Jersey Arts Centre Autumn Brochure 2023

September - December 2023

Box Office: 700444

www.artscentre.je

Our Purpose

Jersey Arts Centre exists to foster the development and celebration of the arts Islandwide and beyond.

OUR AIMS

- To enrich the quality of life for all residents and visitors

- To encourage participation in the performing, visual, literary and digital arts

- To educate, inspire and encourage debate

This is achieved by providing exciting, innovative, wide ranging, challenging, professional and community arts in welcoming, high quality and accessible environments.

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Jersey Arts Centre is supported by a revenue grant from the Government of Jersey

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Welcome to Autumn 2023!

Jersey Arts Centre continues to celebrate its 40th year with a season designed to appeal to all tastes: we hope that there will again be many performances, exhibitions and courses throughout the autumn that you will be inspired to attend.

We will be hosting 15 of the Jersey Festival of Words events over the weekend of 23 + 24 September and both the Jersey Amateur Dramatics Club (JADC) and Jersey Green Room Theatre Company present shows in September (see pages 10 + 11). Jersey Film Society presents six films throughout the season with a further four screenings from our Monday Matinée series. And there’s the Human Rights Film Festival, too, between 18-21 October (see page 26). There are also four Amici Artium concerts to add to the three from earlier in the year with violin, piano, trumpet and quartet offerings.

Philip Stokes and Company return with a show from Edinburgh, Lash, and a newly developed piece, Joe & Jack, which started life here at Jersey Arts Centre back in April – see pages 28 + 29 for the full details! And Forced Entertainment return on 15 + 16 November (see page 33) with If All Else Fails… 2023 concludes with a nostalgic, but contemporary, experience for all the family as we bring Jersey Arts Centre alive with The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II between 8-22 December (see pages 36 + 37).

Once again, we would like to thank you all for your unparalleled support and encouragement throughout these past 40+ years –the challenges have sometimes been great – but your commitment to the work at Jersey Arts Centre has been even greater! We look forward to seeing you here at Phillips Street for all our favourite things!

Take good care, stay safe and enjoy the experience ahead!

With best wishes

Daniel Austin | Director

Exhibitions

The Berni Gallery is open from Monday - Saturday: 8am - 10pm

Admission is Free / www.artscentre.je

The Original Student Art Exhibition

MONDAY 14 AUGUST - SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

PREVIEW: MONDAY 14 AUGUST 5.30PM – 7PM

The exhibition will profile the diverse and exciting creations of Degree level, Foundation and equivalent level students from Jersey. A main feature of Jersey Arts Centre’s programme since it opened in 1983, the initiative has helped launch the careers of many local artists.

Tom Wood Exhibition

Fox Open Art Competition Judge’s Exhibition 2023

MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER - SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER

PREVIEW: MONDAY 18 SEPTEMBER 5.30PM – 7PM

Tom Wood graduated from Sheffield School of Art in 1978. His work, since then, has been exhibited worldwide including paintings of Professor Lord Robert Winston and Alan Bennett commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Other notable commissions have included portraits for HRH Prince of Wales, Yale University and Cambridge University. He was visiting Professor of Fine Art at Leeds University and is a Fellow of Sheffield Hallam University.

He has worked in Hong Kong as Art Adviser for The English Schools Foundation and whilst there was instrumental in developing art projects for gifted and talented art students. He has also been a featured artist in the BBC’s Star Portraits arts programme in which he painted the actress, Barbara Windsor.

Image: Chinese Swimmer Two 2014

Image: 2022 Winner, Ella Averty (detail)

Fox Open Art 2023 Exhibition

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER -

SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER

PREVIEW: TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER 5.30PM – 7PM

An exhibition of this year’s competition entries as judged and selected by Tom Wood.

The Fox Open Art Competition, sponsored by Fox International Ltd., is now in its 41st year, and has featured local artists such as Jason Butler, Ian Rolls and Kevin Pallot.

Make sure not to miss this showcase of local artistic talent, featuring a wide variety of mediums and depth of creativity.

Image: 2022 1st Prize Winner, Peter John Thompson Hope Springs

Shared Light

The Story of H Wing, La Moye Prison

MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER - WEDNESDAY 6 DECEMBER

We all have an idea of what prison life is like but do we genuinely understand how it feels to be shut off from the rest of the world behind high security fences and barbed wire?

Told through the images taken by prisoners and guards alike, Shared Light tells the story of H Wing, the women’s section of La Moye Prison. Four female prisoners and four guards share their thoughts and reflections of prison life.

A project that offers real insights into what happens behind the high walls of La Moye.

Our Favourite Things

Celebrating the work of our Community Christmas Company

FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER - SATURDAY 6 JANUARY

Reminisce as Jersey Arts Centre presents a nostalgic retrospective of photographs, publicity material, props and costumes from our eight magical Christmas Shows! This celebration of the work of Jersey Arts Centre’s Community Christmas Company will feature pieces from Arabian Nights (2016), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2017), The Wind in the Willows (2018), A Christmas Carol (2019), My Family and Other Animals (2020), Swallows and Amazons (2021), Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass (2022), and this year’s show, The Sound of Music. Be transported to magical lands, English summers, Victorian London, the island of Corfu and many other extraordinary places in this fantastical exhibition!

Performances will be held at the Benjamin Meaker Theatre, Phillips Street, St. Helier

Box Office: +44 (0) 1534 700444 | www.artscentre.je

SEPTEMBER - AT A GLANCE:

OCTOBER - AT A GLANCE:

OCTOBER - AT A GLANCE (CONT’D):

DECEMBER - AT A GLANCE:

EISTEDDFOD: ENGLISH, SPEECH & DRAMA

EISTEDDFOD: ENGLISH, SPEECH & DRAMA

Hypnotist - Andrew Newton

SATURDAY 2 SEPTEMBER

7.45PM

“The old hypno-tricks are gone, replaced by new, more inventive and intelligent material. Andrew Newton’s talent lies in his ability to magic up the absurdly funny from the minds of ordinary people and his professionalism and experience shine through. The audience laughs hysterically while he tiptoes along a very narrow line... the sketch where volunteers shared their experiences of being kidnapped by aliens had us all laughing hysterically... There was more... much more... and last night’s audience rewarded him with non-stop laughter from beginning to end.” - Sydney Morning Herald Suitable for 14 years + Under 18s will not be selected for hypnosis

£20 (£14 - 16 YEARS AND UNDER)

The Eight Mountains

Italy/Belgium/France 2022 | 147 mins | Cert: 12 | Director: Felix van Groeningen Jersey Film Society

MONDAY 4 SEPTEMBER

7.30PM

An epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breath-taking Italian Alps, The Eight Mountains follows, over four decades, the profound, complex relationship between Pietro and Bruno. After meeting as children, over a series of summers in the Italian Alps, the friends reunite as adults to build a mountain cabin, which becomes a site of both reflection and reconciliation.

