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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
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There’s always so much I want to talk about when I start to write this, it’s hard to know where to begin, what to leave in and leave out. It’s a toughie. There’s the amazing interactive bits on The Younger Bridge mural (www.thegameswalk.com) and the great visit with Royal Berkshire Blind Society. There’s the new video work from Meg Mosley on the Micro Gallery, new comedy nights, pitch black theatre, some amazing music events, the return of Firestation Goes Pop, new books and music on our Fireythings imprint (www.fireythings.com) and a load of great stuff in our shop (shop.firestationartscentre.com). You see what I mean..but mercifully this time I can wrap it all up in the headline of this issue; that we’ve been here, being busy, doing stuff with you and for you, for five - yes FIVE - years! In some ways it’s absolutely flown by, but when I look through all our old programmes at all the things we’ve done, it seems like a lifetime! What makes me happiest looking back is that whilst we meet new people every day, we’ve also been talking to some of you for the duration. From which comedians you love to what makes great art. From amazing theatre and new voices to digital conversations, sharing and re-imagining. From coffees, cocktails and Bad Baby Bagels (remember them?!) to barbecues, bloody marys and Brooklyn Beer! Having those conversations is what makes it most exciting, so if you’ve been with us since the get go, thanks, and if you’ve just joined us...we have a lot to talk about! With that in mind, things we’ll be shouting about and sending your way with great pleasure from now until Christmas include a whole night’s free fun at our 5th birthday party (of course! page 6), big time 3 minute wonders and a little Katy Perry at Firestation Goes Pop! (page 17), intense and powerful theatre with Macbeth: In Pitch Black (page 16), soaring guitars and feisty vocals from The View (page 17), brand new fortnightly comedy from Laughing Coyote (page 4) and a load of Christmasy magic with The Snow Queen (page 22). That should be enough to keep the conversation going, but if you need more, there’s always Superculture, The Spectacles...Hitchin’s Lab..Lemonade...Into The Future.... The Big Picnic........ See you soon ;-) Dan
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How to find us
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.
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Firestation’s Fifth Birthday Bash!
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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 on your right, you should be able to see us, all red and shiny, on your right.
Diary
By Train
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Festival!
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Club Nights
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BEaT MAGAZINE Mark Houle Interview
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The Snow Queen
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Kid’s Club
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Connect with us
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.
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Our Websites www.firestationartscentre.com www.beatmagazine.co.uk www.fireythings.com
By Bus
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.
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We are a fifteen minute walk from Windsor & Eton Riverside Station or ten minutes from Windsor Central Station.
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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.
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
LAUGHING COYOTE MIDWEEK HOWLERS Thursday 12 September, 8pm Thursday 26 September, 8pm Thursday 10 October, 8pm Thursday 24 October, 8pm
Friday 13 September, 8pm
Tuesday 17 September, 8pm
Thursday 07 November, 8pm
Marcel Lucont – Gallic Symbol
Lucy Porter: Northern Soul
Auditorium Tickets: £13 / £11 Members
Auditorium Tickets: £12
Witty, acerbic, magniloquent Frenchman seeks willing, intelligent audience for fun, adventure, maybe something more. Must have own underwear, socks and breath but be prepared to have these charmed off, laughed off and taken away respectively.
Lucy Porter - familiar from popular TV and Radio panel shows such as Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week and The Unbelievable Truth - returns to the UK tour circuit, fresh from The Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with her best show yet.
Winner of the Amused Moose Laughter Award 2012 and Perth Fringeworld Best Comedy Show as seen on Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC3), Live at The Electric (BBC3) and Set List (Sky Atlantic).
Does geography shape our destiny? Born in Croydon to a Northern Irish dad and a Midlander mum (who met in Africa), Lucy never felt that she belonged down South. She tried moving to Manchester, marrying a Welshman and travelling the world, but she’s still - like the littlest hobo - seeking her spiritual home.
Thursday 21 November, 8pm Thursday 05 December, 8pm Loft Tickets: £5 Finnius Grenfell hosts the fortnightly Midweek Howlers at The Firestation. These are brilliant, informal nights where you see comedians new & old testing out fresh ideas & flogging dead ones. This is a unique experience watching some of the top acts on the UK circuit developing their material as well as a selection of acts working through their old classics... PLUS our favourite acts doing a full headline set. Laughing Coyote past acts include NISH KUMAR, ED GAMBLE, JOHN ROBINS, CARL DONNELLY, WILL FRANKEN AND MANY MORE...
“Fresh, accessible and hilarious” - The Guardian “Tres Bon Marcel. Encore!” - The Scotsman “A pitch-perfect performance… Hilarious” - Time Out
Thursday 19 September, 8pm
house and Eyestrings Theatre present
The Duchess of Malfi Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £11 conc / £10 Members Group rates available A woman pays the price for daring to disregard her social status. A powerful family is destroyed by passion, envy and cruelty. Lead by Cheek by Jowl Associate Owen Horsley, the fearless Eyestrings Theatre Company cuts to the heart of this Jacobean masterpiece with an inventive and exciting new adaption. Watch as the pleasure-seeking world of the Duchess and her Brother is unravelled using seven actors, six chairs and a gramophone; a truly thrilling production that confronts the epic themes of morality, class and sex head on. “This sort of daring, intelligent work is what theatre should be all about.” - The Stage ‘Creative vandalism’ - Lyn Gardner, The Guardian (on Edward II)
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“Impeccably punchlined anecdotes of the everyday. Genuinely delightful” - The Telegraph
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SEPTEMBER
Every other Sunday, 8pm
Smurphy’s Law presents A.T.T.I.C. will take place on the following Sunday nights:
Sunday 01 September Sunday 15 September Sunday 29 September The fortnightly acoustic session in The Firestation’s most intimate space with stunning headliners each Sunday. Ranging from established musicians to local upstarts, each night is guaranteed to transport you to a world of acoustic greatness.
Loft Tickets: £5
Advance booking is highly recommended!
Sunday 13 October Sunday 27 October Sunday 10 November Sunday 24 November Sunday 08 December
www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk
Saturday 21 September, 1pm
Saturday 21 September, 8pm
Thursday 26 September, 8pm
Comedy club 4 Kids
COMEDY STORE MANAGEMENT PROUDLY PRESENTS
East Berkshire College and The Windsor Fringe Festival present
Auditorium Tickets: £8.50 adults / £5.50 children Like the name says, it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids! Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires or Highlanders). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits! “A highlight for children... giving them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club.” - The Guardian “The perfect way to entertain the whole family.” - Three Weeks www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk
STEVE HUGHES: WHILE IT’S STILL LEGAL Auditorium Tickets: £15 / £13 Members
Direct from sell-out shows at the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and New Zealand Comedy Festivals, the sublime Australian comic and ex heavy-metal drummer returns to UK shores to embark upon his second solo tour. As seen on Live at the Apollo and Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One), Stand Up For The Week (Channel 4) and One Night Stand (Dave). Laid-back, effortless charm and caustic antiestablishment humour from a truly unique, world class performer. “Outstanding. Hughes is gold.” - Metro
Much Ado About Nothing Auditorium Tickets: £7 / £5 conc & Members
East Berkshire College presents a classic comedy about love and family feuding, set against the music of James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye. Whilst young lovers Claudio and Hero threaten to have their imminent wedding thwarted by a resentful prince, marriage seems inconceivable for Beatrice and Benedick, whose witty fighting threatens to keep them apart for ever... For more events taking part across Windsor as part of the Windsor Fringe Festival, visit www.firestationartscentre.com
“Makes Armageddon sound like a proper laugh riot” - Rolling Stone www.stevehughes.net.au
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
Fire5tation’s Fifth Birthday Bash! Yikes! Has it been 5 years already?
