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EXPERIENCE MORE

CONTENTS THEATRE & DANCE Pages 4 – 11

DIGITAL SCREENINGS Pages 12 – 13

While you’re here

Explore the lakes and the lush grounds of the University of Warwick or take advantage of the many other services available to you, including the Sports Centre and popular Bookshop, cafés and bars.

FAMILY Pages 14 – 21

Visit warwick.ac.uk/discover

MEAD GALLERY

Students

Pages 22 – 23

We provide a variety of opportunities for students to gain skills and experience in the workplace, discounted tickets and a place to socialise. Visit warwickartscentre.co.uk/students

CLASSICAL MUSIC Pages 24 – 27

Ambassador Scheme

WORDS & IDEAS

Want to help us grow and develop as an organisation? Our Ambassador Schemes are designed for you. Visit warwickartscentre.co.uk/ambassadors

FILM FAN? SUPPORT OUR FUTURE Your donations make it possible for us to bring amazing performances to Warwick Arts Centre, support the creation of new work and inspire young people through our arts education programmes. If you would like to find out more or to join our Supporter’s Scheme Visit warwickartscentre.co.uk/supporters-scheme

Our cinema screens the best British, international and independent films all year round with competitive prices, free weekly email reminders and free parking at evenings and weekends. We also provide you with opportunities to take part in film talks, courses and join informal discussions. You can also see more and save more by becoming a member of our Film Club. Visit warwickartscentre.co.uk/film

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MASTERCLASSES Page 30 – 31

MUSIC Pages 32 – 38

COMEDY Pages 39 – 42

VENUE HIRE Page 43

INFORMATION Pages 44 – 45

QUICK GUIDE

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EAT & DRINK

Don’t miss out! Be the first to hear about new events, receive discounts and bag the best seats with our memberships, which start from as little as £20 a year.

From Middle Eastern flavours at Le Gusta to fine dining at Ninety One, there’s plenty to delight your taste buds.

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Warwick Arts Centre supports

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THEATRE & DANCE

Buy 2 events this season and get 15% off tickets

Buy 3 events this season and get 20% off tickets

Applies to listed standard/concessionary ticket types. Available by phone, in person at the Box Office and online on selected performances only. Valid for performances located in the theatre and dance or family section* of the brochure. Cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer. *Offer excludes Stick Man.

PROTO-TYPE THEATER

A Machine they’re Secretly Building Wed 27 Apr 7.45pm From what might be a news desk, an office, a bedroom, a bunker under a mountain or a theatre, two people speak up, speak out, blow the whistle and lift the veil on the insidious machine of surveillance.

MADE IN CHINA

Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me Tue 26 Apr 7.45pm A woman takes to the stage. A man watches from the wings. They both wonder if their love will survive what’s about to happen. Disarmingly honest and comically imagined, Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me is an arresting physical endurance act that crashes headfirst into an impossibly true love story, exposing how we perform ourselves and our relationships. Intimate and startlingly immediate, it defies you to watch, in spite of yourself. “SLIPPERY AND TEASING, MURDEROUSLY ENTERTAINING” ★★★★ The Guardian 1hr 5mins / Age 14+ Studio £13 (£11) Under 26s £10

A Machine they’re Secretly Building charts a course from the Top Secret secrets of WWI intelligence (via the moon, 1972’s Chess World Championships, a disco in Oklahoma and the cafeteria at CERN) through to 9/11, the erosion of privacy, Edward Snowden and to the terror of a future that might already be upon us. 1hr / Age £14+ Studio £13 (£11) Under 26s £10 A Machine they’re Secretly Building was commissioned by Lincoln Performing Arts Centre, triggered@warwick and hAb/Word of Warning (Manchester). Supported by Tramway, Glasgow, the Britten-Pears Foundation and the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

THEATRE RIFCO, WATFORD PALACE THEATRE AND QUEEN’S THEATRE, HORNCHURCH PRESENT

Laila The Musical Tue 10 – Fri 13 May 7.30pm Sat 14 May 2.30pm & 7.30pm Sun 15 May 3pm From the creators of the award winning Britain’s Got Bhangra (People’s Favourite Musical – Off West End Awards), comes a new contemporary musical, retelling the greatest love story from the East. Laila takes shelter from a raging storm in an old bookshop, where she chances upon a book with her name on it. She is compelled to open the book and is consumed by the story – Laila finds herself in an old story and on a new journey… Written by Pravesh Kumar Music by Sumeet Chopra Lyrics by Dougal Irvine “A TIMELY, BIG HEARTED CELEBRATION” ★★★★★ The Metro on Britain’s Got Bhangra 2hrs 30mins (including interval) / Age 8+ Theatre Tue £16 (£14), Wed & Thu £20.50 (£18.50), £19.50 (£17.50), £16.50 (£14.50), Fri – Sun £23.50 (£21.50), £21.50 (£19.50), £18.50 (£16.50) Under 26s £15

Supported by Soho Theatre, The Place, Bios and Shoreditch Town Hall. triggered@warwick. Developed at National Theatre Studio and Cove Park via Fuel’s Jerwood Residencies. Funded by Arts Council England, Peggy Ramsay Foundation and Royal Victoria Hall Foundation.

Image Herman Sorgeloos

Best of BE FESTIVAL Tue 3 May 7.30pm See three separate shows as part of Best of BE, a showcase of BE FESTIVAL’s favourite European theatre, dance and circus performances. “SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE WORK BEING MADE ACROSS EUROPE” The Guardian 2hrs 35mins (including post show) / Age 14+ Studio £13

Breathe For Me by Martin O’Brien Thu 5 May 7.45pm Martin O’Brien’s practice focuses on physical endurance and disgust in relation to the fact he suffers from cystic fibrosis. His show Breathe for Me considers the nature of the regulated chronically ill body. Martin O’Brien re-embodies and takes pleasure in the excessive performance of a lived experience. He is beaten, bruised, cut, and penetrated, exhausted, suffocated, examined and treated in a regime of sufferance in order to survive. 3hrs audiences are free to come and go throughout the piece / Age 16+ Contains nudity and content that some may find disturbing Studio £13 (£11) Under 26s £10

GRUMELOT (SPAIN)

#sobrejulieta A humorous and honest one-woman show about love, chemistry and excess, which sees Carlota Gaviño try to win hearts in this stripped-back take on Romeo and Juliet. #sobrejulieta is performed in English and some Spanish, with accompanying surtitles.

SQUAREHEAD PRODUCTIONS (IRELAND)

The Whistle BE FESTIVAL – Special Mention The Whistle is packed with deft circus skills and invites spectators to determine what they watch. Almost genius in its simplicity, the show is characterised by quick fire scene changes and funny and poetic narratives.

TIDA (ITALY)

Quintetto BE FESTIVAL – 1st Prize A razor sharp and interactive comedy, dance and physical theatre piece that packs a serious punch as it deals with the realities of shoestring budget entertainment.

PEEPING TOM

32 Rue Vandenbranden Part of International Dance Festival Birmingham 2016 Thu 19 & Fri 20 May 7.30pm Mesmerising cinematic set design and jaw-dropping physicality combine to create an unforgettable piece of dance theatre that plunges spectators into a foreboding universe of cold, wind and ice. Six performers contort, bend, jerk and levitate in dizzying scenes of hypnotic movement. The action takes place under a wide-open sky, in a mountain landscape with only rickety camper vans for shelter, where the inhabitants of a small isolated community are confronted by their loneliness. “TOTALLY GRIPPING FROM START TO FINISH. DON’T MISS IT!” Critical Dance 80mins / Age 12+ Theatre £23 (£21), £21 (£19), £19 (£17) Under 26s £13 T. Post Show Talk Thu 19 May

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VICTORIA MELODY

MOTIONHOUSE

Hair Peace

Broken

Thu 26 May 7.45pm

Fri 17 Jun 7.30pm

When Victoria Melody competed in beauty pageants for her previous show, Major Tom, a hairdresser advised her that she needed hair extensions. Freaked out by wearing a piece of somebody else’s body, she set out on an extraordinary quest to find out exactly where this hair comes from.

After their hugely successful tour in spring Motionhouse returns once more with Broken. The adrenaline-filled spectacle erupts onto the stage: athletic contact work, spectacular acrobatics and a gripping narrative combine with revolutionary set design and digital imagery. Broken takes audiences on a journey into the earth as they have never seen it before…

Victoria’s boundless curiosity takes Hair Peace’s audience from the temples of India to the shopping malls of Russia, via hair salons and forensics labs on a humorous, moving and serendipitous journey around the world.

“THIS GREAT, SURGING SPECTACLE FROM MOTIONHOUSE MAKES YOU FEEL AS IF YOU HAVE BEEN PRESENT AT THE CREATION AND DESTRUCTION OF THE WORLD.” The Stage

Approx 70mins / Age 14+ Theatre £13 (£11) Under 26s £10 T. Post Show Talk Created and performed by Victoria Melody. Produced by Farnham Maltings. Co-commissioned by LIFT, Warwick Arts Centre and Battersea Arts Centre. Supported by The Marlborough Theatre and Arts Council England.

ARC STOCKTON

Going Viral by Daniel Bye

Presented as part of TippingPoint’s Doing Nothing is Not an Option event in partnership with Warwick Arts Centre and Julie’s Bicycle. For more info see p29. 1hr 10mins / Age 6+ Theatre £22 (£20), £20 (£18), £18 (£16) Under 26s £11 Broken is created with support from Warwick Arts Centre, Watford Palace Theatre, The Grand Theatre Blackpool, mac birmingham and Swindon Dance. Motionhouse is supported by Arts Council England and Warwick District Council.

Fri 27 May 7.45pm

Everyone except you. On the ground, the weeping spreads. Is it a strange new disease? An outbreak of hysteria? Or has the world become genuinely sad? In this uncanny, high-definition world we are all more connected, more vulnerable, and more human – but not equally so. Going Viral is a thrilling new development in Daniel Bye’s unique blend of storytelling, playful comedy and performance lecture. “THEATRE THAT MAKES US THINK ABOUT THE WORLD AND HOW WE MAY WANT TO CHANGE IT” The Guardian 60mins / Age 14+ Studio £13 (£11) Under 26s £10 T. Post Show Talk Developed with support from Arts Council England, Camden People’s Theatre, Northern Stage, The Yard Theatre, triggered@warwick, QPT India and the Wellcome Trust.