NON-MEMBERS: £7.50 (£5 STUDENTS)

JFS MEMBERS MAY RESERVE A SEAT IN ADVANCE AT THE BOX OFFICE

Blithe Spirit

by Noel Coward / TC Productions

WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER – SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER

7.30PM

In a bid to gather background information for his latest novel, author Charles Condomine invites the delightfully eccentric medium Madame Arcati to stage a séance. Whilst trances and supernatural manifestations prove entertaining for Charles, his wife Ruth, the sceptical Dr Bradman and the wide-eyed and excitable Mrs Bradman, events take an unexpected and hilarious turn when Charles is faced with the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. Is Charles’ life in danger? Will his wives ever stop bickering with him? Can Madame Arcati save the day? Come along to find out…

£16 (£13 SENIORS + STUDENTS)

JADC / Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim

Book by George Furth / Orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick

TUESDAY 12 SEPTEMBER - FRIDAY 15 SEPTEMBER

7.30PM

On the night of his 35th birthday, confirmed bachelor Robert contemplates his unmarried state. Over the course of a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends explain the pros and cons of taking on a partner/spouse. The habitually single Robert is forced to question his adamant retention of bachelorhood during an hilarious array of interactions. Company features a brilliantly brisk and energetic score containing many of Stephen Sondheim’s best-known songs. The strength of the piece lies in its vivid yet real characters. Every audience member will see reflections of themselves in at least one of the characters onstage. Originally produced and directed on Broadway by Harold Prince. This amateur production is presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International.

£20 (£16 SENIORS + STUDENTS)

CI Pride: Jersey

SATURDAY 16 SEPTEMBER

2PM - 10PM

VENUE: PEOPLE’S PARK

Organised by Liberate Jersey

Come on down to the Pride Village at People’s Park on Saturday 16 September for some live music, celebration, and a whole lot of fun! This year, Jersey Arts Centre has organised the afternoon entertainment for you to enjoy from 2pm – 10pm, including: Sister Disco, Flair Entertainment, Shea and Dr Adam Perchard. Headlining this year’s event will be 90s boyband FIVE!

See you there!

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)

by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield Jersey Green Room Theatre Company

TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER - FRIDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

7.30PM

Imagine the complete works of William Shakepeare condensed into just one show (YES! That’s right - ONE SHOW!). Now imagine all of those famous scenes and characters portrayed by the same three actors (YES! That’s right - THREE ACTORS!)... Then look no further, as JGRTC stages a dynamic show that ran for years in London’s West End. The action is fast and punchy, and definitely bardy, and it might be, quite literally, in your face!

£18 (£15 SENIORS + STUDENTS)

Jersey Festival of Words 2023

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER + SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

TIMES AND PRICES VARY

CONTINUES OVERLEAF

Dr Matt Pope: Neanderthal Encounters in la Mancheland

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 10.30AM / £9

The publication of Repeopling La Manche represents the culmination of ten years research in Neanderthal archeology from La Cotte de St Brelade. Dr Matt Pope explains how the work has allowed the exploration of the drowned Ice Age landscape of La Mancheland. He’ll explore the seabed topography through the eyes of these extinct hunter-gatherers and consider their lives, cultures and connection with the Channel Island landscape.

Paul Darroch: Jersey: Myths and Legends

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 11AM / £6 / MARIA RITCHIE ROOM

Come on a journey into centuries of Jersey myths, from the fearsome Black Dog of Bouley Bay to the curious tale of Geoffrey’s Leap. Learn of the drowned lands that surround us, such as the Lost Manor of La Brecquette and the legend of La Planche, our fallen bridge to France. Where did these stories arise, what purpose do they serve and what do they tell us about ourselves?

In Conversation: Romantic Comedy Authors Sophie Cousens & Laura Carter

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 12.30PM / £9

Join New York Times bestselling author Sophie Cousens, and internationally bestselling author Laura Carter, as they discuss their upcoming romantic comedies and the world of writing for books and screen. The authors will have advanced copies of their latest novels, The Good Part (Cousens) and Two To Tango (Carter) and will be signing copies after the event.

Ana Sampson: Demystifying Publicity

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 1PM / £7 / MARIA RITCHIE ROOM

Ana has worked as a book publicist for over 20 years and is also an author, so she speaks with the experience and knowledge of both. Join her as she spills the beans on the role of the publicity department in a publishing house and how you can promote your own books – both working with your publicist and independently as a traditionally-published or self-published author.

Sophie Pavelle: Forget Me Not

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 2.30PM / £9

Science communicator Sophie Pavelle set out to find ten rare UK species under threat of extinction because of climate change. Her funny and insightful book Forget Me Not charts her low-carbon journey across Britain travelling on foot, by bicycle, electric car, kayak, ferry and train. Join her in conversation with local ecologist John Pinel.

Cathy Rentzenbrink: Writing Workshop The Joy and Pain of Editing

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 3PM - 5.30PM / £20 / MARIA RITCHIE ROOM

Editing is both painful and joyous. In this session Cathy will share the strategies that help her move quickly through the pain and into the joy. She will also demystify what exactly editing is, how it differs from writing, and how to approach it. A very useful session if you have something to edit, but helpful at any stage of the writing process.

Ana Sampson: Night Feeds and Morning Songs

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 4.30PM / £9

Join poet Traci O’Dea in conversation with acclaimed anthologist Ana Sampson. This poignant collection of raw and captivating poems explores the journey of motherhood, from pregnancy to empty nests. Ana’s expertise shines through as she captures the mess, madness, joy and wonder of motherhood, with gems from established poets Carol Ann Duffy and Sylvia Plath and emerging talents Kate Baer and Liz Berry.

Susanna MacRae and Claire Habbershaw: Words of Women

SATURDAY 23 SEPTEMBER / 8PM / £10

Through the words of women, soprano Susanna MacRae (RCM) and pianist Claire Habbershaw (Guildhall) explore the relationship between music and literature. Readings include a letter written by Anne Boleyn, poems by Emily Dickinson and Christina Rossetti, and an excerpt from Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, as well as music ranging from popular classics to lesser-known contemporary songs. Supported by Moments Musicaux Jersey.

Michael Morpurgo: Tales of Shakespeare

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 10AM / £9

Michael Morpurgo, in his inimitable warm and accessible style, introduces his wonderful collection of Shakespearean retellings. This unmissable book, featuring illustrations by ten artists, is the perfect introduction for a new generation of readers to the magic of Shakespeare. Michael Morpurgo OBE is one of Britain’s best-loved writers for children. He has served as the Children’s Laureate , and his 150+ books have sold over 35 million copies.

Antonia Windsor: Travel Writing Workshop

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 10.30AM - 1PM / £15 / MARIA RITCHIE ROOM

Do you dream of becoming a travel writer and seeing your work published or starting your own travel blog and building an audience? In this practical workshop, award-winning travel writer Antonia Windsor will guide you through the basics of what makes a good article. From finding the angle, to writing a killer opening paragraph and capturing the sights, sounds and smells that bring about a sense of place. Supported by Visit Jersey.

