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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 19 Autumn/Winter Programme September- December 2014
HELLO I’m grateful that we always have loads of new stuff to tell you about, each time I start to write this little prologue. Coming up with things to say here would loads tougher if we were always the same, consistent, reliable, predictable, safe. I know these words are usually held up as positive words, to treasure and label up good things, but we’re not so keen on them here. Unexpected, surprising, confusing, even chaotic are much more our kind of words, not least because “new” tends to hang out with them much more than the previous list. This time, I don’t even mean “new” in the new artists, new season, new space, new music etc etc kind of way. No, no. WAY newer than that. This time we’re all about new ideas and entirely new ways of doing things. “How so Dan? How much more new than new music can you get?” I hear you cry. Well I’ll tell you, with our super-new Neo-Ticketing experiment, that’s how. Yep, so new it’s an experiment, not even a proper thing. We’re very, very excited about it, and just for you here’s the game-cheat, plot spoiler version of what it’s all about. When we set the price for an event, we consider how much it’s costing us, how much we need to earn and how much we think you’ll pay. When you buy a ticket you think about how much it is somewhere else, how much you want to go, and all the times you’ve bought a ticket before. So, with all these variables - some predictable, some entirely personal - why do we set a fixed ticket price? Why not let it float, or at least shift. That way you can pick one up when the price matches your expectations and artists, shows etc will earn a fairer reflection of how much you think they’re worth. Cool huh? This season our prices are in ranges, they’re basically cheaper the earlier you buy them, but you’ll get more info from our web page at: www.firestationartscentre.com/neo-ticketing. And I’m out of room. Happy hunting, Dan
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CONTENTS SEPOCTNOVDEC2014 HOW TO FIND US
BEAT MAGAZINE ’S CULTURAL R A DA R
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Laughing Coyote comedy listings
BEAT MAGAZINE Things We Like
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.
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DJ & Bar Events
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Kid’s Club
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Classes and Workshops
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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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
We are a fifteen minute walk from Windsor & Eton Riverside Station or ten minutes from Windsor Central Station.
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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.
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LAUGHING COYOTE MIDWEEK HOWLERS Thursday 04 Sep, 8.30pm Thursday 02 Oct, 8.30pm Thursday 06 Nov, 8.30pm Thursday 04 Dec, 8.30pm
Loft Tickets: £3.75-£6.25 (Sep/Oct) £2.50-£7.50 (Nov/Dec) Finnius Grenfell hosts this monthly intimate gag-fest where brand new and established comedians test out fresh ideas and flog a few dead ones! Midweek Howlers is a unique night, watching some of the top acts on the UK circuit develop new material... PLUS our favourites doing a full headline set. Laughing Coyote past acts include NISH KUMAR, ED GAMBLE, JOHN ROBINS, WILL FRANKEN AND MANY MORE…
Sunday 07 September, 12.30pm
LAST OF THE SUMMER BARBECUE FEATURING BAR POP! DJS Bars FREE entry We’ve been running our famous and delicious barbecues all summer long, with guest DJs, labels and burgers a plenty. Join us for the last hoorah before the rains set in! And whilst you’re chowing down and an Aphex Twin with slaw and a Brooklyn, indulge yourself in ultimate 3 minute Pop classics from Taylor Swift to 5ive, all day long... Because the best things in life happen in under three minutes!
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Friday 12 September, 8pm
DANNY BUCKLER’S
MAGIC SALON The Auditorium Tickets: £11.25-£18.75 ‘The Secrets of Magic’ host, seasoned stand-up and cruise ship escapee Danny Buckler presents three of the biggest names on the UK magic scene, in an evening of illusion, card tricks and mystery & a chat show revealing how a magician’s mind works. Danny is a warm and generous host – who tells tales of being a magician and comedian with a verve for the artistic and theatrical. A firm favourite of Laughing Coyote and The Firestation, this time Danny joins forces with: Pickpocket entertainer - JAMES FREEDMAN Magician and magic designer - BEN HART PLUS a very special mystery guest, oh yes! “A Hancockian treasure!” - Russell Brand
Saturday 13 September, 8pm
YOUNG GUNS The Auditorium Tickets: £3.75-£6.25 A brand new, new music night, showcasing some of the brightest young bands and songwriters emerging in the South East music scene. From classic singer-songwriters to EDM future stars, Young Guns brings the next big thing right to you, right now. Check our website for full line up details.
Friday 19 September, 8.30pm LAUGHING COYOTE PRESENTS
HOWLING IN THE BASEMENT Basement Studio Tickets: £9.35-£15.65
After the great success of Laughing Coyote’s Midweek Howlers, LC have taken a bite out of larger comedy nights once a month in the Basement, and they smashed it! Featuring some of your favourite acts, emerging artists and established headliners, come on down and get your comedy fix! This season’s guests include; John Robins, Danny Buckler, Phil Nicol, Bec Hill and Matt Winning - plus loads more! Check out the Laughing Coyote website: www.laughingcoyotecomedy.comw
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Saturday 20 September, 1pm KID’S CLUB CINEMA
THE LEGO MOVIE The Auditorium Tickets: £5 Adults / £2.50 Child / £1 Members / Envy / Advantage card holders. Emmet thinks he’s just your regular Lego mini-figure, but he soon discovers he’s a bit more special than that. Join Emmet and his friends on an epic adventure to save the Lego universe from the evil Lord Business and a whole load of glue.