Image Silvano Magnone

An aeroplane flies from India to England. Everyone on board is weeping.

RANDOM SCREAM

7 Promises Sat 18 Jun 9.30pm Change the world one vodka shot at a time. We know we’re up against an impending ecological disaster but why aren’t we doing more about it? 7 Promises features two ecological preachers (Davis Freeman & Jerry Killick) who call for the audience to turn their words into action. Join us for an evening looking at some of the issues we face with a sense of urgency and humour. We have no problem bribing you to make some of our 7 Promises. As this evening we are going to change the world together one vodka shot at a time! Presented as part of TippingPoint’s Doing Nothing is Not an Option event in partnership with Warwick Arts Centre and Julie’s Bicycle. For more info see p29. Approx 45mins / 18+ Theatre £13 (£11) Under 26s £10 Box Office 024 7652 4524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk

COMING SOON Image: Steve Tanner

Image: Steve Tanner

FRANTIC ASSEMBLY & THE STATE THEATRE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Things I Know To Be True by Andrew Bovell Tue 11– Sat 15 Oct & Mon 17 – Fri 21 Oct 7.30pm As beautifully touching as it is funny and bold, Things I Know To Be True tells the story of a family and marriage through the eyes of four grown siblings struggling to define themselves beyond their parents’ love and expectations.

KNEEHIGH IN ASSOCIATION WITH BIRMINGHAM REPERTORY THEATRE AND BERKELEY REPERTORY THEATRE

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips adapted by Michael Morpurgo & Emma Rice Tue 8 – Sat 12 Nov 7.30pm Sat 12 Nov 2pm

Parents Bob and Fran have worked their fingers to the bone and with their four children grown and ready to fly the nest it might be time to relax and enjoy the roses. But the changing seasons bring home some shattering truths.

Imagine being told to leave your home…

Featuring Frantic Assembly’s celebrated physicality, Things I Know To Be True is a complex and intense study of the mechanics of a family that is both poetic and brutally frank.

Well it all happened (most of it anyway) in Slapton Sands, Devon, in 1944.

In association with Chichester Festival Theatre and Lyric Hammersmith 2hrs 20mins (including interval) / Age 14+ contains strong language Theatre Tue 11 Oct 7.30pm, £16 (£14) Wed 12 – Fri 21 Oct 7.30pm £21 (£19), £19 (£17), £17 (£15) Under 26s £15

Imagine American soldiers occupying your house and land… Imagine being 12 and angry, with only a cat to tell your secrets to…

Based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips explodes everything we thought we knew about the D-Day landings. With signature Kneehigh sorcery, 946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips uses music, puppetry and foolishness to tell this tale of war, prejudice and love. Tender, political and surprisingly romantic, this story speaks to us all and will finally reveal the secrets the US and British governments tried to keep quiet. “A WONDERFULLY LIFE-AFFIRMING PIECE OF THEATRE… TOUCHINGLY AND GLORIOUSLY IMAGINATIVE” The Times 2hrs 20mins (including interval) / Age 7+ Theatre £27 (£25), £23 (£21), £19 (£17) Under 26s £13 Sat mat £20 (£18), £18 (£16), £16 (£14) T. Post Show Talk Wed 9 Nov

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DIGITAL SCREENINGS & FILM EVENTS

Sing-along Calamity Jane U with Barbara Nice Fri 17 Jun 8.30pm David Butler USA 1953

COMING SOON RSC LIVE

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Cymbeline

King Lear

Wed 8 Jun 7pm

Wed 28 Sep 7pm

Wed 12 Oct 7pm

Simon Godwin (The Two Gentlemen of Verona 2014) directs Paapa Essiedu as Hamlet in Shakespeare’s searing tragedy. As relevant today as when it was written, Hamlet confronts each of us with the mirror of our own mortality in an imperfect world.

Cymbeline is a ruler of a divided Britain. When Innogen, the only living heir, marries her sweetheart in secret, an enraged Cymbeline banishes him. But a powerful figure behind the throne is plotting to seize power and murder them both. Innogen embarks on a dangerous journey that will reunite Cymbeline with a lost heir and reconcile the young lovers. Melly Still directs Shakespeare’s rarely performed romance.

King Lear has ruled for many years. As age begins to overtake him, he decides to divide his kingdom amongst his children, living out his days without the burden of power. Misjudging his children’s loyalty and finding himself alone in the wilderness, he is left to confront the mistakes of a life that has brought him to this point.

Painting the Modern Garden: Monet to Matisse

“A RAVISHING JOY FROM START TO FINISH.” The Guardian

Tue 12 Apr 6.30pm Dir: Phil Grabsky

3hrs 30mins (including interval) / 12A Cinema £18, £11 (restricted view)

A magical journey guided by passionate curators, artists and garden enthusiasts, discovering how contemporaries of Monet used modern gardens to explore motifs, abstract colour, decorative design and utopian ideas.

Shakespeare Hamlet Live Sat 23 Apr 8.15pm Hosted by David Tennant on Shakespeare’s birthday, and screened live from Stratford-upon-Avon, this star-studded show celebrates Shakespeare’s plays and their enduring influence on music, dance, opera, musical theatre and comedy. Approx 2hrs 30mins Theatre £14, £11 (restricted view)

Join housewife extraordinaire Barbara Nice as she comperes Sing-along Calamity Jane. Dust off your cowboy boots and get yourself ready for a rootin’, tootin’ night.

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Approx 3hrs 30mins / 12A Theatre £18, £11 (restricted view)

“A RAVISHING JOY FROM START TO FINISH.” The Guardian 3hrs 30mins (including interval) / 12A Cinema £18, £11 (restricted view)

Calamity Jane can outrun and outshoot any man in Deadwood. Hard, boastful and desperate to impress, she travels to Chicago to recruit a star, but not everything runs smoothly…

EXHIBITION ON SCREEN

Loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane, the film is full of classic musical numbers, including Secret Love, Black Hills of Dakota, Deadwood Stage and Windy City. Fancy dress not compulsory but positively encouraged. Approx 2hrs Cinema £12.50 (£10)

This remarkable film reveals the rise of the modern garden in popular culture and the public’s enduring fascination with gardens today. “A RAVISHING JOY FROM START TO FINISH.” The Guardian 1hrs 30mins Cinema £12.50 (£10)

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FAMILY National Theatre Connections Festival Sat 30 Apr – Sun 1 May The National Theatre’s Connections Festival celebrates the talent and passion of young theatre-makers.

YORK THEATRE ROYAL AND THE NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit Mon 28 Mar 4pm Relive the magic of The Railway Children with a full screening of the production as performed in York’s Signal Box Theatre. The Olivier award-winning show follows the story of Roberta (Bobbie), Phyllis and Peter, three sheltered siblings who suffer a huge upheaval when their father, who works for the Foreign Office, is taken away from their London home and falsely imprisoned. The children and their mother, now penniless, are forced to move from London to rural Yorkshire near a railway line. The filmed performance features the original locomotive from the much-loved 1970 film. “SPECTACULAR” ★★★★ The Guardian Please note this is a digital screening.

MIMIKA THEATRE

Landscapes Sat 16 Apr 11am, 1.30pm & 3.30pm Step inside Mimika Theatre’s white dome tent and experience this magical and intimate show. Using no words, Mimika combine beautifully crafted puppets with an original musical score, stunning visual effects and an ingenious set to create a theatre which wonderfully captures the atmosphere, rhythms and sounds of the natural world. As there is limited capacity inside the tent, early booking is highly recommended. “LANDSCAPES WOVE AN ENCHANTING TALE BEFORE OUR VERY EYES...THE AUDIENCE WERE ABSOLUTELY CAPTIVATED. THE PERFORMANCE DIDN’T NEED WORDS TO MAKE IT AN UNFORGETTABLE EXPERIENCE. IT WAS PURE MAGIC.” Telegraph & Argus 1hr 15mins / Ages 3-11 Helen Martin Studio £11.25 (£8.25)

This year the National Theatre marks the 21st anniversary of Connections. 500 youth theatre companies and 10,000 young people from every corner of the UK, working with 45 partner theatres, will perform 12 outstanding plays drawn from the 150 commissioned by the NT since the festival began.

Dinosaur Zoo Sat 28 May 11.30am, 2pm & 4.30pm Sun 29 May 11am & 2pm Back by popular demand, Dinosaur Zoo returns to Warwick Arts Centre, now introducing the Tyrannosaurus Rex to the stage. From cute baby dinos to teeth-gnashing giants, marvel and interact with extraordinary life-like dinosaurs in this imaginative and hilarious live show. But watch out. Not all of these ravenous reptiles are as tame as they seem… Join us after the show for a ‘Meat & Greet’ with the Dinosaurs. ‘PUPPET-TASTIC! THOROUGHLY ENTERTAINING. A DELIGHT’ ★★★★ Time Out, Critic’s Choice 50mins + 15min ‘meat and greet’ / Age 3+ Theatre £13.50 (£11), £16 Danger seats

The result is an unforgettable feast of theatre made by and for young people. We’re delighted to be a Partner Theatre for a 6th time and we will be welcoming 10 groups to perform at our Festival Weekend. This year’s plays include work from Patrick Marber, Mark Ravenhill, and Lucinda Coxon. All tickets £4 Supported using Public Funding from Arts Council England Connections is supported by the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation and Jacqueline and Richard Warwick With thanks to NT supporters, Trusts and Foundations for additional contributions.

