Autumn 2013 Brochure

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THIS IS… * A WORLD CLASS SEASON OF THEATRE, DANCE, CIRCUS, MUSIC, COMEDY AND VISUAL ART * FINDING LAUGHTER IN INTERESTING TIMES * A PROGRAMME OF BRILLIANT SHOWS FOR FAMILIES * A PLACE OF THOUGHT AND SHARED EXPERIENCES * THE NEW, THE FRESH AND THE UNDISCOVERED * AN ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY * A GREAT NIGHT OUT

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CONTENTS EXPERIENCE MORE Pages 4-5

THEATRE • DANCE • CIRCUS Pages 6-19

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U O Y

Page 20

WORDS & IDEAS Page 21

FAMILY Pages 22-27

FREE & LIVE Pages 28-29

MEAD GALLERY Pages 30-31

CLASSICAL MUSIC Pages 32-37

OPERA Pages 38-39

MUSIC Pages 40-49

COMEDY Pages 50-55

INFORMATION Pages 56-57

QUICK GUIDE Pages 58-59 Matt Burman Head of Programme and Audiences

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EXPERIENCE MORE

Le Gusta

Café Bar

Cinema

Michael and the team offer you a warm welcome for a casual and relaxed dining experience at Warwick Arts Centre.

You can choose from a tempting menu of Mediterranean influenced starters, classic dishes and pizzas baked in our stone oven, together with a fine selection of bottled beers.

Renowned for its selection of tempting cakes, relax in the Café Bar and enjoy a range of snacks, deli sandwiches, jacket potatoes, scrumptious soups, delicious coffee and ice blended frappes.

Warwick Arts Centre’s cinema is open all year round with a comprehensive programme of British, World, independent, documentary and family films.

To book a table: 024 7652 2900 Email: havefun@legustaovenandbar.co.uk www.legustaovenandbar.co.uk

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Thank you for donating!

Warwick Arts Centre is a charity and if you’ve booked recently you’ll have heard about donations supporting our artistic commissioning work and our pioneering education work in the local community. Your contribution, however small, really does help us make a difference. Here are a couple of recent examples:

While you’re looking through the brochure make sure you look out for the following icons giving you helpful hints.

A platform for the best independent and emerging musicians from in and around the Midlands.

Education work

Part of the FREE and Live programme, On the Couch features leading contemporary artists informally interviewed in the Theatre Bar by a special guest.

Artistic commissioning

Part of the FREE and Live programme.

Join us in the Theatre Bar for FREE live music from the most exciting, up-andcoming musicians from across the UK.

Donations have enabled us to offer, for FREE, expert artists to intrigue and inspire the school children participating in our Sculpture and Colour Trails. This will be continued throughout the year.

Donations are also helping support workshops in schools with professional companies performing at Warwick Arts Centre.

This season we have co-commissioned with the Young Vic and theatre O to create The Secret Agent, Motionhouse’s Broken and Theatre-Rites’ Bank On It. We’ve also supported a number of shows, including Landscape II, The Noise and Wordsmiths & Co.

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triggered @ warwick A commissioning and artistic development programme supporting selected artists, with: time to develop creative ideas; physical space to work in; audiences to reflect on their work; dramaturgical and producing support and a cash commissioning fee. See tomorrow’s theatre today.

Thanks to The University of Warwick for continued support of Warwick Arts Centre

We also gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations:

Led by Matt Burman, Head of Programme and Audiences and produced by our Associate Producers China Plate, an exciting range of new theatrical work has been commissioned under the triggered@warwick programme.

Returning later this year is Contender Charlie’s Macbeth – Blood Will Have Blood. Originally developed through triggered@warwick, this unforgettable introduction to Shakespeare has already been seen by over 3000 young people.

For more details see: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/support-us

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THEATRE • DANCE • CIRCUS MOTIONHOUSE

Broken

Seismic performance in a shifting world Wed 2 - Fri 4 Oct 7.30pm

World Premiere Visually thrilling and full of trickery, Motionhouse’s brand new production erupts onto the stage in its premiere at Warwick Arts Centre. Building on the success of international hit Scattered, which explored the theme of water, Broken examines our precarious relationship with the earth, luring the audience into a world of shifting perspectives.

This powerful company merge highly athletic dance within intricate digital imagery and original music in an unashamedly visual and adrenaline fuelled spectacle. Contrasting the caves of our ancient ancestors with modern apartments of glass and steel, the show juxtaposes the mythical underworld where our hopes and fears are amplified with the visceral overworld of light and speed, questioning our ambivalence towards our world. That is, until disaster strikes…

Created by Artistic Director Kevin Finnan with set design by long-term collaborator Simon Dormon, projections courtesy of international digital innovators Logela Multimedia and original music created by Sophy Smith and Tim Dickinson.

T. Post Show Talk Thu 3 Oct Age 6+ Theatre £22 (£20), £20 (£18), £18 (£16) Under 26s £11

“WITH A CAST OF SUPER-ATHLETIC DANCERS, AS DEXTROUS IN THE AIR WITH ROPES AS THEY ARE POWERFUL ON THE FLOOR, THIS IS A COMPANY THAT HAS LONG CORNERED THE HIGH-IMPACT END OF THE DANCE MARKET” The Guardian

“PART IMAX, PART X GAMES AND PART OLYMPICS…” Palm Beach Daily News on Scattered Broken is commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre, Watford Palace Theatre, The Grand Theatre Blackpool, mac Birmingham and Swindon Dance.

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Fierce Sunday Sun 6 Oct

This year we are co-presenting a series of works across our building with Fierce on the closing day of their international live art festival.

Day tickets £24 (£20) Fierce See Everything ticket 4-6 Oct £75 / £65 You can purchase Fierce See Everything tickets and find our more about the Fierce Festival 2013 (4-6 Oct) at www.wearefierce.org

FRANKO B

LUNDAHL & SEITL

Because of Love Four Stages of Volume 1 Conversation 6pm

Franko B presents his new multi-disciplinary performance. Central to the work is the idea of the sentimentality of memory – the emotional charge and romanticism often applied to our experience of remembering culture.

The work represents a departure in Franko’s practice, moving away from the tableaux vivants of his previous work. Here, multiple elements (including live presence, original music, animation and video projection, lighting and scenography) are brought together to weave a loose, non-linear narrative, guiding the audience through a dynamic journey that unfolds over an hour. The centrepiece of the work is a choreographed duet with Franko B and a life-sized animatronic polar bear.

T. Post Show Talk 60mins / Age 18+ Theatre £15.50 (£13.50) Under 26s £9.50 Supported by Arts Council England.

12 - 4.30pm (every 30mins) Christer Lundahl and Martina Seitl create immersive, participatory environments, often involving intimate binaural recording, touch and prolonged darkness. Their last performance in the West Midlands was the critically acclaimed Symphony of a Missing Room at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, at Fierce Festival 2011.

This new work involves a collaboration with Sue Fox, a renowned hypnotist.

Involves prolonged periods of darkness.

Nicolas Jaar & the Joshua Light Show 8pm A unique collaboration between Nicolas Jaar and Joshua Light Show. For more details, see page 40.

Contains flashing lights.

90mins / Suitable for all ages Butterworth Hall £15.50 (£10.50)

30mins Helen Martin Studio £10.50 (£7.50) Commissioned by Fierce Festival.

ACTION HERO

Slap Talk 11.30am - 3.30pm An exhaustive verbal confrontation during which the performers will ritualistically insult each other reading from autocues. Slap Talk also features as part of the Mead Gallery’s Autumn 2013 programme, which examines the lasting legacy of Buster Keaton and conceptual art. For more details see page 31.

You may come and go any time during the performance. Children should be accompanied by an adult.

Studio Scratched at Pilot, West Midlands. Developed at BIOS, Athens with support from Caravan. Action Hero are supported by Theatre Bristol’s company producer.

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A THEATRE O / YOUNG VIC CO-PRODUCTION

The Secret Agent Tue 8 – Sat 12 Oct 7.45pm

Secret terror cells, political conspiracy, police bungling, state sponsored bomb plots…This is London, 1896.

Inspired by Joseph Conrad’s classic novel, The Secret Agent is a heart-breaking but hilarious chronicle of passion, betrayal and terrorism.

Set at a time of social upheaval and growing disparity between rich and poor, at the heart of this tale is a woman fighting to protect her young brother from exploitation and violence.

In their trademark highly imaginative style, music hall and early cinema collide in theatre O’s return to the stage after 5 years away.

T. Post Show Talk Wed 9 Oct 90mins / Age 14+ Theatre £24.50 (£22.50), £21.50 (£19.50), £18.50 (£16.50) Under 26s £11

“VIVID, ENLIGHTENING, INVENTIVE AND COMPELLING” The New York Times In conversation with Joseph Alford.

Thu 10 Oct 6.15pm. See pg. 29 for details.

Created by theatre O and Matthew Hurt with the company.

Co-commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre and supported by the Arts Council England, Shoreditch Town Hall and the National Theatre Studio.

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Illustration by Paddy Molloy

HEADLONG & NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE

1984

by George Orwell In a new adaptation by Robert Icke and Duncan Macmillan Tue 15 - Sat 19 Oct 7.30pm April, 1984. 13:00. Comrade 6079, Winston Smith, thinks a thought, starts a diary, and falls in love. But Big Brother is watching him – and the door to Room 101 can swing open in the blink of an eye.

1984’s ideas have become our ideas, and Orwell’s fiction is often said to be our reality. The definitive book of the 20th century is re-examined in a radical new staging that explores surveillance, identity and how thinking you can fly might actually be the first step to flying.

This major new production explores the world inside Winston Smith’s head, as well as the world without, and catches the euphoria and bliss buried deep underneath the cold face of Big Brother. In an age of mass surveillance, ‘total’ policing and GPS tracking, 1984 is as relevant now as it ever was.

Headlong continues to interrogate our most important cultural texts, following productions of Medea, Faustus, Six Characters In Search Of An Author and King Lear.

T. Post Show Talk Wed 16 Oct Approx 100 mins / Age 14+ Theatre £24.50 (£22.50), £21.50 (£19.50), £18.50 (£16.50) Under 26s £12.50

“THE COUNTRY’S MOST EXCITING TOURING COMPANY” The Telegraph

On the Couch

In conversation with Headlong.

Thu 17 Oct 6.15pm. See pg. 29 for details.

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Photography Hugo Glendinning

Photography Ludovic des Cognets

GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN

FORCED ENTERTAINMENT

Big Hits

Tomorrow’s Parties

Thu 10 & Fri 11 Oct 7.30pm

Tue 22 – Thu 24 Oct 7.45pm

Hello, welcome, you look very nice. We’re Big Hits and we’re on a mission. You’ll learn SELF-IMPROVEMENT here with us tonight and you will COMPLETELY improve yourself. That way you can be better in the world. Are you ready? Because if you’re not you’re running out of TIME. We’re going to blast our hearts RIGHT OUT for you right here for you.

How do you feel? Do you feel FREE? This one’s for you.

International innovators Forced Entertainment’s latest performance imagines a multitude of hypothetical futures. Two performers wreathed in coloured lights, like a strange fairground attraction, speculate about what tomorrow might bring.

Big Hits rises up in the space between live art and theatre, relentlessly looking for a good time – and staring hard at censorship, propriety, and the violence that can erupt when noise is stifled. An unruly voice is at large, the music’s turned up high.

Exploring utopian and dystopian visions, science fiction scenarios, political nightmares and absurd fantasies, the audience is carried along on a flowing tide of conjectures, possibilities and dreams.

90mins / Age 16+ Studio £11.50 (£9.50) Under 26s £9

Sometimes collaborative, sometimes competitive, the two performers enjoy the pleasure of invention as their suppositions take them in different directions. Tomorrow’s Parties is Forced Entertainment in intimate and comical mode – a playful, poignant and at times delirious look forward to futures both possible and impossible.

GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN is a 2012/13 Artsadmin Associate Artist.

T. Post Show Talk Wed 23 Oct

Co-production partners: Big Hits is a production of Belluard Bollwerk International, made possible thanks to a contribution of the Canton of Fribourg to culture. In co-production with PACT Zollverein (Essen), Bora Bora (Denmark) and Colchester Arts Centre (UK).

With the support of Migros Cultural Percentage, PACT Zollverein (Essen), Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Gent), Camden People’s Theatre (London), Royal Victoria Hall Foundation (UK), and supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

80mins / Age 16+ Studio £15.50 (£13.50) Under 26s £10

“ONE OF BRITAIN’S GREATEST THEATRE COMPANIES” The Guardian In conversation with Tim Etchells.

Thu 24 Oct 6.15pm. See pg. 29 for details.

Tomorrow’s Parties is a production of Belluard Bollwerk International, made possible thanks to a contribution of the Canton of Fribourg to culture. In co-production with BIT Teatergarasjen (Bergen), Internationale Sommerfestival (Hamburg), Kaaitheater (Brussels), Künstlerhaus Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Theaterhaus Gessnerallee (Zurich) and Sheffield City Council. With the support of Stanley Thomas Johnson Foundation. Forced Entertainment is regularly funded by Arts Council England.

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NOFIT STATE

Noodles Thu 24 – Sat 26 Oct 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm NoFit State is known around the world for ground-breaking productions that challenge preconceptions of contemporary circus, combining live music, dance, stage design, text and film with traditional circus skills. With Noodles, the company take a new run at the barriers between circus and theatre, re-inventing themselves and moulding their work for the stage.

In a sea of irreverent chaos and a world of knots, wires and spaghetti, a surreal cooking show loses the plot as the noodles take over. Aerialists, hand-balancers, contortionists and magicians twist and bend the frontiers of reality in a world that will make you laugh, gasp and drop your jaws in wonder at moments of great beauty and madness.

Directed by Maksim Komaro of Circus Aero and with a cast of international performers, Noodles will leave you hungry for more.

T. Post Show Talk Fri 25 Oct 80mins / All ages Theatre £15.50 (£13.50) Matinee £13 (£11) Under 26s £10

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CHRIS THORPE

Confirmation

FUEL, ROUNDHOUSE AND KING’S CULTURAL INSTITUTE

Work in Progress

While You Wait

Wed 23 & Thu 24 Oct 7.15pm

Fri 25 Oct & Sat 26 Oct throughout the day

If you put me up against the wall and put a gun to my head, I’d probably admit to being a liberal.

While You Wait is Fuel’s latest series of podcasts, each of which is a different meditation on the idea created by artists in collaboration with academics from King’s College London.

Actually, if you put me up against a wall and put a gun to my head I’d probably admit to being whatever you wanted me to be.