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WHO CAN MAKE YOUR STUFF LO0K
Saturday 20 September, 8.30pm
JOLLY GOOD
THE LITTLE UNSAID The Auditorium Tickets: £3.75-£6.25 The Little Unsaid is the pseudonym of John Elliott, Yorkshire-born multi-instrumentalist, producer and writer who records and performs a unique blend of folk, electronica, poetic lyricism and lavish orchestration. His 2013 album ‘Dig For The Promise’ was mixed and co-produced by Graeme Stewart (producer and engineer for Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood) and featured acoustic arrangements entwined around electronic beats and melodies constructed from ‘found sounds’ recorded around the streets of London. The single ‘Midnight On An Island’ received repeated BBC 6music radio play and was hailed by esteemed indie music blog Dots and Dashes as one of the genre’s ‘grandest successes thus far.’
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Saturday 27 September, 8pm
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Paul Robeson is a great and famous actor, singer and civil rights campaigner. When he gets too radical and outspoken for the establishment’s liking, he is branded a traitor to his country, is harassed and denied opportunities to perform or travel.
to the Senate House Un-American Activities Committee.
This rollercoaster journey through Robeson’s remarkable life highlights how his activism caused him to be disowned and disremembered, even by leaders and descendants of the civil rights movement. It features some famous songs (including a dramatic rendition of Ol’ Man River), speeches, and a spectacularly defiant testimony
“Aluko does a fine job ... First-rate” ... an admirable introduction to a great pioneering performer” H H H H - The Guardian
One of the 20th Century’s most impressive but overlooked figures is revived in this powerful, compelling tour-de-force performance, performed at New York’s Carnegie Hall in February 2012.
“One of the most memorable plays ... of 2013” - Clive Anderson, BBC R4 Loose Ends.
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Things we like on 29th July Christo Viola’s sexy, sultry and dark artists portrait for Lemonade Gallery. One of our favourite photographers and now with violins.. RAMPANT!! Things we like on March 17th Lovely short film with Giles Deacon on the past and future of the label, from our friends at Crane.tv
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Things we like on March 4th kissing of course, and lots of it… but as well as that, this sultry and soulful snippet of electronica from unsigned (yes, we know!), sort-of-Russian siren Shura
Things we like on July 4th. Red Stripe - top down - Portobello cruising courtesy of West London kickers Only Real
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Thursday 02 October, 8.30pm
Thursday 02/03/04 October, 8pm
MIDWEEK HOWLERS
WINDSOR FRINGE
The Loft Tickets: £3.75-£6.25 Finnius Grenfell hosts this monthly intimate gag-fest where brand new and established comedians test out fresh ideas and flog a few dead ones! For the full listing please turn to Page 4.
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KENNETH BRANAGH AWARD FOR NEW DRAMA WRITING The Auditorium Tickets: £10 Now a major fixture in the theatrical cultural calendar, see The Three Winning Plays selected from 309 scripts from 15 countries. The plays will be performed nightly and after the Saturday performance the £500 Winner will be announced. Blown Apart by Michelle Warwicker. Directed by Mary Fitzgerald A mysterious, young reporter quizzes a celebrated war correspondent on her retirement. Leena knows more about Claire’s dubious past than she realises and she’s
Sunday 05 October, 8pm
FAUSTUS The Auditorium
Tickets: £10.50-£17.50 / £9.75-£16.25 Members Nominated in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, the Faustus triumvirate are three of the leading lights of their generation: Saul Rose (Waterson:Carthy, Whapweazel), Benji Kirkpatrick (Seth Lakeman Band, Bellowhead) and Paul Sartin (Bellowhead, Belshazzar’s Feast). They have a trunk load of experience between them, brought together via Faustus in a virtuosic display of musicianship and testosterone.
Friday 03 October, 9pm
FRIDAY NIGHT JIVE The Auditorium Tickets: £3.75-£6.25 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 on selected Friday nights! All jive/swing styles and non-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.
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Faustus came together in 2006 as an evolution of the award winning band Dr. Faustus. They made an eponymous debut album in 2008, produced by Stu Hanna and released by Navigator Records, which saw them nominated as the Best Group in the 2009 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards. Since then they’ve headlined festivals and played sell-out concerts around the UK and Europe. “Everything that’s best in modern traditional music” - Acoustic “A distinctive blend of subtlety and attack.” H H H H - The Guardian
determined to dig it up, forcing Claire to confront her past actions and ethics in the field. HomeTruth by Adam Hughes. Directed by Francis Watson-Laflamme Petre is a young, naive girl from Eastern Europe who moves to England hoping for a better life. Whilst sharing a house, she develops a strong bond with another Eastern European Russian, also pursuing his dreams in the UK. Yet, as their relationship grows, it becomes clear that they both hold secrets they cannot leave behind. No Cure Yet for the Horse Chesnuts by Katy Walker. Directed by Paul Chitty Christo is a Horse Chesnut expert from Bulgaria, newly arrived in the UK. He’s come to share his expertise and raise money to move his family from their dying village to a new life. He arrives full of enthusiasm but doesn’t receive the welcome he’d hoped for.
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Thursday 09 October, 8pm
HITCHIN’S LAB
OCTOBER
Friday 10 October, 8.30pm
Thursday 16 October, 6.30pm
HOWLING IN THE BASEMENT
FIRESTATION BOOK SWAP
Basement Studio Tickets: £9.35 - £15.65
The Auditorium £3.75 - £6.25
After the great success of Laughing Coyote’s Midweek Howlers, LC have taken a bite out of larger comedy nights once a month in the Basement, and they smashed it! Featuring some of your favourite acts, emerging artists and established headliners, come on down and get your comedy fix!
Novelist Marie Phillips (author of Gods Behaving Badly) and publisher Scott Pack host your favourite evening of conversation and banter at this ever popular, nay ground breaking, literary event.