Since opening in 2008, we’ve done a lot: each year, we welcome more and more people through our doors, either for a drink or two, to enjoy one of our many classes or to take in a show. For a little venue, we’ve done HUGE things, punching above our weight day-in and day-out. Over the past 5 years, we’ve welcomed incredible theatre companies such as Paines Plough, Hull Truck and Les Enfants Terribles, stunning music headliners like Georgie Fame, Eliza Carthy, Fearless Vampire Killers and, of course, Bastille, - and not forgetting our incredible comedy headliners including Michael McIntyre, Kevin Bridges, Jenny Eclair, Shappi Khorsandi, Reginald D Hunter, Lee Mack, Dave Gorman, and Jo Brand to list only a few of the incredible companies and artists that have graced our stages! So come on down and join us for our fifth Birthday Bash – complete with music from The Spectacles, plastic groove and DanDigital!
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Friday 20 September 8pm-late
Free Entry
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SEPTEMBER
Friday 27th September, 8pm
Saturday 28th September, 3.30pm
Saturday 28th September, 6pm
makin projects proudly present Andrew O’Neill in:
The Windsor Fringe Festival present
The Windsor Fringe Festival present
Auditorium Tickets: £10 / £8 Members
Basement Studio Tickets: £6 adults / £5 children
Basement Studio Tickets: £7
Andrew O’Neill, struggling to maintain concentration for long enough to write a new comedy show, decided to write about the fact that he was struggling to maintain concentration long enough to write a new comedy show.
Peter Campbell Wells brings his unorthodox take on magic.
Juvenile and irresponsible mind-reading stunts!
Andrew O’Neill is Easily Distracted
Also, he has been on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Stewart Lee’s Comedy Vehicle and heard on Radio One and Radio 5 Live. Nominated Best Comedy - Adelaide Fringe AND Buxton Fringe.
Classics of Magic
Magicians world wide spend years perfecting these classics. With a bag of goodies fresh from the magic shop, Pete will entertain you with the greatest magic tricks ever devised. This is a family show! For more events taking part across Windsor as part of the Windsor Fringe Festival, visit www.firestationartscentre.com
“One of the most entertaining, interesting and multilayered acts we’ve seen. Don’t miss a trick – go and see him now!” - Bizarre www. andrewoneill .co.uk
Pete Picks Your Brains
Peter Campbell-Wells is a mind-reader and magician. While many mind-readers distance themselves from “magic”, refusing to wear both labels, he sports them with pride! His shows are interactive, fun and just the thing for adults and youngsters who appreciate the art/science of lowbrow daftness. For more events taking part across Windsor as part of the Windsor Fringe Festival, visit www.firestationartscentre.com
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Sunday 29 September, 8pm
Russell Kane: Smallness Auditorium Tickets: £17.50 What is it with us and smallness? We Brits love it being tiny but fierce, close but distant. This Jedwardhaired award-winning twat is the same, and he returns with a new blisteringly big-small show. Watch him ejaculate thoughts about smallness; on keeping things small when life gets big. “A seriously good comedian.” - The Times “Russell Kane delivers magic in spades.” - The Scotsman “A smart, probing brain lurks below the vertiginous quiff” - The Evening Standard
Sunday 29 September, 12pm ‘til late
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Summer BBQ feat. Insanity Radio
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Relax on our sun-drenched terrace with summer grooves from our special guest djs, great value drinks and our famous barbecue offering the best in freshly prepared food.
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Heath Bunting and Alice Vandeleur-Boorer
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In early January 2013, Firestation Arts & Culture invited artists Heath Bunting & Alice Vandeleur-Boorer to develop new work as part of the Firestation Residency Programme. Heath & Alice have since been exploring the topic of fire and water over a number of sessions at The Firestation and The Great Park and, as part of their enquiry came across “trial by fire and water (ordeal)”, a pre-modern judicial practice where a person’s body is tested for the purity of it’s soul. This method of justice was common in the
hysteria of witch hunts, and resonates particularly with the story of the Windsor Witches, immortalised by Shakespeare in “The Merry Wives of Windsor”. Heath & Alice’s residency project explores the body/person and the reproduction of it’s identifiable self with reference to cultural, legal, spiritual and technological frameworks. The complete project, with images, maps and video will be displayed at a future date in The Firestation’s galleries and Micro Gallery.
This page: Trial By Water Opposite page, top: Burn In Effigy 1 Opposite page, centre: Burn In Effigy 2 Opposite page, bottom: Burn In Effigy 3
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
a mile in your moccasins Warwick Cairns muses on the patterns and paradoxes of empathy
There’s an old Red Indian saying. I know, I know.
But the ‘American’ part of ‘Native American’ – well, that takes you back to Amerigo Vespucci, doesn’t it? Amerigo Vespucci was the Italian explorer who, along with his chum Christopher Columbus, could be said to have kicked the whole thing off, that whole ‘Europeans conquer the New World’ thing. Where do you start with this correct terminology thing, and where do you stop? But as I was saying: there’s an old Red Indian saying. Or is there? I mean, there is a saying that I’m thinking of, but whether it’s really old, and whether it really originated where it’s meant to have done, well, that’s a whole other question. It’s a bit like the ‘Old African Saying’ you hear quoted every now and then. You know the one: “It takes a village to raise a child.” Big place, Africa. No-one seems to be able to be any more precise about it than that. Anyway, the saying I have in mind on this particular occasion is this: “Never criticise a man until you have walked a mile in his moccasins.” You can sort of tell it’s meant to be from the Wild West, can’t you? It has the word ‘moccasins’ in it, see? If it had been from somewhere else - Ancient Rome, say - it would have had something like ‘gladiator sandals’ in it. It probably would have had miles
in it too, being as how the mile is a Roman measure. But I’d have imagined that the Red Indians would have come up with some other measure of distance. Something buffalo-related, perhaps. I think, sometimes, people like having that sort of provenance to their proverbs. Sort of noble and wise, yet unsullied by the sophistry of progress and still in touch with the earth and the fundamental truths of life. You can imagine the venerable old chief, sitting there in his fringed buckskins and his feathered war-bonnet, sucking slowly at his pipe as he considers his next words, the medicine-man at his shoulder, doing things with a bag of bones, while all the tribe sit cross-legged before him, waiting rapt. And then he speaks. “Never criticise a man,” he says. And you cannot help but listen. You cannot help but listen, even as the young braves come cup-handed, bringing smouldering leaves to the pile of wood heaped beneath the timber frame from which you hang suspended by your ankles. Even as the young women gather up their pointed sticks. You cannot help but listen, even though you don’t even speak their bloody language. But how wise, you think, nevertheless: how very, very wise. I suppose where this is all leading to, this walking a mile in another man’s moccasins, is the importance of empathy. The ability to understand – and share – the feelings of another. I would say that it’s one of the things that makes us human, except that it isn’t, really. You can have empathy and not be human. And you can be human and not have empathy. Dogs, for example. One of the few species, they are, who ‘catch’ yawning from seeing people yawn.
