Beat Magazine 22, Sep-Dec 2015

BEAT MAGAZINE 22 Featuring full listings for The Firestation

September - December 2015

OWL YOUNG Droning On plus Katherine Ryan, Ana Silvera, John Etheridge, Dan Owen, KILN, Sarah Maple & loads of augmented reality content

Hello..

"Round round get around‌" Remember that? It gets a fair few outings at Bar Pop! - even more so when the sun is shining - and it's one of those tunes that I playlist in my head sometimes, you know, when I'm “gettin' aroundâ€?.

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It's been a key player in my inner theme tunes for all of the last seven years - since we threw some red paint around and declared ourselves open - but never more so than the past seven months.

We DO get around. Our Neo-Ticketing pricing experiments have taken us to London, Glasgow and Brighton to talk about what we (including you) did. Lemonade Gallery has made two trips to London to host our In.Your.Face art clubs, with more excursions planned. Our tentacles from Fireythings, Beat Magazine and Lemonade now touch down all over Europe and even the States, with rising digital artist May Waver. Even our strides down to Ward Royal get the theme tune treatment, with the help of six emerging artists and makers, and our new Gallery Assistant.

Why all this galavanting? Well, I guess none of us here are very good at standing still or doing the same thing every day. What makes working at - and hanging out at - The Firestation great, is that no day is ever the same, even the shift from AM to PM can feel like jumping to a different place.

Then, and perhaps at the heart of it, is that being in Windsor, being part of this town, never means shutting our eyes and closing the door. Being here means shouting about all the great people we work with, all the brilliant ideas that come from our quick and slow interactions, and getting out there to hunt down the stuff that just has to be on our stage/walls/servers. So, that's what we do.

In other news..

Down to the deets of it - so much good stuff in this issue you'll just have to flick through the pages yourself. But highlights for me are Iron M.A.M. (p.14), Kath Ryan (p.14), Journey Round My Skull (p.

12), Young Guns featuring Nicola Brown (p.12) and the return of Acidhousewife (p.11), and don’t forget Xbox Massive every Wednesday night. Check social media for game details.

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Dan Ps. Other internal soundtracks include The Jesus & Mary Chain’s Never Understand, Katy Perry’s Firework and the theme from Bod.

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Cover image from Single Shoe Production’s ‘Crazy Glue’, by Idil Sukan

THE FIRESTATION CENTRE FOR ARTS & CULTURE St. Leonards Road, Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3BL 01753 866 865 info@firestationartscentre.com www.firestationartscentre.com

OPENING TIMES 09:30 - Midnight Monday to Saturday 09:30 - 23:00 Sunday

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Contents HOW TO FIND US

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The Return of the Regional

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Sarah Maple

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Owl Young is Iron M.A.M.

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Things We Like

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The Firestation Centre for Arts and Culture is housed in The Old Court, Windsor’s old Firestation, Magistrates Court & Police Station. You’ll find us on the corner of St. Leonards Road & St Marks Road, look for the big red fire doors.

ON FOOT & BIKE From Windsor Castle, go straight down Peascod Street until you reach the Criterion & Crosses Corner pubs at the traffic lights. Go straight across and keep heading down, past East Berkshire College, you should be able to see us, all red and shiny, on your right.

BY TRAIN We are a fifteen minute walk from Windsor & Eton Riverside Station or ten minutes from Windsor Central Station.

In The Gallery

BY BUS

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Listings for The Firestation

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Things We Like

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Csaba Kis Róka

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History of Hip

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Meg Mosley

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Firestation Classes & Workshops

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Membership, Hire & Getting Involved

The Firestation is well served by buses to and from Windsor, Slough, Bracknell and the surrounding area. Routes 71, 191, 200, 701 & 702 either go right by us or very nearby.

BY CAR The Firestation is within easy reach of the M4 (Jct 6) and M40 (Jct 2). We have a number of inexpensive short stay bays opposite The Firestation offering discounts for Advantage Card holders. A parking space at the rear of the building is available for Disabled Badge holders plus a limited number of spaces are kindly made available to us from 7pm (please check on arrival). Nearest multi-storey car park is situated 5 minutes away on the corner of Victoria Road and Alexandra Road.

ACCESS The Auditorium and Upper Bar are accessible by wheelchair and there is a designated disabled parking space and access ramp at the rear of the building.

From September onwards, our new lift makes the Basement Studio fully accessible.

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THE RETURN OF THE REGIONAL What's in your headphones? It's a great question (one we ask pretty much everybody). You can tell a lot about a person from the tunes they inject into their ears - their mood, their tribe, perhaps their aspirations, maybe even class. You name it, you can make pretty muc h whatever pigeon-holes you c hose from somebody's music confessions.

Our current love affair with Craft Beer comes from the same place, so too the (less well known) micro-distilleries that are popping up all over the UK and serving up Gin and Vodka the likes of which have been decades in the forgetting.

And - of course - you can tell a lot about 'the times' by the music we make in it, and give our support to. From the uncompromising anger of punk to the flamboyant egocentricacies of mainstream New Romantics.

Global - that shrinking world and marketplace that was the big promise for Generation X, is in fact a bit shit. When our arms (no pun intended) reached around the world, when the all-too-fleeting rush of one-ness subsided, what we got left with was conscienceless conglomerates, polluted or privatised water, and whole villages lost at sea on makeshift rafts.

So here's a thing, in my ears at the moment are the twenty something rebellions of Miley Cyrus, all Deep South cussing and teenage mall-running.