This season’s guests include; John Robins, Danny Buckler, Phil Nicol, Bec Hill and Matt Winning - plus loads more! Check out the Laughing Coyote website: www.laughingcoyotecomedy.com On-the-door ticket price starts 2 hours before doors open.
The Auditorium Tickets: Free
Back by popular demand, The Firestation presents a revamped, supercharged and thoroughly kickin’ Hitchin’s Lab; an open-stage event where you take the stage! A fantastic free open stage night for all art forms, Hitchin’s invites all and any performers to get on the stage: poetry, music, a monologue, stand-up comedy or anything else! There are performance slots right through the night, so if you need to get your music out there, try out some new comedy material, show off your latest dance routine or fancy performing your favourite monologue, get in touch! Hitchin’s is open to amateur and professional performers, and the audience favourite on the night wins their own show at The Firestation!
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 a book along with them, perhaps one that’s unwanted, or maybe it’s soooo good you have to share it which you can swap for another as the night goes on. Oh, and there’s tea and cake! Plenty of tea and cake!
Saturday 18 October, 3pm
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON The Auditorium Tickets: £7.50-£12.50 / £6.35-£10.65 Concessions / £24 - £40 Family It’s the moon’s birthday! He is having a party and we’re all invited… YEAH! But how do we get there? Join the fantastic Wriggle Dance Theatre as they journey to the moon through strange, distant lands and meet some curious characters along the way. Incorporating dance, live music and audience interactivity, this dance theatre piece offers 3-6 year olds and their parents a truly magical experience.
Performance slots can vary in length, but we request that you keep performances to no more than 15mins.
To book your space contact us via boxoffice@firestationartscentre.com (first come first served)
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Saturday 18th October, 8pm Onwards
7UP Bars
West London’s infamous all-comers DJ night kicks off all over again! How it works.. • Pick 7 awesome tunes
Saturday 25 October, 1pm
• Bring them down on an iPod, CD or other such thingy
KID’S CLUB CINEMA
• Write your name on the board • Play them loud • If they’re rubbish, you’ll get gonged off • If they’re super-wicked and quite sick, you’ll win the coveted 7UP prize and lusty looks from your gender of choice!
MUPPETS MOST WANTED The Auditorium Tickets: £5 Adults / £2.50 Child / £1 Members / Envy / Advantage Card holders. Kermit and his muppet chums are enjoying they’re re-found fame and fortune when the sneaky Dominic Badguy offers them a world tour. What they don’t know is that it’s a cunning plan by evil frog Constantine to pull off the crime of the century. Will they suss him out in time??
Friday 24 October, 8pm
Saturday 25 October, 8.30pm
Wednesday 29 October, 8pm
KATHERINE RYAN
PLASTIC GROOVE RELEASE PARTY
SPIRO
The Auditorium Tickets: £12 / £10 Concession
The Auditorium Tickets: Free
The Auditorium Tickets: £9-£15 / £7.50-£12.50 Members
A dude who is fast becoming a recognisable face on British TV with appearances on BBC 1’s Live At The Apollo & Let’s Dance for Comic Relief, BBC 2’s Mock The Week, QI & Never Mind The Buzzcocks, C4’s 8 Out of 10 Cats and more, Katherine Ryan embarks on her second UK stand-up tour.
Plastic Groove celebrate their first record release with DJs Jane Fitz and Dario de Marco and live sets from Money House Club and One Formation.
‘The sounds that hit you first are sounds that you are familiar with; they sound folky, but once you start listening to the music and how it’s composed you hear elements of systems music – people like Steve Reich, Philip Glass, dance music. All sorts of musical influences are woven into this very contemporary music. This is soulful music, passionate music and I love it.’ - Peter Gabriel
The fresh, often dangerously fierce pop-culture obsessed Canadian, was unaffected by publicized death threats and survived the world’s first crack smoking mayor. ‘Warped wit...striking presence...killer lines...calm confidence.’ - Scotsman www.katherineryan.co.uk @kathbum
Jane Fitz (Night Moves) has DJ’d at parties for both Brothers’ Vibe’s Mixx and Paris’ MyLoveIsUnderground labels, as well as playing in Berlin, Belgrade, Bratislava, Detroit, New York and London’s Fabric. Over the years her reputation has built around legendary sets at underground parties and clubs like Secretsundaze, DiY, Wiggle, Scuba, Kiss Me Again and Arthouse. Money House Club present their first live set following their debut album “Signal” released on Foliage Records.
Spiro first came together through Bristol’s folk sessions scene in 1993, trading under the name of The Famous Five. Now, a full 16 years later, they’ve just gotten around to releasing their third album Kaleidophonica. Their first album for Real World Records, ‘Lightbox’, received ecstatic reviews across the board, as journalists struggled to express their wonder: ‘One of the most imaginative acoustic groups around…. incredible’ - Mark Radcliffe, The Folk Show, BBC Radio 2 Don’t miss this!