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And it’s not just a matter of seeing a mouth opening and copying - if the researchers at the University of Tokyo are to be believed. What they found – what they published in their report this past couple of months – is that dogs, humankind’s oldest animal companion, catch yawns from people in a way that shows empathy between the species. Which is to say, they respond more to real yawns than to fake ones, and they respond more to their owner’s yawns than to the yawns of a stranger. Meanwhile, researchers at the University of Porto in Portugal have found that dogs’ stress hormone levels rise and fall in direct relation to their owners’. Empathy, you see. Non-humans with empathy. Meanwhile, back in the human world, you have psychopaths. Now, it used to be thought that psychopaths had no empathy at all, being as how they’re such unfeeling, self-centred bastards and all. They were thought to have no empathy whatever kind of psychopath they might be - whether the mad axe-wielding serial-killer variety or else the more common manipulative, selfserving sociopath kind that many people rightly or wrongly believe their bosses to be. Rightly, most probably. According to studies, there are, proportionately, four times more psychopaths in the boardrooms and management suites of big businesses than there are in society as a whole. Psychopaths know how to get ahead in business, you see. But here’s the thing – it used to be thought that psychopaths had no empathy at all. Now, however, it turns out that they do – but just as an optional extra. Again, just this past couple of months, at around the time the dog-yawning study went to press, researchers at the University of Groningen, in the
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Netherlands, were publishing their report on psychopaths and how they feel. And it’s not quite how we thought they felt. According to Christian Keysers, the author of the Dutch report, “The predominant notion had been that they are callous individuals, unable to feel emotions themselves and therefore unable to feel emotions in others. Our work shows it’s not that simple. They don’t lack empathy but they have a switch to turn it on and off. By default, it seems to be off.” That must be nice for them, the psychopaths. I mean, if you have no insight into how others feel, then you’d wonder why you’d go to all the trouble of doing something really bonkers – I don’t know, building an underground torture-chamber in your basement and kidnapping people off of the street to do unspeakable things to. Because if you did that, and if you had no sense of the effects of it on your victims, no appreciation of it – well, you’d be bound to question whether it was worth all the effort of doing it. Maybe you’d take up a less demanding hobby instead. Whereas it turns out that they can feel what others feel, after all. But only when they want to.
There is a link, I think, between empathy and cruelty. There was an interview I read a while back with what you might call a ‘champion’ torturer from Cambodia, or somewhere like that. I don’t know if there was an actual championship, or any sort of award for it, but he was one of the best, if there is such a thing – if not the very best. He was much in demand for his skills, and frequently called upon to do the honours whenever a local paramilitary thug needed to be particularly beastly to someone. What he said was this: he said that he hadn’t always been good at it. He’d actually started out being quite a rubbish torturer. It wasn’t that he didn’t hurt people enough – quite the reverse, in fact. He beat some people senseless, and beat others to death. Blood everywhere. But he was crude, you see. He had no style, no panache. He was a long way from being the respected figure in the torturing community that he later came to be. But then, he said, gradually and with practice, he began to get a feel for his trade. He learned to vary the pace and severity. He learned to watch the signs and cues given out by his victims, rather than bludgeoning blindly ahead. He learned when to offer small mercies like a glass of cold water to drink; and when, suddenly, to snatch those
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small mercies away – the water flung in the face, the glass smashed and… well, we’ll draw a veil over that. But what he did was more than just a technical thing. It was an emotional one. He learnt to establish a bond of empathy with his victims, and this made his skill as a torturer all the more terrible. Because of this bond he was able to see inside them and sense exactly what they were feeling; and because of this he was able to devise ever more cruel and subtle refinements. Writers do the same. In tragedy and in comedy, from Macbeth to Alan Partridge, they allow you insight into a character’s inner world – and at the same time they heap misfortune and embarrassment upon him – deserved or otherwise. And you feel for him, while at the same time relishing the feeling. The bond of empathy is a knife that cuts two ways. Which sounds rather like it ought to be some kind of old Red Indian saying.
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Tuesday 01 October, 8pm
Thursday 03 & Friday 04 October, 8pm
Stephen K Amos is The Spokesman
Saturday 05 October, 7:30pm
Auditorium Tickets: £16
The Windsor Fringe Festival present
Fresh from the Edinburgh Festival, Amos is hitting the road with a brand new show for 2013 and sharing with the UK the show which has been a smash hit success across Australia and New Zealand! Expect an hour of fun, warmth, big laughs and audience interaction from the master of feel-good comedy. Live At The Apollo (BBC1), Have I Got News For You (BBC 1), Life: An Idiots Guide (Radio 4). Listen out for Series 3 of Life: An Idiot’s Guide – Coming to Radio 4 soon! “The warmest comic around, able to riff off a crowd and make them feel good about themselves..” - The Sunday Times “It was all fabulous. But it was when riffing with the audience that Amos truly excelled. With a packed venue ready on his side, Amos drew people into his routines; his finely honed sensibility turned innocent remarks into comedy gold” – Herald Sun
The Tenth Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award for New Drama Writing Auditorium Tickets: £10 See the three winning plays performed each night, selected from 307 scripts from 22 countries by 47 readers & our two judges Fay Weldon CBE & Pete Gallagher. A word from Kenneth Branagh: I am delighted to sponsor this writing award and to be a small part of the Windsor Fringe initiative that supports new writers. Without a good play or script, the best actors and directors in the world cannot hope to produce good work and I welcome the encouragement that this award offers to writers both local and international. For more events taking part across Windsor as part of the Windsor Fringe Festival, visit www.firestationartscentre.com
“If laughter is the best medicine, then Amos should be prescribed by the NHS for his formidable healing powers.” – London Evening Standard.
house and Caroline Horton and Company with China Plate present
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Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £11 conc / £10 Members Recommended 13+ Josephine is putting on a play - Boris and Sistahl help. It’s about anorexia. But don’t let that put you off. Unflinchingly they confront big issues (and extremely tiny ones).
Thursday 17 October, 7:45pm
Book Swap Auditorium Tickets: £5 Novelist Marie Philips (author of Gods Behaving Badly) and publisher Scott Pack continue to host an evening of conversation and banter in this increasingly popular literary event. You won’t hear boring speeches, the same old questions or authors reading from their latest book but you could witness almost anything else. Audience members are required to bring an unwanted book along with them which they will have the opportunity to swap for another. And there’s tea and cake! The Firestation Book swap continues to go from strength to strength, with literary festival appearances and much interest from radio and TV.
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Thursday 10 October, 8pm
Today they will tackle a particularly thin elephant in the room. Obsession, addiction and not wanting to get out of bed: a play with songs from You’re Not Like Other Girls Chrissy creator and 2013 Olivier Award nominee Caroline Horton. Nominated for Best New Play, OFFIES 2013 2012 Stage Award Winner for Best Ensemble.
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- Evening Standard - Financial Times - Metro
“Comes perilously close to genius and announces Horton as a major major talent” - Time Out
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Saturday 19 October, 8pm
Saturday 26 October, 8pm
SEAN HUGHES - Life Becomes Noises
Roisin Conaty: Lifehunter
Auditorium Tickets: £14
Auditorium Tickets: £12
It has been over a year since his father died, and Sean is dealing with his death in a way that only Sean can. Here is a comedy performance from Sean like you’ve never seen before, resulting in the feel-good show of the year.
Edinburgh Comedy Award Winner and star of BBC Three’s Impractical Jokers brings her critically acclaimed show Life Hunter to venues nationwide (as seen on Have I Got News for You and Russell Howard’s Good News).
This hilarious yet poignant tale is a beautiful insight into the lighter side of dying and getting older, going to places that comedy rarely goes, highlighting how ridiculous life is and how quickly it can be taken away.
Everyone in life is looking for something; to belong, to love, to forget, and also keys. People spend a lot of time looking for their keys. Poxy things.