Anna Murphy: Destination Fabulous

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 12NOON / £9

The Times‘ Fashion Director Anna Murphy’s empowering new book, Destination Fabulous, is a celebration of inner beauty, whilst offering a kind and balanced approach to ageing. Join her in conversation with Lucy Cotter as she shares natural tips for face rejuvenation, tricks for transforming your wardrobe and advice on navigating menopause whilst embracing grey hair.

Christine Buckland: Writing Workshop

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 1.45PM - 3.45PM / £15 / MARIA RITCHIE ROOM

Christine Buckland is a teacher and writer based in Jersey. During the session, participants will engage with a variety of activities: exchanging ideas through group exploration, analysis and fictional character building. Reference will be made to TV drama and the monologue form. There will be opportunities for writing and sharing thoughts in a relaxed and supportive atmosphere. Participants must be 18 years + Katie Carr: Moderate Becoming Good Later

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 3PM / £9

No stranger to weathering a storm after living with a rare life-limiting condition, avid kayaker Toby Carr set out to explore the areas of the Shipping Forecast. Written by Toby’s sister Katie from his extensive notes and recordings after his untimely death, this book is both an epic adventure and a personal voyage of discovery that includes old friends and new, bountiful wildlife, and the ever-present sea. This is a BSL-interpreted event.

Geraint Jennings: Shakespeare, Language and Jè

rriais

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 4.30PM / £6 / MARIA RITCHIE ROOM

Shakespeare has been an inspiration not only to writers in the English language, but also to national language and literary revivals of the 18th and 19th Centuries, including the Channel Islands. Looking at the recent Jèrriais translations of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Tempest and the sonnets, Geraint Jennings will explore the background and approaches to Shakespeare in the Islands’ vernaculars.

Cathy Rentzenbrink: How To Feel Better

SUNDAY 24 SEPTEMBER / 5PM / £9

In conversation with Festival Vice-Chair Paul Bisson, bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink shares the advice that has seen her through life’s ups and downs. From etiquette for bad news to the words of wisdom she would like to pass on to her son, Cathy’s book How To Feel Better is full of warm, gentle guidance and comfort for when you need it most, no matter what the world throws your way.

The Fabelmans

USA 2022 | 151 mins | Cert: 12A | Director: Steven Spielberg

MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

MATINÉE: 2PM

Loosely based on the early life of director Steven Spielberg, this Academy Award-nominated drama follows young teenager Sammy Fabelman, an aspiring filmmaker, as he grows up in Arizona. However, he soon discovers a shattering family secret that threatens his world as he knows it, and turns to the power of film to help him see the truth. Starring Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Gabriel LaBelle.

£5 (£3 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £4.25 (£2.55 STUDENTS)

Hello, Bookstore

USA 2022 | 86 mins | Cert: PG | Director: A. B Sax

Jersey Film Society

MONDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

7.30PM

A small Massachusetts shop is observed over an extended period as COVID-19 threatens to close it forever. Both simple and touching, the documentary mostly lives in the quaint store with the owner, Tannenbaum, as he makes not-so-small talk with customers. He’ll tell them a story if they have the time. Two if they acquiesce. He’s a great orator. Before books, people told each other stories. It’s evident that Tannenbaum would’ve fitted right in.

NON-MEMBERS: £7.50 (£5 STUDENTS)

JFS MEMBERS MAY RESERVE A SEAT IN ADVANCE AT THE BOX OFFICE

Chloë Hanslip (violin)

Danny Driver (piano)

Amici Artium

TUESDAY 26 SEPTEMBER

8PM

Chloë Hanslip has already established herself as an artist of distinction on the international stage. Prodigiously talented, she made her BBC Proms debut at fourteen, her US concerto debut at 15, and has performed at major venues in the UK (Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall), Europe (Vienna Musikverein, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Paris Louvre and Salle Gaveau, St Petersburg Hermitage) as well as Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Arts Space in Tokyo and the Seoul Arts Centre.

Chloë has an extensive discography and her latest releases include the complete Beethoven Violin Sonatas in three volumes on Rubicon Classics with regular duo partner, Danny Driver. Her other recordings include concertos by John Adams with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Slatkin and Bruch Concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra on Warner Classics for which she won a Classical BRIT ‘Young British Classical Performer’ (2003).

Programme includes:

Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no. 1 in D major Op. 12 no. 1

Beach: Romance for violin and piano, Op. 23

Schubert: Sonatina no. 1 in D major, D384

Strauss: Sonata in E flat major for Violin and Piano Op.18

£20 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £17 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

Image: Kaupo Kikkas

Indigo Moon - Learning to Dance

Wayne Stewart

THURSDAY 28 SEPTEMBER + FRIDAY 29 SEPTEMBER

8PM

Spero is on a journey to the moon, a young person ruminates and Wayne learns to dance. After the success of his debut solo show Chrome Yellow, Wayne returns with a new introspective play born out of his own aversion to dance. For weeks Wayne worked intensely (bruises, sweat and tears) to learn how to dance in a last-ditched attempt to connect with the art form and uncover the root of his paralysing antipathy. The journey results in so much more than dance: it is a touching meditation on the importance of storytelling, movement and what it means to be creative. Wayne would like to thank Victoria Hermitage for her choreography and inspiration these past six months and during the development of the play.

£15 (£9 STUDENTS)/ MEMBERS: £12.75 (£7.65 STUDENTS)

The Canny Band

SATURDAY 30 SEPTEMBER

8PM

The Canny Band are Michael Biggins (BBC Young Traditional Musician of the Year 2021), Sam Mabbett and Callum Convoy: a rare fusion of piano, diatonic button accordion and bodhran.

In 2021 the band were recipients of the MG ALBA Scots Trad Music

Up and Coming award which led to a busy summer touring festivals around Scotland and England. The trio cook up an expert, effervescent mix of trad-based material with borrowings from classical, jazz and beyond. Rising stars of the traditional music scene, The Canny Band are not to be missed!

£18 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £15.30 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

The Banshees of Inisherin

UK/USA 2022 | 114 mins | Cert: 15 | Director: Martin McDonagh

MONDAY 2 OCTOBER

MATINÉE: 2PM

Set on a remote island off the west coast of Ireland, this dark tragicomedy follows best friends Padraic (Colin Farrell) and Colm (Brendan Gleeson) who find themselves in a difficult situation when Colm unexpectedly ends the friendship. Padraic attempts to repair the relationship, but, when Colm delivers an ultimatum, events quickly escalate with shocking consequences. This critically acclaimed film won four BAFTAs – a must see!

