Spring 2015
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FESTIVAL OF INSPIRING WOMEN
Contents
Women of the World Festival of Inspiring Women
WOW 3 Election 5 Normal? 6 Theatre 7 Children & Families
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Dance / Circus
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Music 13 Comedy 14 Film 16 Talks 18 Residencies 19 Schools 20 Booking Tickets
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How to find Quarterhouse 22 What’s On
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Welcome to our spring season at Quarterhouse. You might notice our brochure looks a bit different. We have three exciting festivals coming up: Women of the World to mark International Women’s Day, Election to prepare for the General Election and Normal? to celebrate Mental Health Awareness week. Each festival is co-curated with a Kent-based artist and Folkestone Fringe, and features a mixture of talks, workshops, music, spoken word and theatre. What you see in this brochure is just the beginning. This is intended as a call to you, to help us create the festival you want to see. If you are interested in being involved, make sure you come to a ‘think in’: an open meeting to discuss the themes and content of the festival. If you have ideas, expertise and opinions, and an enthusiasm for sharing these with a diverse audience, please get in touch and get involved. WOW Think In: 24 January and 13 February at 5.30pm Election Think In: 19 January and 26 February at 5.30pm Normal? Think In: 12 February and 19 March at 5.30pm
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The WOW week is for everybody. Join us for a packed week that celebrates the incredible achievements of women and girls and looks at the most potent topics for women today. Featuring voices from around the world and stories from your neighbours. We look forward to panel debates, poetry, activism workshops, walks and live music. WOW is co-curated with Leah Thorn and Folkestone Fringe. Want to be involved? Come to our WOW Think In: 24 January and 13th February at 5.30pm
3 – 6 March
Comedy Josie Long: Cara Josephine
Triple comedy award nominee and cult optimist is back with a new show about love and being outdoorsy as a bear. Tuesday 3 March, £10. See page 14 for details
Walk Walking In Our Sisters Footsteps A walk led by Audrey Green Oakes. £3
Get Involved Pram Conga
By Liv Pennington. For everyone with a pram, FREE
Lunchtime Bites, 12.30 – 1.30pm
Talk Naked State: Poetry and the Empowerment of Incarcerated Women
Talk by Leah Thorn. Intertwining her own spoken word poetry and stories with those of incarcerated women in England and the United States, Leah will give a picture of the issues facing women in prison today. Tuesday 3 March, FREE (please bring your own lunch)
Talk Women and The Cuts
Talk by Bernadette Fisher and Rita O’Brien. Hear how women have been particularly affected by austerity and the long term implications of the Government’s policies. Wednesday 4 March, FREE (please bring your own lunch)
Talk Women’s Liberation: Women and Men Talk
Talk by Leah Thorn and Arike. Personal views on challenging and ending sexism. Thursday 5 March, FREE (please bring you own lunch)
Talk Women and Domestic Violence
Talk by Lorraine Lucas. Why do women stay? And what is the psychological impact on women of fear, trauma and culture? Friday 6 March, FREE (please bring your own lunch)
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FESTIVAL OF INSPIRING WOMEN
FESTIVAL OF DEMOCRACY
Election Festival of Democracy Are you ready for the General Election? Know who you are voting for? Know why? Election is here to help. Learn from the past with The Government Inspector, a farce about corrupt Russian politics. Question everything you think you believe with Confirmation, which tells us why we know what we know. Hunt & Darton will be running a pop up, drop in political café where you can get a perfect sandwich along with an impromptu performance and maybe a few policies to go. We will be co-hosting a debate with Academy FM and finally, don’t miss Mark Thomas back in town.