“Hugely impressive and intelligent” - Time Out
‘Her initial success was no fluke – blending gag-packed, self-deprecating stories and neat observational humour’ - The Guardian
“One of the best stand-ups of his generation” - Telegraph
“Roisin’s brilliant brand of funny is upbeat and boisterous… a must-see” - Easy Living
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“Savvy and sassy, Conaty is certainly one to watch” - The Independent
“ A magical adventure Pinocchio for families” Thursday 31 October, 2:30pm Friday 01 & Saturday 02 November, 11:00am & 2:30pm Hiccup Theatre and Derby Theatre Present
A new version by Michael Rosen
Auditorium Tickets: £10 adults / £7.50 children / £30 family ticket / Group rates available Suitable for age 3+ and their families Follow Pinocchio and his grasshopper friend as they set out on an adventure – to find some fun! Now...if only his nose would just stay still! Hiccup Theatre join forces with acclaimed writer for children Michael Rosen (We’re Going on a Bear Hunt) to bring Carlo Collodi’s classic tale to life in a sparkling new version.
“Hiccup Theatre will charm, entertain and delight in equal measure” - whatsonstage.com on Rumpelstiltskin “Absorbing, exciting, inventive and wonderfully creative” - The Stage on The Owl and the Pussycat
Pinocchio is a Hiccup Theatre/Derby Theatre co-production supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, with additional support from Cornerstone, Didcot and Farnham Maltings.
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
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Your at-a-glance guide to all events and performances from MAY through to AUGUST. For all up-to-date info please check our website www.firestationartscentre.com or call the Box Office 01753 866865
october
01 SUN 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
01 TUE 8pm Stephen K Amos / Page 12
02 MON Swing & Jive term begins / Pages 26-27
02 WED 8pm Club: Flow / Page 18
03 TUE 4Motion Adult Classes term begins / Pages 26-27
03 THU 8pm New Drama Award / Page 12
04 WED Glitter Box term begins / Pages 26-27 8pm Club: Flow / Page 18
04 FRI 8pm New Drama Award / Page 12
05 THU
05 SAT 7.30pm New Drama Award / Page 12 8pm Club: Bar Pop! / Page 18
06 FRI
06 SUN
07 SAT
07 MON
08 SUN
08 TUE
09 MON
09 WED
10 TUE SOTA term begins / Pages 26-27
10 THU 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04 8pm Mess / Page 12
11 WED
11 FRI
12 THU 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04
12 SAT 1pm Kid’s Club: Oz: The Great & Powerful / Page 25 8pm Club: The Spectacles / Page 18
13 FRI Sing Out! term begins / Pages 26-27 8pm Marcel Lucont - Gallic Symbol / Page 04
13 SUN 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
14 SAT 1pm Kid’s Club: Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium / Page 25 8pm Club: The Spectacles / Page 18
14 MON
15 SUN SOTA term begins / Pages 26-27 Life Drawing term begins / Pages 26-27 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
15 TUE
16 MON Blossom Ballet term begins / Pages 26-27 Windsor Photographic term begins / Pages 26-27
16 WED
17 TUE 4Motion Youth Dance theatre classes term begins / Pages 26-27 8pm Lucy Porter: Northern Soul / Page 04
17 THU 7.45pm Book Swap / Page 12
18 WED 4MDT Youth Company term begins / Pages 26-27
18 FRI
19 THU 8pm The Duchess of Malfi / Page 04
19 SAT 8pm Sean Hughes / Page 13
20 FRI 8pm Firestaion’s Fifth Birthday Bash / Page 06
20 SUN
21 SAT 1pm Kid’s Club: Comedy Club 4 Kids / Page 05 8pm Steve Hughes / Page 05
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22 SUN
22 TUE
23 MON
23 WED
24 TUE
24 THU 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04
25 WED
25 FRI
26 THU 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04 8pm Much Ado About Nothing / Page 05
26 SAT 8pm Roisin Conaty / Page 13
27 FRI 8pm Andrew O’Neill /Page 07 8pm Club: Disco Tik / Page 18
27 SUN 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
28 SAT 3.30pm Classics of Magic /Page 07 6pm Pete Picks Your Brains / Page 07
28 MON
29 SUN 12pm Summer Barbecue / Page 07 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05 8pm Russell Kane / Page 07
29 TUE
30 MON
30 WED 31 THU 2.30pm Kid’s Club: Pinocchio / Page 13
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01 FRI 11am & 2.30pm Kid’s Club: Pinocchio / Page 13
01 SUN
02 SAT 11am & 2.30pm Kid’s Club: Pinocchio / Page 13
02 MON
03 SUN
03 TUE
04 MON Blossom Ballet term begins / Pages 26-27
04 WED 8pm Club: Flow / Page 18
05 TUE
05 THU 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04
06 WED
06 FRI 8pm Nik Turner / Page 20
07 THU 8pm Club: Flow / Page 18
07 SAT 8pm Club: Bar Pop! / Page 18 8pm Glitterbox / Page 20
08 FRI 2.30pm & 8pm Macbeth: In Pitch Black / Page 16 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04
08 SUN 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
09 SAT 8pm Craig Campbell / Page 16
09 MON
10 SUN 1pm Kid’s Club: Home Alone / Page 25 8pm Club: The Spectacles / Page 18 8pm Andrew Lawrence / Page 16
10 TUE
11 MON 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
11 WED
12 TUE
12 THU
13 WED
13 FRI 8pm Carl Donnelly / Page 20
14 THU
14 SAT 1pm Kid’s Club: Nativity 2 / Page 25 8pm Club: The Spectacles / Page 18 8pm Oh Whistle / Page 21
15 FRI 8pm Robin Ince / Page 16
15 SUN
16 SAT
16 MON
17 SUN 2pm Kids Go Pop! & 8pm Firestation Goes Pop! / Page 17
17 TUE 7pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
18 MON
18 WED 3pm & 7pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
19 TUE
19 THU 11am, 3pm & 7pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
20 WED
20 FRI 3pm & 7pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
21 THU
21 SAT 11am, 3pm & 7pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
22 FRI 8pm Midweek Howlers / Page 04
22 SUN 11am & 3pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
23 SAT
23 MON 11am, 3pm & 7pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
24 SUN 1pm Kid’s Club: Comedy Club 4 Kids / Page 17 8pm Club: Strange & Beautiful / Page 18
24 TUE 11am & 3pm The Snow Queen / Page 22
25 MON 8pm A.t.t.i.c. / Page 05
25 WED CHRISTMAS DAY: Firestation closed
26 TUE 7.30pm 4Motion Youth Performance / Page 26
26 THU BOXING DAY: Firestation closed
27 WED
27 FRI
28 THU
28 SAT
29 FRI 8pm I’m an Aristocrat Get Me Out of Here! / Page 17
29 SUN
30 SAT 8pm The View / Page 17
30 MON 31 TUE 8pm Into The Future New Year’s Eve Party / Page 23
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FEBRUARY NOVEMBER
The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
Thursday 07 November, 2.30pm & 8pm
Macbeth; In Pitch Black by William Shakespeare. Directed by Kevin Williams
Basement Tickets: £12 / £11 conc / £10 Members / Group rates available Suitable for ages 12+
“Stars hide your fires, let not light see my black and deep desires” Following the success of its first tour earlier this year, London Contemporary Theatre presents their unique production of William Shakespeare’s greatest masterpiece Macbeth. Join us for Shakespeare’s shortest, paciest tragedy “Macbeth”, performed in the round and in darkness. Feel every treacherous moment with Macbeth and learn what it’s like to never quite know who’s watching you
as the plot thickens into darkness and despair. Feel Macbeth being easily led by words as he and Lady Macbeth wade deeper into blood. Will the witch’s prophecy of Macbeth becoming King come to life or are they leading him into fallacy? Only time will tell. London Contemporary Theatre is committed to creating live original music they strive to bring classical theatre to contemporary audiences.
Friday 08 November, 8pm
Saturday 09 November, 8pm
Thursday 14 November 8pm
Craig Campbell’s Thrilling Mic Hunt!
