TakeOver 2015 Brochure

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THE FESTIVAL MADE BY YOUNG PEOPLE FOR EVERYONE. HOP ON BOARD!

facebook.com/TakeOverFestival @YTRTakeOver15 This year’s TakeOver festival is unlike any other. We are delighted to be collaborating with the National Railway Museum while York Theatre Royal goes through its £4.1 million redevelopment.

TakeOver is run entirely by 12- to 26-year-olds and we have truly taken over every nook and cranny of the museum – you can stop by for one show, or jam-pack your day full of TakeOver activities.

TakeOver 2015 is a unique multiarts festival, immersing itself and its audiences in York’s heritage.

We welcome the inquisitive, the adventurous and the imaginative, challenging spectators of all ages to expect the unexpected. We want to inspire both the people of York and its visitors, allowing you to see the museum and city in an entirely different light.

I really hope you enjoy the festival!

Lizzy Whynes Artistic Director TakeOver Festival 15/16

Creative Europe: Be SpectACTive!

York Theatre Royal is part of Be SpectACTive!, a European project focused on active spectatorship and audience development across contemporary performing arts. The project is a network of nine theatres and festivals and three universities across nine European countries. TakeOver festival forms part of York Theatre Royal’s Be SpectACTive! programme of events. BeSpectACTive! is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

A JOURNEY WITH MAUDE

When I was a little girl in Vienna, I was taken to the palace for a garden party. I can still see the sunshine on the fountains, the parasols, and the flashing uniforms of the young officers. But that was all… before.

Inspired by the ’70s cult classic Harold and Maude, this original, family-friendly production has been specially commissioned for TakeOver, and takes place on board one of the museum’s most treasured carriages.

Enter the wonderful world of Maude, filled with the memories and objects of her past. In this intimate time-travelling adventure, told across the five senses, you’ll be whisked from Vienna to San Francisco to witness moments of this extraordinary woman’s life.

Interplay Theatre Mon 26 Oct–Sun 1 Nov 11:30, 12:15, 14:15, 15:00, 15:45 Running time: 30 mins Tri-Composite Carriage, Station Hall £5 Low capacity: early booking advised Not wheelchair accessible

Interplay Theatre will also be hosting an accessible and interactive workshop themed around A Journey With Maude, perfect for ages 8–16.

Check yorktheatreroyal.co.uk for details and to book tickets!

THE GREAT TRAIN SONGERY Explorer Johnny Acecraft has been let loose in the museum’s Warehouse, and wants to talk about its unusual artefacts in the only way he knows: through the medium of musical comedy!

He will be creating a brand new family-friendly, participatory performance for TakeOver in the form of a tour around the museum’s Warehouse and collection.

John Hinton is an award-winning theatre maker who specialises in bringing the realms of science and history to the stage.

Expect the unexpected.

And expect it to rhyme.

Hinton has previously created performances for the Botanic Garden in Cambridge, the Natural History Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. He has also written internationally successful musical comedies about Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Pythagoras and Norse mythology.

John Hinton Mon 26–Wed 28 Oct 12:00, 12:45, 14:00, 14:45 Running time: 30 mins Meet at the Warehouse entrance Pay what you can Accessible

PHANTASMAGORIA We enjoy stories because they have an ending: the falling of a curtain or the shutting of a book. But what happens when we cannot trust our storyteller?

The worlds of horror and fantasy collide in a sensory journey of the imagination, as once-extraordinary entertainer Charles Alderdice attempts to bring Lewis Carroll’s darkest work to life. As Alderdice stumbles between his greatest fantasies and his deepest fears, the troubled whispers of a showman’s faded mind lead the audience through this intimate and immersive tale of desperation and delusion.

HookHitch Theatre Thu 29–Sat 31 Oct 12:30, 13:15, 14:30, 15:15 Running time: 20 mins Fruit Van, Platform 6, Station Hall £4 Low capacity: early booking advised Accessible

THE GENTLEMAN FOR NOWHERE The platform is still. A train rumbles into the station and rolls to a halt.

Three people step aboard…

The Gentleman for Nowhere is an immersive piece based on Dickens’ Mugby Junction, an anthology of railway-themed short stories.

Staged in the Gresley Buffet Car, built in the 1930s, this mysterious Victorian tale will come to life before your very eyes.

HookHitch Theatre Thu 29–Sat 31 Oct 16:30 Running time: 20 mins Gresley Buffet Car, Warehouse £4 Low capacity: early booking advised Not wheelchair accessible

PIGEON PARTY Look out! Those pesky pigeons are running riot in the museum again!

Ernie the security guard wants them gone. But it's cold outside, and the pigeons think the train carriages look awfully cosy. Ernie and the pigeons might both need your help over the festival – but whose side are you on?

You’ll find the Pigeon Party popping up around the museum throughout the week, so join in when you see it!

Sat 24, Mon 26, Wed 28, Fri 30 Oct, Sun 1 Nov 11:00–16:00 Across the museum FREE Accessible

COAL INTHE GARDEN Three friends live next to an abandoned railway station, full of mysterious odds and ends. Their imaginations run wild as they start to tell stories about these fascinating objects...

A brand new piece for TakeOver and the National Railway Museum, directed by Lizzy Whynes, Artistic Director of TakeOver. Written in collaboration with Rab Ferguson and Ruby Clarke.