Saturday 7 March
Discussion Men and Feminism
Talk Resist Porn Culture
Talk by Lisa-Marie Taylor on anti-porn campaigning. Against a backdrop of inequality, pornography both reflects and perpetuates sexual violence against women and girls. Lisa-Marie will look at the growth of the industry and the impact it is having on our society. Lisa-Marie Taylor is lead activist for the group ‘Resist Porn Culture’. £3 (day pass £15)
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Discussion Artists and Feminism
The Government Inspector
Workshop Speed Mentoring
Share your challenges, exchange ideas and stories and potentially identify a new mentor. Speed mentoring is an opportunity for you to be mentored by experts across many fields including theatre directors, journalists, scientists, campaigners, artists, WOW speakers and many more. FREE (day pass £15)
A ‘how to’ of campaigning by ‘No More Page Three’ campaign team! Let us stoke your activism fire and show you the ropes of campaigning. Warning: You might just start a campaign after this! £3 (day pass £15)
Performance A Piece of You
A one-on-one, intimate performance by Eugénie Pastor, that explores our relationship with pubic hair and the reasons that inform the choices we make. An occasion to reflect on a part of your body you might not think about, and to see yourself from a different angle, with a stranger who will do her best to make you feel comfortable. £3 (day pass £15)
Performance I. Woman. Other.
Workshop Zumba and Zumba Gold
With Jenz Dance Fitness. Connect to your body and your strength with Zumba, a fun fitness programme using dance moves and great music. There will also be a Zumba Gold workshop ideal for active older women or for those who may be limited physically. £3 (day pass £15)
Workshop Voice
Workshop with Carol Grimes. £3 (day pass £15) Younger and older women talk about what feminism means to them. £3 (day pass £15) 4
Tuesday 17 March, 1.30pm & 7pm See page 10
THEATRE
Confirmation Saturday 21 March, 7.30pm See page 7
INVISIBLE Saturday 11 April, 6.30pm See page 7
COMEDY
Mark Thomas: Cuckooed
Friday 24 April, 8pm See page 15
Poetry from Shamshad Khan, Maggie Harris and Leah Thorn. £3 (day pass £15)
FILM
Music Wild Women
Thursday 30 April, 7.30pm See page 17
Ides of March
Carol Grimes and Maiuko in Concert with guest musicians and singer song writer Libbi Jaeggi. £10 (day pass £15) See page 13 for full details
DEBATE
Full programme to be announced early 2015. Certain workshops will be for women or men only due to their theme and content. You can enjoy as many WOW events as you like on this day by purchasing a £15 day pass.
Friday 24 April, 6pm. Academy FM hosts a debate with Shepway’s parliamentary candidates.
Supported by
Discussion Feminism for all ages!
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Discussion group with Arike. £3 (day pass £15) Panel debate with Sharon McCarron, Samenua Sesher, Carol Grimes, Anna Braithwaite and Nicholette Goff. £3 (day pass £15)
Workshop Kick Ass Activism
Want to be involved? Come to our Election Think In: 29 January and 26 February at 5.30pm
Folkestone Decides – The Academy FM Election Debate POP UP CAFÉ
Hunt & Darton Cafe
16 April – 10 May, Thursday to Sunday. Hunt & Darton Cafe is a fully functioning cafe that blends art with the everyday, it is a social and artistic hub where spontaneity and performance meet great food and drink. We are proud to satisfy appetites in more ways than one. 5
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FESTIVAL OF THE BRAIN
THEATRE
Normal? Festival of the Brain The Festival of the Brain brings science and art together over three days to explore the brain. What happens when connections, chemicals and catastrophes send things off course, and is there such a thing as normal? Meet the archivists inside a brain, trying to keep dementia at bay whilst they sort through a lifetime of memories; meet the puppet learning to adapt to motor neuron disease; meet the boy who is making a list of every brilliant thing in the world for his mother to combat her depression. Participate in debates, daily mindfulness sessions, workshops and much more. Normal? is co-curated with Susanna Howard of Living Words and Folkestone Fringe. Everyone is invited to join us to wonder at this complex pound of flesh. Want to be involved? Come to our Normal? Think In: 12 February and 19 March at 5.30pm
THEATRE
FILM
Every Brilliant Thing
Behind a Mind – Locked
Thursday 21 May, 1.30pm & 7.30pm See page 8
CELL
Friday 22 May, 6.30pm See page 8
Crackpot
Friday 22 May, 8.15pm See page 9
The Man Whose Mind Exploded
Saturday 9 May, 7.30pm See page 17
WORKSHOPS
Talk About Something You Like
Dance for Parkinsons
Saturday 23 May, 6.30pm See page 9
For people with Parkinson’s, and their carers, friends and family. £3
Fake it ‘til You Make It
Living Write!