And of course, putting a gun to my head is exactly what I’d expect someone like you to do.

Confirmation is a show about the gulf between beliefs that we can’t talk across. About our knee-jerk dismissal of the opposing viewpoint.

About the echo chamber of agreement and validation we live in. About the way we only choose to see the evidence that proves we’re right.

Working with research into the phenomenon of confirmation bias, and a conversation with political extremism, Confirmation is an attempt to have an honourable dialogue, real and imagined, across that gulf.

Not to debate the viewpoints, but to find out how we come to believe what we believe, and how, from a common starting point, we can end up so far apart.

As with all triggered@warwick events, our Associate Producers China Plate will be on hand to host an artist/audience exchange following the performances.

Written and performed by Chris Thorpe.

Developed with and directed by Rachel Chavkin.

90mins + exchange / Age 14+ Helen Martin Studio £5.50 (£4)

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Installed in a bespoke listening station, the podcasts are designed to surprise, delight and intrigue audiences while they wait.

Artists in the series include Victoria Melody, Lewis Gibson, Caroline Horton and Brian Lobel.

Foyer / FREE Funded by Arts Council England and a Wellcome Trust Arts Award.

Commissioners include Unity Theatre and Dublin Theatre Festival.

A PAINES PLOUGH, BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE AND ROUNDHOUSE PRODUCTION IN ASSOCIATION WITH NSDF AND LATITUDE FESTIVAL

Wasted

by Kate Tempest

Mon 11 & Tue 12 Nov 7.45pm I’m making a decision. I’m changing things. This is it.

Three old friends. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, life will never be the same again.

A day glo trip through the parks and raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, sound-tracked by an exhilarating score.

A play about life, love and losing your mind.

FUEL

Kate Tempest is the UK’s most exciting performance poet, currently serving up a storm in the UK hip-hop scene with her band Sound Of Rum. Wasted is her debut play and features her trademark lyrical ferocity in a dynamic staging.

by Melanie Wilson

Approx 60mins / Age 14+ Copper Rooms One, Student Union £11.50 (£9.50) Under 26s £9

Landscape II

Fri 25 & Sat 26 Oct 7.45pm Three women separated by a hundred years start a conversation across time. Their parallel experiences reveal shared imaginings of identity and escape, as menacing undercurrents steal into their solitary and reflective lives. Their letters, diaries, drawings and photographs expose a series of threatening episodes and unsettling occurrences. As the landscape presses in on them, they draw upon the threads that connect them to survive.

“AN UNMISSABLE EXPERIENCE” HHHH Whatsonstage This performance is taking place in Copper Rooms One, The University of Warwick Students’ Union, directly across the road from the Arts Centre.

Landscape II is a compelling solo work by Melanie Wilson. This bold hybrid of performance, film and sound art creates a highly contemporary and minutely observed piece of new theatre.

T. Post Show Talk Fri 25 Oct Approx 60mins / Age 14+ Studio £11.50 (£9.50) Under 26s £9

“WILSON’S LYRICAL IMAGERY IS DEEPLY AFFECTING...

THIS IS POWERFUL AND REWARDING THEATRE” Irish Examiner Funded by Arts Council England. Supported by Warwick Arts Centre and Battersea Arts Centre. Developed as part of the Jerwood Residencies at Cove Park which are supported by the Jerwood Charitable Foundation.

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DANCE TOURING PARTNERSHIP PRESENTS NOBULUS

Out of the Shadow

Tue 12 & Wed 13 Nov 7.30pm Out of the Shadow is an extraordinary mix of breakdance, popping and locking, contemporary dance, acrobatics and ballet. It tells a cautionary tale, from the creation of the Universe and evolution of man through to an imaginary apocalyptic future. Using only their bodies, the 10-strong crew create otherworldly scenes by morphing themselves into structures, creatures and even machines. Set to an epic soundtrack, we see primal images of sacrifice and betrayal, of love and pleasure, death and destruction in this thrilling show.

T. Post Show Talk Tue 12 Nov 1hr 45mins (including interval) / Parental Guidance Theatre £20.50 (£18.50), £18.50 (£16.50), £16.50 (£14.50) Under 26s £11

“NOBULUS FROM AUSTRIA DROVE THE AUDIENCE WILD...

LOADED WITH FRESHNESS AND VERVE” The Times

“JAWDROPPING” Ballet.co.uk

“TALL, WIRED AND GRACEFUL, THIS AUSTRIAN CREW USED THE DISJOINTED, CARTOONISH ENERGY OF HIP-HOP TO TRANSFORM THEMSELVES INTO AN EERIE VARIETY OF FORMS – FROM FLICKERING COSMIC MATTER TO AN APOCALYPTIC BATTLE OF HUMAN TANKS AND GUNS” The Guardian

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Photography Paul Blakemore

SADLER’S WELLS PRESENTS JONZI D

SLEEPDOGS

Tue 29 & Wed 30 Oct 7.45pm

Mon 18 Nov 8pm

Sadler’s Wells Associate Artist Jonzi D presents a double bill, including his acclaimed solo work The Letter, after its explosive debut last year.

In addition, the evening also features a top guest hip-hop artist, and Jonzi presents a new work, continuing his three decades as a pioneering creative voice in hip-hop dance theatre.

A unique, specially staged theatre/music performance in our Butterworth Hall.

Lyrikal Fearta: The Letter The Bullet And & Broken Lineage The Bass Trombone

The Letter explores the responses to Jonzi being offered an MBE. Using choreopoetry he paints a picture of “stunning, rhythmical clarity” (The Stage), looking at this sensitive subject matter through the eyes of an animated cast of characters. The Letter is accompanied by a commissioned score played live by members of the Speakers Corner Quartet Kwake Bass.

The evening also features a newly commissioned piece, exploring the broken lineage between the old skool and new skool ‘hip-hop’ generations, bringing Jonzi’s unique perspective to evolving social issues.

An exciting collaboration with Ivan Blackstock, of BirdGang Dance Company, it promises to captivate audiences with Jonzi’s trademark wit, humour and style.

70mins / Age 14+ / Contains strong language Studio £11.50 (£9.50) Under 26s £9

“THE NAME JONZI D SHOUTS RESPECT IN CIRCLES OF HIP-HOP DANCE THEATRE”

There’s an orchestra, trapped in a city during a military coup.

Violence erupts, the orchestra becomes separated – lost – trying to find their way home. The composer is left to tell the story.

An intricate, fractured narrative with a haunting soundtrack comes together like a mosaic: a whistling bird in the jungle, a gunfight at the airport, a murder in a forest of music stands…pieced together by a lone performer, trying to make sense of the chaos.

1hr 45mins / Age 12+ Butterworth Hall £12 (£10)

“HARROWING, INTELLIGENT, BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED...

AND ULTIMATELY INCREDIBLY UPLIFTING IN AN IMPOSSIBLE-TO-DESCRIBE KIND OF WAY” Andrew Haydon of The Guardian Produced by MAYK. Commissioned by Bristol Ferment at Bristol Old Vic. Developed with Parabola Arts Centre, The Empty Space and Live Theatre.

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

The Independent

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OUT OF JOINT, BUSH THEATRE AND EXETER NORTHCOTT THEATRE

Ciphers

by Dawn King Tue 19 – Sat 23 Nov 7.30pm Most of what she told me about herself is a cover story. She is a British Intelligence Officer.

How far would she go to get information out of me? The answer is, quite far.

A young woman is found dead. Her sister sets out to find out what happened, and stumbles into a world of secrets and subterfuge that makes her question who Justine really was.

How well can you ever know someone who lies for a living?

Ciphers is directed by rising star Blanche McIntyre, who directed Dawn King’s debut play Foxfinder: “a contender for new play of the year” (The Guardian). Now they collaborate on a smart and provocative new thriller about spies, double agents, and the opaqueness of the human soul.

T. Post Show Talk Tue 19 Nov Age 14+ Theatre £21.50 (£19.50), £19.50 (£17.50) £17.50 (£15.50) Under 26s £10

“THRILLINGLY ORIGINAL” Time Out (Foxfinders)

“SPELL-BINDING DYSTOPIAN PARABLE” The Independent (Foxfinders)

“BLANCHE MCINTYRE GETS BETTER AND BOLDER WITH EVERY PRODUCTION” Daily Telegraph In Conversation with Max Stafford-Clark. Wed 20 Nov 6.15pm. See pg. 29 for details.

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UNLIMITED THEATRE AND NORTHERN STAGE WITH WARWICK ARTS CENTRE

The Noise

by Clare Duffy, Jon Spooner & Chris Thorpe Thu 21 – Sat 23 Nov 7.45pm A remote island in the Southern Ocean.

A noise that never stops.

A massive iceberg in the harbour.

A body in the water.

And an 18-year old girl who is the only one asking any questions.

The island of Whitley (nr. Antarctica, population 600) is home to ‘The Noise’ – a weird, ever changing, always present sound that makes the islanders...different. Nobody knows what causes it and, because it’s all they’ve ever known, everyone has stopped asking.

Only 18-year old Charlie and her best friend Harry, a local scientist, are still looking for the answers.

When a massive iceberg drifts impossibly into the harbour and a body washes up soon after, Charlie sets out on her own to uncover the truth and the source of The Noise.

A sci-conspiracy thriller from “the excellent Unlimited Theatre” (The Guardian) that will drive you to the edge of your seat.

Featuring original music by electronic musician Minotaur Shock and sound design by Gareth Fry (who created the soundscape for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games).

T. Post Show Talk Fri 22 Nov 90mins / Age 14+ Studio £15.50 (£13.50) Under 26s £10 Co-produced by Unlimited Theatre, Northern Stage and Warwick Arts Centre.

Supported by Arts Council England and the Wellcome Trust.

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ONE OF US PRODUCTIONS IN CO-PRODUCTION WITH IMPROBABLE

Beauty & the Beast

Mon 25 – Wed 27 Nov 7.45pm What do you get when a born freak, a former beauty queen and an award-winning maverick director tell the true story of Beauty & the Beast?

Mat Fraser, British disabled actor and writer, Julie Atlas Muz, American art star and a Miss Exotic World/Miss Coney Island, and Phelim McDermott, Artistic Director of Improbable, conspire to make an adult fairytale like no other.

A magical sexual journey into real and fabled romance between beastly and beautiful characters, where roles are shared as love is declared. The shadow play, song and dance in this multi-layered story will re-kindle your lust for life, and make you think about who loves who, and why they do.

This show contains both beautiful and beastly nudity.

Approx 80mins / Age 16+ Studio £15.50 (£13.50) Under 26s £10

“IT WAS PURE MS. MUZ: BAWDY, SATIRICAL AND UNADULTERATED THEATER” The New York Times

“SUBVERSIVE, WITTY & INTELLIGENT” The Independent on Mat Fraser In conversation with Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz. Wed 27 Nov 6.15pm. See pg. 29 for details.

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SHOW AND TELL AND THE ARCHES

THIRD ANGEL

Beats

The Paradise Project

by Kieran Hurley

Work in Progress

Thu 5 & Fri 6 Dec 7.45pm

Thu 12 Dec 7.15pm

Beats tells the story of Johnno McCreadie, a teenager living in a small suburban Scottish town at the time of the 1994 Criminal Justice Act – a new piece of legislation which effectively outlawed raves, or ‘public gatherings around amplified music characterised by the emission of a succession of repetitive beats’.

Is it far from here?

Is it a place where no one grows old and there’s no disease and everybody is happy?

Beats is a coming-of-age story exploring rebellion, apathy and the irresistible power of gathered youth. With techno. Lots of techno.

Is everything in soft focus?

Following sell-out runs at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre and London’s Bush and Soho Theatres, Kieran Hurley’s play is an astonishing mix of intricate, well-observed storytelling and exhilarating music and visuals.

Best New Play at the Critics Awards for Theatre in Scotland 2012 – Winner.

The Stage Award for Best Solo Actor 2012 – Nominee.

Written and performed by Kieran Hurley, with live DJ (original mix

by Johnny Whoop) plus live visuals by Jamie Wardrop.

Post-show DJ in Theatre Bar Fri 6 Dec 65mins / Age 16+ Studio £11.50 (£9.50) Under 26s £9

“BEATS IS THEATRE AT ITS MOST VITAL AND ELECTRIFYING” HHHH Metro

Is it a place where no one shouts and mobile phones are confiscated?

Is it a place where you get drunk, get high, stop up all night and never vomit?

The Paradise Project seeks to respond to the very idea of Paradise, and the human need to invent such a concept. We will explore the differences between heavenly paradise and earthly utopia; we will ask what would be paradise to us as people.

Following the internationally successful theatre piece What I Heard About the World, and the durational performance and online research project StoryMap (http://whatihearabouttheworld.co.uk), Third Angel (Sheffield) and Mala Voadora (Lisbon) are collaborating for a second time. triggered@warwick will mark the very beginning of this exciting new journey together.

As with all triggered@warwick events, our Associate Producers China Plate will be on hand to host an artist/audience exchange following the performance.

70mins (including exchange) / Age 16+ Helen Martin Studio £5.50 (£4)

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NT LIVE The best of British theatre broadcast live to Warwick Arts Centre.

Othello

by William Shakespeare Thu 26 Sep 6.45pm SOLD OUT Sun 13 Oct 3pm (Encore Screening) A major new production of Shakespeare’s play about the destructive power of jealousy. Adrian Lester takes the title role, playing opposite Rory Kinnear as Iago, whose recent appearances at the NT include Hamlet and The Last of the Haussmans.

3hrs 30mins / All ages Cinema (Encore Screening Theatre) £15.50 (£10.50 restricted view)

National Theatre presents a series of encore screenings as part of the theatre’s 50th anniversary celebrations.

Hamlet

The Habit of Art

by William Shakespeare

by Alan Bennett

Tue 22 Oct 7pm

Thu 7 Nov 7pm

Following his celebrated performances at the National Theatre in Burnt by the Sun, The Revenger’s Tragedy, Philistines and The Man of Mode, Rory Kinnear plays Hamlet in a dynamic new production of Shakespeare’s complex and profound play about the human condition, directed by Nicholas Hytner.

National Theatre Live’s 2010 broadcast of Alan Bennett’s acclaimed play The Habit of Art, with the late Richard Griffith, Alex Jennings and Frances de la Tour returns this season.

Approx 3hrs 30mins / All ages Theatre £15.50 (£10.50 restricted view)

Frankenstein

by Nick Dear Thu 31 Oct 7pm Sat 2 Nov 2.30pm Frankenstein enjoyed a sell-out run at the National Theatre, and went on to win awards including the 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller.