2hrs 5mins (including interval) / PG Cinema £12.50 (£10)

FAMILY DAY

TRAVELLING LIGHT

Into The West by Greg Banks

From Jurassic to Jupiter

Noise Machines from Outer Space

Sun 29 May 10am – 5pm

Sun 29 May 10.30am, 12.15pm, 2.00pm & 3.15pm

Time and space have gone a bit wibbly at Warwick Arts Centre and we plan to make the most of it. Come along and join us for a day out of this world. Create your own fossil or fantasy dino world, build your own robot head and make some spacey electronic music perfect for a prehistoric party. Blast off in your own paper rocket and enjoy a whole host of sortof-sciencey, sometimes sporty, fun throughout the day, but be careful – we’ve heard the dinosaurs have escaped… Alongside the Family Day activities detailed above we have two performances of Dinosaur Zoo (see p15), and Daniel Bye’s, Error 404, details below. A full schedule of Family Day activities can be found on warwickfamilydays.co.uk

Sun 5 Jun 3pm & 7.45pm She’s my horse, she is! What’s her name Grandpa? She’s called Tir na n’Og. Why’s she called that? Because she came from the land under the sea. A place where it is always summer, and no-one grows old. Imagine a glorious white horse comes galloping out a sea-mist and bolts straight into your troubled life. Now imagine the police are after you, and your only escape is to ride into the west…

Be inspired by the work of electronic music pioneer and Cov kid Delia Derbyshire, best known for her electronic realisation of Ron Grainer’s Doctor Who theme music. Join our Digital Artist Ashley Brown and make analogue sound machines to create the music of the stars – old school style. Age 10+ Ensemble Room £6.50 (price includes all workshop materials, which you’ll get to take home)

Warwick Arts Centre in collaboration with Warwick Sport and Warwick Retail.

STUFF AND NONSENSE THEATRE COMPANY

The Emperor’s New Clothes

To celebrate the play’s 20th anniversary, Travelling Light are bringing to a new generation of audiences their internationally-acclaimed story of grit and magic, love and loss and hope and discovery. “DEEPLY SATISFYING AND HIGHLY IMAGINATIVE” New York Times 1hr 10mins (no interval) / Age 7+ Studio £11.25 (£8.25)

Tue 31 May – Wed 1 Jun 11am & 2pm Stuff and Nonsense present a brand new romp through a classic, eccentric tale, telling the story of an Emperor who loves clothes more than anything. But despite a wardrobe the size of Paris he hasn’t got a stitch to wear!

ARC STOCKTON & POLKA THEATRE

Error 404

When two ‘tailors’ promise to create him an outfit that’s “never been seen before”, our eccentric Emperor doesn’t quite realise the spectacle he is about to make.

by Daniel Bye

Populated with puppets, music and song, this inventive production is told in true Stuff and Nonsense style, with unending energy, great storytelling and, as always, a show for all the family.

Sun 29 May 12.30pm & 3.30pm Look again at everything you thought you knew. There’s a boy. No more than ten years old. You know someone just like him – except that his best friend is a robot. Don’t hold that against him, though. He lost his best friend in a terrible accident and when his mum brings home an unusual parcel, things start getting weirder and weirder. Join him on a rollercoaster of laughter, tears, music and games – you might even change the ending.

“THE RATHER SUPER STUFF AND NONSENSE THEATRE COMPANY HAS AGAIN HIT PITCH PERFECT” The Stage on The Elves and The Shoemaker 1hr / Age 3+ Theatre £12 (£10)

Funny, engaging and unusual, Error 404 asks you to look again at everything you thought you knew.

Created using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England with additional support from The Point Eastleigh, Waterside Arts Centre Sale, Theatre Royal Plymouth and The Lyric Theatre Bridport.

1hr / Age 8+ Studio £11.25 (£8.25)

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FAMILY DAY

SCAMP THEATRE AND WATFORD PALACE THEATRE

HIGHLY SPRUNG

Tiddler and other Terrific Tales

A performance summer school

Space Academy

Mon 27 Jun 4.30pm

Mon 8 – Fri 12 Aug 10am – 4pm World Premiere performance Fri 12 Aug 5pm

Under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, these terrific tales are woven together with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler’s best-loved titles: Tiddler, Monkey Puzzle, The Smartest Giant in Town and A Squash and a Squeeze.

After last year’s mega-exciting circus school, Highly Sprung are back and ready to launch you into space. Combining movement, drama, puppetry and performance making, you’ll train as an astronaut before launching off on a space mission to an undiscovered universe.

Funky moves, toe-tapping tunes and giggles are guaranteed!

Age 8 – 12 Course – Helen Martin Studio £135 World Premiere performance – Helen Martin Studio FREE (Please book tickets for the course and the premiere through Box Office)

“AN HOUR-LONG FEAST OF STORYTELLING THAT THRILLS CHILDREN AND PARENTS ALIKE. A MASTERPIECE” ★★★★★ Broadway Baby “TO CALL THIS SHOW LIVELY WOULD BE A WHOPPING UNDERSTATEMENT. PACKED WITH GLEEFUL DITTIES AND JOLLY GOOD FUN” The Guardian

BAMBOOZLE AND CURVE

Hansel and Gretel Sun 12 Jun 12.30pm (open to all) & 3.30pm (children with moderate/severe learning difficulties and their families) Behind the trees, in the shadows – two glinting lights. Eyes? An owl perhaps, or wolf? Who knows? It is a time of desperation for the woodcutter’s family. War and famine stalk the land. Something needs to happen or they will all perish. Hansel and Gretel take matters into their own hands and, left to their own devices in the forest, discover that they can do more than anyone thought they could. Join them as they encounter dangers, escape from the forest, overcome the evil witch and surprise their parents. Bamboozle’s inventive production uses puppets and original music, playfulness and humour as well as a little dose of madness to retell this classic tale. Once again, Bamboozle brings a story to enchanting life for young audiences and particularly for those who have learning difficulties. 1hr / Age 4+ Studio £11.25 (£8.25)

1hr / Age 3+ Theatre £12 (£10)

Make It Reel Summer Film School Mon 1 – Fri 5 Aug 10am – 4pm World Premiere Screening Fri 5 Aug 5pm Here’s your challenge: you have five days to make a five minute film and show it to your friends and family. Your film will be devised, storyboarded, scripted, rehearsed, shot, edited, sound tracked, mixed, mastered and premiered in our Cinema – all in a week!! Led by local film makers Dom Breadmore and Jon Randle you’ll work hard as part of a team, but have a guaranteed good time. Age 12 – 15 Course – Helen Martin Studio £135 World Premiere Screening – Cinema FREE (Please book tickets for the course and the premiere through Box Office)

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England

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CHRISTMAS

FAMILY FILMS

TICKETS £5.50 (ADULTS) £3.50 (CHILDREN)

SCAMP THEATRE

Stick Man

The Lion King U

From the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.

Sat 21 May 1.30pm USA 1994 1hr 29min A young lion prince is cast out of his pride by his cruel uncle, who claims he killed his father. While the uncle rules with an iron fist, the prince grows up beyond the savannah, living by a carefree philosophy: No worries for the rest of your days. But when his past comes to haunt him, the young prince must decide his fate: will he remain an outcast, or face his demons and become what he needs to be?

Thu 24 Nov – Sat 31 Dec Scamp Theatre’s delightful adaptation of the hugely popular children’s book Stick Man is coming to Warwick Arts Centre for Christmas. Touching, funny and utterly original, this award-winning production features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. ‘Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three...’ But the world outside the family tree is a dangerous place for Stick Man. A dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him and he even ends up on a fire!

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory PG

How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree? Guarantees more fun than you can shake a stick at! 55mins / Age 3+ Theatre £15 (adults) £13 (children)

Sat 4 Jun 1.30pm USA 2005 1hr 55min

★★★★★

★★★★

‘WONDERFULLY EXUBERANT AND IMAGINATIVE! Our 3 year old was engrossed from start to finish’

‘ ZESTY AND DELIGHTFUL. A CLEVER COMPELLING TREAT’

TIME OUT CRITICS’ CHOICE

THE INDEPENDENT

When Charlie wins a golden ticket to the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world his life is changed forever. Directed by Tim Burton, starring Johnny Depp and based on the beloved Roald Dahl tale.

WALL . E PG

The Good Dinosaur PG Sat 28 May 1.30pm & Sun 29 May 11am USA 2015 1hr 33min This Pixar animation asks the question “What if the asteroid that forever changed life on Earth missed the planet completely and giant dinosaurs never became extinct?” In this epic journey into the world of dinosaurs, an Apatosaurus named Arlo makes an unlikely human friend. While travelling through a harsh and mysterious landscape, Arlo learns the power of confronting his fears and discovers what he is truly capable of.

Sun 29 May 1.30pm USA 2008 1hr 38min After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, WALL. E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek robot named EVE. Join Wall-E and EVE on their fantastic journey across the galaxy on an exciting adventure.

The Iron Giant PG Signature Edition Sat 11 Jun 1.30pm USA 1999 1hr 26min Nine year-old Hogarth Hughes befriends an alien giant robot that has fallen from outer space and landed in his small hometown. When a U.S. Government agent is assigned to destroy the giant at all costs, it’s up to Hogarth to protect him. Box Office 024 7652 4524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk

Another Minimalism Art after California Light and Space A Fruitmarket Gallery touring exhibition curated by Melissa E. Feldman Another Minimalism is the first exhibition to recognise and examine the influence of California Light and Space artists of the 1960s and 1970s on a younger generation of international artists. The exhibition features works by artists including Larry Bell, Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson, Spencer Finch and James Welling. These artists use photography, film and materials including glass, mirror and coloured lights to alter the viewer’s perception of space and time. Other artists represented in the exhibition include Uta Barth, Sarah Braman, Sam Falls, Jeppe Hein, Ann Veronica Janssens and James Welling.