Head Hand Head
Mita Pujara Dance To Feel Good
Saturday 23 May, 8.15pm See page 9 Sunday 24 May, 6.30pm See page 9
Writing to clear your brain and release your words. £3
Feel good, relax and have fun through music and dance. £3
Salmagundi – iPad Animation
Full programme to be announced early 2015. You can enjoy as many Normal? events as you like by purchasing a £15 day pass or a £40 four day pass. Box Office 01303 760 750
Sunday 24 May, 7.30pm. Award winning short about OCD.
Mix words images to produce unique self portraits. £3 6
Warwick Arts Centre and China Plate present
Confirmation
Saturday 21 March, 7.30pm Adults £10 / £8 concessions For ages 14+ / 80 mins (no interval) Written by Chris Thorpe / Developed with and Directed by Rachel Chavkin If you pinned me against a wall, I’d probably admit to being a liberal. Of course, pinning me against a wall is exactly what I’d expect from someone like you. A show about the gulfs we can’t talk across, and about the way we choose to see only the evidence that proves we’re right. Working with research into the phenomenon of confirmation bias, Confirmation is an attempt to have an honorable dialogue, real and imagined, with political extremism. To find out how we believe what we believe, and how we can end up so far apart. Commissioned by Northern Stage and Battersea Arts Centre
Raw Material present
INVISIBLE
Saturday 11 April, 6.30pm Adults £4 / £2 concessions It all started with a short street play about a homeless busker, a policeman and an immigrant. Now, after an amazing week of writing, music and performance workshops, Raw Material and young people of Folkestone present INVISIBLE – an original show about home, belonging, identity and immigration. It’s a celebration of beats and bars. It’s a special one-off event, combining spoken word, drama, urban music and some of Brixton’s finest MCs and DJs, led by Radio 1 featured artist Potent Whisper. Come and see emerging local talents have their say: “Listen to our hearts, not the accents of our voices”. Part of Raw Roads, a collaborative touring project by Raw Material supported by Arts Council England. 7
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THEATRE
THEATRE Paines Plough
Every Brilliant Thing Thursday 21 May, 1.30pm & 7.30pm Adults £10 / £8 concessions For ages 14+ / 70 mins (no interval) by Duncan Macmillan You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for.
Friday 22 May, 8.15pm Adults £6 / £5 concessions Susanna works as a writer with people experiencing dementia. Sometimes people think she’s a crackpot. Then they see the results...
Talk About Something You Like
You leave it on her pillow. You know she’s read it because she’s corrected your spelling. Soon, the list will take on a life of its own. A new play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love.
A funny, moving and unflinchingly honest account of mental illness. In 2011, Byron spent his summer resting in the magnolia bosom of an NHS psychiatric unit.
CELL
Friday 22 May, 6.30pm Tickets £10 / £8 concessions For ages 11+ / 60 mins (no interval) After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime... and so does his pet fish. Humorous, heart-warming and hopeful, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enough memories to last a lifetime. CELL is the outcome of a new collaboration between two of the most exciting young companies in the UK. CELL is as perfect a piece of theatre as one is likely to see.***** The New Current This tour is presented by house. Supported by Arts Council England. 8
Crackpot
1. Ice Cream 2. Kung Fu Movies 3. Burning Things 4. Laughing so hard you shoot milk out your nose 5. Construction cranes 6. Me
Smoking Apples and Little Cauliflower with
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THEATRE
Saturday 23 May, 6.30pm Adults £10 / £8 concessions
Crackpot is a funny, bold, insightful show about a woman’s seven years working in an astonishing way with people experiencing dementia. …makes you reconsider your views on what you thought Dementia is. Kat Lowe, Central School of Speech and Drama This is uncharted territory and brave and necessary theatre. Douglas Rintoul, Transport Theatre
In this show he extends the frayed mitten of insanity in the hope that you might shake hands. One of BBC poetry season’s New Talent Choices, Byron Vincent is a regular at the nation’s most prestigious literary and music festivals. Extremely funny, deeply unsettling. Nathan Filer, Costa Book of the Year winner 2013
firm. Six months into their relationship Bryony finds out that Tim has severe clinical depression. Award winning artist Bryony Kimmings is back with Saturday 23 May, 8.15pm a brand new collaboration that seeks Adults £6 / £5 concessions to blast the taboo of mental health (work in progress performance) out of the water. Expect home made Bryony Kimmings is an outrageous, music, stupid dancing, onstage hilarious and fearless Performance arguments, real life stories, tears, Artist from London. Tim Grayburn is truths in this wickedly heartwarming an outrageous, hilarious and fearless and funny celebration of the wonders account manager at a top advertising and pitfalls of the human brain.