On Thu 31 Oct, Johnny Lee Miller plays the creature and Benedict Cumberbatch plays Frankenstein and on Sat 2 Nov Benedict Cumberbatch plays the creature and Johnny Lee Miller plays Frankenstein.

2hrs 30mins / All ages Theatre £15.50 (£10.50 restricted view)

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Benjamin Britten, sailing uncomfortably close to the wind with his new opera, Death in Venice, seeks advice from his former collaborator and friend, W H Auden. During this imagined meeting, their first for twenty-five years, they are observed and interrupted by, amongst others, their future biographer and a young man from the local bus station.

Approx 3hrs / All ages Theatre £15.50 (£10.50 restricted view)

WORDS & IDEAS

Wordsmiths & Co

John Cooper Clarke

Thu 14 Nov & Mon 2 Dec 7.45pm

with special guests Mike Garry and Luke Wright

In this regular monthly series, poets come together in a celebration of all things spoken, sharing secrets and tales in an intimate performance space.

Thu 28 Nov 8pm

Previous wordsmiths include Lemn Sissay, Zoe Brigley, Kate Tempest, Polarbear and Inua Ellams. For more information on the new line-up, please see our website.

Approx 90mins / Age 14+ Thu 14 Nov – Helen Martin Studio £5 / Mon 2 Dec – Studio £5 This series of events is collaboration between Nine Arches Press and Apples and Snakes, with support from Warwick Arts Centre and Bloodaxe Books.

Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke was one of the leading voices of punk and youth culture of the late 70s with his biting, satirical, political and very funny verse, delivered in his rapid-fire style, leaving audiences ecstatic.

The revival of the 70s punk phenomenon over the last few years has seen a whole new generation clamouring over John’s work and his now iconic visual appearance. As one of Britain’s best loved and most important poets and performers, John is as vital now as he was then. Catch him live at Warwick Arts Centre.

Butterworth Hall £16.50 Student tickets £13

“IF YOU THINK POETRY IS DULL AND BORING, OR POSH AND ERUDITE – YOU HAVEN’T SEEN JCC!... FUNNIER THAN THE THROWAWAY GAGS OF ALMOST ANY STAND-UP” The Guardian

Live at 5

Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Eli Stone before John Cooper Clarke’s performance, see pg. 28 for details.

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FAMILY THEATRE-RITES

Bank On It

(this performance will take place at a mystery location in Coventry City Centre) Sat 19 & Sat 26 Oct 2.30pm & 5.30pm Mon 28 Oct 7.15pm Tue 29 Oct – Fri 1 Nov 2.30pm & 7.15pm Sat 2 Nov 2.30pm & 5.30pm Come and explore the secrets of our very unusual bank.

Step inside and you’ll discover that something’s not quite right in this extraordinary world of money. You’ll meet some bemused bank customers on this interactive journey and, together, you’ll search for the elusive Bank Manager. Why doesn’t he want to let you in to his Bank and what is he keeping so safe?

This exciting site-specific, promenade experience for children aged 5+ and their accompanying adults is fun, beautiful and thought provoking; exploring resources that money can and cannot buy. In a world where objects come to life and the unexpected is always happening, you may unearth the things you value the most.

This performance takes place in a mystery location in Coventry. A coach will be provided to take you to and from the venue in Coventry City Centre. Please note you must arrive at the Arts Centre one hour before the start times noted above. Full details will be provided by Box Office when you book.

80mins / All ages 5+ Mystery location £12 Under 26s £8 If you have access requirements or would like to find out the school performance schedule, please call Box Office.

Co-commissioned by Theatre-Rites, Warwick Arts Centre and the Economics Department of The University of Warwick. Originally commissioned by the Barbican, London and Create London.

“A DELIGHTFUL, STUNNINGLY VISUALLY INVENTIVE SHOW. WORTH EVERY PENNY” HHHH Time Out

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ACTION TRANSPORT THEATRE

THE HOMEMADE ORCHESTRA

Sat 12 Oct 2pm & 4.15pm

written and performed by Michael Rosen

Rebellious radios, secret sweets and accidental adventures...

All on Mikey’s first day!

Mon 28 Oct 1.30pm & 4.30pm

STATIk

STATIk is an energetic, hilarious and highly entertaining theatre show. Full of clowning, STATIk shows a beautiful, regimented world and the chaos caused when one person can’t or won’t fit in.

It’s Mikey’s first day at work. Wearing his brand new uniform he joins the signal-fixers, preparing radio transmitters and tuning them in, but when a rogue signal – the voice of a child – is mysteriously picked up, it brings about the hilarious destruction of the factory regime.

With a unique visual style and a glorious soundtrack inspired by the 1920s film Metropolis, STATIk is a theatrical delight for both adults and children alike.

60mins / Age 5+ Studio £9.95 (£6.95)

“PLAYFULNESS, WISDOM....A SHOW OF REAL QUALITY” John Hegley, Poet and Comedian

Centrally Heated Knickers

A compelling new production performed by legendary children’s poet Michael Rosen with songs, grooves and flights of musical fancy from The Homemade Orchestra.

Join us on an exciting adventure through science…

What am I? Where am I? How does it all work?

We urgently need your help on a voyage to re-discover the world.

Centrally Heated Knickers is a vibrant show for families and friends, packed full of surprises and taking you to places you have never been before.

75mins / Age 7+ Theatre £12.50 (£10.50)

“IT’S A RARE AND PLEASURABLE WORK THAT MANAGES TECHNICAL BRILLIANCE, CULTURAL INSIGHT AND ENCHANTMENT ALL IN ONE GO” Sydney Morning Herald

Family Arts Festival Together with our local partners the RSC, Belgrade Theatre, Compton Verney, The Herbert, Transport Museum and Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Warwick Arts Centre is part of the nationwide Family Arts Festival taking place on Fri 8 Oct – Sun 3 Nov. For more info: www.familyartsfestival.com

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ERTH

Dinosaur Zoo

Fri 1 Nov 11.30am & 1.30pm From Australia, Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo brings awesome prehistoric creatures to the stage and up close and personal! From cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants, meet the most recent addition to the Dinosaur Zoo, a carnivorous theropod known as the Australovenator, the most complete meat-eating dinosaur skeleton yet found down under.

Observe and interact with these extraordinary life-like dinosaurs in this entertaining and highly imaginative live show. But beware – not all of these ravenous reptiles are as tame as they seem!

Children can watch wide-eyed from a safe distance or dare to get right up close to the creatures with a Danger Seat.

60mins / Age 3+ Theatre Danger Seats £15.50, Standard £12.50 (£10)

THEATRE HULLABALOO AND THEATR IOLO

Luna

devised and directed by Sarah Argent Sun 17 Nov 2pm & 4pm An enchanting theatre experience about friendship, the moon and being brave in the dark for 2 – 5 year olds and their families.

Luna is bored up in the sky by herself with nobody to play with. Although she is surrounded by stars, they never quite understand her – it’s certainly lonely being the only moon.

One night, as she’s racing among the stars, she spots a young boy hiding from shadows which move like monsters on his bedroom walls.

Luna decides to slide down from the sky to make friends with the boy. Together they go on an adventure of LIGHT and DARK to help him overcome his fear of the night-time.

Sarah Argent is a leading theatre maker in Wales working regularly with Theatr Iolo and other children’s theatre companies internationally. Sarah specialises in writing and directing theatre for children aged 6 months to 5 years.

50mins / Age 2 – 5 Studio £9.95 (£6.95)

“LUNA ENRAPTURED ITS TINY CROWD WITH A SHOW THAT WAS ENCHANTMENT PERSONIFIED” South Wales Echo

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Family Weekend Get ready for Christmas Sat 30 Nov 10am - 6pm & Sun 1 Dec 10am - 4pm It’s time to get in the Christmas spirit! The whole of Warwick Arts Centre will be given over to families to enjoy a weekend of theatre, music, art workshops, treasure hunts, films, food and plenty of surprises.

Our Family Programming team are busy putting the finishing touches to the programme which will have performances of Room on the Broom at its heart (see page 26). And we’re thrilled to present Blast Off! – the latest show for children aged 4+ from the wonderful Kid Carpet and his band. The Kid will also be running music workshops and a bit of busking too. And local artist Ruth Spaak will be back with us with her unique take on making your own Christmas decorations and wreaths – with beautifully coloured cable ties!

There’s much more to go into the programme and our team will be finalising things over the summer. So in the autumn keep your eye on our website and our Family leaflet for more details.

All day / All ages

AURORA ORCHESTRA

Peter & The Wolf The Snowman narrated by Sanjeev Bhaskar Sun 15 Dec 3pm Conductor Neil Thomson Delight your family this Christmas with a double bill of classic musical stories for children, accompanied by a live orchestra and narrated

by Sanjeev Bhaskar of Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42 fame.

Peter and his animal companions are brought to life before your ears by dancing strings, quacking oboes, fluttering flutes and prowling horns in Prokofiev’s charming tale of courage and compassion.

With the enchanting animated film The Snowman shown on a big screen, orchestral forces inject tingle-down-the-spine magic into ‘Walking in the air’ – the soundtrack to every child’s Christmas.

The perfect way to begin the exciting build-up to Christmas Day. 80mins (including interval) / All ages Butterworth Hall £19.50, £15.50 Children/Under 26s £14.50, £11.50

Mead Gallery Events Family Art Day Sat 9 Nov 10am-2.30pm (lunch 12pm-1pm) Children must be accompanied by an adult 18+ Bring the family along for a fun-packed day of art activities in the Mead Gallery, responding to the current exhibition, The World Turned Upside Down. Win some fabulous prizes and get creative as a family in making your own unique pieces of art.

Age 4+ Mead Gallery £5 (£20 tickets for up to 5 people)

The Big Draw: Future Cities Sat 26-Mon 28 Oct 10am-5pm Be part of designing and building the biggest joint collage and 3D sculpture in the area and join us as we create a fantastic, future landscape. This event is part of Big Draw 2013 – Draw Tomorrow.

Drop in Sessions Age 4+ Helen Martin Studio £3

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CHRISTMAS TALL STORIES

Room on the Broom Adapted for the stage from the best-selling book

by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler

With the help of a daft dog, a beautiful bird and a friendly frog, her belongings are retrieved. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and – CRACK! – it snaps in two!

Sat 30 Nov - Sun 29 Dec A spellbinding adventure from the creators of The Gruffalo!

For the performance schedule, see pg. 58 – 59.

Please contact Box Office for schools performance schedule.

How the cat purred and how the witch grinned. As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind

55mins / Age 3+ Theatre £13 (£11)

The witch and her cat are flying happily along on their broomstick when a stormy wind blows the witch’s hat, bow and wand away into the night.

“A WARM HEARTED, NICELY CRAFTED HOUR IN THE THEATRE” The Guardian

“TALL STORIES SETS THE BENCHMARK FOR CHILDREN’S THEATRE” Sunday Times

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FAMILY FILMS Ernest and Célestine U Sat 19 Oct 1.45pm France 2012 77mins subtitled Based on the books by Gabrielle Vincent, Ernest and Célestine is a charming animation about the unlikely friendship between a bear called Ernest and a young mouse named Célestine. With a style reminiscent of A.A. Milne’s original Winnie the Pooh books, this is a sweet story where friendship is tested against prejudice and intolerance.

Ernest and Célestine

Cinema £5 (£3)

“A DELIGHTFULLY OLD-FASHIONED KID’S FLICK WITH A MEANINGFUL MESSAGE” The Hollywood Reporter

Sat 26 Oct 1.45pm UK 1983 101mins As Doctor Who approaches its 50th anniversary, we’ll be screening the series’ 20th birthday special, The Five Doctors, in which Peter Davison’s Doctor discovers a dark secret on his home planet. Joined by his previous incarnations and companions, the Doctor must face the deadly Cybermen and renegade Time Lord, the Master.

Doctor Who -The Five Doctors

Doctor Who – The Five Doctors U

Private Peaceful 12a Following on from the successful War Horse, comes an adaptation of another Michael Morpurgo novel, this time about two brothers who are sent to fight in the trenches in WWI. Private Peaceful stars Jack O’Connell (TV’s Skins) and George Mackay as Tommo and Charlie Peaceful.

Private Peaceful

Sat 16 Nov 1.45pm UK 2012 103mins

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FREE & LIVE Join us in the Theatre Bar for live music from the most exciting, up-and-coming musicians from across the UK. Each Live at 5 gig precedes a music event that evening so why not make a whole night of it?

Live at 5 Join us for a Live at 5 gig featuring live music from the most exciting, up-and-coming musicians from across the UK.

Interplay JOE O’DONNELL’S

Shkayla

Fri 1 Nov 5pm – 7pm

Thu 28 Nov 5pm – 7pm

Interplay features some of the most creative players in the Midlands and has a well-deserved reputation for its repertoire of original tunes, jazz favourites, and global grooves. The band performs at jazz and arts festivals, in jazz clubs and at community events.

Join us for a Live at 5 gig featuring Eli Stone who are a British folk rock band from London.

Their rootsy folk origins infused with the influence of bands such as the Black Keys and Grizzly Bear create an energy that feels both uplifting and thought provoking. Supported with harmonies reminiscent of The Beach Boys and Fleet Foxes, the melodies are nostalgic and memorable. Tight arrangements by musicians who have an ear for originality – these guys don’t do things by the book.

Fri 4 Oct 5pm – 7pm Join us for a Live at 5 gig featuring the captivating sound of Joe O’Donnell’s Shkayla which brings together the spirit of Celtic tradition and the dynamic grooves of modern rock and jazz.

For this event Joe will be joined by guitarist Si Hayden and Pianist Martin Barter for an ambient and spacious trio version of Shkayla playing songs from the new album Into The Becoming along with cuts from previous albums stemming back to the 70s!

Eli Stone

Two Man Ting Fri 15 Nov 5pm – 7pm Join us for a Live at 5 gig featuring Sunshine Afro-Roots from Sierra Leonean masterdrummer Jah-man Aggrey, and UK guitarist Jon Lewis.

Using voice, guitar, live loops and “found” percussion, the duo creates a infectious full band sound, and their reputation has earned them recent support slots with The Oysterband, Tinariwen and Dub Colossus.

“BRILLIANT – LOVE THIS SOUND!” Lauren Laverne, BBC 6 Music

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Charlie Law Fri 6 Dec 5pm – 7pm Join us for a Live at 5 gig featuring 21 year old singer/songwriter Charlie Law, whose music is a force of nature, equal to the best of today’s contemporary singer-songwriters, from Ed Sheeran through to Ben Howard and Damien Rice. Like them, he mixes roots of everything from country, blues and folk and blends them seamlessly with brilliant pop hooks. With Charlie’s incredible, versatile voice and stunning guitar playing, he is soon to be a household name.