Image: Ann Veronica Janssens Yellow Rose, 2007 © Ann Veronica Janssens and DACS, London, 2015. Photo © Philippe De Gobert. Courtesy Museum Mosbroich, Leverkussen

Thu 5 May – Sat 25 Jun 2016 Open Mon – Sat 12pm – 9pm Sun 15 May 12am-5pm & Sun 29 May 10am – 5pm Closed on Mon 30 May FREE ENTRY

EVENTS Meet the Curator An Introduction to Another Minimalism by Melissa E. Feldman Wed 4 May 6 – 7pm Melissa Feldman is a Seattle-based independent curator and writer. She has taught at the California College of Art, the San Francisco Art Institute, and Goldsmith’s College, London, and organised the first solo exhibitions in America for Karen Kilimnik, Martin Kippenberger, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. For this special event, Melissa Feldman will be outlining the development of Another Minimalism and the legacy of Light and Space Art on contemporary art practice. National Grid Room £4.50 (£3)

Opening Party Wed 4 May 7 – 8.30pm Join us at the Mead Gallery to celebrate the opening of the exhibition over a glass of wine. Mead Gallery FREE No booking required.

Exhibition Tours Sat 14 May & Sat 11 Jun 12pm Tue 17 May & Tue 14 Jun 6pm Mead Gallery FREE places are limited so please book ahead by calling the Box Office

A Sculpture Tour Creative Week in of the University of the Mead Gallery Warwick Art Collection Tue 31 May – Sat 4 Jun 12 – 9pm Sat 21 May 1 – 3pm Visit a sample of the 75 sculptural works in the University Art Collection, focusing on outdoor works by some of the leading contemporary sculptors. Please dress appropriately for walking outdoors. Mead Gallery FREE places are limited so please book ahead by calling the Box Office

East vs West: Another Minimalism Thu 26 May 6pm Dr Bill Roberts, Research Fellow in History of Art at the University of Warwick, interviews Lucy Bradnock about her thoughts on Another Minimalism. Lucy is Assistant Professor in History of Art at the University of Nottingham, and has a specialist interest in the role of California in post-war American art. Mead Gallery FREE places are limited so please book ahead by calling the Box Office

James Welling 9818, 2009 Courtesy the artist and Maureen Paley, London © James Welling

MEAD GALLERY

Get arty in the Mead Gallery during our Creative Week with a host of self-led activities for you to get your teeth into. Suitable for all ages Mead Gallery FREE

A Tour of the University of Warwick Art Collection Thu 16 Jun 2 – 3.30pm This tour will focus on works which relate to the current exhibition. The collection is sited across campus so please dress appropriately for walking outdoors. Mead Gallery FREE places are limited so please book ahead by calling the Box Office

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CLASSICAL MUSIC Butterworth Hall £39.50 (£37.50), £36.50 (£34.50), £33.50 (£32.50), £26.50 (£25.50), £20.50 (£19.50), £14.50 Choir. Under 26s £13. Under 18s £10.50 and Under 10s £5, if accompanied by a ticket holder.

Coull Quartet Waves and Wanderers Thu 19 May 7.15pm Haydn Britten Schubert

Quartet in G minor Op.74 No.3 The Rider Quartet No.2 in C Op.36 Quartet in G D887

Only the North Sea separates Benjamin Britten’s beloved Suffolk coast from Scandinavia: and that northern light and salt-tinged freshness make Britten’s Second String Quartet glow from within.

Bruckner Orchestra Linz

Philharmonia Orchestra

Tue 26 Apr 7.30pm

Tue 10 May 7.30pm

Gluck-Wagner Beethoven Bruckner

Iphigenia in Aulis Overture Piano Concerto No.4 Symphony No.6

Sibelius Sibelius Elgar

Finlandia Violin Concerto Symphony No.2

Conductor Piano

Dennis Russell Davies Melvyn Tan

Conductor Violin

Edward Gardner Valeriy Sokolov

Bruckner wrote some of the most beautiful, most thrilling and most heartfelt music ever composed – and, under its veteran chief conductor Dennis Russell Davies, the orchestra of Bruckner’s own home town, Linz, plays his music with an unparalleled insight, authenticity and power. It’s not every day that we get to hear the Sixth Symphony – the work that even Bruckner considered his most original – and no-one who loves great music-making will want to miss it. That goes double when it’s paired with a rare chance to hear Melvyn Tan – one of the world’s greatest advocates of historically informed performance – playing a modern piano in Beethoven’s Fourth Concerto. “Thoughtful, elegant and refined” is how The Guardian described Tan’s playing; his Beethoven will come up as fresh as new paint. Pre-Concert Talk Woods-Scawen Room 6.15pm £2.50 In conversation with Melvyn Tan

That’s the heart of an evening that begins on the plains of Hungary with Haydn’s zingy Rider quartet, and then follows Franz Schubert on one of the greatest emotional journeys in all chamber music: as he ventures alone into the dark valleys and echoing Alpine vistas of his tremendous G major String Quartet. Four musicians travel to three incredible places – and you’re invited along. Helen Martin Studio £19 (£17)

“Rarely, rarely, comest thou, Spirit of Delight!” Edward Elgar headed his Second Symphony with a quote from Shelley – but some say that you can see the line of the Malvern Hills in its sweeping opening theme. Edward Gardner is quickly emerging as one of our finest living interpreters of Elgar, so prepare to hear England’s greatest composer baring his very soul, amidst great surging waves of golden sound. The Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov, has yet to turn thirty – but this self-proclaimed “natural born fiddler” has already won global acclaim. His sound has been compared to “silk and steel”; so he could have been born to play Sibelius’s Nordic epic of a violin concerto. Finlandia, meanwhile, is more than just a brand of vodka: a neat shot of Sibelius at his most stirring will get the evening off to a truly intoxicating start! Pre-Concert Talk Woods-Scawen Room 6.15pm £2.50 In conversation with Edward Gardner

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OPERA & BALLET

Royal Opera House Live

Madama Butterfly

Roberto Devereux

Opera for the Unknown Woman

Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Puccini

Donizetti

Sat 2 Apr 5.55pm

Sat 16 Apr 5.55pm

Wed 25 & Thu 26 May 7.45pm (preview performances)

Conductor Karel Mark Chichon Production Anthony Minghella

Conductor Maurizio Benini Production Sir David McVicar

Kristine Opolais brings her heartbreaking interpretation of the title role in Madama Butterfly to Live in HD screens for the first time, in Anthony Minghella’s critically acclaimed 2006 production.

The final opera in Donizetti’s Tudor trilogy focuses on the older Queen Elizabeth I, who is forced to sign the death warrant of the nobleman she loves. Sir David McVicar, who directed the Met premieres of Anna Bolena and Maria Stuarda, returns to stage the final instalment in the series.

300 years from now. World economies have failed. The human vestiges of earth are scattered and defenceless, pursued by flood and famine. Aphra, the last hope for life has two weeks to live.

Tosca Puccini Starring the International Sopranos Maria Tonina and Alyona Kistenyova* Sung in Italian with English surtitles

Fri 29 Apr 7.30pm This traditional production is a heady mixture of true love, torture and treachery, with two of the best roles for tenor and soprano, plus a truly blood curdling villain. Set against the beautiful backdrop of Rome, with spectacular costumes, and featuring a boys choir with a choir boy solo, this most popular of operas is sure to delight with its tender, moving arias Vissi d’arte and E Lucevan le Stelle. “…THE SOLOS ARE SIMPLY STUNNING” Edinburgh Evening News 2hrs 45mins (including intervals) / All ages Butterworth Hall £37 (£35), £32 (£30), £27 (£25) *Cast subject to change.

New York’s Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Tickets £26.50 (£21.50), Restricted View £11

Tickets £18, £11 Restricted View

MELANIE WILSON AND FUEL

OPERA & BALLET INTERNATIONAL PRESENTS AN ELLEN KENT PRODUCTION WITH INTERNATIONAL SOLOISTS, CHORUS AND FULL ORCHESTRA

Met Opera Live

In 2016 a group of women from around the world are drawn together by an unearthly power, to forge a future for their planet. Can their mission alter Earth’s course and save Aphra? Written, directed and co-composed by award winning sound artist, Melanie Wilson, with critically acclaimed Polish composer Katarina Glowicka; Opera for the Unknown Woman is a bold re-imagining of the operatic form, weaving together theatre, contemporary classical music, electronics and film. Commissioned by Wales Millennium Centre for Festival of Voice and Yorkshire Festival in association with Warwick Arts Centre. Funded by Arts Council England & Arts Council Wales. Supported by the Fidelio Trust and Hinrichsen Foundation. Development commissioned by Warwick Arts Centre and funded by Arts Council England & PRS for Music Foundation. Developed in association with Opera North Projects Image: Image: Manuel Vason @DARC. media and Stem Design.

Approx 80mins / Age 14+ Theatre £16 (£14), £14 (£12), £12 (£10) Under 26s £10

Giselle Wed 6 Apr 7.15pm The greatest of all Romantic ballets, Peter Wright’s production of Marius Petipa’s classic is a tale of betrayal, the supernatural and love that transcends death. Performed by The Royal Ballet.

Approx 3hrs 48mins (including intervals) Cinema

3hrs 14mins (including interval) Cinema

2hrs 15mins / Age 12A Cinema

Elektra

Frankenstein

Sung in German with English surtitles

Wed 18 May 7.15pm The world premiere of choreographer Liam Scarlett’s new full-length ballet, inspired by Mary Shelley’s Gothic masterpiece and performed by The Royal Ballet. A story of betrayal, curiosity, life, death and, above all, love, it inspires Scarlett to explore the very depths of human nature and our need to find acceptance and a place in the world. Age 12A Cinema

Strauss New Production Sat 30 Apr 5.55pm Conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen Production Patrice Chéreau Strauss’s blazing tragedy about an ancient Greek princess hell-bent on revenge comes to the Met in the final opera production by the legendary director Patrice Chéreau. Approx 2hrs (no interval) Cinema Box Office 024 7652 4524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk

WORDS & IDEAS TIPPINGPOINT

A Heap Of Broken Images

Doing Nothing is Not an Option

Professor Brian Cox

Sat 21 May 10.30am – 4pm

A major event in partnership with Warwick Arts Centre and Julie’s Bicycle

Wed 2 Nov 7.30pm

This event follows on from the A Journey with The Waste Land event and will invite visitors to contribute their ideas as to how an exhibition based on T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land might look in the Mead Gallery.

UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK

Open Lecture Distinguished Lecture Series with Lord Judge and Sir Robert Worcester The Relevance of Magna Carta in the 21st Century Mon 25 Apr 12.30pm In this public lecture, Former Lord Chief Justice, Lord (Igor) Judge will examine how a document sealed 800 years ago, and the perceptions to which it gave rise over the centuries, has a remarkable continuing vibrancy today. Together with Sir Robert Worcester, Chairman of the 2015 800th Anniversary Commemoration, they define the impact the Magna Carta has made to the law and to society as the ‘Foundation of Liberty’, affecting the lives of nearly two billion people in more than one hundred countries round the world. They argue that Magna Carta deserves its description as ‘Britain’s greatest export’. 3hrs 30mins Theatre FREE, tickets must be booked in advance through Box Office

A Journey with The Waste Land Thu 5 May 6 – 8pm A Journey with The Waste Land is a unique and exciting opportunity for visitors to be involved in the curation of an exhibition responding to T. S. Eliot’s great poem. This exhibition, organised to coincide with the centenary of the end of World War I, will premiere at Turner Contemporary in Margate. From Margate, it will tour to Leeds Art Gallery and, in 2018, to the Mead Gallery. The Waste Land has inspired an extraordinary diversity of work over the years - from artists including Francis Bacon, Cy Twombly, Reg Butler and Mario Merz. For this special evening event, independent curator and researcher, Mike Tooby and exhibition project coordinator Trish Scott, will be introducing both T.S. Eliot’s poem and the project.

COMING SOON

The day will include presentations, workshops and discussions. The Waste Land, often seen as ‘difficult’, will be explored in new and engaging ways through sound and imagery, demonstrating how its meaning can open out in surprising and moving ways. Participants’ attendance at the event on 5 May is recommended but not essential. Tea and coffee will be provided in the morning. Helen Martin Studio FREE, tickets must be booked in advance through Box Office

Fri 17 – Sun 19 Jun This event is intended for everyone concerned with climate change and the role performing arts has in exploring it and its ramifications. It will energise, re-energise, inspire and offer an opportunity for people in the performing arts sector to reflect on what the subject means for artists today and in the future. Exclusively targeted at the performing arts, this three-day gathering will see writers, directors, producers and climate specialists of all types come together to shape new ideas and develop a platform for creative responses and new work. This will take place in the context of a public festival of climate related performance work.

Warwick Arts Centre welcomes Professor Brian Cox, OBE as part of his hotly anticipated tour. The show will take audiences on a dazzling journey through space and time, delving into ‘high science’ and freewheeling on the edges of the known cosmos. Whether an avid science reader or a total novice, Professor Brian Cox will test the limits of our knowledge and make highly complex ideas accessible to all. Always captivating, continually surprising and forever pushing the boundaries, Professor Brian Cox takes science to a new dimension in this new stage show, plus get up close and personal with the man himself with an interview hosted by his The Infinite Monkey Cage co-host Robin Ince. 2hrs Butterworth Hall £41, £31

Across the three days participants will also have the opportunity to see three shows including Motionhouse’s Broken (p9) Random Scream’s 7 Promises (p9) and Jonny & The Baptists (p36). For more information visit tippingpoint.org.uk/ doingnothingisnotanoption

The event will include a reading of the poem. Refreshments will be provided. Helen Martin Studio FREE, tickets must be booked in advance through Box Office 29

MASTERCLASSES BOBBIE SEAGROATT

3D Pattern Cutting Sun 24 Apr 10am – 5pm Enjoy working with textiles and fancy something a little different? Using Japanese pattern making methods, experience the creation of 3D forms in fabric or flexible materials. Previous experience of pattern cutting not necessary, but a basic ability to use a sewing machine (or to sew fairly speedily by hand) is needed. One Day Course Helen Martin Studio £60

TONY LEE

CINDY LYMBERY

An Introduction to Comic Book and Graphic Novel Scriptwriting

Learn How to Create Stunning Home and Gift Flowers

Learn How to Create Wedding Flowers

Sat 2 – Sun 3 Apr 9.30am – 5pm Do you have an idea for a comic book or graphic novel, but have never taken it further? #1 New York Times Bestselling List and Eagle Award winning comic book writer and screenwriter Tony Lee (Doctor Who, Superboy, Spider Man, X-Men, 2000AD, Battlestar Galactica) takes you through the steps to turn your idea into a comic book or graphic novel, and shows you what you need to do to get yourself published. Two Day Course Helen Martin Studio £150 30

Sun 10 Apr 10am – 5pm This one day course will give you a great insight into flower design and teach you the basics of modern day floristry. You will learn how to make and wrap an aqua pack gift bouquet, discover how to create a unique table centre for dinner parties or special occasions and how to use flowers to give the finishing touch to special gifts. The course includes £30 of fresh flowers for you to work with and take home. All flowers and sundries will be provided, but please bring your own secateurs or scissors. One Day Course Helen Martin Studio £70

Sun 17 Apr 10am – 5pm This course is perfect for those who want to learn how to create flowers for a big day. You will learn how to create a bridal bouquet using professional floristry techniques and will discover how to make elegant buttonholes and floral decorations for the wedding tables. As well as taking home plenty of top tips on how to prepare your flowers for the wedding day, you’ll also take home all of your floral creations. All flowers and sundries will be provided, but please bring your own secateurs or scissors.

MARK RUDDICK

“They Fight” An Introduction to Stage Combat Sat 7 May 10am – 5pm Exploring the techniques, safety and performance of stage violence, They Fight offers a fun introduction to stage combat. You will explore the construction and delivery of an action sequence, try your hand at sword fighting and have fun choreographing a bar room brawl, all under the instruction of a professional fight director. One Day Course Helen Martin Studio £65

REBECCA ELLIOTT

KATE GREEN

Picture a Book

Unlocking Your Creativity and Getting More from Your Camera

How to write and illustrate children’s picture books Sun 22 May 10am – 5pm Ever wanted to write and illustrate a children’s picture book? In this one day course author and illustrator Rebecca Elliott will teach you all the stuff she wishes she’d known when illustrating her first picture book 15 years ago. Including how to create strong characters, write engaging plots, put together an illustration portfolio and submit ideas to publishers.

Sun 5 Jun 10am – 5pm Explore technical and creative ways to get more out of your DSLR Camera. You will need to understand the basics of aperture, shutter speed and ISO to get the best out of this class. One Day Course Helen Martin Studio £60

One Day Course Helen Martin Studio £80

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MUSIC

STUDENT MUSIC University of Two Orchestras – Warwick Big Band UK & USA Finale Concert

Lunchtime Concerts

Sat 25 Jun 7.30pm

JR Fralick (Tenor) & Alice Turner (Piano)

Sun 26 Jun 3.30pm

The University of Warwick Big Band performs a final gig to celebrate its success in the National Concert Band Festival and showcases the members graduating this year. The concert will have something for everyone with a repertoire comprising jazz standards, pop music covers and its Big Band favourites. Whatever the song, the passion of the Big Band can always be heard; a society who love what they do and take pride in giving their listeners a great experience. Theatre £9.50 (£6.50) All ages

Gershwin Rimsky-Korsakov Jeremy Cavaterra

Rhapsody in Blue Scheherazade Marine Safari and Whale Watch

Rachmaninov Bernstein Walton

Symphonic Dances Candide Overture Crown Imperial

Conductors Paul McGrath & David Ramadanoff Piano Dominic Bull (Winner of UoW Concerto Competition 2016) The Young People’s Symphony Orchestra are in residence at the University of Warwick and the University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra are delighted to be sharing a concert with them. Each orchestra will play their own pieces and then join forces for some jumbo symphonic orchestral fireworks! Butterworth Hall £9 (£7) Under 26s £4.50 All ages

A Child of Our Time Sun 26 Jun 6.30pm Join the University of Warwick Chamber Choir as audience or participant to sing the Spirituals from Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time in celebration of LB, a young man with learning disabilities who drowned in 2013.

Thu 28 Apr

Thu 5 May David Gordon (Piano) Thu 12 May Gina McCormack (Violin) & Nigel Clayton (Piano) Thu 19 May Julian Jacobson & Mariko Brown (Piano Duet) Thu 26 May Mark Broadhead (Cello) & Mark Smith (Piano) Thu 2 Jun My 1st Concert*

The Young’uns

Tindersticks

Thu 9 Jun Murray McClachlan (Piano)

Three For All’ Tour

Thu 16 Jun

Thu 28 Apr 7.30pm

The Waiting Room: Cine-Concert

Coull Quartet

Voted Best Group at the 2015 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and nominated again this year, The Young’uns have fast become one of the foremost groups on the UK folk scene.

Sat 30 Apr 8pm

Beguiling audiences around the world, they seamlessly switch from beautiful ballads to brilliant banter, from profoundly poignant songs to infectiously irreverent humour.

Each song on the album will have a specially commissioned film to accompany it produced by La Blogotheque and directed by a host of different international film directors including Christoph Girardet (Germany), Claire Denis and Pierre Vinour (France), Gabriel Sanna (Brazil) and Rosie Pedlow and Joe King (UK).

Thu 23 Jun University of Warwick Music Scholars Thu 30 Jun University of Warwick Piano Showcase Please note that lunchtime concerts are extremely popular and entry is provided on a first come, first served basis. If you require a space for a wheelchair, please call Music Centre on 024 7652 3799

Ensemble Room, Music Centre Open to all ages FREE 1.10pm *in the Helen Martin Studio

“GLORIOUS HARMONIES, WASPISH WIT, POWERFUL SONGS AND RELENTLESS BANTER… IRRESISTIBLE” ★★★★★ The Guardian Studio £15

Tindersticks visit Warwick Arts Centre to tour their 10th studio album The Waiting Room, their first studio album since 2012’s acclaimed The Something Rain.