Fake it ‘til You Make It
Head Hand Head Sunday 24 May, 6.30pm Adults £10 / £8 concessions In the back seat of a car an unassuming conversation takes dark and vicious root in the psyche of Laura Jane Dean. This complex portrait of mental distress journeys between interior dystopia and cool
normality, questioning what we tell ourselves about the world and exploring the things we need to stay sane. Drawing on her experiences of living with obsessive compulsive disorder, this intimate solo show explores the truths we tell, the fears we cling to and what happens when we reveal our darkest thoughts. Supported by Arts Council England and the Maudsley Trust. 9
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CHILDREN & FAMILIES
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Robin’s Winter Adventure Saturday 10 January, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 4+ ‘Where are you taking me? So many lights, shining like stars! I can see everything so clearly. The whole of London!’ A young boy’s incredible journey with a feathered friend. But will facing his fears turn out to be the greatest adventure of all? An uplifting tale of change, bravery and friendship told with puppetry, poetry, music and magical design.
Lyngo Theatre presents
Puss in Boots
Sunday 29 March, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 4+ Would you trust a talking cat? You never know, he might turn you from a pauper to a prince just like the hero of this story, brought to vivid life on our incredible sloping stage by Patrick Lynch from Cbeebies. With a host of puppets, a working windmill and an avalanche of fruit and nuts, come and see this classic furry tail, it’s the cat’s whiskers!
Propeller
Oxford Playhouse and Untied Artists present
Saturday 28 February, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 6+ / 60 mins + 40 minute talkback
Saturday 2 May, 2.30pm Adults £7 / Children £6 For ages 4+ / Limited capacity
Pocket Comedy
The Boy Who Bit Picasso
My name is Tony. When I was a little boy I had the most extraordinary friend… Pablo Picasso!
Pocket Comedy is a sixty minute version of The Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare’s funniest and smartest comedy. Two sets of estranged twins, separated at birth, find themselves in the same city 25 years later with hilarious results. A series of mistaken identities, assumed personas, and wild mishaps bring a family crisis into heart warming focus. The performance is followed by a 40 minute talkback.
Come and play down on the farm with Tony and Picasso. Have loads of fun, make crazy pictures and hear the story of how a young boy became friends with one of the greatest artists who ever lived. With storytelling, music and lots of chances to make your own art, be sure to wear some play-clothes because it’s going to get messy!
A Little Angel Theatre Production
The Journey Home
Flintlock Theatre presents
The Government Inspector
Saturday 30 May, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 3+ / 40 mins
Tuesday 17 March, 1.30pm & 7pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 10+ / 100 mins
Join Polar Bear as he sets off in search of a new home when the ice starts melting. Travelling through storms, busy shipping lanes and across oceans, he picks up some exciting friends along the way. Meet all the animals on their adventure to find a new home. The Journey Home, the acclaimed children’s book by Frann PrestonGannon, is brought to life through puppetry, lyrical music and transformative design.
Flintlock Theatre employs its trademark physical storytelling to reinvent Gogol’s hilarious satire. Four actors swap characters at break-neck speed, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience punctuated by a fast and furious Klezmer soundtrack with scintillating live music interval entertainment. This tour is presented by house. Box Office 01303 760 750
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DANCE / CIRCUS
MUSIC
Carol Grimes & Maiuko
Jasmin Vardimon presents
JV2
Saturday 7 March, 7.30pm Tickets £10 (£15 WOW day pass)
Friday 27 March, 7.30pm Tickets £10 / £8 concessions
Wild Women sees two sensational voices in music take to the stage for a night of soul, jazz, funk and more.