ANDREW LAWRENCE - THERE IS NO ESCAPE
Auditorium Tickets: £15
Auditorium Tickets: £15 / £13 conc & Members
ROBIN INCE: The Importance of Being Interested
Internationally acclaimed Canadian stand-up Craig Campbell is back in town! Craig has supported Frankie Boyle on his last two sell-out national tours, performed smokin’ sets on Dave’s One Night Stand (DAVE), Russell Howard’s Good News (BBC Three), Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow (BBC One) and has more recently been touring the critically acclaimed 2012 Edinburgh show ‘Return of theLumberjacks’.
As seen on BBC1’s Live At The Apollo, star of his own BBC Radio 4 series How Did We End Up Like This? Andrew Lawrence presents his latest stand-up show of all new material.
A formidable force, Craig never fails to impress with his high octane, charismatic performances and hilarious anecdotes. “One of the most skilled storytellers and jokesmiths on the circuit” - Chortle
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“Anyone who gives this spikily inventive performer the time of day will realise they’re in the presence of an A-list talent.” - The Guardian “Few people have caught the irritated, misanthropic mood of the moment better than this supreme misfit; the only wonder is that it’s taking Lawrence so long to become a national institution.” - The Telegraph www.andrewlawrencecomedy.co.uk
Auditorium Tickets: £12 Award winning comedian and science enthusiast Robin Ince follows up his Happiness Through Science show with a look at his favourite scientists – Charles Darwin and Richard Feynman. Find out why we have eyebrows, why bald dogs have bad teeth, how heavy metal music makes pigs deaf and why spaghetti snaps into four pieces. It is a loving look into the minds of two giants of human imagination who changed our worldview. He’ll also stop off on the way to look at some of the more bizarre views of early science: is the ostrich really the offspring of the union of a gnat and a giraffe? (No).
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NOVEMBER FEBRUARY
www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk
Saturday 16 November,
Saturday 23 November, 1pm
FIRESTATION GOES POP!
Comedy club 4 Kids
8pm - late Auditorium Tickets: £8
Auditorium Tickets: £8.50 adults / £5.50 children
Love pop? Then join us for an evening of great tunes from resident DJs and the Bar POP! Master, DJ Dandigital, plus special guest Charlotte Hopley as the queen of pop, Katy Perry!
Kids Go Pop! 2pm-4pm Auditorium Tickets: £4 For ages 7 - 12. Join us for pop-tastic disco! With brilliant pop tunes, disco lighting and a flashy mirror-ball, come and show-off your popstar moves!
Like the name says, it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids! Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires or Highlanders). We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits! “A highlight for children... giving them a taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club.” - The Guardian “The perfect way to entertain the whole family.” - Three Weeks www.comedyclub4kids.co.uk
Thursday 28 November, 8pm Makin Projects and Gonzo Moose present
I’m An Aristocrat, Get Me Out Of Here! Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £11 conc / £10 Members / Group rates available Paris, 1792. Revolution grips the city and the secret police march traitors to their deaths. No one is safe. Everyone is a suspect. Paris needs a hero, someone who can deliver it from this terror andrestore freedom and justice. Will such a hero emerge? Yes. With comedy and thrills galore you’ll gasp, laugh and be amazed at the elaborate sword fights, the heart wrenching love scenes, and the sensational deathdefying French accents. This inventive and gripping comedy features three fearless and daring actors, playing over 20 roles in 90 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action. “A riot from start to finish” - Venue Magazine “Drags you along for a ridiculous, riotous & genuinely inspired ride and must be seen” - What’s On Stage “Outstanding” - Chortle “Anarchic comedy theatre at its best” - Fringe review
Saturday 30 November, 8pm
The View:
Seven Year Setlist Auditorium Tickets: £14 Scottish indie rock band, The View meld punk, pop and rock into their music making incredible tunes fired by passion, soul and joy. In 2007, the band tore up stages and supported the likes of Primal Scream and Babyshambles, followed by the release of a Mercury-nominated platinum selling debut album, Hats Off To The Buskers, which entered the album charts at Number 1 with track Same Jeans reaching Number 3 in the Singles Chart, and debut single Wasted Little DJs was NME Track of the Year. In 2009, the band’s second album What Bitch? went to Number 5 in the UK charts, and in 2011, third album Bread and Circuses was released. In 2012, The View released Cheeky For A Reason which went Top 10, garnered multiple rave reviews (including 4 stars from Q Review) and also saw them win ‘Best Album 2012’ at the Sunday Mail’s Great Scotland Awards and ‘Album of the Year 2012’ at the Scottish Music Awards. After visiting the States in a coast-to-coast tour with multiple sell-out gigs, including New York’s Bowery Ballroom, the band are back in the UK and have recently released their fifth album, Seven Year Setlist, as well as supporting The Stone Roses in Glasgow and performing in multiple festivals including T in the Park. The View are on the road from October on a 35 date European tour and will be here in Windsor for one night only! Don’t miss this incredible band live and loud at The Firestation!
“Madcap farce” - Fest magazine
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
NIGHTS CLUB BBQ
Sunday 29 September
The Spectacles Saturday 14 Saturday 12 Saturday 09 Saturday 14 from 8pm
September October November December
Bar POP!:
Saturday 05 October Saturday 07 December from 8pm
An open stage initiative for emerging and amateur performers Are you a performer? Do you have something you’d like to show an audience? Then get in touch! The Firestation launches its new pilot scheme, FESTIVAL! this season and is offering YOU the opportunity to perform in any one of our multiple spaces.
love & emptiness
Strange & Beautiful Saturday 23 November from 8pm Ricky Tik present
What you get: • FREE use of the performance space for ticketed events • Marketing support • Full use of our Box Office facilities
Disco Tik
Friday 27 September from 8pm
FLOW:
First Wednesday of the month from 8pm
*Terms and conditions apply. Please visit www.firestationartscentre.com/festival for further information or call 01753 86686**
On Friday 18 October 8.30pm experience something that is beyond imagination!
JUDY SHIRE (The Devil’s Daughter)
with her Vamp Rock Band
LIVE IN CONCERT
at The Firestation, Windsor Tickets £16. Dress to Impress, Vampires Welcome! More information: www.judyshire.co.uk
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DO YOU BELIEVE IN VAMPIRES? Judy Shire’s Vamp Rock has captivated fans worldwide with her haunting vocals, atmospheric music and lyrics. When Judy released The Devil’s Daughter EP in 2013, the world of rock crowned it’s new queen. Her popularity taking her in to the top 10 rock artists in the world. Her new album Beyond Imagination, described as ‘epic’ by many, is destined to become an all time classic. The Devil’s Daughter and her Band will perform the album, plus tributes to rock legends, including Queen, Led Zeppelin and Bon Jovi.
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Saturday 23 November 8pm
love & emptiness
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INE BEaT MAGAZ
Marc Houle grew up in Windsor, Canada with Detroit as his mid-90s backyard party playground. As a kid he had a love for obscure new wave & analog synths, so it was just a matter of time before he started making music of his own. Beat wants to know more... Hi Marc, how’s your day? It’s a sunny beautiful day in Berlin....I’m of course in the studio working. I did take an early morning walk along the canal to see some swans and ducks though. Doing anything exciting? Nothing specifically...I went to a BBQ in the park yesterday and I’m always making tracks. The “Where Is Kitten” EP came out at the end of May. How’s the response been? I’m not too sure really - I don’t usually check the charts or read reviews. But when I play it, people love it. In the office, we love the bass line and claps! It reminds us of Donkey Kong and early Daft Punk. How about you? There’s always some elements of old video games in my tracks - either consciously or not. They’re some of the sounds that make me happiest because of some sort of passive/active reinforcement behavior I suppose. As for Daft Punk, I never really got into them. How did the collaboration with Miss Kittin come about? She dropped by my place, heard some stuff I was working on, and went to work making it better. It was a really fun and had a nice flow to it. She really knows her way around a studio so it was quite easy for me to sit back and relax. John Foxx remix. Nice. He’s a legend who still is making great dark minimal stuff. I was quite fortunate to have worked with him this way. So much of his style and early Ultravox stuff found its way into our type of music. Who’s in your top 3 music heroes list? I have like 60 dependent on the genres... John Foxx, Moderne, Black Sabbath, Kraftwerk, Prince, Aphex Twin, Beatles, King Tubby, The Spoons, The Cure.... I really go for anything without too much mid-range.