“A BAND STILL IN PERFECT FOCUS” ★★★★ Mojo Butterworth Hall £20.50

Foyer FREE 32

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Teddy Thompson with Kelly Jones & Sunny Ozell Fri 6 May 7.45pm British folk and rock musician Teddy Thompson and American singer Kelly Jones give audiences engaging views of the joys and sorrows of love. The songs from their debut album, Little Windows, capture complex emotions with simple honesty. “SPARKLING POP GEMS AND SOBERING COUNTRY BALLADS.” Rolling Stone

Elvis Costello Detour support from Larkin Poe SOLD OUT RETURNS ONLY Mon 9 May 8pm Critics around the world wax lyrical about Costello’s incredibly entertaining solo show which covers his amazing life and back catalogue. Butterworth Hall £51, £48

Ry X Sun 22 May 7.30pm Singer-songwriter and musician Ry X returns with a second album this summer, following his meteoric arrival on the UK touring circuit with his EP and sensational single Berlin. His raw sound is making waves across Europe and he also featured in the soundtrack for motion picture Burnt, starring Bradley Cooper. Butterworth Hall £14

Theatre £18.50

YolanDa Brown with special guest Mica Paris Sat 7 May 8pm Double MOBO Award winning Saxophonist YolanDa Brown brings some sunshine to Coventry with a special set titled Reggae Love Songs. Join YolanDa, and special guest soul legend Mica Paris, on an infectious journey of reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities. Butterworth Hall £26.50

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Mercury Rev Thu 23 Jun 7.45pm US alt-rock legends Mercury Rev are touring their new album, The Light in You which was released in September 2015. As Mercury Rev began recording their eighth studio album in autumn 2013, when asked what people could expect, co-pilot Grasshopper responded, “Steel Resonator Mandolin. Timpani. Sleigh Bells. All sorts of electric guitars…” He subsequently added, “It is the best stuff we have done in a long, long time. Gonna be big sounding!” “MERCURY REV’S BRAND OF EPIC AMERICANA SOUNDS SWEETER THAN EVER ON THE LIGHT IN YOU” The Guardian Theatre £23.50

Jools Holland Hugh Masekela & His Rhythm & & Larry Willis Blues Orchestra

Jonny & The Baptists

featuring Gilson Lavis

Sat 18 Jun 7pm

Mon 6 Jun 7.45pm

Wed 25 May 7.30pm As the UK’s most popular pianist and bandleader, Jools Holland OBE has performed and recorded with some of the most talented musicians and songwriters in the world, and this performance is no different with the 20-piece Rhythm & Blues Orchestra featuring, at its helm, former Squeeze drummer, Giles Lavis. As ever, Jools continues to dazzle, involve and impress audiences with his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra and their exuberant live performances. “I DIDN’T THINK ANYBODY COULD PLAY LIKE THAT. JOOLS HAS GOT THE LEFT HAND THAT NEVER STOPS” BB King Butterworth Hall £37, £27

2013 marked the release of a sumptuous series of duets between South African maestro Hugh Masekela and master pianist Larry Willis, revisiting a long friendship stretching back to their days together at the Manhattan School of Music in New York in the 60s. Now they are back on tour and invite you to join them in a celebration of their friendship and music that remains as raw and potent as it did in the 60s. “DAMN, DO THEY SWING!” ★★★★ Rolling Stone Theatre £21

The End is Nigh Last year, Jonny accidentally told his four-year-old niece climate change would end the world. To stop her crying, he and Paddy promised to fix it. They really tried very hard... A new show about family, friendship and environmental disaster from the five-time award-nominated musical comedy stars of Radio 4’s The Now Show, following their acclaimed national tours with Stop UKIP and Rock The Vote. “POLITICALLY ENGAGED, RAUCOUSLY SILLY… TRIUMPHANT” The Guardian

Russell Watson Songs from the Heart Tue 28 Jun 8pm 2015 was a phenomenal year for Russell, with a sell-out UK tour, special guest performances at US National Memorial Day in Washington DC, the Caracalla Unicef Concert in Rome and BBC Proms In the Park. The UK’s best-selling classical crossover artist of all time returns to the stage with his brand new show Songs From The Heart, featuring a stunning collection of our best loved songs. “HE SINGS LIKE PAVAROTTI, AND ENTERTAINS THE AUDIENCE LIKE SINATRA” New York Times Butterworth Hall £46, £39.50, £33.50

Presented as part of TippingPoint’s Doing Nothing is Not an Option event in partnership with Warwick Arts Centre and Julie’s Bicycle. For more info see p29. Theatre £13 Box Office 024 7652 4524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk

COMEDY

COMING SOON

Please note: Some comedians use very strong language and express controversial opinions. Please come prepared. All shows are 16+ unless otherwise stated.

Kate Rusby Fri 7 Oct 8pm Of all the stars in folk music’s wondrous firmament few shine as brightly as Yorkshire’s Kate Rusby. A remarkable interpretive singer, Kate has that rare ability to transport her audience, touching them emotionally and making each tune live vividly within their experience and imagination. Rusby’s wondrous singing, hugely engaging Yorkshire wit and the intuitive support of the British folk musicians, who form her band, ensure that audiences will be treated to a truly unforgettable concert experience.

Romesh Ranganathan

Citizen Khan

All Star Stand Up

They all know me!

Wed 4 May 7.30pm

Irrational plus support

Mon 2 May 7.30pm

Presenting four heavyweight comics on one bill. Featuring double Sony Award winner and star of Mock The Week Gary Delaney, top comedy trickster and star of BBC 1’s The Magicians Pete Firman, Kiwi compere Jarred Christmas and unbeaten legend, Never Mind The Buzzcocks team captain and one of Channel 4’s 100 Greatest Stand-Ups in the World, Sean Hughes.

SOLD OUT RETURNS ONLY Wed 27 Apr 8pm Romesh Ranganathan is back with a brand new show exploring the rationality of his worldview. Irrational will see Romesh examine the issues close to his heart, and explains why everybody else is wrong about them.

“EVERYBODY LOVES AND RESPECTS KATE RUSBY, NOT JUST FOR HER LOVELY VOICE, BUT FOR THE WAY SHE HAS MOVED FOLK FORWARD WHILE REMAINING TRUE TO TRADITION...” Sunday Times Butterworth Hall £25 Under 16s £16

Theatre £15 (£13)

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain The Gigasecond Tourt 8pm Sat 29 Oct 8pm The world renowned all-singing, all-plucking superstars return with their toe-tapping music, hilarious banter, and sheer superlative entertainment. Last year they celebrated 30 Plucking Years of ukulele action, this year they will have been active for one billion seconds.

Following four hugely successful series on BBC One, Adil Ray is bringing the much loved self-appointed community leader, Mr Khan to the stage. Mr Khan, created and performed by Adil Ray, is a larger than life character, with strong opinions and big dreams, facing the challenge of how to make ends meet yet keep his family happy. Butterworth Hall £33.50, £26, Age 8+ Family ticket offer (4 people) £103, £84

Theatre £21

Bill Bailey Limboland Wed 4 & Thu 5 May 8pm The gap between how we imagine our lives to be and how they really are is the subject of Bill’s show Limboland. “LIFE IN LIMBOLAND, CONSISTENTLY FUNNY AND DAZZLINGLY QUICK.” ★★★★ Sydney Morning Herald Butterworth Hall £26

See and hear for yourself why the appeal of the Ukes of GB and their hilarious, entertaining, witty shopping trolley dash through all genres of music has led to sold out shows all over the world from the Royal Albert Hall to Sydney Opera House. Butterworth Hall £24 38

Russell Kane

Rob Auton

Gyles Brandreth

Right Man, Wrong Age

The Water Show

LIMITED AVAILABILITY Thu 5 May 7.30pm

Fri 6 May 8pm

Word Power! Get It! Use It! Conquer The World! Sat 4 Jun 8pm

The Water Show is a comedy/theatre/ talking show about water by award winning writer and performer Rob Auton, suitable for anybody who has seen, heard, touched, used or drank water.

In this brand new show, Russell Kane unleashes another blisteringly-funny, award-winning stand-up performance about growing up, growing down, and why farts will always be funny.

Join Edinburgh Fringe award winner Gyles Brandreth – wit and word-meister, former MP and Government Whip and TV regular – on an uproarious and unexpected magic carpet ride around the awesome world of words.

“HE IS ENTIRELY COMPELLING TO WATCH. HE’S A POET/WRITER/TALKER AND IT’S FUNNY IN PARTS BUT THAT’S NOT THE POINT – THERE IS SOMETHING ELSE HAPPENING, I’M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT IT IS BUT IT’S GREAT AND IT WALLOPS YOU IN THE BELLY.” Daniel Kitson

“A SERIOUSLY GOOD COMEDIAN” ★★★★★ The Times Theatre £17

“A MASTER RACONTEUR” Sunday Telegraph Theatre £20

Studio £13

Mark Watson

Craig Campbell

Max and Ivan

Sara Pascoe

I’m Not Here

Don’t Look Down

Wed 25 May 7.45pm

Sat 7 May 7.30pm

Sun 8 May 8pm

Mark Watson returns with the followup show to his highly celebrated and successful Flaws. A seemingly minor problem at an airport is the starting point for a spiralling examination of identity in the digital age and search for meaning in our lives – but with an enormous number of jokes (luckily) as well as Watson’s customary flailing, chaotic audience interactions and all sorts of other fun.

With Craig Campbell’s record Everest base camp show looming beyond his hip-reshaping operation and a winter of snowboarding comedy shows, the challenge of keeping the wounded Moose’s chin up ensures Don’t Look Down to be his most appropriately titled show yet!

Welcome to Sudley-on-Sea. Take a look around. You don’t have long. Seriously.