Choreographed & Directed by Marilena Dara, Mafalda Deville & Athanasia Kanellopoulou
Carol Grimes burst onto the scene in the 60’s and has been wowing audiences ever since. From Ronnie Scotts to The Barbican and Vortex, Carol has been filling venues for four decades with her distinctive vocals.
Jasmin Vardimon Company formed JV2 with the mission to develop, encourage and cultivate young talent and young audiences. 14 young international dancers, hand-picked by Artistic Director Jasmin Vardimon, perform new commissioned works. Mafalda Deville’s work ‘Silence’ is an athletic and gutsy work, dealing with loss alongside music from Marilyn Manson and Tchaikovsky. Marilena Dara and Athanasia Kanellopoulou have created powerful new works specifically for this year’s company tour.
Joining Carol will be the Mozambican born singer songwriter Maiuko. Blessed with a powerful voice that oozes soul, and described by Time Out magazine as “nu-soul-diva” Maiuko defies the limitations of one particular genre, transforming her vocals from husky and sensuous to something altogether more ethereal.
No other show has demonstrated the strength of dancers and the positive productivity of choreography for our generation. It will make you look at dance in a whole new light. INQUIRE on JV2 2013
If you are a fan of big female vocals such as Sade, Paloma Faith or even Kate Bush this is the night for you.
Crying Out Loud on behalf of Circus Evolution presents
Bromance
Wednesday 13 May, 7pm Tickets £10 / £8 concessions For ages 8+ / 60 mins (no interval) Meet the acrobats from the all-male Barely Methodical Troupe. Young, fit and skilled they handily come in three sizes: small (Beren D’Amico), medium (Charlie Wheeller) and large (Louis Gift). The lads won a Total Theatre Award at this year’s Edinburgh Festival with their outstanding debut show Bromance, and it’s easy to see why. Filled with humour, heart and impressive circus skills, it celebrates all things blokey through a series of risk-taking feats of balance, corkscrewing acrobatics and funny sketches. Bromance is a thrilling show, with a crowd pleasing finale! On for one night only, this hot new circus ensemble are unmissable. ‘A jaw-dropping magnificent show.’ The Stage Box Office 01303 760 750
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The Beat
Way of the Drum
Friday 13 March, 8pm Tickets £17.50 / For ages 14+ (under 16s accompanied by an adult)
Friday 20 March, 8pm Adults £17 / £15 concessions Experience the thundering, exhilarating rhythms of Taiko in a dynamic and captivating show, and gain a unique insight into the world of this powerful art form. A fusion of primal rhythm, energy, choreographed movement and infectious humour to captivate audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Rhythm, movement and humour light up the stage on a journey that’s not to be missed.
One of the biggest bands of the 2-Tone movement, The Beat present a wall of sound that transcends time and ska fusion rhythms to ignite a crowd. Known for a string of hit singles, including ‘Mirror in the Bathroom’, ‘Too Nice To Talk To’, ‘Can’t Get Used To Losing You’, ‘Hands off She’s Mine’ and ‘All Out To Get You’ – their songs of peace, love and unity fuse ska, pop, reggae and punk rock. 13
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COMEDY
COMEDY
Doc Brown: The Weird Way Round
Sara Pascoe vs History Saturday, 24 January, 8pm Tickets £12 / For ages 15+
Thursday 16 April, 8pm Tickets £14 For ages 14+
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. 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.
Fresh from his sell-out UK tour Of Mic And Men, a starring role in the hit show Law and Order, as well as singing with Ricky Gervais on the YouTube viral Equality Street, Doc Brown is back with his unique take on Life, Love and Lyricism. With TV appearances already under his belt including Russell Howard’s Good News, The Inbetweeners, Rev and Derek, Doc is a must see act.
