregor | Random Dance
FAR
Wayne McGregor’s dynamic style and ground-breaking collaborative approach across dance, film, music, visual art, technology and science has seen him create a string of truly unique, interdisciplinary work over the years. His latest work FAR is no exception.
Don’t miss this new work from “one of the most celebrated and sought-after choreographers of his generation” New York Times
Danced by an ensemble of 10 incredible performers and the finest exponents of McGregor’s singular style, FAR is set to a new, haunting score by the critically-acclaimed composer Ben Frost.
“One of the most purely beautiful things McGregor has made...to the extent that you almost decline to breathe, for fear of breaking its spell” The Independent on Sunday
A prolific dance maker, and the first Resident Choreographer of The Royal Ballet to come from contemporary dance, in the past year alone McGregor has delivered world premieres for New York City Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet and The Royal Opera. He has choreographed movies (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), music videos (Radiohead’s Lotus Flower) and created sets for Glastonbury. In January 2011, McGregor was awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire). In 2013, he will create a new Rite Of Spring for Bolshoi Ballet.
Date: Friday 14 October & Saturday 15 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio Tickets: £15, £12.50
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
Cirque Éloize
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More Beckett than Beckham
Created, Written & Performed by David Woods & Jon Haynes
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Co-commissioned by Barbican BITE11 London, in association with Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, National Theatre Wales & National Theatre of Scotland.
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1927 presents:
The Animals and Children took to the streets Trust no one! Suspect even your own shadow! Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement block, where curtaintwitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf... is always at the door.
Picking over football systems, political wrangling and changing room banter, Total Football tackles the big questions of life - immortality, happiness and why England always lose. From the controversial attempt to create a united UK football team for the 2012 games, to one man’s attempts to reproduce, when he can’t even explain the offside rule, Ridiculusmus has patched up its metatarsals to examine the melting pot of what it means
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
“You don’t need to give a fig about Football to enjoy this inventive, hectic 70 minute piece… this slice of the absurd has a real lightness of touch” The Evening Standard
Performed by Alessija Lause and Nicholas Szentmiklósi
Date: Thursday 20 October Saturday 29 October (no performance on Sunday 23 October) Time: 8.00pm Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £12, £10
By John Patrick Shanley Directed by German Film Award Winner, Andreas Schmidt
This German production (performed in English) features superb acting and sharp direction. Two screwed up individuals are washed up in a rundown bar in the Bronx: Truck-driving, short-tempered Danny, whom they call “The Beast” encounters Roberta - mother of a moronic son, fearless and constantly seeking punishment. A perilous cocktail of dangerous closeness, violence, emotion and audacity clashes in John Patrick Shanley’s fierce and heartbreakingly funny comedy - with an outcome you’d never guess in your wildest dreams.
Date: Thursday 13 October - Sunday 16 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Brian Friel Theatre Tickets: £10 Concession £8 This performance is not suitable for anyone under the age of 16
Chór Kobiet
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?
music and quirky storytelling in 70 nigh on perfect minutes…A huge hit beckons.” The Evening Standard
Seamlessly synchronizing live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation, this is the wickedly twisted new tale from the multiple awardwinning company behind the international hit Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
* * * * * The Evening Standard * * * * * The Financial Times * * * * Sydney Morning Herald * * * * * Time Out (Sydney)
The Chorus of women is a co-production between Martha Górnicka and the Theatre Institute in Warsaw, Presented by the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s in association with the Polish Cultural Institute, London.
Suitable for older children
Listen to the chorus As it spits sand lingering in the throat As it takes the floor As it constructs the Tower of Babel. Who is the chorus? Modern drama excluded it, dumped sand on it and sentenced to silence Today THE CHORUS OF WOMEN wants to regain, to create voice
Like a giant novel burst into life, 1927 invite you on a theatrical journey of startling originality. “It’s a rare treat for a theatre lover to discover a show that’s not quite like anything she’s experienced before and adore it unreservedly from the start. Such was the glorious sensation that company 1927 gave me, with its outstanding blend of animation, original
Date: Tuesday 18 October - Friday 21 October Time: 8.00pm Saturday 22 October: 6.00pm, 9.00pm Venue: Brian Friel Theatre Tickets: £13.50, £12.50
drama & dance
Total Football
Building on the Company’s reputation for making seriously funny, multi-award winning theatre and masterfully inventive comic writing, Total Football is a wickedly clever, mischievously sharp, and acutely observed meditation on our times.
to be British today. “This wry look at British Identity through the lens of football is bang on target: droll, daft and deft” The Financial Times
The Chorus Of Women
The Chorus of Women is a modern form of chorus
theatre. The libretto of the performance is based on cultural texts including excerpts from Antigone, works by Barthes, Foucault and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as phrases from everyday language, commercial slogans, recipes, quotations from films and fairy tales. Forgotten notes and the sound of the TV set will resound. A modern tragic chorus is composed of women of various professions and various ages. It undermines linguistic clichés and reveals the language in its ideological dimension: it speaks with the words of excluded texts. Date: Monday 17 October & Tuesday 18 October Time: 6.30pm & 8.30pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
As sports world bigwigs prepare to descend on London for next year’s games and bureaucratic busybodies try to figure out how best to exploit the national fervour, Ridiculusmus returns to Belfast with its very own satirical take on it all.
Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £10
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More Beckett than Beckham
Created, Written & Performed by David Woods & Jon Haynes
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Co-commissioned by Barbican BITE11 London, in association with Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s, National Theatre Wales & National Theatre of Scotland.
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1927 presents:
The Animals and Children took to the streets Trust no one! Suspect even your own shadow! Welcome to the Bayou, a part of the city feared and loathed wherein lies the infamous Bayou Mansions; a sprawling stinking tenement block, where curtaintwitchers and peeping-toms live side by side, and the wolf... is always at the door.
Picking over football systems, political wrangling and changing room banter, Total Football tackles the big questions of life - immortality, happiness and why England always lose. From the controversial attempt to create a united UK football team for the 2012 games, to one man’s attempts to reproduce, when he can’t even explain the offside rule, Ridiculusmus has patched up its metatarsals to examine the melting pot of what it means
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
“You don’t need to give a fig about Football to enjoy this inventive, hectic 70 minute piece… this slice of the absurd has a real lightness of touch” The Evening Standard
Performed by Alessija Lause and Nicholas Szentmiklósi
Date: Thursday 20 October Saturday 29 October (no performance on Sunday 23 October) Time: 8.00pm Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £12, £10
By John Patrick Shanley Directed by German Film Award Winner, Andreas Schmidt
This German production (performed in English) features superb acting and sharp direction. Two screwed up individuals are washed up in a rundown bar in the Bronx: Truck-driving, short-tempered Danny, whom they call “The Beast” encounters Roberta - mother of a moronic son, fearless and constantly seeking punishment. A perilous cocktail of dangerous closeness, violence, emotion and audacity clashes in John Patrick Shanley’s fierce and heartbreakingly funny comedy - with an outcome you’d never guess in your wildest dreams.
Date: Thursday 13 October - Sunday 16 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Brian Friel Theatre Tickets: £10 Concession £8 This performance is not suitable for anyone under the age of 16
Chór Kobiet
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?
music and quirky storytelling in 70 nigh on perfect minutes…A huge hit beckons.” The Evening Standard
Seamlessly synchronizing live music, performance and storytelling with stunning films and animation, this is the wickedly twisted new tale from the multiple awardwinning company behind the international hit Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea.
* * * * * The Evening Standard * * * * * The Financial Times * * * * Sydney Morning Herald * * * * * Time Out (Sydney)
The Chorus of women is a co-production between Martha Górnicka and the Theatre Institute in Warsaw, Presented by the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s in association with the Polish Cultural Institute, London.
Suitable for older children
Listen to the chorus As it spits sand lingering in the throat As it takes the floor As it constructs the Tower of Babel. Who is the chorus? Modern drama excluded it, dumped sand on it and sentenced to silence Today THE CHORUS OF WOMEN wants to regain, to create voice
Like a giant novel burst into life, 1927 invite you on a theatrical journey of startling originality. “It’s a rare treat for a theatre lover to discover a show that’s not quite like anything she’s experienced before and adore it unreservedly from the start. Such was the glorious sensation that company 1927 gave me, with its outstanding blend of animation, original
Date: Tuesday 18 October - Friday 21 October Time: 8.00pm Saturday 22 October: 6.00pm, 9.00pm Venue: Brian Friel Theatre Tickets: £13.50, £12.50
drama & dance
Total Football
Building on the Company’s reputation for making seriously funny, multi-award winning theatre and masterfully inventive comic writing, Total Football is a wickedly clever, mischievously sharp, and acutely observed meditation on our times.
to be British today. “This wry look at British Identity through the lens of football is bang on target: droll, daft and deft” The Financial Times
The Chorus Of Women
The Chorus of Women is a modern form of chorus
theatre. The libretto of the performance is based on cultural texts including excerpts from Antigone, works by Barthes, Foucault and Simone de Beauvoir, as well as phrases from everyday language, commercial slogans, recipes, quotations from films and fairy tales. Forgotten notes and the sound of the TV set will resound. A modern tragic chorus is composed of women of various professions and various ages. It undermines linguistic clichés and reveals the language in its ideological dimension: it speaks with the words of excluded texts. Date: Monday 17 October & Tuesday 18 October Time: 6.30pm & 8.30pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
As sports world bigwigs prepare to descend on London for next year’s games and bureaucratic busybodies try to figure out how best to exploit the national fervour, Ridiculusmus returns to Belfast with its very own satirical take on it all.
Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £10
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By Paul Kennedy
Tinderbox Theatre Company presents a spectacular site specific production created specially for the 2011 Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. Paul Kennedy’s chilling new play is set one generation after a global apocalypse. Only a few survivors remain, scouring the desolate landscape looking for food and clean water. Making contact with other humans is the biggest danger and the only hope. As desperation and paranoia grow, every move becomes a decision to trust or die. Winner of the 2010 Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s Audience Award for God’s Country
Cast: Eileen Walsh
Request Programme is a non-verbal production which allows the audience into the private world of its lone character, played by IFTA winning actress Eileen Walsh.
Friday 21 & Saturday 22 additional show 6.30pm Friday 28 & Saturday 29 additional show 6.30pm
Date: Thursday 20 - Thursday 29 October (no performance on Sunday 23 October)
Time: 8.30pm
A small audience wait in her apartment for her arrival home. There they get to witness at close quarters her everyday existence, her rituals and routine.
Venue: The Obel Tower, 62 - 68 Donegall Quay, Belfast
Directed by Pat Kiernan Designed by Paul Keogan
Please Note, audience members must arrive 30 minutes before the performance begins. Numbers for each performance are limited and tickets must be booked in advance.
Performances will be promenade style, moving through a vast ex-industrial space. Warm clothing is essential and comfortable footwear recommended. Suitable for 16 + Date: Saturday 15 - Saturday 29 October (excluding Sundays) Time: 8.00pm Venue: Old Victor Stationery Warehouse, Marshalls Road, Castlereagh Road, Belfast, BT5 6SR Ticket Price: £12, £10
Tickets: : £15
Happenstance Theatre Company in partnership with Titanic Foundation Ltd presents
The Boat Factory (All The Queen’s Men) By Dan Gordon
2nd of July 1947. The sun shines down on a post-war world. A 16 year old boy walks through the gates of Belfast’s Harland & Wolff Titanic Shipyard. 1700 ships were built between here and the Clyde; 67 different trades, 300 acres of land and 35,000 men employed at its height. Regarded as the biggest and best there is, if you can dream it - they can build it. This is history - this is his story - this is The Boat Factory. This acclaimed production, performed by Dan Gordon and Michael Condron, is staged in the magnificent surroundings of Belfast Harbour Commissioners’ Harbour Office, one of the jewels of Victorian Belfast.
www.ransomtheatrecompany.com
A double bill of new plays by David Ireland & Robert Anthony Welch
Previews: Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 October
Following the phenomenal success of National Anthem, Ransom are delighted to present two new one-act plays from exciting writers first developed by Ransom: David Ireland (Arguments for Terrorism), and Robert Anthony Welch (Protestants). Both Sides of the Story breaks new ground in contemporary Ulster Drama.
Time: 8.00pm
One set in urban Belfast, one in a rural border community, Both Sides of the Story explores the differences and similarities of two very different families, their divided & shifting loyalties and the intergenerational tensions inherent in political and cultural transition
Tickets: £12, £10
“A skillfully crafted production which is wholly befitting of the Belfast men it celebrates. I marvelled, laughed out loud and cried sore - it quare took it out of me! The show left with me a new sense of pride about being born in Belfast and having grown up in the shadow of The Yard. Well done to all. Good on ye! “ Andrea, audience member, Newtownabbey Date: Thursday 20 October - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Matinees: Saturday 22 October & Saturday 29 October 2.30pm Sunday 23 October 3.30pm Venue: The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office, Corporation Square, BT1 3AL Tickets: £12, £10
Date: Wednesday 19 - Friday 28 October Matinee: Saturday 22 October 3pm Captioned & Audio-described performance Tuesday 25 October Venue: Crescent Arts Centre
drama & dance
Both Sides of the Story
by Franz Xaver Kroetz, translated by Katharina Hehn Celebrating 20 years of creating innovative theatre for audiences, Corcadorca presents an intimate site-specific show; Request Programme by Franz Xaver Kroetz.
Presented with the kind assistance of the Karl Group
Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life
Ransom Presents
The Crescent
Arts Centre
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
Request Programme
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By Paul Kennedy
Tinderbox Theatre Company presents a spectacular site specific production created specially for the 2011 Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. Paul Kennedy’s chilling new play is set one generation after a global apocalypse. Only a few survivors remain, scouring the desolate landscape looking for food and clean water. Making contact with other humans is the biggest danger and the only hope. As desperation and paranoia grow, every move becomes a decision to trust or die. Winner of the 2010 Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s Audience Award for God’s Country
Cast: Eileen Walsh
Request Programme is a non-verbal production which allows the audience into the private world of its lone character, played by IFTA winning actress Eileen Walsh.
Friday 21 & Saturday 22 additional show 6.30pm Friday 28 & Saturday 29 additional show 6.30pm
Date: Thursday 20 - Thursday 29 October (no performance on Sunday 23 October)
Time: 8.30pm
A small audience wait in her apartment for her arrival home. There they get to witness at close quarters her everyday existence, her rituals and routine.
Venue: The Obel Tower, 62 - 68 Donegall Quay, Belfast
Directed by Pat Kiernan Designed by Paul Keogan
Please Note, audience members must arrive 30 minutes before the performance begins. Numbers for each performance are limited and tickets must be booked in advance.
Performances will be promenade style, moving through a vast ex-industrial space. Warm clothing is essential and comfortable footwear recommended. Suitable for 16 + Date: Saturday 15 - Saturday 29 October (excluding Sundays) Time: 8.00pm Venue: Old Victor Stationery Warehouse, Marshalls Road, Castlereagh Road, Belfast, BT5 6SR Ticket Price: £12, £10
Tickets: : £15
Happenstance Theatre Company in partnership with Titanic Foundation Ltd presents
The Boat Factory (All The Queen’s Men) By Dan Gordon
2nd of July 1947. The sun shines down on a post-war world. A 16 year old boy walks through the gates of Belfast’s Harland & Wolff Titanic Shipyard. 1700 ships were built between here and the Clyde; 67 different trades, 300 acres of land and 35,000 men employed at its height. Regarded as the biggest and best there is, if you can dream it - they can build it. This is history - this is his story - this is The Boat Factory. This acclaimed production, performed by Dan Gordon and Michael Condron, is staged in the magnificent surroundings of Belfast Harbour Commissioners’ Harbour Office, one of the jewels of Victorian Belfast.
www.ransomtheatrecompany.com
A double bill of new plays by David Ireland & Robert Anthony Welch
Previews: Monday 17 & Tuesday 18 October
Following the phenomenal success of National Anthem, Ransom are delighted to present two new one-act plays from exciting writers first developed by Ransom: David Ireland (Arguments for Terrorism), and Robert Anthony Welch (Protestants). Both Sides of the Story breaks new ground in contemporary Ulster Drama.
Time: 8.00pm
One set in urban Belfast, one in a rural border community, Both Sides of the Story explores the differences and similarities of two very different families, their divided & shifting loyalties and the intergenerational tensions inherent in political and cultural transition
Tickets: £12, £10
“A skillfully crafted production which is wholly befitting of the Belfast men it celebrates. I marvelled, laughed out loud and cried sore - it quare took it out of me! The show left with me a new sense of pride about being born in Belfast and having grown up in the shadow of The Yard. Well done to all. Good on ye! “ Andrea, audience member, Newtownabbey Date: Thursday 20 October - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Matinees: Saturday 22 October & Saturday 29 October 2.30pm Sunday 23 October 3.30pm Venue: The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office, Corporation Square, BT1 3AL Tickets: £12, £10
Date: Wednesday 19 - Friday 28 October Matinee: Saturday 22 October 3pm Captioned & Audio-described performance Tuesday 25 October Venue: Crescent Arts Centre
drama & dance
Both Sides of the Story
by Franz Xaver Kroetz, translated by Katharina Hehn Celebrating 20 years of creating innovative theatre for audiences, Corcadorca presents an intimate site-specific show; Request Programme by Franz Xaver Kroetz.
Presented with the kind assistance of the Karl Group
Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life
Ransom Presents
The Crescent
Arts Centre
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
Request Programme
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This site-specific piece will be performed on a specially designed set built by the team from HBO’s Game of Thrones. Internationally acclaimed Director and choreographer Anthoula Papadakis (Gothenburg Opera), Choreographer Johanna Hybinette (West Side Story tour) and Musical Directors Tim Sutton (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Andrew Corcoran (MD West End Chicago) lead this exciting, cutting edge production. West Side Story, the award winning adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, will be performed by a fifty strong cast selected from auditions across Ireland and is sure to entertain, thrill and delight all theatre-lovers.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Dance United NI present
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Merge
A timeless, inspiring tale, told in dynamic style, set in unconventional surroundings. All things Merge... Merge is an exciting new performance project involving 80 young people, including contemporary and urban street dancers, opera singers, a rap choir, BMX bikers, skate boarders and visual artists, who will create a set in live time. Created especially for the Festival, the performance will take place at T13, a warehouse-based skate park in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast; the park installations and steep ramps providing the framework for the set. The project is designed to explore what traditional, contemporary and urban street art forms have to offer each other and the performance promises to be expressive, theatrical, energetic and cutting-edge. Based on the ancient Norse legend of Ragnarock, the performance will speak of destiny, of people turning in on themselves and re-emerging changed, through a fiery melting pot of urban meets traditional.
As the project is a result of workshops with community groups from across the city, some tickets will be made available at a reduced rate for community groups. Ticket price includes a glass of warm fruit punch, but don’t forget to wrap up warm! Merge is a project delivered by Dance United NI in partnership with Youth Action, Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, New Lodge Arts and Square Pit Productions; and is supported by the National Lottery Date: Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 October Time: 7.30pm Matinee: Tuesday and Wednesday 1.00pm Venue: T13 Titanic Quarter Tickets: £10
Date: Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Matinee: Saturday 29 October 2.30pm Special Performance for Rotary Centenary Celebration - Sunday 30 October 6.00pm Venue: May Street Church, 23 May Street, Belfast Tickets: £15, £12 Family £45 (2 Adults, 2 Children) Seating is unallocated. First come, first served basis on arrival.
through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council and The Linbury Trust.
Seabright Productions presents
one in the headlines, casting doubt on the official version of events in an urgent and compelling piece of theatre.
Unfinished Business
‘Combines a respectful, subtle and profoundly moving performance with a mighty and unanswerable indictment of cover-up and injustice, in a show that every thinking citizen of this country should see, and act upon.’ **** The Scotsman
Lockerbie:
When 270 people were killed in Britain’s worst terrorist atrocity, grieving father Jim Swire found his faith in his own country’s legal system shattered. His full shocking story is told in this Fringe First award-winning production by writer/performer David Benson, and director Hannah Eidinow. Using a blend of verbatim material and dramatisation, Benson presents Swire’s ongoing struggle to find the truth in a hard-hitting piece of political theatre with international relevance. The tragedy has met with new-found topicality since the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the man convicted for the bombings. This show reveals a very different story to the
Date: Monday 17 October
drama & dance
West Side Story
MT4Uth would like to thank Goldblatt McGuigan, Acapple Construction, The Foyle Foundation and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio Tickets: £13.50, £10.50
Maiden Voyage presents
Dance Exposed
Come along and be moved at the Museum as Maiden Voyage premieres two short commissions. These include a new work from Filip Van Huffel of Retina Dance (Belgium/ UK) who is renowned for his signature visceral movement style and creating dance of compelling energy and the NIbased dance artist and choreographer Stevie Prickett. One piece performed alternately at times listed. Dance Exposed is a Maiden Voyage initiative to bring dance into public spaces and has been funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 October Time: 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
Music Theatre 4 Youth
Venue: Ulster Museum Foyer Tickets: Free
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This site-specific piece will be performed on a specially designed set built by the team from HBO’s Game of Thrones. Internationally acclaimed Director and choreographer Anthoula Papadakis (Gothenburg Opera), Choreographer Johanna Hybinette (West Side Story tour) and Musical Directors Tim Sutton (Royal Shakespeare Company) and Andrew Corcoran (MD West End Chicago) lead this exciting, cutting edge production. West Side Story, the award winning adaptation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, will be performed by a fifty strong cast selected from auditions across Ireland and is sure to entertain, thrill and delight all theatre-lovers.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Dance United NI present
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Merge
A timeless, inspiring tale, told in dynamic style, set in unconventional surroundings. All things Merge... Merge is an exciting new performance project involving 80 young people, including contemporary and urban street dancers, opera singers, a rap choir, BMX bikers, skate boarders and visual artists, who will create a set in live time. Created especially for the Festival, the performance will take place at T13, a warehouse-based skate park in the Titanic Quarter of Belfast; the park installations and steep ramps providing the framework for the set. The project is designed to explore what traditional, contemporary and urban street art forms have to offer each other and the performance promises to be expressive, theatrical, energetic and cutting-edge. Based on the ancient Norse legend of Ragnarock, the performance will speak of destiny, of people turning in on themselves and re-emerging changed, through a fiery melting pot of urban meets traditional.
As the project is a result of workshops with community groups from across the city, some tickets will be made available at a reduced rate for community groups. Ticket price includes a glass of warm fruit punch, but don’t forget to wrap up warm! Merge is a project delivered by Dance United NI in partnership with Youth Action, Belfast Unemployed Resource Centre, New Lodge Arts and Square Pit Productions; and is supported by the National Lottery Date: Monday 17 - Wednesday 19 October Time: 7.30pm Matinee: Tuesday and Wednesday 1.00pm Venue: T13 Titanic Quarter Tickets: £10
Date: Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Matinee: Saturday 29 October 2.30pm Special Performance for Rotary Centenary Celebration - Sunday 30 October 6.00pm Venue: May Street Church, 23 May Street, Belfast Tickets: £15, £12 Family £45 (2 Adults, 2 Children) Seating is unallocated. First come, first served basis on arrival.
through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Belfast City Council and The Linbury Trust.
Seabright Productions presents
one in the headlines, casting doubt on the official version of events in an urgent and compelling piece of theatre.
Unfinished Business
‘Combines a respectful, subtle and profoundly moving performance with a mighty and unanswerable indictment of cover-up and injustice, in a show that every thinking citizen of this country should see, and act upon.’ **** The Scotsman
Lockerbie:
When 270 people were killed in Britain’s worst terrorist atrocity, grieving father Jim Swire found his faith in his own country’s legal system shattered. His full shocking story is told in this Fringe First award-winning production by writer/performer David Benson, and director Hannah Eidinow. Using a blend of verbatim material and dramatisation, Benson presents Swire’s ongoing struggle to find the truth in a hard-hitting piece of political theatre with international relevance. The tragedy has met with new-found topicality since the release of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi, the man convicted for the bombings. This show reveals a very different story to the
Date: Monday 17 October
drama & dance
West Side Story
MT4Uth would like to thank Goldblatt McGuigan, Acapple Construction, The Foyle Foundation and The Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio Tickets: £13.50, £10.50
Maiden Voyage presents
Dance Exposed
Come along and be moved at the Museum as Maiden Voyage premieres two short commissions. These include a new work from Filip Van Huffel of Retina Dance (Belgium/ UK) who is renowned for his signature visceral movement style and creating dance of compelling energy and the NIbased dance artist and choreographer Stevie Prickett. One piece performed alternately at times listed. Dance Exposed is a Maiden Voyage initiative to bring dance into public spaces and has been funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. Date: Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 October Time: 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
drama & dance
Music Theatre 4 Youth
Venue: Ulster Museum Foyer Tickets: Free
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drama & dance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Ulster Bank Community Ticket Scheme
1,000 free tickets
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is giving your group the chance to attend one of the must-see shows of this year’s festival. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to one of the following six shows:
The People Left Behind The People Left Behind is a play that explores the issue of missing people. What happens when someone inexplicably disappears? What happens to their family? Ewan Jeffrey has been interviewing relatives of missing people to develop a performance piece with a difference: you may start in the auditorium, but find yourself individually led away into the city for a one-to-one conversation. Challenging theatrical conventions, the play creates a notional division between those that remain to watch the action unfold on stage, and those who have an individual experience within the city. What is it like to be bought a drink by a character? You’ll hear their story, but they’ll want to know yours too. The People Left Behind is a poignant, unsettling and powerful exploration of life and loss. The question is: where will it all end? Please note this production is unsuitable for those under the age of 15. The People Left Behind is sponsored by the British Academy and Queen’s University Belfast.
Date: Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Brian Friel Theatre Tickets: £8, £6
available for community groups and registered charities
belfast fringe festival 2011
Irish Sea Sessions
The Animals And Children took to the street
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Woyzeck on the Highveld
Joanna MacGregor
Shlomo at the Lip Factory
theatre | music | dance comedy | film | art live throughout belfast 14–16 october + 21–23 october telephone 028 9079 8591 peterquigley@talktalk.net www.belfringe.com
For more details and to submit an application, log on to www.belfastfestival.com
drama & dance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Ulster Bank Community Ticket Scheme
1,000 free tickets
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is giving your group the chance to attend one of the must-see shows of this year’s festival. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to one of the following six shows:
The People Left Behind The People Left Behind is a play that explores the issue of missing people. What happens when someone inexplicably disappears? What happens to their family? Ewan Jeffrey has been interviewing relatives of missing people to develop a performance piece with a difference: you may start in the auditorium, but find yourself individually led away into the city for a one-to-one conversation. Challenging theatrical conventions, the play creates a notional division between those that remain to watch the action unfold on stage, and those who have an individual experience within the city. What is it like to be bought a drink by a character? You’ll hear their story, but they’ll want to know yours too. The People Left Behind is a poignant, unsettling and powerful exploration of life and loss. The question is: where will it all end? Please note this production is unsuitable for those under the age of 15. The People Left Behind is sponsored by the British Academy and Queen’s University Belfast.
Date: Thursday 27 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Brian Friel Theatre Tickets: £8, £6
available for community groups and registered charities
belfast fringe festival 2011
Irish Sea Sessions
The Animals And Children took to the street
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares
Woyzeck on the Highveld
Joanna MacGregor
Shlomo at the Lip Factory
theatre | music | dance comedy | film | art live throughout belfast 14–16 october + 21–23 october telephone 028 9079 8591 peterquigley@talktalk.net www.belfringe.com
For more details and to submit an application, log on to www.belfastfestival.com
family
The Enchanted Garden at Botanic Gardens Goblins, Pixies, Fairies and Plants! The perfect antidote to the Halloween festivities: For only four nights in October, the fairytale creatures of Botanic Gardens come out from their underground realm - some of them will even be brave enough to play with the humans! Look and listen closely… Oak, Pine and Maple trees are favourite places for fairies and pixies to make their homes and so the Botanic Gardens are an ideal place for them to be discovered. Some say magical creatures have lived in the Gardens for many, many years!
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Fairies use the foliage to colour their clothing and as the light and the seasons change, so do their costumes. Only the sharpest of eyes can spot them in their hiding places! However, beware! Should you get too close
to the creatures of the Garden, those more nervous and mischievous among them may try and scare you off with a shower of twigs, nuts and berries. Goblins especially dislike humans and go to greater lengths to hide so you might expect to find them lurking in the rockery or the shrub borders… but only if you look closely! A long time ago, the magical creatures of the Gardens and the animals agreed to a pact to protect the Botanic Gardens. As you walk through the gardens, listen out for the laughter of birds and other animals; the Goblins, Fairies and Pixies must remain hidden at all costs and the animals of the Gardens will warn them when you are nearby!
Botanic Gardens has limited capacity at any one time and advance booking is advised via www.belfastfestival.com or (028) 9097 1197. If you leave the gardens and wish to return, you will only be re-admitted subject to there being spare capacity. Queues possible at this event. The event occurs outside so please wear appropriate outdoor clothing. Entrance to the Enchanted Garden is via Botanic Gardens main gate on the Stranmillis Road. Please check the Festival website for more information. Presented in association with Belfast City Council. Date: Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.00pm, last admission 9.30pm Venue: Botanic Gardens
The shortest, fastest crossings to Scotland.
Tickets: £3
Sailing to Scotland? It’s never a drama with P&O! With the shortest fastest crossings Larne to Cairnryan in one hour and to Troon in under two… more daily sailings than anyone else… and a proven record for the best reliability all year round… no-one gives a better performance on the Irish Sea. Now that deserves a round of applause! To book your seat now or for more information visit POferries.com
Image: Charles McQuillan
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larne - cairnryan 1 hr larne - troon 2 hrs
more crossings. more routes. more reasons to go with POferries.com 0871 66 44 777 larne
cairnr yan / troon • dublin
liverpool • dover
calais • hull
ze e b ru g g e / r o tt e r d a m
Calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras. Calls from mobiles will be higher. *Subject to availability. booking conditions apply.
family
The Enchanted Garden at Botanic Gardens Goblins, Pixies, Fairies and Plants! The perfect antidote to the Halloween festivities: For only four nights in October, the fairytale creatures of Botanic Gardens come out from their underground realm - some of them will even be brave enough to play with the humans! Look and listen closely… Oak, Pine and Maple trees are favourite places for fairies and pixies to make their homes and so the Botanic Gardens are an ideal place for them to be discovered. Some say magical creatures have lived in the Gardens for many, many years!
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Fairies use the foliage to colour their clothing and as the light and the seasons change, so do their costumes. Only the sharpest of eyes can spot them in their hiding places! However, beware! Should you get too close
to the creatures of the Garden, those more nervous and mischievous among them may try and scare you off with a shower of twigs, nuts and berries. Goblins especially dislike humans and go to greater lengths to hide so you might expect to find them lurking in the rockery or the shrub borders… but only if you look closely! A long time ago, the magical creatures of the Gardens and the animals agreed to a pact to protect the Botanic Gardens. As you walk through the gardens, listen out for the laughter of birds and other animals; the Goblins, Fairies and Pixies must remain hidden at all costs and the animals of the Gardens will warn them when you are nearby!
Botanic Gardens has limited capacity at any one time and advance booking is advised via www.belfastfestival.com or (028) 9097 1197. If you leave the gardens and wish to return, you will only be re-admitted subject to there being spare capacity. Queues possible at this event. The event occurs outside so please wear appropriate outdoor clothing. Entrance to the Enchanted Garden is via Botanic Gardens main gate on the Stranmillis Road. Please check the Festival website for more information. Presented in association with Belfast City Council. Date: Wednesday 26 - Saturday 29 October Time: 7.00pm, last admission 9.30pm Venue: Botanic Gardens
The shortest, fastest crossings to Scotland.
