Summer 2015
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Contents
Welcome to the summer season at Quarterhouse
Welcome 3 Normal? Festival of the Brain 4 Comedy 9 Outlands Festival
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Children & Families
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Music 14 Film 16 Other Events
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Get Involved
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Booking Tickets
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How to find Quarterhouse 22 What’s On
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GET INVOLVED Outlands Think In Thursday 30 April, 10.30am & 5.30pm at the Hunt & Darton Café, 12-14 Rendezvous Street
We are having a great time working alongside our collaborators to create moments of debate, discovery and celebration. Over 60 women from East Kent played a part in making Women of the World a festival to remember. We have enjoyed celebrating young talent with Brixton-based Raw Material, running a pop up political café and co-hosting a hustings with Academy FM as part of Election Festival.
SALT Think In Thursday 14 May & Thursday 11 June, 5.30pm at Quarterhouse Folkestone Fun Palace Think In Thursday 18 June, Thursday 16 July, Thursday 13 August and Thursday 10 September, 5.30pm at Quarterhouse
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY Folkestone Fun Palace 4 October 2015
We have two exciting festivals coming up this season: Normal? - Festival of the Brain in May, and Outlands, our new festival of outdoor arts which this year is co-curated with Music for Change. Preparations are also underway for the nationwide Fun Palaces weekend in October and an autumn festival about the sea and the environment: SALT.
SALT – Sea and Environment Festival 21 – 24 October 2015 Book Festival 20 – 29 November 2015 WOW – Festival of Inspiring Women 8 – 13 March 2016
We continue to work with Folkestone Fringe and local co-curators to create each festival. And that is where you come in. The festivals don’t exist yet – they are you and your interests. These events combine the best of the nation’s contemporary artists and thinkers with community-sourced activity. For every festival we look for people who have experiences to share and a passion for making things happen in their community. If you want to be part of future festivals at Quarterhouse, make sure you come to a ‘think in’: an open meeting to discuss the themes and content of the festival. Finally, for the moments when sharing your ideas or creativity feels daunting, I keep John Cage’s advice taped to the radio on my desk: “Nothing is a mistake. There’s no win and no fail. There’s only make.” See you soon
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THEATRE
FESTIVAL OF THE BRAIN
THEATRE
THEATRE
Crackpot
Paines Plough
Every Brilliant Thing
Festival of the Brain The Festival of the Brain brings science and art together over four days to explore the brain. What happens when connections, chemicals and catastrophes send things off course, and is there such a thing as normal?
Susanna works as a writer with people experiencing dementia. Sometimes people think she’s a crackpot. Then they see the results...
Thursday 21 May, 1.30pm & 7.30pm Adults £10 / £8 concessions For ages 14+ / 70 mins (no interval)
Meet the puppet learning to adapt to motor neuron disease by setting off on the trip of a lifetime; meet the advertising account manager who can tell you a love story about manliness and living with depression; meet the six year old boy who is making a list of every brilliant thing in the world for his mother, willing her to want to live. Here is a line up of the beautiful, the brilliant, the cracked, insane, healed, halfway and human.
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. 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.
Join us to participate in debates, daily mindfulness sessions, workshops and much more as we explore all things neurological and stand in awe at this complex pound of flesh.
‘Every Brilliant Thing’ may be the funniest show about depression you’ve ever seen. New York Post
THEATRE
Talk About Something You Like Saturday 23 May, 6.30pm Adults £10 / £8 concessions 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.
Friday 22 May, 6.30pm Tickets £10 / £8 concessions For ages 11+ / 60 mins (no interval)
This tour is presented by house. Supported by Arts Council England. CELL is as perfect a piece of theatre as one is likely to see.***** The New Current 4
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
Fake it ‘til You Make It
CELL
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.
This is uncharted territory and brave and necessary theatre. Douglas Rintoul, Transport Theatre
Bryony finds out that Tim has severe clinical depression. Award winning artist Bryony Kimmings is back with a brand new collaboration that seeks Saturday 23 May, 8.15pm to blast the taboo of mental health Adults £6 / £5 concessions out of the water. Expect home made (work in progress performance) music, stupid dancing, onstage Bryony Kimmings is an outrageous, arguments, real life stories, tears, truths in this wickedly heartwarming hilarious and fearless Performance Artist from London. Tim Grayburn is and funny celebration of the wonders an outrageous, hilarious and fearless and pitfalls of the human brain. account manager at a top advertising Beautiful and funny and intelligent and firm. Six months into their relationship true. The Guardian
Smoking Apples and Little Cauliflower with
You can enjoy as many Normal? events as you like by purchasing a £15 day pass or a £40 four day pass.