£5 (£3 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £4.25 (£2.55 STUDENTS)

Close

Belgium/Netherlands/France 2022 | 104 mins | Cert: 12A | Director: Lukas Dhont Jersey Film Society

MONDAY 2 OCTOBER

7.30PM

Close is a coming of age drama. It follows two teenage boys, Léo and Rémi, whose close friendship is thrown into disarray when their schoolmates notice their intimacy, causing a rift between them. This results in a shocking event. Struggling to understand what has happened, Léo approaches Sophie, Rémi’s mother. Close is a film about friendship and responsibility and received an Oscar nomination in 2023.

NON-MEMBERS: £7.50 (£5 STUDENTS)

JFS MEMBERS MAY RESERVE A SEAT

IN ADVANCE AT THE BOX OFFICE

Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee

Supported by Norwich Arts Centre + Arts Council, England

THURSDAY 5 OCTOBER

8PM (NATIONAL POETRY DAY)

Crack out the bunting! It’s Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee.

Over 25 years, Luke Wright has built up a reputation for being one of Britain’s most popular live poets. He has won an unprecedented four Saboteur Awards (national awards for spoken word), a Stage Award, and a Fringe First. He’s sold out shows across the world and regularly tours with John Cooper Clarke and The Libertines.

This year, thwarted in his attempts to hold a street party by the philistines on the council and unable to shift the over-ordered commemorative plates, Wright does what a poet does best, and takes a deep dive into himself. What follows is his most confessional show to date. Wright was adopted as a baby and grew up believing that his adoption “wasn’t a big thing.” But one night he idly stumbled across his birth mother on Facebook. This window to a world that might have been his has thrown up deep questions about privilege, familial love, and destiny.

This show is an excavation of lives lived and not lived. Wright navigates his audience through a warm and honest hour of poems and stand-up with the directness and pathos that has made him one of the most popular live poets in England. With some wild experiments in form, a nervous kitten called Sir John Betjeman and a healthy smattering of drum n bass, Wright manages to navigate some heart-wrenching material and keep the laughs coming.

Suitable for 12 years +

“Fierce, wistful, romantic and witty. A sensational hour.” ★★★★★ Stage “One of the funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation.” Independent

£18 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £15.30 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

An Evening with Bunker Hill

The Robert Tilling Series

FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER

8PM

Enjoy a showcase of music written and performed by a number of original members of one of Jersey’s longstanding bands together with some special guests. Bunker Hill were formed in 1971 and were a staple feature of the local live music scene in the 70s and beyond, playing in venues such as La Belle Etoile, Bal Tabarin and The Plaza of West’s Centre. The line-up includes: Amy Moore - vocals, percussion; Matt McManus - vocals, lead guitar; Ant Noel - vocals, guitar, keyboards, harmonica; Dave Medder - bass guitar; Les Falle - drums; Terri O’Donohue - violin, piano; Vanessa Moore - violin.

£12 (£9 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £10.20 (£7.65 STUDENTS)

(C)literature

Kaye Nicholson

SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER

8PM / SUITABLE FOR 14 YEARS +

What is an Island-dwelling, geeky teen girl growing up in the late nineties to do about her sapphic stirrings, at a time before smartphones and broadband, apps and social media? How does she find connection? Who can she look to to feel seen? Where can she be safe? In this emotive piece, expanded from the 2023 CI Pride event, Kaye explores the works of sapphic literature which made their mark and shaped her identity as a queer woman growing up in the Island; the themes shared between those pieces, and how sapphic voices have echoed through the centuries to inspire, connect with, and embolden queer women to be who they are.

£15 (£9 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £12.75 (£7.65 STUDENTS)

Carte Blanche

Ballet d’Jèrri

WEDNESDAY 11 OCTOBER + THURSDAY 12 OCTOBER

7.30PM

The dancers of Ballet d’Jèrri present Carte Blanche, a performance specially curated by the artists themselves.

Act 1: Mixed Repertoire

Excerpts from the ever-expanding Ballet d’Jèrri repertoire. The dancers will present their favourite pieces of choreography from the company’s body of works, plus a few additions.

Act 2: Carte Blanche

A brand new ballet created collaboratively by our team of dancers. Carte Blanche is a tonguein-cheek salute to the ups and downs of life as a dancer - at least one in the unique position of starting a new company.

This programme flips the perspective of programming, allowing the dancers a Carte Blanche to speak for themselves in the language they understand best.

£20 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £17 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

Image: Rebecca Le Brun

13th Parish Jersey Film Festival

Taster Day

FRIDAY 13 OCTOBER

VARIOUS TIMES

Following a very successful festival in May, join the 13th Parish Film Festival for a full day of screenings to whet your appetite for their next festival: May 23 - 26 2024. This event will encompass something for everyone who loves cinema. So, whether you’ve experienced the festival before or not - come along and dive in! With a love and passion for independent international cinema, the festival showcases the best - so expect the unexpected and there will be some surprises along the way! Stay tuned for further details at Jersey Arts Centre or at www.13thparish.org.je

Tango Calor

SATURDAY 14 OCTOBER

8PM

Tango Calor was started by bandoneon player

Mirek Salmon in 2016, with jazz pianist and composer

Daan Temmink and Cuban vocal sensation Indira Roman. The band has performed at tango festivals and clubs all over the UK, and now they will be performing at Jersey Arts Centre for the first time!

“A great punching combo that combines tradition with Nuevo flavours. One of the best tango trios you will hear in the UK without a doubt.” Eduardo Bozzo, Tango Alchemy.

£18 (£13 STUDENTS/CHILDREN)

MEMBERS: £15.30 (£11.05 STUDENTS/CHILDREN)

Ariel Lanyi (piano)

Amici Artium

MONDAY 16 OCTOBER

8PM

In 2023, Ariel was honoured to receive the Prix Serdang, a Swiss prize awarded by the distinguished Austrian pianist Rudolf Buchbinder. The prize is endowed with CHF 50,000 and is in recognition of a young pianist’s achievements, and an investment in their future.

Prior to this Ariel won 3rd Prize at the 2021 Leeds International Piano Competition, performing Brahms Concerto No.2 with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. In the same year he was a prize winner in the inaugural Young Classical Artists Trust (London) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions.

Over the last year Ariel returned to Wigmore Hall, the Miami International Piano Festival, and Marlboro Music Festival in Vermont. He undertook a tour of Argentina and gave recitals in the Homburg MeisterKonzert series in Germany, the Menton Festival in France, Perth Concert Hall (broadcast by BBC Radio 3), and across the UK including the Brighton and Bath Festivals.

Born in Jerusalem in 1997, Ariel studied with Lea Agmon and Yuval Cohen. Based in London, he recently completed his studies at the Royal Academy of Music with Hamish Milne and Ian Fountain.