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YOUR AT-A-GLANCE GUIDE TO ALL EVENTS AND PERFORMANCES FROM SEPTEMBER THROUGH TO DECEMBER. FOR ALL UP-TO-DATE INFO PLEASE CHECK OUR WEBSITE WWW.FIRESTATIONARTSCENTRE.COM OR CALL THE BOX OFFICE 01753 866865
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
01 MON
10am No Handbags term begins 8pm Swing & Jive term begins 8pm Windsor Photographic term begins
01 WED
02 TUES
from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
02 THU
8pm Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award 8.30pm Midweek Howlers
03 WED
7pm Glitter Box Burlesque term begins
03 FRI
8pm Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award 9pm Friday Night Jive
04 THU
8.30pm Midweek Howlers
04 SAT
8pm Windsor Fringe Kenneth Branagh Award
05 FRI
10am Messy Monets term begins 6pm Sing Out! term begins 9pm Friday Night Jive
05 SUN
8pm Faustus
06 SAT 07 SUN
06 MON 12.30pm Last of the Summer BBQ feat. Bar Pop! Djs 5.30pm Life Drawing term begins
08 MON 09 TUE
07 TUE
from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
08 WED from 7pm Marvellous Medicines SOTA Stage School term begins
09 THU
8pm Hitchin’s Lab
10 WED
10 FRI
8.30pm Howling in the Basement
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11 SAT
12 FRI
8pm Danny Buckler’s Magic Salon
12 SUN
13 SAT
8pm Young Guns
13 MON
14 SUN
10.30am SOTA Sunday Stage School term begins
14 TUE
15 MON
Blossom Ballet & Hawthorn School of Dance begins
15 WED
16 TUE
from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
16 THU
17 WED 8pm Red Hat Salsa term begins
18 SAT
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8.30pm Howling in the Basement
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20 SAT
1pm Kid’s Club Cinema: Lego Movie 8pm Bar Pop! 8.30pm The Little Unsaid
20 MON
21 SUN
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22 MON
22 WED from 7pm Marvellous Medicines 4MDT Youth Company term begins 4Motion term begins
24 WED 25 THU
4.15pm Firestation Youth Theatre term begins
26 FRI 27 SAT
6.30pm The Firestation Book Swap
17 FRI
18 THU
23 TUE
from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
3pm Once in a Blue Moon 8pm 7UP
from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
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8pm Katherine Ryan
25 SAT
1pm Kid’s Club: Muppets Most Wanted 8:30pm Plastic Groove Release Party
26 SUN 8pm Call Mr Robeson
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from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
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29 WED
8pm Spiro
30 TUE
from 7pm Marvellous Medicines
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8.30pm Midweek Howlers
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9pm Friday Night Jive
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8pm The Fleas
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8pm Jarred Christmas plus support
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1pm Kid’s Club: How to Train Your Dragon 2 7.30pm Sara Pascoe vs History 8pm Strange & Beautiful
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5pm & 8pm Hunger Games Prequel
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8pm MR James’ Casting the Runes
1pm Kid’s Club: Ghostbusters
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8pm Glitter Box Burlesque Christmas Dreams
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12.30 & 2.30pm The Christmassy Christmas Show of Christmassy Christmas 8pm A Christmas 7UP
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8.30pm Howling in the Basement
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8pm Pete Johansson
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12.30 & 2.30pm Santa in Love
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28 FRI
8pm The Discount Comedy Checkout
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31 WED
from 8pm Into The Future New Years Eve Party
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 19 Autumn/Winter Programme September- December 2014
Sarah Maple “Recovering Misogynist�
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Csaba Kis Roka “Boredom”
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NOVEMBER
The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 19 Autumn/Winter Programme September- December 2014
Thursday 06 November, 8.30pm
Friday 07 November, 9pm
Saturday 08 November, 8pm
MIDWEEK HOWLERS
FRIDAY NIGHT JIVE
THE FLEAS
The Loft Tickets: £2.50-£7.50
The Auditorium Tickets: £2.50-£7.50
The Auditorium Tickets: £3-£9
Finnius Grenfell hosts this monthly intimate gag-fest where brand new and established comedians test out fresh ideas and flog a few dead ones!
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 on selected Friday nights! All jive/swing styles and non-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.
The Fleas are a London based Indie band mashing together vintage influences with fresh grooves, landing somewhere between The Kinks and the Pixies. A Brit Indie base for a hundred different toppings, from kitchen sink dramas to love songs at the end of the world, it’s a heady brew.
For the full listing please turn to Page 4.
Friday 14 November, 8pm
JARRED CHRISTMAS PLUS SUPPORT
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The Auditorium
Over recent months The Fleas have played a load of festivals, including Hamswell, Stanstead Abbott, Uplands, Ploughstock and In the City, as well as recording two sessions at the BBC for 6Music.
Tickets: £5-£15
At the age of 34 Jarred is reflecting on a life of accidental trials leading to a pre-midlife crisis of a Man with no hobby. So how did he get here?
- At the age of 16 he took a “Male Grooming and Confidence” course and became a catwalk model for a day
- At the age of 12 he accidentally dabbled in the occult
- At the age of 19 he pretended to be gay to break up with a girl, he pretended to be a Christian to kiss another girl and he went out with a dancer who cracked his rib with her thighs.
- At the age of 15 he joined the porn industry as a low level supplier
- At the age of 34 he thought all these stories should make for a good comedy show.
- At the age of 8 he wanted to be the Milky Bar Kid
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NOVEMBER
Saturday 15 November, 7.30pm
SARA PASCOE vs. HISTORY The Auditorium Tickets: £6-£8 / £5-£15 Concessions
SARA PASCOE, star of Stand Up For the Week and Campus (C4), Live at the Apollo, QI, Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Mock The Week and Twenty Twelve (BBC) presents her first ever UK tour show.
Saturday 15 November, 1pm KID’S CLUB CINEMA:
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 The Auditorium Tickets: £5 Adults / £2.50 Child / £1 Members / Envy / Advantage Card Holders Whilst their friends are busy dragon racing, Hiccup and Toothless discover a secret ice cave, home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the centre of an epic battle to protect the peace.