Sat 24, Sun 25, Tue 27, Thu 29, Sat 31 Oct, Sun 1 Nov 15:00 Running time: 30 mins The Garden, Great Hall FREE Booking not required Accessible

TRAIN-SPOTTING (NOTTHE FILM) What does it take to entirely devote yourself to a hobby? In this intimate, reflective piece, poet Henry Raby speaks on patience, waiting and collecting, inviting you, with him, to watch the people watching trains.

Wed 28 Oct and Sun 1 Nov 12:00–15:30 Running time: 5 mins Footbridge, Great Hall FREE Book on the day at the Poetry Station or at the Footbridge

OFTIME ANDTHE RAILWAY A film about the railway line between Birmingham and Aberystwyth.

Recorded from the driver’s cab of the train, it was filmed between October 2013 and February 2015 on 86 different days and has been edited into a single trip that takes in more than a year. Filmmaker Robert Davies captures the changing human geography adjacent to the track and a landscape that is sustained and twisted by the weather and the coming and going of the seasons.

Sat 24 Oct–Sun 1 Nov 10:00–18:00 Running time: 110 mins (on loop throughout the day) Station Hall FREE Accessible

TAKEOVER SHORTS A chance for YOU to have a say in the TakeOver 2016 programme!

Four exciting and innovative companies will perform 20-minute extracts of brand-new pieces. You’ll be asked to vote for your favourite, and the winning piece will be invited to perform as part of the programme of events for next summer’s TakeOver Festival at York Theatre Royal.

GHOST TRAIN An immersive film screening of the 1940s classic comedy-horror Ghost Train. Live performers will re-enact scenes alongside the screening and will treat the audience to sights, smells and tastes which feature on screen in front of them. Vintage outfits are encouraged!

Mon 26 Oct 19:30, bar/doors open 19:00 Running time: 90 mins Station Hall, meet at City Entrance £10/£8 concessions Accessible (PG cert.)

Tue 27 Oct 19:30, bar/doors open 19:00 Running time: 120 mins Station Hall, meet at City Entrance £8/£5.50 concessions Accessible

ALL ABOARD! This workshop lets you time-travel to the most important moments in the railway story. You'll have the chance to get into character with period costumes, and you'll finish by creating your own theatrical snapshots of railway life.

Mon 26 Oct–Sun 1 Nov 11:00 Additional workshops at 14:00 will be held on Mon 26 and Sat 31 Oct Running time: 50 mins Meet at Box Office £5 Accessible but involves moving between several areas Ages: 5–11yrs

SUITCASE STORIES

MIND THE GAP

A mysterious suitcase sits in the middle of the room, overflowing with curious objects... Join us a for a very special workshop, where you can work with archive items and artefacts from the museum! You’ll use these objects to create an exciting new play to perform at the end of the workshop in front of an audience of family and friends.

In this full-day workshop you’ll get the chance to create a short performance based around places and objects. Hunting around the museum for inspiration, you’ll revive old historical objects once owned by railway workers. At the end of the workshop you’ll get to perform your piece to friends and family.

Tue 27 Oct 10:30–13:30 Meet at Box Office £10 Accessible but involves moving between several areas Ages: 8–12yrs Please bring your own lunch and drink

Fri 30 Oct 11:00–16:30 Meet at Box Office £15 Accessible but involves moving between several areas Ages: 13–17yrs Please bring your own lunch and drink

Booking opens for youth theatre members and waiting list members on 21 September and for the general public on 9 October.

CREATION

STATIONS

MUSIC STATION

STORY STATION

Tinkle the ivories of our vintage Take some time out in the secluded garden piano and treat museum visitors area to read, listen to and create your own to your most heartfelt Für Elise stories. Ask a TakeOver volunteer or someone rendition – or catch one of our at the Box Office for the times of our special specially commissioned acts storytelling events. If you’d like to run your rocking the Music Station stage! own storytelling session, email Lizzy at Follow your ears to find this lizzy.whynes@yorktheatreroyal.co.uk. station.

Our Creation Stations give you the chance to get involved and unleash your creativity! Drop in throughout the day and show off your artistic talents with these free, family-friendly activities.

POETRY STATION

ART STATION

SHADOW STATION

Write a ballad about the Bullet train or a sonnet about Stephenson! Your poem will be displayed on the Footbridge throughout the week.

Get crafty! Here you’ll be able to make your very own colourful pigeon mask to join in with the Pigeon Party!

Make your own shadow monsters, ghost trains and aliens and use them to cast some spooky silhouettes across the Station Hall wall!

Creation Stations are FREE to use and are open throughout the day from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November.

MAP

Box Office: 01904 623568 www.yorktheatreroyal.co.uk The main city-centre Box Office is located in the De Grey Rooms, St Leonard’s Place, York, YO1 7HD and is open 10:00–18:00. There will be a Box Office at the National Railway Museum throughout the festival.

We accept debit or credit cards, cash, or cheques. Tickets booked over the phone or online can be posted to you for £1.50. Print-athome tickets are also available.

All other bookings will be held at Box Office for collection.

Tickets can be held for up to four days. Unpaid reservations will be released for re-sale 30 minutes before the start of the performance.

Registered disabled patrons may purchase a half-price ticket for themselves and an essential carer. Please contact the Box Office for details. Concessions, where stated, are available to seniors, students, those in receipt of means tested benefits and under-26s.

Please note that for evening events car parking at the museum will be free of charge.

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