Then there's the Nottingham dear diaries of Sleaford Mods, with trips to the offlicense and arguments outside the chip shop.

Not your thing (come on, who doesn't have Miley on a playlist somewhere?!)? Then how about the North London lion talk of Chip (formerly Chipmunk, but the munk got ditched somewhere along the way), painting linguistic portraits of the aspirational, sometimes angry, frequently struggling young metropolitan. Each of them flies their regional credentials with pride. Ditching the smoothed out sheen of consumable internationalism for something a little more genuine, believable, raw. Do your thang, Miley.

At the same time, you can't avoid the visible shift in what we eat, drink, how we consume. Perhaps it kicked off with food miles, when we were all told that the apples from Kent that we loved had been shipped twice around the world to get a waxy spray and a Union Jack shrink wrap. As we woke up to shopping a little fuelsmarter, we also rediscovered taste (that we didn't even know we'd forgotten), the joy of regional variation (settle down wine buffs, we know you were there ages ago #terroir), and maybe even a little pride that our sausages were made by the guy down the road who drinks in the same pub.

The list goes on and reaches into every bit of us - Farmers Markets, youtubers, writing co-ops, locally owned water supplies, and flatpack democracy like Frome and Sidmouth.

So what's going on? Well, here’s a theory, not very scientific, but I like it and it's yours if you want it:

When the future glow of the world wide web - at first the realm of mavericks and socialist ideals - faded into the Internet, what was once our ticket to emancipation gave us trolls and misogyny.

Instead of revolutions and power, our social networks and information-rich lives gave us sex, self-harm and suicides.

Our global politics haven’t brought us much salvation either.

Regional conflicts - not nice in the first place have been mutated into global terror, the borderless, randomised expressions of hatred from the likes of ISIL and countless disenfranchised young men with a gun.

Our arms-length, global-media policed, onscreen drone-ified foreign policy has only blown the desert battlefields around the world, making every beach a kill zone.

So, drink, eat and revel in those regional curiosities, the unfenceable nuances, and the flavours that fade within fifty miles. They may feel frivolous (important things often do), but they may also be your only route away from the savagery of the global and back to the tolerant, forgiving and manageable world of your near neighbours.

www.lemonadegallery.com Sarah Maple Celebrities in Stone x 4, and installation shot at The COB Gallery, London 2015

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Owl Young is…

Does playing console games make us more violent as individuals? Does it make us more detached, less responsible for our actions, less moral, less human? Is it part of the world which has given us drone warfare?

Owl Young is a writer and performer who wonders about all of these things, so much so that he’s now touring the country with Iron M.A.M. sharing his thoughts, feelings and confessions with the rest of us.

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After graduating from the University of Chichester with a class degree in Performing Arts, Owl began an MA in Directing at the University of East London and has since been developing Iron M.A.M. at Camden People’s Theatre, as part of their prestigious Starting Blocks 2015 programme for new performance.

He’s part of Bring Your Own Theatre Collective - a new theatre company featuring the original work of Owl, Jordan GuilfoyRichards and Andrew Woods - and has worked with Pete Phillips of Search Party, Rob Daniels of Bootworks Theatre and solo artist Brian Lobel, who have all contributed to his projects.

In-between jumping in and out of tour buses and lobbing missiles at his audience, we grabbed 5 minutes to talk about the show, DIY technology and ordering coffee.

How would you describe Iron M.A.M. in 3 words?

Explosions, paper-airplanes & collateral damage. (More than 3, I know).

You took a year to research and refine Iron M.A.M, how did you stay focused on the end goal? Were there any times when you got off track, or any discoveries that really changed how you were shaping the piece?

I was quite lucky in the support I received. I managed to get onto a programme at Camden People’s Theatre, which gave me access to a network of artists for advice and guidance.

It’s hard to devise solo work because it’s actually quite lonely. That is the hardest part, I think, which can sometimes go off-track. I was also lucky enough to see the Gate Theatre’s production of Grounded, and meet Lucy Ellison who plays the leads. She gave me a lot of advice and insight that really helped form the show.

What kick started your ideas for the show? Iron Man or drone warfare?

I had both of those things floating around at the same time. I’d read an article about drone warfare which introduced me to the subject and I became fascinated with the technology and the people who pilot these things. This happened to be around summer blockbuster time, so Iron Man 3 had just been released. I saw it, and in that movie, Tony Stark controls his suits remotely.

Both ideas just clicked.

How much of the 'real Owl' do we get to see in the performance?

Quite a lot more than I had anticipated when I began making the show. There’s a personal narrative written into the story, which I only included after having spent so long talking about the violence and deaths of other people. I sort of thought to myself: ‘what right do I have to talk about these other people’s lives and deaths?’ I decided that it was only fair to offer something of myself to the story, in exchange for the right to talk about them. It’s also useful for giving the audience a way into the material, through me.

Iron M.A.M uses some integrated technology, have there been any instances of dreaded 'tech issues' during a performance? If so, how do you cope with that live?

Surprisingly, not yet. We had some trouble in Plymouth because the VGA cable connecting my laptop to the projector was malfunctioning. Luckily, the technician at The House managed to jury-rig something out of components I’ve never even heard of.

So far, nothing’s occurred during the show, probably because I’m the one who’s made all the tech, so I know it all very precisely.

There are over 400 cues in the show, and I programmed each one individually. If it goes wrong, I have no one to blame but myself.