Programme includes:

Beethoven: Sonata in A Op. 2, no. 2

Cesar Franck: Prélude, Aria, et Final

Schumann: Symphonic Etudes, Op.13 (with 5 posthumous variations)

£20 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £17 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

Image: Kaupo Kikkas

19th Human Rights Festival

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER - SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER

ALL FILMS SCREENED AT 8PM PER FILM: £7 (£5 STUDENTS) / MEMBERS: £5.95 (£4.25 STUDENTS)

Silent Love

WEDNESDAY 18 OCTOBER

Poland 2022 | 72 mins | Cert: 12A | Director: Marek Kozakiewicz

This understated documentary is both a coming-of-age and a coming out story. Aga is trying to legally adopt her teenage brother, Milosz, after the death of their mother; a process that involves intense probing from authorities into her personal life. However, what she can’t share in her conservative Polish village is her relationship with her girlfriend, Maja. Contains some strong language.

When Spring Came to Bucha

THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER

Ukraine/Germany 2022 | 64 mins | Cert: UR | Directors: Mila Teshaieva + Marcus Lenz

In March 2022, Russian troops withdrew from a small town in the Kyiv region of Ukraine. This confronting documentary depicts the citizens of Bucha emerging from their homes to clean their streets, rebuild their town, and face the future after grief. Contains images and audio of a war zone, including brief and partial images of covered bodies.

Seven Winters in Tehran FRIDAY

20 OCTOBER

France/Germany 2023 | 97 mins | Cert: UR | Director: Steffi Niederzoll

In 2007, Reyhaneh Jabbari, a 19-year-old Iranian woman, was sentenced to death for the murder of a man who tried to assault her. The efforts undertaken by her family and supporters are highlighted in this documentary, revealing the oppression of women in Iran and the risks taken by those who defend them. Contains descriptions of sexual violence, imprisonment and torture.

Delikado SATURDAY 21 OCTOBER

USA/Philippines/UK/Australia/Hong Kong 2022 | 94 mins | Cert: 15 |

Director: Karl Malakunas

Three environmental defenders are tested to the limit in a battle to save their home, Palawan, an island in the Philippines, from the illegal destruction of its forests, fisheries and mountains. Magnetic leaders, Bobby, Tata and Nieves, risk their lives to stop corporations and governments plundering valuable natural resources.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

USA 2021 | 90 mins | Cert: PG | Director: Dean Fleischer Camp

MONDAY 23 OCTOBER

MATINÉE: 2PM

Bring the whole family and enjoy this charming and off-beat stop-motion animated mockumentary! Marcel is an adorable shell who lives a colourful existence with his grandmother, Connie, and their pet ball of lint, Alan. When a documentary filmmaker discovers them, Marcel is thrust into the spotlight. This brings passionate fans, unprecedented dangers and the new hope of finding his long-lost family.

£5 (£3 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £4.25 (£2.55 STUDENTS)

Plan 75

Japan/France/Philippines 2022 | 113 mins | Cert: 15 | Director: Chie Hayakawa Jersey Film Society

MONDAY 23 OCTOBER

7.30PM

Set in a near dystopian future, Japan’s government launches ‘Plan 75’, a programme encouraging the elderly to terminate their own lives, to rejuvenate the country’s rapidly-ageing population. Chie Hayakawa’s remarkable debut intertwines the lives of three ordinary citizens as they face this new reality. An elderly woman, a young Plan 75 salesman and a Filipino care worker must come to terms with what it really means to live.

NON-MEMBERS: £7.50 (£5 STUDENTS)

JFS MEMBERS MAY RESERVE A SEAT IN ADVANCE AT THE BOX OFFICE

Penelope Blackie (piano)

TUESDAY 24 OCTOBER

8PM

Penelope gave her first Piano Recital in Jersey in 1980 in the Great Hall of Victoria College. Her current series of Piano Recitals began in 2007 and has been interrupted only once, in 2020 by the Covid pandemic.

A graduate of the Paris Conservatoire, where she gained a Premier Prix, she was a pupil of the celebrated pianist Vlado Perlemuter who spent six months studying, with the composer, the piano works of Maurice Ravel.

£20 (£5 STUDENTS)

Joe & Jack

Richard Jordan Productions and 412 in association with Jersey Arts Centre

Written and Directed by Philip Stokes

Associate Director Emma Stokes

Performed by Joe Stokes and Jack Stokes

Set, Lighting + Sound Design by Craig Lomas

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER +

SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER

7PM / SUITABLE FOR 12 YEARS +

The World Première of a new play-in-progress about growing up, childhood, and the shows you made when imagination knew no bounds! Joe & Jack is comedy, drama and physical theatre for anyone who is, or was ever, youngset in a time where rules were made for breaking! Finding their older selves drifting apart, two brothers step back in time to discover how meeting your younger self can still hold significance when moving forward in life. Enter their dressing-up box, bring your inner child’s perspective and be whisked back to days scored by Ultravox and Duran Duran.

£15 (£9 STUDENTS)**

MEMBERS: £12.75 (£7.65 STUDENTS)**

residency Lash

Richard Jordan Productions and 412 in association with Lawrence Batley Theatre, Ketchup and The Pleasance

Written and Directed by Philip Stokes

Performed by Jack Stokes

Lighting + Sound Design by Craig Lomas

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER +

SATURDAY 4 NOVEMBER

9PM / SUITABLE FOR 16 YEARS +

It’s the weekend and time to hit the town, to go ‘out out’. Part gig, part theatre, and just in time for last orders, Lash takes us on a booze-fuelled adrenaline rush, through bustling streets and bouncing clubs, where big tunes and mad characters collide. It’s a post-Brexit, post-Covid epiphany on a youth, wasted in more ways than one.

Direct from the Edinburgh Fringe, this is the new play from multi award-winning playwright Philip Stokes, recognised by the British Library as a Culturally Important Playwright of the 21st Century, and Olivier, TONY and EMMY award-winning producer Richard Jordan. Contains strong language, adult themes, depictions of drug use and themes of suicide.

£15 (£9 STUDENTS)**

MEMBERS: £12.75 (£7.65 STUDENTS)**

FROM THE CREATIVE TEAM BEHIND THE HIT PLAY JESUS, JANE, MOTHER, AND ME

**DOUBLE BILL - BUY TICKETS FOR JOE & JACK + LASH AND RECEIVE 20% DISCOUNT**

8 by 12

ArtsCentreTheatre (ACT)

WEDNESDAY 8 NOVEMBER -

SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER

7.30PM

ArtsCentreTheatre (ACT) presents an evening of original duologues written, directed and performed by members of the group – set on one (or more) of three stages measuring eight feet by twelve feet. One stage has two chairs and a square table upon it, the second has a double bed and the third has no furniture at all. These pieces are so new that, as we go to press, they are still in the process of being written, but it is already clear that there will be comedy, there will be tragedy and there will be everything in between.

Some of these pieces will also be performed later in the month in the Jersey Eisteddfod continuing ACT’s decade-long participation in Jersey’s annual festival of the arts.

This production will include adult subject matter and strong language. Jersey Arts Centre will update its website with specific trigger warnings when the final selection of scripts has been made.