Tickets: £3
Sailing to Scotland? It’s never a drama with P&O! With the shortest fastest crossings Larne to Cairnryan in one hour and to Troon in under two… more daily sailings than anyone else… and a proven record for the best reliability all year round… no-one gives a better performance on the Irish Sea. Now that deserves a round of applause! To book your seat now or for more information visit POferries.com
Image: Charles McQuillan
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larne - cairnryan 1 hr larne - troon 2 hrs
more crossings. more routes. more reasons to go with POferries.com 0871 66 44 777 larne
cairnr yan / troon • dublin
liverpool • dover
calais • hull
ze e b ru g g e / r o tt e r d a m
Calls cost 10p per minute plus network extras. Calls from mobiles will be higher. *Subject to availability. booking conditions apply.
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The programme includes some real American masterpieces including Leonard Bernstein’s showstopping dances from On the Town, Aaron Copland’s evocation of a Mexican dancehall and George Gershwin’s ever popular Rhapsody in Blue and the
Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor is a popular English classical pianist. Considered one of the world’s most wideranging and innovative musicians, she combines the established piano repertoire complemented by her passion for jazz and new music and the championing of living composers in all traditions. She persistently challenges the divisions and labels which conventionally separate different traditions “MacGregor revelled in the dances’ extraordinary variety and expressive colour, their pained nostalgia as well as their earthiness. Her delivery of Chopin’s occasionally fiery political passion underlined the brilliance of Robert Schumann’s description of the mazurkas as ‘cannons buried in flowers’.” The Guardian
JoAnn Falletta
Praised by The Washington Post as having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein,” JoAnn Falletta has earned a reputation as a vibrant ambassador for music and an inspiring artistic leader.
spell-binding energy of his variations on I got Rhythm, performed by that most exciting interpreter of 20th century piano works, Joanna MacGregor. The South American element in the concert includes Argentina’s most famous composer, Astor Piazzolla’s evocation of his national dance - the Tango - for symphony orchestra, and Mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo’s colourful orchestral fantasy, Huapango. A night of colour and energy to open the 49th Ulster Bank Festival at Queen’s with style and panache! Ulster Orchestra JoAnn Falletta, conductor Joanna MacGregor, piano* Bernstein: On The Town Copland: Three Latin American Sketches Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue* Gershwin: I got Rhythm Variations* Piazzolla: Tangazo Marquez: Danzon No. 2 Copland: El Salon Mexico Moncayo: Huapango This is a live broadcast for BBC Radio 3. Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable time in the performance
Date: Friday 14 October Time: 7.45pm Venue: Waterfront Hall Tickets: £8 - £25
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The internationally renowned American conductor, JoAnn Falletta conducts an exciting concert of North and South American music, marking her first major concert with the Ulster Orchestra, since her appointment as Principal Conductor.
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Opening Concert Festival of The Americas
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The programme includes some real American masterpieces including Leonard Bernstein’s showstopping dances from On the Town, Aaron Copland’s evocation of a Mexican dancehall and George Gershwin’s ever popular Rhapsody in Blue and the
Joanna MacGregor
Joanna MacGregor is a popular English classical pianist. Considered one of the world’s most wideranging and innovative musicians, she combines the established piano repertoire complemented by her passion for jazz and new music and the championing of living composers in all traditions. She persistently challenges the divisions and labels which conventionally separate different traditions “MacGregor revelled in the dances’ extraordinary variety and expressive colour, their pained nostalgia as well as their earthiness. Her delivery of Chopin’s occasionally fiery political passion underlined the brilliance of Robert Schumann’s description of the mazurkas as ‘cannons buried in flowers’.” The Guardian
JoAnn Falletta
Praised by The Washington Post as having “Toscanini’s tight control over ensemble, Walter’s affectionate balancing of inner voices, Stokowski’s gutsy showmanship, and a controlled frenzy worthy of Bernstein,” JoAnn Falletta has earned a reputation as a vibrant ambassador for music and an inspiring artistic leader.
spell-binding energy of his variations on I got Rhythm, performed by that most exciting interpreter of 20th century piano works, Joanna MacGregor. The South American element in the concert includes Argentina’s most famous composer, Astor Piazzolla’s evocation of his national dance - the Tango - for symphony orchestra, and Mexican composer José Pablo Moncayo’s colourful orchestral fantasy, Huapango. A night of colour and energy to open the 49th Ulster Bank Festival at Queen’s with style and panache! Ulster Orchestra JoAnn Falletta, conductor Joanna MacGregor, piano* Bernstein: On The Town Copland: Three Latin American Sketches Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue* Gershwin: I got Rhythm Variations* Piazzolla: Tangazo Marquez: Danzon No. 2 Copland: El Salon Mexico Moncayo: Huapango This is a live broadcast for BBC Radio 3. Please note that latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable time in the performance
Date: Friday 14 October Time: 7.45pm Venue: Waterfront Hall Tickets: £8 - £25
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The internationally renowned American conductor, JoAnn Falletta conducts an exciting concert of North and South American music, marking her first major concert with the Ulster Orchestra, since her appointment as Principal Conductor.
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Opening Concert Festival of The Americas
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Performing in the Ulster Hall with the Ulster Orchestra and in association with NI Opera, this unforgettable concert promises to be the ultimate finish to this year’s Festival. Kiri will also perform with the winner of NI Opera’s inaugural vocal competition which will be held in Glenarm from 9 - 11 September.
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Conductor Julian Reynolds enjoys an international career in the operatic and concert repertoire. Maestro Reynolds has been a guest conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Aukland Philharmonia, Dutch Radio Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne International Festival, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
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Date: Sunday 30 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £35
Photographer John Swannell
75 years after Carl Orff set 24 poems from the Medieval Latin, French and German Texts into arguably the most recognisable classical work of modern times, the Ulster Bank Festival at Queen’s stages Northern Ireland’s most ambitious performance of this seminal 20th work, incorporating some 400 musicians and singers. The Ulster Orchestra joins forces with the Ulster Youth Orchestra and the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Phil Kids and pupils from some 8 secondary schools throughout Northern Ireland. This promises to be a spectacular collaboration, conducted by the Ulster Youth Choir’s Artistic Director, Greg Beardsell. Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuern, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany) has become one of the most performed works of the 20th century, featuring regularly in TV ads and feature films. The selection of song settings in the work cover a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of Spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust. Date: Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Waterfront Tickets: £27.50, £24, £21.50
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the most famous sopranos in the world, a familiar figure in the world’s leading opera houses, including Sydney Opera House, Chicago Lyric, Paris Opera, Covent Garden and the Vienna State, is coming to Belfast for one night only.
Carmina Burana
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
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Performing in the Ulster Hall with the Ulster Orchestra and in association with NI Opera, this unforgettable concert promises to be the ultimate finish to this year’s Festival. Kiri will also perform with the winner of NI Opera’s inaugural vocal competition which will be held in Glenarm from 9 - 11 September.
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Conductor Julian Reynolds enjoys an international career in the operatic and concert repertoire. Maestro Reynolds has been a guest conductor of the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Australian Chamber Orchestra, Aukland Philharmonia, Dutch Radio Philharmonic, Netherlands Philharmonic, Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, Melbourne International Festival, Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, and the orchestra of the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
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Date: Sunday 30 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £35
Photographer John Swannell
75 years after Carl Orff set 24 poems from the Medieval Latin, French and German Texts into arguably the most recognisable classical work of modern times, the Ulster Bank Festival at Queen’s stages Northern Ireland’s most ambitious performance of this seminal 20th work, incorporating some 400 musicians and singers. The Ulster Orchestra joins forces with the Ulster Youth Orchestra and the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Phil Kids and pupils from some 8 secondary schools throughout Northern Ireland. This promises to be a spectacular collaboration, conducted by the Ulster Youth Choir’s Artistic Director, Greg Beardsell. Carmina Burana (Songs of Beuern, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany) has become one of the most performed works of the 20th century, featuring regularly in TV ads and feature films. The selection of song settings in the work cover a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st century: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of Spring, and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling and lust. Date: Saturday 29 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Waterfront Tickets: £27.50, £24, £21.50
Classical & Opera
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, one of the most famous sopranos in the world, a familiar figure in the world’s leading opera houses, including Sydney Opera House, Chicago Lyric, Paris Opera, Covent Garden and the Vienna State, is coming to Belfast for one night only.
Carmina Burana
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
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Tasmin Little’s discography reflects her wide-ranging repertoire and includes twenty-five recordings, ranging from Bruch and Brahms to Karlowicz and Arvo Pärt. Her recording of all the four Delius Violin Sonatas with Piers Lane won the prized Diapason d’Or. In March 2009 she released the disc Partners in Time, her follow-up to The Naked Violin.
Elgar’s great Violin Concerto is a many-faceted work - wistful, serene, noble, grand - and Tasmin Little is acknowledged as one of its finest interpreters. The music of Brahms was much admired by Elgar and Jac van Steen is the ideal conductor for the Third Symphony, an elegiac, intimate work which Elgar conducted many times and with which he had a close affinity.
Vivid and insightful, this dramatic opera recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding, living in hope, longing for normality for herself and her family.
Tasmin Little has played with many of the world’s greatest orchestras in a career that has taken her to every continent of the world. In addition to her regular solo performances, she has played/directed orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, London Mozart Players, English Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber, European Union Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia.
In Autumn 2010 Tasmin Little’s long-awaited recording of the Elgar violin concerto was released on the Chandos label to unanimous critical acclaim. The recording celebrated the 100th anniversary of the concerto’s premiere and included a re-creation of a special version of the accompanied cadenza. Tasmin won the much-coveted “Critic’s Choice” award for the Elgar disc at the May 2011 Classic BRIT Awards Ceremony.
Date: Friday 21 October Time: 7.45pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £8 - £22
Elgar Violin Concerto 48’ Weber Overture: Oberon 8’ Brahms Symphony No.3 33’ 7pm Pre-concert talk with Jac van Steen and Tasmin Little (free of charge) * Entry with valid concert ticket only.
Grigory Frid
Opera Theatre Company’s 25th year of touring opera throughout Ireland continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera. Russian composer Grigory Frid, whose own family suffered enormously under Stalin, was so inspired by Anne Frank’s diary that he created the opera in 1969. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instil awe. The focus is on Anne Frank’s original words - her joy over a glimpse of blue sky, the budding love for her friend Peter, her humour and resilient hopes for freedom - all find moving and eloquent expression in
Shipwrecked In September of 1588, on their return to Spain, more than 20 ships of the invincible Armada were wrecked off the coast of Ireland. While most of the men on those ships drowned or were slaughtered by the English, some managed to survive in Ireland and eventually return home. Shipwrecked is an innovative musical theatre event recounting the amazing story of Francisco de Cuellar, Captain of the San Pedro, who was cast ashore on Steedagh Strand and spent seven months as a fugitive in Connacht and Ulster. De Cuellar’s picaresque, strangerthan-fiction narrative brings to life a harrowing vision of apocalypse, survival, compassion and chivalry at one of the climacteric moments in European history. Conceived by Caitríona O’Leary, staged by American director Eric Fraad, with sets and costumes by the Italian designer Alessio Rosati, Shipwrecked will present audiences with a completely new musical theatre experience. Presented in the form of a letter to
the poignant score. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company’s eight-piece chamber orchestra and with direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon, design by Nicky Shaw & lighting by Tina MacHugh, this compelling production should not be missed. Date: Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio
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The Diary of Anne Frank
with The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen
Tickets: £15, £12
a friend, de Cuellar’s adventures are conveyed through narration, drama, dance and staged musical numbers shattering the conceit of the traditional concert to create a live score for a film that comes to life in the imaginations of the audience. Conceptually unique, visually stunning, theatrically compelling and musically inspired Shipwrecked is certain to be one of the most memorable events of the Festival. Presented with the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £15, £12.50
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Tasmin Little
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Tasmin Little’s discography reflects her wide-ranging repertoire and includes twenty-five recordings, ranging from Bruch and Brahms to Karlowicz and Arvo Pärt. Her recording of all the four Delius Violin Sonatas with Piers Lane won the prized Diapason d’Or. In March 2009 she released the disc Partners in Time, her follow-up to The Naked Violin.
Elgar’s great Violin Concerto is a many-faceted work - wistful, serene, noble, grand - and Tasmin Little is acknowledged as one of its finest interpreters. The music of Brahms was much admired by Elgar and Jac van Steen is the ideal conductor for the Third Symphony, an elegiac, intimate work which Elgar conducted many times and with which he had a close affinity.
Vivid and insightful, this dramatic opera recreates the world of 13 year-old Anne Frank in hiding, living in hope, longing for normality for herself and her family.
Tasmin Little has played with many of the world’s greatest orchestras in a career that has taken her to every continent of the world. In addition to her regular solo performances, she has played/directed orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic, Seattle Symphony, London Mozart Players, English Chamber Orchestra, Norwegian Chamber, European Union Chamber Orchestra and Britten Sinfonia.
In Autumn 2010 Tasmin Little’s long-awaited recording of the Elgar violin concerto was released on the Chandos label to unanimous critical acclaim. The recording celebrated the 100th anniversary of the concerto’s premiere and included a re-creation of a special version of the accompanied cadenza. Tasmin won the much-coveted “Critic’s Choice” award for the Elgar disc at the May 2011 Classic BRIT Awards Ceremony.
Date: Friday 21 October Time: 7.45pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £8 - £22
Elgar Violin Concerto 48’ Weber Overture: Oberon 8’ Brahms Symphony No.3 33’ 7pm Pre-concert talk with Jac van Steen and Tasmin Little (free of charge) * Entry with valid concert ticket only.
Grigory Frid
Opera Theatre Company’s 25th year of touring opera throughout Ireland continues with this memorable and atmospheric opera. Russian composer Grigory Frid, whose own family suffered enormously under Stalin, was so inspired by Anne Frank’s diary that he created the opera in 1969. Sung in English by soprano Ani Maldjian, the powerful optimism and unbending will to live continue to instil awe. The focus is on Anne Frank’s original words - her joy over a glimpse of blue sky, the budding love for her friend Peter, her humour and resilient hopes for freedom - all find moving and eloquent expression in
Shipwrecked In September of 1588, on their return to Spain, more than 20 ships of the invincible Armada were wrecked off the coast of Ireland. While most of the men on those ships drowned or were slaughtered by the English, some managed to survive in Ireland and eventually return home. Shipwrecked is an innovative musical theatre event recounting the amazing story of Francisco de Cuellar, Captain of the San Pedro, who was cast ashore on Steedagh Strand and spent seven months as a fugitive in Connacht and Ulster. De Cuellar’s picaresque, strangerthan-fiction narrative brings to life a harrowing vision of apocalypse, survival, compassion and chivalry at one of the climacteric moments in European history. Conceived by Caitríona O’Leary, staged by American director Eric Fraad, with sets and costumes by the Italian designer Alessio Rosati, Shipwrecked will present audiences with a completely new musical theatre experience. Presented in the form of a letter to
the poignant score. Andrew Synnott conducts Opera Theatre Company’s eight-piece chamber orchestra and with direction by Ingrid Craigie and Annilese Miskimmon, design by Nicky Shaw & lighting by Tina MacHugh, this compelling production should not be missed. Date: Wednesday 19 & Thursday 20 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio
Classical & Opera
The Diary of Anne Frank
with The Ulster Orchestra conducted by Jac van Steen
Tickets: £15, £12
a friend, de Cuellar’s adventures are conveyed through narration, drama, dance and staged musical numbers shattering the conceit of the traditional concert to create a live score for a film that comes to life in the imaginations of the audience. Conceptually unique, visually stunning, theatrically compelling and musically inspired Shipwrecked is certain to be one of the most memorable events of the Festival. Presented with the generous support of the Arts Council of Ireland Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £15, £12.50
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Monica Groop accompanied by Rudolf Jansen Finnish mezzo-soprano Monica Groop has performed with many of the major opera companies and orchestras of the world including the Bayrische Staatsoper, Amsterdam, Covent Garden, Munich State Opera, Royal Opera in Stockholm, Paris and the New York City Opera, the Glyndebourne and Aix-en-Provence Festivals. A prolific recording artist, Monica Groop has made over sixty recordings. Her operatic recordings include “Linda di
W.A.Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhaber verbrannte(Baumberg) Das Veilchen (Goethe) Oiseaux si tous les ans Der Zauberer Alban Berg: Vier Lieder op. 2 1.Dem Schmerz ein Recht (Hebbel) 2.Der Glühende I (Mombert) 3.Der Glühende II (Mombert) 4. Der Glühende III (Mombert) Franz Liszt: Es war ein König in Thule (J.W v Goethe) S´il est un charmant gazon (Victor Hugo) his distinctive rich dark sound, claiming a direct link to Heifetz and the Russian school of great violinists through his teacher.
Eugene Ugorski with Konstantin Lifschitz Eugene Ugorski was introduced by Gergiev at the Moscow Easter Festival when only 15. He has set himself apart from many of his contemporaries with
Ugorski has already performed with many of the top orchestras throughout Western Europe, Russia, Canada, the USA, South America, Australia and the Far East, working with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Hans Graf, Andrey Boreyko and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Born in 1989 in St Petersburg, Russia, Ugorski moved with his family to San Diego aged five. He has studied with Professor Vesna Gruppman since the age of six, and continues to study with Vesna as well as with Igor Gruppman. Eugene Ugorski is represented by Intermusica. Konstantin Lifschitz was born December 10, 1976, in Kharkov. As a child, he became irresistibly attracted
J.Sibelius: Våren flyktar hastigt op. 13/4 (J.L Runeberg) Den första kyssen op 37/1 (J.L Runeberg) Im Feld ein Mädchen singt op 50/3 (Margarete Susman) Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte op 37/5(J.L Runeberg) Var det en dröm op 37/4 (J.J Wecksell) Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall
The Danish String Quartet
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BBC Radio 3
Die drei Zigeuner (Nikolaus Lenau) Edvard Grieg: Digte af Vilhelm Krag op.60 1. Liden Kirsten 2. Moderen synger 3. Mens jeg venter 4. Der skreg en fugl 5. Og jeg vil ha meg en Hjertenskjaer
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Violin Frederik Øland, Violin Asbjørn Nørgaard, Viola Fredrik Sjølin, Cello The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In the course of a remarkably short time the quartet has drawn high praise for its highly crafted interpretations and engaging style of performance, establishing itself as the most promising ensemble in Denmark. The Quartet has won numerous chamber music competitions, including Trondheim International String Quartet Competition in 2005 and the London International String Quartet Competition in 2009. In 2006 they were invited by Danish Radio to be their ‘Artist in Residence’, leading to performances with the DR Symphony Orchestra and the Danish Radio Sinfonietta.
This also gave the quartet the opportunity to record all Carl Nielsen’s string quartets for the Dacapo label, which has duly won universal critical acclaim. In 2011 the Quartet has toured extensively in the UK and performed in Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Australia. The Quartet has been awarded the highly prestigious Carl Nielsen Prize in 2011.
Nielsen: String Quartet No. 4 Grieg: String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 Date: Sunday 16 October Time: 2.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10, £8
Tickets: £15, concession £12
to the piano, playing by ear and improvising with total absorption for hours on end. In future years of studies in Russia, England and Italy his teachers included Theodor Gutmann, Vladimir Tropp, Hamish Milne, Alfred Brendel, Fou T’song, Leon Fleisher, Rosalyn Tureck, Karl-Ulrich Schnabel and Charles Rosen. 2 Bartok Rhapsodies Grieg sonata no. 2 in G major Ravel Tzigane Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 11.00am Venue: Elmwood Hall
Peter Jablonski Peter Jablonski has given concerts on all five continents, working with orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Philharmonia and The Cleveland Orchestras, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and all major orchestras in Scandinavia. Peter Jablonski is Artistic Director of the annual Karlskrona Chamber Music Festival in Sweden and of Altara Records. He also has a multi-award winning discography with Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. Grieg: Ballade in G minor Sibelius: Five sketches Op. 114
Nielsen: Humorous bagatelles Rolf Martinsson “Gemini” Peter Jablonski Ballade No. 1 Grieg: Lyric pieces Norwegische Bauerntänze Slatter Nielsen Chaconne Sibelius Sonatina nr.3
Date: Sunday 16 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10, £8
Image: Mats Bäcker
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Chamounix” with Edita Gruberova, “Don Giovanni” conducted by Sir Georg Solti, “The Marriage of Figaro”, “Cosi fan tutte”, Haydn´s “La fedeltá premiata” and Berlioz “Benvenuto Cellini”.
Tickets: £10, £8 These recitals will be presented by Sean Rafferty and recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Please note latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable time in the performance.
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Cathal Breslin
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Born in Derry, Cathal Breslin’s growing international career has taken him to concert halls throughout Europe, U.S.A. and Asia. Schubert/Liszt Grainger Hammond Liszt Liszt
Der Müller und der Bach Aufenthal Auf dem Wasser zu singen Irish Tune from County Derry Country Gardens Walking Tune From “Miniatures and Modulations” Open the Door softly Have you seen my Valentine? Planxty Maguire The Parting of Friends Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor Sonata in B minor
Time: 8.00pm Venue: Exchange and Assembly Rooms, Waring Street Price: £8, £6
Michael McHale Award winning Irish pianist David Quigley leapt to international attention in 2002 by representing the UK in the prestigious ECHO Rising Stars series.
Belfast-born pianist Michael McHale has established himself as one of the leading Irish pianists of his generation. Liszt Grainger Hammond Liszt Verdi/Liszt
Funérailles Ballade No.2 in B minor To a Nordic Princess (Bridal Song) Molly on the Shore (Irish Reel) Bridal Lullaby From “Miniatures and Modulations” The Fair Woman An Irish Lullaby Rose Dillon (Jigg) The Little and Great Mountain John O’Reilly the Active Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude Rigoletto paraphrase de concert
Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 11.00am Venue: Exchange and Assembly Rooms’, Waring Street Price: £8, £6
Schubert/Liszt Schumann/Liszt Verdi/Liszt Wagner/Liszt Fauré/Grainger Gershwin/ Grainger Hammond Liszt
Ständchen Widmung Aida Paraphrase Isolde’s Liebstod from Tristan and Isolde Nell Après un rêve The man I love Love walked in From “Miniatures and Modulations” Kitty Tyrrel Young Terence McDonough The Ugly Taylor Old Truagh The Beardless Boy From “Années de Pèlerinage” Chapelle de Guillaume Tell Au Lac de Wallenstadt Vallée d’Obermann
Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Exchange and Assembly Rooms’, Waring Street Price: £8, £6
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As part of Philip Hammond’s 60th birthday celebrations this year, the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s has commissioned a new work for piano from this Belfast born composer. Based on the Edward Bunting collection of Irish melodies from the Belfast Harp Festival of 1792, MINIATURES AND MODULATIONS is the title of a series of fourteen pieces written especially for the three pianists in this series of three concerts. Cathal Breslin, David Quigley and Michael McHale will each play a selection of the Miniatures and Modulations as part of their consecutive programmes which will also celebrate the anniversaries this year of Franz Liszt, born on 22 October 1811, and Percy Grainger who died in 1961
Date: Friday 21 October
David Quigley
Ulster Youth Choir and Gabrieli Consort perform Bach and Mendelssohn Founded by Paul McCreesh in 1982, Gabrieli Consort & Players are world-renowned interpreters of great choral and instrumental repertoire, spanning from the renaissance to the present day. Always at the forefront of Gabrieli’s projects and performances, the Consort has in recent years enjoyed an independent life as an a cappella choir with a series of successful concerts and recordings encompassing a broad range of repertoire, particularly focussing on the English choral tradition. Established in 1999, Ulster Youth Choir is Northern Ireland’s National Youth Choir and exists to provide the province’s young singers with world-class choral and vocal training through summer residential courses and concert tours, a committed education programme in schools throughout Northern Ireland and further through the development of the Ulster Youth Chamber Choir and conductor apprenticeship scheme. Gabrieli are increasingly committed to working with young musicians. In October 2010, the Gabrieli Young Singers’ Scheme was launched, establishing partnerships with four leading youth choirs, giving young singers the opportunity to train and perform with Gabrieli’s professional musicians. As one such partner, the Ulster Youth Chamber Choir joined Gabrieli this summer for a Proms performance and subsequent studio recording of Mendelssohn’s majestic oratorio, Elijah. Through a series of workshops and training rehearsals Gabrieli have established a close relationship with Ulster Youth Choir and are delighted to celebrate this relationship in a concert of Bach and Mendelssohn.
Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: St. Peter’s Cathedral Tickets: £16.50, £13.50
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Lizst, Hammond and Grainger Birthday Celebrations Three Northern Irish pianists explore the anniversaries of three composers through their piano music - Franz Liszt. Percy Grainger and Philip Hammond
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Monica Groop accompanied by Rudolf Jansen Finnish mezzo-soprano Monica Groop has performed with many of the major opera companies and orchestras of the world including the Bayrische Staatsoper, Amsterdam, Covent Garden, Munich State Opera, Royal Opera in Stockholm, Paris and the New York City Opera, the Glyndebourne and Aix-en-Provence Festivals. A prolific recording artist, Monica Groop has made over sixty recordings. Her operatic recordings include “Linda di
W.A.Mozart: Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhaber verbrannte(Baumberg) Das Veilchen (Goethe) Oiseaux si tous les ans Der Zauberer Alban Berg: Vier Lieder op. 2 1.Dem Schmerz ein Recht (Hebbel) 2.Der Glühende I (Mombert) 3.Der Glühende II (Mombert) 4. Der Glühende III (Mombert) Franz Liszt: Es war ein König in Thule (J.W v Goethe) S´il est un charmant gazon (Victor Hugo) his distinctive rich dark sound, claiming a direct link to Heifetz and the Russian school of great violinists through his teacher.
Eugene Ugorski with Konstantin Lifschitz Eugene Ugorski was introduced by Gergiev at the Moscow Easter Festival when only 15. He has set himself apart from many of his contemporaries with
Ugorski has already performed with many of the top orchestras throughout Western Europe, Russia, Canada, the USA, South America, Australia and the Far East, working with conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Hans Graf, Andrey Boreyko and Yannick Nezet-Seguin. Born in 1989 in St Petersburg, Russia, Ugorski moved with his family to San Diego aged five. He has studied with Professor Vesna Gruppman since the age of six, and continues to study with Vesna as well as with Igor Gruppman. Eugene Ugorski is represented by Intermusica. Konstantin Lifschitz was born December 10, 1976, in Kharkov. As a child, he became irresistibly attracted
J.Sibelius: Våren flyktar hastigt op. 13/4 (J.L Runeberg) Den första kyssen op 37/1 (J.L Runeberg) Im Feld ein Mädchen singt op 50/3 (Margarete Susman) Flickan kom ifrån sin älsklings möte op 37/5(J.L Runeberg) Var det en dröm op 37/4 (J.J Wecksell) Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall
The Danish String Quartet
Classical & Opera
BBC Radio 3
Die drei Zigeuner (Nikolaus Lenau) Edvard Grieg: Digte af Vilhelm Krag op.60 1. Liden Kirsten 2. Moderen synger 3. Mens jeg venter 4. Der skreg en fugl 5. Og jeg vil ha meg en Hjertenskjaer
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Violin Frederik Øland, Violin Asbjørn Nørgaard, Viola Fredrik Sjølin, Cello The Danish String Quartet made its debut at the Copenhagen Summer Festival in 2002. In the course of a remarkably short time the quartet has drawn high praise for its highly crafted interpretations and engaging style of performance, establishing itself as the most promising ensemble in Denmark. The Quartet has won numerous chamber music competitions, including Trondheim International String Quartet Competition in 2005 and the London International String Quartet Competition in 2009. In 2006 they were invited by Danish Radio to be their ‘Artist in Residence’, leading to performances with the DR Symphony Orchestra and the Danish Radio Sinfonietta.
This also gave the quartet the opportunity to record all Carl Nielsen’s string quartets for the Dacapo label, which has duly won universal critical acclaim. In 2011 the Quartet has toured extensively in the UK and performed in Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Spain and Australia. The Quartet has been awarded the highly prestigious Carl Nielsen Prize in 2011.
Nielsen: String Quartet No. 4 Grieg: String Quartet in G minor Op. 27 Date: Sunday 16 October Time: 2.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10, £8
Tickets: £15, concession £12
to the piano, playing by ear and improvising with total absorption for hours on end. In future years of studies in Russia, England and Italy his teachers included Theodor Gutmann, Vladimir Tropp, Hamish Milne, Alfred Brendel, Fou T’song, Leon Fleisher, Rosalyn Tureck, Karl-Ulrich Schnabel and Charles Rosen. 2 Bartok Rhapsodies Grieg sonata no. 2 in G major Ravel Tzigane Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 11.00am Venue: Elmwood Hall
Peter Jablonski Peter Jablonski has given concerts on all five continents, working with orchestras such as the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Philharmonia and The Cleveland Orchestras, the NHK Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, London Philharmonic Orchestra, and all major orchestras in Scandinavia. Peter Jablonski is Artistic Director of the annual Karlskrona Chamber Music Festival in Sweden and of Altara Records. He also has a multi-award winning discography with Decca and Deutsche Grammophon. Grieg: Ballade in G minor Sibelius: Five sketches Op. 114
Nielsen: Humorous bagatelles Rolf Martinsson “Gemini” Peter Jablonski Ballade No. 1 Grieg: Lyric pieces Norwegische Bauerntänze Slatter Nielsen Chaconne Sibelius Sonatina nr.3
Date: Sunday 16 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10, £8
Image: Mats Bäcker
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Chamounix” with Edita Gruberova, “Don Giovanni” conducted by Sir Georg Solti, “The Marriage of Figaro”, “Cosi fan tutte”, Haydn´s “La fedeltá premiata” and Berlioz “Benvenuto Cellini”.
Tickets: £10, £8 These recitals will be presented by Sean Rafferty and recorded for broadcast on BBC Radio 3. Please note latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable time in the performance.
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Cathal Breslin
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Born in Derry, Cathal Breslin’s growing international career has taken him to concert halls throughout Europe, U.S.A. and Asia. Schubert/Liszt Grainger Hammond Liszt Liszt
Der Müller und der Bach Aufenthal Auf dem Wasser zu singen Irish Tune from County Derry Country Gardens Walking Tune From “Miniatures and Modulations” Open the Door softly Have you seen my Valentine? Planxty Maguire The Parting of Friends Hungarian Rhapsody No.12 in C sharp minor Sonata in B minor
Time: 8.00pm Venue: Exchange and Assembly Rooms, Waring Street Price: £8, £6
Michael McHale Award winning Irish pianist David Quigley leapt to international attention in 2002 by representing the UK in the prestigious ECHO Rising Stars series.