That said, there has been human error. Because I’m controlling every cue myself, I’ve had instances of ‘double-tapping’ where I accidentally skip a cue. I’ve got a way of going back and doing it again, and in a way, it actually helps to win the audience over. It’s part of the charm of seeing live art.

Iron M.A.M. Can you imagine the show without audience interaction?

way of encouraging audience members to join in with his madness that’s very compelling to watch. You feel quite safe in that show, even though you’re a huge part of it.

The very first 20-minute concept of the show had no audience interaction at all, and it was (in my opinion) quite dull. I also hate calling it ‘audience interaction’ because that frightens people away.

It’s more accurate to say that the audience just helps me run the show, by triggering explosions, throwing things at each other and playing virtual paintball with me.

How did you get into acting?

Do you think it’s important that people become more aware of the reality of drone warfare related issues?

Absolutely. I’m not saying that we’re going to change anything, and in fact there are activists and organisations out there trying to do just that. All I care about is information, and trying to inform as many people as possible. We can’t even begin to make informed decisions about things when we don’t know what they are.

Do you feel drone warfare has helped perpetuate the conflict in the Middle East?

Right, let’s see if my first class degree in performing arts has adequately equipped me with the skills to answer that question! I think that there may always be conflict in the Middle East, for one reason or another. Drones are just the latest weapon that western governments have brought to the conflict, and one that decreases the risk to their own soldiers.

What I will say is that it’s been shown that children in middleeastern countries like Pakistan, for example, are now terrified of the sight of drones patrolling the sky. They have nightmare about them.

Do you think that we are desensitised to this, through movies/video games?

I took a drama A-level in college which was really great fun, and in the first month they took us to the National to see a production of Mother Courage and her Children. I loved it so much. But I was still quite into writing at that time, and I actually wanted to be a journalist at one point. After college, I applied to undergraduate degrees in creative writing and performing arts, and I was accepted into both. In the end, I just flipped a coin.

How often do you get asked 'is that your real name?'

Every time I order a coffee, speak with insurance people on the phone, or just meet a new person at a venue.

Tell us something about yourself that we don't know?

My favourite band is Coheed & Cambria. Or maybe Silversun Pickups. Or Prime Circle.

What didn’t we ask that we’ll wish we did?

Why I’m called Owl.

What's next for you?

I’m working with some fantastically talented actors on my next show, called The Interview Project. I’m actually not in this one, so I get to sit back and be a director for once!

It’s a one-on-one immersive show, which I’ve never even attempted before, so I’m really looking forward to touring it and seeing how people react.

Iron M.A.M. is at The Firestation on 10th December.

See page 14 for full details.

I think that’s an over-simplification, and perhaps I’m also guilty of perpetuating that idea. I try and draw visual and ideological comparisons between warfare, technology and culture. Though at this point I think it’s quite likely that I am desensitised as well. But that hasn’t stopped me researching and reading about these issues.

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That’s complicated. You’ll have to watch the show to find out.

What other theatre productions or projects have influenced or impressed you recently?

Chris Thorpe’s Confirmation is a huge influence on the show. I also met him once and he’s a very nice guy. I saw Josh Coates’ Particles at Plymouth recently. He’s an equally nice guy, and has a

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THINGS WE LIKE‌

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‌ Bec Hill’s Edith Piaf ‘reworking’.

Regular Firestationers and Laughing Coyote audiences will alre ady kno w how brilliantly funny Bec Hill is, but you probably didn’t know the real words to Edith Piaf’s Non Je Ne Reg rett e Rie n or tha t France’s national treasure had a secret Avatar fetish‌

‌ Holly Blakey is a name you might not be that familiar with, but you’ll probably know the growing list of names - Will Young, Lianne La Havas, Young Fathers, Jungle - who have made the most of her talents as a choreographer and creative director‌ ‌ like this gritty and up-front promo for Young Fathers Shame.

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In.Your.Face “I shall wear the creditors’ loathing with pride” Yanis Varoufakis

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In The Gallery WINDSOR PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY ANNUAL EXHIBITION

7th September - 17th October

Windsor Photographic Society’s annual print exhibition showcases the diverse work of many of its members.

From wildlife to still-life, landscape to portrait, the images displayed demonstrate a wide array of photographic styles and genres.

The exhibition contains contributions from all ranges of ability, from beginners just learning the art of photography, through to images created by the advanced photographers in the society.

Windsor Photographic Society meets at The Firestation every Monday night between September and June.

More details at www.windsor-photographic-society.co.uk

MIA DUNNING - SUPERNOVA

19th October - 28th November

Mia’s biro drawings have a nostalgic quality of childhood doodles. She has a distinctive technique of markmaking that creates a sense of spontaneity in her work. From afar, her drawings have a fluid, watercolour-like quality, but as you draw nearer the painstakingly fastidious cross-hatching displays the remarkable patience and confidence required to complete them. The mistakes, blotches and imperfections are left to provide a record of her labour.

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Since studying fine art at Oxford Brookes and latterly the University of Gloucestershire, Mia has developed a unique and arresting style, combining playful form and colour that takes on a celestial aesthetic.

Listings SEPTEMBER B-TRIX KIDDO Saturday 5th from 20:00 B-Trix Kiddo is a straight up party-rocking DJ! With infectious levels of energy and creativity on the decks, she uniquely blends together a wide rage of genres from Hip-Hop, Soul, Ghetto Funk, and Breakbeat to Drum & Bass.