An exhilarating, deeply satisfying show.The Times
If Brown keeps mining this rich seam of hip-hop comedy, his fame should look after itself. Guardian
Always clever and sometimes exquisite. Independent
Andy Parsons
Mark Thomas: Cuckooed
Friday 6 February, 8pm Tickets £10 / For ages 14+
Friday 24 April, 8pm Tickets £15 / £13 concessions For ages 16+
With four sell out national tours, three DVD releases and a special for Comedy Central already under his belt, Andy Parsons, is back on the road in 2015 and coming to Quarterhouse. Andy’s fifth tour Live And Unleashed - But Naturally Cautious will see the star of BBC’s Mock The Week and Live At At The Apollo deliver more sharp comedy up and down the UK.
A comedy of betrayal. Mark Thomas tells his true story of how Britain’s biggest arms manufacturer came to spy on him. A tale of hubris, planes, demos and undercover deceit told by an award winning performer. Ten years ago a fellow activist and close friend of Mark’s was exposed as a spy for BAE Systems. Now Mark wants to find him and has some questions to ask. It is a personal tale that tries to unearth what it means to be spied upon by a corporation under the sanction of the state.
His delivery multiplies the humour. Big laughs unloading both barrels at British political and public life. The Guardian
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Josie Long: Cara Josephine
Jeremy Hardy
Tuesday 3 March, 8pm Tickets £10 / For ages 14+
Saturday 2 May, 8pm Tickets £14 / £5 registered unemployed For ages 14+
Three-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and cult optimist is back with her most personal show to date – about love and being outdoorsy as a bear. Star of Radio Four’s All Of The Planet’s Wonders and Short Cuts and as seen on BBC1’s Have I Got News For You, C4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
Jeremy Hardy begins his 4th decade as a stand-up this year. That’s a more dramatic way of saying he started 31 years ago and, without a lottery win, probably has at least another 31 years to go. Last year the tenth series of Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation was broadcast on Radio 4. He is also well known for his appearances on The News Quiz and I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue.
An original and unflagging spirit, oozing enthusiasm and intellect… Long builds delightful comedy worlds’ The Times
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Jeremy Hardy would be extremely famous, but an ideal world would leave him without most of his best material. The Guardian 15
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FILM
FILM
Wadjda Thursday 5 March
Rating: PG
Wadjda is a 10-year-old girl living in Saudi Arabia. Although she lives in a conservative world, Wadjda is fun loving, entrepreneurial and always pushing the boundaries of what she can get away with. Following an argument with her friend, a neighbourhood boy she shouldn’t be seen with, Wadjda is determined to become the proud owner of a beautiful green bicycle. Wadjda’s mother won’t allow it, fearing repercussions from a society that sees bicycles as dangerous to a girl’s virtue, so Wadjda decides to try and raise the money herself, refusing to give up on her dream.
Film at Quarterhouse
Boyhood Thursday 19 March
Rating: 15
In 2002 director Richard Linklater (School of Rock, Bernie) cast a 6 year old boy, Mason, for his new film. Over the next 12 years they made film history. It is a coming of age story and we literally see the main character growing before our very eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason’s parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, Boyhood charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before.
Maps to the Stars Thursday 2 April
Rating: 18
Director David Cronenberg (Videodrome, The Fly) aka The Baron of Blood, takes us on a journey to the underbelly of Hollywood. Maps to the Stars follows the lives a fictional Hollywood dynasty and how their world is torn apart when Agatha (Mia Wasikowska) enters their lives. It is a film that is full of secrets and lies, money and rehab. A story that is told in David Cronenberg’s signature style.
Northern Soul Thursday 29 January
Rating: 15
Starring Steve Coogan and Antonia Thomas (Misfits) Northern Soul is easily one of the best British films of last year. Watch Wigan in the 1970’s be transformed by the influx of black American soul music. Northern Soul follows two friends who dream of bigger things once they discover a new sound. It’s a tale of music, dance, youth culture, hopes and dreams. You will leave the cinema wanting to dance.
20,000 Days on Earth Thursday 12 February
Rating: 15
Writer, actor, singer, poet, man, legend Nick Cave is the focal point of this incredible new film. Following Nick Cave over 24 fictional hours it is not just a documentary about an Australian rock star but also a film that examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit. With cameo appearances from Kylie Minogue and Ray Winstone among many others you will leave this film feeling inspired and maybe a little confused.