Music Centre Lunchtime Concerts Thursdays 1.10pm, Ensemble Room, Music Centre, Warwick Arts Centre, FREE Lunchtime concerts are open to all ages.

Sarah Field, saxophones and Charlie Morland, guitar Thu 3 Oct

Jenny Lewisohn, viola and Gunel Mirzayeva, piano

On the Couch Theatre Bar 6.15pm FREE On the Couch features leading contemporary artists informally interviewed in the Theatre Bar by a special guest. Come and join them in conversation from 6.15pm – meet, learn and experience…all for FREE!

Joseph Alford, Artistic Director of theatre O Thu 10 Oct 6.15pm To celebrate the arrival of theatre O’s The Secret Agent, Artistic Director Joseph Alford will be joining us to discuss his extensive directing in devised inter-disciplinary theatre. Performances of The Secret Agent are in the theatre on Tue 8 – Sat 12 Oct, see pg. 8 for details.

Thu 10 Oct

Headlong

Coull Quartet

Thu 17 Oct 6.15pm

Thu 17 Oct

Royal Northern College of Music Thu 24 Oct

My 1st Concert

1984 creators Headlong make exhilarating, risk-taking and provocative new work to take around the country and around the world. Members of Headlong will be discussing their rich history as one of the UK’s foremost theatre companies. Performances of 1984 are in the theatre on Tue 15 – Sat 19 Oct, see pg. 9 for details.

Thu 31 Oct

Tim Etchells, Artistic Director of Forced Entertainment

Flibbertijigget

Thu 24 Oct 6.15pm

Thu 7 Nov

Forced Entertainment returns to Warwick Arts Centre with Tomorrow’s Parties and its Artistic Director Tim Etchells will talk about his extensive work in performance, visual art and fiction.

Performances of Tomorrow’s Parties are in the studio on Tue 22 – Thu 24 Oct, see pg. 10 for details.

Sam Parker, violin Thu 14 Nov

The Jonty Fisher Trio

Max Stafford-Clark, Artistic Director of Out of Joint

Thu 21 Nov

Wed 20 Nov 6.15pm

Melvyn Cooper and Nils Franke, piano

To coincide with Out of Joint’s Ciphers, Artistic Director Max Stafford-Clark will join us in conversation about his long and acclaimed career in theatre. Performances of Ciphers are in the studio see pg. 16 for details.

Thu 28 Nov

Gaudeamus

Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz, performers of Beauty & The Beast

Thu 5 Dec

Wed 27 Nov 6.15pm

Please note lunchtime concerts are extremely popular and entry is based on a first come first served basis. If you require space for a wheelchair, please call the Music Centre on 024 7652 3799.

English rock musician, actor and performance artist, Mat Fraser and conceptual performer and choreographer, Julie Atlas Muz will talk about their work and Beauty & the Beast, an adult fairy tale show created in coproduction with Improbable. Performances of Beauty & the Beast are in the studio see pg. 18 for details.

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MEAD GALLERY Fri 4 Oct – Sat 14 Dec Open Mon – Sat 12 noon – 9pm The Mead Gallery will also be open on Sundays 6 Oct, 27 Oct, 17 Nov and 1 Dec FREE ENTRY

The World Turned Upside Down Buster Keaton, Sculpture and the Absurd

The World Turned Upside Down is a groundbreaking exhibition which, through the work of over twenty international artists, examines the lasting legacy of Buster Keaton’s unsettling comedy on conceptual art from the 1930s to the present day.

Featuring work by artists working in film, photography, sculpture, installation art and performance, The World Turned Upside Down tracks a lineage from Keaton’s melancholic slapstick comedy to the dry wit of much conceptual practice. By revealing the carefully constructed composition and mechanics of his comedy and placing artists’ works in direct relation to three of Keaton’s early films, the exhibition also explores the relationship between sculpture and performance.

The exhibition presents work by artists including Bas Jan Ader, Marcel Broodthaers, Alexandre Da Cunha, Simon Faithfull, Fischli & Weiss, Ceal Floyer, Brian Griffiths, Emma Hart, Jeppe Hein, Sofia Hultén, Tehching Hsieh, Gordon Matta-Clark, Hayley Newman, Miranda Pennell, Ruth Proctor, Roman Signer, William Wegman, Richard Wentworth, Richard Wilson, John Wood and Paul Harrison, Ben Woodeson and Erwin Wurm.

The World Turned Upside Down is a Mead Gallery exhibition which has been curated by Ben Roberts and Simon Faithfull and is supported by The Henry Moore Foundation.

EVENTS

Curators’ Talk: Ben Roberts in Conversation with Simon Faithfull

Thu 3 Oct 5 – 6pm Simon Faithfull is an English artist based in London and Berlin whose work has been widely exhibited internationally and is held in collections including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Arts Council Collection, UK and the UK Government Art Collection. Simon Faithfull’s practice often involves elements of failure and anti-heroism. His works revolve around research and experiments and he is cited as trying to measure the world in order to check whether it exists and whether, when absent, he also still exists.

Ben Roberts is Public Programme Organiser at Camden Arts Centre and previously worked as a Dean of the Brown Mountain College of the Performing Arts and as director of Tiffin Projects. In this special illustrated talk, Simon Faithfull and Ben Roberts – curators of The World Turned Upside Down – will provide an insight into the exhibition and discuss how it was developed. Places are limited so please book seats in advance by calling Box Office on 024 7652 4524.

60mins National Grid Room £3 (£2)

Simon Faithfull Still from 0º00 Navigation 2008, Super8 and video transfered to DVD, 55min Courtesy the Artist

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Zombie Hunt

Family Art Day

Thu 31 Oct 12 noon – 9pm

Sat 9 Nov 10am – 2.30pm (lunch 12pm – 1pm)

Join the Mead Gallery’s Halloween Zombie Hunt, including a Prize Draw and the opportunity to win a unique artist-made zombie doll. Zombie Hunt will take place throughout the day; no booking required.

Bring the family along for a fun-packed day of art activities in the Mead Gallery, responding to the current exhibition, The World Turned Upside Down. Win some fabulous prizes and get creative as a family in making your own unique pieces of art.

FREE

William Hunt, Sub Optimal Expression Output Interface, 2013 (perforamce documentation). Courtesy Petra Rinck Gallery, IBID projects, Rotwand. Photo: Sirin Simsek

OPENING PARTY The World Turned Upside Down Thu 3 Oct 6 – 8pm Join the curators, artists and everyone at the Mead Gallery to celebrate the opening of this major new exhibition. The evening will include live performances from artists Jefford Horrigan, Ruth Proctor and Angus Braithwaite. A limited FREE bar will be available. Everybody is welcome and no booking is required.

Mead Gallery FREE

Exhibition Tours Tue 22 Oct 6pm & Sat 2 Nov 12 noon Join Fiona Venables, Assistant Curator, for a 30 min introduction to The World Turned Upside Down. The exhibition tours are FREE but places are limited so please book ahead by calling Box Office.

Mead Gallery FREE

The Big Draw: Future Cities

Slapstick Workshops Sat 2 Nov 10am: 7-10yrs; 1pm: 11-17yrs; 3pm and 5pm: 16+ For one day only Tim Klotz will be teaching the art of physical comedy through a series of slapstick workshops for children, young people and adults.

Tim Klotz is resident fight director at Drama Centre London and the founder of YoungBlood Dramatic Action Services. He was also fight coordinator for Miranda Pennell’s award-winning film short, Fisticuffs, which can be seen in the Mead Gallery’s latest exhibition, The World Turned Upside Down and online at http://vimeo. com/9390134.

60-90mins Helen Martin Studio £15.50

Drawing Week in the Mead Gallery Mon 4 – Fri 8 Nov 12 noon – 9pm The Mead Gallery invites you to join us for our very own Drawing Week. Still lifes will be available for visitors to draw and a range of FREE art activities will be taking place.

For up-to-date information, check the website, www.meadgallery.co.uk.

No booking is required.

Mead Gallery FREE

Sat 26 – Mon 28 Oct 10am – 5pm Be part of designing and building the biggest joint collage and 3D sculpture in the area and join us as we create a fantastic, future landscape.

A Tour of the University of Warwick Art Collection

This event is part of Big Draw 2013 Draw Tomorrow.

Wed 6 Nov 2pm

Drop in Sessions Age 4+ Helen Martin Studio £3

Come along for a tour of the University Art Collection. The tour will focus upon a selection of artworks which address ideas raised by the Mead Gallery’s latest exhibition. The tour is FREE but places are limited so please book ahead by calling Box Office.

Mead Gallery £5 (£20 tickets for up to 5 people) Children must be accompanied by an adult age 18+

Fail Better – Deconstructing Buster Keaton Sat 16 & Sun 17 Nov For two days only, Warwick Arts Centre hosts a packed programme of artists’ performances, film screenings and talks to coincide with the Mead Gallery’s concurrent exhibition, The World Turned Upside Down. For the most up-to-date information, go to www.meadgallery.co.uk.

Part of Fierce Sunday

ACTION HERO Slap Talk

Sun 6 Oct 11.30am - 3.30pm Slap Talk is an exhaustive verbal confrontation between Gemma Paintin and James Stenhouse, who comprise Action Hero. During the performance the duo will ritualistically insult each other while reading from autocues. In doing so they call to mind not only the ‘trash-talking’ between boxers at a televised weigh-in or jousting politicians, but the latent potential of violence that is present within everyday life. You are invited to delight in the cruel, flirtatious humour the inflict on each other, kept in check by a controlled ‘TV studio’ aesthetic. Slap Talk is presented as part of Fierce and has been programmed to coincide with The World Turned Upside Down.

Developed at BIOS, Athens with support from Caravan.

Action Hero are supported by Theatre Bristol’s company producer.

For more information on Fierce Sunday see pg. 7

Studio FREE Children must be accompanied by an adult.

FREE

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CLASSICAL MUSIC Butterworth Hall £36.50 (£34.50), £34 (£32), £30 (£29), £25.50 (£24.50), £19 (£18), £12 (Choir), Under 26s £12.50 Under 18s £10.50 if accompanied by a full price paying adult

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio Wed 9 Oct 7.30pm Tchaikovsky Rachmaninov Tchaikovsky Conductor Piano

Souvenir de Florence Paganini Variations Symphony No.4 Vladimir Fedoseyev Andrei Korobeinikov

The horns blast out a savage fanfare; the trumpets scream in reply – and you know this isn’t going to be any ordinary symphony. It’s Tchaikovsky’s Fourth, the no-holds-barred emotional autobiography in which one of the most inspired composers of all time wrestles with his personal demons in music of startling rawness and power.

This is uncensored Tchaikovsky, and if you want to hear what that really means, you need to hear it played by a genuine Russian orchestra.

These Russian artists were born to play this music, just as the young pianist Korobeinikov’s performance of the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini comes straight out of the tradition of Rachmaninov himself.

Pre-concert Talk Woods-Scawen Room 6.15pm £2 Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick, in discussion with pianist Andrei Korobeinikov.

Academy of Ancient Music Sun 20 Oct 3pm (N.B matinée concert) F J Haydn F J Haydn Mozart Mozart Director & Violin

Violin Concerto in C major Symphony No.45 in F sharp minor Symphony No.10 in G minor Violin Concerto in A major ‘Turkish’ Alina Ibragimova

One night in Vienna, Haydn turned to Mozart’s father and told him: “Your son is the greatest composer known to me – alive or dead”. So what better partners for this programme than two of music’s greatest friends?

It’s the idea of tonight’s director, violinist Alina Ibragimova. She’s won every award going, including a Classical Brit. Now she switches to the wonderfully authentic sound of a reproduction 18th century violin to play two of the classical era’s most entertaining violin showpieces: Haydn’s sparkling concerto in C major, and Mozart’s zingy, shamelessly tuneful Turkish concerto. Then she becomes first amongst equals, leading these virtuoso players in Mozart’s spirited 10th symphony and Haydn’s delightfully droll Farewell symphony.

Pre-concert Talk Woods-Scawen Room 1.45pm (matinée concert) £2 Matt Burman, Head of Programme and Audiences, Warwick Arts Centre, in discussion with Alina Ibragimova and musicians from the orchestra.

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Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sat 16 Nov 7.30pm

Tue 26 Nov 7.30pm

Smetana Bruch Strauss Beethoven Conductor Violin

3 Dances from The Bartered Bride Violin Concerto Tales from the Vienna Woods Symphony No.5 Libor Pesek Chloe Hanslip

Beethoven called it “Fate knocking on the door”. For Billy Joel it was simply “one of the biggest hits in history”. But there’s more to Beethoven’s Fifth than just the most famous beginning in all music, and if you’ve never heard it complete you’ve missed out.

So here’s your chance, in a concert that begins in the Bohemian meadows of Smetana’s delightful folk-opera, and takes a whirl around Strauss’s Vienna before veteran maestro Pesek launches his orchestra into the four notes that simply everybody knows.

Pesek and the CNSO are drenched in the Central European way of music-making, so there’s no more natural team to accompany the wonderful Chloe Hanslip in the most popular violin concerto in the world: Bruch’s First. You know it; you love it... but you’ve never heard it played like this!

Pre-concert Talk Woods-Scawen Room 6.15pm £2 Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick, in discussion with violinist Chloe Hanslip.

Delius Walton Delius Elgar Conductor Cello

La Calinda Cello Concerto On hearing the 1st Cuckoo in Spring Enigma Variations Christoph Koenig Jamie Walton

England’s dreaming...and as winter closes in escape from it all with some of British music’s sunniest and most spring-like masterpieces.

Delius heard his First Cuckoo in a French garden. William Walton composed his Cello Concerto in Italy, and a warm Mediterranean laps at its very opening bars. But who’s counting when it all sounds so irresistibly English?

For the RPO, British music is a living tradition – one that will sound fresher and livelier than ever with conductor Christopher Koenig and the acclaimed cellist Jamie Walton. No piece says ‘England’ quite like Elgar’s Enigma Variations; the musical portrait-gallery that’s become part of our national life.

Pre-concert Talk Woods-Scawen Room 6.15pm £2 Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick, in discussion with cellist Jamie Walton.

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COULL QUARTET

Colours of Dark Light

with Christopher Redgate, Oboe Wed 20 Nov 7.15pm Britten Phantasy Quartet Op.2 for oboe and string trio Edward Cowie Colours of Dark Light for oboe and string quartet – world premiere Ravel Quartet in F Genius loves company, and when you add a wind instrument to a string ensemble something magical happens. The teenage Benjamin Britten found a completely fresh voice; for Edward Cowie, meanwhile, it’s a way to explore the outer limits of the universe itself in a stunning new work written specially for the Coull Quartet and the “blazing audacity” of oboist-extraordinaire Christopher Redgate.