“BELLY LAUGH BRILLIANT…THE AUDIENCE WAS WEEPING WITH LAUGHTER” Time Out Age 14+ Theatre £18

“A FANTASTIC YARN WEAVER, WITH CHARMING TALES OF HIS TRAVELS AND HUGELY FUNNY OBSERVATIONS” Time Out Studio £16

Foster’s Edinburgh Comedy Award winners and Melbourne Barry Award nominees Max and Ivan embark on their first UK tour to tell an epic narrative sketch comedy tale about the hopes, fears and dreams of a doomed town. “A THING OF STARTLING PRECISION, IMAGINATION AND CROWD-PLEASING CHARM. I COULD WATCH IT AGAIN TOMORROW.” ★★★★★ The Times Studio £13

Animal

Graeme of Thrones

Grumpy Old Women

Thu 2 Jun 7.30pm

Fri 3 Jun 8pm

Sara Pascoe is a human animal, and so are you.

In this critically-acclaimed theatrical journey through the Seven Kingdoms, direct from sold out shows in London’s West End and Australia, avid ‘Thrones’ fan Graeme just wants to recreate his favourite fantasy saga on stage – aided and abetted by his best friend Paul and the girl he used to fancy at school – Bryony.

Fifty Shades of Beige featuring Jenny Eclair, Susie Blake & Kate Robbins

This show is a mixture of completely true stories about Tony Blair, Oedipus Rex and the wildlife of Lewisham, plus a load of stories that don’t sound true at all about Jason Donovan, Henry the Hoover and when God took over the tannoy in Sainsbury’s. All animals evolved, but only humans evolved to the point of knowing they evolved. This troubling and confusing position is explored in a creative and honest way in a show about empathy and its limitations. “PASCOE’S LIVELY MIND TEASES OUT BIG QUESTIONS WITH INTELLIGENCE, SILLINESS AND SELF-DEPRECATION” The Guardian Age 15+ Theatre £13

Created by a team of some of the UK’s top comedy writers, Graeme Of Thrones is an original and un-authorised parody on the international phenomenon that is Game Of Thrones. A treat for fans and an introduction for the unenlightened. See it before the inevitable lawsuit.

TICKETS SELLING FAST Sat 11 Jun 8pm Returning after a critically acclaimed sell-out spring 2015 tour the Grumpies are back to knock some sense into the nation. Perrier Award-winning comedian, writer and original star of Grumpy Old Women Jenny Eclair will be joined by fellow recruits Susie Blake (Mrs Brown’s Boys, Coronation Street) and actress and singer Kate Robbins (Where The Heart, Casualty).

“A MUST FOR ANY GAME OF THRONES FAN” Time Out

Come and bask in an orgy of fury and big laughs in this glorious live version of the hit TV show.

Theatre £19

Theatre £26

Box Office 024 7652 4524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk

COMING COMING SOONSOON Sean Lock

HIRE US

For more information visit warwickartscentre.co.uk/venue-hire or contact our Events Sales Team on 024 7652 3734 or artscentrehires@warwick.ac.uk

Keep It Light Wed 7 & Thu 8 Dec 8pm Every three years the comedian Sean Lock writes and tours a new stand-up show. Well he’s only gone and done it again! What’s he like? Come and see what he’s blithering on about this time. “HE JUST LETS THE BRILLIANCE OF HIS MATERIAL DOMINATE THE ROOM” The Guardian Butterworth Hall £24

CELEBRATIONS, EVENTS AND STAGE HIRE From wedding parties and formal dinners to school and community stage events we have the perfect space for your special occasion. Supported by personal event management, a specialist technical team, and experienced catering staff, we offer the complete package for totally individual and bespoke events.

Ross Noble Brain Dump Sat 3 Dec 8pm Everybody’s favourite randomist is back. As always Ross has lots of stuff backing up in his head and it’s time to let it all out. Famed for his super quick free-wheeling style and highly imaginative flights of fancy, a Ross Noble show is always an unmissable event.

CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS

CINEMA PARTIES

We have multiple spaces available for hire throughout the year, suitable for meetings of 10 to conferences of 2000. Set against a backdrop buzzing with creativity, Warwick Arts Centre is the perfect venue for your corporate and business events.

Looking for a new way to celebrate a birthday or anniversary but running out of ideas? Look no further. Warwick Arts Centre’s state of the art Cinema is available to hire for parties, celebrations and private screenings. We have fantastic rooms available for use before or after the film and can offer a wide variety of catering options to make your event extra special.

“BEAUTIFULLY TWISTED THOUGHTS” The Times Butterworth Hall £26 42

INFORMATION Booking information Book online

Ticket collection Print at home

warwickartscentre.co.uk

Save time and print your tickets at home before you arrive. Select ‘Print at Home’ on selected events when booking online. Just print the email attachment and bring it with you and show it to a steward to enter the auditorium. Proof of ID may be requested.

Book by phone 024 7652 4524

Book in person Box Ofﬁce opening hours Mon – Sat 10am – 9pm Sun 2pm – 8pm Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL

Credit cards We accept AMEX, Visa, Mastercard, Delta and Maestro cards.

Booking fee We include a £1 per ticket booking fee in the published price of all tickets. 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 the programme, services and activities you experience during your visit to Warwick Arts Centre.

Reservations We can reserve tickets for 4 days – tickets not paid for within this time will be released for sale. Tickets must be paid for a minimum of 30mins before performance starts.

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 £1 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 voucher not used after 180 days will have elapsed and will go to the Arts Development Fund.

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).

Pricing policy & ticket offers 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 for young people.

Discounts 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.

Schools 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 select events we offer a discounted rate for groups of 10 or more. This is the price listed in brackets plus every 10th ticket free, and no booking fee. Check Box Ofﬁce for availability – not available online. For schools and group bookings, please call Box Ofﬁce or email groupbookings@warwick.ac.uk

Under 26s As part of our access policy, we make available a limited number of tickets for Under 26s on many events. This ticket price is to encourage independent attendance and is not available to groups. This offer is available online. ID may be required.

Access Access information information

How How to to find find us us

Although it is not essential, you are advised to Although it is not essential, you are advised to book in advance so that we can readily provide book in advance so that we can readily provide assistance. If you require assistance, disabled assistance. If you require assistance, disabled patrons may also bring a companion FREE of patrons may also bring a companion FREE of charge. For full and updated access information charge. For full and updated access information please see the website or ask for a leaflet at please see the website or ask for a leaflet at Box Office. Box Office. Spaces reserved for Blue Badge holders Spaces reserved for Blue Badge holders in Car Parks 7. On busy nights, in Car Parks 7. On busy nights, i.e. for Concerts, Parking Stewards are i.e. for Concerts, Parking Stewards are positioned at key drop off points to positioned at key drop off points to assist you. assist you.

Terms and conditions All tickets are sold according to our terms and conditions. Full details, and our privacy policy, can be found at 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.

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

Data Protection

Assistance dogs are welcomed and can Assistance dogs are welcomed and can be cared for during performances by be cared for during performances by prior arrangement. prior arrangement.

Warwick Arts Centre, as part of the University of Warwick, conforms to the Data Protection Act 1998 and is committed to upholding the Data Protection principles of good practice.

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

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 all 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 warwickartscentre.co.uk

Toilet facilities accessible on all levels. Toilet facilities accessible on all levels.

The accessibility leaﬂet is available online The accessibility leaﬂet is available online at warwickartscentre.co.uk/your-visit/ at warwickartscentre.co.uk/your-visit/ accessibility. accessibility. The brochure is available in braille, large print The brochure is available in braille, large print or audio CD, call 024 7652 4524 to request a or audio CD, call 024 7652 4524 to request a copy and sign up to our access mailing list. copy and sign up to our access mailing list.

Warwick Arts Centre is registered with the University of Warwick under the 1998 Data Protection Act, registration no. Z5856740 We are currently reviewing our Data Protection policy. For updates please see warwickartscentre.co.uk/visit/how-to-book/

Corporate Sponsors

Family Arts Standards We are signed up to Family Arts Standards – and this means we’re all geared up for a fantastic family experience. For full details see website familyarts.co.uk/family-arts-standards

By By car car

Car Car park park 6 6

By By bus bus

Car Car parking parking

Car Car park park 7 7

By By train train

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

Parking is £3.50 all day and FREE after 6pm Parking is £3.50 all day and FREE after 6pm at the weekend. Car park 7 and 8 are pay at the weekend. Car park 7 and 8 are pay and display during the day. Please allow and display during the day. Please allow time for your journey as latecomers may time for your journey as latecomers may not be admitted until a suitable break in not be admitted until a suitable break in the performance. the performance.

Car Park 6 is at the bottom of Health Centre Car Park 6 is at the bottom of Health Centre Road (left just before Rootes Grocery Store Road (left just before Rootes Grocery Store supermarket). It is an open car park and 5mins supermarket). It is an open car park and 5mins walk from Warwick Arts Centre. Barriers open walk from Warwick Arts Centre. Barriers open for Arts Centre customers on evenings after 6pm for Arts Centre customers on evenings after 6pm and all day weekends. and all day weekends.

Car Park 7 is the nearest car park to Warwick Car Park 7 is the nearest car park to Warwick Arts Centre and is multi-storey. Please be Arts Centre and is multi-storey. Please be prepared that at the end of a busy night it can prepared that at the end of a busy night it can take some time to exit from the upper ﬂoors. take some time to exit from the upper ﬂoors.

Car Car park park 8 8

Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington, Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington, Stratford and Kenilworth stop at the bus station Stratford and Kenilworth stop at the bus station directly behind Warwick Arts Centre. directly behind Warwick Arts Centre. Traveline: 0871 200 2233 Traveline: 0871 200 2233

Coventry station is just a short taxi or bus ride Coventry station is just a short taxi or bus ride away. Services run regularly via Birmingham away. Services run regularly via Birmingham and London to Coventry. and London to Coventry. The numbers 11U, 12 or 12X (express service) The numbers 11U, 12 or 12X (express service) buses bring you to Warwick Arts Centre. The taxi buses bring you to Warwick Arts Centre. The taxi rank is opposite the front of Warwick Arts Centre rank is opposite the front of Warwick Arts Centre next to Rootes Grocery Store. next to Rootes Grocery Store.