Belfast-born pianist Michael McHale has established himself as one of the leading Irish pianists of his generation. Liszt Grainger Hammond Liszt Verdi/Liszt
Funérailles Ballade No.2 in B minor To a Nordic Princess (Bridal Song) Molly on the Shore (Irish Reel) Bridal Lullaby From “Miniatures and Modulations” The Fair Woman An Irish Lullaby Rose Dillon (Jigg) The Little and Great Mountain John O’Reilly the Active Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude Rigoletto paraphrase de concert
Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 11.00am Venue: Exchange and Assembly Rooms’, Waring Street Price: £8, £6
Schubert/Liszt Schumann/Liszt Verdi/Liszt Wagner/Liszt Fauré/Grainger Gershwin/ Grainger Hammond Liszt
Ständchen Widmung Aida Paraphrase Isolde’s Liebstod from Tristan and Isolde Nell Après un rêve The man I love Love walked in From “Miniatures and Modulations” Kitty Tyrrel Young Terence McDonough The Ugly Taylor Old Truagh The Beardless Boy From “Années de Pèlerinage” Chapelle de Guillaume Tell Au Lac de Wallenstadt Vallée d’Obermann
Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Exchange and Assembly Rooms’, Waring Street Price: £8, £6
Classical & Opera
As part of Philip Hammond’s 60th birthday celebrations this year, the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s has commissioned a new work for piano from this Belfast born composer. Based on the Edward Bunting collection of Irish melodies from the Belfast Harp Festival of 1792, MINIATURES AND MODULATIONS is the title of a series of fourteen pieces written especially for the three pianists in this series of three concerts. Cathal Breslin, David Quigley and Michael McHale will each play a selection of the Miniatures and Modulations as part of their consecutive programmes which will also celebrate the anniversaries this year of Franz Liszt, born on 22 October 1811, and Percy Grainger who died in 1961
Date: Friday 21 October
David Quigley
Ulster Youth Choir and Gabrieli Consort perform Bach and Mendelssohn Founded by Paul McCreesh in 1982, Gabrieli Consort & Players are world-renowned interpreters of great choral and instrumental repertoire, spanning from the renaissance to the present day. Always at the forefront of Gabrieli’s projects and performances, the Consort has in recent years enjoyed an independent life as an a cappella choir with a series of successful concerts and recordings encompassing a broad range of repertoire, particularly focussing on the English choral tradition. Established in 1999, Ulster Youth Choir is Northern Ireland’s National Youth Choir and exists to provide the province’s young singers with world-class choral and vocal training through summer residential courses and concert tours, a committed education programme in schools throughout Northern Ireland and further through the development of the Ulster Youth Chamber Choir and conductor apprenticeship scheme. Gabrieli are increasingly committed to working with young musicians. In October 2010, the Gabrieli Young Singers’ Scheme was launched, establishing partnerships with four leading youth choirs, giving young singers the opportunity to train and perform with Gabrieli’s professional musicians. As one such partner, the Ulster Youth Chamber Choir joined Gabrieli this summer for a Proms performance and subsequent studio recording of Mendelssohn’s majestic oratorio, Elijah. Through a series of workshops and training rehearsals Gabrieli have established a close relationship with Ulster Youth Choir and are delighted to celebrate this relationship in a concert of Bach and Mendelssohn.
Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: St. Peter’s Cathedral Tickets: £16.50, £13.50
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Lizst, Hammond and Grainger Birthday Celebrations Three Northern Irish pianists explore the anniversaries of three composers through their piano music - Franz Liszt. Percy Grainger and Philip Hammond
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Elvis Costello is widely considered to be the UK’s most consistently creative artist and songwriter of his generation. Starting with classic rock songs like ‘Oliver’s Army’, ‘Alison’ and ‘Watching the Detectives’, he went on to explore a wealth of musical collaborations ranging from Burt Bacharach to The Brodsky Quartet. He has produced albums by The Specials and The Pogues, and gone down the country road with Almost Blue which included the hit single ‘Good Year for the Roses’. Never one to rest on his past achievements, he is constantly writing, recording and collaborating with other artists, pushing the boundaries of his enormous talent. One American critic described him as “a pop encyclopaedia” based on the huge range of musicality he has exhibited in more than 30 albums and his ability to “reinvent the past in his own image”.
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Costello grew up in London and Merseyside as Declan McManus, son of a well-known jazz musician, Ross McManus, with Co. Fermanagh roots. Success came with the change of name when he combined his mother’s maiden name and that of his musical hero.
Jan Garbarek
with the Hilliard Ensemble Nobody plays the saxophone quite like Jan Garbarek. His sound has become an unmistakable trademark and this sound for some time now has acquired another dimension than what is generally understood as jazz. The sound alone certainly does not make the music. In his compositions and improvisations Jan Garbarek is a master of unbelievable tuneful music that cuts right into our soul. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: St. Thomas’ Church Tickets: £22.50
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Internationally renowned vocal ensemble Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares blend traditional songs with contemporary arrangements. Formerly known as the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir, the group was created in Bulgaria by Philip Koutev, aka ‘the father of Bulgarian concert folk music.’
Date: Friday 28 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Hall Tickets: £35, £32.50, £28
Le Mystere des voix Bulgares’ 4AD records have enraptured the world, and we are delighted that this Grammy award-winning choir are bringing their spellbinding music to Belfast. Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £20 (£15 Groups only)
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Elvis Costello is widely considered to be the UK’s most consistently creative artist and songwriter of his generation. Starting with classic rock songs like ‘Oliver’s Army’, ‘Alison’ and ‘Watching the Detectives’, he went on to explore a wealth of musical collaborations ranging from Burt Bacharach to The Brodsky Quartet. He has produced albums by The Specials and The Pogues, and gone down the country road with Almost Blue which included the hit single ‘Good Year for the Roses’. Never one to rest on his past achievements, he is constantly writing, recording and collaborating with other artists, pushing the boundaries of his enormous talent. One American critic described him as “a pop encyclopaedia” based on the huge range of musicality he has exhibited in more than 30 albums and his ability to “reinvent the past in his own image”.
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Costello grew up in London and Merseyside as Declan McManus, son of a well-known jazz musician, Ross McManus, with Co. Fermanagh roots. Success came with the change of name when he combined his mother’s maiden name and that of his musical hero.
Jan Garbarek
with the Hilliard Ensemble Nobody plays the saxophone quite like Jan Garbarek. His sound has become an unmistakable trademark and this sound for some time now has acquired another dimension than what is generally understood as jazz. The sound alone certainly does not make the music. In his compositions and improvisations Jan Garbarek is a master of unbelievable tuneful music that cuts right into our soul. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: St. Thomas’ Church Tickets: £22.50
Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Internationally renowned vocal ensemble Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares blend traditional songs with contemporary arrangements. Formerly known as the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir, the group was created in Bulgaria by Philip Koutev, aka ‘the father of Bulgarian concert folk music.’
Date: Friday 28 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Hall Tickets: £35, £32.50, £28
Le Mystere des voix Bulgares’ 4AD records have enraptured the world, and we are delighted that this Grammy award-winning choir are bringing their spellbinding music to Belfast. Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £20 (£15 Groups only)
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Broadway In Satin: Billie Holiday Revisited
Ibrahim AG ALHABIB Touhami AG ALHASSANE Abdallah AG ALHOUSSEYNI Eyadou AG LECHE Elaga AG HAMID Said AG AYAD
Piano, prepared Piano, Flutes Keyboards, Electronics Alto Saxophone, Clarinets, Piano Tenor Saxophone, Clarinets Saxophones, Electronic treatments Flutes, Electronics Trumpet Guitars, Banjo Electric Bass Drums
Founded in 1986 France’s Orchestre National de Jazz has made a name for itself for its forward-looking and innovative approach to the big band format. The Orchestre is based on principles of unearthing new talent and attracting musicians who are keen to explore collective music making in all its forms. Orchestre National de Jazz’s Artistic Director Daniel Yvinec continues his rereading of the great American standards with Broadway In Satin evoking the memory of Billie Holiday.
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Keeping intact the marvellous contours of the original melodies, the ONJ will perform a selection of songs associated with the star, painting them in unusual orchestral colours and taking them into hitherto
unexplained territory. This is a show where tradition meets modernity, charting its path through a multitude of genres, like Tom Waits in top hat and tails conducting a Tim Burton soundtrack arranged by Gil Evans and Ennio Morricone. “The Orchestre features players of outstanding calibre” BBC Music Date: Wednesday 26 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £19.50, £17.50
Vocals, Guitar, Flute, Acoustic Guitar Vocals, Dance, claps Vocals Acoustic Guitar Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Vocals, Guitar Vocals, Percussion
Tinariwen return to the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s after a sensational performance in 2009. One of the most successful and exciting musical exports ever to emerge from West Africa, Tinariwen’s back-story has been described as “dramatic” The Independent, “the most compelling of any band” Songlines and “the most rock’n’roll of them all” The Irish Times. A long road has taken Tinariwen from the wild empty places of the southern Sahara desert to the concert
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“I felt this was the music I’d been looking for all my life” Robert Plant
stages of the world. The group’s founding members spent the 1980s in Libyan military camps dreaming of dignity and self-determination for their own people - the nomadic Touareg or Kel Tamashek of the southern Sahara, and singing songs for an entire generation of young Touareg. Tinariwen’s rolling, yearning grooves and uncompromising messages of simplicity and freedom, distilled over twenty years of struggle, rebellion and exile, have earned them two BBC World Music Award nominations, countless accolades, the attention of highprofile fans such as Robert Plant, Santana, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn, Chris Martin and Thom Yorke, and the enduring respect of their own people. Date: Tuesday 25 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: Mandela Hall Tickets: £18.50
Ana Moura Around Robert Wyatt A timeless, instinctive and spellbinding singer, Robert Wyatt is one of the most intriguing voices in today’s music and has been cited as an essential reference by the likes of David Bowie, Elvis Costello and David Gilmour. Conceived as part of a collaboration between Robert Wyatt and Daniel Yvinec, especially for the ONJ, this programme pays homage to the universe and protean personality of the singer. Artistic Director: Daniel Yvinec Arrangements: Vincent Artaud Images: Antoine Carlier
Recorded Voices: Robert Wyatt Arno Camille
Daniel Darc Irène Jacob Yael Naïm Rokia Traoré
Date: Thursday 27 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £19.50, £17.50
Ana Moura Custodio Castelo Jose Nunes Filipe Larsen
Singer Portuguese guitar Acoustic Guitar Bass
The elegant and vivacious silhouette of Portuguese vocalist Ana Moura has graced stages worldwide. Her voice has the intensity and soul necessary to transmit the depth of melancholy associated with the famed Portuguese genre of Fado. Ana Moura has been lauded as a part of a new generation of fado singers that tackle contemporary issues. She collaborates regularly with guitarist Jorge Fernando who has been the inspiration for her most important songs. The duo performed at New York’s
Carnegie Hall in March 2005, a show that gave Ana the honour of being the first Portuguese singer to perform at the legendary venue. Not a stranger to the limelight, Ana appeared on stage with the Rolling Stones in 2008, at the invite of Mick Jagger. Prince is also a fan of her music and last year they performed together at Portugal’s Super Bock Super Rock Festival. Date: Saturday 29 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £14, £12
Image: Paulo Segades
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Orchestre National De Jazz Eve Risser Vincent Lafont Antonin-Tri Hoang Rémi Dumoulin Matthieu Metzger Joce Mienniel Sylvain Bardiau Pierre Perchaud Sylvain Daniel Yoann Serra
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Tinariwen
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Broadway In Satin: Billie Holiday Revisited
Ibrahim AG ALHABIB Touhami AG ALHASSANE Abdallah AG ALHOUSSEYNI Eyadou AG LECHE Elaga AG HAMID Said AG AYAD
Piano, prepared Piano, Flutes Keyboards, Electronics Alto Saxophone, Clarinets, Piano Tenor Saxophone, Clarinets Saxophones, Electronic treatments Flutes, Electronics Trumpet Guitars, Banjo Electric Bass Drums
Founded in 1986 France’s Orchestre National de Jazz has made a name for itself for its forward-looking and innovative approach to the big band format. The Orchestre is based on principles of unearthing new talent and attracting musicians who are keen to explore collective music making in all its forms. Orchestre National de Jazz’s Artistic Director Daniel Yvinec continues his rereading of the great American standards with Broadway In Satin evoking the memory of Billie Holiday.
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Keeping intact the marvellous contours of the original melodies, the ONJ will perform a selection of songs associated with the star, painting them in unusual orchestral colours and taking them into hitherto
unexplained territory. This is a show where tradition meets modernity, charting its path through a multitude of genres, like Tom Waits in top hat and tails conducting a Tim Burton soundtrack arranged by Gil Evans and Ennio Morricone. “The Orchestre features players of outstanding calibre” BBC Music Date: Wednesday 26 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £19.50, £17.50
Vocals, Guitar, Flute, Acoustic Guitar Vocals, Dance, claps Vocals Acoustic Guitar Vocals, Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar Vocals, Guitar Vocals, Percussion
Tinariwen return to the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s after a sensational performance in 2009. One of the most successful and exciting musical exports ever to emerge from West Africa, Tinariwen’s back-story has been described as “dramatic” The Independent, “the most compelling of any band” Songlines and “the most rock’n’roll of them all” The Irish Times. A long road has taken Tinariwen from the wild empty places of the southern Sahara desert to the concert
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“I felt this was the music I’d been looking for all my life” Robert Plant
stages of the world. The group’s founding members spent the 1980s in Libyan military camps dreaming of dignity and self-determination for their own people - the nomadic Touareg or Kel Tamashek of the southern Sahara, and singing songs for an entire generation of young Touareg. Tinariwen’s rolling, yearning grooves and uncompromising messages of simplicity and freedom, distilled over twenty years of struggle, rebellion and exile, have earned them two BBC World Music Award nominations, countless accolades, the attention of highprofile fans such as Robert Plant, Santana, Brian Eno, Damon Albarn, Chris Martin and Thom Yorke, and the enduring respect of their own people. Date: Tuesday 25 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: Mandela Hall Tickets: £18.50
Ana Moura Around Robert Wyatt A timeless, instinctive and spellbinding singer, Robert Wyatt is one of the most intriguing voices in today’s music and has been cited as an essential reference by the likes of David Bowie, Elvis Costello and David Gilmour. Conceived as part of a collaboration between Robert Wyatt and Daniel Yvinec, especially for the ONJ, this programme pays homage to the universe and protean personality of the singer. Artistic Director: Daniel Yvinec Arrangements: Vincent Artaud Images: Antoine Carlier
Recorded Voices: Robert Wyatt Arno Camille
Daniel Darc Irène Jacob Yael Naïm Rokia Traoré
Date: Thursday 27 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £19.50, £17.50
Ana Moura Custodio Castelo Jose Nunes Filipe Larsen
Singer Portuguese guitar Acoustic Guitar Bass
The elegant and vivacious silhouette of Portuguese vocalist Ana Moura has graced stages worldwide. Her voice has the intensity and soul necessary to transmit the depth of melancholy associated with the famed Portuguese genre of Fado. Ana Moura has been lauded as a part of a new generation of fado singers that tackle contemporary issues. She collaborates regularly with guitarist Jorge Fernando who has been the inspiration for her most important songs. The duo performed at New York’s
Carnegie Hall in March 2005, a show that gave Ana the honour of being the first Portuguese singer to perform at the legendary venue. Not a stranger to the limelight, Ana appeared on stage with the Rolling Stones in 2008, at the invite of Mick Jagger. Prince is also a fan of her music and last year they performed together at Portugal’s Super Bock Super Rock Festival. Date: Saturday 29 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £14, £12
Image: Paulo Segades
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Orchestre National De Jazz Eve Risser Vincent Lafont Antonin-Tri Hoang Rémi Dumoulin Matthieu Metzger Joce Mienniel Sylvain Bardiau Pierre Perchaud Sylvain Daniel Yoann Serra
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Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £22.50
Formed in 1989 by a group of five musicians - Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Martin Mc Ginley, Brian Mc Donagh and Michael Holmes - who came together to record an album of local music which was released as The Boys of Sligo. Joined in 1991 by singer Cathy Jordan and all Ireland champion fiddle player Shane Mc Aleer the band produced the first Dervish album, Harmony Hill which was released in 1992.
The resulting shows were fantastic events from both an artist and audience viewpoint, and inspired by the reaction and the musical bridges these shows created, Dervish have continued to bring together diverse but compelling musical line-ups. This show features very special guest vocalist Rachel Unthank.
Irish Sea Sessions With the atmosphere and attitude of a session, but in a concert hall, the Irish Sea Sessions brings together audiences and musicians from traditional and contemporary backgrounds and from both sides of the Irish Sea as they explore the shared music and special bond between Liverpool and Ireland. The line up includes Damien Dempsey, Alan Burke, Graham Dunne, Niamh Parsons, Gino Lupari,
KT Tunstall Following the success of her recently completed, sold out US solo tour, and the subsequent release of her acoustic mini-album the Scarlet Tulip EP, we are delighted that KT Tunstall will be performing at this year’s Festival.
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Time: 8.00pm
Including Rachel Unthank with Adrian McNally
In 2010 Dervish celebrated 21 years at the forefront of Irish traditional music. The band marked the occasion with four special concerts which brought together musical friends and influential musicians from their career including several whom they had never worked with before.
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Date: Thursday 27 October
The Scarlet Tulip EP showcases KT’s song writing in its rawest, most stripped back and intimate form, using just her stunning voice and finger picked acoustic guitar across seven new songs. Its acoustic simplicity makes it an intriguing companion to the ‘nature-techno’ of current album Tiger Suit which charted in the top 5 of the UK album chart in October 2010.
Known for their timeless, unsentimental and quietly subversive tales of loss, fear, booze, brawls, abuse and sorrow, siblings Rachel and Becky Unthank are honest, young storytellers outside of time, forging links between folk worlds old, new and other. It’s hard to imagine a British folk band with fans like Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Ben Folds, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Ewan McGregor and Nick Hornby, but The Unthanks occupy a unique place in music. The Unthanks have established themselves as the most innovative and musical director Bernard O’Neill, Ian Prowse, Terry Clarke-Coyne, Dave Munnelly, piper John McSherry, fiddler Méabh O’Hare, singer Jennifer John and banjo-player Stevie Dunne. Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £19.50
critically acclaimed British folk band in modern history. Lead vocalist, Rachel Unthank, is joined by husband and fellow band member, Adrian McNally. Date: Friday 14 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £19.50
James Vincent McMorrow released his debut record, Early in the Morning, in Ireland to widespread critical acclaim in February 2010. A stunning collection of songs recorded over five months in an isolated house by the sea, the album is a completely self-recorded and played affair, filled with beguiling and vivid stories, fables that move from a whisper in your ear to a mountainous crescendo in the space of a song, all the while retaining the environment and sentiment in which they were formed. “Sounds both fresh and as if they’ve been in your head forever…McMorrow’s debut deserves its success.” Q Magazine “A captivating debut… An arresting journey from emotional trials to aural pleasure.” Uncut
“Gorgeous…a similar beauty to James Blake’s current hit.” NME “There’s a world of mystery in the mesmerizing voice of this Irishman… ” People Magazine
Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House Tickets: £17.50
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Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £22.50
Formed in 1989 by a group of five musicians - Liam Kelly, Shane Mitchell, Martin Mc Ginley, Brian Mc Donagh and Michael Holmes - who came together to record an album of local music which was released as The Boys of Sligo. Joined in 1991 by singer Cathy Jordan and all Ireland champion fiddle player Shane Mc Aleer the band produced the first Dervish album, Harmony Hill which was released in 1992.
The resulting shows were fantastic events from both an artist and audience viewpoint, and inspired by the reaction and the musical bridges these shows created, Dervish have continued to bring together diverse but compelling musical line-ups. This show features very special guest vocalist Rachel Unthank.
Irish Sea Sessions With the atmosphere and attitude of a session, but in a concert hall, the Irish Sea Sessions brings together audiences and musicians from traditional and contemporary backgrounds and from both sides of the Irish Sea as they explore the shared music and special bond between Liverpool and Ireland. The line up includes Damien Dempsey, Alan Burke, Graham Dunne, Niamh Parsons, Gino Lupari,
KT Tunstall Following the success of her recently completed, sold out US solo tour, and the subsequent release of her acoustic mini-album the Scarlet Tulip EP, we are delighted that KT Tunstall will be performing at this year’s Festival.
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Time: 8.00pm
Including Rachel Unthank with Adrian McNally
In 2010 Dervish celebrated 21 years at the forefront of Irish traditional music. The band marked the occasion with four special concerts which brought together musical friends and influential musicians from their career including several whom they had never worked with before.
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Date: Thursday 27 October
The Scarlet Tulip EP showcases KT’s song writing in its rawest, most stripped back and intimate form, using just her stunning voice and finger picked acoustic guitar across seven new songs. Its acoustic simplicity makes it an intriguing companion to the ‘nature-techno’ of current album Tiger Suit which charted in the top 5 of the UK album chart in October 2010.
Known for their timeless, unsentimental and quietly subversive tales of loss, fear, booze, brawls, abuse and sorrow, siblings Rachel and Becky Unthank are honest, young storytellers outside of time, forging links between folk worlds old, new and other. It’s hard to imagine a British folk band with fans like Radiohead, Portishead, Robert Wyatt, Ben Folds, Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Ewan McGregor and Nick Hornby, but The Unthanks occupy a unique place in music. The Unthanks have established themselves as the most innovative and musical director Bernard O’Neill, Ian Prowse, Terry Clarke-Coyne, Dave Munnelly, piper John McSherry, fiddler Méabh O’Hare, singer Jennifer John and banjo-player Stevie Dunne. Date: Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £19.50
critically acclaimed British folk band in modern history. Lead vocalist, Rachel Unthank, is joined by husband and fellow band member, Adrian McNally. Date: Friday 14 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £19.50
James Vincent McMorrow released his debut record, Early in the Morning, in Ireland to widespread critical acclaim in February 2010. A stunning collection of songs recorded over five months in an isolated house by the sea, the album is a completely self-recorded and played affair, filled with beguiling and vivid stories, fables that move from a whisper in your ear to a mountainous crescendo in the space of a song, all the while retaining the environment and sentiment in which they were formed. “Sounds both fresh and as if they’ve been in your head forever…McMorrow’s debut deserves its success.” Q Magazine “A captivating debut… An arresting journey from emotional trials to aural pleasure.” Uncut
“Gorgeous…a similar beauty to James Blake’s current hit.” NME “There’s a world of mystery in the mesmerizing voice of this Irishman… ” People Magazine
Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Grand Opera House Tickets: £17.50
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Age 12+ Date: Tuesday 25 October - Thursday 27 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio
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Tickets: £15, £12.50
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Seabright Productions presents
The Nualas
“Having now seen Showstopper! twice, I can testify that not only is each performance achingly funny, it’s a genuinely new full-length musical every time. Top-class in creativity in action. Worth seeing again and again.” Time Out ***** “The show is a blast. It makes your jaw
A bit like your favourite brand of washing powder The Nualas are new, improved, yet somehow exactly the same. Expect some old favourites such as Chicken Shoes, Donald Sutherland and Manolo. Alongside fabulous all-new classics, such as Yummy Mummy Recession Blues, which premiered on RTE’s The Late Late Show earlier this year. During their seven years together The Nualas achieved seventeen theatre runs including six total-sell-outs at the Edinburgh Festival, and extended seasons in theatres in London, Dublin and New York. Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £16.50
drop in impressed amazement and your ribs ache with laughter.” Mail On Sunday ***** A brand new musical is created from scratch at each performance of this award-winning production, which has played sell-out seasons in London’s West End and at the Edinburgh Festival. Audience suggestions help to create a show on the spot, as the all-singing, all-dancing cast improvise with unpredictable and frequently hilarious results. Packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies, Showstopper! leaves delighted audiences singing all the way home. www.showstopperthemusical.com
World Loopstation Champion and internationally acclaimed human beatboxer Shlomo returns with the Lip Factory - his awe-inspiring live band of 7 incredibly talented beatboxers and vocalists. The Guinness World Record holder and former Astrophysics student, Shlomo is known for his ability to work with just about anyone, bringing beatboxing to new and unexpected audiences through his collaborations with artists as diverse as Bjork, Jarvis Cocker, Martha Wainwright, Imogen Heap, DJ Yoda, Bill Bailey and Foreign Beggars. Fresh from a dizzying summer of introducing Pulp and Cee Lo Green at Glastonbury, to collaborating with Ed Sheeran and performing his unique one man show Mouthtronica at the Edinburgh Festival, Shlomo is back with a new band and a new EP to rock your mind, body and soul with his mad mouth music. “He has an extraordinary willowy, soft-edged charm, and the contrast
“***** Kill to get a ticket.” The Scotsman “Phenomenally funny.” The Herald, Scotland “The audience bayed, clamoured and stamped for more. I haven’t seen the like at a Fringe show before!” The Edinburgh Evening News “Simply stunning. Bloody brilliant, in fact.” In Dublin Magazine
between this and his dangerously energised performance is fascinating.” The Telegraph “This kid’s good, jaw-droppingly good” The Guardian “Slick theatrics and soulful vocal gymnastics” Evening Standard “Master of the fine art of beatboxing” The Independent “Shlomo let loose a blistering collage of earthy and unearthly sonorities. He’s like a one-man Hollywood action film soundtrack” The Times
Patrick Wolf Patrick Wolf is an English singer-songwriter from South London. Patrick utilises a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano and viola. Known for combining electronic sampling with classical instruments Wolf’s styles range from romantic folk to techno-pop. “If you still haven’t heard of Patrick Wolf, you will have after this. The summery 1980’s vibe should catapult the alt-pop singer/songwriter into the mainstream” Marie Claire
“’Lupercalia’ is Wolf’s most infectious and accessible record yet, it’s joyous major key pop songs embellished with handclaps, horns. Not to mention strings - lots of strings…” Out In The City Date: Sunday 23 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: The Speakeasy Tickets: £13.50 Over 18’s
Image: (VOShoot2009): gabriellemotola.com
Date: Thursday 20 October Time: Doors open 7.30pm Venue: Mandela Hall Tickets: £13.50
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Shlomo and the Lip Factory
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Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Age 12+ Date: Tuesday 25 October - Thursday 27 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio
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Tickets: £15, £12.50
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Seabright Productions presents
The Nualas
“Having now seen Showstopper! twice, I can testify that not only is each performance achingly funny, it’s a genuinely new full-length musical every time. Top-class in creativity in action. Worth seeing again and again.” Time Out ***** “The show is a blast. It makes your jaw
A bit like your favourite brand of washing powder The Nualas are new, improved, yet somehow exactly the same. Expect some old favourites such as Chicken Shoes, Donald Sutherland and Manolo. Alongside fabulous all-new classics, such as Yummy Mummy Recession Blues, which premiered on RTE’s The Late Late Show earlier this year. During their seven years together The Nualas achieved seventeen theatre runs including six total-sell-outs at the Edinburgh Festival, and extended seasons in theatres in London, Dublin and New York. Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Lyric Theatre Tickets: £16.50
drop in impressed amazement and your ribs ache with laughter.” Mail On Sunday ***** A brand new musical is created from scratch at each performance of this award-winning production, which has played sell-out seasons in London’s West End and at the Edinburgh Festival. Audience suggestions help to create a show on the spot, as the all-singing, all-dancing cast improvise with unpredictable and frequently hilarious results. Packed with drama, dazzling dance routines and catchy melodies, Showstopper! leaves delighted audiences singing all the way home. www.showstopperthemusical.com
World Loopstation Champion and internationally acclaimed human beatboxer Shlomo returns with the Lip Factory - his awe-inspiring live band of 7 incredibly talented beatboxers and vocalists. The Guinness World Record holder and former Astrophysics student, Shlomo is known for his ability to work with just about anyone, bringing beatboxing to new and unexpected audiences through his collaborations with artists as diverse as Bjork, Jarvis Cocker, Martha Wainwright, Imogen Heap, DJ Yoda, Bill Bailey and Foreign Beggars. Fresh from a dizzying summer of introducing Pulp and Cee Lo Green at Glastonbury, to collaborating with Ed Sheeran and performing his unique one man show Mouthtronica at the Edinburgh Festival, Shlomo is back with a new band and a new EP to rock your mind, body and soul with his mad mouth music. “He has an extraordinary willowy, soft-edged charm, and the contrast
“***** Kill to get a ticket.” The Scotsman “Phenomenally funny.” The Herald, Scotland “The audience bayed, clamoured and stamped for more. I haven’t seen the like at a Fringe show before!” The Edinburgh Evening News “Simply stunning. Bloody brilliant, in fact.” In Dublin Magazine
between this and his dangerously energised performance is fascinating.” The Telegraph “This kid’s good, jaw-droppingly good” The Guardian “Slick theatrics and soulful vocal gymnastics” Evening Standard “Master of the fine art of beatboxing” The Independent “Shlomo let loose a blistering collage of earthy and unearthly sonorities. He’s like a one-man Hollywood action film soundtrack” The Times
Patrick Wolf Patrick Wolf is an English singer-songwriter from South London. Patrick utilises a wide variety of instruments in his music, most commonly the ukulele, piano and viola. Known for combining electronic sampling with classical instruments Wolf’s styles range from romantic folk to techno-pop. “If you still haven’t heard of Patrick Wolf, you will have after this. The summery 1980’s vibe should catapult the alt-pop singer/songwriter into the mainstream” Marie Claire
“’Lupercalia’ is Wolf’s most infectious and accessible record yet, it’s joyous major key pop songs embellished with handclaps, horns. Not to mention strings - lots of strings…” Out In The City Date: Sunday 23 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: The Speakeasy Tickets: £13.50 Over 18’s
Image: (VOShoot2009): gabriellemotola.com
Date: Thursday 20 October Time: Doors open 7.30pm Venue: Mandela Hall Tickets: £13.50
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Shlomo and the Lip Factory
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“A gloriously natural singer” Q Magazine
A concert dedicated to one of the UK’s greatest living musicians and one of the finest saxophone players in the world. Peter King is also a prolific composer and arranger, working in both the jazz and classical fields. During this unique concert the audience will have a rare opportunity to hear some of his works for strings and jazz quartet in a variety of formats.
www.eliza-carthy.com Date: Monday 17 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: Empire Music Hall
Programme Content Janus - The main piece on this concert is a work commissioned by the BBC, for Jazz Quartet and String Quartet. It is a bold and innovative work, which combines both the jazz and classical forms. This piece was performed at the South Bank as part of London Jazz Festival in 1997 and in June 2011 at Pizza Express Jazz Club, London where it was received with great critical acclaim.
Tickets: £13.50, £10.50
David Hull Promotions Presents
Rodney Crowell: Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour Rodney Crowell is a 100% pure American country song writing legend. His ‘88 album Diamonds and Dirt produced five No. 1 singles and in 1989 he won a Grammy for the Best Country song - After All This Time. In 2003 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. After he reformed the Notorious Cherry bombs in 2004 with his old pal Vince Gill, the band was nominated for a CMA Top Vocal Group Award. Hundreds of versions of his songs have been recorded over the years.
It’s clear that Rodney has one foot in the music world and the other in the land of literature. To celebrate the release of his memoir Chinaberry Sidewalk, Rodney is performing at the Festival an intimate show playing guitar, singing and reliving the stories in his book. www.rodneycrowell.com Date: Friday 14 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £18
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Carlos Bica’s Azul featuring Jim Black and Frank Möbus Carlos Bica Frank Möbus Jim Black
Double Bass Electric Guitar Drums, Percussion
Portuguese native Carlos Bica is both a remarkable composer and an outstanding bass player. He has the rare ability to write melodies that essentially are songs without words; haunting and unforgettable. Inspired by many different sources - classical music, jazz, rock, pop, fado, world music, folk - Bica’s music always possesses a special atmosphere of poetry and magic. Bica started his trio ‘Azul’ in the nineties, incorporating
tenacious Berlin guitar genius Frank Möbus (leader of Der Rote Bereich) and fascinating New York drum wizard Jim Black (of Dave Douglas fame) into a unique ensemble concept. The trio go for a fresh mixture of jazz beats, rock twists and Mediterranean melodicism and a soundscape that is repeatedly compared to Radiohead and Tortoise. www.carlosbica.com www.frankmoebus.de www.jimblack.com Date: Thursday 20 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm
Other pieces on the programme will include: • The Passions - Lust and Love 2 pieces from King’s suite for jazz quartet and string quartet. • String Quartet - 1 movement • Naima - from works written for Peter King with Strings • Ronnie’s Sorrow - a piece dedicated to Ronnie Scott which is an adaptation of Bartok’s Sorrow, written for 2 violins.