This is music to astonish: but back in turn-of-the-century Paris, Ravel’s String Quartet caused outrage too! You’d never believe it today. Bright, serene and radiantly beautiful, it’s the perfect finish to an evening of music to send the imagination soaring.

AURORA ORCHESTRA

Peter & The Wolf The Snowman narrated by Sanjeev Bhaskar Sun 15 Dec 3pm Conductor

Neil Thomson

Delight your family this Christmas with a double bill of classic musical stories for children, accompanied by a live orchestra and narrated

by Sanjeev Bhaskar of Goodness Gracious Me and The Kumars at No. 42 fame.

Peter and his animal companions are brought to life before your ears by dancing strings, quacking oboes, fluttering flutes and prowling horns in Prokofiev’s charming tale of courage and compassion.

With the enchanting animated film The Snowman shown on a big screen, orchestral forces inject tingle-down-the-spine magic into ‘Walking in the air’ – the soundtrack to every child’s Christmas.

Pre-concert Talk, Helen Martin Studio 6.15pm £1

The perfect way to begin the exciting build-up to Christmas Day.

Helen Martin Studio £17.50 (£15.50)

80mins (including interval) / All ages Butterworth Hall £19.50, £15.50 Children/Under 26s £14.50, £11.50

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Chamber Concerts This year we’re delighted to introduce our new Chamber Music programme – a wonderfully intimate complement to our orchestral and Coull Quartet concerts.

Some of the brightest and liveliest ensembles on the current scene play music that ranges from the Baroque era to the British musical renaissance of Elgar and Vaughan Williams and the timeless power of Ludwig van Beethoven. Music doesn’t get any more personal than this – so join us this season, as we share three centuries of ‘the music of friends.’

Helen Martin Studio £12 (£10) Subscribers £9.50

English Piano Trio plays Tchaikovsky Sun 29 Sep 3pm Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

Tchaikovsky

Melody from ‘Souvenirs d’un Lieu Cher’ for Violin and Piano Op.42 Pezzo Capriccioso for Cello and Piano Op.62 Piano Trio in A minor Op.50

The A minor Trio is Tchaikovsky at his most ambitious, but also his most personal.

Grandiose, impassioned, and hauntingly sad, it’s the overwhelming climax to this all-Tchaikovsky programme from the English Piano Trio, and everyone who loves Tchaikovsky should get to know it. First, though, two delicious musical miniatures show how – even when he’s breaking your heart – Tchaikovsky always sends you away humming a tune.

Delmege Quartet English Piano Trio plays Beethoven Sun 13 Oct 3pm

Violins Thomas Aldren and Kirsty Lovie Viola Elizabeth Boyce Cello Hannah Innes

Members of the Royal Academy of Music, the Delmege Quartet was officially formed in London in October 2011 during an impromptu chamber music day in Kirsty’s living room, and has had great success since then.

The programme will include Mozart and Haydn.

Wed 6 Nov 7.15pm Beethoven Sonata for Piano and Cello

in A major Op.69 Beethoven Piano Trio in D major

Op.70 no.1 Ghost Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat major Op.97 Archduke There may be only three players in a piano trio: but this is the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, and it’s anything but small-scale.

Beethoven’s Archduke Trio is the trio by which all others are measured: as epic as the Emperor concerto, as tender as the Moonlight Sonata and as dramatic as the Eroica symphony.

The so-called Ghost Trio, meanwhile, opens a gateway into a truly otherworldly realm of emotion. The English Piano Trio have been playing this music together for a quarter of a century, so it’s no surprise they’ve chosen to devote an entire concert to some of the greatest music ever penned for a violin, a cello and a piano.

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The Light Programme To complement our classical music programme, a series of films themed by the subject matter of our concerts, or detailing the life of a composer will be shown in our cinema.

Cinema £5.10

Brief Encounter PG Thu 3 Oct 2.30pm Dir: David Lean UK 1945 86mins Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway David Lean’s 1945 classic stars Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard as a couple who meet at a railway station and fall in love but soon find themselves torn between family loyalties and mutual passion.

Mozart’s Sister 12a

Eroica

Nannerl, La Soeur de Mozart

Thu 14 Nov 2.30pm Dir: Simon Cellan Jones UK 2003 129mins Cast: Peter Hanson, Jack Davenport, Leo Bill

Thu 17 Oct 2.30pm Dir: René Féret France 2010 118mins subtitled Cast: Marie Féret, Marc Barbé, Delphine Chuillot Wolfgang Amadeus’ talented sister fights for her own recognition in a male-dominated 18th Century France. An intimate portrait of a family bound by genius, love and ambition.

“A TREAT FOR CLASSICAL MUSICAL LOVERS AND CINEPHILES ALIKE” Variety

A BBC dramatisation of the first performance of Beethoven’s third symphony, the Eroica. Taking place in June 1804 at the Viennese palace of Beethoven’s patron, the performance provokes political arguments as well as a marriage proposal.

Monitor: Delius & Elgar Thu 21 Nov 2.30pm Dir: Ken Russell UK 1968/1962 72mins/50mins For the BBC’s arts programme Monitor in the 1960s, Ken Russell made a series of short documentaries which established him as one of Britain’s top directors. The best regarded of these were his portraits of composers Edward Elgar and Frederick Delius.

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MUSIC CENTRE Music Centre FREE Concert University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, Brass Band, Chorus, Chamber Choir & THE BIG SING! Tue 8 Oct 7pm There’s no business like show business, and if you want a dazzling start to the new academic year, you do not want to miss this FREE concert!

With something for everyone, we’ll take you on a musical journey from glitz to grandeur, and from classical to cheese! This concert will feature a variety of University ensembles and whole array of musical treats, including THE BIG SING! All ages Butterworth Hall FREE – book in advance at Box Office

Infinity and Beyond...

University of Warwick Wind Orchestra & Brass Band Wed 13 Nov 8pm Conductors Simon Hogg, Paul McGrath & Jennifer Wheeler A festive showcase of wind and brass music including the colourful cartoon by Paul Hart and Philip Sparke’s Infinity and Beyond... an evening not to be missed!

All ages Butterworth Hall £6 (£4)

My Shadow and My Light University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra and Chorus

Handel Music for Vespers directed by Jonathan Peter Kenny Tue 12 Nov 7.30pm St Mary’s Church, Warwick University of Warwick Chamber Choir Soprano Paula Sides Mezzo Soprano Helen Sherman Counter Tenor Clint van der Linde Baritone Nick Merryweather The Old Street Band Works by Handel to include Haec est Regina virginium, Nisi Dominus, Te decus virginem and Dixit Dominus. £20, £17.50 reserved, £14.50, £11.50 unreserved £1 students and school children

Fri 29 Nov 7.30pm Conductors Soprano Baritone Smetana Tchaikovsky Fauré Tippett

Lucy Griffiths and Paul McGrath Giulia Boggiano Nicholas Lester The Moldau Symphony No.6 Requiem Spirituals from A Child of Our Time

Both composed in the last decades of the nineteenth-century, Fauré’s evocative Requiem and Tchaikovsky’s dramatic sixth symphony have become two of the best loved classical works in the Western European canon.

All ages Butterworth Hall £7.50 (£5.50)

Tickets available from www.bridgehousetheatre.co.uk and 01926 776438

Christmas Spectacular!

Concert promoted by Leamington Music and English Touring Opera. Please note this concert is performed at St Mary’s Church Warwick not Warwick Arts Centre.

University of Warwick Chorus, Chamber Choir, Wind Orchestra & Brass Band Sun 1 Dec 4pm

Coming in Jan 2014 Opera Warwick Don Giovanni On sale from Oct 2013.

For more information visit www.warickartscentre.co.uk

This will be a magical musical afternoon to remember; elves will don their dancing shoes and Christmas trees will come to life, while we play classic Christmas hits to tap your toes to, and all your favourite carols to sing along to. This year the Spectacular will feature our NEW Christmas Costume Competition! Come dressed in your Christmas Best for a chance to win a special festive prize!

All ages Butterworth Hall £7 (£5) Under 16s (£3)

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OPERA New York’s Metropolitan Opera Live in HD. Warwick Arts Centre’s screening of the best opera broadcast live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

Eugene Onegin

The Nose

Tosca

Tchaikovsky

Shostakovich

Puccini

Sung in Russian with English surtitles Sat 5 Oct 5.55pm

Sung in Russian with English surtitles Sat 26 Oct 5.55pm

Sung in Russian with English surtitles Sat 9 Nov 5.55pm

Conductor Director

Conductor Director

Conductor Director

Valery Gergiev Deborah Warner

Pavel Smelkov William Kentridge

Anna Netrebko and Mariusz Kwiecien star as the lovestruck Tatiana and the imperious Onegin in Tchaikovsky’s fateful romance. Deborah Warner’s new production, set in the late 19th century, moves episodically from farmhouse to ballroom, with a powerful snowstorm providing the dramatic setting for the finale.

William Kentridge stormed the Met with his inventive production of Shostakovich’s opera, which dazzled opera and art lovers alike in its inaugural run in 2010. Now Paulo Szot reprises his acclaimed performance of a bureaucrat, whose satirical misadventures in search of his missing nose are based on Gogol’s comic story.

3hrs 45mins / All ages Cinema £26 (£21) £10.50 restricted view

2hrs 15mins / All ages Cinema £26 (£21) £10.50 restricted view

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Riccardo Frizza Luc Bondy

Puccini’s timeless verismo score is well served by an exceptional cast, led by Patricia Racette in the title role of the jealous diva, opposite Roberto Alagna as her lover, Cavaradossi.

George Gagnidze is the villainous Scarpia.

3hrs 35mins / All ages Theatre £26 (£21) £10.50 restricted view

OPERA & BALLET INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS AN ELLEN KENT PRODUCTION

Aida Verdi

Sung in Italian with English surtitles Thu 21 Nov 2013 7.30pm Featuring the celebrated Chisinau National Opera and National Philharmonic with international guest soloists.

Aida, the grandest of all Ellen Kent’s operas, returns to the UK with a stunning, brand new production of this magnificent story of war, jealousy and revenge, at whose heart is the doomed love of the beautiful Ethiopian slave girl, Aida, and the Egyptian hero, Radames.

Traditionally staged, this lavish production with amazing special effects includes spectacular ballet sequences, stunning sets inspired by the Valley of the Kings and costumes taken from designs found in tomb paintings.

Featuring the classic Triumphal March with an incredible pyrotechnic display using spectacular effects including a magnificent wall of fire inspired by Vulcan, the Lord of Fire, under whose temple Radames and Aida meet their fate.

Butterworth Hall £35.50 (£33.50), £30.50 (£28.50), £25.50 (£23.50)

Falstaff Verdi

“VISUALLY AND VOCALLY GRIPPING FROM START TO FINISH” The Independent

Sung in Italian with English surtitles Sat 14 Dec 5.55pm Conductor Director

James Levine Robert Carsen

An undisputed master of Falstaff, Music Director James Levine conducts Verdi’s opera for the first time at the Met since 2005.

Robert Carsen’s production—the first new Met Falstaff since 1964—is set in the English countryside in the mid-20th century.

3hrs 20mins / All ages Cinema £26 (£21) £10.50 restricted view Falstaff is a co-production of the Metropolitan Opera; Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Teatro alla Scala, Milan; the Canadian Opera Company, Toronto; and De Nederlandse Opera, Amsterdam.

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MUSIC

Sam Carter Trio Fri 4 Oct 7.45pm Since winning Best Newcomer at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2010, Midlands-born singer, guitarist and songwriter Sam Carter has been more in demand than ever. From performances at the Royal Festival Hall for Richard Thompson’s Meltdown to sharing the stage with the great Nic Jones alongside Chris Wood, Martin Simpson and Jon Boden at Sidmouth Folk Week, Sam continues to impress audiences and fellow artists alike.

Studio £12.50

“THE FINEST ENGLISH-STYLE FINGER-PICKING GUITARIST OF HIS GENERATION” Jon Boden

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Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Shkayla before Sam Carter’s performance, see page. 26 for details.

FIERCE SUNDAY

Nicolas Jaar & the Joshua Light Show Sun 6 Oct 8pm New York’s legendary Joshua Light Show is noted for creating the hallucinatory visuals behind the psychedelic mythic rock acts of the late 1960s including The Doors, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Grateful Dead and Janis Joplin. Reformed by founder Joshua White with a new team of artists in the 2000s, the lightshow combines classic analog effects—including the “liquid light” for which it is best known—with contemporary digital approaches. This is one of only three performances in the UK in a rare European outing.

Joshua Light Show will be accompanied by rising electronica star Nicolas Jaar who fuses minimal techno beats, deep house, off-kilter jazz-funk rhythms into symphonic dreamscapes. His debut album ‘Space Is Only Noise’ has become one of the most successful debuts of recent times garnering praise from the likes of The Guardian (“One feels drawn into a fully formed, self-contained world of his making”) and Dazed & Confused (“Nicolas Jaar has achieved something that few electronic musicians have achieved before - bringing geeky techno fiends, jazz lovers and chav ravers into an unholy union”).

Co-presented with Barbican, Fierce Festival, Birmingham and produced in association with Arktype, New York.

Butterworth Hall £15.50 (£10.50)

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Under the Radar

Amy Kakoura: Songs from a Ledge Support from Stark Wed 9 Oct 8pm Songs and stories inspired by the golden age of Jazz and based on the long life of “the Girl on the Ledge”, fictional singing star Maria Lynwood, whose career spanned the 20th century.

The show is performed and co-written by talented young actress and singer Amy Kakoura, who is making a name for herself both as an actor and a featured vocalist.

Amy has recently performed and recorded with concert guitarist Richard Durrant and folklegend Gordon Giltrap and regularly performs with her own bands, The Brownstone Leapers and the Meta Four, she also works regularly as a session and voiceover artist. For this performance Amy is backed by Andrew Sharpe (Steamchicken, Jazz Roots, the Society) and a full band.

Studio £7.50 (£6)

Alison Moyet Thu 10 Oct 8pm World-renowned musical icon Alison Moyet has achieved sales of more than 20 million, both as a solo artist and as half of influential electro duo Yazoo.

Now she’s back out on tour, performing songs from her new album The Minutes as well as classic tracks from her back catalogue.