Car Park 8 is multi-storey and approximately. Car Park 8 is multi-storey and approximately. 7 mins walk from Warwick Arts Centre. It is 7 mins walk from Warwick Arts Centre. It is adjacent to the Sports Centre. adjacent to the Sports Centre. Box Office 024 7652 4524 | warwickartscentre.co.uk

QUICK GUIDE Wed 4

MARCH Mon 28

4pm

The Railway Children

5.55pm

9.30am

Met Opera Live: Madama Butterfly

p27

Warwick Masterclass: An Introduction to Comic Book and Graphic Novel Scriptwrighting

p30

Warwick Masterclass: An Introduction to Comic Book and Graphic Novel Scriptwrighting

p30

Wed 6

7.15pm

ROH Live: Giselle

p27

Sun 10

10am

Warwick Masterclass: Learn How to Create Stunning Home and Gift Flowers

p30

Tue 12 Sat 16

6.30pm 11am

Thu 5

12pm

Mead Gallery: Meet the Curator: An Introduction to Another Minimalism

p23

Mead Gallery: Another Minimalism Opening Party

p23

Mead Gallery: Another Minimalism

p22

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

6pm

A Journey with The Waste Land

p28

7.30pm

Russell Kane

p40

7.45pm

Breathe For Me

8pm

Bill Bailey

p39

Fri 6

8pm

Rob Auton

p40

7.45pm

Teddy Thompson & Kelly Jones

p34

Sat 7

10am

Warwick Masterclass: "They Fight" An Introduction to Stage Combat

p30

Painting the Modern Garden – from Monet to Matisse

p13

Landscapes

p14

7.30pm

Mark Watson

p40

8pm

YolanDa Brown

p34

Sun 8

8pm

Craig Campbell

p40

Mon 9

8pm

Elvis Costello

p35

7.30pm

Philharmonic Orchestra

1.30pm

Landscapes

p14

3.30pm

Landscapes

p14

5.55pm

Met Opera Live: Roberto Devereux

p27

Wed 25 7.30pm

Thu 26

Fri 27 Sat 28

Sun 29

p36

7.45pm

Max and Ivan

p40

7.45pm

Opera for the Unknown Woman

p26

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

6pm

Mead Gallery: East v West: Another Minimalism

7.45pm

Hair Peace

7.45pm

Opera for the Unknown Woman

7.45pm

Going Viral

p23 T p8 p26

11.30am Dinosaur Zoo

p15

The Good Dinosaur

p21

2pm

Dinosaur Zoo

p15

4.30pm

Dinosaur Zoo

p15

Family Day: From Jurrassic to Jupiter

10am

3pm Mon 6

p16

10.30am Noise Machines from Outer Space

p16

11am

Dinosaur Zoo

p15

11am

The Good Dinosaur

p21

10.30am Noise Machines from Outer Space

p16

12.15pm

p16

p30

Into the West

p17

OCTOBER Fri 7

8pm 7.30pm

Wed 28 7pm

7.45pm

Into the West

p17

Hugh Masekela & Larry Willis

p36

Tue 11

Wed 12 7pm

Wed 8

7pm

RSC Live: Hamlet

p12

Thu 9

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

Sat 11

12pm

Mead Gallery: Another Minimalism Exhibition Tour

p23

1.30pm

The Iron Giant

p21

8pm

Grumpy Old Women

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

2pm

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

p23

Doing Nothing is Not an Option

p29

7.30pm

Broken

8.30pm

Sing-along Calamity Jane

p13

Doing Nothing is Not an Option

p29

10am

Warwick Masterclass: 3D Pattern Cutting

p30

Thu 12

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

12.30pm Error 404

p16

7pm

Jonny & The Baptists

p36

7.30pm

Laila The Musical

1.30pm

p21

9.30pm

7 Promises

Doing Nothing is Not an Option

p29

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

Thu 28 Fri 29

8pm

Romesh Ranganathan

p39

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

7.30pm

The Young’uns

p33

7.30pm

Sat 30

Tosca

S p26

National Theatre Connections Festival

p15

5.55pm

Met Opera Live: Elektra

p27

8pm

Tindersticks

p33

MAY Sun 1

Fri 13

7.30pm

Laila The Musical

2pm

Dinosaur Zoo

p15

Sun 19

Sat 14

12pm

Mead Gallery: Another Minimalism Exhibition Tour

p23

2pm

Noise Machines from Outer Space

p16

Thu 23

1.10pm

2.30pm

Laila The Musical

3.15pm

Noise Machines from Outer Space

p16

7.45pm

Mercury Rev

p37

Sat 25

7.30pm

p32

3.30pm

Error 404

p16

University of Warwick Big Band Finale Concert

Sun 26

3.30pm

Two Orchestras - UK & USA

p32

6.30pm

A Child Of Our Time

p32

Mon 27 4.30pm

Tiddler and other Terrific Tales

p18

Tue 28

8pm

Russell Watson

p37

Thu 30

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

National Theatre Connections Festival

p15 p39

Mon 2

7.30pm

Citizen Khan

Tue 3

7.30pm

Best of BE FESTIVAL

Wed 4

7.30pm

All Star Stand Up

p39

8pm

Bill Bailey

p39

S p6

7.30pm

Laila The Musical

3pm

Laila The Musical

Tue 17

6pm

Mead Gallery: Another Minimalism Exhibition Tour

p23

ROH Live: Frankenstein

p27

Wed 18 7.15pm Thu 19

Fri 20 Sat 21

Sun 22

Tue 31

1.10pm

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

JUNE

7.15pm

Coull Quartet

p25

Wed 1

7.30pm

32 Rue Vandenbranden

T p7

7.30pm

32 Rue Vandenbranden

10.30am A heap of broken images

p29

1pm

A Sculpture Tour of the University of Warwick Art Collection

p23

1.30pm

The Lion King

p21

10am

Warwick Masterclass: How to write and illustrate children's picture books

p30

Ry X

p35

7.30pm

Thu 2

Fri 3 Sat 4

11am

The Emperor's New Clothes

p17

12pm

Mead Gallery: Creative Week

p23

2pm

The Emperor's New Clothes

p17

11am

The Emperor's New Clothes

p17

12pm

Mead Gallery: Creative Week

p23

2pm

The Emperor's New Clothes

p17

Mead Gallery: Creative Week

p23

FREE Lunchtime Concert

p32

7.30pm

Sara Pascoe

p41

Mon 1 – 10am Fri 5

Make it Reel: Summer Film School

p19

12pm

Mead Gallery: Creative Week

p23

Fri 5

FREE Make it Reel: World Premiere

p19

5pm

7.30pm

Graeme of Thrones

p41 p23

Mon 8 – 10am Fri 12

Space Academy: A Performance Summer School

p19

Mead Gallery: Creative Week

Fri 12

FREE Space Academy: World Premiere

p19

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

p21 p41

Things I Know to Be True

p10

Things I Know to Be True

p10

Sat 29

8pm

Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain

p38

5pm

Sun 18 Tue 20

Wed 2

7.30pm

Professor Brian Cox

p29

Tue 8

7.30pm

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

p11

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

p11

Wed 9

7.30pm

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

Wed 21 11am 1.30pm Thu 22 Fri 23 Sat 24

NOVEMBER Tue 27

Stick Man

p20

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

3.15pm

Stick Man

p20

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm Wed 28 11am

Stick Man

p20

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

Thu 29

11am

Stick Man

p20

Thu 10

7.30pm

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

p11

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

Fri 11

7.30pm

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

p11

Fri 30

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

Sat 12

2pm

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

p11

Sat 31

11am

Stick Man

p20

7.30pm

946: The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips

p11

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

11pm

Stick Man

p20

Sat 26

Sun 27

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

3.15pm

Stick Man

p20

11pm

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

3.15pm

Stick Man

p20

Stick Man

p20

11am 1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

8pm

Ross Noble

p42

Sun 4

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

Wed 7

8pm

Sean Lock

p42

Thu 8

8pm

Sean Lock

p42

AUGUST

12pm

Gyles Brandreth

7.30pm 7.30pm

Sat 3

12pm

1.30pm

Thu 20 Fri 21

DECEMBER

COMING SOON

1.10pm

8pm

p10

Sun 24

Sun 15

Things I Know to Be True

7.30pm

Wed 19 7.30pm

A Machine They’re Secretly Building

Sat 15

p18

Laila The Musical

Wed 27 7.45pm

p10 p10

p23

Laila The Musical

Things I Know to Be True Things I Know to Be True

Hansel and Gretel

7.30pm

T p24

7.30pm 7.30pm

Mead Gallery: Another Minimalism Exhibition Tour

3.30pm 6pm

Wed 11 7.30pm

Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me

Thu 13 Fri 14

p10

p12

Bruckner Orchestra Linz

p10

RSC Live: Shakespeare Live

7.45pm

Things I Know to Be True

8.15pm

7.30pm

p10 p13

Things I Know to Be True

Sat 23

Tue 26

Things I Know to Be True RSC Live: King Lear

7.30pm

p30

p28

Sat 17

7.30pm

Warwick Masterclass: How to Create Wedding Flowers

WALL-E

p38

Mon 17

Tue 14

Sat 18

Kate Rusby

Tue 18

10am

Noise Machines from Outer Space

p12

p41

12.30pm Hansel and Gretel

Fri 17

7.30pm

Sun 11 RSC Live: Cymbeline

p18

Sun 12

Thu 16

SEPTEMBER

Warwick Masterclass: Unlocking your creativity and getting more from your camera

7.45pm

T p8

1.30pm

10am

Sun 5

Sun 17

12.30pm University of Warwick: Open Lecture – The Relevance of Magna Carta in the 21st Century

T p25

Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra

Tue 10

Mon 25

6pm

7pm

9.30am

Sun 3

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p14

APRIL Sat 2

JOIN US AS A MEMBER

Sat 10

11am

Stick Man

p20

1.30pm

Stick Man

p20

T = Post Show Talk S = Surtitled performance C = Captioned Performance NB For the Stick Man school/ relaxed performances schedule, please call Box Office

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