You’re label boss at Items & Things. How are things? Going good - we just grabbed a new office so I’m really thinking i need to go buy some plants for the stark white office. We’re working hard on the release schedule at the moment to maintain our level of what i think are great releases. And of course we’re always going through demos and looking for some new, fresh talent. Can you give us a brief history of the label? When we were on Minus, we wanted a vehicle to put out some weird, new music that we ran across during our adventures - stuff that didnt really fit the Minus sound but needed to be heard so we started the label just for that. After leaving Minus, we used the label as our main platform. What’s up next for you and the Items & Things? We’ve just released the Seph record and coming up is a great bunch of tracks from our old friend Tomas More. After that I’m gonna try and sneak in another EP of some cool tracks if i can get them polished in time. You’ve gained a reputation as being all about live performance. I remember the Jeep Girls used to write all their tunes in front of a crowd to get the vibe right. Is that how it is for you? I’ve made so many tracks all over the sound map that I can sorta play what I think the crowd wants or needs by exploring different directions on stage. I sometimes start housey and slow but will build it up to some
harder techno-based stuff or dark melodic depending on how they people react. It does depend on the crowd and you really do need to be flexible I think. You’re wiki’d as being inspired by early video game sounds and soundtracks. Where do you stand on Chiptune? Though I did grow up on that stuff and it is a part of my wiring now, I’m not a purist like some of the people out there. I’m just as happy with a sid chip emulator than running it through the real thing. I’ve dabbled with trackers here but I’m too in love with a warm analogue Juno60 to make exclusive 8-bit stuff. I do have a bunch of playlists from famous Commodore 64 pioneers and I have made some stuff in the past but ya - it’s a world I only want to visit. Who are you listening to at the moment? Mathew Jonson just stopped by yesterday and left me his new CD so I’ve been listening to that along with the new Miss Kittin album and all the old synth pop stuff I always listen to. For that stuff you can listen to my 2 synth pop mixes to see what I mean. https://soundcloud.com/marchoule/marchoules-synth-pop-mix https://soundcloud.com/marchoule/ pulseradio-121 Tell us a secret? I like hacking apart Pillsburys bread rolls to make mini garlic sesame burger buns. Grolsch or Brooklyn Beer? Beer sucks :P
“There’s always some elements of old video games in my tracks - either consciously or not. They’re some of the sounds that make me happiest”
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SUPERCULTURE SUPERCULTURE SUPERCULTURE SUPERCULTURE
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
SUPERCULTURE SUPERCULTURE SUPERCULTURE
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Glitter
Revue Show superculture
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Friday 06 December, 8pm
Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit
Saturday 07 December, 8pm €#supercultureiscoming
Glitter Box Christmas Special
Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £10 concs & Members
Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £11 conc / £10 Members
Progressive musician and rock renegade Nik Turner is heading to The Firestation for one night only!
Come and join the Glitter Box Fairies for a fabulous, sparkling night of dancing, singing, cabaret and Christmas magic in this extra special revue show!
Having cherry-picked elements from genres and cultures around the world and adding his own experimental flavour, Turner founded Inner City Unit. Prior to this, he wrote and performed as part of seminal space rock band Hawkwind, and went on to set up Sphinx, Nik Turner’s Fantastic Allstars and Pinkwind. Get ready for a psychedelic trip down memory lane! We’re delighted to welcome Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit to The Firestation for this exclusive set, including great tracks from albums Pass Out and The Maximum Effect.
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Let them whisk you away to their glittering land of cheeky retro routines, sensual singers, stunning costumes, and crowd pleasing comedy! Welcome to The Glitter Box!
Superculture!
Friday 13 December, 8pm
Now That’s What I Carl Donnelly! Volume V Auditorium Tickets: £12 Join Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Carl Donnelly (as seen on Mock The Week, Russell Howard’s Good News, Dave’s One Night Stand) for a brand show full of hilarious anecdotes and observations on the state of the world and his plans on how we should be dealing with it. No gimmicks, just an hour of “Gripping, unmissable standup” (The Guardian) from “A master storyteller” (Time Out). Come on down! “Impossibly effortless” Fest “This degree of innate comic talent is a rare and beautiful thing. Not to be missed” - Broadway Baby
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Saturday 14 December, 8pm
Oh, whistle Two ghost stories by M R James Performed by R M Lloyd Parry
Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £11 conc / £10 Members M R James is acknowledged as the master of the English Ghost Story. He first performed his supernatural tales to friends at Christmas in King’s College, Cambridge. Now Nunkie Theatre Company have brought two of these unforgettable spinechillers back to life. Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad – a tale of nocturnal horror on the Suffolk coast – is considered by many to be James’s masterpiece. It is beautifully complemented here by The Ash Tree, a story of witchcraft and vengeance down the generations. “Lloyd Parry catches the sense of dread that gives James his originality” - The Times H H H H www.nunkie.co.uk
DECEMBER
Spring 2014 Preview
Spring 2014 Preview
Thursday 20 February 2014, 8pm
Friday 14 March 2014, 8pm
Newbury Productions UK Ltd & The Reduced Shakespeare Company present:
RICHARD HERRING - We’re All Going To Die
The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged) Tickets: £16 / £14 conc and Members
Yes, it’s an affectionate, irreverent roller coaster ride from fig leaves to Final Judgment as the boys tackle the great theological questions: Did Adam and Eve have navels? Did Moses really look like Charlton Heston? And why isn’t the word “phonetic” spelled the way it sounds? Whether you are Catholic or Atheist, Muslim or Jew, Protestant or Purple People Eater, you will be tickled by the RSC’s romp through old time religion. Can bolts of lightning be far behind? Remember… Someone is watching.
Auditorium Tickets: £12 After sorting out politics (Hitler Moustache), religion (Christ on a Bike), love (What is Love, Anyway?) and penises (Talking Cock) Herring returns to tackles the undiscovered country from whose bourn no traveller returns (apart from Jesus and that canoe bloke). Is death a tragedy or an excuse to have an extended liein? Are we snuffed out or forced to endure eternity without bodily pleasures? Death is inevitable, so let’s laugh in its face while our hearts still beat and our jaws are still attached. “A solid hour of big laughs” - Chortle Comedy Pick of 2012 Time Out
‘This is a slick, fast, very funny show… skilled performers with immaculate, sassy American timing.’ - The Times www.reducedshakespeare.com
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DECEMBER
The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
Tuesday 17 – Tuesday 24 December
The Snow Queen
Auditorium Tickets: £10 adults / £7.50 children / £7 groups £30 family ticket (2 adults + 2 children) A young boy, Kay, and his dear friend, Gerda, are devoted to each other. Kay’s Grandmother tells them both about an evil mirror that won’t reflect the good and beautiful in people, but magnifies all that’s bad and ugly and about the cold hearted Snow Queen who lures children away to her Palace in the North Pole. One summer’s day a splinter from the mirror lodges in Kay’s heart and he changes, becoming cruel and cold – and later that year, when winter comes, the Snow Queen appears and whisks Kay away to her icy palace… No one knows what’s happened to him, but the heartbroken Gerda decides she must set out to find him. A long and dangerous journey ensues until she eventually reaches the Snow Queen’s palace, only to find Kay irretrievably under the Snow Queen’s spell. Can Gerda break the evil spell and bring her old Kay back once more? Michael Whitmore’s delightful adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s magical tale conjures up a captivating mix of fantasy, fable and love triumphing over evil in this ever popular Christmas favourite.