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“The finest alto saxophonist that Britain has ever produced, and one of the finest in the world” Dave Gelly, ‘The Giants Of Jazz’,
www.peterkingjazz.com
Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £17.50, £15
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Eliza Carthy Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Twice nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and winner of innumerable other accolades over a 15 year career, Eliza has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists including, Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Nick Cave, Patrick Wolf and Bob Neuwirth. More than most, Eliza Carthy has revitalised folk music and captured the most hardened of dissenters with intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing performance.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Peter King and the Global Arts Ensemble
Venue: The Black Box Tickets: £15, £12.50
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“A gloriously natural singer” Q Magazine
A concert dedicated to one of the UK’s greatest living musicians and one of the finest saxophone players in the world. Peter King is also a prolific composer and arranger, working in both the jazz and classical fields. During this unique concert the audience will have a rare opportunity to hear some of his works for strings and jazz quartet in a variety of formats.
www.eliza-carthy.com Date: Monday 17 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: Empire Music Hall
Programme Content Janus - The main piece on this concert is a work commissioned by the BBC, for Jazz Quartet and String Quartet. It is a bold and innovative work, which combines both the jazz and classical forms. This piece was performed at the South Bank as part of London Jazz Festival in 1997 and in June 2011 at Pizza Express Jazz Club, London where it was received with great critical acclaim.
Tickets: £13.50, £10.50
David Hull Promotions Presents
Rodney Crowell: Chinaberry Sidewalks Tour Rodney Crowell is a 100% pure American country song writing legend. His ‘88 album Diamonds and Dirt produced five No. 1 singles and in 1989 he won a Grammy for the Best Country song - After All This Time. In 2003 he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. After he reformed the Notorious Cherry bombs in 2004 with his old pal Vince Gill, the band was nominated for a CMA Top Vocal Group Award. Hundreds of versions of his songs have been recorded over the years.
It’s clear that Rodney has one foot in the music world and the other in the land of literature. To celebrate the release of his memoir Chinaberry Sidewalk, Rodney is performing at the Festival an intimate show playing guitar, singing and reliving the stories in his book. www.rodneycrowell.com Date: Friday 14 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £18
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Carlos Bica’s Azul featuring Jim Black and Frank Möbus Carlos Bica Frank Möbus Jim Black
Double Bass Electric Guitar Drums, Percussion
Portuguese native Carlos Bica is both a remarkable composer and an outstanding bass player. He has the rare ability to write melodies that essentially are songs without words; haunting and unforgettable. Inspired by many different sources - classical music, jazz, rock, pop, fado, world music, folk - Bica’s music always possesses a special atmosphere of poetry and magic. Bica started his trio ‘Azul’ in the nineties, incorporating
tenacious Berlin guitar genius Frank Möbus (leader of Der Rote Bereich) and fascinating New York drum wizard Jim Black (of Dave Douglas fame) into a unique ensemble concept. The trio go for a fresh mixture of jazz beats, rock twists and Mediterranean melodicism and a soundscape that is repeatedly compared to Radiohead and Tortoise. www.carlosbica.com www.frankmoebus.de www.jimblack.com Date: Thursday 20 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm
Other pieces on the programme will include: • The Passions - Lust and Love 2 pieces from King’s suite for jazz quartet and string quartet. • String Quartet - 1 movement • Naima - from works written for Peter King with Strings • Ronnie’s Sorrow - a piece dedicated to Ronnie Scott which is an adaptation of Bartok’s Sorrow, written for 2 violins.
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“The finest alto saxophonist that Britain has ever produced, and one of the finest in the world” Dave Gelly, ‘The Giants Of Jazz’,
www.peterkingjazz.com
Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £17.50, £15
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
music
Eliza Carthy Eliza Carthy is undoubtedly one of the most impressive and engaging performers of her generation. Twice nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and winner of innumerable other accolades over a 15 year career, Eliza has performed and recorded with a diverse array of artists including, Paul Weller, Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Nick Cave, Patrick Wolf and Bob Neuwirth. More than most, Eliza Carthy has revitalised folk music and captured the most hardened of dissenters with intelligent, charismatic and boundary-crossing performance.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Peter King and the Global Arts Ensemble
Venue: The Black Box Tickets: £15, £12.50
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Amazing hotels. Amazing prices.
Belfast is bustling with endless festivals, cultural happenings, music gigs and goings-on this winter. So, treat yourself to a mini-break in the city. Stay at a Hastings hotel and take in all Belfast has to offer. Our trio of city hotels offer beautiful surroundings, supreme local cuisine and even a 5* spa. And best of all, prices start from only £40pps.
Enjoy a Belfast break with Hastings Hotels. T: 028 9047 1066
hastingshotels.com
TIME(S)
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Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Brian Friel Theatre, QFT
8.00pm
21 11 9 70 72 34 38 57 61 62 68 67 67 63
Opening Concert Joanna MacGregor with the Ulster Orchestra Danny and the Deep Blue Sea FAR A Night to Remember- new restored version Two Films by David Panos & Anja Kirschner Dervish with Rachel Unthank and guests Rodney Crowell Stuart Neville Jerwood Makers Open (Cont to Sun 11 Dec 2011) 26 Treasures at the Ulster Museum (Cont to Sat 29 Oct 2011) Shattered Dreams - Israel and the Palestinians (Cont to Sun 5 Nov 2011) PLACE Architecture & Built Environment Centre (Cont to Thurs 29 Oct 2011) An Urban Walk Eight poets - eight artists (Cont to Sat 29 Oct 2011)
Waterfront Hall Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Waterfront Studio Rail Gallery, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum QFT Ulster Hall Elmwood Hall Cresent Arts Centre Naughton Gallery Ulster Museum The Red Barn Gallery PLACE Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Belfast Print Workshop
7.45pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.00pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm Tues-Sun 11.00am-4.00pm Tues- Sun 10.00am-5.00pm Mon- Sat 10.00am-5.00pm Tues-Sat 11:30am-5:30pm (Late Thurs 11.30am-7.30pm) 12.00 noon Mon- Fri 9.30am-5.00pm, Sat 11.00am-4.00pm
26 26 11 9 12 72 70 48 47 59 67 67
Monica Groop Eugene Ugorski with Konstantin Lifschitz Danny and the Deep Blue Sea FAR Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Films of William Raban Titanic Pat Dam Smyth Bourne, Davis Kane Chitty Chitty Bang Bang An Urban Walk Making Art in Public Spaces
Elmwood Hall Elmwood Hall Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Waterfront Studio Old Victor Stationary Warehouse QFT Rail Gallery, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Oh Yeah Centre The Black Box QFT Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University PLACE
8.00pm 11.00am 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.40pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 3.00pm 12.00 noon 10.00am- 4.00pm
27 27 11 72 79 79 46 53 67
Danish String Quartet Peter Jablonski Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Dispossessed Spaces: Films by Brad Butler & Karen Mirza and The Otolith Group Frieze Film Touring Programme Contemporary Art and the Moving Image Suzanne Savage Michael Moore An Urban Walk
Elmwood Hall Elmwood Hall Brian Friel Theatre, QFT QFT QFT QFT The Black Box Ulster Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
2.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 6.40pm 2.00pm 4.15pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 12.00 noon
15 11 13 11 12 14 73 38 49 56 66 67
Lockerbie: Unfinished Business Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Both Sides of the Story The Chorus of Women Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Merge Films of Vivienne Dick Eliza Carthy Cicadas Malachi O'Doherty, Gerry Anderson and Carlo Gebler Belfast Now An Urban Walk
Waterfront Studio Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Crescent Arts Centre Lyric Theatre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse T13 Titanic Quarter QFT Empire Music Hall Ulster Museum Elmwood Hall Belfast City Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm Preview 6.30pm & 8.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 17- 30 October 12.00 noon
14 6 10 13 12 11
Merge Woyzeck on the Highveld The Animals and Children Took to the Streets Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life The Chorus of Women
T13 Titanic Quarter Lyric Theatre Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre
1.00pm & 7.30pm 7.45pm 8.00pm 8.00pm Preview 8.00pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm
events at a glance
Culloden. Europa. Stormont.
THURS 13 OCT DRAMA & DANCE FRI 14 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS SAT 15 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS SUN 16 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM FILM MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS MON 17 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS TUES 18 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE
VENUE
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DATE/GENRE PG EVENT
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Amazing hotels. Amazing prices.
Belfast is bustling with endless festivals, cultural happenings, music gigs and goings-on this winter. So, treat yourself to a mini-break in the city. Stay at a Hastings hotel and take in all Belfast has to offer. Our trio of city hotels offer beautiful surroundings, supreme local cuisine and even a 5* spa. And best of all, prices start from only £40pps.
Enjoy a Belfast break with Hastings Hotels. T: 028 9047 1066
hastingshotels.com
TIME(S)
11
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea
Brian Friel Theatre, QFT
8.00pm
21 11 9 70 72 34 38 57 61 62 68 67 67 63
Opening Concert Joanna MacGregor with the Ulster Orchestra Danny and the Deep Blue Sea FAR A Night to Remember- new restored version Two Films by David Panos & Anja Kirschner Dervish with Rachel Unthank and guests Rodney Crowell Stuart Neville Jerwood Makers Open (Cont to Sun 11 Dec 2011) 26 Treasures at the Ulster Museum (Cont to Sat 29 Oct 2011) Shattered Dreams - Israel and the Palestinians (Cont to Sun 5 Nov 2011) PLACE Architecture & Built Environment Centre (Cont to Thurs 29 Oct 2011) An Urban Walk Eight poets - eight artists (Cont to Sat 29 Oct 2011)
Waterfront Hall Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Waterfront Studio Rail Gallery, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum QFT Ulster Hall Elmwood Hall Cresent Arts Centre Naughton Gallery Ulster Museum The Red Barn Gallery PLACE Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Belfast Print Workshop
7.45pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.00pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm Tues-Sun 11.00am-4.00pm Tues- Sun 10.00am-5.00pm Mon- Sat 10.00am-5.00pm Tues-Sat 11:30am-5:30pm (Late Thurs 11.30am-7.30pm) 12.00 noon Mon- Fri 9.30am-5.00pm, Sat 11.00am-4.00pm
26 26 11 9 12 72 70 48 47 59 67 67
Monica Groop Eugene Ugorski with Konstantin Lifschitz Danny and the Deep Blue Sea FAR Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Films of William Raban Titanic Pat Dam Smyth Bourne, Davis Kane Chitty Chitty Bang Bang An Urban Walk Making Art in Public Spaces
Elmwood Hall Elmwood Hall Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Waterfront Studio Old Victor Stationary Warehouse QFT Rail Gallery, Ulster Folk & Transport Museum Oh Yeah Centre The Black Box QFT Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University PLACE
8.00pm 11.00am 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.40pm 6.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 3.00pm 12.00 noon 10.00am- 4.00pm
27 27 11 72 79 79 46 53 67
Danish String Quartet Peter Jablonski Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Dispossessed Spaces: Films by Brad Butler & Karen Mirza and The Otolith Group Frieze Film Touring Programme Contemporary Art and the Moving Image Suzanne Savage Michael Moore An Urban Walk
Elmwood Hall Elmwood Hall Brian Friel Theatre, QFT QFT QFT QFT The Black Box Ulster Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
2.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 6.40pm 2.00pm 4.15pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 12.00 noon
15 11 13 11 12 14 73 38 49 56 66 67
Lockerbie: Unfinished Business Danny and the Deep Blue Sea Both Sides of the Story The Chorus of Women Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Merge Films of Vivienne Dick Eliza Carthy Cicadas Malachi O'Doherty, Gerry Anderson and Carlo Gebler Belfast Now An Urban Walk
Waterfront Studio Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Crescent Arts Centre Lyric Theatre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse T13 Titanic Quarter QFT Empire Music Hall Ulster Museum Elmwood Hall Belfast City Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm Preview 6.30pm & 8.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 17- 30 October 12.00 noon
14 6 10 13 12 11
Merge Woyzeck on the Highveld The Animals and Children Took to the Streets Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life The Chorus of Women
T13 Titanic Quarter Lyric Theatre Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre
1.00pm & 7.30pm 7.45pm 8.00pm 8.00pm Preview 8.00pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm
events at a glance
Culloden. Europa. Stormont.
THURS 13 OCT DRAMA & DANCE FRI 14 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS SAT 15 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS SUN 16 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM FILM MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS MON 17 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS TUES 18 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE
VENUE
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Films by BS Johnson, John Smith and Patrick Keiller Cicadas John Niven Memorial Discourses (cont to 5 Nov 2011) Attic Sandcastles (cont to Sat 19 Nov) Digital Arts in the Gallery: New Media Showcase (Cont to 27 Oct 2011) Mark Shields: The Broken and Scattered God An Urban Walk Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Merge The Diary of Anne Frank Animation & Found FIlm: Lawrence Jordan, Lewis Klahr & Ken Jacobs Peter King Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Cicadas Conor O'Clery Irish Short Stories An Urban Walk Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Cirque Éloize The Diary of Anne Frank Total Football Request Programme Lux Curates… Carlos Bica's Azul Shlomo and the Lip Factory Dr. David Wilson QUB Writer's Showcase I, Hooley Art on the East Side II An Urban Walk Tasmin Little Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Request Programme Total Football M R James: ‘A Pleasing Terror’ - Talk with John Connolly and Dr Darryl Jones M R James: Night of the Demon Jan Garbarek Live Music Now Sound and Image Lizst, Hammond Grainger Birthday Celebrations: Cathal Breslin Professor Gordon Campbell Tim McGarry
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DATE/GENRE PG EVENT
QFT Ulster Museum Oh Yeah Centre Queen Street Studios PS2 Catalyst Arts Crescent Arts Centre Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse T13 Titanic Quarter Waterfront Studio QFT Elmwood Hall Ulster Hall Ulster Museum Ulster Museum Crescent Arts Centre Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Old Victor Stationary Warehouse The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Grand Opera House Waterfront Studio Lyric Theatre Obel Tower QFT The Black Box Mandella Hall Elmwood Hall Crescent Arts Centre Oh Yeah Centre Creative Exchange Art Studios Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Ulster Hall Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Obel tower Lyric Theatre QFT QFT St. Thomas' Church Cresent Arts Centre Belfast Barge The Exchange and Assembly Rooms,Waring Street Crescent Arts Centre Waterfront Studio
6.40pm 7.00pm 8.00pm Tues-Thurs 10.00am-5.00pm or by appointment Tues-Fri 1.00-5.00pm, Sat 11.00am-3.00pm Tues-Sat 11.00am-5.00pm Tues-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm, Sat 10.00-2.00pm 12.00 noon
TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS SAT 22 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS SUN 23 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS MON 24 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM TALKS VISUAL ARTS TUES 25 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS WED 26 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE
7.45pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 1.00pm & 7.30pm 8.00pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 12.00 noon 7.45pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 8.00pm Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm or by appointment 12.00 noon 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 9.20pm 8.00pm 11.00am 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 8.00pm
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TIME(S)
54 59 67 64 62
James Naughtie Queen's Gender Initiative An Urban Walk Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art (cont to Sat 3 Dec 2011) Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition (cont to Sun 20 Nov 2011)
Elmwood Hall TBC Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Golden Thread Gallery Ulster Museum
7.30pm 9.30am-1.30pm 12.00 noon Tues-Fri 10.30am-5.30pm, Sat 10.30- 4.30 Tues-Sun 10.00am- 5.00pm
25 6 8 10 13 13 10 12 12 15 76 76 28 28 34 57 67
Shipwrecked Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Total Football Request Programme Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Dance Exposed Blithe Spirit The Shinning Lizst, Hammond Grainger Birthday Celebrations: Michael McHale Lizst, Hammond Grainger Birthday Celebrations: David Quigley Irish Sea Sessions Tim McGarry An Urban Walk
Elmwood Hall Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Lyric Theatre Obel Tower Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Ulster Museum Foyer QFT QFT The Exchange and Assembly Rooms,Waring Street The Exchange and Assembly Rooms,Waring Street Ulster Hall Waterfront Studio Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 2.30pm & 7.45pm 7.30pm 6.00pm & 9.00pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 3.00pm & 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm &8.30pm 8.00pm 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm 4.00pm 9pm 11.00am 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 12.00 noon
29 13 15 13 77 79 37 36 35 51 67
Ulster Youth Choir with Gabrieli Consort The Boat Factory Dance Exposed Both Sides of the Story Carival of Souls Scott Centenary: The Great White Silence Patrick Wolf The Nualas James Vincent McMorrow Sir Max Hastings An Urban Walk
St Peter's Cathedral The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Ulster Museum Foyer Crescent Arts Centre QFT QFT The Speakeasy Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Ulster Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 3.30pm & 7.30pm 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 4.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 3.30pm 12.00 noon
13 13 12 12 10 77 51 67
The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Request Programme Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Total Football The Haunting Claire Tomalin An Urban Walk
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Obel Tower Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre QFT Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 6.30pm 12.00 noon
13 13 12 10 12 78 33 36 59 52 67
The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Total Football Request Programme The Blair Witch Project Tinariwen Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Europa 40th Birthday Debate Sebastian Barry An Urban Walk
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre Obel Tower QFT Mandela Hall Waterfront Studio Penthouse Suite, Europa Hotel Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 6.30pm 12.00 noon
13 14 13 12
The Boat Factory West Side Story Both Sides of the Story Request Programme
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office May Street Church Crescent Arts Centre Obel Tower
7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm
events at a glance
FILM MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS WED 19 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS THURS 20 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS FRI 21 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM/TALK FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS
VENUE
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
events at a glance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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73 49 57 65 65 64 68 67 6 8 10 13 12 14 25 73 39 31 49 56 55 67 6 8 10 12 13 13 8 25 10 12 73 39 37 54 58 58 66 67 24 6 8 10 13 13 12 12 10 74 74 31 49 47 28 56 57
Films by BS Johnson, John Smith and Patrick Keiller Cicadas John Niven Memorial Discourses (cont to 5 Nov 2011) Attic Sandcastles (cont to Sat 19 Nov) Digital Arts in the Gallery: New Media Showcase (Cont to 27 Oct 2011) Mark Shields: The Broken and Scattered God An Urban Walk Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Merge The Diary of Anne Frank Animation & Found FIlm: Lawrence Jordan, Lewis Klahr & Ken Jacobs Peter King Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares Cicadas Conor O'Clery Irish Short Stories An Urban Walk Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Cirque Éloize The Diary of Anne Frank Total Football Request Programme Lux Curates… Carlos Bica's Azul Shlomo and the Lip Factory Dr. David Wilson QUB Writer's Showcase I, Hooley Art on the East Side II An Urban Walk Tasmin Little Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Request Programme Total Football M R James: ‘A Pleasing Terror’ - Talk with John Connolly and Dr Darryl Jones M R James: Night of the Demon Jan Garbarek Live Music Now Sound and Image Lizst, Hammond Grainger Birthday Celebrations: Cathal Breslin Professor Gordon Campbell Tim McGarry
TIME(S)
DATE/GENRE PG EVENT
QFT Ulster Museum Oh Yeah Centre Queen Street Studios PS2 Catalyst Arts Crescent Arts Centre Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse T13 Titanic Quarter Waterfront Studio QFT Elmwood Hall Ulster Hall Ulster Museum Ulster Museum Crescent Arts Centre Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT Old Victor Stationary Warehouse The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Grand Opera House Waterfront Studio Lyric Theatre Obel Tower QFT The Black Box Mandella Hall Elmwood Hall Crescent Arts Centre Oh Yeah Centre Creative Exchange Art Studios Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Ulster Hall Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Obel tower Lyric Theatre QFT QFT St. Thomas' Church Cresent Arts Centre Belfast Barge The Exchange and Assembly Rooms,Waring Street Crescent Arts Centre Waterfront Studio
6.40pm 7.00pm 8.00pm Tues-Thurs 10.00am-5.00pm or by appointment Tues-Fri 1.00-5.00pm, Sat 11.00am-3.00pm Tues-Sat 11.00am-5.00pm Tues-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm, Sat 10.00-2.00pm 12.00 noon
TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS SAT 22 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS SUN 23 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS MON 24 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM TALKS VISUAL ARTS TUES 25 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS WED 26 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE
7.45pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 1.00pm & 7.30pm 8.00pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 12.00 noon 7.45pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 6.30pm 8.00pm Mon-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm or by appointment 12.00 noon 7.45pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 9.20pm 8.00pm 11.00am 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm 8.00pm
VENUE
TIME(S)
54 59 67 64 62
James Naughtie Queen's Gender Initiative An Urban Walk Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art (cont to Sat 3 Dec 2011) Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition (cont to Sun 20 Nov 2011)
Elmwood Hall TBC Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Golden Thread Gallery Ulster Museum
7.30pm 9.30am-1.30pm 12.00 noon Tues-Fri 10.30am-5.30pm, Sat 10.30- 4.30 Tues-Sun 10.00am- 5.00pm
25 6 8 10 13 13 10 12 12 15 76 76 28 28 34 57 67
Shipwrecked Woyzeck on the Highveld Cirque Éloize The Animals and Children took to the streets The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Total Football Request Programme Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Dance Exposed Blithe Spirit The Shinning Lizst, Hammond Grainger Birthday Celebrations: Michael McHale Lizst, Hammond Grainger Birthday Celebrations: David Quigley Irish Sea Sessions Tim McGarry An Urban Walk
Elmwood Hall Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Brian Friel Theatre, QFT The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Lyric Theatre Obel Tower Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Ulster Museum Foyer QFT QFT The Exchange and Assembly Rooms,Waring Street The Exchange and Assembly Rooms,Waring Street Ulster Hall Waterfront Studio Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 2.30pm & 7.45pm 7.30pm 6.00pm & 9.00pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 3.00pm & 8.00pm 8.00pm 6.30pm &8.30pm 8.00pm 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm 4.00pm 9pm 11.00am 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 12.00 noon
29 13 15 13 77 79 37 36 35 51 67
Ulster Youth Choir with Gabrieli Consort The Boat Factory Dance Exposed Both Sides of the Story Carival of Souls Scott Centenary: The Great White Silence Patrick Wolf The Nualas James Vincent McMorrow Sir Max Hastings An Urban Walk
St Peter's Cathedral The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Ulster Museum Foyer Crescent Arts Centre QFT QFT The Speakeasy Lyric Theatre Grand Opera House Ulster Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 3.30pm & 7.30pm 11.15am, 12.15pm, 2.15pm, 3.15pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 4.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 3.30pm 12.00 noon
13 13 12 12 10 77 51 67
The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Request Programme Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Total Football The Haunting Claire Tomalin An Urban Walk
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Obel Tower Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre QFT Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 9.00pm 6.30pm 12.00 noon
13 13 12 10 12 78 33 36 59 52 67
The Boat Factory Both Sides of the Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Total Football Request Programme The Blair Witch Project Tinariwen Showstopper! The Improvised Musical Europa 40th Birthday Debate Sebastian Barry An Urban Walk
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Crescent Arts Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre Obel Tower QFT Mandela Hall Waterfront Studio Penthouse Suite, Europa Hotel Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.30pm 9.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 6.30pm 12.00 noon
13 14 13 12
The Boat Factory West Side Story Both Sides of the Story Request Programme
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office May Street Church Crescent Arts Centre Obel Tower
7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.30pm
events at a glance
FILM MUSIC TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS WED 19 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS THURS 20 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS FRI 21 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FILM/TALK FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS
VENUE
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
events at a glance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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events at a glance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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DATE/GENRE PG EVENT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS THURS 27 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS FRI 28 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM TALKS VISUAL ARTS SAT 29 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM MUSIC VISUAL ARTS SUN 30 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE
VENUE
TIME(S)
12 7 10 18 78 32 36 59 52 67
Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Hamlet Total Football Enchanted Garden The Devils Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo) Orchestre National de Jazz; Broadway in Satin Showstopper! The Improvised Musical John Hewitt Society Birthday Reading Lord Robert Winston An Urban Walk
Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT Elmwood Hall Waterfront Studio The John Hewitt Bar Ulster Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 12.00 noon
13 16 14 13 5 12 7 12 10 18 78 71 46 48 32 35 36 67 63
The Boat Factory The People Left Behind West Side Story Both Sides of the Story Carlos Acosta Request Programme Hamlet Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Total Football Enchanted Garden Ring (Ringu) Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt) Billy Bragg Oceans Project Orchestre National de Jazz; Around Robert Wyatt KT Tunstall Showstopper! The Improvised Musical An Urban Walk Contraband Taryn Simon
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre May Street Church Crescent Arts Centre Grand Opera House Obel Tower Lyric Theatre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT QFT Empire Music Hall Sonic Art's Research Centre Elmwood Hall Ulster Hall Waterfront Studio Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Belfast Exposed
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 1.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 12.00 noon 7.00-9.00pm preview
13 14 13 12 5 7 16 12 30 10 18 71 53 67
The Boat Factory West Side Story Both Sides of the Story Request Programme Carlos Acosta Hamlet The People Left Behind Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Elvis Costello Total Football Enchanted Garden The Black Cat Bianca Jagger An Urban Walk
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office May Street Church Crescent Arts Centre Obel Tower Grand Opera House Lyric Theatre Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Waterfront Hall Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 5.00pm 7.30pm 12.00 noon
23 13 14 12 5 7 16 12 10 18 71 33 67
Carmina Burana The Boat Factory West Side Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Carlos Acosta Hamlet The People Left Behind Request Programme Total Football Enchanted Garden Build Something Modern Ana Moura An Urban Walk
Waterfront Hall The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office May Street Church Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Grand Opera House Lyric Theatre Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre Obel Tower Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 4.00pm 8.00pm 12.00 noon
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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa West Side Story
Ulster Hall May Street Church
8.00pm 6.00pm
When you make a Will, you probably think the one thing you can’t leave your loved ones is good health. Actually, you can. Chest, heart and stroke illnesses claim over 7,500 lives a year in Northern Ireland. But a legacy from you could provide the breakthrough that makes them a thing of the past. Local research funded by NI Chest, Heart & Stroke is saving and improving people’s lives every day. If you’re looking for the greatest gift you could leave your children and grandchildren, you don’t need to look any further. For a leaflet on leaving a legacy to NI Chest Heart & Stroke, please phone Alison in confidence on:
028 90 266 706 Write to us at:
www.nichs.org.uk
Northern Ireland, Chest Heart & Stroke 21 Dublin Road, Belfast, BT2 7HB Registered Charity No: XN 47338
21 Dublin Road, Belfast, BT2 7HB or email:
legacy@nichs.org.uk Alternatively ask your solicitor for our legacy leaflet.
events at a glance Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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DATE/GENRE PG EVENT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM MUSIC MUSIC TALKS TALKS VISUAL ARTS THURS 27 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM FILM MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC MUSIC VISUAL ARTS VISUAL ARTS FRI 28 OCT DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM TALKS VISUAL ARTS SAT 29 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE DRAMA & DANCE FAMILY FILM MUSIC VISUAL ARTS SUN 30 OCT CLASSICAL & OPERA DRAMA & DANCE
VENUE
TIME(S)
12 7 10 18 78 32 36 59 52 67
Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Hamlet Total Football Enchanted Garden The Devils Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo) Orchestre National de Jazz; Broadway in Satin Showstopper! The Improvised Musical John Hewitt Society Birthday Reading Lord Robert Winston An Urban Walk
Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT Elmwood Hall Waterfront Studio The John Hewitt Bar Ulster Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
8.00pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 12.00 noon
13 16 14 13 5 12 7 12 10 18 78 71 46 48 32 35 36 67 63
The Boat Factory The People Left Behind West Side Story Both Sides of the Story Carlos Acosta Request Programme Hamlet Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Total Football Enchanted Garden Ring (Ringu) Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt) Billy Bragg Oceans Project Orchestre National de Jazz; Around Robert Wyatt KT Tunstall Showstopper! The Improvised Musical An Urban Walk Contraband Taryn Simon
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre May Street Church Crescent Arts Centre Grand Opera House Obel Tower Lyric Theatre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT QFT Empire Music Hall Sonic Art's Research Centre Elmwood Hall Ulster Hall Waterfront Studio Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University Belfast Exposed
7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 8.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 9.00pm 6.40pm 8.00pm 1.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 12.00 noon 7.00-9.00pm preview
13 14 13 12 5 7 16 12 30 10 18 71 53 67
The Boat Factory West Side Story Both Sides of the Story Request Programme Carlos Acosta Hamlet The People Left Behind Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Elvis Costello Total Football Enchanted Garden The Black Cat Bianca Jagger An Urban Walk
The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office May Street Church Crescent Arts Centre Obel Tower Grand Opera House Lyric Theatre Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Waterfront Hall Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 5.00pm 7.30pm 12.00 noon
23 13 14 12 5 7 16 12 10 18 71 33 67
Carmina Burana The Boat Factory West Side Story Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life Carlos Acosta Hamlet The People Left Behind Request Programme Total Football Enchanted Garden Build Something Modern Ana Moura An Urban Walk
Waterfront Hall The Barnett Room, Belfast Harbour Office May Street Church Old Victor Stationary Warehouse Grand Opera House Lyric Theatre Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s Film Theatre Obel Tower Lyric Theatre Botanic Gardens QFT Elmwood Hall Meet at the main gate at the front of Queen's University
7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 2.30pm & 7.30pm 8.00pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 6.30pm & 8.30pm 8.00pm 7.00pm 4.00pm 8.00pm 12.00 noon
22 14
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa West Side Story
Ulster Hall May Street Church
8.00pm 6.00pm
When you make a Will, you probably think the one thing you can’t leave your loved ones is good health. Actually, you can. Chest, heart and stroke illnesses claim over 7,500 lives a year in Northern Ireland. But a legacy from you could provide the breakthrough that makes them a thing of the past. Local research funded by NI Chest, Heart & Stroke is saving and improving people’s lives every day. If you’re looking for the greatest gift you could leave your children and grandchildren, you don’t need to look any further. For a leaflet on leaving a legacy to NI Chest Heart & Stroke, please phone Alison in confidence on:
028 90 266 706 Write to us at:
www.nichs.org.uk
Northern Ireland, Chest Heart & Stroke 21 Dublin Road, Belfast, BT2 7HB Registered Charity No: XN 47338
21 Dublin Road, Belfast, BT2 7HB or email:
legacy@nichs.org.uk Alternatively ask your solicitor for our legacy leaflet.
“Earning a respectable place near the modern soul of Jill Scott or Angie Stone” Stuart Bailie, BBC Northern Ireland
In her solo music, Suzanne is slicker than your average singer songwriter, heavily influenced by jazz and Irish songwriters and informed by her experience as a performer of funk, heavy rock, drum and bass, contemporary classical music and everything in between. The launch of her first solo album at this event in the Black Box will be a culmination of many of these influences and the début of one of the most unique voices in Irish music today.
Suzanne Savage has been hailed as “the best voice out of Northern Ireland in the past thirty years” (Jackie Flavelle, Downtown Radio). The former lead singer of Giant Steps and Spree is probably the definition of diversity in a musician, having worked with musical royalty across a myriad of genres.
Presented in association with Moving on Music
Suzanne Savage Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Suzanne Savage Album Launch
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Suzanne’s career highlights include appearing at SXSW, supporting Van Morrison (at his personal invitation), singing backing vocals with Paul Brady, Eleanor McEvoy and Jimmy Cobb, performing as a soloist with The Florence Symphony Orchestra, RTE Orchestra,
Date: Sunday 16 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: The Black Box Tickets: £5
Bourne Davis Kane Matthew Bourne Piano Steve Davis Drums Dave Kane Double Bass “Music with wit and intelligence, heart and soul” The Guardian Improvising jazz piano trio Bourne Davis Kane abhor complacency. Their desire to really connect with an audience is palpable in everything they do. They demand not just attention but engagement too. These three like-minded musical partners commit themselves totally to the performance. Emerging from the Leeds music scene, the trio’s members are all adventurous musicians and composers in their own right. Alone, they have wowed critics, broken boundaries and challenged conventions.
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Riverdance and touring with the critically acclaimed choir New Dublin Voices, to name but a select few.
Together, they have produced albums of democratic inter-activeness, pooling their unique resources to create an admirably unified sound. Speaking about the trio’s 2010 release The Money Notes, The Jazz Man had this to say “Its humour is tempered with experimentation; its irreverence with impeccable musicianship. I can’t imagine ever tiring of it”. www.myspace.com/bournedaviskane Date: Saturday 15 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: The Black Box Tickets: £10, £8
Moving on Music in association with Score Draw Music presents
Sound and Image:
Minotaur Shock / The Salt Flats / The films of Darren Lee
Amnesty International presents
Songs of Freedom with Billy Bragg Amnesty International is delighted to present Billy Bragg, protest singer, human rights activist and supporter, performing a personal selection of songs focussing on freedom and justice to mark Amnesty’s 50th anniversary. Billy has been inspiring people through his music and determination to change the world for the past three decades. Like Amnesty, Billy believes in the power of organized individuals to bring truth, justice and freedom to where it’s needed. Tonight Billy will engage the audience in a journey through his favourite songs of freedom and protest.