…makes you reconsider your views on what you thought Dementia is. Kat Lowe, Central School of Speech and Drama
THEATRE
THEATRE
Normal? Is co-curated with Susanna Howard of Living Words and Diane Dever of Folkestone Fringe.
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Friday 22 May, 8.15pm Adults £6 / £5 concessions
Crackpot is a funny, bold, insightful show about a woman’s seven years working in an astonishing way with people experiencing dementia.
THEATRE
501 days (and counting) since discharge. In This Room, Laura Jane Dean reveals the actualities and artefacts of a therapeutic process. Sunday 24 May, 6.30pm Working with neuroscientists and a Adults £10 / £8 concessions CBT therapist, Laura attempts to The clinical diagnosis: Obsessive understand what it means to be ill, Compulsive Disorder. The treatment: what it might mean to get better Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. and invites us all to ask ourselves, 18 in depth questionnaires; 24 hours ‘Am I okay?’ Includes screening of of therapy; 1 clinical psychologist; Behind a Mind (see page 16) and 31 behavioural experiments; panel discussion on OCD. 56 hours of homework.
This Room
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FESTIVAL OF THE BRAIN
THURSDAY 21 MAY Launch Event
FRIDAY 22 MAY WORKSHOP
Mindfulness
5.30pm – 7.30pm FREE (not incl. ticket to Every Brilliant Thing)
Throughout the Festival FREE
Join us for the launch of Normal? An evening combining a selection of cultural highlights, professional networking and brain fuelling cocktails! The festival will kick off with a networking event for artists, academics and those working in health and social care with the aim of encouraging future cross-sector collaborations. Followed by the official festival launch featuring:
Sally-Ann Cranage leads our Mindfulness sessions throughout the festival – come to one or all of the sessions. Mindfulness based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is designed to assist you in reducing stress and anxiety by learning new ways of managing your difficult feelings, moods and physical sensations.
LUNCHTIME TALK
Dementia Brain
Super Obsessive: music by Anna Braithwaite Brainstorm: a sharing by Ned Glasier & young people of Folkestone Every Brilliant Thing: a new play by Paines Plough
LUNCHTIME TALK
Anxiety in the brain
SATURDAY 23 MAY WORKSHOP
1pm £3
Anxiety and depression influence nearly a third of individuals at some point in their lives and carry an enormous economic and emotional burden for both the individual and society. Reducing the burden of such disorders would therefore be extremely valuable. Dr Oliver Robinson is an MRC Career Development Award Fellow based at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.
Salmagundi Films
Thinking Machines: iPad Animation Saturday 23 May, 2.30pm Tickets £3
1pm £3 Writer and filmmaker James Murray-White, with neuroscientist Dr Tim Rittman explore media representations of the world of dementia – plus information on the brain and dementia.
WORKSHOP Ladder To The Moon
WORKSHOP
3.30pm FREE (advance booking only)
Dance for Parkinsons
WORKSHOP Strangeface
Normal? Us? 1.45pm £3
English National Ballet
The Film Studio
2pm Tickets £3 (advance booking only)
An interactive Film Studio experience: reimagining the classic film Robin Hood. All are welcome to join this moment of spontaneity and collaboration. The session is especially suitable for people living with dementia and their supporters.
WORSHOP & SHARING
Explore the emotional roller coaster of being human, using stop frame animation and boiler suits. Learn to animate the boiler suits and tell a story through their body language. The short films produced will be screened on a loop at the festival. This workshop is for ages 14 – 25. You must book a place in advance.
INSTALLATION
Brainstorm
Kent-based Strangeface create performance with masks and puppets for a wide range of venues from traditional theatres to libraries, sports halls, trucks and tabletops. Their work is built on the idea that identity is more transient than we usually believe and that we all have multiple mental facets to draw on.
Bright Shadow
7pm FREE English National Ballet is a UK leader for Dance for Parkinson’s and will be leading a workshop as part of Normal? Festival of the Brain. The workshop will provide people with Parkinson’s, their carers, friends and family with an opportunity to engage in artistic dance activity and discover the themes, choreography and music of English National Ballet’s current repertoire.