Show Times: Tuesday 17 December
7pm
Wednesday 18 December 3pm & 7pm Thursday 19 December
11am, 3pm & 7pm
Friday 20 December
3pm & 7pm
Saturday 21 December
11am, 3pm & 7pm
Sunday 22 December
11am & 3pm
Monday 23 December
11am, 3pm & 7pm
Tuesday 24 December
11am & 3pm
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DECEMBER
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
Looking for a venue to hold an event? Then look no further! The Firestation has numerous spaces available to book for that special occasion! Whether it’s a birthday party, cinema screening, wedding reception, conference or a public event like a gig or a show, get in touch! Three fully equipped spaces to suit your needs with professional, friendly, fully trained staff and technical assistance* as required. Two licensed bars. Our spaces: Our Auditorium is our largest venue and is a very flexible space, comfortably seating 159 in theatre- style, a mixed standing and seated capacity of 230, or numerous other layouts as required! Great for parties, gigs, conferences, wedding receptions, cinema screenings, performances and more! The Basement Studio has a seating capacity of 70 people in a variety of layouts, or have a fully standing event for 130! Great for club nights, parties, gigs, performances and it has its own built in bar!**
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The Loft is our most intimate venue in the building. It has a maximum capacity of 35 and is perfect for meetings, breakout sessions, drinks receptions and intimate performances. Our bar area is not available to hire exclusively, but if you’re looking for a guaranteed seat on a night out, get in touch and we will happily reserve an area for you!
For more information, including pricing and availability, please email: hire@firestationartscentre.com or call 01753 866865 ext 102
*Technical assistance is charged by the hour and is not included in room bookings as standard **The Basement bar will be made available on request, but will incur an additional charge or minimum spend.
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Tickets: Cinema: £5 adults / £2.50 children £1 Members, Envy and Advantage Card Holders
Live Events: See dedicated show listings for more information
September
November
Mr Magorium’s Wonder Emporium
home alone
Saturday 14 September, 1pm
(2007) Rating: U
Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium, the strangest, most fantastic, most wonderful toy store in the world. But when Mr. Magorium, the 243 year-old eccentric who owns the store, bequeaths the store to her, a dark and ominous change begins to take over the once remarkable Emporium...
kids
Saturday 09 November, 1pm (1990) Rating: PG
An 8-year-old boy, who is accidentally left behind while his family flies to France for Christmas, has to defend his home against idiotic burglars. A classic family film that always signals that Christmas is around the corner!
Saturday 23 November, 1pm
COMEDY club 4 KIDS Tickets: £8.50 adults / £5.50 children
Saturday 21 September, 1pm
COMEDY club 4 KIDS Tickets: £8.50 adults / £5.50 children Like the name says it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids! See page 17 for further information.
October
Saturday 12 October, 1pm
Oz, The Great and Powerful (2013) Rating: PG
A small-time magician is swept away to an enchanted land and is forced into a power struggle between three witches in this, the prequel to The Wizard of Oz. Starring James Frano, Mila Kunisand Rachel Weisz.
Thursday 31 October Saturday 02 November (times vary)
pinocchio Tickets: £10 adults / £7.50 children / £30 family ticket
Like the name says it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids! See page 17 for further information.
December
Saturday 14 December, 1pm
Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger! (2012) Rating: U
A worried new teacher has to juggle a pregnant wife and a class of children on a road trip to the National ‘Song for Christmas’ Competition. The perfect film to get you into the holiday spirit!
Tuesday 17 December Tuesday 24 December (times vary)
The snow queen Tickets: £10 adults / £7.50 children / £30 family ticket A Christmas special as The Snow Queen takes to the stage for the perfect family Christmas show! See page 22 for more information.
An extra special half term treat for the whole family! Please see 13 for more information.
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classes & workshops
The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 16 Autumn/Winter Programme September - December 2013
classes & workshops 4MDT Youth Company ‘Moving Pictures’ Led by Artistic Directors Elaine & Dean
Tuesdays 17 september - 19th november (excluding 29 oct) Basement 4Motion Youth Classes are back with a bang after a sell out 2-night festival in July; still on a dancing high from the Festival, the Company returns after their summer break full of energy and ideas to share with you! From the beautiful impressions by Monet, to the surreal imagination of Dali, this term 4Motion will be working with all classes on famous and groundbreaking works of art. With the stroke of a brush or the burst of a spray can, each group will take a picture and turn it into a moving performance for their end of term showcase on Tuesday 26th November 2013. Join us this term to explore colour, light, technique and imagination all through the medium of dance in 4Motion’s fun filled classes. If you want to try something new, gain more confidence and meet new friends then come along to try your first class for free this September. 4Motion classes are packed with energy, originality, and fun, and are fully inclusive to anyone who has that ‘give it a go’ attitude. Our classes focus on contemporary dance, dance fitness, choreography, and performance skills, with the aim of developing creative minds, confident voices, and versatile performers. To find out more and book on our 10-week term performance project please contact 4Motion on info@4motiondancetheatre.co.uk or 07792859254.
NEW PRICES
SPARKS 5-7 yrs 4.20-5.10pm / £65.00 FLAMES & HEAT 8-10yrs & 11-12yrs 5.10-6.20pm / £70.00 BLAZE 13yrs+ 6.20-7.30pm / £70.00 All 4Motion youth groups will be part of the end of term 4Motion Youth Dance Performance at The Firestation, performing to family and friends.
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4Motion Youth Dance Performance
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tuesday 26 november 7.30pm
Auditorium
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No Handbags is a theatre company for performers with learning difficulties, based at The Firestation since 2008.
4Motion Adult Dance: Get A Move On! Basement
Looking for a fitness class that makes exercise fun? Well 4Motion’s Get a Move On! adult dance class may just be for you! We meet every Tuesday evening kick starting with an intense yet fun fitness session, followed by deep yoga stretches, then onto the dance routines that promise to challenge and make you smile! We have an open door policy where everyone is welcome, from the total beginner to the experienced dancer. Our aim is to spread the contemporary modern dance word making it accessible and fun, so drop in and give it a go!
Tuesdays until 10 december (excluding 26 nov) 7.35pm-8.45pm £65 for 10-weeks / £7 drop-in
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No Handbags’ work focuses on non-verbal and visual performing skills such as mask, puppetry and mime. The company devises original, contemporary theatre for performances, workshops and interactive installations and is developing an inclusive and exciting body of work through immersive and multi-sensory theatre. No Handbags has devised two major touring pieces - ‘Aquariana’ and ‘The Flicker Club’ - which visited venues including Hoxton Hall, The Beautiful Octopus Club @ The Albany (London), Pegasus Theatre (Oxford) and South Hill Park. If you are interested in joining the company or would like No Handbags to work with you e.g. developing a project, contact Matt Young (Artistic Director), 07814 660 817, nohandbagsmail@gmail.com.
Mondays 10am-3pm
SOTA Stage School
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SOTA Seeds
Swing & Jive
Basement SOTA Seeds classes provide a fabulous introduction to performing arts for little ones. Watch them flourish as they explore through dance, singing and drama.