Free

FRIDAY NIGHT JIVE Friday 11th from 21:00 Friday Night Jive is Swingland’s regular swing and jive dance party at The Firestation. Swing out to some great music from the 1930s, 40s and 50s where all jive and swing styles and new dancers welcome! Includes taster swing dance class for absolute beginners.

You don’t need a partner, just get here and let the beat do the rest.

7UP Saturday 19th from 20:00

ÂŁ3.75-ÂŁ6.25

West London’s infamous club night continues to create a fuss and make a mess. Play the ultimate seven tune set and win a bottle of champagne!

ACIDHOUSEWIFE

Indulge yourself and get yer own tunes on for a change..

Saturday 12th from 21:00

Free

DJs Lottie & Lisa Loud head back down to the Basement for their excellent new club night, mashing up the very best in up-to-theminute and classic house. Bringing the good times of Misdemeanours and the female-fronted swagger of Geisha, Acid Housewife dives deep underground at The Firestation for a no prisoners dance floor session, just how you like it.

DAN OWEN

Free B4 23:00, then ÂŁ8

KIDS CLUB CINEMA: HOME Saturday 19th at 13:00

Saturday 19th at 20:00 Uncommonly insightful lyrics and charming melodies flow naturally whenever Dan Owen gets in front of an audience.

After an accident cut short his career as a guitar maker, Dan turned to live music for income in the form of the blues. To the astonishment of himself and others, a voice emerged which blew people away and since 2011 Dan has been clocking up over 150 gigs a year.

When Oh lands on Earth and finds himself on the run from his own people, he forms an unlikely friendship with an adventurous girl named Tip who is on a quest of her own.

Tipped for great things, catch him in our intimate Auditorium before he steps onto bigger stages.

Through a hilarious series of adventures and mishaps, Oh comes to understand that being different and making mistakes is all part of being human.

ALI COOK

Adults ÂŁ5.00/ÂŁ2.50 Child/ÂŁ1.00 Members

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Friday 25th at 20:00 Rescheduled from last season, Ali Cook is a historian of deception.

He's a sleight of hand expert, a street magician, escapologist, stage illusionist and performer of thought control.

Star of Penn & Teller: Fool Us, Dirty Tricks & Monkey Magic, witness breath-taking trickery from a master of his craft. “Mischief of the slickest kindâ€? - Telegraph. “Supremely talentedâ€? - Time Out ÂŁ9 - ÂŁ15 GA, ÂŁ7.50 - ÂŁ12.50 Concs

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COSMIC COMMUNICATION

B-TRIX KIDDO

Saturday 26th from 20:00

Saturday 3rd from 20:00

Transmoleculise yourself down to The Firestation for a funky journey into the unknown‌

See September listing for details.

Join Sir Alan & AweEwa as they soulfully go where no DJ has gone before. Bringing you an eclectic mix of music from all around the Cosmos - universal jams for cosmic souls that will shake Uranus!

Free

OCTOBER

Free

HITCHIN’S LAB Thursday 8th from 20:00 The Firestation’s revamped and totally supercharged open stage event. From poetry to comedy, dancers to musicians, Hitchin’s stage fits everyone.

Free

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THE FALCON’S MALTESER Saturday 10th at 14:00 Adapted from Anthony Horowitz’s much loved children’s novel, The Falcon’s Malteser is a hilarious family film noir pastiche following the adventures of the hopelessly inept private detective Tim Diamond and his sharp witted brother Nick.

The story sees the Diamond Brothers Detective agency on a thrilling case to discover just what is so important about those titular Maltesers. It features slapstick, comedy songs and a cast of four playing 20 brilliant characters like: The Fat Man (who has lost a lot of weight), Gott & Himmell, Lauren Barcardi, Beatrice von Falkenberg and Betty Cleaner. ÂŁ12 GA, ÂŁ9 Children

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CRAZY GLUE Thursday 1st at 20:00 They're a happy couple with a car in the garage, a chicken in the pot and a child on the way. But is that enough to make love stick?

Inspired by Etgar Keret’s short story, Crazy Glue is a wordless play about the messy side of marriage told through physical comedy, mime and a 1930’s soundtrack. ★★★★ "Love hurts exquisitely" - The Metro ★★★★ "Touching...provocative...both playful and sad" A Younger Theatre ÂŁ12 GA, ÂŁ10 Members/Concs

JOHN ETHERIDGE PLUS KIT HOLMES Friday 2nd at 20:00 John Etheridge is one of the world’s most respected guitarists and his music spans a myriad of styles and influences. He was the guitarist for Stephane Grappelli and has also performed with Soft Machine, Pat Metheny, Andy Summers, Dizzy Gillespie, Nigel Kennedy and is currently in a duo with the eminent classical guitarist John Williams.

This is a rare opportunity to see John performing a solo concert, featuring tracks from his highly acclaimed album I didn’t know.

PLASTIC GROOVE

Kit Holmes’ trademark sultry vocals and virtuoso guitar playing have wowed audiences across the UK. Her blues-driven roots with a soul sensibility have earned her three headline shows at the International Guitar Festival.

New and growing label Plastic Groove return to The Basement for another late and loud night of deep house and electro dub.

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Saturday 10th from 20:00

Very special guests as always - tbc.

Free

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LAUGHING COYOTE PRESENTS...

TRICK OR TREAT

Friday 16th at 20:30

Saturday 31st from 16:00

Dan Wright is back with more chuckles in The Basement.

Out trick or treating around Windsor? Then get to our Halloween base camp anytime from 16:00 for horror make up, scary (kid friendly) movies and spooky music.