12pm – 6pm FREE
FILM & PANEL DISCUSSION 4.30pm £3
Your Best Self
The premiere screening of Watch by Leah Thorn and Euan Golder will be followed by an energising panel with filmmaker James Murray-White, Anne 6
Mrs Minteeda’s Marvellous Mind Mrs Minteeda is Marvellous but things inside her mind are not always what they seem. Guided by the hosts you will explore the wonder of love, curiosity of language, and mystery of perception. Take a chance, spin the Brain Carou-cell and uncover what it feels like to live with dementia. This interactive installation is fun for all ages.
Watch / Still Normal?
A show in a day! An exciting opportuunity for local fearless teenagers to work with director Ned Glaiser, to explore the teenage brain. The group will create a mini version of the successful show Brainstorm, which is at the National theatre this summer. Box Office 01303 760 750
FESTIVAL OF THE BRAIN In this interactive workshop Rayya and Nicholette will create a space and provide a variety of familiar and unusual craft materials, as well as some great questions, for you to explore who you are at your very best.
Tidmarsh, Kent County Council’s Director of Older People and Physical Disability, advocates for dementia friendly communities and people experiencing dementia. Join us for the screening and panel discussion to explore the power of art in dementia care.
WORKSHOP
Dance To Feel Good 3pm Tickets £3 Feel good, relax and have fun through movement, music and dance! Through selfmassage exercises, yoga, gentle movement and choreographic games, Mita Pujara will guide you on a journey to release YOUR inner creativity.
WORKSHOP
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FESTIVAL OF THE BRAIN
COMEDY
READING
world. Led by Sadie Hurley, his workshop is open to everyone no matter what your singing ability.
Reading for Wellbeing Saturday & Sunday, 4.30pm FREE
WORKSHOP
Romesh Ranganathan and Angela Barnes
4.30pm £3
Friday 26 June, 8pm Tickets £8 / 14+
Liberation from Normality
What is so good about being told a story? Reading for Wellbeing explores the positive effects of listening to someone read aloud. It helps people to feel relaxed, comforted and able to express themselves through discussion. Zena Cooper discovered Reading for Wellbeing whilst working in a mental health service and she has run groups for individuals with and without mental health issues. Come join Zena in the Biobliotherapy corner for two Reading for Wellbeing workshops, with carefully selected texts aimed to get you thinking and feeling.
In this workshop we will look at how ‘normal’ is defined and how we are affected by these definitions. We will also look at what keeps us from being who we ‘really’ are and what we can do to be more ourselves. Using painting and drawing materials we will create visual images to capture expressions of our responses. No experience necessary. This not about ‘art’ but about making marks to express how you feel. No equipment needed just bring yourself. Workshop led by Arike.
SUNDAY 24 MAY
The last two years have been incredible for Ranganathan. His critically acclaimed Edinburgh Festival show, Rom Wasn’t Built In A Day was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Fosters Best Show Award in 2014 only 12 months after his festival debut Rom Com was nominated for the coveted Best Newcomer Award 2013. Angela Barnes won the 2011 BBC New Comedy Award and became a finalist at the 2011 Latitude Festival New Act of the Year competition. Her witty world view have been catapulted onto numerous radio and television shows including appearances on BBC 3’s Russell Howard’s Good News, BBC Radio 4’s The Now Show and in 2013 she became a regular on Channel 4’s Stand Up For The Week. 2014 saw Angela perform a one women show for the first time receiving huge critical acclaim.
PANEL DISCUSSION
WORKSHOP
Performing Normal?
Living Write!
5pm £3
Sunday 24 May, 12pm £3
This panel discussion will look at how the arts are changing people’s understanding of the brain and mental health issues. With special guests including the performance artist Bobby Baker and researcher Paul Camic, the panel will encapsulate ideas from across the four days of the Festival. A digital version of Bobby’s touring exhibition Diary Drawings: Mental Illness and Me 1997 – 2008 will be screened alongside the discussion.
Writing to clear your brain and release your words. Flow writing is when you keep the pen moving and go beyond your conscious thinking brain to unearth the stories inside you that want to come up.Led by experienced flow writing teacher and practitioner Susanna Howard, a flow writing workshop is guaranteed to leave you feeling calmer and happier than when you arrived! Come with a pad, a pen and your open mind!