With a comedy brain that leaps from stimulating arguments onto abstract confabulation with lumpy doses of openness, honesty and earnestness, Sara shares her romantic history, existential theory and cultural insights. The past contains wars, witches, Kim Jong-il and your ex. Your brain can recall being a child, while your body remembers being a monkey. Everything that has happened shapes who we are today… ‘An exhilarating, deeply satisfying show’ - The Times ’Pascoe’s lively mind teases out big questions with intelligence, silliness and self-deprecation’ - The Guardian
Sunday 16 November 5pm & 8pm
HUNGER GAMES PREQUEL Auditorium Tickets: £6-£18 for both / £3.75-£11.25 each
With the hugely anticipated Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1 released the week after, what better way to spend your Sunday than revisiting the epic, heartpumping first two films back to back. 17:00 The Hunger Games In a bleak, dystopian future Panem is divided in to 12 districts, controlled mercilessly by the Capitol. Every year each district must offer two young people to take part in the to-the-death battle, The Hunger Games. This year, Katniss Everdeen must enter the arena. 20:00 The Hunger Games Catching Fire One year after winning the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss & Peeta’s Winner’s Tour is cut short for a special edition of the Games with all of the previous winners. It’s terrifying, tactical and brutal Katniss & Peeta’s only chance of survival is to make alliances with the other competitors.
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 19 Autumn/Winter Programme September- December 2014
Friday 21 November, 8.30pm
Saturday 22 November, 8pm
HOWLING IN THE BASEMENT
PETE JOHANSSON – SEVERAL JOKES
Basement Studio Tickets: £6.25-£18.75
The Auditorium Tickets: £6-£18 / £5-£15 Concessions
After the great success of Laughing Coyote’s Midweek Howlers, LC have taken a bite out of larger comedy nights once a month in the Basement, and they smashed it! Featuring some of your favourite acts, emerging artists and established headliners, come on down and get your comedy fix!
After touring the country with Reginald D Hunter, Pete Johansson embarks on his solo tour with ‘Several Jokes’. Nuanced and layered, provocative and silly, all in one spectacular examination of his various fears and faults that enlighten the spirit and educate the soul. Plus there’s animal talk.
This season’s guests include; John Robins, Danny Buckler, Phil Nicol, Bec Hill and Matt Winning - plus loads more!
“Johansson is assured, relaxed, open and gently hilarious onstage. This is observational, anecdotal, autobiographical comedy at its best.’ - The Scotsman
Check out the Laughing Coyote website: www.laughingcoyotecomedy.com
“Supremely Entertaining” - The Independent “Laughter fest… Hilarious” - The List
Our fully licensed bar is open 7 days a week with the best jukebox in town and regular music and media events
MARVELLOUS MEDICINES Every Tuesday night from 7:00pm
LOVE & EMPTINESS Saturday 15 November from 8:00pm
Saturday 20 September, 8:00pm
Friday 28 November, 8pm
THE DISCOUNT COMEDY CHECKOUT The Auditorium Tickets: £5-£15
Five-star rated, hilarious improvisation comedy show! Something a little different to your regular ol’ comedy night, is Comedy Checkout’s hugely entertaining night out where the suggestions come from the audience. 100% raw and unscripted, the Checkout is a brilliant slab of comedy chaos, you have to see it to believe it! Fans of Whose Line is it Anyway will love this! Fans of laughing hysterically at weird stuff made up from your freakish ideas, will also love this!
Saturday 1st November 8.00pm
Featuring performers Chris Lumb, Natalie Smeaton, Eddie french and Terri Shaw. Adults only! “They blew the roof off” - Toby Hadoke
idents s e r r u o f o from all ests s t h g i n r a gu rb Plus regula sprinkling of special AND a light
Saturday 18th October 8.00pm Saturday 20th December 8.00pm
West London’s infamous all-comers DJ night kicks off all over again! See pages 10 and 20
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“The best Improv group I’ve ever seen live” - Phil Walker
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Thursday 04 December, 8.30pm
Friday 05 December, 8pm
MIDWEEK HOWLERS
ANDY ZALTZMAN
FRIDAY NIGHT JIVE
The Loft Tickets: £2.50-£7.50
Auditorium Tickets: £6-£18 / £5-£15 Concessions & Members
Basement Studio Tickets: £2.50-£7.50
Finnius Grenfell hosts this monthly intimate gag-fest where brand new and established comedians test out fresh ideas and flog a few dead ones!
Your chance to have the issues you care about satirised to order by one of Britain’s leading political comedians.
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 on selected Friday nights! All jive/swing styles and non-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.
For the full listing please turn to Page 4.
“Probably the best satirical comic we’ve produced in the last two decades. Intelligent, biting and silly” – Time Out, London “Political comedy at its best” – The Sunday Times
Friday 05 December, 9pm
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Thursday 11th December 8pm
M R JAMES’
CASTING THE RUNES The Auditorium
Tickets: £6-£18 / £5.50-£16.50 Concessions / £5-£15 Members M R James wrote his ghost stories to perform to friends in the years leading up to WW1. Today they’ve lost none of their power to terrify and amuse. Firestation Christmas favourite Nunkie Theatre returns with two more James classics, in another thrilling one-man show. In ‘Casting the Runes’ we meet the unforgettable Karswell – magic lanternist, occult historian and scourge of academe. It’s paired here with one of James’s most neglected masterpieces ‘The Residence at Whitminster’ in which a dark shadow looms over the precinct of a peaceful English church…
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Saturday 13 December, 1pm KID’S CLUB CINEMA
GHOSTBUSTERS The Auditorium Tickets: £5 Adults / £2.50 Child / £1 Members / Envy / Advantage Card holders. Celebrating its 30th birthday this year, Ghostbusters is the ultimate, ghoulish, slime filled family Christmas treat! Three unemployed parapsychologists set up a ghost busting service (in an old firestation… yes yes) and accidentally find a gateway to another dimension. As you do.