Previous Laughing Coyote acts include stars of television and radio including Romesh Ranganathan, Sara Pascoe, John Robins, Bec Hill, Lou Sanders, Ed Gamble, Nish Kumar, James Acaster, Ian Stone, Pete Firman, Simon Munnery and many more. ÂŁ9.00-ÂŁ15.00

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At night, things get a little more grown up, with classic horror on our big screen, Halloween cocktails and a VERY SPECIAL 7UP you know the deal, 7 of your ultimate horror tunes please!

Free

NOVEMBER ROSIE’S MAGIC HORSE Sunday 1st at 15:00 Based on the book by Russell Hoban and illustrated by Quentin Blake, Rosie’s Magic Horse is a heart-warming tale of aspiration, friendship, adventure and a little bit of mischief, and the perfect treat for everyone aged 3 and up.

KIDS CLUB CINEMA: THE BOOK OF LIFE Saturday 17th at 13:00

Little Rosie collects ice-lolly sticks and puts them in an old box. As Rosie dreams of helping her parents pay off the bills her stick collection dreams of becoming something greater. At the stroke of midnight, magic and dreams collide and a horse gallops out of the box! His name is Stickerino. “Where to?� he asks. “Anywhere with treasure!� she answers. So begins an adventure like no other: icelolly mountains by the sea, caskets of gold, and scurvy pirates.

The Book Of Life follows the journey of Manolo, a young man who is torn between fulfilling the expectations of his family and following his heart.

£10 GA, £9 Members, £7 Children, £6 Members’ Children

Before choosing which path to follow, he embarks on an incredible adventure that spans three fantastical worlds where he must face his greatest fears. Beautifully rich visuals and a fresh take on pop music favourites, The Book Of Life is an absolute treat.

Saturday 7th from 20:00

Adults ÂŁ5.00/ÂŁ2.50 Child/ÂŁ1.00 Members

YOUNG GUNS feat NICOLA BROWN

KILN presents A JOURNEY ROUND MY SKULL

Saturday 17th at 20:00

Thursday 12th at 20:00

Our hugely successful new-music night, showcasing some of the brightest young bands and songwriters emerging in the South East music scene.

A Journey Round My Skull is a beautiful and beguiling love story told by a neurosurgeon, who casts the audience as her silent patient. The show gently and playfully transports you to the streets of Continental Europe, to a scrap over profiteroles, into neurosurgery and onto the tracks of a ghost train.

Headline this time from rising star Nicola Brown, who’s clocked up thousands of views and likes with her infectious blend of acoustic and urban influences.

Check website for full line up or to get on the bill. ÂŁ3.75 - ÂŁ6.25

COSMIC COMMUNICATION Saturday 17th from 20:00 See September listing for details.

Free

BAR POP! Saturday 24th from 20:00

B-TRIX KIDDO See September listing for details.

Free

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Featuring headphone technology and extraordinary sound design, A Journey Round My Skull operates on the ears as well as the heart to dissect our most intimate relationships. “Deliberate and controlled, smart and wittyâ€? ★★★★ - Time Out ÂŁ10 GA, ÂŁ8 Members/Concs

Feeling bored, life's troubles getting you down?... PAH! You need some POP in yer life!

PLASTIC GROOVE

Indulge yourself in the ultimate night of 3 minute Pop classics from The Supremes to 5SOS... because the best things in life happen in under three minutes!

Regular deep house and electro-dub bar night from Firestation regulars and Windsor up and comers Plastic Groove.

Free

Saturday 14th from 20:00

Free

KIDS CLUB CINEMA: THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER Saturday 21st at 13:00 SpongeBob SquarePants, the world's favourite sea dwelling invertebrate, comes ashore for his most super-heroic adventure yet! When a diabolical pirate steals the secret Krabby Patty formula, SpongeBob and Plankton must team up to get it back.

Adults £5.00/£2.50 Child/£1.00 Members

KATHERINE RYAN - KATHBUM

DECEMBER B-TRIX KIDDO Saturday 5th from 20:00 See September listing for details.

Free

IRON M.A.M. Thursday 10th at 20:00 Caught somewhere between a TED talk and a coming of age action thriller, this solo theatre show explores the world of drone warfare, and why the Iron Man films might just be the perfect metaphor.

Owl is military aged, but he’s also a geek. He’s not a soldier, but he does play a lot of video games: But would he use a drone?

Between playing with action figures and commanding the show via his PlayStation controller, Owl condenses a year of research into an engaging performance that takes a close look at remote killing. £9 GA, £8 Concs & Advantage, £6 Members

FRIDAY NIGHT JIVE Friday 11th at 21:00 Saturday 21st at 20:00

See September listing for full details.

Star of Live At The Apollo, QI and The Jonathan Ross Show, the razor sharp and hilariously funny Canadian returns with a highly anticipated new show. Hot on the heels of a complete sell-out UK and Australian tour, Katherine hits the road with another terrific comedy show.

£3.75-£6.25

Put this at the top of your ‘must see’ list for this year’s comedy diary.

PLASTIC GROOVE Saturday 12th from 20:00 See November listing for full details.

Don’t forget, our website has our most up to the minute listings!

Free

‘Young, smart and acridly funny’ - Sunday Times

LAUGHING COYOTE PRESENTS...

‘Thoughtful, funny and just twisted enough’ - The Times

Friday 18th at 20:30

£17

See October listing for details. Full listings available on our website.

COSMIC COMMUNICATION Saturday 21st from 20:00

£9.00-£15.00

See September listing for details.