Edinburgh preview
Steve Bugeja and Tiff Stevenson
INSTALLATIONS
LUNCHTIME TALK
Understanding Trauma 1pm £3 Come and learn about what trauma really is and how it can affect a person’s life, in addition to tips for those who have experience of trauma or have loved ones suffering. Includes the benefit of the arts and the role of diet in self-healing.
WORKSHOP
Singing is Good for You
Brain Wave
Sunday 12 July, 8pm Tickets £5 / 14+
Laura Froude’s ‘Brain Wave’ paintings are on show at Quarterhouse for the duration of the Festival Of The Brain. Laura created these exciting compositions using iPad Technology and Acrylic paint. She explores both the creative and mysterious aspects of our brains in whirls of colour and brush strokes.
Fresh from supporting Russell Kane on his national tour this is the highly anticipated debut show from Steve Bugeja, the winner of the BBC New Comedy Award 2013. Steve recently picked up a convicted criminal from prison who was on day release for the first time in 18 years. This is the story of what happened.
Annie Ho Cooper
Big laughs and gentle pathos The Guardian Tiff Stevenson is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Her thought provoking and engaging style have seen her consistently play to packed audiences; Tiff’s latest solo show ‘Optimist’ received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Festival 2014.
Annie’s work explores memory – what is lost as well as what can be found – for people living with dementia. Her work explores the stories behind material objects, which can often trigger special memories through exploration of all our senses including touch and smell. Through visual art, she wants to make special again what is lost and make visible what is invisible.
2.30pm £3 Singing is good for you... With a growing number of singing for health and wellbeing groups it is clear that singing can have a positive effect on our health, both mental and physical. Come along and see for yourself how group singing can lift your mood by joining this fun and friendly singing session with songs and chants from around the Box Office 01303 760 750
Edinburgh preview
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…Mouthy, cynical and sexually frank, she left us wanting more The Guardian 9
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OUTLANDS FESTIVAL
OUTLANDS FESTIVAL
Outlands Festival
Second Hand Dance
Outlands is our new festival of outdoor art, celebrating community, culture and public space. Since the re-vitalising of Payers Park in 2014, we are looking forward to turning Quarterhouse inside out during the summer months. This year we are delighted to welcome Music for Change, who are joining us with a series of world dance and music weekends in the park. With activities for all ages we invite you to explore the park, learning something new in a workshop and enjoy being with all the family for an outdoor show.
Sunday 2 August, 2.30pm Pay what you can on the day For ages 4+ / 50 mins (including 10 mins of play after the show)
GRASS
Outlands think in: Thursday 30 April 10.30am and 5.30pm at 12-14 Rendezvous Street, Hunt & Darton Café. In case of wet weather many events will still take place indoors. Please contact the box office for further information.
The Big Lunch The Big Lunch is a very simple idea from the Eden Project. The aim is to get as many people as possible across the whole of the UK to have lunch with their neighbours annually on the first Sunday in June in a simple act of community, friendship and fun. In 2014, 4.83 million people
took to their streets, gardens and community spaces for the sixth annual Big Lunch. Join us to for a Payers Park Big Lunch, which will mark the official beginning of Outlands. If you’re interested in making it happen, email info@quarterhouse.co.uk.
Global Sounds @ Payers Park Sunday 2, 9 & 16 August, 1pm–5pm FREE Music for Change presents a series of free music events with sounds from around the world featuring interactive music workshops and live music performances suitable for all ages.
Sunday 9 August: Gypsy-jazz from Yiannis Zaronis; West African drumming workshops from George Fiawoo; acoustic performances from Kotchin.
Sunday 2 August: Roma music from Téa Hodžic; South African acapella vocals, gumboot dance and workshops from U’Zambezi; West African circus skills workshops and acrobatics from Emmanuel Okine.
Sunday 16 August: Music for Change partner with Beautiful Town Music to present the best in emerging singer/songwriters and bands from Folkestone & East Kent’s thriving live music scene. 10
Featuring worms, slugs, snails, spontaneous outbreaks of ant dancing and plenty of fun insect related facts, Grass uses performance, puppetry and projection and to inspire children to look closely at the world around them, to get mucky and play!
Are Bumblewasp poisonous? What do Whistling Pank’s eat? What happens when you lick a Tresillian Toad…? Answer these and more pointless questions in a puppetpacked, ludicrously lyrical extravaganza from acclaimed Sunday 9 August, 2.30pm & creators of The Terrible Infants and 4.30pm The Trench. Packed with puppets, Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) music and magic comes the world’s weirdest wonder emporium! For all ages / 60 mins Les Enfants Terribles present
Sunday 7 June, 12 noon FREE
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Look down. What are you standing on? Explore the ground and all of its wriggly inhabitants in this quirky dance show for young children.