Butterworth Hall £34, £25.50

“AN EXTRAORDINARY, MODERNSOUNDING AND EFFORTLESSLY STYLISH COMEBACK” Pop Justice

Bright Phoebus Revisited The songs of Lal & Mike Waterson Sat 12 Oct 8pm Featuring: Richard Hawley Eliza Carthy Martin Carthy Marry Waterson Norma Waterson Olly Waterson Kate St John John Smith Kami Thompson This is the story of a ‘lost’ classic album. Written by folk luminaries, the late Lal & Mike Waterson, Bright Phoebus was released in 1972, attracting little interest and largely shunned by critics at the time. It is now considered one of the definite recordings of the genre, mixing dark poetic ballads of life, death, love and longing with, at times, Sgt. Pepper pop-like sensibility.

This project draws together the remaining members of the Waterson family plus special guests, to celebrate the life and work of Lal and Mike through their music. They will perform the album live for the very first time, as well as some of Lal and Mike’s previously unheard and unreleased songs.

Butterworth Hall £22.50, £19.50

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Will Pound Band Sun 13 Oct 7.45pm Will Pound, Chris Sarjeant, Henry Webster & John Parker come together to perform a mix of English, Irish & Northumbrian tunes with jazz, bluegrass, blues, rock & funk diversions.

Featured artist on the Christmas no.1 single for Hillsborough, He Ain’t Heavy, and nominated as Best Musician at the 2012 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Will Pound is one of the world’s top harmonica players and a festival favourite. He’s taken the instrument to new places and new music with a style that is completely his own. Will plays both diatonic and chromatic harmonicas and creates sounds not usually heard on this little instrument in styles varying from bluegrass, folk, jazz and Arabic to blues, rock, pop and funk.

Studio £13

Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott Tue 15 Oct 8pm The legendary Christy Moore is one of contemporary Irish music’s best-loved singer-songwriters. With a successful recording career spanning over 40 years, his stature and influence in Irish roots music is unparalleled.

Christy Moore has been singing, writing and collecting songs for most of his life. He has been on the road since 1966, and has made over 30 albums, both solo and with the prestigious bands Moving Hearts and Planxty. His live performances have run the gamut from small folk clubs in Ireland and England to premier concert halls throughout the world.

Butterworth Hall £33, £31

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MUSIC BEYOND MAINSTREAM PRESENTS

Symphonic Grace Paloma Faith with the Guy Barker Orchestra Wed 23 Oct 8pm

Paloma Faith is proving to be one of the most innovative and creative female singers of her generation; never afraid to take risks or push boundaries.

In 2010 and 2012, to critical acclaim, she wowed the Cheltenham Festival and London Barbican by teaming up with 42-piece Guy Barker Orchestra to present full-blown orchestral arrangements of her own material intermingled with classic jazz ballads, and she now takes that to a new level with the Symphonic Grace tour.

Featuring new orchestral arrangements from her Brit-nominated Fall to Grace album, including the hits Picking Up The Pieces and 30 Minute Love Affair, as well as a few other surprises on the way, Symphonic Grace is yet another bold step in Paloma’s adventurous career.

With a 42-piece orchestra, backing singers and fabulous costumes, expect Paloma Faith at her most epic.

Butterworth Hall £29.50, £25 Reviews from Paloma Faith’s previous collaborations with the Guy Barker Orchestra:

“IT WAS SENSATIONAL” The Independent

“THE ENCORE HAD THE WHOLE AUDIENCE OF ALL THREE LEVELS OF THE HALL UP ON ITS FEET” London Jazz News

“IT WAS ORIGINAL. IT WAS EXCITING. IT WAS FUN. AND BEST OF ALL IT ALL SOUNDED STUNNING” Soulside Funk

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Bombino Sun 27 Oct 7.30pm In April 2013, Bombino made his Nonesuch Records debut with the release of Nomad, recorded with 2013 Grammy-winning Producer of the Year, Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys. Nomad debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Music album chart and iTunes World chart and has earned rave reviews from top media outlets around the world including BBC World Service, which calls it “utterly, utterly fantastic” and Rolling Stone, “a perfect match of sound and soul [that] introduces a new guitar hero.” His dazzling live performance and virtuosity on the guitar have led notable music critics to compare him to Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Neil Young, and Jerry Garcia.

Theatre £14.50

“ROUND LIKE KNOPFLER, SPACY LIKE HENDRIX, CONCISE LIKE ALI FARKA TOURE” The Huffington Post

“A BONE-SHAKER OF A NEW ALBUM” HHHH The Independent

Gwyneth Herbert – The Sea Cabinet Fri 1 Nov 7.45pm Gwyneth Herbert is an artist who continues to redefine (and defy) expectations. A singer-songwriter with one foot in the jazz world and one somewhere in the future, Herbert’s songs are populated by a living, breathing cast of beaten-down dreamers, jaded city-dwellers, and women in a quandary.

Expect terrific, highly original songs which speak to you directly, without forethought for genre or category all delivered by one of the UK finest singers’ who has critics in a fizz, scrambling for comparisons with Lennon and McCartney, Nina Simone, the Kinks and Tom Waits.

Studio £15.50

“IF HANNS EISLER HAD BEEN A WOMAN AND WRITTEN WITH RAY DAVIES, HE MIGHT HAVE COME UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS” HHHH The Independent on Sunday

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Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Interplay before Gwyneth Herbert’s Trio’s performance, see pg. 28 for details.

Under the Radar

Slade and Sweet Lucy Ann Sale Hot Club with Sonomama of Cowtown & Barricades Rise Fri 1 Nov 8pm

Slade became one of Europe’s biggest bands in the 70s, producing a catalogue of hits that provided a soundtrack to the glam generation.

Slade today are still one of the most exciting live bands on the road, their stage performance is an exhilarating roller-coaster ride of pure rock ‘n’ roll.

Sweet are a rock music phenomena, the quintessential glam rockers who have spent over three years in the UK charts, sold over 55 million records and have had 34 number 1 hits including their hit Blockbuster, still playing to sell out audiences around the world.

Slade are: Dave Hill, Don Powell, John Berry and Mal McNulty Sweet are: Pete Lincoln, Andy Scott, Tony O’Hora and Bruce Bisland Butterworth Hall £27.50, £25.50

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Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Interplay before the Slade and Sweet performance, see pg. 28 for details.

Sun 10 Nov 7.30pm Guitar and Vocals Violin and Vocals Bass and Vocals

Sat 2 Nov 7.45pm Soulful, vibrant and musically elaborate, Lucy Ann Sale is a multi-instrumentalist and songwriter who incorporates varying elements of progressive folk, jazz, blues, pop and electronica. Currently performing with 6 piece band Sonomama including Si Hayden (double bass), G. Vaughan (drums and percussion) and Andy Whitehead (lead guitar), with Lizzy Coughlan and Liz Crowley also on vocals and percussion.

With over 15 years together honing their musical partnership, Barricades Rise AKA Jonathan Coates and Michael McEntee have mastered the art of sounding like a 9-piece band encased in 2 acoustic guitars and vocals, taking the over-ripe acoustic folk scene and turning it on its head.

Studio £7.50 (£6)

Whit Smith Elana James Jake Erwin

From the bright lights of the Grand Ol’Opry to the UK’s Glastonbury and Cambridge Festivals, regular appearances on Prairie Home Companion, the BBC’s Later…with Jools Holland and festival stages worldwide, The Hot Club of Cowtown has ascended from its unlikely beginnings in NYC’s East Village more than a decade ago, to become the premier ambassador of Hot Jazz and Western Swing through sheer tenacity, virtuosity and the unstoppable power of their breath-taking live show.

Theatre £18

“HOT CLUB HAVE SPIRIT, ORIGINALITY AND SKILL THAT WOULD SURELY HAVE IMPRESSED STEPHANE GRAPPELLI AND DJANGO REINHARDT BACK IN THE 1930S” The Guardian

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Soweto Gospel Choir 10th Anniversary Tour Thu 14 Nov 8pm Over the last 10 years Soweto Gospel Choir has brought joy into the lives of audiences all over the world. They have collaborated, recorded and performed with artists including Bono and U2, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Robert Plant, Celine Dion, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban as well as Andrew Rieu. They have performed in front of President Bill Clinton, Oprah Winfrey and of course their spiritual fathers, Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Be uplifted by this joyful spectacular of song and dance.

Butterworth Hall £29, £26.50, £23.50

“SOWETO GOSPEL CHOIR IS WONDERFUL! YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN OR HEARD SUCH INFECTIOUS JOY – GUARANTEED!!”

Brian May of Queen

Zappa Plays Zappa Roxy & Elsewhere Tue 19 Nov 7.45pm Zappa Plays Zappa, the Grammy winning group that has made and recreated history performing the music of Frank Zappa, is embarking on an epic musical trek across the UK celebrating the classic Frank Zappa album Roxy & Elsewhere. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of that pivotal Zappa fan favourite, the entirety of its repertoire, including the provocative rhythms of Don’t You Ever Wash That Thing? Echidna’s Arf (Of You) and Be -Bop Tango (of the Old Jazzmen’s Church) will be performed live on stage.

Zappa Plays Zappa will hit the road premiering songs that have not been performed on previous tours and cutting its teeth on additional surprise material.

Butterworth Hall VIP experience £70, £60 Standard £40, £30

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Paul Carrack Wed 27 Nov 7.30pm Legendary Sheffield-born singer, songwriter and former frontman of Ace, Squeeze and Mike & The Mechanics returns to the road. With a back catalogue of hits including How Long, Tempted and The Living Years, Paul’s marvellously soulful voice is known to millions around the world; he is undoubtedly a key figure in British pop history.

And as his devoted fans know all too well, a Paul Carrack show is always something very special.

Butterworth Hall £39 (£29)

“THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN VOICE” BBC4

Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes Fri 15 Nov 7.30pm Celebrating a 21 year musical partnership, singer songwriter Steve Knightley and multiinstrumentalist Phil Beer are triple winners at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards (Best Duo, Best Original Song, Best Live Act). Joined by musical chameleon Miranda Sykes on double bass they have become one of the acoustic roots scene’s major players, widely recognised for their resonating original songs, slick musicianship and audience rapport.

The band return to the UK this autumn for the Hand in Hand tour – performing three songs apiece in the opening set to showcase their myriad individual talents, before joining forces for the unique Show of Hands experience after the interval.

Theatre £20

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Glenn Tilbrook Sun 17 Nov 7.30pm “ I’m not reinventing the wheel / I just like the way it makes me feel,” says Glenn Tilbrook of his recent recordings. When the wheel in question is the perfect three-and-a-half minute pop song, Tilbrook is a certified patent holder and member of that elite group that includes such tunesmiths as Lennon & McCartney, Ray Davies and Elvis Costello.

As one half of the song-writing duo behind the beloved band Squeeze and now a successful solo artist, Tilbrook has perfected a signature style marked by brilliant melodic invention, cheeky humor and slice-of-life pathos, all wrapped up with unshakable hooks and his golden boy tenor.

From chestnuts like Up the Junction and Pulling Mussels (From the Shell) through stunning new tracks Untouchable and Ray and Me, he has amassed a veritable Sears Catalogue of memorable songs.

Theatre £18

Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Two Man Ting before the Show of Hands show, see pg. 28 for details.

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Under the Radar

Sarah Blasko Thu 28 Nov 7.45pm Brilliant, bold, unpolluted and enthralling are just some of the adjectives used to describe Sarah Blasko’s fourth studio album I Awake on its release in her native Australia. As ‘fragile as a nervous breakdown’ yet, with its startling honesty and willingness to plumb the deepest thought and the darkest shadow, the record reveals the mettle and spirit of an indomitable artist.

I Awake will take audiences on a tumbling and soaring journey. Joined by her band and a string section Sarah will also perform songs from her previous repertoire including 2010s As Day Follows Night which received critical acclaim across the board.

Studio £14.50

“A SWEEPING, ORIGINAL AURAL LANDSCAPE” HHHH The Telegraph on I Awake

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Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Eli Stone before Sarah Blasko’s performance, see pg. 28 for details.

John Cooper Clarke with special guests Mike Garry and Luke Wright Thu 28 Nov 8pm Punk Poet John Cooper Clarke was one of the leading voices of punk and youth culture of the late 70s with his biting, satirical, political and very funny verse, delivered in his rapid-fire style, leaving audiences ecstatic.

The revival of the 70s punk phenomenon over the last few years has seen a whole new generation clamouring over John’s work and his now iconic visual appearance. As one of Britain’s best loved and most important poets and performers, John is as vital now as he was then. Catch him live at Warwick Arts Centre.

Butterworth Hall £16.50 Student tickets £13

“IF YOU THINK POETRY IS DULL AND BORING, OR POSH AND ERUDITE – YOU HAVEN’T SEEN JCC!... FUNNIER THAN THE THROWAWAY GAGS OF ALMOST ANY STAND-UP” The Guardian

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Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Eli Stone before John Cooper Clarke’s performance, see pg. 28 for details.

Matt Hernandez Flamenco Guitar with Flavours of Folk and Blues Fri 29 Nov 7.45pm Matt’s musical roots began playing electric then acoustic finger-style blues. Matt later spent several years living in Spain, exploring his family roots living in the mountain region of Las Alpujarras near Granada, Andalucia, studying flamenco guitar with the locals and gypsies!

Studio £7.50 (£6)

Steeleye Span

Empirical

Wintersmith Tour

Wed 4 Dec 7.45pm

Tue 3 Dec 8pm

The story of award-winning, forward-looking British jazz group Empirical continues this autumn with the release of their 4th studio album.

The music on the album documents Empirical’s work with the Benyounes Quartet, an up and coming critically acclaimed string quartet.

Folk rock pioneers Steeleye Span return with a new live show and project as Maddy Prior – the voice of the band for 38 years – leads a line-up featuring faces old and new. Currently collaborating with Terry Pratchett on a record based on his Wintersmith novel, their 2013 performances will see them debut new gems alongside classics that have made them one of the most successful British bands ever.

Butterworth Hall £22.50, £19.50

“DON’T MISS THEM...”

The Independent

In just a few short years Empirical have carved out a place as one of jazz’s most exciting young bands, touring from New York to Molde, London to Montreal, and winning numerous awards including the 2010 MOBO for Best Jazz Act and Jazzwise and Mojo albums of the year.

Their aim to expand on the traditions of jazz has seen them create music both timeless and totally now, inside and out.

Fri 6 Dec 8pm Kate Rusby is steeped in her local traditions and tonight showcases the carols and songs learnt through childhood in her native South Yorkshire. Come along to hear new variations of familiar carols mostly unheard outside the area together with a selection of old favourites.