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE

Rise of the Guardians is an epic adventure following a group of heroes with extraordinary abilities. When an evil spirit known as Pitch tries to take over the world, the Guardians must join forces to protect the hopes and imagination of all children everywhere.

Saturday 28th at 20:30 Mission Impossible are an eight-piece soul, rhythm and blues band from West London. Born out of the soul revival of the late eighties and early nineties, the band have been going strong for over 25 years. They were the first band to perform at the legendary ‘Old Trout’ in Windsor. Since then they have performed well over a thousand gigs all over the UK and Europe. £10

STRANGE & BEAUTIFUL

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A bar club night with a difference, weaving beautiful and often rarely heard music together with stunning visuals across the night; this is a club event that will tease your senses and feed your soul.

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Radio 1’s Live Lounge was in a bit of a wilderness not so long ago, but over the past few months it’s been top drawer.

So imagine our delight when our favourite guitar merchants jumped all over our favourite nu-disco synth boys Years & Years’ Desire. ‌ North London MC Chip jumps on the mic in Charlie Sloth’s ‘Fire in the Booth’ and takes out haters, fakers, prejudice, austerity‌ and Tinie Tempah. Lion talk.

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Csaba Kis Róka Csaba Kis Róka is a young painter from Hungary based mainly in Budapest, occasionally Amsterdam, and increasingly getting about all over Europe. You may know his striking and powerful work already, he’s been represented by Lemonade Gallery in the UK since 2014, been included in the Liverpool Biennial as well as numerous solo shows around Europe, his album (as Modertokyo) was released via Fireythings summer 2015, and we’ve even featured his work in Beat Magazine.

What’s been your highlight of 2015 so far?

The publishing of my band’s (Moderntokyo) album.

You have a solo show at Lemonade Gallery this Autumn, how would you describe your current work?

I had an opportunity to spend half year just developing my paintings, with no exhibition timetables to worry about. I guess I’ve been unleashed now! The new works are more diverse‌ I have been building a new style with more abstract meaning.

I’m still committed to depicting the human form, but I have a need to re-imagine my method and system from time to time. I’m trying to make a hybrid between the motifs and the painting in itself. I mean total collaboration not like before. I guess it’s very abstract, as I work the human-like figure into the painting. I’ve been working on this idea for a long time.

Has it changed much from previous work?

Yes and no. As I mentioned I’m using more abstract meanings and elements in the paintings, which is new for me. On the other hand, I still use the traditional oil technique. I love it when a painted picture can transmit the history of painting somehow.

What would you say are the strong themes that run through all of your work?

I’ve painted the human figure from the very beginning, so I’m becoming ever more curious about its nature. European history and culture is also very important to me, especially with today’s viewpoint. We conquered the world, butchered each other.

There were many genocides in the 1990’s, in the Balkans, Rwanda, now the same is beginning in Ukraine. It’s strange because we could be the most peaceful mammals on the Earth. No other animal has our capacity to reason and empathise. On the other hand, we hide from the aggressive acts that fill our history. We don’t like to face it. We drink blood without acknowledging it.

We’re a perverse race. Vampires are better.

A lot of your earlier work was pretty aggressive and shocking. Was this intentional?

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For over a decade now, Csaba has been producing lush and exquisite oil paintings that tackle head on the turbulent emotions of growing up in post-Soviet Eastern Europe, what it is to be male, and the darker side of our 21st century psyche.

As he works on a new body of paintings for shows in Switzerland and Vienna, plus a major solo show at Lemonade Gallery in October, we asked him about his painting, his music and what sort of animal he is.

Hi, how are you?

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How was your summer?

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I spent most of it painting, as I have exhibitions in Windsor and in Vienna in this Autumn. Both are solo shows, so I have to do more than my best.

Of course. The human race is very aggressive. That’s why I decided to depict it in this way, but sometimes I try to make it funny at the same time. Humour is important. It can show you more. I also really need to do something more than just a neat painting. I feel my new works are just as - perhaps more - blatant and aggressive, but in a different way.

You paint with oils. Why? The material excites me, you know? When you use this old stuff you take part in its history. Oil surprises me every day as I work with it on the canvas. Sometimes I have to fight with it, sometimes the oil gives me the solution. It’s like a living organism‌ a creature you live with. There is a dialogue that flows back and forth. The oil and I create the picture together. Oil is the other half of the creative process.

Do you think painting - with paint, by hand - is more or less relevant in the "digital age"?

A painting is unique. During the process of painting the material is resistant you have to fight to reach the image you want to see. This

Painting Europe way of creating is very natural and empiric. I think painting will always have a resonance because its handmade, every brushstroke has a story and a meaning. I think painting will enchant people in the future too. But I’m not an anti-digital-age man. I love it. You can make bridges, sculptures and an enormous number of things now, just from 3D scans. It’s like living in a sci-fi film.

Are you a fast painter or slow?

I’m fast, but the traditional technique I use is slow. I use many layers so I have to wait until each one is dry, but that’s always a brilliant opportunity to start a new one.

Your work asks a lot of questions of European history.

Do you think this is important to your generation?

which transmits my ideas in a way that I’m happy with. The members play whatever they want, freely, but the result is music I have wanted to make forever.

How did you get together with the band?

Gergő (Mátis, drums) and I studied together at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts. In 2006 we formed a disco band (Barcsay Jenő Emlékzenekar) so we’ve been playing together for 9 years. In 2013 - after I moved back from the Netherlands - we decided to make some different music and Gergő told me about a musician he had worked with - Gábor Pintér (trumpet). We invited him to a rehearsal, and it just worked.