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Rating: 15
Ides of March Thursday 30 April
What’s most important, career, victory, or virtue? Ides of March follows a fictional presidential campaign that is full of passion, deceit and everything in between. George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti are just some of the all-star cast that are all vying to win. Directed by Clooney, Ides of March keeps you gripped from start to finish. We hope it will also inspire you to vote on Thursday 7 May 2015.
The Man Whose Mind Exploded Saturday 9 May
Start Time 7.30pm Tickets £5 / £4 concessions
Start Time 7.30pm Tickets £5 / £4 concessions
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Rating: 15
Drako Zarharzar remembers working with Salvador Dali, but he doesn’t remember yesterday. Funny, charming, exotic, and oblivious to others, at 76 he lives “completely in the now” following brain damage that robbed him of his ability to create memories. Filmed over four years, The Man Whose Mind Exploded attempts to understand and accept the world view of someone with serious brain damage, and it resonates for anyone who’s tried to care for someone who may not be great at caring for themselves.
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TALKS
RESIDENCIES
Germaine Greer: The Disappearing Woman Friday 13 February, 7pm Tickets £14 / £12 concessions Forty years ago it seemed that women were about to take their rightful place in the world, in parliament, in the church, in the judiciary, in the workplace, but when you open the newspaper you find that news is still made by men in suits. The female most likely to be seen in the sports pages will be a horse. Women are disappearing too because flesh is not allowed. As soon as girls accept the size, role and shape of adult women, they begin to disappear. With each stage of their lives, as they become successively wife, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, they become less visible. Virtually obliterated are the three-quarters of care home residents who are women. Germaine Greer attempts to explain this state of affairs and to suggest some strategies for change.
Dan Cruickshank: The Recreation of Lost Buildings
Residencies drama, urban music and some of Brixton’s finest MCs and DJs. Come and see emerging local talents have their say: “Listen to our hearts, not the accents of their voice”.
Ever wondered how the work you see on stage gets there? We regularly host artists making new work to enrich our community and future programme. Check the Quarterhouse website for information about workshops and work in progress sharings.
The Ajax Project by The Band
8th – 12 March, 20th – 24th April The Band is a new theatre ensemble, made up of 8 actors, designers and directors, dedicated to making contemporary theatre from the classical theatre repertoire. They make playful & kinetic theatre for brave audiences who like either George Bernard Shaw or Kanye West.
Snakes & Giants by Flanagan Collective
12 – 16 January Snakes & Giants is a new show from The Flanagan Collective (Beulah, BABYLON, Some Small Love Story). A show about landscape and finding our place in the world. A show about giants and about feeling lost and lonely. A show about home. Fusing together live music, soaring film and spoken word, The Flanagan Collective are testing out some new ideas and would love to share them with you.
The Band will be working on their first show at the Quarterhouse. This is a new work based on Sophocles’ Ajax, the Greek tragedy about the mightiest Greek warrior who inexplicably massacred thousands of sheep & cows overnight. The show plays around the contrast between the heavy emotion & seriousness of the Ancient Greek world and the passivity & security of our modern lives.
Men and Girls Dance by Fevered Sleep
Supported by Greenhouse 28 – 31 January Fevered Sleep makes experimental, cross art form projects for both adults and children. The company will be in residence in January to continue research for a new performance. The workshops will bring together two different groups of performers: adult professional male dancers reaching the end of their careers and local girls who dance for fun in their spare time. The project seeks to dispel some of the social taboos and charged politics around the relationships between men and girls.
Crackpot by Susana Howard and directed by Jamie Bradley
Presented by Living Words, originally supported by Westminster Arts and Arts Council England 13 – 17 April, part of Normal? Festival of the Brain Susanna works as a writer with people experiencing dementia. Sometimes people think she’s a crackpot. Then they see the results... Crackpot is a funny, bold, insightful show about a woman’s seven years working in an astonishing way with people experiencing dementia.
Friday 17 April, 7pm Tickets £14 / £12 concessions Dan Cruickshank, respected television presenter, author of many respected books on architecture, and honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, explores what we find irresistable about fine old buildings. Architectural wonders that define a people or place have been lost and recreated. Warsaw old town, parts of Dresden, the palaces of St. Petersburg; the schloss in Berlin. In the UK the Euston arch – completed in 1837 and the first great monument of the railway age and one of the finest pieces of Greek Revival architecture ever built, was demolished in 1961. After years of search most of the stones of the Arch have been recovered from a river bed in East London, and the government has recently decreed that the Arch should be rebuilt.