Kate is touring this Christmas season with her hugely talented band, complete with brass quintet. A rousing Christmas celebration, this unmissable evening will feature songs from Kate’s two albums of Yorkshire-inspired songs and carols.

Butterworth Hall £24.50 Under 16s £15.50

Studio £15.50

“EMPIRICAL COULD TURN OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT BANDS IN BRITISH JAZZ HISTORY” Jazzwise

Kate Rusby at Christmas

“HER SHOW SPARKLES WITH MAGIC AND AN ACHINGLY BITTERSWEET SENSE OF CHRISTMASSES PAST” Yorkshire Post 2012

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Join us for a FREE & Live gig featuring Charlie Law before Kate Rusby’s performance, see pg. 28 for details.

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COMEDY Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions.

Please come prepared. All shows are suitable for ages 16+ unless otherwise stated.

Stewart Lee

Doc Brown

Jack Dee

Much-A-Stew About Nothing

Of Mic & Men

Wed 30 Oct 8pm

Wed 2 Oct 8pm

Sat 5 Oct 7.30pm

Following the sell-out Carpet Remnant World, the acclaimed writer and comedian presents a mixed stew of unrelated ideas in preparation for his 2014 TV series. See it live so you can begin the backlash ahead of transmission.

Rapper turned comedian Doc Brown brings his tongue-in-cheek take on hip-hop culture to our theatre. Appearances include The Office Revisited Comic Relief sketch, The Inbetweeners, Rev, Derek, Miranda and the BBC Comedy Proms – proof that Doc is a must-see act.

After his 2012 appearance catch Jack as he hits the road for his 2013 tour.

Butterworth Hall £20.50

“HE’S THE MOST EXCITING COMEDIAN IN THE COUNTRY, BAR NONE” HHHH The Times

Age 14+ Theatre £14.50

“IF BROWN KEEPS MINING THIS RICH SEAM OF HIP-HOP COMEDY, HIS FAME SHOULD LOOK AFTER ITSELF” The Guardian

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Where’s he been? Appearing on shows like QI and Never Mind The Buzzcocks, hosting Radio 4’s I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue, co-writing and starring BBC 2’s hit sitcom Lead Balloon and writing his memoirs, which he modestly dedicated to himself ­– Without whom none of this would have been possible.

Why is he touring again? “I want to spend less time with my family” says Jack.

Butterworth Hall £21.50

Rob Beckett

Jimmy Carr

LIVE

Gagging Order

Sun 6 Oct 7.45pm

Fri 18 Oct 8pm

Multi award-winning comedian Rob Beckett and his trademark grin comes to Coventry. The plan for the show is for you to laugh a lot and leave happier than when you arrived.

Jimmy’s back with his hilarious show, Gagging Order, packed with one-liners, stories and jokes – some clever, some rude and a few totally unacceptable.

Age 14+ Studio £10.50

Everybody’s welcome. Just leave your sense of common decency and moral compass at home and come on out for a laugh.

Butterworth Hall £25.50

Reginald D Hunter In The Midst of Crackers Sat 19 Oct 8pm Following two previous sell-out tours of the UK and the release of his debut stand up DVD, Reginald – a popular guest on shows including Live at the Apollo and Have I Got News for You – returns with his own unique blend of humour in this entertaining show.

Age 18+ Butterworth Hall £23.50

Support: Pete Johansson

Marcel Lucont

Ardal O’Hanlon

Gallic Symbol

Sun 20 Oct 7.30pm

Wed 30 Oct 7.30pm

Sun 20 Oct 7.45pm

Father Ted star Ardal O’Hanlon is delighted to present his latest stand-up show for 2013. The style is observational, the subject matter is life itself, and the default expression is one of utter disbelief. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes silly, but always punchy.

The godfather of alternative comedy in his first full-length stand-up show in 17 years following two sold-out London seasons.

Witty, acerbic, magniloquent Frenchman seeks willing, intelligent audience for fun, adventure and maybe something more. Must have own underwear, socks and breath but be prepared to have these charmed off, laughed off and taken away respectively.

Studio £11.50 (£9.50)

Theatre £20.50 (£18.50)

“CHARM, INTELLIGENCE AND FABULOUS PHRASE-MAKING”

Alexei Sayle Theatre £18.50

“FEARLESSLY FUNNY... THRILLS AND SURPRISES AT EVERY TURN” HHHH Metro

The Guardian

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Paul Merton Impro Chums Sat 2 Nov 8pm Paul Merton, one of the UK’s best-loved performers, and his world renowned Impro Chums Mike McShane, Lee Simpson, Richard Vranch and Suki Webster are here in a new and unique comedy show, based entirely on suggestions from the audience.

Butterworth Hall £21.50 (£19.50)

The Return of Grumpy Old Women Live Fifty Shades of Beige Sun 3 Nov 7.30pm By popular demand the Grumpies are back to knock some sense into the nation.

Joining Jenny Éclair in this brand spanking new show are fellow recruits Susie Blake and Kate Robbins. Come and bask in an orgy of fury and big laughs in this glorious live version of the hit TV show.

Theatre £20.50

Paul Foot Words Fri 8 Nov 7.45pm Paul Foot’s recent shows and tours have garnered a string of 5 star reviews and successive Barry Nominations at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. Described by Chortle as “inspired, surreal and incomprehensibly funny”, he is a true original, challenging comedic convention at every turn and delighting his connoisseurs. A BBC New Comedy Award and Daily Telegraph Open Mic winner.

Age 14+ Studio £13

“ UTTERLY TWISTED ALTERNATIVE COMEDY UNLIKE ANYTHING ELSE YOU ARE LIKELY TO SEE” HHHH The Sydney Morning Herald

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Robin Ince The Importance of Being Interested Sat 9 Nov 7.45pm Award-winning comedian and science enthusiast Robin Ince follows up his Happiness Through Science show with a look at his favourite scientists – Charles Darwin and Richard Feynman. It is a loving look into the minds of two giants of human imagination who changed our world view. He’ll also stop off on the way to look at some of the more bizarre views of early science – is the ostrich really the offspring of the union of a gnat and a giraffe?* (*No) Age 14+ Studio £12.50 (£10.50)

Chris Ramsey The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning Television Sat 16 Nov 7.30pm After being “sent off” the Soccer AM sofa last year for misbehaving, Chris wonders whether he really is The Most Dangerous Man on Saturday Morning TV – not to mention, whether he wants to be.

Jason Manford

Mark Thomas

First World Problems

100 Acts of Minor Dissent

Mon 11 & Tue 12 Nov 8pm Wed 15 Jan 8pm

Thu 14 Nov 7.30pm

Expect a wealth of comedy anecdotes, misunderstandings and audience banter delivered with likeable charm and teasingly intelligent wit from the loveable northern comedian.

Butterworth Hall £23

Mark Thomas is well versed in the art of creative mayhem and over the years his troublemaking has changed laws, cost companies millions and annoyed those who most deserved to be. Now he returns to what he does best, mischief – joyously bad behaviour with a purpose. After his award-winning show Bravo Figaro Mark sets himself the task of committing 100 Acts of Minor Dissent in the space of a year.

Mark catalogues everything from the smallest and silliest gesture to the grandest confrontations and the results are subversive, hilarious, mainly legal and occasionally inspiring.

Theatre £15.50 (£10.50)

Taking his brush with on-air censorship as a jumping off point to muse on life, mistakes, expectation and offense, he examines what happens when you say the wrong thing in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Theatre £17

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Steve Hughes

Greg Davies

Craig Campbell

While it’s Still Legal

The Back of My Mum’s Head

Thrilling Mic Hunt

Sun 17 Nov 7.45pm

Fri 22 Nov 8pm

Sun 24 Nov 7.45pm

Direct from sell-out shows at the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and New Zealand Comedy Festivals, the sublime Australian comic and ex heavy-metal drummer returns to UK shores to embark upon his second solo tour.

Best-known as the sardonic Head of Sixth Form Mr Gilbert in the BAFTA award-winning The Inbetweeners, the critically acclaimed Greg Davies returns with his show The Back of My Mum’s Head due to popular demand.

This brand new show features more thoughtful, outspoken social commentary courtesy of a masterful, erudite and provocative performer.

Laid-back, effortless charm and caustic anti-establishment humour from a truly unique, world class performer.

Butterworth Hall £25.50

Internationally acclaimed Canadian stand-up Craig Campbell has supported Frankie Boyle on his last two sell-out national tours, and has performed smokin’ sets on Dave’s One Night Stand, Russell Howard’s Good News, and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow.

A formidable force, Craig never fails to impress with his high octane, charismatic performances and hilarious anecdotes. Catch this master storyteller now.

Studio £15.50 (£13.50)

“OUTSTANDING. HUGHES IS GOLD”

“A MAN DESTINED FOR GREATNESS” Time Out

“RUDE, SUBSTANTIAL, HEARTFELT, CUNNING” The Times

Studio £15.50

“BRINGING A TALE TO LIFE LIKE A YOUNG BILLY CONNOLLY” Edinburgh Evening News

Metro

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Alistair McGowan Trevor Noah

Ed Byrne

Not Just a Pretty Voice

The Racist

Roaring Forties

Sun 24 Nov 7.30pm

Tue 26 Nov 7.30pm

Wed 4 Dec 8pm

The Nation’s favourite impressionist, Alistair McGowan, goes back to his stand-up roots for a new two-hour show. Asking the big questions like: would the world be a happier place if Ed Miliband was Prime Minister? What are we really thinking while watching Shakespeare? And is Hilary Devey Jessie J’s mum? Expect to hear everyone from Andy Murray to Colin Murray, riffs on everything from Jeff Stelling to bad spelling and at least one song about butter.

Fresh from a record-breaking season of shows at London’s Soho Theatre and a critically acclaimed total sell-out season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, South African comedian, Trevor Noah is proud to present his critically acclaimed show, The Racist, on a ground-breaking tour of the UK.

A self-confessed ‘miserable old git’ since the age of 23, Ed Byrne is now in his forties. While for others this might result in a crisis that prompts the purchase of a sports car, Ed embraces middle age with open arms. Come join him, as he truly comes of age and gives out his clarion cry: “I am in my Forties. HEAR ME ROAR!”

Theatre £15.50

Age 12+ Butterworth Hall £23

Warning: May contain puns!

Age 15+ Theatre £15.50

“SLICK, INTELLIGENT, BLISSFULLY FUNNY…THIS IS INSIGHTFUL, WARM, CLASSY COMEDY” HHHH Time Out

Russell Kane

Andrew Lawrence Sarah Millican

Smallness

There is No Escape

Sun 9 Feb 2014 7.30pm

Sun 2 Mar 2014 7.30pm

Theatre £18

“A SMART, PROBING BRAIN LURKS BELOW THE VERTIGINOUS QUIFF” The Evening Standard

As seen on BBC1’s Live At The Apollo, star of his own BBC Radio 4 series How Did We End Up Like This? Andrew Lawrence presents his latest stand-up show of all new material.

Theatre £15.50 (£13.50)

Homebird Fri 7 – Sun 9 Mar 2014 8pm We need an image to go here, please Butterworth Hall £25.50 supply asap.

“ SARAH MILLICAN IS NEVER LESS THAN BELLY-LAUGH HILARIOUS” The Mirror

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INFORMATION Booking information Book online

www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

Book by phone 024 7652 4524

Book in person

Box Office opening hours Mon-Sat 9.30am- 9pm Sun 2pm -8pm

Pricing policy & ticket offers

Terms and conditions

Warwick Arts Centre is committed to accessibility and aims to remain competitive with ticket prices.

Please note that, on occasions, ticket prices are set by external promoters and we have no control over their value. Where we can, we offer a range of discounts. We are especially committed to accessible pricing to young people.

All tickets are sold according to our terms and conditions. Full details, and our privacy policy can be found at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk or ask for a copy at Box Office. All tickets, discounts and offers are subject to availability.

Unless otherwise stated, discounts and concessions cannot be combined or used in conjunction with any other offers. Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to make occasional special ticket offers in addition to those listed here. Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to change programme and artists without notice.

Please contact Box Office or check the website for updated information, especially if travelling some distance.

Discounts

Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

Discounted tickets, where offered, are shown in brackets and are available to: over 60s in full time retirement, recipients of job seekers allowance, full time students, Coventry Passport to Leisure and Rugby Leisure Pass holders.

Credit cards

Schools

We accept Visa, Mastercard, Delta, Maestro and Amex cards.

Booking fee

We include a 50p per ticket booking fee in the published price of all tickets over the value of ÂŁ5. The booking fee applies to tickets whether purchased by phone, online or over the counter (excluding schools and group bookings). The sum is invested back into the organisation, helping to maintain Warwick Arts Centre and the variety of services that are enjoyed all year round.

Reservations

Pay within 4 days, or 30 minutes before, whichever is sooner.

Exchanging tickets

Tickets are not normally refundable. Tickets can be exchanged for another performance or for a credit voucher valid for 180 days. However you MUST return your original tickets to Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (14 days for groups of 9+). There is an administration fee of 50p per ticket. Tickets purchased as part of a subscription or package deal cannot be exchanged for credit vouchers.

The booking fee is not refunded. Any credit not used after 180 days have elapsed will go to the Arts Centre Development Fund.

For selected events, an allocation of tickets with no booking fee can be purchased at reduced prices for teacher-led school / college groups.

Call Box Office for details.

Groups

On selected events we offer a discounted rate for groups. This is the price listed in brackets plus every 10th ticket FREE, and no booking fee. Check Box Office for availability – not available online.

Under 26s

As part of our access policy of introducing performance to young people, a limited number of tickets for under 26s is available on some events. This ticket price is to encourage independent attendance and so is not available to groups. This offer is available online. ID may be required.

Postage

We charge 75p to post your tickets to you at a UK billing address (if booked one week in advance, otherwise we will hold them for collection at Box Office on the day of performance).

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Data Protection

Warwick Arts Centre is committed to upholding the Data Protection principles of good practice.

When processing your booking (whether over the phone, in person or online) we will ask you for your name, address, email and telephone number. This is essential for non-cash bookings. We will also ask you if you would like to be kept informed about forthcoming events and campaigns at Warwick Arts Centre or other arts organisations.

You can update your account online at any time at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

Corporate Sponsors

All information correct at time of going to print July 2013. Please check website for updates to programme.

Butterworth Hall seating plan

Theatre seating plan

Access information Although it is not essential, you are advised to book in advance so that we can readily provide assistance. If you require assistance, disabled patrons may also bring a companion FREE of charge. For full and updated access information please see the website or ask for a leaflet at Box Office.