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Friday 19th December, 8pm
GLITTER BOX BURLESQUE CHRISTMAS DREAMS The Auditorium Tickets: £6-£18 / £5.50-£16.50 Members The Christmas time fairies are putting on their sparkliest corsets and getting ready to give you a festive treat you won’t forget in a hurry - mistletoe optional. With the usual dazzling array of girls, each with their own unique gift for you to unwrap - no matter who you are, there is something for everyone! Featuring comedy duo, Gin Et Tonqiue, Ex English National Ballet dancer (and now perfect peeling princess) Moonstone Rocket, Dollface, songstresses Kinka-Bell and Tiger Von Tassel AND starring the gorgeous Glitter Box Burlesque Class Girls, Glitter Box will make all your Christmas dreams come true, so welcome to The Sparkliest Box in town!
Saturday 20 December, 12.30pm & 2.30pm
THE CHRISTMASSY CHRISTMAS SHOW OF CHRISTMASSY CHRISTMAS The Auditorium Tickets: £4.50-£13.50 / £4.25-£12.75 Concessions / £16-£48 Family Get yourselves along to Squashbox Theatre’s fantastic new family show, that celebrates everything Christmassy, from fir trees and fairy lights, stockings and sleigh bells to cookies, crackers, presents and puddings! Meet a snowman who lives in the fridge, try and spot some naughty elves, hear the tale of the first Christmas Tree, play hunt the brussel sprout and endure the world’s worst Christmas jumper.
Saturday 20 December, 8pm
Monday 22 December, 12.30pm & 2.30pm
Wednesday 31 December
A CHRISTMAS 7UP
SANTA IN LOVE
INTO THE FUTURE
The Lower Bar
The Auditorium Tickets: £4.50-£13.50 / £4.25-£12.75 Concessions / £16-£48 Family
The Firestation’s infamous and amazing New Years Eve party grabs you buy the horns (or something) and drags you delirious and smiling into the future.
Have you ever wanted to know a secret? A Christmas secret? Maybe you’d like to know where the fairy on top of the Christmas tree comes from, or why you never see a Christmas elf, or what exactly happened to Frosty the Snowman?
Full details on our website, walls and table tops in the run up, but for now, save that date!
Or maybe you’d like to know the greatest secret of them all… the one about Santa Claus and the thing he secretly loves best. Could it be presents? Could it be reindeer? Could it be snow?
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West London’s infamous all-comers DJ night eats a face full of tinsel and gets all festive! How it works: • Pick 7 awesome, major Christmas tunes • Bring them down on an iPod, CD or other such thingy • Write your name on the board • Play them loud • If they’re rubbish, you’ll get gonged off • If they’re super-wicked and quite sick, you’ll win the coveted 7UP prize and lusty looks from your gender of choice!
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Join Santa and his friends in this fun filled family musical complete with games, giggles and all your favourite Christmas songs. Oh yes, and maybe, Santa just might be around after the show with - shhh - PRESENTS.
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SEPTEMBER
DECEMBER
Saturday 20 September, 1pm
Saturday 13 December, 1pm
THE LEGO MOVIE
GHOSTBUSTERS
(2014) 100mins Rating: PG
(1984) 105mins Rating: PG
Emmet thinks he’s just your regular Lego mini-figure, but he soon discovers he’s a bit more special than that. Join Emmet and his friends on an epic adventure to save the Lego universe from the evil Lord Business and a whole load of glue.
Celebrating its 30th birthday this year, Ghostbusters is the ultimate, ghoulish, slime filled family Christmas treat! Three unemployed parapsychologists set up a ghost busting service (in an old firestation… yes yes) and accidentally find a gateway to another dimension. As you do.
OCTOBER
Saturday 20 December, 12:30 & 2:30pm,
Saturday 18 October, 3pm
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON It’s the moon’s birthday! He is having a party and we’re all invited… YEAH! But how do we get there? Join the fantastic Wriggle Dance Theatre as they journey to the moon through strange, distant lands and meet some curious characters along the way.
THE CHRISTMASSY CHRISTMAS SHOW OF CHRISTMASSY CHRISTMAS Get yourselves along to Squashbox Theatre’s fantastic new family show, that celebrates everything Christmassy, from fir trees and fairy lights, stockings and sleigh bells to cookies, crackers, presents and puddings!
Incorporating dance, live music and audience interactivity, this dance theatre piece offers 3-6 year olds and their parents a truly magical experience.
Meet a snowman who lives in the fridge, try and spot some naughty elves, hear the tale of the first Christmas Tree, play hunt the brussel sprout and endure the world’s worst Christmas jumper.
£7.50 - £12.50, Concs £6.35 - £10.65, Family £24 - £40
£4.50 - £13.50, Concessions £4.25 - £12.75, Family £16 - £48
Saturday 25 October, 1pm
5+
MUPPETS MOST WANTED
Monday 22 December, 12:30 & 2:30pm,
(2014) 107mins Rating: PG Kermit and his muppet chums are enjoying they’re refund fame and fortune when the sneaky Dominic Badguy offers them a world tour. What they don’t know is that it’s a cunning plan by evil frog Constantine to pull off the crime of the century. Will they suss him out in time??
NOVEMBER Saturday 15 November, 1pm
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2 (2014) 102mins Rating: PG Whilst their friends are busy dragon racing, Hiccup and Toothless discover a secret ice cave, home to hundreds of new wild dragons and the mysterious Dragon Rider, the two friends find themselves at the centre of an epic battle to protect the peace.