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A Piece of You by Eugénie Pastor
Fake it ‘til You Make It by Bryony Kimmings and Tim Grayburn
7 March, part of WOW: Festival of Inspiring Women A one-on-one, intimate performance, that explores our relationship with pubic hair and the reasons that inform the choices we make. An occasion to reflect on a part of your body you might not often think about, and to see yourself from a different angle, with a stranger who will do her best to make you feel comfortable.
11 – 15 May, part of Normal? Festival of the Brain Bryony Kimmings is an outrageous, hilarious and fearless Performance Artist from London. Tim Grayburn is an outrageous, hilarious and fearless account manager at a top advertising firm. These two humans happen to be a couple. Bryony spends most of her life on tour trying her best to change the world. Tim spends most of his life at a desk trying his best to sell the world. Six months into their relationship Bryony found out that Tim has severe clinical depression.
Raw Materials
Part of Raw Roads, a collaborative touring project by Raw Material funded by Arts Council England 7 – 11 April, part of Election: Festival of Democracy After a week of writing, music and performance workshops, Raw Material and young people of Folkestone will present INVISIBLE – an original show about home, belonging, identity and immigration. It’s a celebration of beats and bars. It’s a special one-off event, combining spoken word,
Award winning artist Bryony Kimmings is back with a brand new collaboration that seeks to blast the taboo of mental health out of the water. Expect home made music, stupid dancing, onstage arguments, real life stories, tears, truths in this wickedly heartwarming and funny celebration of the wonders and pitfalls of the human brain. As the duo seek to unpick what it takes to be a “real man”. 19
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SCHOOLS
Schools The Government Inspector by Flintlock Theatre
Quarterhouse works with schools across Shepway delivering performances, workshops, post show talk backs and free theatre tours. We can support the delivery of Arts Award in your school and work directly with you to create tailored support for your arts and enrichment programme. If you are interested in what we do, contact the programming team on 01303 760 756. Tickets for children are 20% off concession price, teachers go for free.
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Tuesday 17th March, 1.30pm. A satire about human greed, stupidity and political corruption for Key Stages 3 & 4 (10+)
Flintlock Theatre employs its trademark physical storytelling to reinvent Gogol’s hilarious satire. Four actors swap characters at break-neck speed, creating an unforgettable theatrical experience punctuated by a Klezmer soundtrack and live music interval entertainment. For an education pack visit: www.flintlocktheatre.com
Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan and Paines Plough
Pocket Comedy by Propellor
Thursday 26th February, 1.30pm. A fun and fast paced introduction to Shakespeare for Key Stages 2 &3 (8+)
Thursday 21st May, 1.30pm. New writing with a funny and poignant message for Key Stages 4 & 5 (14+)
Pocket Comedy is a sixty minute version of The Comedy of Errors – Shakespeare’s funniest and smartest comedy. Young audiences will be invited into a performance space where the actors will encourage them to express their relationships to the work in the freest possible way. After the performance the actors will run a talkback with the audience, inviting them to articulate and explore responses to the show. For an education pack visit: www.propeller.org. uk/productions/pocket-comedy/education
You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s ‘done something stupid’. She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. A new play about depression and the lengths we will go to for those we love. The performance of Every Brilliant Thing involves members of the audience, making each performance unique.
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Parking The nearest car parks are Tram Road (2mins), Payers Park (2mins) and the Harbour car park (5mins). All council car parks charge daily fees starting from £1 per hour. There is limited parking available behind Quarterhouse which requires a parking permit that can be obtained from Quarterhouse. For more information please call Quarterhouse Box Office.
By Train High speed trains run regularly from London St Pancras International (journey time 57 minutes). The last return train from Folkestone to London is at 22:56. Folkestone Central Station is a short walk from the centre of town and approximately 15 minutes from Quarterhouse. National Railway Enquiries – 08457 484 950 or www.nationalrail.co.uk
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Crackpot
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