Date: Thursday 27 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: Empire Music Hall Tickets: £16
Moving on Music and Score Draw Music present a night of innovative new music from Minotaur Shock and The Salt Flats, plus live projections from filmmaker Darren Lee.
Festival. It features modern and traditional elements including vintage synthesizers, rhythm boxes, omnichord, harmonium, guitars, percussion and lots of harmonies. www.thesaltflats.co.uk
Recording and producing under the name Minotaur Shock, David Edwards has released three albums and a compilation of EPs. His most recent release Amateur Dramatics came out in 2009 on 4AD (and Audio Dregs in the US).
Darren Lee is fast becoming Northern Ireland’s most exciting and innovative music video director. He has shot films for a range of bands and artists, and will be projecting a selection of these, as well as showing some of his other work as a director. www.maverickrenegade.net www.movingonmusic.co.uk www.scoredrawmusic.com
The Salt Flats are Katie (minus the carnival) Cara Cowan, Mark (Score Draw/Skibunny) and Ewan (Coney Island Sound). The band’s debut EP includes adaptations of traditional and modern folk songs, inspired by dusty 78s, LPs and field recordings made at a Yorkshire Shanty
Date: Friday 21 October Time: 8.00pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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“One of Ireland’s hidden music heroes” Belfast Telegraph
Venue: The Belfast Barge, Lanyon Quay Tickets: £10
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“Earning a respectable place near the modern soul of Jill Scott or Angie Stone” Stuart Bailie, BBC Northern Ireland
In her solo music, Suzanne is slicker than your average singer songwriter, heavily influenced by jazz and Irish songwriters and informed by her experience as a performer of funk, heavy rock, drum and bass, contemporary classical music and everything in between. The launch of her first solo album at this event in the Black Box will be a culmination of many of these influences and the début of one of the most unique voices in Irish music today.
Suzanne Savage has been hailed as “the best voice out of Northern Ireland in the past thirty years” (Jackie Flavelle, Downtown Radio). The former lead singer of Giant Steps and Spree is probably the definition of diversity in a musician, having worked with musical royalty across a myriad of genres.
Presented in association with Moving on Music
Suzanne Savage Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Suzanne Savage Album Launch
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Suzanne’s career highlights include appearing at SXSW, supporting Van Morrison (at his personal invitation), singing backing vocals with Paul Brady, Eleanor McEvoy and Jimmy Cobb, performing as a soloist with The Florence Symphony Orchestra, RTE Orchestra,
Date: Sunday 16 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: The Black Box Tickets: £5
Bourne Davis Kane Matthew Bourne Piano Steve Davis Drums Dave Kane Double Bass “Music with wit and intelligence, heart and soul” The Guardian Improvising jazz piano trio Bourne Davis Kane abhor complacency. Their desire to really connect with an audience is palpable in everything they do. They demand not just attention but engagement too. These three like-minded musical partners commit themselves totally to the performance. Emerging from the Leeds music scene, the trio’s members are all adventurous musicians and composers in their own right. Alone, they have wowed critics, broken boundaries and challenged conventions.
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Riverdance and touring with the critically acclaimed choir New Dublin Voices, to name but a select few.
Together, they have produced albums of democratic inter-activeness, pooling their unique resources to create an admirably unified sound. Speaking about the trio’s 2010 release The Money Notes, The Jazz Man had this to say “Its humour is tempered with experimentation; its irreverence with impeccable musicianship. I can’t imagine ever tiring of it”. www.myspace.com/bournedaviskane Date: Saturday 15 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: The Black Box Tickets: £10, £8
Moving on Music in association with Score Draw Music presents
Sound and Image:
Minotaur Shock / The Salt Flats / The films of Darren Lee
Amnesty International presents
Songs of Freedom with Billy Bragg Amnesty International is delighted to present Billy Bragg, protest singer, human rights activist and supporter, performing a personal selection of songs focussing on freedom and justice to mark Amnesty’s 50th anniversary. Billy has been inspiring people through his music and determination to change the world for the past three decades. Like Amnesty, Billy believes in the power of organized individuals to bring truth, justice and freedom to where it’s needed. Tonight Billy will engage the audience in a journey through his favourite songs of freedom and protest.
Date: Thursday 27 October Time: Doors open 8.00pm Venue: Empire Music Hall Tickets: £16
Moving on Music and Score Draw Music present a night of innovative new music from Minotaur Shock and The Salt Flats, plus live projections from filmmaker Darren Lee.
Festival. It features modern and traditional elements including vintage synthesizers, rhythm boxes, omnichord, harmonium, guitars, percussion and lots of harmonies. www.thesaltflats.co.uk
Recording and producing under the name Minotaur Shock, David Edwards has released three albums and a compilation of EPs. His most recent release Amateur Dramatics came out in 2009 on 4AD (and Audio Dregs in the US).
Darren Lee is fast becoming Northern Ireland’s most exciting and innovative music video director. He has shot films for a range of bands and artists, and will be projecting a selection of these, as well as showing some of his other work as a director. www.maverickrenegade.net www.movingonmusic.co.uk www.scoredrawmusic.com
The Salt Flats are Katie (minus the carnival) Cara Cowan, Mark (Score Draw/Skibunny) and Ewan (Coney Island Sound). The band’s debut EP includes adaptations of traditional and modern folk songs, inspired by dusty 78s, LPs and field recordings made at a Yorkshire Shanty
Date: Friday 21 October Time: 8.00pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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“One of Ireland’s hidden music heroes” Belfast Telegraph
Venue: The Belfast Barge, Lanyon Quay Tickets: £10
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This is a special chance to hear Pat Dam Smyth recording a live album before a select audience at the Oh Yeah music centre. Inspired by Neil Young’s Live At Massey Hall and by Leonard Cohen’s Bird On A Wire documentary, Pat will deliver new songs with just a guitar, piano and voice. The proceedings will be intense, edgy and memorable - a follow-up to last year’s tremendous studio album, The Great Divide.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Pat Dam Smyth’s life has taken him down many winding lanes, including performing with Paul Weller and Mick Jones, touring with the Smokey Angle Shades and busking on some of Europe’s most famous streets for spare change.
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Oceans of Silver and Blood with the New String Theory Mark Wastell Joachim Nordwall Rhodri Davies Lina Lapelyte Angharad Davies Claudia Molitor
36’’ Tam-tam Electronics Harp Violin Violin Notation, Piano and Film
Devised as a partnership between Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Le Weekend Festival in Stirling, this new commission locks the horns of improvisation and notation forcibly together, producing a formidable balance of sound. Brighton based composer Claudia Molitor has worked closely with this exceptional group of players, teasing the improvisational and
This live recording will feature a set of entirely new material. Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Oh Yeah Centre Tickets: £6
spontaneous aspects of their work with gestures and constructs of written music. A PRSF Beyond Borders Commission, presented in association with Moving on Music and the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast. www.movingonmusic.co.uk www.sarc.qub.ac.uk Date: Thursday 27 October Time: 1.00pm Venue: Sonic Arts Research Centre Tickets: Free
Belfast Music Coach Tour The Belfast Music Tour is a bus journey through the heart of a great rock and roll city. From Them and Van Morrison to Snow Patrol, by way of awesome guitar players, punk rock and Hollywood soundtracks. Increasingly, this is an art form that is defining the new mood of Belfast, a place enlivened by potential and bold gestures.
Tours take place on various Saturdays, beginning from the Hall of Fame at the Spring & Airbrake, with the bus departing at 2pm. Along the route, we will hear about the founding members of Thin Lizzy and the legend of Pearly Spencer. You’ll see the landscape that inspired classic Van Morrison songs and witness the venues that have birthed historic visits from Led Zeppelin, The Clash and U2. It’s a story like no other and Belfast has delivered music as various as Ruby Murray, Ash, Gary Moore, and
Live Music Now
Very young children are surrounded by recorded music, from the toys they play with to television programmes, but rarely are they able to engage with live music and musicians. In addition, the music to which children are exposed and therefore the music with which they are familiar, tends to be of a similar genre. In this project LMN will work with children, parents and early years practitioners to engage with them through a diverse range of musical styles which will enthuse and inspire
Stiff Little Fingers, plus traditional airs and electronic adventures. Times: Bus departs outside Katy Dalys at 2.00pm. Ends Oh Yeah Music Centre, Gordon Street with a tour of the Belfast Music Exhibition. Dates: Various Saturdays at 2pm, see www.belfastmusic.org for details of dates. Tickets: £8 available from the Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 9024 6609. the next generation of Northern Ireland’s musical talent. The Victoria Geelan Trio with Lenny Sayers will bring these children together at The Crescent Arts Centre on Friday 21 October 2011 at 11.00am for a short presentation of the work. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 11.00am Venue: The Crescent Arts Centre
Cicadas Cicadas is an immersive, hypnotic new audio piece by composer/performer Joel Cathcart, designed to inhabit the atrium of Belfast’s Ulster Museum. Cicadas consists of a small swarm of loudspeakers spread throughout the museum, each speaker releasing an hour of improvised instrumental music from the composer’s archives: flighty harp and muttering guitars, drenched in a soft cascade of organ, vibraphone and muted gongs. It is physically impossible to hear Cicadas in its entirety, due to the relative positions of the loudspeakers; instead, each listener will navigate the architecture of the performance space to discover new sounds and constellations of sounds, shaping their own experience of the piece from within its interior.
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live album recording
The Great Divide was the first album by Mr. Smyth as a solo artist and despite its references to legendary acts such as Dennis Wilson, Wilco and The Kinks, the album draws on many of Pat’s personal experiences from the darkest encounters with death and mental illness to the uplifting experiences that love and living life have to offer.
The work’s title stems from an image of children hunting for winged insects, attempting to isolate and pinpoint a single sound source within a field of vibrations. Cicadas offers a similar sound-field to explore, inviting childlike curiosity in the face of the unfamiliar. www.wix.com/joelcathcart.com Date: Monday 17 October - Wednesday 19 October Time: 7.00pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Pat Dam Smyth
Venue: Ulster Museum Tickets: Free
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This is a special chance to hear Pat Dam Smyth recording a live album before a select audience at the Oh Yeah music centre. Inspired by Neil Young’s Live At Massey Hall and by Leonard Cohen’s Bird On A Wire documentary, Pat will deliver new songs with just a guitar, piano and voice. The proceedings will be intense, edgy and memorable - a follow-up to last year’s tremendous studio album, The Great Divide.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Pat Dam Smyth’s life has taken him down many winding lanes, including performing with Paul Weller and Mick Jones, touring with the Smokey Angle Shades and busking on some of Europe’s most famous streets for spare change.
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Oceans of Silver and Blood with the New String Theory Mark Wastell Joachim Nordwall Rhodri Davies Lina Lapelyte Angharad Davies Claudia Molitor
36’’ Tam-tam Electronics Harp Violin Violin Notation, Piano and Film
Devised as a partnership between Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival and Le Weekend Festival in Stirling, this new commission locks the horns of improvisation and notation forcibly together, producing a formidable balance of sound. Brighton based composer Claudia Molitor has worked closely with this exceptional group of players, teasing the improvisational and
This live recording will feature a set of entirely new material. Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Oh Yeah Centre Tickets: £6
spontaneous aspects of their work with gestures and constructs of written music. A PRSF Beyond Borders Commission, presented in association with Moving on Music and the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen’s University Belfast. www.movingonmusic.co.uk www.sarc.qub.ac.uk Date: Thursday 27 October Time: 1.00pm Venue: Sonic Arts Research Centre Tickets: Free
Belfast Music Coach Tour The Belfast Music Tour is a bus journey through the heart of a great rock and roll city. From Them and Van Morrison to Snow Patrol, by way of awesome guitar players, punk rock and Hollywood soundtracks. Increasingly, this is an art form that is defining the new mood of Belfast, a place enlivened by potential and bold gestures.
Tours take place on various Saturdays, beginning from the Hall of Fame at the Spring & Airbrake, with the bus departing at 2pm. Along the route, we will hear about the founding members of Thin Lizzy and the legend of Pearly Spencer. You’ll see the landscape that inspired classic Van Morrison songs and witness the venues that have birthed historic visits from Led Zeppelin, The Clash and U2. It’s a story like no other and Belfast has delivered music as various as Ruby Murray, Ash, Gary Moore, and
Live Music Now
Very young children are surrounded by recorded music, from the toys they play with to television programmes, but rarely are they able to engage with live music and musicians. In addition, the music to which children are exposed and therefore the music with which they are familiar, tends to be of a similar genre. In this project LMN will work with children, parents and early years practitioners to engage with them through a diverse range of musical styles which will enthuse and inspire
Stiff Little Fingers, plus traditional airs and electronic adventures. Times: Bus departs outside Katy Dalys at 2.00pm. Ends Oh Yeah Music Centre, Gordon Street with a tour of the Belfast Music Exhibition. Dates: Various Saturdays at 2pm, see www.belfastmusic.org for details of dates. Tickets: £8 available from the Belfast Welcome Centre on 028 9024 6609. the next generation of Northern Ireland’s musical talent. The Victoria Geelan Trio with Lenny Sayers will bring these children together at The Crescent Arts Centre on Friday 21 October 2011 at 11.00am for a short presentation of the work. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 11.00am Venue: The Crescent Arts Centre
Cicadas Cicadas is an immersive, hypnotic new audio piece by composer/performer Joel Cathcart, designed to inhabit the atrium of Belfast’s Ulster Museum. Cicadas consists of a small swarm of loudspeakers spread throughout the museum, each speaker releasing an hour of improvised instrumental music from the composer’s archives: flighty harp and muttering guitars, drenched in a soft cascade of organ, vibraphone and muted gongs. It is physically impossible to hear Cicadas in its entirety, due to the relative positions of the loudspeakers; instead, each listener will navigate the architecture of the performance space to discover new sounds and constellations of sounds, shaping their own experience of the piece from within its interior.
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live album recording
The Great Divide was the first album by Mr. Smyth as a solo artist and despite its references to legendary acts such as Dennis Wilson, Wilco and The Kinks, the album draws on many of Pat’s personal experiences from the darkest encounters with death and mental illness to the uplifting experiences that love and living life have to offer.
The work’s title stems from an image of children hunting for winged insects, attempting to isolate and pinpoint a single sound source within a field of vibrations. Cicadas offers a similar sound-field to explore, inviting childlike curiosity in the face of the unfamiliar. www.wix.com/joelcathcart.com Date: Monday 17 October - Wednesday 19 October Time: 7.00pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Pat Dam Smyth
Venue: Ulster Museum Tickets: Free
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Clive Conway Celebrity Productions Presents An Audience with
Sir Max Hastings
has presented many British TV documentaries, including the series Winston’s War. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Fellow of King’s College London, he is president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically. Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 3.30pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £10
Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin was literary editor of the New Statesman then the Sunday Times before leaving to become a full-time writer. Her first book, The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread First Book Award, and she has since written a number of highly acclaimed and bestselling biographies. The Invisible Woman, a definitive account of Dickens’ relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan, won three major literary awards, and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self was Whitbread Book of the Year in 2002. Claire Tomalin is married to the writer Michael Frayn.
Claire Tomalin paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens, capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. Charles Dickens: A Life is the examination of Dickens we deserve. Date: Monday 24 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10, £8
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
REFRESHING talks at the BELFAST FESTIVAL
Sir Max Hastings is an author, journalist and broadcaster who contributes regularly to Britain’s Daily Mail and Sunday Telegraph and is the author of nineteen books, of which the most recent is ‘Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable.’ Educated at Charterhouse and University College Oxford, he spent most of his early years as a foreign correspondent, reporting on eleven conflicts, notably including Vietnam and the 1982 Falklands War. He was editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph from 1986 to 1995, then of the London Evening Standard until 2002. He has received many awards both for his books and his journalism. He
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Clive Conway Celebrity Productions Presents An Audience with
Sir Max Hastings
has presented many British TV documentaries, including the series Winston’s War. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and an Honorary Fellow of King’s College London, he is president of the Campaign to Protect Rural England and lives with his wife Penny in West Berkshire, where they garden enthusiastically. Date: Sunday 23 October Time: 3.30pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £10
Claire Tomalin - Charles Dickens: A Life Claire Tomalin was literary editor of the New Statesman then the Sunday Times before leaving to become a full-time writer. Her first book, The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft, won the Whitbread First Book Award, and she has since written a number of highly acclaimed and bestselling biographies. The Invisible Woman, a definitive account of Dickens’ relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan, won three major literary awards, and Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self was Whitbread Book of the Year in 2002. Claire Tomalin is married to the writer Michael Frayn.
Claire Tomalin paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens, capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius. Charles Dickens: A Life is the examination of Dickens we deserve. Date: Monday 24 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10, £8
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
REFRESHING talks at the BELFAST FESTIVAL
Sir Max Hastings is an author, journalist and broadcaster who contributes regularly to Britain’s Daily Mail and Sunday Telegraph and is the author of nineteen books, of which the most recent is ‘Did You Really Shoot the Television?: A Family Fable.’ Educated at Charterhouse and University College Oxford, he spent most of his early years as a foreign correspondent, reporting on eleven conflicts, notably including Vietnam and the 1982 Falklands War. He was editor-in-chief of the Daily Telegraph from 1986 to 1995, then of the London Evening Standard until 2002. He has received many awards both for his books and his journalism. He
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Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan’s Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger.
lives in County Wicklow, Ireland. His plays include Boss Grady’s Boys, The Steward of Christendom, Our Lady of Sligo and The Pride of Parnell Street. His novels include The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, Annie Dunne, A Long Long Way and The Secret Scripture.
Spanning nearly seven decades, it is a beautiful and unflinching novel about memory, war, family-ties and love, which once again displays Sebastian Barry’s exquisite prose and gift for storytelling.
Date: Tuesday 25 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £8, £6
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955 and
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The Oscar winning filmmaker, satirist and international rabble-rousing writer (Stupid White Men, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine) makes a rare UK live appearance to celebrate the publication of his new book, Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life.
more brilliantly or more entertainingly.” The Mirror Suitable for ages 16+. Parental discretion for ages 14-15
A ’must see’ show full of big laughs, piercing insight and some all-round mud-slinging.
Date: Sunday 16 October
“The World’s Greatest Living American. Turns political polemic into sidesplitting comedy. No-one puts his case
Venue: Ulster Hall
Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £19.50, £17
‘The Human Rights Revolution’
Clive Conway Celebrity Productions Presents An Audience with
by Bianca Jagger
Lord Robert Winston Robert Winston is committed to scientific education and regularly writes or hosts popular science programmes for the BBC, the Discovery and ABC networks. His many television series’ on different aspects of science have been shown in many countries overseas. Perhaps the best known is The Human Body which won a record of three BAFTAs, an Emmy nomination and a Peabody award. Robert Winston has published fourteen books for lay readership; What Makes Me Me won the Aventis Prize in 2005, and The Human Mind was short-listed for the same prize in
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Here Comes Trouble!
On Canaan’s Side
that year. ‘Human’ won the BMA First Prize for the Best Popular Medicine Book in 2005. It’s Elementary was shortlisted for the Aventis prize in 2008. Date: Wednesday 26 October Time: 7.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £10
Nicaraguan-born Bianca Jagger has been a prominent human rights campaigner for the last thirty years. In 1981 she helped rescue 40 captured refugees from a US-backed death squad in Honduras, challenging the heavily armed men with the shout: “you will have to kill us all!” It was the turning point in what, for the previous decade, had been a life lived in the celebrity spotlight. Since then she has campaigned and written on a wide range of human rights issues and worked with Amnesty International on campaigns against torture, the death penalty and violence against women through her own Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. On the fiftieth anniversary of Amnesty International, Bianca Jagger reflects on the human rights revolution. It is a revolution which has wrought fundamental
change in the post-War world and, in 2011, combined the power of social media and public demonstration to challenge and topple repressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. Jagger says it is an unstoppable revolution because it embodies the simple demand of people everywhere that they be treated with dignity. Lecture followed by Q&A chaired by William Crawley In association with the Human Rights Centre at Queen’s Date: Friday 28 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £6, £5
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Michael Moore Live:
Sebastian Barry
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Narrated by Lilly Bere, On Canaan’s Side opens as she mourns the loss of her grandson, Bill. The story then goes back to the moment she was forced to flee Sligo, at the end of the First World War, and follows her life through into the new world of America, a world filled with both hope and danger.
lives in County Wicklow, Ireland. His plays include Boss Grady’s Boys, The Steward of Christendom, Our Lady of Sligo and The Pride of Parnell Street. His novels include The Whereabouts of Eneas McNulty, Annie Dunne, A Long Long Way and The Secret Scripture.
Spanning nearly seven decades, it is a beautiful and unflinching novel about memory, war, family-ties and love, which once again displays Sebastian Barry’s exquisite prose and gift for storytelling.
Date: Tuesday 25 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £8, £6
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Sebastian Barry was born in Dublin in 1955 and
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The Oscar winning filmmaker, satirist and international rabble-rousing writer (Stupid White Men, Fahrenheit 9/11, Bowling For Columbine) makes a rare UK live appearance to celebrate the publication of his new book, Here Comes Trouble: Stories From My Life.
more brilliantly or more entertainingly.” The Mirror Suitable for ages 16+. Parental discretion for ages 14-15
A ’must see’ show full of big laughs, piercing insight and some all-round mud-slinging.
Date: Sunday 16 October
“The World’s Greatest Living American. Turns political polemic into sidesplitting comedy. No-one puts his case
Venue: Ulster Hall
Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £19.50, £17
‘The Human Rights Revolution’
Clive Conway Celebrity Productions Presents An Audience with
by Bianca Jagger
Lord Robert Winston Robert Winston is committed to scientific education and regularly writes or hosts popular science programmes for the BBC, the Discovery and ABC networks. His many television series’ on different aspects of science have been shown in many countries overseas. Perhaps the best known is The Human Body which won a record of three BAFTAs, an Emmy nomination and a Peabody award. Robert Winston has published fourteen books for lay readership; What Makes Me Me won the Aventis Prize in 2005, and The Human Mind was short-listed for the same prize in
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Here Comes Trouble!
On Canaan’s Side
that year. ‘Human’ won the BMA First Prize for the Best Popular Medicine Book in 2005. It’s Elementary was shortlisted for the Aventis prize in 2008. Date: Wednesday 26 October Time: 7.00pm Venue: Ulster Hall Tickets: £10
Nicaraguan-born Bianca Jagger has been a prominent human rights campaigner for the last thirty years. In 1981 she helped rescue 40 captured refugees from a US-backed death squad in Honduras, challenging the heavily armed men with the shout: “you will have to kill us all!” It was the turning point in what, for the previous decade, had been a life lived in the celebrity spotlight. Since then she has campaigned and written on a wide range of human rights issues and worked with Amnesty International on campaigns against torture, the death penalty and violence against women through her own Bianca Jagger Human Rights Foundation. On the fiftieth anniversary of Amnesty International, Bianca Jagger reflects on the human rights revolution. It is a revolution which has wrought fundamental
change in the post-War world and, in 2011, combined the power of social media and public demonstration to challenge and topple repressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa. Jagger says it is an unstoppable revolution because it embodies the simple demand of people everywhere that they be treated with dignity. Lecture followed by Q&A chaired by William Crawley In association with the Human Rights Centre at Queen’s Date: Friday 28 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £6, £5
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Michael Moore Live:
Sebastian Barry
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Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott’s diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent, superb depictions of mountains and formations of ice and snow, and photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen initially fought over, neglected, then lost - until now, that is. For the first time, they are resurrected and are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.
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with Aifric Campbell, Julia Kelly, Peter Murphy and Glenn Patterson
About the Author David M. Wilson is the great-nephew of the Chief of the Scientific Staff, Dr. Edward Wilson, who died with Captain Scott and his fellow explorers.
Authors from the latest in the acclaimed Faber Best New Irish Short Stories collections read from and discuss their work.
Date: Thursday 20 October
Edited by Joseph O’Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established which shows the vibrancy and relevance of the short story today. It is an important and timely collection that celebrates the place of the short story in Ireland’s literary heritage while looking forward to the new generation of writers emerging.
Time: 6.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets £10, £8
Clive Conway Celebrity Productions Presents An Audience with
James Naughtie
James Naughtie has been a presenter of the Today programme since February 1994. His career in political journalism has taken him across the world - in Europe, the Middle East, China (including Tibet), Australia and, maybe most notably, to the United States. Since joining the BBC in 1988, he has worked on every presidential election and his store of American political trivia is the stuff of office legend. That American interest was the subject of his second book on the Blair era, “The Accidental American” (2004) about Tony Blair’s relationship with George W Bush. He had previously
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Irish Short Stories
The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott
published “The Rivals” in 2001; the book that first revealed the stormy nature of the relationship between Blair and Gordon Brown. He was educated at Aberdeen University and at Syracuse University, New York. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10
The full list of writers reads like a who’s who of Irish literature with stories that span the globe and expand the mind. This collection follows the two acclaimed editions David Marcus edited for Faber in 2004-5 and 2006-7. Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Crescent Arts Centre Tickets: £6, £5
Professor Gordon Campbell on the King James Bible In his latest book Bible: The Story of the King James Version 1611-2011, Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came to be commissioned, of who the translators were, and of how the translation was accomplished. The story does not end with the printing of that first edition, but introduces the subsequent generations who edited and interacted with the text. The present text of the King James Version differs in thousands of small details from the original edition. Campbell traces the textual history from 1611 to the establishment of the modern text by Oxford University Press in 1769.
Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Leicester University. He is the author of many books including John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought and The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Crescent Arts Centre Tickets: £6, £5
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Dr. David Wilson:
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Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Captain Scott perished with four of his fellow explorers on their return from the South Pole in March 1912. Almost immediately the myth was founded, based on Scott’s diaries, turning him into an icon of courage in the face of impossible circumstances. But during the final months of that journey Scott also took a series of breathtaking photographs: panoramas of the continent, superb depictions of mountains and formations of ice and snow, and photographs of the explorers on the polar trail. But these photos have never been seen initially fought over, neglected, then lost - until now, that is. For the first time, they are resurrected and are a humbling testament to the men whose graves still lie unmarked in the vastness of the Great Alone.
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with Aifric Campbell, Julia Kelly, Peter Murphy and Glenn Patterson
About the Author David M. Wilson is the great-nephew of the Chief of the Scientific Staff, Dr. Edward Wilson, who died with Captain Scott and his fellow explorers.
Authors from the latest in the acclaimed Faber Best New Irish Short Stories collections read from and discuss their work.
Date: Thursday 20 October
Edited by Joseph O’Connor (author of Star of the Sea and Ghost Light) New Irish Short Stories is a stunning collection from a fascinating variety of writers, both new and established which shows the vibrancy and relevance of the short story today. It is an important and timely collection that celebrates the place of the short story in Ireland’s literary heritage while looking forward to the new generation of writers emerging.
Time: 6.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets £10, £8
Clive Conway Celebrity Productions Presents An Audience with
James Naughtie
James Naughtie has been a presenter of the Today programme since February 1994. His career in political journalism has taken him across the world - in Europe, the Middle East, China (including Tibet), Australia and, maybe most notably, to the United States. Since joining the BBC in 1988, he has worked on every presidential election and his store of American political trivia is the stuff of office legend. That American interest was the subject of his second book on the Blair era, “The Accidental American” (2004) about Tony Blair’s relationship with George W Bush. He had previously
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The Lost Photographs of Captain Scott
published “The Rivals” in 2001; the book that first revealed the stormy nature of the relationship between Blair and Gordon Brown. He was educated at Aberdeen University and at Syracuse University, New York. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 7.30pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £10
The full list of writers reads like a who’s who of Irish literature with stories that span the globe and expand the mind. This collection follows the two acclaimed editions David Marcus edited for Faber in 2004-5 and 2006-7. Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Crescent Arts Centre Tickets: £6, £5
Professor Gordon Campbell on the King James Bible In his latest book Bible: The Story of the King James Version 1611-2011, Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came to be commissioned, of who the translators were, and of how the translation was accomplished. The story does not end with the printing of that first edition, but introduces the subsequent generations who edited and interacted with the text. The present text of the King James Version differs in thousands of small details from the original edition. Campbell traces the textual history from 1611 to the establishment of the modern text by Oxford University Press in 1769.
Gordon Campbell is Professor of Renaissance Studies at Leicester University. He is the author of many books including John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought and The Grove Encyclopedia of Northern Renaissance Art. Date: Friday 21 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Crescent Arts Centre Tickets: £6, £5
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Malachi O’Doherty, Gerry Anderson and Carlo Gebler
Men, manhood, sex and the dishes Stereotyping of women has been a cardinal sin for decades in the west, but the heterosexual man is still a fair target and the butt of much humour. He doesn’t put down the toilet seat; he is obsessed with football; he couldn’t boil an egg to save his life and he thinks it is unmanly to cry. He can’t clean up after himself and he is selfish in bed.
Date: Monday 17 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £8, £6
Tim McGarry’s Political Party Following the huge success of Tim McGarry’s Irish History Lesson, the lanky guru is back with a new oneman stand-up show. This time Tim has set his satirical sights on all things political. In a country where ex-terrorists and even Jim Allister can get elected, Tim thinks maybe it’s time he had a go. Tim McGarry’s Political Party is a hilarious fun packed examination of how we do politics here. He takes a sharp look at our politicians and their contribution to making Northern Ireland the superb place is it is today. Is it time for a new Party? Would you Vote McGarry?
So let’s have a conversation among men about how they respond to the charge that they are useless, brutish and emotionally constipated. Journalist and writer Malachi O’Doherty joins broadcaster Gerry Anderson and novelist Carlo Gebler to talk about men, manhood, sex and the dishes.
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David Hull Promotions Presents: Women concluded long ago that men are the source of all their woes; from the patriarchy that expects to own them to the brutes who would attack them on the street. Andrea Dworkin goes so far as to say that all men are rapists. Germain Greer concludes that they are homosexual; they plainly prefer the company of each other to the company of women.
Maybe not, but you will be laughing at this sharp, scathing and side-splitting show which gives our politicians all the respect they so richly deserve. Expect strong language Date: Friday 21 October & Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio Tickets: £15, £12.50
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John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He read English Literature at Glasgow University and spent the next ten years working in the UK music industry. He has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday, Esquire and Q Magazine amongst other publications. He is the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novels Kill Your Friends and The Amateurs. He lives in Buckinghamshire.
Conor O’Clery Born in Belfast and a graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, Conor O’Clery worked for The Irish Times for over 30 years, mainly as foreign correspondent based in London, Moscow, Washington, Beijing and New York. He was twice Journalist of the Year in Ireland; in 1987 for his reporting of the Soviet Union, and in 2002 for his first-hand accounts of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre. He is the author of several books, including The Billionaire Who Wasn’t, a biography of the American philanthropist Chuck Feeney, and May You Live in Interesting Times, an account of his experiences as a foreign correspondent
Conor O’Clery’s new book is “Moscow, December 25, 1991: The Last Day of the Soviet Union” (Transworld Ireland) Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Museum Tickets: £6, £5 Photograph: Paul Sharp/Sharppix
Stuart Neville Stuart Neville’s first novel, The Twelve, was one of the most critically acclaimed crime debuts of recent years. It was selected as one of the top crime novels of the year by the New York Times and it won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best thriller. His second novel, Collusion, garnered widespread praise and confirmed his position as one of the most exciting new crime authors writing today. His third, Stolen Souls will be published by Harvil Secker in October 2011.