Suitable for 16 years + £15 (£11 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £12.75 (£9.35 STUDENTS)

Fences

USA 2016 | 139 mins | Cert: 12A | Director: Denzel Washington

MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER

MATINÉE: 2PM

Directed by and starring Denzel Washington, and written by August Wilson, this powerful drama based on Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name is a portrait of a man trying to raise his family in 1950s Pittsburgh. Denzel Washington and Viola Davis give tour-de-force performances in this critically acclaimed story of family dynamics, personal truths and the power of forgiveness.

£5 (£3 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £4.25 (£2.55 STUDENTS)

Patti Cake$

USA 2017 | 109 mins | Cert: 15 | Director: Geremy Jasper Jersey Film Society

MONDAY 13 NOVEMBER

7.30PM

Tired of life in her New Jersey hometown, Patricia Dombrowski, aka Patti Cake$, hopes to follow in the footsteps of her idol and hit the road to achieve stardom as a rapper. With help from her best friend, a mysterious musician and her loving grandmother, Patti leads the charge against an army of haters, unpaid bills and the broken dreams that are holding her back.

NON-MEMBERS: £7.50 (£5 STUDENTS)

JFS MEMBERS MAY RESERVE A SEAT IN ADVANCE AT THE BOX OFFICE

Maxwell Quartet

Amici Artium

TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER

8PM

1st Prizewinner and Audience Prizewinner at the 9th Trondheim International Chamber Music

Competition in 2017 and hailed as “brilliantly fresh, unexpected and exhilarating” by The Scottish Herald, the Maxwell Quartet is now firmly regarded as one of Britain’s finest young string quartets, with a strong connection to their folk music heritage and a commitment to bringing together wide-ranging projects and programmes to expand the string quartet repertoire.

The quartet performs regularly across the UK, at venues including London’s Wigmore Hall, Purcell Room, Queen’s Hall Edinburgh and Perth Concert Hall. The quartet has toured widely across Europe, with performances at Tivoli Copenhagen, Muziekgebouw Amsterdam, Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival and the Rheingau, Just Classik, Wonderfeel, Lammermuir, Cheltenham and St Magnus Festivals. The Maxwells’ debut tour of the USA in January 2019 garnered critical acclaim from the New York Times “eloquent performers who bring the same sense of charisma and sense of adventure to their programming”, and saw the group performing to sold out venues in New York, Florida, California and Washington.

Programme includes:

Haydn: String Quartet in E flat major Op. 20 no.1 Hob. III:31

Maxwell Quartet: Gather (Folk music of Scotland)

Beethoven: String Quartet no.14 in C sharp minor Op.1

£20 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £17 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

If All Else Fails

Forced Entertainment

Co-produced by Cambridge Junction and Sheffield Theatres

WEDNESDAY 15 NOVEMBER + THURSDAY 16 NOVEMBER

8PM

Two performers engage in an absurd test that seems to shift and change as they work their way through it. Fragments of a language lesson. Questions from a personality quiz. Slogans from some future society. The performers laugh, hesitate, ask for more time. The test continues. As the clock ticks it’s not even certain if the subjects of the test are the audience or the performers.

If All Else Fails is a new collaboration with dancer, maker and choreographer

Seke Chimutengwende. Performed with Chimutengwende and Cathy Naden, a founder member of Forced Entertainment, the piece is a dialogue of speech and movement, questions and answers. If All Else Fails brings together two powerful forces in the contemporary theatre scene to create a perplexing and original exploration of new territory.

£19 (£13 STUDENTS)

MEMBERS: £16.15 (£11.05 STUDENTS)

Jersey Eisteddfod Festival of the Performing Arts

Music Section

FRIDAY 17 NOVEMBER + SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER

MORNING, AFTERNOON + EVENING SESSIONS

The final classes of the Music Section will take place at Jersey Arts Centre with the culmination classes of the Music Festival, including the Rock and Pop Section, Adult choirs, and Deaf Signing choir classes.

Premier Winners Concert: Sunday 19 November 6pm - tickets available on the door.

English, Speech and Drama Classes

MONDAY 20 NOVEMBER – SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER

MORNING, AFTERNOON + EVENING SESSIONS

Jersey Arts Centre is once again hosting a wonderful display of local talent in the English, Speech and Drama Classes. This section is pleased to incorporate the Jersey Eisteddfod Young Actor of the Year.

DAILY TICKETS AVAILABLE ON THE DOOR: £4 PER SESSION

Jersey EisteddfodGala

Evening

SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER

7.30PM

A Gala evening showcasing a special selection of local talent from the English, Speech and Drama Classes.

The Gala will feature the finals of the Jersey Eisteddfod Young Actor of the Year along with other amazing work!

£12 (£6 CHILDREN/STUDENTS)

The Blue Caftan

France/Morocco/Belgium/Denmark 2022

122 mins | Cert: 12A | Director: Maryam Touzini

Jersey Film Society

MONDAY 27 NOVEMBER

7.30PM

A middle-aged tailor and his wife run a traditional caftan store in one of Morocco’s oldest medinas. They find their relationship turned upside down by the arrival of a handsome new apprentice. Mina slowly realises just how much her husband is moved by his presence.

NON-MEMBERS: £7.50 (£5 STUDENTS)

JFS MEMBERS MAY RESERVE A SEAT IN ADVANCE AT THE BOX OFFICE

The Sound of Music

Music by RICHARD RODGERS Lyrics by OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II

Book by HOWARD LINDSAY and RUSSEL CROUSE

Suggested by “The Trapp Family Singers” by Maria Augusta Trapp

FRIDAY 8 DECEMBER - FRIDAY 22 DECEMBER

8 DECEMBER: 6PM

12, 13, 14, 15, 18*, 19 DECEMBER: 7PM

9, 16, 20 DECEMBER: 3PM + 7PM

10, 21, 22 DECEMBER: 3PM

* Monday 18 December, 7pm: BSL Interpreted Performance with Andrew Higgins

The hills are alive this festive season as Jersey Arts Centre presents its eighth Community Christmas Production - the perennial family favourite, The Sound of Music!

From the Alpine beauty of the Austrian mountains, through the cloistered walls of Nonnberg Abbey and into the home of Georg von Trapp and his seven children, the magical gift of music is joyously shared by the high-spirited Maria Rainer, whose life is about to change forever. With classic songs, including: Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain and Edelweiss, fall under the spell of this enchanting story all over again!

Don’t miss the most beloved stage musical of all time this Christmas!

£20 (£15 students/children)

Members: £17 (£12.75 students/children)

Opening Night (Friday 8 December) Jersey Arts Centre Members: £12.75

A Jersey Arts Centre Christmas Community Production in association with ARTcomedia.

This amateur production of THE SOUND OF MUSIC is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

Courses + Participation

Courses will be held at Jersey Arts Centre, Phillips Street, St. Helier, unless otherwise stated.