Life in Europe is getting more difficult. We have many questions and problems, financial problems and problems of culture and behaviour. East and West Europe are still very far from each other in this respect. For example, my country Hungary is a young democracy. The government was liberal in the beginning, but this has slowly turned to far right nationalism. Currently, the Government is building a fence on the Hungarian / Serbian border to keep immigrants out. This is a real worry for me. I guess the Hungarian people are finding it hard to lose the habits they learned under the Communist dictatorship. They still need someone to tell them what to do, and how to do it.

The new generation is a bit different, but for various reasons they are being tempted abroad. 600,000 people left Hungary in the last years! More than in 1956, after the revolution. Then there’s the situation in Greece, even the UK’s attitude and threats to leave the EU. I think history is important, we should learn about it as we are living the consequences.

Which one of your paintings is most important to you?

Always the last one.

Which artists do you take inspiration from?

We have many gorgeous artists in the present and in the past. I’m influenced every artist I see. I cannot avoid it. But I take a lot of inspiration from the late Renaissance and Baroque, especially Rubens, Rembrandt, Tintoretto and El Greco. That was the period of developing how to paint with oil. They were great artists. I also love work from the 20th century and the present day. Movies and TV series inspire me as well. To be taken into an alternative reality in film, I find really exciting.

Do you listen to music when you paint?

Nowadays I tend to listen to scientific discourses about history, ethology, aesthetics and suchlike. When I get bored of this I guess I’ll go back to music. I like many kind of music - grindcore, jazz, classical. I think the genres are not important, just the quality.

Your music with Moderntokyo seems at first very different to your painting, but when you play it whilst looking at your work they seem to fit together. Do you think they are the same?

I’m not sure how to compare music with painting, if it’s possible at all. For me it’s two different worlds. Moderntokyo is the first band

Head Hunters 2014

What are your plans for the next year, for Csaba Kis Róka and for Moderntokyo?

For now I’m concentrating on the Windsor show (Lemonade Gallery) and the Vienna Contemporary. After that I’ll be starting some new explorations in painting. As far as Moderntokyo is concerned, we are working on new songs now, so I hope we can record a new album in the new year.

What’s on your mp3 player?

I’m lucky, I don’t really need an mp3 player. I entertain myself.

When I do - Marc Ribot, Bach, Brujeria, and Miles Davis.

What’s on your Netflix Watchlist?

I have many. I’m love series like Penny Dreadful, Vikings, Black Sails, and The Knick. Deadwood was fantastic as well.

If you were an animal, what would you be?

Well my name Kis Róka means little fox …so I guess I’d be a fox.

Csaba Kis Róka is showing at Lemonade Gallery (Windsor) throughout October & November.

Moderntokyo’s debut, eponymous album is out now on iTunes, Spotify and other digital retailers.

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HISTORY OF HIP There are different types of pain, for sure.

Osteoarthritis announced its arrival through a pair of scarlet, kittenheeled winklepickers one day just after my 19th birthday. A burning sensation in the tendon at the back of my foot. At 19, that kind of pain is almost always temporary, rarely alarming. I put it down to the shoes and that uncomfortable sensation subsided, a minor inconvenience.

Over a decade and many subsequent years of pain later, I am recovering from my first total hip replacement. The tipping point came in May last year, when my right leg suddenly seemed to become an inch longer than my left, causing a debilitating limp. Depending on who I spoke to – the chiropractor, the GP, the osteopath, the masseur – the problem was either with my left leg which had finally worn down and shortened, or with my right leg that had hyper-extended and over-relaxed in an attempt to compensate for the damage and tightness in my left hip joint. No one seemed exactly sure, but whatever the case, in practice it meant that the shortest of journeys became gargantuan missions.

A lengthy trek to reach a different tube line within a single station (worst offenders: Baker Street, Green Park, but most of all the Satanic maze that is the new Kings Cross) or any kind of uphill walk was overwhelming; standing up from a too-low seat, excruciating.

I started needing assistance at airports (though I can’t lie, riding in the golf buggy as you zoom past your co-travellers, arduously trudging, is super fun. I sometimes waved).

But my energy was sapped, and the dull ache in my legs at night began to make uninterrupted sleep a distant memory.

It felt more than a little ironic that I was in the midst of working on a performance project with the Royal Ballet (albeit singing on stage, not dancing!), at a time when it was often a struggle just to make it from my home to the rehearsals. My horizons, already narrowing over the years, became ever smaller.

I had been vaguely diagnosed with some kind of bone condition at the age of 12, but I’m almost certain I wasn’t warned of serious future consequences. My mother had taken me to Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, as she was worried about my rate of growth, where I was checked over by a consultant. (This was an odd concern on my mother’s part, 18 considering from her side at least, we’re not a tall family – my grandfather clocked in at 5 ft 4”).

“Growth hormones might be an

Blog excerpt by Ana Silvera option”, he said, though I retorted I’d rather move to Japan where my short stature would go unremarked, than take any of his nasty chemicals. Definitely the burgeoning obnoxiousness of a pre-teen, but I also remember finding this doctor arrogant and insensitive, so perhaps it was justified.

He finally diagnosed me with a disorder of some sort that meant I was unusually flexible (which explained my favourite party trick: a jump into the splits, Fame style). He advised that I should avoid doing stuff like falling off horses and protect my vertebrae (‘no wrestling’). Can do, doc. I grew to a respectable 5 foot nothing, and we thought little more of it.