Ages 4-6 years
Tuesdays 10th september - 26th November (excludes 22 & 29 oct) Tuesdays 3.45pm-4.30pm
Ages 3-5 years
Sundays 15th september - 1st december (excludes 27 Oct & 03 Nov) Sundays 10am-10.45am £78 per 10 week term
Musical Theatre Class
Basement
Learn the original swing dance from the 1930s, 40s and 50s (aka the Lindy hope or Jitterbug)! Can be danced to everything from Big Band swing (Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Count Basie) through Rock ‘n’ Roll, the lounge swing of Bobby Darin, Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack and modern artists like Michael Bublé!
Beginners 8pm-9pm Learn the basic swing steps and some fun moves! No previous experience needed! No partner needed!
Intermediates 9pm-10pm
4MDT Youth Company
Basement Have a ball learning songs, dances and acting scenes from West End and Broadway musicals with our highly experienced acting, dance and singing coaches.
Move your dancing on with more complex rhythms, moves and combinations including Swing out, Lindy hop charleston and variations. No partner needed!
Auditorium
Ages 8-14 years
Mondays 8pm-10pm £30 per 5 week block (includes free entry to Friday Night Jive!) £8 per session
Led by Artistic Directors Elaine & Dean
Mondays 02 septmber - 16 december
4MDT Youth Co. is 4Motion’s young professional dance theatre company. The Company has won awards for Best Choreography (British Red Cross, Dance for Life 2009) and Diversity (2010), performed at the 2010 Big Dance event in London, invited to perform at Eton Chapel’s annual Christmas Service in 2011 & 2012, performed at Dorney Lake as part of the Cultural Olympiad Performances (July 2012), and has recently performed at South Hill Park as part of the Lift Off Dance Festival 2013. 4MDT workshops are for dedicated young people who enjoy dance and theatre, have a passion to explore advanced choreographic methods, and a drive to create and perform original performances. 4MDT will be working towards their premier performance at the Brighton Fringe Festival this summer.
Tuesday 10th september - 26th November (excludes 22 & 29 oct)
Sundays 15th september - 1st december (excludes 27 Oct & 03 Nov)
Every Friday from Friday 13th september - 20th december
Wednesdays 18 september - 20 november (excluding 30 oct)
Sundays 10.30am-1.30pm £245 per 10 week term
6pm-7pm £5 per session
5.45pm-7.30pm / £80.00
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Tuesdays 4.30pm-5.45pm £120 per 10 week term
SOTA Sunday Stage School Basement SOTA School enables 6-16 year olds to develop skills in dance, singing and drama in a creative and stimulating environment. Working in three age groups, pupils rotate between three workshops lead by professionally trained workshop leaders and performers. The emphasis is on fun through confidence building, skills development and self expression.
Ages 6-16 years
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Space varies A hairbrush holding, loud and lively singing group for absolutely everyone, singing your way from ABBA to Queen to U2 and even have a stab at 3 part harmonies! The Sing Out group now numbers over 30 singers and meets up at The Firestation every Friday evening at the end of a long week to relax, de-stress and Sing Out!
Box Office: 01753 866 865 info@firestationartscentre.com www.firestationartscentre.com
Life Drawing
Blossom Ballet
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. You can be left to your own devises or alternately tutor, Patrick Palmer, is happy to give advice. Each week there is a nude model to study, holding various times poses of different lengths.
Blossom Ballet offers a new way to learn through exciting movement classes derived from imaginative play, providing a sound foundation for dance, education and social needs.
Basement
Patrick is a professional artist with over 20 years of experience in life-drawing. He was classically trained at Heatherley’s School of Art (Chelsea) and at The National College of Art and Design (Dublin). He was also given extensive personal tuition by Michael Clack, a close friend of Francis Bacon and by Bobby Gill, an honorary lecturer at The Royal Academy.
Blossom Ballet and its syllabi were created and carefully designed by pre-school professionals specifically for babies, toddlers and young children.
Inspirational pictures, props and instruments are used but most importantly, Blossom Ballet is about having lots of fun and making new friends. Children naturally progress throughout the levels according to their age.
Every Sunday from Sunday 15th september - 15th december
Upon graduation from Blossom Ballet, pupils are welcome to join Hawthorne School of Dance to continue their learning in Ballet, Tap and Street.
5.30pm-7.30pm £10 drop in, £8 with Advantage Card/Conc/Mem
Monday 16 september - Saturday 14 december
£80 for 10 sessions
Seeds [18-26 months]
(half term mon 28 oct - sat 02 Nov)
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Wed & Thu 9.45am-10.15am £72
Glitter Box Burlesque
Mon 2.30pm-3.00pm £72 Wed & Thu 10.25am-10.55am £72
Basement
Discover the art of tease with Glitter Box Burlesque classes. Learn peeling, tracing, core moves, prop work and routines. Plus you have the opportunity to join the Glitter Box Fairies in the end of term show. Whether you are learning for fun, fitness or thrills, Burlesque is ideal for everyone, of any age or shape. The only things we’ll be stripping off are your inhibitions.
Every wednesday from 04 september - 04 december (excludes 02 & 30 october)
7pm - 8pm £8 per session / £40 for six sessions
Saplings (27-36 months] Saplings+Buds [3 years]
Hawthorne School of Dance
Classical Ballet - Delivered in a fun and imaginative manner with classes divided by age and ability - suitable for girls, boys, beginners and improvers. Optional examinations validated by the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) Tap dance - delivered in an energetic and interactive manner with classes divided by age and ability - suitable for girls, boys, beginners and improvers. Optional examinations validated by the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing) Street - Inspirational, energetic and funky classes delivered by dancing professionals working within the commercial industry - suitable for girls, boys, beginners and improvers.
Monday 16 september - Saturday 14 december (half term mon 28 oct - sat 02 Nov)
Street Dance [7 yrs+] Mon 6.45pm-7.30pm £60
Pre-Primary ISTD Ballet & Tap [5 yrs] Mon 4.55pm-5.45pm £96
level 2 ballet & tap [year 2] Mon 5.50pm-6.40pm £96
Mon 1.45pm-2.25pm £72
Primary ISTD Ballet & tap [years 1 & 2]
Buds [3 yrs]
Sat 12.30pm-1.20pm £96
Wed & Thu 11.05am-11.45am £84 Sat 10.00am-10.40am £84
istd pre-primary Ballet & Tap [reception]
Blossom ISTD Ballet & Tap [4 years]
NEW ISTD primary modern & tap [reception/year 1]
Mon 3.10pm-3.55pm £90 Wed 3.50pm-4.35pm £90 Sat 10.45am-11.30am £90
NEW istd grade1/2 modern & tap [years 2 & 3]
Mon 4.00pm-4.50pm £96 Mon 4.55pm-5.35pm £96 Wed 5.35pm-6.25pm £96
Blossom/Pre-Primary ISTD Ballet & Tap [4 & 5 yrs]
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Wed 4.40pm-5.30pm £90 Sat 11.35am-12.25am £90
Windsor Photographic Society
Primary ISTD Ballet & Tap [5 & 6 yrs]
The Windsor Photographic Society is one of the largest photographic societies in the UK. Members enjoy a friendly atmosphere with a varied and stimulating programme of practical help, creative sessions, speakers, competitions and social evenings.
For more information please visit: www.blossomballet.com
Auditorium
classes & workshops
Mon 4.00pm-4.50pm £90 Sat 12.30am-1.20pm £90
Mondays 16 september - 16 december (excluding 29 september) 8.00pm-10.30pm Contact: Chris Towler on chris.towler@talk21.com mob: 07917878315
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