Box Office: +44 (0) 1534 700444 | www.artscentre.je

Would you be interested in teaching a course or workshop?

We are always looking to develop and expand our Courses and Workshops programme, and this is your chance to get involved! If you have an idea that you think could fit into our programme, please get in touch with our Education and Outreach Co-oordinator, Hettie Duncan, for more information: hettie@artscentre,je

The Learning Centre

In order to bring under one banner our extensive education and outreach work over the past 40 years, Jersey Arts Centre has created a Learning Centre in the form of a retro-classroom from which these various projects and initiatives will be planned for and developed.

The following education and outreach work, and companies, will be coordinated and developed from this space under the direction of Hettie Duncan, Education and Outreach Coordinator, and Victoria Hermitage, Education and Outreach Assistant:

- Courses + workshops

- Drama + Art Schools

- Summer Schools

- Holocaust Memorial Day workshops

- World Book Day workshops

- Liberation workshops

- Christmas show workshops

- Arts in Health Care Trust performances

- Junior Drama (8 - 13 years)

- youtheatre (14 - 19 years)

- ACT (ArtsCentreTheatre) (18 years +)

- The Community Christmas Company

- The Brighter Futures Company

- Our professional Theatre-in-Education Company

- Our movement and dance programme

For more information, please contact: hettie@artscentre.je

The commissioned mural in The Learning Centre is by Glen Fox

14 - 19 YEARS / TUTORS: NICOLE TWINAM + HETTIE DUNCAN

Join Jersey Arts Centre’s professionally led, award-winning theatre company in autumn 2023. If you have the energy, commitment, imagination and a sense of humour, and would like to become a member, come along to our next introductory meeting on: Wednesday 20 September 2023: 6pm - 8pm at Jersey Arts Centre.

For further information about our drama classes and drama courses, visit: www.artscentre.je or contact: 700427

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: JASON KENYON

ArtsCentreTheatre (ACT) is a community theatre company, open to anyone aged 18 to 800, who would like an introduction to the disciplines required to stage a successful theatrical production - of which acting is merely one. The next Meet & Greet session is on Tuesday 2 January 2024 at 7.30pm.

If you are interested in taking part or simply want to know more about ACT in general, email ACT’s Director, Jason Kenyon: stage@artscentre.je

Junior Drama

8 - 13 YEARS / TUTORS: JORDI SUNIER + VICTORIA HERMITAGE

An extremely popular course where participants are taken through the principles of performance, including improvisation, voice and movement. Communication, concentration and commitment are essential disciplines of exciting performance and are explored and developed through a multitude of fun drama activities and games. The workshops also develop social skills and confidence, and culminate in a public performance.

Many of our Junior Drama members have gone on to join our award-winning youtheatre group; some of whom have then studied drama at college or university or worked professionally in the industry.

Junior Drama is currently at capacity. If places become available, they will be announced on our social media platforms!

Yoga

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: KAREN LE MOTTEE

INTERMEDIATE:

WEDNESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER -

WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER

6PM - 7PM (8 SESSIONS)

(NO SESSION: WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER)

£80 / MEMBERS: £68

BEGINNERS:

FRIDAY 8 SEPTEMBER –

FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER

10AM - 11AM (8 SESSIONS)

(NO SESSION: FRIDAY 6 OCTOBER)

£80 / MEMBERS: £68

Our popular Yoga courses are back! Join Karen Le Mottee for a course that will start or continue you on your Yoga journey. This course will take you through meditation, breathing techniques, flexibility, stretching and gentle flows. Taught in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, this course provides the perfect chance to bring some calm and relaxation to your day. This course is designed for those 45 years and over, but is open to all. Some specialised equipment will be provided, but participants will need to bring their own Yoga mat.

Namaste!

Mindfulness to Embodiment

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: SARAH HOWARD

TUESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER – TUESDAY 17 OCTOBER

12.30PM - 1.30PM (5 SESSIONS)

£50 / MEMBERS: £42.50

Sarah will guide you from a seated, mindful, eyes closed meditation to an upright, moving, embodied awareness, with eyes open. You will learn to self-regulate, changing everyday state and function. Adding and applying new skills to your toolbox of life you will become:

- more centred, aware, balanced and connected to yourself, others and to nature

- more aware of the present moment, attending and relating to it with acceptance and compassion

- more in flow with life, managing ups and downs and enjoying natural unfolding creation

With practise, embodied mindfulness will integrate into your daily life and you will:

- become more authentic

- understand different perspectives

- implement permanent inner change

- find deeper meaning to your work and personal life

- develop stronger relationships built upon trust

- experience improved well-being, creativity, and productivity

Find out more about Sarah and her work at Synthesis here: www.synthesis.org.uk

Graffiti Art - for Kids!

7 - 11 YEARS / TUTOR: KELLY EASTWOOD

WEDNESDAY 20 SEPTEMBER

3.45PM - 5PM

£15 / MEMBERS: £12.75

Whether your child is an aspiring graffiti artist or expressive creator, this workshop offers children the chance to delve into the world of Graffiti: text-based artwork. Children will be shown ways of creating their own unique tag and will be able to employ a variety of colour, with an acrylic-based spray finish. If stylised writing isn’t your thing - no problem! Children will be able to create their own designs, adding a little bit of urban style for maximum street cred!

Jersey History Revealed

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: PETE WEBB

THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER – THURSDAY 7 DECEMBER

10.30AM - 12.30PM (8 SESSIONS)

£80 / MEMBERS: £68

Join us for this new series of illustrated lectures of our Island’s remarkable history which includes its geology, ancient folklore, famous people, and links with the rest of the world that reveal how important Jersey has been on the world stage.

Each parcipant will have a written copy of the lecture at the end of each session.

Spooky Hallowe’en Lanterns

7 - 11 YEARS / TUTOR: KELLY EASTWOOD

MONDAY 23 OCTOBER

11AM - 12NOON

£15 / MEMBERS: £12.75

Join us for this gruesome Hallowe’en inspired workshop where children will be able to create their own creepy jam-jar lantern with its very own flickering light!

Participants can adorn their lanterns with spiderwebs, chains, blood-stained gauze and slime...

Come and create if you dare!

Behind the Scenes - The Sound of Music

9 - 14 YEARS / TUTOR: HETTIE DUNCAN + THE CHRISTMAS SHOW PRODUCTION TEAM

WEDNESDAY 25 OCTOBER – FRIDAY 27 OCTOBER

9AM - 3PM (3 SESSIONS)

£75 / MEMBERS: £63.75

Join us for this exciting opportunity to go behind-the-scenes of Jersey Arts Centre’s 2023 Christmas Show, The Sound of Music. During these three days of fun activities, participants will have the chance to learn about the set design, costume design and creation, rehearsal process and much about what goes into creating a Christmas Show. There will also be plenty of drama activities and exercises to enjoy. Come along and have a fun-filled few days and go home having learnt lots of new theatre practices!