By the time I was 19, anyhow, there wasn’t much room for an additional, unwell child.

Family life at that time was chaotic, dominated by the moods of my beloved, but increasingly psychotic brother.

Daniel was just 16 months older than me, and this was still during a period where, at times, he could be cleareyed, lucid, funny, sweet, entirely his usual self. We’d recall a childhood memory together, or prepare lunch or share a joke in the kind of shorthand that only siblings are able to. Then perhaps ten minutes later with my heart sinking, I’d overhear him murmuring to himself, intently deep in conversation with – who? He wouldn’t say, knew enough that it was something he should still try to conceal, skittering between the cloth of two worlds.

It felt like a betrayal, an awful exclusion. But despite the daily thrum of anxiety and fear, looking back I can see that there was still a wellspring of hope. I think I was almost casual in my belief that Daniel’s story would end happily. Partly because in the midst of a painful situation, it’s unbearable to consider an alternative, and partly because as children we’re raised on happy narrative arcs – difficulty, climax, resolution.

This was simply the conflict before the positive transformation. A blip, a phase, the struggle of the butterfly to drag itself out of the cocoon. We’d get through it. Just a question of finding the right place, the right drug, the right support system, the right therapist.

Read the rest of this article on line at www.beatmagazine.co.uk Ana Silvera is a singer-songwriter based in London.

Daniel & Ana, aged 6 and 7

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Both with optional examinations validated by the ISTD. MONDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER - SATURDAY 5TH DECEMBER (EXCL. 26TH - 31st OCTOBER) BUDS [3 YRS] Mon 13.30 - 14:10 £84 Mon 14:15 - 14:55 £84 BLOSSOM ISTD BALLET & TAP [4 YEARS] Mon 15:00 - 15:45 & Sat 10:40 - 11:25 £86 Wed 9:45 - 10:20 £86 PRE-PRIMARY BALLET & TAP [RECEPTION] Mon 15:50 - 16:40, £92 Sat 9:45 - 10:35 & 11:30 - 12:20, £92 ISTD PRIMARY BALLET & TAP [YEAR 1] Mon 16:45 - 17.35 £92 ISTD GRADE 1 BALLET & TAP [YEAR 2] Mon 17:40 - 18:30 £92 ISTD GRADE 1/2 MODERN & TAP [YEAR 4] Wed 16:00 - 16:50 £92 (or half pice if attending Ballet) ISTD GRADE 2/3 MODERN & TAP [YEAR 5/6] Wed 17:40 - 18:30 £92 (or half pice if attending Ballet)

WINDSOR PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY Auditorium The Windsor Photographic Society is one of the largest photographic societies in the UK. Members enjoy a friendly atmosphere & varied and stimulating programme of practical help, creative sessions , speakers, competitions and social evenings.

Come along for an evening for free, without obligation, to find out more, meet some members and enjoy the evening.

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Move your dancing on with more complex rhythms, moves and combinations including swing, lindy hop, charleston and variations. No partner needed!

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Flames workshops are action packed and focus on learning fun routines, gaining confidence and devising new choreography.

Children are encouraged to input their ideas, explore their creativity, and experience the value of working as a team.

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4MOTION ADULT DANCE: GET A MOVE ON! Basement Studio 4Motion have created a totally unique contemporary dance class that welcomes anyone who wants to try something new and build on their current technique, flexibility, and fitness. The class focuses on high intensity dance specific fitness; yoga stretches and dance technique, and is a very friendly and fun group.

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FIRESTATION YOUTH THEATRE Our fantastic youth theatre class with Bea Vanderkar, that provides a fun and stimulating environment for young people to develop a practical understanding of the art of theatre whilst making new friends. The group learns the techniques of improvisation, using these to write and devise their own pieces as well as exploring

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Fun packed creative classes for pre-schoolers, Messy Monets have arrived at The Firestation!

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Each class lasts around an hour and is themed. The children make two things to take home each session – so we’re great value for money and the little ones are kept nice and busy! During the session, the children also do some modelling with play-dough and dance around in bubbles at the end of each session to music. So it’s pretty fun packed!

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LIFE DRAWING Basement Studio A fun and dynamic life drawing session for all abilities, with a great atmosphere, music and stage lighting to enhance the definition and features of the subjects.

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ISLAMIC ART CLASSES Prime Studios This course will give students the opportunity to learn about traditional painting and gilding techniques used in Islamic manuscript illumination, including making and usage of shell gold and handmade watercolour paints. We will also look at the the artistic and historical context within which this art developed.

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Geometric Design in Islamic Manuscript Illumination SATURDAYS 10TH OCTOBER - 28TH NOVEMBER 10:00 - 13:00 FFI & Bookings: https://geometricillumination.eventbrite.co.uk Shamsa & Floral Patterning in Islamic Manuscript Illumination SATURDAYS 10TH OCTOBER - 28TH NOVEMBER 14:30 - 17:30 FFI & Bookings: https://shamsafloralillumination.eventbrite.co.uk Course fee: £300

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“Dear Mr. Vernon, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it was we did wrong. But we think you're crazy to make us write an essay telling you who we think we are.

You see us as you want to see us - in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain… ...and an athlete… ...and a basket case… ...a princess… ...and a criminal…

Does that answer your question?

Sincerely yours, the Breakfast Club.”

The Breakfast Club, 1985

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‘Gary Plant Tubular Steel Corporation’ by M. Marshall (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

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