Date: Friday 14 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Crescent Arts Centre Tickets: £6, £5
Date: Tuesday 18 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Oh Yeah Centre Tickets: £6, £5
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Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Malachi O’Doherty, Gerry Anderson and Carlo Gebler
Men, manhood, sex and the dishes Stereotyping of women has been a cardinal sin for decades in the west, but the heterosexual man is still a fair target and the butt of much humour. He doesn’t put down the toilet seat; he is obsessed with football; he couldn’t boil an egg to save his life and he thinks it is unmanly to cry. He can’t clean up after himself and he is selfish in bed.
Date: Monday 17 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Elmwood Hall Tickets: £8, £6
Tim McGarry’s Political Party Following the huge success of Tim McGarry’s Irish History Lesson, the lanky guru is back with a new oneman stand-up show. This time Tim has set his satirical sights on all things political. In a country where ex-terrorists and even Jim Allister can get elected, Tim thinks maybe it’s time he had a go. Tim McGarry’s Political Party is a hilarious fun packed examination of how we do politics here. He takes a sharp look at our politicians and their contribution to making Northern Ireland the superb place is it is today. Is it time for a new Party? Would you Vote McGarry?
So let’s have a conversation among men about how they respond to the charge that they are useless, brutish and emotionally constipated. Journalist and writer Malachi O’Doherty joins broadcaster Gerry Anderson and novelist Carlo Gebler to talk about men, manhood, sex and the dishes.
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David Hull Promotions Presents: Women concluded long ago that men are the source of all their woes; from the patriarchy that expects to own them to the brutes who would attack them on the street. Andrea Dworkin goes so far as to say that all men are rapists. Germain Greer concludes that they are homosexual; they plainly prefer the company of each other to the company of women.
Maybe not, but you will be laughing at this sharp, scathing and side-splitting show which gives our politicians all the respect they so richly deserve. Expect strong language Date: Friday 21 October & Saturday 22 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Waterfront Studio Tickets: £15, £12.50
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John Niven was born in Irvine, Ayrshire. He read English Literature at Glasgow University and spent the next ten years working in the UK music industry. He has written for The Times, The Sunday Times, Scotland on Sunday, Esquire and Q Magazine amongst other publications. He is the author of the novella Music from Big Pink and the novels Kill Your Friends and The Amateurs. He lives in Buckinghamshire.
Conor O’Clery Born in Belfast and a graduate of Queen’s University, Belfast, Conor O’Clery worked for The Irish Times for over 30 years, mainly as foreign correspondent based in London, Moscow, Washington, Beijing and New York. He was twice Journalist of the Year in Ireland; in 1987 for his reporting of the Soviet Union, and in 2002 for his first-hand accounts of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Centre. He is the author of several books, including The Billionaire Who Wasn’t, a biography of the American philanthropist Chuck Feeney, and May You Live in Interesting Times, an account of his experiences as a foreign correspondent
Conor O’Clery’s new book is “Moscow, December 25, 1991: The Last Day of the Soviet Union” (Transworld Ireland) Date: Wednesday 19 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Ulster Museum Tickets: £6, £5 Photograph: Paul Sharp/Sharppix
Stuart Neville Stuart Neville’s first novel, The Twelve, was one of the most critically acclaimed crime debuts of recent years. It was selected as one of the top crime novels of the year by the New York Times and it won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for best thriller. His second novel, Collusion, garnered widespread praise and confirmed his position as one of the most exciting new crime authors writing today. His third, Stolen Souls will be published by Harvil Secker in October 2011.
Date: Friday 14 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Crescent Arts Centre Tickets: £6, £5
Date: Tuesday 18 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Oh Yeah Centre Tickets: £6, £5
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Readings from Terri Hooley’s ‘Hooleygan’ book by Richard Dormer.
role to set against his Alex Higgins portrayal in the Hurricane theatre production.
Terri Hooley is the founder of Belfast’s Good Vibrations record label. He is a legend, a folk devil, a poet, anarchist and a teller of remarkable tales. All this was reflected in his Hooleygan biography, co-written with Richard Sullivan and published by Blackstaff last year.
In this unique event, Richard will read extracts from the Hooleygan book, fresh from the film set. Terri Hooley will also be in attendance. There will also be discussions, philosophy, music and refreshments.
The book relates the story of punk rock in Belfast and the ferment of the Sixties. There are meetings with John Lennon, Bob Dylan and The Undertones. The book sold well and prepared us for a film project, supported by the likes of Gary Lightbody and David Holmes. The film will feature Richard Dormer in the role of Terri, a significant
With Kerry Hardie, Dennis O’driscoll & Frank Ormsby Three of Ireland’s most-admired contemporary poets will give readings to mark the birth date of the celebrated Belfast-born poet, John Hewitt, in the pub named after him. Kerry Hardie is an award-winning poet and novelist who grew up in Co Down and now lives in Co Kilkenny. Her Selected Poems, published earlier this year, covers remarkable work written over two decades and draws on five acclaimed collections. Dennis O’Driscoll is among the finest Irish poets of his generation. A poet
Date: Thursday 20 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Oh Yeah Music Centre Tickets: £6
Queen’s Gender Initiative
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Literary Salon: New Writing Showcase
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With poets Moyra Donaldson, Maureen Boyle, Deirdre Cartmill; fiction writers Sheena Wilkinson, Bernie McGill, D.W. Lewis Enjoy an informal reading of new poetry and experiments in fiction from six talented writers, overseen by suave salonniere Ian Sansom. Sip a glass of vino, Tweet your literary ‘criticism’, or just sit back and listen to these distinctive voices.
All six writers were selected by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for the Artists’ Career Enhancement Scheme, an initiative to assist artists in developing new work through a programme at Queen’s University. Twitter hashtag: #literarysalon http://www.literarysalon.org
Date: Thursday 20 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Cresent Arts Centre Tickets: £8, £6
Frank Cottrell Boyce Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again Almost fifty years after Ian Fleming, author of James Bond, first created this amazing machine, the Ian Fleming Estate have invited best-selling children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce to continue the adventures of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The new story is beautifully illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by the illustrator and animator Joe Berger.
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Birthday Poetry Reading
Readers of all ages will be entranced by this family story, filled with wonderful characters, terrifying villains, and exotic far-flung lands. Frank Cottrell Boyce expertly weaves the magic of Ian Fleming’s original tale into a new 21st century adventure, taking the Tootings to the corners of the earth at the wheel of fiction’s most famous flying car.
Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 3.00pm Venue: QFT Tickets: £6, £4
of great wit and humanity, he has published eight collections including New and Selected Poems, which was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation in 2004. Poet and editor, Frank Ormsby has been a central figure in Northern Ireland’s literary culture since the 1960s. Among his acclaimed poetry collections are A Northern Spring (1986), The Ghost Train (1995) and Fireflies (2009). Presented in Association with Poetry Ireland.
of opportunities during good times and in more challenging contexts.
The conference speakers, all established leaders in their fields, represent the spectrum of public, professional, corporate and academic life. They include Jill Garrett, Director of Leadership Development at Caret’s Consultants and Professor Maire O’Neill, School of Electrons, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Judith Gillespie, Deputy Chief Constable NI Maire O’Neill, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director, Portia Ltd Jill Garrett, Director of Leadership Development at Caret’s
Speakers will share experiences gained during their individual career pathways which shaped their development as leaders. Conference delegates will learn how the speakers created, identified and took advantage
The event will be chaired by Sheila Fleming-Mitchell, Queen’s Senator and Director of Human Resources at Liberty IT.
Date: Wednesday 26 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: John Hewitt Bar, 51 Donegall Street Tickets: £7, £6 All Others Register at https://admin.qol.qub.ac.uk/ ecommerce/wilead/index.php For further information on the conference to go www.qub. ac.uk/qgi if you have any queries please contact Cathy Tolan at womeninleadership@qub.ac.uk or Tel: 02890 973712 Date: Friday 21 October Time: 9.30am - 1.30pm Venue: QUB Tickets: £75
QUB Staff: To book a place log onto Queens Online
The Press Club The Europa 40th Birthday Debate
Afterwards stay for a drink at the Press Club Bar.
Do you think there should be statutory regulation of the news media?
Hear a panel of prominent speakers for and against, have your say and vote on what you think.
Date: Tuesday 25 october
In the aftermath of the great phone-hacking controversy have your chance to express your views at the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s Europa Debate
Chaired by Noel Thompson Check website for details of speakers
Venue: Penthouse Suite Europa Hotel Belfast
Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £7
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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I, Hooley
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Readings from Terri Hooley’s ‘Hooleygan’ book by Richard Dormer.
role to set against his Alex Higgins portrayal in the Hurricane theatre production.
Terri Hooley is the founder of Belfast’s Good Vibrations record label. He is a legend, a folk devil, a poet, anarchist and a teller of remarkable tales. All this was reflected in his Hooleygan biography, co-written with Richard Sullivan and published by Blackstaff last year.
In this unique event, Richard will read extracts from the Hooleygan book, fresh from the film set. Terri Hooley will also be in attendance. There will also be discussions, philosophy, music and refreshments.
The book relates the story of punk rock in Belfast and the ferment of the Sixties. There are meetings with John Lennon, Bob Dylan and The Undertones. The book sold well and prepared us for a film project, supported by the likes of Gary Lightbody and David Holmes. The film will feature Richard Dormer in the role of Terri, a significant
With Kerry Hardie, Dennis O’driscoll & Frank Ormsby Three of Ireland’s most-admired contemporary poets will give readings to mark the birth date of the celebrated Belfast-born poet, John Hewitt, in the pub named after him. Kerry Hardie is an award-winning poet and novelist who grew up in Co Down and now lives in Co Kilkenny. Her Selected Poems, published earlier this year, covers remarkable work written over two decades and draws on five acclaimed collections. Dennis O’Driscoll is among the finest Irish poets of his generation. A poet
Date: Thursday 20 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: Oh Yeah Music Centre Tickets: £6
Queen’s Gender Initiative
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Literary Salon: New Writing Showcase
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With poets Moyra Donaldson, Maureen Boyle, Deirdre Cartmill; fiction writers Sheena Wilkinson, Bernie McGill, D.W. Lewis Enjoy an informal reading of new poetry and experiments in fiction from six talented writers, overseen by suave salonniere Ian Sansom. Sip a glass of vino, Tweet your literary ‘criticism’, or just sit back and listen to these distinctive voices.
All six writers were selected by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland for the Artists’ Career Enhancement Scheme, an initiative to assist artists in developing new work through a programme at Queen’s University. Twitter hashtag: #literarysalon http://www.literarysalon.org
Date: Thursday 20 October Time: 6.30pm Venue: Cresent Arts Centre Tickets: £8, £6
Frank Cottrell Boyce Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again Almost fifty years after Ian Fleming, author of James Bond, first created this amazing machine, the Ian Fleming Estate have invited best-selling children’s author Frank Cottrell Boyce to continue the adventures of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The new story is beautifully illustrated with black-and-white line drawings by the illustrator and animator Joe Berger.
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Birthday Poetry Reading
Readers of all ages will be entranced by this family story, filled with wonderful characters, terrifying villains, and exotic far-flung lands. Frank Cottrell Boyce expertly weaves the magic of Ian Fleming’s original tale into a new 21st century adventure, taking the Tootings to the corners of the earth at the wheel of fiction’s most famous flying car.
Date: Saturday 15 October Time: 3.00pm Venue: QFT Tickets: £6, £4
of great wit and humanity, he has published eight collections including New and Selected Poems, which was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation in 2004. Poet and editor, Frank Ormsby has been a central figure in Northern Ireland’s literary culture since the 1960s. Among his acclaimed poetry collections are A Northern Spring (1986), The Ghost Train (1995) and Fireflies (2009). Presented in Association with Poetry Ireland.
of opportunities during good times and in more challenging contexts.
The conference speakers, all established leaders in their fields, represent the spectrum of public, professional, corporate and academic life. They include Jill Garrett, Director of Leadership Development at Caret’s Consultants and Professor Maire O’Neill, School of Electrons, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Judith Gillespie, Deputy Chief Constable NI Maire O’Neill, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Elizabeth Pollitzer, Director, Portia Ltd Jill Garrett, Director of Leadership Development at Caret’s
Speakers will share experiences gained during their individual career pathways which shaped their development as leaders. Conference delegates will learn how the speakers created, identified and took advantage
The event will be chaired by Sheila Fleming-Mitchell, Queen’s Senator and Director of Human Resources at Liberty IT.
Date: Wednesday 26 October Time: 8.00pm Venue: John Hewitt Bar, 51 Donegall Street Tickets: £7, £6 All Others Register at https://admin.qol.qub.ac.uk/ ecommerce/wilead/index.php For further information on the conference to go www.qub. ac.uk/qgi if you have any queries please contact Cathy Tolan at womeninleadership@qub.ac.uk or Tel: 02890 973712 Date: Friday 21 October Time: 9.30am - 1.30pm Venue: QUB Tickets: £75
QUB Staff: To book a place log onto Queens Online
The Press Club The Europa 40th Birthday Debate
Afterwards stay for a drink at the Press Club Bar.
Do you think there should be statutory regulation of the news media?
Hear a panel of prominent speakers for and against, have your say and vote on what you think.
Date: Tuesday 25 october
In the aftermath of the great phone-hacking controversy have your chance to express your views at the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s Europa Debate
Chaired by Noel Thompson Check website for details of speakers
Venue: Penthouse Suite Europa Hotel Belfast
Time: 7.30pm Tickets: £7
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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I, Hooley
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celebrating [the past]
LEAVING A LEGACY
living
For over a century Queen’s has been recognised as a centre of excellence in teaching, learning and discovery.
[the present]
A legacy to Queen’s helps us to continue to change lives; funding medical research, endowing fellowships and scholarships, building library resources, supporting local culture and arts and promoting student welfare.
creating [the future]
Leaving a bequest to Queen’s, after providing for family and friends, is the highest honour the University can receive. Even the most modest legacy can make a huge difference, and costs nothing during your lifetime. If you would like to discuss in confidence any aspect of leaving a gift to Queen’s in your will, please contact Susan Wilson, Legacy Manager on +44 (0)28 9097 3114 or email susan.wilson@qub.ac.uk.
Naughton Gallery at Queen’s Jerwood Contemporary Makers
Coming to the Naughton Gallery as part of the UK tour, the Jerwood Makers Open is a new open-submission initiative designed to support and showcase emerging artists working in the applied arts. This annual exhibition series offers significant bursaries to four makers to create new works, which are then exhibited as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. With delicately balanced glass sculptures by Heike Brachlow, a sound and clay homage to the Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo by Keith Harrison, jewellery that responds to movement by Farah Bandookwala and a celebration of ceramic glaze by Emmanuel Boos, this exhibition will show how these artists are pushing the boundaries of their practice and chosen materials.
Naughton Gallery at Queen’s Queen’s University Belfast T: 02890971353 E: art@qub.ac.uk W: www.naughtongallery.org Preview: Thursday 13 October 2011, 6.00pm - 8.00pm Exhibition dates: Friday 14 October Sunday 11 December 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday Sunday, 11am - 4pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Queen’s University has changed lives.
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visual arts
celebrating [the past]
LEAVING A LEGACY
living
For over a century Queen’s has been recognised as a centre of excellence in teaching, learning and discovery.
[the present]
A legacy to Queen’s helps us to continue to change lives; funding medical research, endowing fellowships and scholarships, building library resources, supporting local culture and arts and promoting student welfare.
creating [the future]
Leaving a bequest to Queen’s, after providing for family and friends, is the highest honour the University can receive. Even the most modest legacy can make a huge difference, and costs nothing during your lifetime. If you would like to discuss in confidence any aspect of leaving a gift to Queen’s in your will, please contact Susan Wilson, Legacy Manager on +44 (0)28 9097 3114 or email susan.wilson@qub.ac.uk.
Naughton Gallery at Queen’s Jerwood Contemporary Makers
Coming to the Naughton Gallery as part of the UK tour, the Jerwood Makers Open is a new open-submission initiative designed to support and showcase emerging artists working in the applied arts. This annual exhibition series offers significant bursaries to four makers to create new works, which are then exhibited as part of the Jerwood Visual Arts programme. With delicately balanced glass sculptures by Heike Brachlow, a sound and clay homage to the Werner Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo by Keith Harrison, jewellery that responds to movement by Farah Bandookwala and a celebration of ceramic glaze by Emmanuel Boos, this exhibition will show how these artists are pushing the boundaries of their practice and chosen materials.
Naughton Gallery at Queen’s Queen’s University Belfast T: 02890971353 E: art@qub.ac.uk W: www.naughtongallery.org Preview: Thursday 13 October 2011, 6.00pm - 8.00pm Exhibition dates: Friday 14 October Sunday 11 December 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday Sunday, 11am - 4pm
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Eight poets - eight artists
Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition The RUA’s 130th Annual Exhibition opens to the public on Friday 21st October at the award winning Ulster Museum. The exhibition comprises work by RUA members, invited artists and artists selected by open submission and aims to highlight the best in contemporary and traditional visual arts practice in Ireland, North & South. Exhibiting artists include Mick O’Dea RHA, Ken Howard RA, Alice Maher RHA, Rosie McGurran RUA, Barbara Freeman RUA, Mark Shields RUA, Hector McDonnell RUA and many more. Prizes are awarded by independent adjudicator, Barbara Rae RA. Image: Rosie McGurran.
For further information on the RUA’s Annual Exhibition and related events please see www.royalulsteracademy.org The RUA Annual Exhibition is generously sponsored by KPMG, the leading Accounting and Professional Advisory Firm. Exhibition dates: Friday 21 October - Sunday 20 November 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00pm
It’s a question that 52 of Northern Ireland’s most successful poets, writers, artists, designers and photographers have asked as part of a new project called 26 Treasures at the Ulster Museum. 26 writers, including poets Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon and Bernard MacLaverty, have been randomly paired with 26 visual artists such as Peter Anderson, Ross Wilson and Sonya Whitefield, to take a fresh look at some of the greatest treasures housed in the Ulster Museum’s collections. This exhibition will celebrate local talent for telling stories through words and pictures. Writers and visual artists will work together to create 26 new artefacts from the original objects. Visitors will be able to enjoy
Each response has been printed alongside the text revealing the connection between the two. The eight writers are Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Medbh McGuckian, Leontia Flynn, Alan Gillis, Miriam Gamble and Sinead Morrissey. The final work can be viewed as a gallery exhibition and as a limited edition hand-bound book.
Artists have been selected by Jamshid Fenderesky. Exhibition dates: Friday 14 October - Saturday 29 October Gallery opening times: Monday - Friday 9.30am5.00pm, Saturday 11.00am - 4.00pm Belfast Print Workshop Gallery Cotton Court T: 02890231323 E: gallery@belfastprintworkshop.org.uk W: www.bpw.org.uk
Belfast Exposed
Contraband by Taryn Simon
26 Treasures at the Ulster Museum What would the Ulster Museum’s most precious objects say if they could speak?
Belfast Print Workshop has invited eight leading writers to provide poems that will elicit a visual response from eight artists in the form of an original print.
visual arts
Belfast Print Workshop
an alternative personal response to these wonderful objects, as well as see how they will have inspired something new and inventive - a whole new collection of 26 treasures. www.26treasures.com Exhibition dates: Friday 14 - Saturday 29 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00pm Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens T: 02890440000 E: info@royalulsteracademy.org or um.info@nmni.com W: www.nmni.com
Contraband is a new photographic series by acclaimed US photographer Taryn Simon. Shot without sleep over a five day period at John F Kennedy International Airport, Contraband includes 1075 photographs of items detained or seized from passengers and from express mail entering the U.S. from abroad. Patterns emerge which reveal a comprehensive cross-section of international commerce, exposing the desires and demands that drive the international economy as well as the local economies that produce them. Recent exhibitions include Tate Modern, London and Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Her work was included in the 54th Venice Biennale (2011). Permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, Whitney Museum, and Centre Pompidou. She is represented by Gagosian Gallery.
Preview: Opening Thursday 27 October, 7.00pm -9.00pm Exhibition dates: Friday 28 October - Friday 30 December 2011 Gallery opening times: 11.00am to 4.00pm Tuesday - Saturday Belfast Exposed 23 Donegall Street T: 02890230965 E: karendowney@belfastexposed.org W: www.belfastexposed.org Animal Corpses (Prohibited), Animal Parts (Prohibited), Animal Skeletons (Prohibited), Animal Specimens (Prohibited), Butterflies (Prohibited), Snails (Prohibited), 2010. Credit: © Taryn Simon. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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Eight poets - eight artists
Royal Ulster Academy Exhibition The RUA’s 130th Annual Exhibition opens to the public on Friday 21st October at the award winning Ulster Museum. The exhibition comprises work by RUA members, invited artists and artists selected by open submission and aims to highlight the best in contemporary and traditional visual arts practice in Ireland, North & South. Exhibiting artists include Mick O’Dea RHA, Ken Howard RA, Alice Maher RHA, Rosie McGurran RUA, Barbara Freeman RUA, Mark Shields RUA, Hector McDonnell RUA and many more. Prizes are awarded by independent adjudicator, Barbara Rae RA. Image: Rosie McGurran.
For further information on the RUA’s Annual Exhibition and related events please see www.royalulsteracademy.org The RUA Annual Exhibition is generously sponsored by KPMG, the leading Accounting and Professional Advisory Firm. Exhibition dates: Friday 21 October - Sunday 20 November 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00pm
It’s a question that 52 of Northern Ireland’s most successful poets, writers, artists, designers and photographers have asked as part of a new project called 26 Treasures at the Ulster Museum. 26 writers, including poets Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon and Bernard MacLaverty, have been randomly paired with 26 visual artists such as Peter Anderson, Ross Wilson and Sonya Whitefield, to take a fresh look at some of the greatest treasures housed in the Ulster Museum’s collections. This exhibition will celebrate local talent for telling stories through words and pictures. Writers and visual artists will work together to create 26 new artefacts from the original objects. Visitors will be able to enjoy
Each response has been printed alongside the text revealing the connection between the two. The eight writers are Michael Longley, Paul Muldoon, Ciaran Carson, Medbh McGuckian, Leontia Flynn, Alan Gillis, Miriam Gamble and Sinead Morrissey. The final work can be viewed as a gallery exhibition and as a limited edition hand-bound book.
Artists have been selected by Jamshid Fenderesky. Exhibition dates: Friday 14 October - Saturday 29 October Gallery opening times: Monday - Friday 9.30am5.00pm, Saturday 11.00am - 4.00pm Belfast Print Workshop Gallery Cotton Court T: 02890231323 E: gallery@belfastprintworkshop.org.uk W: www.bpw.org.uk
Belfast Exposed
Contraband by Taryn Simon
26 Treasures at the Ulster Museum What would the Ulster Museum’s most precious objects say if they could speak?
Belfast Print Workshop has invited eight leading writers to provide poems that will elicit a visual response from eight artists in the form of an original print.
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Belfast Print Workshop
an alternative personal response to these wonderful objects, as well as see how they will have inspired something new and inventive - a whole new collection of 26 treasures. www.26treasures.com Exhibition dates: Friday 14 - Saturday 29 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Sunday 10.00 - 5.00pm Ulster Museum Botanic Gardens T: 02890440000 E: info@royalulsteracademy.org or um.info@nmni.com W: www.nmni.com
Contraband is a new photographic series by acclaimed US photographer Taryn Simon. Shot without sleep over a five day period at John F Kennedy International Airport, Contraband includes 1075 photographs of items detained or seized from passengers and from express mail entering the U.S. from abroad. Patterns emerge which reveal a comprehensive cross-section of international commerce, exposing the desires and demands that drive the international economy as well as the local economies that produce them. Recent exhibitions include Tate Modern, London and Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Her work was included in the 54th Venice Biennale (2011). Permanent collections include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, Whitney Museum, and Centre Pompidou. She is represented by Gagosian Gallery.
Preview: Opening Thursday 27 October, 7.00pm -9.00pm Exhibition dates: Friday 28 October - Friday 30 December 2011 Gallery opening times: 11.00am to 4.00pm Tuesday - Saturday Belfast Exposed 23 Donegall Street T: 02890230965 E: karendowney@belfastexposed.org W: www.belfastexposed.org Animal Corpses (Prohibited), Animal Parts (Prohibited), Animal Skeletons (Prohibited), Animal Specimens (Prohibited), Butterflies (Prohibited), Snails (Prohibited), 2010. Credit: © Taryn Simon. Courtesy Gagosian Gallery.
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The ninth in the critically acclaimed Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art Series: 21 October - 3 December. The series began with the intention of creating a substantial archive of histories. The premise always acknowledged that there is no such thing as one linear history, rather a selection of histories that we must navigate to find our own. This being the case, Golden Thread Gallery anticipates twelve exhibitions, each with a guest curator who has specialist knowledge of a specific section of Northern Irish art history. Each exhibition is accompanied by a publication, which by the end of the series will act as a very tangible method of accessing the multitude of histories found in Northern Irish art. Curated by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. Image Credits - Conrad Atkinson.
Queen Street Studios Gallery will showcase a selection of works by various Northern Irish artists whose practice examine questions of memory and memorialisation. Image: Peter Richards.
Memorial Discourses
Exhibition dates: Friday 21 October - Saturday 3 December 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Friday: 10.30am - 5.30pm Saturday: 10.30am - 4.00pm
Preview: Thursday 6 October 2011, 6.00pm 9.00pm
Golden Thread Gallery 84-94 Great Patrick Street T: 028 9033 0920 E: info@gtgallery.co.uk W: goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
Exhibition dates: Thursday 7 October - 5 November 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Thursday 10.00am - 5.00pm or by appointment
PS²
Attic Sandcastles - A Floor Raising Experience.
Catalyst Arts
Digital Arts in the Gallery: New Media Showcase New media and technologies are now in many peoples’ hands but how do artists employ them within visual art practice? Are artists coming to new media from other disciplines or have we reached a position where new media is the starting point? This exhibition aims to consider these questions by showcasing work by artists who use a range of new media in strategically different ways. Featuring work by previous Resident Artists of the Digital Arts Studios, this exhibition aims to provide an exemplary demonstration of how new media technologies intersect with visual art.
Preview: Thursday 6 October 2011, 7.00pm 10.00pm Exhibition dates: Thursday 6 October - Thursday 27 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm Catalyst Arts 5 College Court T: 02890312900 E: angela@digitalartsstudios.com W: http://www.catalystarts.org.uk/ or http://www. digitalartsstudios.com/
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Queen Street Studios
Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art
A major building and refurbishing project which will not only include the raising of the floor, but also the insertion of miniature new galleries and populated worlds. An Alice in Wonderland experience, where novel possibilities will quickly inhabit the new spaces above and below. Image: Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell. DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Rummage, climb, crawl, use, confuse, dig, build, change, play. INGREDIENTS: bookie branches, builders at play, buses in training, carpet puddles, confusing commodities, corners, crazy paving, drainpipe periscopes, grass, hair-dos & don’ts, power tools, taps, trapdoors, umbrella utilities, video tapes, wallpaper, wandering buildings, windows, and wood.
Exhibition dates: Monday 10 October - Saturday 19 November 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Friday 1.00 5.00pm, Saturday 11.00am - 3.00pm PS2 18 Donegall Street T: 07733457772 E: pssquared@btconnect.com W: www.pssquared.org
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Golden Thread Gallery
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The ninth in the critically acclaimed Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art Series: 21 October - 3 December. The series began with the intention of creating a substantial archive of histories. The premise always acknowledged that there is no such thing as one linear history, rather a selection of histories that we must navigate to find our own. This being the case, Golden Thread Gallery anticipates twelve exhibitions, each with a guest curator who has specialist knowledge of a specific section of Northern Irish art history. Each exhibition is accompanied by a publication, which by the end of the series will act as a very tangible method of accessing the multitude of histories found in Northern Irish art. Curated by Máirtín Ó Muilleoir. Image Credits - Conrad Atkinson.
Queen Street Studios Gallery will showcase a selection of works by various Northern Irish artists whose practice examine questions of memory and memorialisation. Image: Peter Richards.
Memorial Discourses
Exhibition dates: Friday 21 October - Saturday 3 December 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Friday: 10.30am - 5.30pm Saturday: 10.30am - 4.00pm
Preview: Thursday 6 October 2011, 6.00pm 9.00pm
Golden Thread Gallery 84-94 Great Patrick Street T: 028 9033 0920 E: info@gtgallery.co.uk W: goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
Exhibition dates: Thursday 7 October - 5 November 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Thursday 10.00am - 5.00pm or by appointment
PS²
Attic Sandcastles - A Floor Raising Experience.
Catalyst Arts
Digital Arts in the Gallery: New Media Showcase New media and technologies are now in many peoples’ hands but how do artists employ them within visual art practice? Are artists coming to new media from other disciplines or have we reached a position where new media is the starting point? This exhibition aims to consider these questions by showcasing work by artists who use a range of new media in strategically different ways. Featuring work by previous Resident Artists of the Digital Arts Studios, this exhibition aims to provide an exemplary demonstration of how new media technologies intersect with visual art.
Preview: Thursday 6 October 2011, 7.00pm 10.00pm Exhibition dates: Thursday 6 October - Thursday 27 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 5pm Catalyst Arts 5 College Court T: 02890312900 E: angela@digitalartsstudios.com W: http://www.catalystarts.org.uk/ or http://www. digitalartsstudios.com/
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Queen Street Studios
Collective Histories of Northern Irish Art
A major building and refurbishing project which will not only include the raising of the floor, but also the insertion of miniature new galleries and populated worlds. An Alice in Wonderland experience, where novel possibilities will quickly inhabit the new spaces above and below. Image: Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell. DIRECTIONS FOR USE: Rummage, climb, crawl, use, confuse, dig, build, change, play. INGREDIENTS: bookie branches, builders at play, buses in training, carpet puddles, confusing commodities, corners, crazy paving, drainpipe periscopes, grass, hair-dos & don’ts, power tools, taps, trapdoors, umbrella utilities, video tapes, wallpaper, wandering buildings, windows, and wood.
Exhibition dates: Monday 10 October - Saturday 19 November 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Friday 1.00 5.00pm, Saturday 11.00am - 3.00pm PS2 18 Donegall Street T: 07733457772 E: pssquared@btconnect.com W: www.pssquared.org
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Golden Thread Gallery
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By showing art on Billboards we will bring art directly to the people. Collectively it will create an outdoor gallery of images in the heart of East Belfast. These will be located in high profile areas such as Albertbridge Rd, Short Strand, Connswater Shopping Centre, Newtownards Rd etc. The core elements to the programme: • Billboard sites across East Belfast • A tour of the billboard sites • Posters of the billboards
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
The theme relates to East Belfast and artists have been asked to explore the various cultures that currently have an impact on the area e.g. people, political, social, diversity etc.
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Celebrating Conservation in Ulster Launch date: Thursday 20 October 6.00pm 9.00pm Exhibition dates: Monday 17 October - 30 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Monday - Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm or by appointment
Showcasing conservation architecture across Northern Ireland, this exhibition hosted by PLACE and the RSUA Conservation Committee brings to light the painstaking and highly skilled work undertaken to restore and preserve fine architecture - much of which was previously at risk. Featured architects include the Boyd Partnership, Consarc Design Group, 22over7, Architects Knox and Markwell, and more.
Creative Exchange Artist Studios 310 Newtownards Rd T: 02890452299 E: davidcusty@btinternet.com W: www.creativeexchange.org.uk
We also want you to be part of Belfast Now. Join the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/BelfastNow and upload your photographs or short digital film clips showing what life in Belfast means to you. Your
contributions will create a landmark vision of modern life in our city. Belfast Now is a unique partnership between award winning production company DoubleBand Films, Channel 4, Belfast City Council and Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. Exhibition dates: Monday 17 October - Sunday 30 October
Preview: Thursday 8 September at 6pm Exhibition dates: Thursday 8 September Thursday 29 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Saturday 11.30am - 5.30pm (Late opening Thursday 11.30am - 7.30pm)
Making Art in Public Spaces Develop your inner art critic! This one-day master class, suitable for ages 9-11, explores art in public spaces: sculpture, designing artwork into the public realm and temporary artworks. Participants will find out what public art is, the different ways artists work outside the gallery and how artworks are made a part of our streets, parks and other public spaces. During the day, participants get to create their own temporary artwork in a public space. The workshop will be facilitated by artist and designer duo, Seainin Passi and David Hood.