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SANTA IN LOVE Have you ever wanted to know a secret? A Christmas secret? Maybe you’d like to know where the fairy on top of the Christmas tree comes from, or why you never see a Christmas elf, or what exactly happened to Frosty the Snowman? Or maybe you’d like to know the greatest secret of them all… the one about Santa Claus and the thing he secretly loves best. Could it be presents? Could it be reindeer? Could it be snow? Join Santa and his friends in this fun filled family musical complete with games, giggles and all your favourite Christmas songs. Oh yes, and maybe, Santa just might be around after the show with - shhh - PRESENTS. £4.50 - £13.50, Concessions £4.25 - £12.75, Family £16 - £48
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The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture Issue 19 Autumn/Winter Programme September- December 2014
CLASSES&WORKSHOPS 4MDT YOUTH COMPANY ‘THE RED CARPET’
SOTA STAGE SCHOOL
LED BY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS ELAINE & DEAN
SOTA SEEDS
AUTUMN TERM: TUES 23RD SEPTEMBER – TUESDAY 2ND DECEMBER 2014 (EXCL. 28TH OCT)
Basement Studio
SPARKS 5-7 yrs
4.30-5.20pm / £65.00 Jam packed with fun, laughter, and heaps of energy! Children will develop confidence through movement story telling, choreography games and performing as a team. Creative play is at the heart of this class and everyone can join in the dancing adventure!
FLAMES 8-10yrs
5.20-6.20pm / £70.00 These workshops are action packed and focus on learning fun routines, gaining confidence and devising interesting new choreography. Children are encouraged to input their ideas, explore their creativity, and experience the value of working as a team.
HEAT
11-12yrs 5.20-6.20pm / £70.00 The transitional class from FLAMES to BLAZE, involving an intermediate approach to dance technique and choreography skills. HEAT dancers have the opportunity to become 4Motion Dance Assistants to develop young leadership skills.
BLAZE 13yrs+
6.20-7.30pm / £75.00
Blaze is ideal for those wishing to study or currently studying GCSE Dance, Theatre and Performing Arts, and those with a genuine passion and dedication for creative arts. BLAZE classes involve an advanced approach to dance technique, contact work, and choreography and performance skills. All 4Motion groups take part in the end of term 4Motion Youth Dance Performance at the Firestation Arts Centre
..................................................................... 4MOTION ADULT DANCE: GET A MOVE ON! Basement Studio
Looking for an alternative to the gym, something that’s energetic and original? Then join 4Motion’s popular adult dance class ‘Get A Move On’ for a fun dance and fitness experience. The Firestations’ professional resident dance company has created a totally unique contemporary dance class that welcomes anyone who wants to try something new or 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. To find out more please contact Elaine on elaine@4motiondancetheatre.co.uk or 07792859254.
EVERY TUESDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER- 2ND DECEMBER (EXCL. 28TH OCT) 7.35pm-8.45pm £70 for 10-weeks / £8 drop-in
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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 9TH SEPTEMBER - 25TH NOVEMBER (EXCL. 21ST & 28TH OCT) 3.45pm-4.30pm
AGES 3-5 YEARS
SUNDAYS 14TH SEPTEMBER - 30TH NOVEMBER (EXCL. 26TH OCT 2ND NOV) 10am-10.45am £78 per 10 week term
MUSICAL THEATRE CLASS Have a ball learning songs, dances and acting scenes from West End and Broadway musicals with our highly experienced acting, dance and singing coaches.
AGES 8-14 YEARS
TUESDAYS 9TH SEPTEMBER - 25TH NOVEMBER (EXCL. 21ST & 28TH OCT) 4.30pm-5.45pm £120 per 10 week term
SOTA SUNDAY STAGE SCHOOL
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.
NO HANDBAGS Auditorium
No Handbags is a theatre company for performers with learning difficulties, based at The Firestation since 2008. 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.
EVERY MONDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER- 15TH DECEMBER (EXCL. 29TH SEP) 10AM-3.30PM
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Basement Studio 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!
AGES 6-16 YEARS
BEGINNERS 8.00pm - 9.00pm Learn the basic swing steps and some fun moves! No previous experience needed! No partner needed!
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IMPROVERS / INTERMEDIATES 9.00pm - 9.45pm
SUNDAYS 14TH SEPTEMBER - 30TH NOVEMBER (EXCL.26TH OCT & 2ND Sundays 10.30am-1.30pm £245 per 10 week term
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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ROUTINE CLASS (ADVANCED) 9.45pm - 10.30pm
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. 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. 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.
EVERY SUNDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER- 14TH DECEMBER 5.30pm-7.30pm £10 drop in, £8 with Advantage Card/Conc/Mem £80 for 10 sessions
EVERY MONDAY TERM ENDS 19TH DECEMBER £8 per session / £30 per 5 week block (includes free entry to Friday Night Jive!) See events listings for Friday Night Jive dates If you would like to attend two different classes in one evening, pay just £12. It’s £15 to attend Beginners, Improvers/Intermediates and Routine classes in the same evening. £45 per 5 week block for 2 different classes
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Basement Studio 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!
EVERY FRIDAY (EXCL. 31ST OCT) TERM ENDS 19TH DECEMBER 6pm-7pm £5 per session
Box Office: 01753 866 865 info@firestationartscentre.com www.firestationartscentre.com
RED HAT SALSA Basement Studio
THURSDAYS 18TH SEPTEMBER- 27TH NOVEMBER (EXCL. 30TH OCT)
BEGINNERS 8.00pm - 9.00pm Don’t worry, if you’ve never danced before – you’ll be gently and enjoyably eased through the basics! Moves and steps are broken down down into bite-sized chunks which are easy to learn in our relaxed and friendly atmosphere. No need to bring a partner. IMPROVERS 9.00pm - 10.00pm A class for people who are comfortable with the basics of Salsa and want to progress further. Expand your repertoire and improve your skills as leaders or followers and increase your dancing confidence.