History of Art Explained!

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: LISA OXENDEN-WRAY B.A (HONS), PG DIP.

MONDAY 30 OCTOBER – MONDAY 4 DECEMBER

11.30AM - 1.30PM (6 SESSIONS)

£70 / MEMBERS: £59.50

Enrich yourself in many dimensions as Courtauld graduate, Lisa, takes you on a visual journey from the beginning of time right up to Banksy and NFTs in this dynamic lecture series! Presenting high-quality visual images for you to see in their context with meanings and artistic intention explained. You’ll be shown some of the most important paintings in the history of art through the centuries. Focusing on: Ancient Greek Art; Byzantium; Medieval Art; The Renaissance; Baroque Art; The Dutch Golden Age; Rococo Art; Neo-Classical; The French Revolution; Victorian Art; The Impressionists; Expressionism; Modern Art; Post-War Art; and New Art.

Astrology for Beginners

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: JEMMA WARNER

WEDNESDAY 1 NOVEMBER - WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER

6PM - 8PM (5 SESSIONS)

£50 / MEMBERS: £42.50

Join us for the return of this popular course for beginners who want to learn the basics of astrology and how to interpret birth charts. This course will cover the zodiac and its symbolism, the celestial bodies and their associated archetypes and mythologies, transits, the anatomy of the chart and a lot more. This course is open to anyone who is intrigued about learning the history of the ancient art of astrological divination and the many ways that this can be applied to your life.

Crafternoons: Introduction to Crystal Art

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: LOUISE BAKER

SATURDAY 11 NOVEMBER

2PM - 4PM

£25 / MEMBERS: £21.25

An introduction to Diamond Painting / Crystal Art, including tools, techniques and tips to help you complete a sparkling greetings card. This mindful and relaxing craft is so easy; you can get quickly lost in creating a beautiful card! All resources will be provided, with cards of different sizes and themes for you to choose.

Sparkle away!

Photobook Making

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: EMMA TURNER

TUESDAY 14 NOVEMBER – TUESDAY 12 DECEMBER

10.30AM - 12NOON (6 SESSIONS)

£70 / MEMBERS: £59.50

We all have hundreds, if not thousands, of unprinted digital photos... and if you’ve always intended to create a personalised photobook of a special event but never got round to it, this course is for you. This beginner-friendly course will teach you how to choose and enhance your photos, design layouts, add creative elements, navigate user-friendly software, and prepare your photobook for printing. With hands-on exercises and helpful guidance, you’ll gain the skills and confidence to create a stunning photobook that showcases your cherished memories in a personal way. You will also have gained valuable insights into the creative process and learned techniques that can be applied to future photobook projects.

Crafternoons: Introduction to Book Folding

18 YEARS + / TUTOR: LOUISE BAKER

SATURDAY 2 DECEMBER

2PM - 4PM

£25 / MEMBERS: £21.25

An introduction to some of the folds and techniques of book folding… and the almost endless possibilities for an unloved old book! Spend a mindful Crafternoon, folding and creating a beautiful cone Christmas tree that can be decorated or left plain. Magazines and materials will be provided, but as this is an upcycling project, you may prefer to bring your own magazine, book or old road atlas (these look amazing!). An afternoon of pre-loved to re-loved!

Tutu Teddies

7 - 12 YEARS / TUTOR: MICHELLE PARKER

SATURDAY 16 DECEMBER

9AM - 12NOON

£30 / MEMBERS: £25.50

Join us for a fun morning learning how to create elaborate outfits for your toys. You will learn how to make a tutu skirt of your chosen colour and then embellish it with all sorts of accessories, including flowers, feathers, bumblebee or fairy wings, jewels, pom poms, ribbons, butterflies and more. And the best news is you can take your completed Teddy home with you! Perfect for parties or a fun morning with friends. Workshop includes all materials and a 14” seated, super soft teddy.

How to Book

On-line: Visit our website www.artscentre.je to buy tickets for performances or to pay for courses and workshops on-line.

By Phone: +44 (0) 1534 700444 to purchase tickets using select credit / debit cards.

In Person: All tickets can be bought or collected from our Box Office in Phillips Street, Monday through to Friday between 1pm - 6pm (or until show time), and a minimum of one hour before performances on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

We accept all major Credit / Debit Cards with the exception of American Express.

Reserved tickets: All reserved tickets are to be fully paid for within three working days or otherwise will be offered for resale.

Directions and Parking

Jersey Arts Centre is in Phillips Street, St. Helier, just off Bath Street, two minutes away from the main shopping area and Minden Place carpark.

Ticket Discounts: Jersey Arts Centre Members save 15% on events marked with this promotional symbol.

Group Bookings: Receive one free ticket with every ten purchased on events marked with this promotional symbol.

Courses + Workshops: 15% discount is given to Jersey Arts Centre Members on presentation of their membership card.

Concessionary rates are listed under each performance. To receive a student discount, identification will be requested.

Ticket Exchange: A £2 charge is levied on each ticket exchanged. We do not offer refunds.

Special Assistance: Wheelchair access is available at Jersey Arts Centre. The Berni Gallery and most meeting rooms are also fully accessible via the lift. Please advise Box Office of wheelchair requirements in advance when booking tickets or hirings. Please enquire about the best seats for induction loop reception.

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Cover image: The Sound of Music - December 2023

© Jersey Arts Centre 2023— we reserve the right to change the programme without notice.

Become a Business Partner

Whilst developing a corporate relationship with Jersey Arts Centre, businesses benefit from a number of complimentary tickets, use of the Maria Ritchie meeting room, invitations to exhibition previews, and mailings. For further details of the Scheme, please contact Graeme Humphries: graeme@artscentre.je

Sponsorship and Advertising

There are many sponsorship and advertising opportunities available at Jersey Arts Centre, including placing an advert in our Brochure. For more details, please contact our Marketing Manager, Nick Carver: nick@artscentre.je

Volunteers

Jersey Arts Centre relies on volunteers to help with performances and stewarding, and we’re always looking for extra help. From a few hours to several afternoons or evenings a month, anything you could spare is very welcome. If you would like to become a part of our friendly team, please contact our Volunteers’ Coordinator, Jordi Sunier: jordi@artscentre.je

Our Community Partners

Jersey Arts Centre works with many community partners. Details about these relationships can be found at: artscentre.je/about-us/partners, including the Arts in Health Care (AIHC) which promotes a year-long series of concerts in health care settings.

Jersey Film Society

Membership is open to anyone aged 18 and over and offers several benefits including: free entry to all Jersey Film Society screenings, year round special offers at Cineworld, Newsletters and film notes.

To become a Member, please call: Marc Medland (Secretary): 07797 838829 or Annette Le Bail (President): 07797 832608 www.facebook.com/jersey-film-society Instagram: Jersey Film Society

Image: Terry Saunders, AIHC performer

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