Belfast Now Join photographer Adam Patterson and filmmaker Derville Quigley in creating a remarkable record of life in our contemporary city. Two of our very best new talents, Adam and Derville, have each created unique films giving their own interpretation of Belfast Now. These exciting new films exploring our rapidly changing city will screen for free throughout the Festival in Belfast City Hall.
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Art on the Eastside II
PLACE Architecture & Built Environment Centre
Queen’s Quarter: An Urban Walk The area around Queen’s University Belfast has some of the most charming and well-maintained streetscapes in Belfast. Our special daily tour for the Festival takes in some of the key buildings and streetscapes around Botanic, Lisburn Road, Malone and Stranmillis. We examine how the area’s urban environment has developed, recount the history of some of its iconic buildings and ponder what future developments may bring to the landscape.
Monday 17 October - Sunday 23 October at noon Donation format; minimum £2 Book online at go.placeni.org/qqtour Meet at the main front gate of Queen’s University
40 Fountain Street T: 02890232524 E: conor@placeni.org W: http://www.placeni.org
Dates: Saturday 15 October, 10.00am - 4.00pm £10 per child; 15 places available Book online at go.placeni.org/makingartinpublic Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Creative Exchange Artist Studios
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By showing art on Billboards we will bring art directly to the people. Collectively it will create an outdoor gallery of images in the heart of East Belfast. These will be located in high profile areas such as Albertbridge Rd, Short Strand, Connswater Shopping Centre, Newtownards Rd etc. The core elements to the programme: • Billboard sites across East Belfast • A tour of the billboard sites • Posters of the billboards
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
The theme relates to East Belfast and artists have been asked to explore the various cultures that currently have an impact on the area e.g. people, political, social, diversity etc.
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Celebrating Conservation in Ulster Launch date: Thursday 20 October 6.00pm 9.00pm Exhibition dates: Monday 17 October - 30 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Monday - Friday 10.00am - 5.00pm or by appointment
Showcasing conservation architecture across Northern Ireland, this exhibition hosted by PLACE and the RSUA Conservation Committee brings to light the painstaking and highly skilled work undertaken to restore and preserve fine architecture - much of which was previously at risk. Featured architects include the Boyd Partnership, Consarc Design Group, 22over7, Architects Knox and Markwell, and more.
Creative Exchange Artist Studios 310 Newtownards Rd T: 02890452299 E: davidcusty@btinternet.com W: www.creativeexchange.org.uk
We also want you to be part of Belfast Now. Join the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/BelfastNow and upload your photographs or short digital film clips showing what life in Belfast means to you. Your
contributions will create a landmark vision of modern life in our city. Belfast Now is a unique partnership between award winning production company DoubleBand Films, Channel 4, Belfast City Council and Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s. Exhibition dates: Monday 17 October - Sunday 30 October
Preview: Thursday 8 September at 6pm Exhibition dates: Thursday 8 September Thursday 29 October 2011 Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Saturday 11.30am - 5.30pm (Late opening Thursday 11.30am - 7.30pm)
Making Art in Public Spaces Develop your inner art critic! This one-day master class, suitable for ages 9-11, explores art in public spaces: sculpture, designing artwork into the public realm and temporary artworks. Participants will find out what public art is, the different ways artists work outside the gallery and how artworks are made a part of our streets, parks and other public spaces. During the day, participants get to create their own temporary artwork in a public space. The workshop will be facilitated by artist and designer duo, Seainin Passi and David Hood.
Belfast Now Join photographer Adam Patterson and filmmaker Derville Quigley in creating a remarkable record of life in our contemporary city. Two of our very best new talents, Adam and Derville, have each created unique films giving their own interpretation of Belfast Now. These exciting new films exploring our rapidly changing city will screen for free throughout the Festival in Belfast City Hall.
visual arts
Art on the Eastside II
PLACE Architecture & Built Environment Centre
Queen’s Quarter: An Urban Walk The area around Queen’s University Belfast has some of the most charming and well-maintained streetscapes in Belfast. Our special daily tour for the Festival takes in some of the key buildings and streetscapes around Botanic, Lisburn Road, Malone and Stranmillis. We examine how the area’s urban environment has developed, recount the history of some of its iconic buildings and ponder what future developments may bring to the landscape.
Monday 17 October - Sunday 23 October at noon Donation format; minimum £2 Book online at go.placeni.org/qqtour Meet at the main front gate of Queen’s University
40 Fountain Street T: 02890232524 E: conor@placeni.org W: http://www.placeni.org
Dates: Saturday 15 October, 10.00am - 4.00pm £10 per child; 15 places available Book online at go.placeni.org/makingartinpublic Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Creative Exchange Artist Studios
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Shattered Dreams - Israel and the Palestinians
Preview: Thursday 13 October, 7.00 - 9.00pm Exhibition dates: Friday 14 October Saturday 5 November 2011
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Gallery opening times: Monday - Saturday 10-5pm
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Mark Shields; The Broken and Scattered God Since 1997 Mark Shields has exhibited regularly in London, Berlin, Switzerland and most recently in South Africa. This exhibition, held in association with the Grosvenor Gallery, will be the first extensive body of work Shields has shown in Northern Ireland for twelve years and his first solo exhibition here since 1986. Mark Shields will be giving a lecture on his work at the Ulster Museum on 28th October as part of the RUA Annual Exhibition Educational Programme.
Preview: Tuesday 18 October, 6.00 - 8.00pm
Shattered Dreams revisits the Israel-Palestinian conflict within Israel, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza, and Lebanon. Taken on newspaper and magazine assignments over the last 25 years, acclaimed photojournalist Judah Passow’s images are more than simply a journalistic record of conflict and turmoil. They are the product of a very personal journey of exploration across the emotional landscape of the country in which he was born and for whose survival he once wore a uniform and fought. Red Barn Gallery 43b Rosemary Street T: 02890321901 E: info@rbgbelfast.com W: www.rbgbelfast.com
Culture, in all shapes and sizes.
Impressive, huh? This jigsaw puzzle of bones belongs to a giant Irish elk, on display in Belfast’s captivating Ulster Museum. Just one fascinating and fantastical example of Belfast’s vibrant cultural scene. A snippet of history from a city of festivals, art, crafts, independent film, theatre, music and literature.
Exhibition dates: Monday 19 October - Saturday 12 November
In fact, Belfast is an eclectic, cultural melting pot (make no bones about it).
Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Friday 10am 5pm, Saturday 10-2pm
See all of Belfast’s cultural offerings and oddities at
Dickon Hall Crescent Arts Centre T: 02890243744 E: dickon@dickonhall.co.uk W: www.dickonhall.co.uk
discovernorthernireland.com/exploremore
Ulster Museum, Belfast
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The Red Barn Gallery
Shattered Dreams - Israel and the Palestinians
Preview: Thursday 13 October, 7.00 - 9.00pm Exhibition dates: Friday 14 October Saturday 5 November 2011
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Gallery opening times: Monday - Saturday 10-5pm
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Dickon Hall
Mark Shields; The Broken and Scattered God Since 1997 Mark Shields has exhibited regularly in London, Berlin, Switzerland and most recently in South Africa. This exhibition, held in association with the Grosvenor Gallery, will be the first extensive body of work Shields has shown in Northern Ireland for twelve years and his first solo exhibition here since 1986. Mark Shields will be giving a lecture on his work at the Ulster Museum on 28th October as part of the RUA Annual Exhibition Educational Programme.
Preview: Tuesday 18 October, 6.00 - 8.00pm
Shattered Dreams revisits the Israel-Palestinian conflict within Israel, the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza, and Lebanon. Taken on newspaper and magazine assignments over the last 25 years, acclaimed photojournalist Judah Passow’s images are more than simply a journalistic record of conflict and turmoil. They are the product of a very personal journey of exploration across the emotional landscape of the country in which he was born and for whose survival he once wore a uniform and fought. Red Barn Gallery 43b Rosemary Street T: 02890321901 E: info@rbgbelfast.com W: www.rbgbelfast.com
Culture, in all shapes and sizes.
Impressive, huh? This jigsaw puzzle of bones belongs to a giant Irish elk, on display in Belfast’s captivating Ulster Museum. Just one fascinating and fantastical example of Belfast’s vibrant cultural scene. A snippet of history from a city of festivals, art, crafts, independent film, theatre, music and literature.
Exhibition dates: Monday 19 October - Saturday 12 November
In fact, Belfast is an eclectic, cultural melting pot (make no bones about it).
Gallery opening times: Tuesday - Friday 10am 5pm, Saturday 10-2pm
See all of Belfast’s cultural offerings and oddities at
Dickon Hall Crescent Arts Centre T: 02890243744 E: dickon@dickonhall.co.uk W: www.dickonhall.co.uk
discovernorthernireland.com/exploremore
Ulster Museum, Belfast
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The Red Barn Gallery
Peripheries
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
This year Queen’s University is proud to host the 11th Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference on the theme of ‘Peripheries.’ Challenging the idea that the centre primarily influences the periphery, the case will be made, on the periphery of Europe, that the opposite is often the case. To coincide
Fans of the silver screen are in for a real treat this weekend as the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum stages a feast of Titanic related films, for the first time ever, in the magnificent setting of the Rail Gallery. The programme brings together two of the best known films
associated with the ship and provides a choice to meet the needs of most audiences - from the serious Titanic expert to the casual visitor. The weekend has been created in partnership with Queen’s Film Theatre.
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 October 2011
film
film
Titanic Film Weekend
with the Conference QFT is delighted to be screening a short season of complementary films.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt)
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A Night to Remember
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New restored version
Produced by William MacQuitty, the son of a Managing Director of the Belfast Telegraph, this film is often credited with creating a renewed interest in Titanic. It was premiered on 1 July 1958 and will be shown in the Rail Gallery on a specially erected screen. Patrons are requested to attend this event in period costume as the showing takes place amidst the grand steam trains of the era.
Tickets to this exclusive preview of the film, months before it is re-released in 2012, are £15 (£12.50 concessions). Admission includes drinks on arrival, live music and free admission to Titanica: The Exhibition. Tickets are available from QFT, www.queensfilmtheatre. com. Drinks and food can be purchased on the night in the newly refurbished Midland Tea Room. Special thanks to Park Circus for making this screening possible.
Friday 14 October, Rail Gallery Doors open at 6.00pm, film starts 7.30pm Genre: Drama/ History Dir: Roy Ward Baker
Tickets are £6 (£5 concessions) and admission includes free admission to Titanica: The Exhibition. Tickets are available from QFT, www.queensfilmtheatre.com. Drinks and food can be purchased on the night in the newly refurbished Midland Tea Room.
nightlife. Heavily influenced by the earlier works of Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov, the film was itself very influential in fostering the “city symphony” or “opus” genre. It also paints a poignant portrait of the life of a city so far from and yet so near to the Nazi nightmare.
Thursday 27 October, 6.40pm Genre: Documentary Dir: Walter Ruttmann Germany / 1927 / 1 Hour 5 Mins No Cert
him. While menace, threat and danger lurk in the shadows, the rivals do battle in a ‘Game of Death’. Not only are their own lives at stake, but also those of a couple of newlyweds seeking shelter in the mysterious villa following a road accident.
Friday 28 October, 5.00pm Genre: Thriller Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer With: Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lucille Lund USA / 1934 / 1 Hour 2 Mins Cert:15
With: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres UK / 1958 / 1 Hours 58 Mins
The Black Cat
Cert: U
Deep in the Hungarian countryside, at his modernist villa built over the ruins of a First World War fortress, architect Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff) faces the challenge of the revenge-obsessed Doctor Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi) who is hell-bent on destroying
Titanic James Cameron’s 1997 movie is one of the most successful films ever made and the Rail Gallery will be the venue for this blockbuster. The large screen specially brought in for this programme is sure to show the film to its full dramatic effect.
This classic avant-garde documentary portrays a day in the life of Berlin of the late 1920s, a city enjoying a renaissance after the dregs of the Depression. A ‘symphony’ in five parts, Ruttmann’s film begins at dawn and ends at midnight, showing Berliners at hard work by day and enjoying the city’s boisterous
Saturday 15 October, Rail Gallery Doors Open at 6.00pm, film starts 7.00pm Genre: Drama/ History Dir: James Cameron With: Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane USA / 1997 / 2 Hours 47 Mins Cert: 12
Build Something Modern Build Something Modern is a moving documentary that tells the little known story of ground- breaking and idealistic young Irish architects, including Seán Rothery, Richard Hurley and Gerald Fay, who travelled to Africa from the 1950s to the 1970s in search of both challenge and creative freedom. As champions of modernism, the young architects, aided by the efforts
of colleagues from home, produced a large canon of remarkable architecture including churches, hospitals and schools deep in the heart of Africa.
Saturday 29 October, 4.00pm Genre: Documentary Dir: Nicky Gogan & Paul Rowley Ireland / 2011 / 1 Hour 10 Mins Cert: tbc
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Gala Screening
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Peripheries
Ulster Folk & Transport Museum
This year Queen’s University is proud to host the 11th Architectural Humanities Research Association Conference on the theme of ‘Peripheries.’ Challenging the idea that the centre primarily influences the periphery, the case will be made, on the periphery of Europe, that the opposite is often the case. To coincide
Fans of the silver screen are in for a real treat this weekend as the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum stages a feast of Titanic related films, for the first time ever, in the magnificent setting of the Rail Gallery. The programme brings together two of the best known films
associated with the ship and provides a choice to meet the needs of most audiences - from the serious Titanic expert to the casual visitor. The weekend has been created in partnership with Queen’s Film Theatre.
Friday 14 - Saturday 15 October 2011
film
film
Titanic Film Weekend
with the Conference QFT is delighted to be screening a short season of complementary films.
Berlin: Symphony of a Great City (Berlin: Die Sinfonie der Grosstadt)
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
A Night to Remember
70
New restored version
Produced by William MacQuitty, the son of a Managing Director of the Belfast Telegraph, this film is often credited with creating a renewed interest in Titanic. It was premiered on 1 July 1958 and will be shown in the Rail Gallery on a specially erected screen. Patrons are requested to attend this event in period costume as the showing takes place amidst the grand steam trains of the era.
Tickets to this exclusive preview of the film, months before it is re-released in 2012, are £15 (£12.50 concessions). Admission includes drinks on arrival, live music and free admission to Titanica: The Exhibition. Tickets are available from QFT, www.queensfilmtheatre. com. Drinks and food can be purchased on the night in the newly refurbished Midland Tea Room. Special thanks to Park Circus for making this screening possible.
Friday 14 October, Rail Gallery Doors open at 6.00pm, film starts 7.30pm Genre: Drama/ History Dir: Roy Ward Baker
Tickets are £6 (£5 concessions) and admission includes free admission to Titanica: The Exhibition. Tickets are available from QFT, www.queensfilmtheatre.com. Drinks and food can be purchased on the night in the newly refurbished Midland Tea Room.
nightlife. Heavily influenced by the earlier works of Russian filmmaker Dziga Vertov, the film was itself very influential in fostering the “city symphony” or “opus” genre. It also paints a poignant portrait of the life of a city so far from and yet so near to the Nazi nightmare.
Thursday 27 October, 6.40pm Genre: Documentary Dir: Walter Ruttmann Germany / 1927 / 1 Hour 5 Mins No Cert
him. While menace, threat and danger lurk in the shadows, the rivals do battle in a ‘Game of Death’. Not only are their own lives at stake, but also those of a couple of newlyweds seeking shelter in the mysterious villa following a road accident.
Friday 28 October, 5.00pm Genre: Thriller Dir: Edgar G. Ulmer With: Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lucille Lund USA / 1934 / 1 Hour 2 Mins Cert:15
With: Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres UK / 1958 / 1 Hours 58 Mins
The Black Cat
Cert: U
Deep in the Hungarian countryside, at his modernist villa built over the ruins of a First World War fortress, architect Hjalmar Poelzig (Boris Karloff) faces the challenge of the revenge-obsessed Doctor Vitus Werdegast (Bela Lugosi) who is hell-bent on destroying
Titanic James Cameron’s 1997 movie is one of the most successful films ever made and the Rail Gallery will be the venue for this blockbuster. The large screen specially brought in for this programme is sure to show the film to its full dramatic effect.
This classic avant-garde documentary portrays a day in the life of Berlin of the late 1920s, a city enjoying a renaissance after the dregs of the Depression. A ‘symphony’ in five parts, Ruttmann’s film begins at dawn and ends at midnight, showing Berliners at hard work by day and enjoying the city’s boisterous
Saturday 15 October, Rail Gallery Doors Open at 6.00pm, film starts 7.00pm Genre: Drama/ History Dir: James Cameron With: Leonardo Dicaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane USA / 1997 / 2 Hours 47 Mins Cert: 12
Build Something Modern Build Something Modern is a moving documentary that tells the little known story of ground- breaking and idealistic young Irish architects, including Seán Rothery, Richard Hurley and Gerald Fay, who travelled to Africa from the 1950s to the 1970s in search of both challenge and creative freedom. As champions of modernism, the young architects, aided by the efforts
of colleagues from home, produced a large canon of remarkable architecture including churches, hospitals and schools deep in the heart of Africa.
Saturday 29 October, 4.00pm Genre: Documentary Dir: Nicky Gogan & Paul Rowley Ireland / 2011 / 1 Hour 10 Mins Cert: tbc
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of film as something that can reveal the world to us in a different way, and maybe even change it a little in the process. Presented in association with Lux - Artists’ Moving Image www.lux.org.uk
Programme 5: Films by BS Johnson, John Smith and Patrick Keiller
Polly II: Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (2006, 30 mins)/ Trail of the Spider (2008, 54 mins)
The novelist BS Johnson killed himself in 1973 at the age of only 40. Recently enjoying something of a revival, Johnson was also a sometime film-maker, working across various genres. In You’re Human a young teacher awkwardly tries to explain his thoughts on mortality to his colleagues and his uninterested pupils. Paradigm
sci-fi dystopia and 18th-century social satire. Trail of the Spider recreates the epic panoramas of the Wild West using landfill sites in London’s Hackney - an area affected by the land grab accompanying the 2012 Olympics.
Programme 2: Films of William Raban: William Raban started making films in 1970 and has become one of the most influential figures in the experimental scene. Thames Film is a film-essay on the changing face of London’s river. In Beating the Bridges
we again travel down the Thames in the company of a jazz drummer. Continental Drift is a land - and seascape, reflecting the constancy of, and a meditation on, the techniques of cinema itself.
Programme 3: Dispossessed Spaces: Films by Brad Butler & Karen Mirza and The Otolith Group: Shot primarily in Karachi, The Exception and the Rule negotiates political themes but avoids traditional documentary modes, framing everyday activities within a period of civil unrest. Non-Places is an homage to
Structuralist film of the 1920s. Nervus Rerum explores the scarred landscape of Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine.
Date: Friday 14 October, 6.40pm
Date: Saturday 15 October, 6.40pm Thames Film (1986, 66 mins) / Sundial (1992, 1 min) / Confessions (1997, 1 min) / Beating the Bridges (1998, 11 mins) / Continental Drift (2005, 15 mins)
Date: Sunday 16 October, 6.40pm Butler & Mirza: The Exception & The Rule (2009, 37 mins) / Butler & Mirza: Non-Places (1999, 15 mins) / Otolith Group: Nervus Rerum (2008, 32 mins)
shows a rapidly ageing character in an abstract, formal world. Also presented are two early shorts from the director of Robinson in Space and London, Patrick Keiller, and a special treat for fans of John Smith, one of the most respected experimental film-makers working today.
Programme 6: Animation & Found FIlm: Lawrence A feast of animation and found footage. Larry Jordan, who has been making films for nearly 60 years, creates two-dimensional worlds governed by the logic of dreams. We present two of his most recent works, in which we travel out into the cosmos and enter an ‘alchemical melodrama’. Lewis Klahr is another
innovator and master collagist; the Daylight Moon Quartet is a perfect introduction to his beautifully innocent work. Perfect Film is a sequence of discarded, unedited news rushes from 1965 that document reactions to the assassination of Malcolm X.
Programme 7: Lux Curates… A selection of new work specially curated by Lux. Please check our website for full details of this programme. www.queensfilmtheatre.com
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Date: Monday 17 October, 6.40pm She Had Her Gun All Ready (1978, 28 mins)/ Like Dawn To Dust (1983, 5 mins)/ Rothach (1986, 8 mins)/ Images Ireland (1988, 14 mins) London Suite (1989, 28 mins)/ Molecular Moments
Programme 1: Two Films by David Panos & Anja Kirschner:
Polly II - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands, portrays the flooded ruins of East London in a fusion of Ballardian Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
A mini-retrospective of the work of Ireland’s leading experimental film-maker, spanning over 30 years of production in Ireland, New York and London. She Had Her Gun... is a powerful exploration of inequality in a relationship. London Suite is a kaleidoscopic arrangement of encounters and re-enactments, documenting Dick’s friends in conversation. Like Dawn To Dust Rothach and Images Ireland, meanwhile, were all shot in the west of Ireland after Dick’s return in the early 1980s.
Date: Thursday 20 October, 6.40pm
Date: Tuesday 18 October, 6.40pm Johnson: You’re Human Like The Rest Of Them (1967, 18 mins)/ Johnson: Paradigm (1968, 8 mins)/ Keiller: Stonebridge Park (1981, 21 mins)/ Keiller: The End (1986, 18 mins)/ Smith: Slow Glass (1988-91, 40 mins)
Jordan, Lewis Klahr & Ken Jacobs Date: Wednesday 19 October, 6.40pm Jordan: Cosmic Alchemy (2010, 24 mins)/ Jordan: The Miracle of Don Cristobal (2008, 11 mins)/ Klahr: Daylight Moon Quartet (comprising Valise, 2004, 14 mins; Hard Green, 2004, 5 mins; Soft Ticket, 2004, 7 mins; Daylight Moon, 2002, 14 mins)/ Jacobs: Perfect Film (1985, 21 mins)
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Dreams, Visions, Manifestoes: A Season of Experimental Film & Video QFT is pleased to present a programme of experimental film and video from the last 30 years specially selected by Daniel Jewesbury. There are screenings dedicated to important film-makers and particular genres, some recent works and a number of important but rarely-seen older works too. The work is wide-ranging in style and approach, all of it shares a belief in the radical potential
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Programme 4. Films of Vivienne Dick:
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of film as something that can reveal the world to us in a different way, and maybe even change it a little in the process. Presented in association with Lux - Artists’ Moving Image www.lux.org.uk
Programme 5: Films by BS Johnson, John Smith and Patrick Keiller
Polly II: Plan for a Revolution in Docklands (2006, 30 mins)/ Trail of the Spider (2008, 54 mins)
The novelist BS Johnson killed himself in 1973 at the age of only 40. Recently enjoying something of a revival, Johnson was also a sometime film-maker, working across various genres. In You’re Human a young teacher awkwardly tries to explain his thoughts on mortality to his colleagues and his uninterested pupils. Paradigm
sci-fi dystopia and 18th-century social satire. Trail of the Spider recreates the epic panoramas of the Wild West using landfill sites in London’s Hackney - an area affected by the land grab accompanying the 2012 Olympics.
Programme 2: Films of William Raban: William Raban started making films in 1970 and has become one of the most influential figures in the experimental scene. Thames Film is a film-essay on the changing face of London’s river. In Beating the Bridges
we again travel down the Thames in the company of a jazz drummer. Continental Drift is a land - and seascape, reflecting the constancy of, and a meditation on, the techniques of cinema itself.
Programme 3: Dispossessed Spaces: Films by Brad Butler & Karen Mirza and The Otolith Group: Shot primarily in Karachi, The Exception and the Rule negotiates political themes but avoids traditional documentary modes, framing everyday activities within a period of civil unrest. Non-Places is an homage to
Structuralist film of the 1920s. Nervus Rerum explores the scarred landscape of Jenin Refugee Camp in Palestine.
Date: Friday 14 October, 6.40pm
Date: Saturday 15 October, 6.40pm Thames Film (1986, 66 mins) / Sundial (1992, 1 min) / Confessions (1997, 1 min) / Beating the Bridges (1998, 11 mins) / Continental Drift (2005, 15 mins)
Date: Sunday 16 October, 6.40pm Butler & Mirza: The Exception & The Rule (2009, 37 mins) / Butler & Mirza: Non-Places (1999, 15 mins) / Otolith Group: Nervus Rerum (2008, 32 mins)
shows a rapidly ageing character in an abstract, formal world. Also presented are two early shorts from the director of Robinson in Space and London, Patrick Keiller, and a special treat for fans of John Smith, one of the most respected experimental film-makers working today.
Programme 6: Animation & Found FIlm: Lawrence A feast of animation and found footage. Larry Jordan, who has been making films for nearly 60 years, creates two-dimensional worlds governed by the logic of dreams. We present two of his most recent works, in which we travel out into the cosmos and enter an ‘alchemical melodrama’. Lewis Klahr is another
innovator and master collagist; the Daylight Moon Quartet is a perfect introduction to his beautifully innocent work. Perfect Film is a sequence of discarded, unedited news rushes from 1965 that document reactions to the assassination of Malcolm X.
Programme 7: Lux Curates… A selection of new work specially curated by Lux. Please check our website for full details of this programme. www.queensfilmtheatre.com
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Date: Monday 17 October, 6.40pm She Had Her Gun All Ready (1978, 28 mins)/ Like Dawn To Dust (1983, 5 mins)/ Rothach (1986, 8 mins)/ Images Ireland (1988, 14 mins) London Suite (1989, 28 mins)/ Molecular Moments
Programme 1: Two Films by David Panos & Anja Kirschner:
Polly II - Plan for a Revolution in Docklands, portrays the flooded ruins of East London in a fusion of Ballardian Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
A mini-retrospective of the work of Ireland’s leading experimental film-maker, spanning over 30 years of production in Ireland, New York and London. She Had Her Gun... is a powerful exploration of inequality in a relationship. London Suite is a kaleidoscopic arrangement of encounters and re-enactments, documenting Dick’s friends in conversation. Like Dawn To Dust Rothach and Images Ireland, meanwhile, were all shot in the west of Ireland after Dick’s return in the early 1980s.
Date: Thursday 20 October, 6.40pm
Date: Tuesday 18 October, 6.40pm Johnson: You’re Human Like The Rest Of Them (1967, 18 mins)/ Johnson: Paradigm (1968, 8 mins)/ Keiller: Stonebridge Park (1981, 21 mins)/ Keiller: The End (1986, 18 mins)/ Smith: Slow Glass (1988-91, 40 mins)
Jordan, Lewis Klahr & Ken Jacobs Date: Wednesday 19 October, 6.40pm Jordan: Cosmic Alchemy (2010, 24 mins)/ Jordan: The Miracle of Don Cristobal (2008, 11 mins)/ Klahr: Daylight Moon Quartet (comprising Valise, 2004, 14 mins; Hard Green, 2004, 5 mins; Soft Ticket, 2004, 7 mins; Daylight Moon, 2002, 14 mins)/ Jacobs: Perfect Film (1985, 21 mins)
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Dreams, Visions, Manifestoes: A Season of Experimental Film & Video QFT is pleased to present a programme of experimental film and video from the last 30 years specially selected by Daniel Jewesbury. There are screenings dedicated to important film-makers and particular genres, some recent works and a number of important but rarely-seen older works too. The work is wide-ranging in style and approach, all of it shares a belief in the radical potential
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Programme 4. Films of Vivienne Dick:
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Author of some of the most spine tingling tales in the English language, Montague Rhodes James (1862 1936) was an antiquarian and Cambridge scholar and is widely regarded as one of the greatest practitioners of supernatural short fiction. In this special event, John Connolly, the award-winning thriller writer, and Dr Darryl Jones, Head of English at Trinity College, Dublin, will pay tribute to James’ work and discuss the far reaching influence he has had on supernatural fiction.
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The event will include a screening of Jonathan Miller’s acclaimed 1968 adaptation of one of James’ most well known stories. Whistle and I’ll Come To You is genuinely terrifying, the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring
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M R James: ‘A Pleasing Terror’ Talk with John Connolly and Dr Darryl Jones a cemetery on an isolated coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes an unknown terror for its unfortunate finder… Date: Friday 21 October, 7.00pm Whistle and I’ll Come to You: Genre: TV/ Horror Dir: Jonathan Miller With: Michael Hordern UK 1968 42 mins Cert: PG
M R James: Night of the Demon Despite James’ literary reputation and lasting influence, relatively few of his stories have been adapted for the big screen. Night of the Demon is based on his 1911 short story ‘Casting the Runes’ and revolves around an American psychologist investigating a satanic cult suspected of multiple murders. Directed by the hugely talented Jacques Tourneur (Cat People), the film ends with the memorable (and scary) appearance of the titular demon - an addition Tourneur was very unhappy about. Nonetheless the film remains a classic of the genre and was nominated by Martin Scorsese as one of his scariest films of all time.
Date: Friday 21 October, 9.20pm Genre: Horror Dir: Jacques Tourneur With: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall Macginnis UK / 1957 / 1 Hour 35 Mins Cert: PG
A new edition of the Collected Ghost Stories of M R James, edited by Darryl Jones and published by Oxford University Press, will be available to buy from QFT priced £14.99.
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M R James Evening
1 March - 3
Full event information and online booking at www.queensfilmtheatre.com Normal QFT prices of £6.00/£5.00 concession apply to all screenings unless otherwise stated.
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Author of some of the most spine tingling tales in the English language, Montague Rhodes James (1862 1936) was an antiquarian and Cambridge scholar and is widely regarded as one of the greatest practitioners of supernatural short fiction. In this special event, John Connolly, the award-winning thriller writer, and Dr Darryl Jones, Head of English at Trinity College, Dublin, will pay tribute to James’ work and discuss the far reaching influence he has had on supernatural fiction.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
The event will include a screening of Jonathan Miller’s acclaimed 1968 adaptation of one of James’ most well known stories. Whistle and I’ll Come To You is genuinely terrifying, the tale of an introverted academic who happens upon a strange whistle while exploring
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M R James: ‘A Pleasing Terror’ Talk with John Connolly and Dr Darryl Jones a cemetery on an isolated coast. When blown, the whistle unleashes an unknown terror for its unfortunate finder… Date: Friday 21 October, 7.00pm Whistle and I’ll Come to You: Genre: TV/ Horror Dir: Jonathan Miller With: Michael Hordern UK 1968 42 mins Cert: PG
M R James: Night of the Demon Despite James’ literary reputation and lasting influence, relatively few of his stories have been adapted for the big screen. Night of the Demon is based on his 1911 short story ‘Casting the Runes’ and revolves around an American psychologist investigating a satanic cult suspected of multiple murders. Directed by the hugely talented Jacques Tourneur (Cat People), the film ends with the memorable (and scary) appearance of the titular demon - an addition Tourneur was very unhappy about. Nonetheless the film remains a classic of the genre and was nominated by Martin Scorsese as one of his scariest films of all time.
Date: Friday 21 October, 9.20pm Genre: Horror Dir: Jacques Tourneur With: Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins, Niall Macginnis UK / 1957 / 1 Hour 35 Mins Cert: PG
A new edition of the Collected Ghost Stories of M R James, edited by Darryl Jones and published by Oxford University Press, will be available to buy from QFT priced £14.99.
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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M R James Evening
1 March - 3
Full event information and online booking at www.queensfilmtheatre.com Normal QFT prices of £6.00/£5.00 concession apply to all screenings unless otherwise stated.