DANCE PRACTICE SESSION 10.00pm - 10.30pm All levels are very welcome, with course leader, Ed, on hand to dance with you and answer any questions during the session. £6 per session / £12 for both £36 / £54 for 5 week block £70 for 10 week block
.......................................................................... MESSY MONETS Basement Studio
Fun packed creative classes for pre-schoolers, Messy Monets have arrived at The Firestation! 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! So grab a coffee from the bar and come on down and join in the creative fun!
EVERY FRIDAY (EXCL.31ST OCT) TERM ENDS 19TH DECEMBER 10am-11.30am Tickets £6 / £4 siblings / Loyalty cards available
BLOSSOM BALLET & HAWTHORNE SCHOOL OF DANCE
Blossom Ballet and its syllabi were created and carefully designed by pre-school professionals specifically for babies, toddlers and young children. 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. 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. Upon graduation from Blossom Ballet, pupils are welcome to join Hawthorne School of Dance to continue their learning in Ballet, Tap and Street. 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)
Mon 4.55pm-5.45pm £90
ISTD LEVEL 2 BALLET & TAP [YEAR 4/5] Mon 5.50pm-6.40pm £90
ISTD GRADE 1/2 MODERN & TAP [YEAR 3/4] Wed 5.40pm-6.30pm £90
ISTD PRIMARY/LEVEL 1 BALLET & TAP [YEAR 2/3] Sat 12.20pm-1.10pm £90 For more information please visit: www.blossomballet.com
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Our brand new 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 aswell as exploring existing scripts and performing a showcase to friends and family at the end of term.
EVERY THURSDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER - 11TH DECEMBER (EXCL. 30TH OCT) 7-11yrs 4.15-5.45pm £110 12-18yrs 5.45-7.45pm £130
Traditional burlesque with Dollface incorporates lots of confidence work, tracing, posing, peeling and props - all with plenty of fabulous dance moves thrown in for good vintage measure. If you’re feeling cheeky we can even get the nipple tassels out with Glamour L’Amour!
(EXCL. 27TH OCT & 1ST NOV)
SEEDS [18-26 MONTHS] Wed & Thu 9.45am-10.15am £72
SAPLINGS (27-36 MONTHS] Mon 2.30pm-3.00pm £72 Wed & Thu 10.25am-10.55am £72
BUDS [3 YRS]
BLOSSOM ISTD BALLET & TAP [4 YEARS]
8.00pm-10.30pm Contact: Chris Towler on chris.towler@talk21.com Mob: 07917 878315
ISTD LEVEL 1 BALLET & TAP [YEAR 3]
MONDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER - SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER
WINDSOR PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
EVERY MONDAY (EXCL. 29TH SEP) TERM ENDS 15TH DECEMBER
Mon 4.00pm-4.50pm £90
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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.
ISTD PRIMARY BALLET & TAP [YEAR 2]
Street - Inspirational, ene rgetic and funky classes delivered by dancing professionals working within the commercial industry - suitable for girls, boys, beginners and improvers.
Mon 1.45pm- 2.25pm £84 Wed & Thu 11.05am-11.45am £84 Sat 9.45am-10.25am £84
Auditorium
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
GLITTER BOX BURLESQUE Basement Studio
PLUS the opportunity to star in a Glitter Box show!
EVERY WEDNESDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER- 10TH DECEMBER (EXCL. 29TH OCT)
7pm - 8pm £8 per session / £45 for six sessions / £80 for 12
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Mon 3.10pm-3.55pm £90 Sat 9.45am-10.30am £90
BLOSSOM/PRE-PRIMARY BALLET & TAP [RECEPTION] Mon 4.00pm-4.50pm £90 Sat 10.30am-11.20am & 10.35am- 11.25am £90
ISTD PRIMARY BALLET & TAP [YEAR 1] Mon 4.55pm-5.45pm £90 Wed 4.45pm- 5.35pm £90 Sat 11.25am-12.15pm £90
FOR INFO AND HELP WITH OUR NEW DYNAMIC PRICE SCHEMES, PLEASE ASK US, OR VISIT WWW.FIRESTATIONARTSCENTRE.COM/NEO-TICKETING
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Want to get involved?
One of the things that makes The Firestation so special is the multitude of people who come together to make it happen. There are a myriad of ways in which you too could become involved in The Firestation’s creative melting pot!
Firestation Membership
Volunteers join us on a regular basis and they are integral to our success.
Opportunities range from Box office to Marketing & Distribution, Ushering to Technical assistance and Bar work. In exchange for your well-spent time here, we offer exclusive, exciting benefits as well as a spectacular insight into work in the arts industry! boxoffice@firestationartscentre. com Curating, Performance & Workshops We’re always on the lookout to nurture new talent, from offering DJ spots in the bar, programming new bands in our music nights, to performances or artists leading a workshop or class. info@firestationartscentre.com
By joining our fantastic membership scheme you can benefit from a whole host of offers and special events. On top of an array of discounts (which are listed below), you are exclusively invited to a Members only event to celebrate the launch of the new season, supplying all the information you need to enjoy the next season’s sensational programme to the fullest! Individual, family and corporate membership packages available.
• Exclusive booking period for premium events • 20% discount on all season performances • 10% discount at The Firestation Bar • 10% discount on private hires and conferences. • Discounts with our partner restaurants and shops. Check website for up to date list of deals and offers. Firestation membership £25.00 with Concession £20 Family Membership £37.50 Corporate Membership: Please contact our Box Office Manager on 01753 866 865 to discuss your outstanding Corporate Membership options. To get your superb Firestation Membership please visit our website and fill out the short registration form or call The Firestation Box Office
bepartofsomething For any suggestions or any other feedback on anything we do, talk to our team or drop us a line at info@firestationartscentre.com