Spaces reserved for Blue Badge holders in Car Parks 4 and 7. On busy nights, i.e. for Concerts, Parking Stewards are positioned at key drop off points to assist you.

N.B Seating configuration and price breaks may vary by event – please check with Box Office.

Seating plans for Helen Martin Studio and Studio Theatre vary.

Wheelchair access at ground level to Hall, Studio Theatre, Café Bar, Box Office, Cinema, Woods-Scawen Room, Helen Martin Studio and Bookshop. ift access to Theatre, Theatre Bar, L National Grid Room and Mead Gallery.

How to find us

Guide dogs are welcomed and can be cared for during performances, by arrangement.

Receivers for our Sennheiser infra-red facility are freely available from Box Office.

Toilet facilities accessible on all levels.

Brochure available in braille, large print or audio CD: call 024 7652 4524 and join our access mailing list.

By car

SAT NAV – CV4 7AL Approaching Coventry, simply follow brown signs for Warwick Arts Centre. Once on the University of Warwick campus, head for car parks 4, 7, 8 or 15.

Car parking

Parking is FREE after 6pm. Please always allow plenty of time for parking when you visit us.

We have plenty of parking on campus, but to ensure you get into one of the closer car-parks we advise arriving at least 30 minutes before the start of the performance.

Advantages of arriving early: • Ensure your car parking place • Enjoy a pre-concert meal in Le Gusta Oven & Bar or a drink or snack in the Café Bar or in the Theatre Bar

Car parks 7 and 4

These are the nearest car parks to the Arts Centre. Car Park 7 uses an environmentally friendly token machine at all times, although parking is FREE after 6pm (retain your token to exit). Please be prepared that at the end of a busy night it can take some time to exit from the upper floors of Car Park 7.

Car parks 8 and 15

Car Park 8 is approx. 7 mins walk from Warwick Arts Centre but because there is no barrier it can be quicker to exit at the end of a busy night. Car Park 15 approx. 10 mins walk from Warwick Arts Centre and also uses a token machine and exit barrier.

By bus

Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth stop right outside Warwick Arts Centre.

Traveline: 0871 200 2233

By train

Coventry station is just a short taxi or bus ride away. Services run regularly via Birmingham and London to Coventry.

The number 11 or 12 bus brings you to Warwick Arts Centre. There is also a taxi rank opposite Warwick Arts Centre.

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QUICK GUIDE Sep

Sun

8pm

Bright Phoebus Revisited

p41

5.30pm

Bank On It

13 3pm

NT Live: Othello (Encore)

p20

5.55pm

Met Opera Live: The Nose

p22 S

p38

Thu

26 6.45pm

NT Live: Othello

p20

3pm

Delmege Quartet

p35

7.30pm

Noodles

p11

Sun

29 3pm

English Piano Trio plays Tchaikovsky

p35

7.45pm

The Will Pound Band

p42

7.45pm

Landscape II

p13

1984

p9

The Big Draw: Future Cities

p25

Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott

p42

Bombino

p44

On the Couch: Headlong

p29

The Big Draw: Future Cities

p25

1.30pm

Centrally Heated Knickers

p23

4.30pm

Centrally Heated Knickers

p23

7.15pm

Bank On It

p22

29 2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

7.15pm

Bank On It

p22

7.45pm

Lyrikal Fearta: The Letter & Broken Lineage

p15

Tue

Oct

8pm

Tue

1

Wed

2

Thu

Fri

Sat

Sun

Tue

Wed

3

4

5

6

8

9

7.30pm

Broken

p6

8pm

Stewart Lee: Much–A–Stew About Nothing

p50

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

2.30pm

Brief Encounter

p36

5pm

Mead Gallery: Curators' Talk

p30

6pm

Mead Gallery: Opening Party

p31

7.30pm

Broken

5pm

Live at 5: Shkayla

p28

7.30pm

Broken

p6

7.45pm

Sam Carter Trio

p40

5.55pm

Met Opera Live: Eugene Onegin

Fri

7.30pm Thu

Fri

17 1.10pm

p38 Sun

T

p29

2.30pm

Mozart's Sister

p36

7.30pm

1984

p9

18 7.30pm

1984

p9

Jimmy Carr: Gagging Order

p51

19 1.45pm

Mon

28 10am

p9

FREE Lunchtime Concert

8pm Sat

1984

7.30pm

Tue

Ernest and Célestine

p27

30 2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

7.15pm

Bank On It

p22

5.30pm

Bank On It

p22

7.30pm

Alexei Sayle

p51

7.30pm

1984

p9

7.45pm

p15

8pm

Reginald D Hunter: In The Midst of Crackers

p51

Lyrikal Fearta: The Letter & Broken Lineage

8pm

An Evening with Jack Dee

p50

Academy of Ancient Music: Pre–concert Talk

p32

Mead Gallery: Zombie Hunt

p31

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

7pm

NT Live: Frankenstein – Anniversary Encore Screening

p20

7.15pm

Bank On It

p22

20 1.45pm

Wed

Thu

31 12pm

p50

11.30am

Slap Talk

p7

3pm

Academy of Ancient Music

p32

12pm

Four Stages of Conversation

p7

7.30pm

Ardal O'Hanlon

p51

6pm

Because of Love, Volume 1

7.45pm

Marcel Lucont: Gallic Symbol

p51

8pm

Nicolas Jaar & the Joshua Light Show

Mead Gallery: Exhibition Tours

p31

7pm

NT Live: Hamlet – Anniversary Encore Screening

p20

Nov

7.45pm

Tomorrow's Parties

p10

Fri

11.30am

Dinosaur Zoo

p24

Confirmation

p12

1.30pm

Dinosaur Zoo

p24

p10

2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

5pm

Live at 5: Interplay

p28

7.15pm

Bank On It

p22

7.45pm

Gwyneth Herbert – The Sea Cabinet

p44

8pm

Slade and Sweet

p45

10am

Mead Gallery: Slapstick Workshop

p31

12pm

Mead Gallery: Exhibition Tours

p31

1pm

Mead Gallery: Slapstick Workshop

p31

2.30pm

NT Live: Frankenstein – Anniversary Encore Screening

p20

2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

3pm

Mead Gallery: Slapstick Workshop

p31

5pm

Mead Gallery: Slapstick Workshop

p31

T

p7 p40

7.45pm

Rob Beckett Live

p51

7pm

Music Centre FREE Concert

p37

7.45pm

The Secret Agent

p8

6.15pm

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio: Pre–concert Talk

p32

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio

p32 T

7.45pm

The Secret Agent

8pm

Under the Radar: Amy Kakoura – Songs from a Ledge

p41

10 1.10pm

p8

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

6.15pm

On the Couch: Joseph Alford

p29

7.30pm

Big Hits

p10

7.45pm

The Secret Agent

p8

8pm

Alison Moyet

p41

Big Hits

p10

The Secret Agent

p8

11 7.30pm

12 2pm 4.15pm 7.45pm

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p6

16 6.15pm

27 10am

Doc Brown: Of Mic & Men

7.45pm Sat

T

Wed

Sun

7.30pm

7.30pm

Thu

15 7.30pm

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

22 6pm

23 7.15pm

Tomorrow's Parties

8pm

The Symphonic Grace Orchestra and a very special guest

p43

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

6.15pm

On the Couch: Tim Etchells

p29

7.15pm

Confirmation

p12

7.30pm

Noodles

p11

7.45pm

Tomorrow's Parties

p10

While You Wait

p12

24 1.10pm

25 All Day 7.30pm 7.45pm

Sat

T

7.45pm

26 All Day

Noodles

T

Landscape II

T

While You Wait

p11 p13

2

p12

10am

The Big Draw: Future Cities

p25

1.45pm

Doctor Who – The Five Doctors

p27

STATIk

p23

STATIk

p23

2.30pm

Noodles

p11

p8

2.30pm

Bank On It

p22

The Secret Agent

Sat

1

Sun

Mon

Wed

3

4

6

5.30pm

Bank On It

p22

7.45pm

Under the Radar: Lucy Ann Sale with Sonomama & Barricades Rise

p45

8pm

Paul Merton: Impro Chums

p52

7.30pm

The Return of Grumpy Old Women Live: Fifty Shades of Beige

p52

Mead Gallery: Drawing Week

p31

12pm

Fri Sat

7

8 9

20 6.15pm

On the Couch: Max Stafford–Clark

p29

6.15pm

Coull Quartet: Pre–concert Talk

p34

7.15pm

Coull Quartet: Colours of Dark Light

p34

Ciphers

p16

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

2.30pm

Monitor: Delius & Elgar

p36

7.30pm

Aida

p39

7.30pm

Ciphers

p16

7.45pm

The Noise

p17

Ciphers

p16

7.30pm Thu

21 1.10pm

7.45pm

Wordsmiths & Co.

p21

2pm

Mead Gallery: A Tour of the University of Warwick Art Collection

p31

English Piano Trio plays Beethoven

p35

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

7.45pm

The Noise

7pm

NT Live: The Habit of Art – Anniversary Encore Screening

p20

8pm

Greg Davies: The Back of My Mum's Head

p54

Ciphers

p16

7.45pm

Paul Foot: Words

p52

The Noise

p17

Alistair McGowan: Not Just A Pretty Voice

p55

Craig Campbell: Thrilling Mic Hunt

p54

7.15pm Thu

Wed

10am 5.55pm 7.45pm

Sat

Family Art Day Met Opera Live: Tosca

Fri

p25 S

22 7.30pm

23 7.30pm 7.45pm

Sun

24 7.30pm

p38

Robin Ince: The Importance of Being Interested

p53

7.45pm

T

7.45pm

Beats

p19

8pm

Kate Rusby at Christmas

p49

11am

Room on the Broom

p26

2.30pm

Room on the Broom

p26

11am

Room on the Broom

p26

2.30pm

Room on the Broom

p26

Thu

12 7.15pm

The Paradise Project

p19

Sat

14 11am

Room on the Broom

p26

Sat

Sun

Sun

7

8

Room on the Broom

5.55pm

Met Opera Live: Falstaff

15 11am

p17

Sat

2.30pm

p26

2.30pm

Room on the Broom

p26

3pm

Peter & the Wolf The Snowman

p34

Room on the Broom

p26

Room on the Broom

p26

Room on the Broom

p26

Room on the Broom

p26

Room on the Broom

p26

Room on the Broom

p26 p26

21 11am

22 11am 2.30pm

Mon

p39

Room on the Broom

2.30pm Sun

p26 S

23 11am 2.30pm

Sun

10 7.30pm

Hot Club of Cowtown

p45

Mon

25 7.45pm

Beauty & the Beast

p18

Mon

11 7.45pm

Wasted

p13

Tue

26 6.15pm

p33

Jason Manford: First World Problems

p53

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Pre–concert Talk

7.30pm

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

p33

Thu

26 2.30pm

Room on the Broom

p26

p14

7.30pm

Trevor Noah: The Racist

p55

Fri

27 11am

Room on the Broom

p26

7.45pm

Beauty & the Beast

p18

Room on the Broom

p26

On the Couch: Mat Fraser and Julie Atlas Muz

p29

Room on the Broom

p26

Room on the Broom

p26

7.30pm

Paul Carrack

p47

Room on the Broom

p26

7.45pm

Beauty & the Beast

p18

Room on the Broom

p26

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

8pm Tue

12 7.30pm

Handel Music for Vespers

p37

7.45pm

Wasted

p13

Tue

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2.30pm Sat

28 11am 2.30pm

Infinity and Beyond…

p37

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

5pm

Live at 5: Eli Stone

p28

Jan 2014

2.30pm

Eroica

p36

7.45pm

Sarah Blasko

p48

Wed

1

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

7.30pm

Mark Thomas: 100 Acts of Minor Dissent

p53

8pm

John Cooper Clarke

p21

Wed

15 8pm

p37

Jason Manford: First World Problems

p53

My Shadow and My Light Under the Radar: Matt Hernandez

p48

Feb 2014 Russell Kane: Smallness

p55

Andrew Lawrence: There is No Escape

p55

14 1.10pm

Soweto Gospel Choir

p46 p28

Show of Hands with Miranda Sykes

p47

Private Peaceful

p27

6.15pm

Czech National Symphony Orchestra: Pre–concert Talk

p33

7.30pm

Czech National Symphony Orchestra

p33

Chris Ramsey

17 2pm 4pm

16 1.45pm

Thu

Fri

Live at 5: Two Man Ting

15 5pm

28 1.10pm

29 7.30pm 7.45pm

Sun

29 11am 2.30pm

Family Weekend

p24

Sun

11am

Room on the Broom

p26

Mar 2014

2.30pm

Room on the Broom

p26

10am

Family Weekend

p24

p53

11am

Room on the Broom

p26

Luna

p24

2.30pm

Room on the Broom

p26

Luna

p24

4pm

Christmas Spectacular!

p37

T

Post Show Talk Surtitled Performance

Sat

30 10am

Dec Sun

1

9

Sun

2

7.30pm

7.30pm

Fri

7

8pm

Sarah Millican: Home Bird

p55

Sat

8

8pm

Sarah Millican: Home Bird

p55

Sun

9

8pm

Sarah Millican: Home Bird

p55

Glenn Tilbrook

p47

Mon

2

7.45pm

Wordsmiths & Co.

p21

S

18 7.45pm

Steve Hughes: While it's Still Legal

p54

Tue

3

8pm

Steeleye Span

p49

New Spring 2014 brochure out in Dec 2013.

8pm

The Bullet And The Bass Trombone

p15

Wed

4

7.45pm

Empirical

p49

8pm

Ed Byrne: Roaring Forties

p55

All information correct at time of going to print July 2013.

Please check website for updates to programme.

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p29

7.45pm

Beats

p19

5pm

Live at 5: Charlie Law

p28

7.30pm Mon

25

p14

7.30pm Sun

Wed

Out of the Shadow

13 7.30pm

7.30pm Sat

27 6.15pm

Room on the Broom

p53

8pm Fri

Wed

24 11am

Jason Manford: First World Problems

8pm Thu

T

7.30pm

8pm Wed

Out of the Shadow

Tue

19 7.30pm 7.45pm

Ciphers Zappa Plays Zappa – Roxy & Elsewhere

T

p16

Thu

5

p46 Fri

6

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Illustration by Liam Brazier Freelance illustrator and animator Liam Brazier is probably best known on the printed page for his angular, shape filled, geometric artwork inspired by his own personal popular culture nostalgia loves. His work has been exhibited in the UK, US, and beyond, for both small and large clients and used by the likes of Apple, Samsung and Queens of the Stone Age. Liam’s animations have been seen on the London Underground, and at festivals worldwide. www.liambrazier.com