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Inspired by our focus on M R James, our selection of classic ghost stories features some of film’s most spinechilling apparitions. From its very beginnings the medium of film has had an affinity with the spectral figure
of the ghost; from the Victorians’ obsession with spirit photography right through to recent films like Paranormal Activity, film has attempted to capture and represent the supernatural; to render the invisible visible.
Carnival of Souls
Blithe Spirit
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A very different take on the ghost story, Blithe Spirit was adapted from Noel Coward’s play of the same name and directed by the great David Lean. Full of Coward’s customary wit, the film stars Rex Harrison as novelist Charles Condomine. When Charles decides to hold a séance at home, hosted by the eccentric medium Madame Arcati (the wonderful Margaret Rutherford) the ghost of his ex-wife Elvira is conjured up, something his current (and very much alive) wife Ruth is none too happy about…
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Saturday 22 October, 4.00pm
Date: Sunday 23 October 9.15pm
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy
Dir: Herk Hervey
Dir: David Lean
Genre:Horror
With: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond
With: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger
UK / 1945 / 1 Hour 31 Mins
US 1962 / 1 Hour 18 Mins
Cert: U
Cert 15
The Shining Director Stanley Kubrick and co-writer Diane Johnson elevate Stephen King’s simple tale of demonic possession into a complex, revelatory, scary as hell riff on the decline of the American Empire, and make a typewriter and sheaf of paper more terrifying than any bogeyman. Jack Nicholson gives one of his very best performances as blocked writer/possessed caretaker Jack Torrance. Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers are equally superb. John Alcott’s fluid cinematography makes the Overlook Hotel an ominous character in itself.
Saturday 22 October, 9.15pm Genre: Drama/Horror/Mystery Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd UK / USA / 1980 / 1 Hour 54 Mins Cert: 18
The Haunting Probably better known for musicals The Sound of Music and West Side Story, director Robert Wise proved he could summon up chills as well as tunes with this genuinely scary adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House, the ultimate haunted house story. Focusing on a group of paranormal investigators who are staying in the house in a bid to uncover its secrets, The Haunting evokes a creeping sense of terror and has one of cinema’s scariest moments ever. Martin Scorsese rated it his number one scary film and who are we to disagree?
Monday 24 October, 9.15pm Genre: Drama/Horror Dir: Robert Wise With: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson USA / UK / 1963 / 1 Hour 47 Mins Cert: 12
The ghost story gets turned on its head in this uniquely creepy cult curio. Eerie and stylish from the very start, this dream-like ghost story sees a brittle blonde, Mary, and two of her friends crash off a bridge into the river below after a drag race goes wrong. Emerging dazed from the muddy water, Mary soon starts to realise something is not quite right as she find herself experiencing strange hallucinations and being pursued by a creepy whitefaced man. Her bizarre fantasies continue until she finds herself in a decaying amusement park, the carnival of souls…
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Apparitions: the Spectral Screen
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Inspired by our focus on M R James, our selection of classic ghost stories features some of film’s most spinechilling apparitions. From its very beginnings the medium of film has had an affinity with the spectral figure
of the ghost; from the Victorians’ obsession with spirit photography right through to recent films like Paranormal Activity, film has attempted to capture and represent the supernatural; to render the invisible visible.
Carnival of Souls
Blithe Spirit
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
A very different take on the ghost story, Blithe Spirit was adapted from Noel Coward’s play of the same name and directed by the great David Lean. Full of Coward’s customary wit, the film stars Rex Harrison as novelist Charles Condomine. When Charles decides to hold a séance at home, hosted by the eccentric medium Madame Arcati (the wonderful Margaret Rutherford) the ghost of his ex-wife Elvira is conjured up, something his current (and very much alive) wife Ruth is none too happy about…
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Saturday 22 October, 4.00pm
Date: Sunday 23 October 9.15pm
Genre: Comedy/Drama/Fantasy
Dir: Herk Hervey
Dir: David Lean
Genre:Horror
With: Rex Harrison, Constance Cummings, Kay Hammond
With: Candace Hilligoss, Frances Feist, Sidney Berger
UK / 1945 / 1 Hour 31 Mins
US 1962 / 1 Hour 18 Mins
Cert: U
Cert 15
The Shining Director Stanley Kubrick and co-writer Diane Johnson elevate Stephen King’s simple tale of demonic possession into a complex, revelatory, scary as hell riff on the decline of the American Empire, and make a typewriter and sheaf of paper more terrifying than any bogeyman. Jack Nicholson gives one of his very best performances as blocked writer/possessed caretaker Jack Torrance. Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd and Scatman Crothers are equally superb. John Alcott’s fluid cinematography makes the Overlook Hotel an ominous character in itself.
Saturday 22 October, 9.15pm Genre: Drama/Horror/Mystery Dir: Stanley Kubrick With: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd UK / USA / 1980 / 1 Hour 54 Mins Cert: 18
The Haunting Probably better known for musicals The Sound of Music and West Side Story, director Robert Wise proved he could summon up chills as well as tunes with this genuinely scary adaptation of Shirley Jackson’s novel The Haunting of Hill House, the ultimate haunted house story. Focusing on a group of paranormal investigators who are staying in the house in a bid to uncover its secrets, The Haunting evokes a creeping sense of terror and has one of cinema’s scariest moments ever. Martin Scorsese rated it his number one scary film and who are we to disagree?
Monday 24 October, 9.15pm Genre: Drama/Horror Dir: Robert Wise With: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson USA / UK / 1963 / 1 Hour 47 Mins Cert: 12
The ghost story gets turned on its head in this uniquely creepy cult curio. Eerie and stylish from the very start, this dream-like ghost story sees a brittle blonde, Mary, and two of her friends crash off a bridge into the river below after a drag race goes wrong. Emerging dazed from the muddy water, Mary soon starts to realise something is not quite right as she find herself experiencing strange hallucinations and being pursued by a creepy whitefaced man. Her bizarre fantasies continue until she finds herself in a decaying amusement park, the carnival of souls…
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Apparitions: the Spectral Screen
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The Blair Witch Project was a sensation when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, receiving huge critical acclaim. As brilliantly constructed as it was innovative, it sparked a whole genre of mock-docs and ‘found footage’ features which are still being made today. By playing on our innate fear of the unknown it continues to inspire fear and provides proof that
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The Devil’s Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo)
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Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, The Devil’s Backbone is a chilling ghost story with a political twist. Set in a school-cum-orphanage at the end of the Spanish Civil War, the film begins as a childhood rite of passage tale centred on ten year old Carlos before developing into a terrifying supernatural thriller. A victim of school bullies, Carlos’ life is made even more unpleasant when he begins to seeing the ghost of a fellow orphan who was brutally murdered shortly before his arrival.
To coincide with this year’s Frieze Art Fair, a selection of films commissioned by the Frieze Foundation will be shown. The films include work by an extraordinary range of leading contemporary artists, from those who have never worked with film before through to established filmmakers. The Frieze Film touring programme brings together a selection of these commissions for the first time. From Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong
Tuesday 25 October, 9.15pm Genre: Horror/Mystery Dir: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez With: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard USA / 1999 / 1 Hour 20 Mins Cert: 15
Spain/Mexico / 2001 / 1 Hour 47 Mins Cert: 15
Image: Maki Hitomi, Shaking Heads, 2010
Genre: Fantasy/Horror/Mystery Dir: Guillermo Del Toro With: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Date: Sunday 16 October, 4.15pm Running time: approximately 1hr 15mins The recommended age for the programmes above is age 15+.
Spanish With English Subtitles
Scott Centenary: The Great White Silence Ring (Ringu) A grainy, enigmatic videotape has the power to kill people seven days after they watch it. This brilliant premise fuelled the 2002 Hollywood hit The Ring, but before that it conquered Japan in Ringu, Hideo Nakata’s quietly unsettling study in terror. Fans of the U.S. version will find a less elaborate storyline and more primal
fear in the original. The basic plot, however, still has a worried reporter (Nanako Matsushima) tracking down the meaning of the video-and, having watched it herself, she has only a week to work it out. Japanese With English Subtitles
Thursday 27 October, 9.15pm Genre: Horror/Mystery Dir: Hideo Nakata With: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi / Japan / 1998 / 1 Hour 35 Mins Cert: 15
Date: Sunday 16 October, 2.00pm
Contemporary Art and the Moving Image: 2 In response to the increasing prevalence of video as a vital part of the practice of many contemporary artists, the Empress Gallery presents a second compilation of short videos made by some of the most exciting and challenging artists working today. Videos include video art, short films, animations, video documentation of performances and installations, and more. Featuring videos by Owen Boss, Cherith Brown, Declan Byrne, Lesley Cherry, Lisa Castagner, Maki Hitomi, Ryan Moffett, Angela Molloy, Elvina Porter-McCullough, Laura Wilson, and more to be confirmed.
Wednesday 26 October, 9.15pm
Weerasethakul’s The Anthem (2006), a filmic ‘blessing’ for the cinema in which it appears, to Linder’s carnivalesque Forgetful Green (2010), it offers a unique snapshot of contemporary approaches to the moving image.
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Frieze Film Touring Programme
it doesn’t take a blockbuster budget to make a truly terrifying horror film.
The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole restored by the BFI, with a new score from Simon Fisher Turner. A hundred years ago the British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott set out on its ill-fated race to the South Pole. On board the Terra Nova was official cinematographer Herbert Ponting, and the images that he captured have fired imaginations ever since. Ponting filmed almost every aspect of the expedition. The BFI National Archive has restored the film using the latest techniques. The alien
beauty of the landscape is brought dramatically to life and the world of the expedition shown in brilliant detail. Genre: Documentary Dir: Herbert Ponting With: Robert Falcon Scott Uk / 1924 / 1 Hour 48 Mins Cert: U
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The Blair Witch Project In October of 1994 three student filmmakers disappeared in the woods near Burkittsville, Maryland, while shooting a documentary...A year later their footage was found.
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The Blair Witch Project was a sensation when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, receiving huge critical acclaim. As brilliantly constructed as it was innovative, it sparked a whole genre of mock-docs and ‘found footage’ features which are still being made today. By playing on our innate fear of the unknown it continues to inspire fear and provides proof that
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
The Devil’s Backbone (El Espinazo del Diablo)
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Directed by Guillermo Del Toro, The Devil’s Backbone is a chilling ghost story with a political twist. Set in a school-cum-orphanage at the end of the Spanish Civil War, the film begins as a childhood rite of passage tale centred on ten year old Carlos before developing into a terrifying supernatural thriller. A victim of school bullies, Carlos’ life is made even more unpleasant when he begins to seeing the ghost of a fellow orphan who was brutally murdered shortly before his arrival.
To coincide with this year’s Frieze Art Fair, a selection of films commissioned by the Frieze Foundation will be shown. The films include work by an extraordinary range of leading contemporary artists, from those who have never worked with film before through to established filmmakers. The Frieze Film touring programme brings together a selection of these commissions for the first time. From Cannes Palme d’Or winner Apichatpong
Tuesday 25 October, 9.15pm Genre: Horror/Mystery Dir: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez With: Heather Donahue, Michael C. Williams, Joshua Leonard USA / 1999 / 1 Hour 20 Mins Cert: 15
Spain/Mexico / 2001 / 1 Hour 47 Mins Cert: 15
Image: Maki Hitomi, Shaking Heads, 2010
Genre: Fantasy/Horror/Mystery Dir: Guillermo Del Toro With: Marisa Paredes, Eduardo Noriega, Federico Luppi
Date: Sunday 16 October, 4.15pm Running time: approximately 1hr 15mins The recommended age for the programmes above is age 15+.
Spanish With English Subtitles
Scott Centenary: The Great White Silence Ring (Ringu) A grainy, enigmatic videotape has the power to kill people seven days after they watch it. This brilliant premise fuelled the 2002 Hollywood hit The Ring, but before that it conquered Japan in Ringu, Hideo Nakata’s quietly unsettling study in terror. Fans of the U.S. version will find a less elaborate storyline and more primal
fear in the original. The basic plot, however, still has a worried reporter (Nanako Matsushima) tracking down the meaning of the video-and, having watched it herself, she has only a week to work it out. Japanese With English Subtitles
Thursday 27 October, 9.15pm Genre: Horror/Mystery Dir: Hideo Nakata With: Nanako Matsushima, Miki Nakatani, Yûko Takeuchi / Japan / 1998 / 1 Hour 35 Mins Cert: 15
Date: Sunday 16 October, 2.00pm
Contemporary Art and the Moving Image: 2 In response to the increasing prevalence of video as a vital part of the practice of many contemporary artists, the Empress Gallery presents a second compilation of short videos made by some of the most exciting and challenging artists working today. Videos include video art, short films, animations, video documentation of performances and installations, and more. Featuring videos by Owen Boss, Cherith Brown, Declan Byrne, Lesley Cherry, Lisa Castagner, Maki Hitomi, Ryan Moffett, Angela Molloy, Elvina Porter-McCullough, Laura Wilson, and more to be confirmed.
Wednesday 26 October, 9.15pm
Weerasethakul’s The Anthem (2006), a filmic ‘blessing’ for the cinema in which it appears, to Linder’s carnivalesque Forgetful Green (2010), it offers a unique snapshot of contemporary approaches to the moving image.
film
Frieze Film Touring Programme
it doesn’t take a blockbuster budget to make a truly terrifying horror film.
The official record of Captain Scott’s legendary expedition to the South Pole restored by the BFI, with a new score from Simon Fisher Turner. A hundred years ago the British Antarctic Expedition led by Captain Scott set out on its ill-fated race to the South Pole. On board the Terra Nova was official cinematographer Herbert Ponting, and the images that he captured have fired imaginations ever since. Ponting filmed almost every aspect of the expedition. The BFI National Archive has restored the film using the latest techniques. The alien
beauty of the landscape is brought dramatically to life and the world of the expedition shown in brilliant detail. Genre: Documentary Dir: Herbert Ponting With: Robert Falcon Scott Uk / 1924 / 1 Hour 48 Mins Cert: U
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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Special rates are available for group bookings The following selection highlights just some of the festival events which are suitable for schools
SEPT-OCT HIGHLIGHTS AT QFT
PROJECT NIM FROM 2 SEPT
KEN LOACH SEASON FROM 13 SEPT
NT LIVE – ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS 15 SEPT ONLY
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN FROM 21 OCT
Go to main Queen’s University Lanyon Building, turn left and go upstairs. Opening times: Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 4pm Late night opening until 8pm on first Thursday of every month On-line: www.naughtongallery.org Telephone: +44 (0)28 9097 3580
Visit today!
Why not visit the new QFT Bar before your festival show? For further information and online booking, please visit www.queensfilmtheatre.com QFT, 20 University Square, Belfast.
Hamlet - Key Stage 4 and above Woyzeck and the Highveld - Key Stage 5 Both sides of the Story - Key Stage 5 Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life - Key Stage 5 Id - Key Stage 3 and above (performing arts) The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets Key Stage 4 and above The Diary of Anne Frank - Key Stage 4 and above (music and perfroming arts) Opening Concert - Key stage 3 and above (music) Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - Key Stage 5 West Side Story - Key Stage 3 and above
Enchanted Garden The Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s are offering schools or community groups the chance to take part in a fantastic addition to the ‘Enchanted Garden’ programme in Belfast’s Botanic Gardens. We’re looking for groups of 20 - 25 young people (aged 14-25) with an interest in the performing arts. You’ll be working alongside our professional workshop leaders to be transformed in to Flower Fairies, Cheeky Pixies and Grumpy Goblins - and will take part in the magical mystery that is the Enchanted Garden, one of the highlights and most popular events of the festival calendar. You’ll need to be available for up to 4 rehearsal sessions and for one performance night during the festival run we’re looking for singers, dancers and anyone
with an inclination towards acting - and in return you get to take part in Northern Ireland’s Flagship Festival. Contact email for Enchanted Garden workshops festivalservice@qub.ac.uk
Wayne Mcgregor | Random Dance Workshop A workshop for dance students led by Odette Hughes, Associate Director at Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, will be held on Saturday 15th October. Places are limited and subject to a £10 booking fee. Minimum participant age is 18. The workshop will explore choreographic tasks that reflect and expose the processes of Wayne McGregor and his dancers during the creation of FAR. To book a place, email your contact details to festivalservice@qub.ac.uk
Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Festival Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s has teamed up with the Workers’ Educational Association to offer guided tours to 8 community groups which consider themselves to be Festival phobic. Each tour includes attendance at a broad range of events over the Festival period. Tickets to the events and the assistance of a friendly Festival guide are offered free of charge. Supported by Belfast City Council & Community Relations Council. If the events on offer are a new experience for your community group and you’d like to know more, please contact Carole Kane, carole.kane@wea-ni.com for more details.
Woyzeck on the Highveld Workshop A workshop led by one of the professionals who has worked with Handspring in the UK at the National Theatre and on War Horse will accompany the performances of Woyzeck. The workshop will be an exploration of the underlying principles of Handspring’s work, the manipulation of puppets and the challenges of ensemble puppetry. The workshop will take place on Saturday 22nd October from 2.00pm to 5.00pm and is suitable for A Level students, University students and professionals. The cost for attendance is £10 and places are limited. To book your place please contact festivalservice@qub.ac.uk
Ulster Bank Community Ticket Scheme 1,000 free tickets available for community groups and registered charities Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is giving your group the chance to attend one of the must-see shows of this year’s Festival. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to one of the following six shows: Irish Sea Sessions The Animals and Children took to the streets Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Woyzeck and the HighVeld Joanna MacGregor Shlomo and the Lip Factory Terms and conditions apply. For more details and to submit an application, log on to www.ulsterbank.com/arts
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Schools
education & outreach
Education & Outreach
GREAT ART IN A SPECIAL PLACE
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Special rates are available for group bookings The following selection highlights just some of the festival events which are suitable for schools
SEPT-OCT HIGHLIGHTS AT QFT
PROJECT NIM FROM 2 SEPT
KEN LOACH SEASON FROM 13 SEPT
NT LIVE – ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS 15 SEPT ONLY
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN FROM 21 OCT
Go to main Queen’s University Lanyon Building, turn left and go upstairs. Opening times: Tuesday – Sunday 11am – 4pm Late night opening until 8pm on first Thursday of every month On-line: www.naughtongallery.org Telephone: +44 (0)28 9097 3580
Visit today!
Why not visit the new QFT Bar before your festival show? For further information and online booking, please visit www.queensfilmtheatre.com QFT, 20 University Square, Belfast.
Hamlet - Key Stage 4 and above Woyzeck and the Highveld - Key Stage 5 Both sides of the Story - Key Stage 5 Guidelines for a Long and Happy Life - Key Stage 5 Id - Key Stage 3 and above (performing arts) The Animals and the Children Took to the Streets Key Stage 4 and above The Diary of Anne Frank - Key Stage 4 and above (music and perfroming arts) Opening Concert - Key stage 3 and above (music) Danny and the Deep Blue Sea - Key Stage 5 West Side Story - Key Stage 3 and above
Enchanted Garden The Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s are offering schools or community groups the chance to take part in a fantastic addition to the ‘Enchanted Garden’ programme in Belfast’s Botanic Gardens. We’re looking for groups of 20 - 25 young people (aged 14-25) with an interest in the performing arts. You’ll be working alongside our professional workshop leaders to be transformed in to Flower Fairies, Cheeky Pixies and Grumpy Goblins - and will take part in the magical mystery that is the Enchanted Garden, one of the highlights and most popular events of the festival calendar. You’ll need to be available for up to 4 rehearsal sessions and for one performance night during the festival run we’re looking for singers, dancers and anyone
with an inclination towards acting - and in return you get to take part in Northern Ireland’s Flagship Festival. Contact email for Enchanted Garden workshops festivalservice@qub.ac.uk
Wayne Mcgregor | Random Dance Workshop A workshop for dance students led by Odette Hughes, Associate Director at Wayne McGregor | Random Dance, will be held on Saturday 15th October. Places are limited and subject to a £10 booking fee. Minimum participant age is 18. The workshop will explore choreographic tasks that reflect and expose the processes of Wayne McGregor and his dancers during the creation of FAR. To book a place, email your contact details to festivalservice@qub.ac.uk
Hitchhikers’ Guide to the Festival Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s has teamed up with the Workers’ Educational Association to offer guided tours to 8 community groups which consider themselves to be Festival phobic. Each tour includes attendance at a broad range of events over the Festival period. Tickets to the events and the assistance of a friendly Festival guide are offered free of charge. Supported by Belfast City Council & Community Relations Council. If the events on offer are a new experience for your community group and you’d like to know more, please contact Carole Kane, carole.kane@wea-ni.com for more details.
Woyzeck on the Highveld Workshop A workshop led by one of the professionals who has worked with Handspring in the UK at the National Theatre and on War Horse will accompany the performances of Woyzeck. The workshop will be an exploration of the underlying principles of Handspring’s work, the manipulation of puppets and the challenges of ensemble puppetry. The workshop will take place on Saturday 22nd October from 2.00pm to 5.00pm and is suitable for A Level students, University students and professionals. The cost for attendance is £10 and places are limited. To book your place please contact festivalservice@qub.ac.uk
Ulster Bank Community Ticket Scheme 1,000 free tickets available for community groups and registered charities Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is giving your group the chance to attend one of the must-see shows of this year’s Festival. Tickets will be allocated on a first come, first served basis to one of the following six shows: Irish Sea Sessions The Animals and Children took to the streets Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Woyzeck and the HighVeld Joanna MacGregor Shlomo and the Lip Factory Terms and conditions apply. For more details and to submit an application, log on to www.ulsterbank.com/arts
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
Schools
education & outreach
Education & Outreach
GREAT ART IN A SPECIAL PLACE
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Festival Discounts
Online www.belfastfestival.com
Standard Concession
Captioned and Audio Described Performances There will be a captioned and audio described performance of Both sides of the Story on Tuesday 25 October, page 13. All performances of Hamlet are surtitled and suitable for deaf patrons
By Phone: Festival Box Office 028 9097 1197 Text Phone (Belfast Festival) 028 9097 1324
Certain events will have a concession price which is available to full time students, senior citizens, disabled audiences and the unemployed. Proof of identity may be required. There is a limited number of concession tickets available at events offered.
Tickets for Lyric Theatre events can be booked by phoning 028 9038 1081 or online at www.lyrictheatre.co.uk
Group Discounts
Bianca Jagger’s talk (page 53) will be a signed lecture.
For every 10 full-price tickets purchased you get another FREE! (Tickets must be purchased in one transaction. Discount not applicable to certain events). More details on group discounts can be found in our Box Office section on our website.
Venue Information
Tickets for Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall events also available by phoning 028 9033 4455, online at www.waterfront.co.uk and www.ulsterhall.co.uk, and from the Waterfront and Ulster Hall Box Offices. Tickets for Grand Opera House events can only be booked by phoning 028 9024 1919, online at www.goh.co.uk or in person at Grand Opera House. In Person at Queen’s Welcome Centre Queen’s University , main Lanyon building see map for details - Belfast BT7 1NN Phone and in person bookings 9.00am-6.00pm MondayFriday and 10am-2pm Saturday
Booking Fee
Please note that there is a £1.50 booking fee per transaction on all tickets purchased online or by phone. (This applies to tickets booked via Festival website and box office phone number. For tickets booked with other venues, charges may vary.)
No Exchange or Refund
Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded for any reason except in case of a cancellation of a performance by the Festival. Full details on www.belfastfestival.com
Access Information If you require a personal assistant, you are entitled to the concession price (if one is available for your chosen event) and your personal assistant goes free. Please inform our Box Office staff if you are a wheelchair user or if you have mobility difficulties, visual impairment, or a hearing impairment requiring the use of an induction loop. This will allow us to inform our Front of House staff to ensure you are seated in the most appropriate place. For example, if you want to use audio description, we’ll need to book a headset for you. Patrons requiring a wheelchair space for the Waterfront Hall, Ulster Hall, or Grand Opera House should contact those venues directly from the numbers listed above. Alternate Brochure Formats - the Festival brochure is available in Braille, large print, audio CD and DAISY formats. Tel 028 9097 1197 to obtain a copy or email Festivalservice@qub.ac.uk. A digital version of the brochure, with zoom capability, is available on our website www.belfastfestival.com.
Request programme is a non-verbal, physical theatre show which can be enjoyed by deaf patrons
how to book
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Box Office Belfast Barge, Lanyon Quay Belfast Exposed Photography Belfast Harbour Office/ harbour Commissioners Belfast Print Workshop Gallery Belfast Waterfront (and Studio) Black Box Botanic Gardens Crescent Arts Centre Elmwood Hall Empire Music Hall Front Gate of Queens Grand Opera House/Baby Grand John Hewitt Bar Lyric theatre Mandela Hall May Street Church Naughton Gallery at Queen’s Obel Tower Oh Yeah Music Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse PLACE QFT / Brian Friel Theatre Queen Street Studios Rail Gallery, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Sonic Art’s Research Centre St. Peter’s Cathedral St. Thomas’ Church T13 Titanic Quarter The Red Barn Gallery The Speakeasy Ulster Hall Ulster Museum Exchange and Assembly Rooms Europa Hotel PS2 Catalyst Arts Golden Thread Gallery Creative Exchange Artist Studios
How to Book
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is a disability friendly organisation. While it is our policy to be all-inclusive, some of our venues may not have full accessibility. Please refer to our map and venue listings information, available online at www.belfastFestival.com. If you require further information or a more detailed description please phone our Festival Box Office on 028 9097 1197. Additional information on accessible venues can be found at http://www.adaptni.org
Festival Staff FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Graeme Farrow MARKETING MANAGER Seána Skeffington MARKETING ASSISTANT Maria Maginness BOX OFFICE & SALES MANAGER Michael Kelly PROGRAMME & OPERATIONS MANAGER Pádraig Ó Duinnín OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Lauren McKenna FINANCE OFFICER Sarah Kelly OFFICE MANAGER Anne McAlister PRESS MANAGER Esther Haller-Clarke CONSULTANT PROGRAMMER Brian Carson HEAD OF QFT Susan Picken QFT PRESS & MARKETING OFFICER Sarah Hughes QFT EDUCATION OFFICER Marion Campbell QFT PROGRAMME & BOOKING OFFICER Michael Staley QFT FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER Lorraine Orr QFT DEPUTY FOH MANAGER Stuart Campbell CURATOR OF ART Shan McAnena GALLERY ADMINISTRATOR Nuala McGreevy GALLERY EXHIBITIONS OFFICER Rosie Le Garsmeur
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
festival map
Key
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36 20 34
14
3 7
29
30
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2
5
37 24
25 39
6 17
13
Great Victoria St
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
21
11
Unive rsity R d
9 10
16 31 28
Belfast
18 23
12 1 15
33 26 8
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32
35
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Festival Discounts
Online www.belfastfestival.com
Standard Concession
Captioned and Audio Described Performances There will be a captioned and audio described performance of Both sides of the Story on Tuesday 25 October, page 13. All performances of Hamlet are surtitled and suitable for deaf patrons
By Phone: Festival Box Office 028 9097 1197 Text Phone (Belfast Festival) 028 9097 1324
Certain events will have a concession price which is available to full time students, senior citizens, disabled audiences and the unemployed. Proof of identity may be required. There is a limited number of concession tickets available at events offered.
Tickets for Lyric Theatre events can be booked by phoning 028 9038 1081 or online at www.lyrictheatre.co.uk
Group Discounts
Bianca Jagger’s talk (page 53) will be a signed lecture.
For every 10 full-price tickets purchased you get another FREE! (Tickets must be purchased in one transaction. Discount not applicable to certain events). More details on group discounts can be found in our Box Office section on our website.
Venue Information
Tickets for Belfast Waterfront and Ulster Hall events also available by phoning 028 9033 4455, online at www.waterfront.co.uk and www.ulsterhall.co.uk, and from the Waterfront and Ulster Hall Box Offices. Tickets for Grand Opera House events can only be booked by phoning 028 9024 1919, online at www.goh.co.uk or in person at Grand Opera House. In Person at Queen’s Welcome Centre Queen’s University , main Lanyon building see map for details - Belfast BT7 1NN Phone and in person bookings 9.00am-6.00pm MondayFriday and 10am-2pm Saturday
Booking Fee
Please note that there is a £1.50 booking fee per transaction on all tickets purchased online or by phone. (This applies to tickets booked via Festival website and box office phone number. For tickets booked with other venues, charges may vary.)
No Exchange or Refund
Once purchased, tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded for any reason except in case of a cancellation of a performance by the Festival. Full details on www.belfastfestival.com
Access Information If you require a personal assistant, you are entitled to the concession price (if one is available for your chosen event) and your personal assistant goes free. Please inform our Box Office staff if you are a wheelchair user or if you have mobility difficulties, visual impairment, or a hearing impairment requiring the use of an induction loop. This will allow us to inform our Front of House staff to ensure you are seated in the most appropriate place. For example, if you want to use audio description, we’ll need to book a headset for you. Patrons requiring a wheelchair space for the Waterfront Hall, Ulster Hall, or Grand Opera House should contact those venues directly from the numbers listed above. Alternate Brochure Formats - the Festival brochure is available in Braille, large print, audio CD and DAISY formats. Tel 028 9097 1197 to obtain a copy or email Festivalservice@qub.ac.uk. A digital version of the brochure, with zoom capability, is available on our website www.belfastfestival.com.
Request programme is a non-verbal, physical theatre show which can be enjoyed by deaf patrons
how to book
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1 2 3 4
another festival brochure by: www.darraghneely.com
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Box Office Belfast Barge, Lanyon Quay Belfast Exposed Photography Belfast Harbour Office/ harbour Commissioners Belfast Print Workshop Gallery Belfast Waterfront (and Studio) Black Box Botanic Gardens Crescent Arts Centre Elmwood Hall Empire Music Hall Front Gate of Queens Grand Opera House/Baby Grand John Hewitt Bar Lyric theatre Mandela Hall May Street Church Naughton Gallery at Queen’s Obel Tower Oh Yeah Music Centre Old Victor Stationary Warehouse PLACE QFT / Brian Friel Theatre Queen Street Studios Rail Gallery, Ulster Folk and Transport Museum Sonic Art’s Research Centre St. Peter’s Cathedral St. Thomas’ Church T13 Titanic Quarter The Red Barn Gallery The Speakeasy Ulster Hall Ulster Museum Exchange and Assembly Rooms Europa Hotel PS2 Catalyst Arts Golden Thread Gallery Creative Exchange Artist Studios
How to Book
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s is a disability friendly organisation. While it is our policy to be all-inclusive, some of our venues may not have full accessibility. Please refer to our map and venue listings information, available online at www.belfastFestival.com. If you require further information or a more detailed description please phone our Festival Box Office on 028 9097 1197. Additional information on accessible venues can be found at http://www.adaptni.org
Festival Staff FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Graeme Farrow MARKETING MANAGER Seána Skeffington MARKETING ASSISTANT Maria Maginness BOX OFFICE & SALES MANAGER Michael Kelly PROGRAMME & OPERATIONS MANAGER Pádraig Ó Duinnín OPERATIONS ASSISTANT Lauren McKenna FINANCE OFFICER Sarah Kelly OFFICE MANAGER Anne McAlister PRESS MANAGER Esther Haller-Clarke CONSULTANT PROGRAMMER Brian Carson HEAD OF QFT Susan Picken QFT PRESS & MARKETING OFFICER Sarah Hughes QFT EDUCATION OFFICER Marion Campbell QFT PROGRAMME & BOOKING OFFICER Michael Staley QFT FRONT OF HOUSE MANAGER Lorraine Orr QFT DEPUTY FOH MANAGER Stuart Campbell CURATOR OF ART Shan McAnena GALLERY ADMINISTRATOR Nuala McGreevy GALLERY EXHIBITIONS OFFICER Rosie Le Garsmeur
Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s www.belfastfestival.com | 028 9097 1197
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