Dr Longitude’s Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie
Tour presented by house
Presented by Ian Nicholson & Old Salt Theatre
Ice cream vans are a British icon. In their heyday, 20,000 chimed in our streets but now there are less than two thousand: ice cream vans are at risk of extinction, pushed into irrelevance through austerity and social change, something that is echoed in so many other bastions of our cultural identity.
Sunday 16 August, 12pm, 2pm & 4pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) 40 mins / For ages 12+
I’ll Keep Waiting On the Pavement for the Ice Cream Van to Come charts the story of the rise and fall of the ice cream van, and our relationship with what it means to be British, through the medium of Mr Whippy…
I’ll Keep Waiting on the Pavement for the Ice Cream Van to Come
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CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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Crying Out Loud presents
Barely Methodical Troupe: Bromance
Pop-Up Flashback A Word Pepper Theatre production
Wednesday 13 May, 7pm Tickets £10 / £8 concessions For ages 8+ / 60 mins (no interval)
Saturday 13 June, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 5+
Meet Britain’s hottest young acrobats, Barely Methodical Troupe. This exceptionally skilled all-male trio won a Total Theatre Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival for their outstanding debut Bromance, and it’s easy to see why.
Enter an imaginative world of memories through poetry and incredible pop-up books in this funny and heart-warming adventure of complicated families and growing up.
A thrilling show, it wittily celebrates all things blokey through a series of heroic, risk-taking physical feats. With an inventive mix of flawlessly-timed acrobatics, shoulder-high balances and a stunning routine inside a spinning metal wheel the lads explore male companionship and its limits. Playful and touching, this jaw-dropping show takes British circus to new heights. Barely Methodical Troupe are outlandishly talented; Bromance, their award-winning show, is unmissable!
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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Sebastian’s memories aren’t like everyone else’s. His are wonderful poetic memories from the pages of his colourful pop-up books and the treasure trove of his imagination. He remembers troll kings and mermaid queens, deep sea diving super heroes and city smashing dinosaurs. But there’s one memory that takes particular pride of place. It is of the very special gift that his Dad bought him... You’re invited to enter a world of beautiful, thought-provoking poetry with incredible pop-up books of every imaginable shape and size.
Comedy Club 4 Kids
Saturday 27 June, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) A highlight for children... giving them a For ages 6+ Like the name says it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids! Cracking entertainment for everyone over six years old and under 400 years old (no vampires or Highlanders).
Scamp Theatre
Stick Man Saturday 18 July, 2.30pm Adults £10 / Children £8 / Family £25 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 3+ 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.
A Little Angel Theatre Production
The Journey Home
Saturday 30 May, 2.30pm Adults £6 / Children £5 / Family £20 (2 adults, 2 children) For ages 3+ / 40 mins
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We have the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best… but without the rude bits!
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From the creators of The Gruffalo A fantastick show for all branches of the family tree! Following a smash hit West End season, Scamp Theatre’s delightful adaptation of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler’s hugely popular children’s book Stick Man is coming to
taste of some of the biggest names in comedy with the fun, rowdy feel of a real comedy club. The Guardian
The perfect way to entertain the whole family. Three Weeks
Quarterhouse! Touching, funny and utterly original, this awardwinning production features a trio of top actors and is packed full of puppetry, songs, live music and funky moves. Stick Man lives in the family tree With his Stick Lady Love and their stick children three... But the world outside the family tree is a dangerous place for Stick Man. A dog wants to play fetch with him, a swan builds a nest with him and he even ends up on a fire! How will Stick Man ever get back to the family tree? Guarantees more fun than you can shake a stick at! 13
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MUSIC
MUSIC
Sacconi Chamber Music Festival: Intimate Voices 15 – 17 May 2015
Presented by Academy FM Alternative Show
Five for a Fiver
Friday 5 June, 7.30pm Tickets £5 / 14+ (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult)
St Mary & St Eanswythe’s Church, Folkestone Ticket prices vary
A showcase for Kent based bands – it doesn’t matter what style you play or how old you are, we want to hear your music. This season we are collaborating with Academy FM’s Alternative show to bring you five great bands. Join us and hear the newest talent from Kent!
language and the close relationship between performer and audience that the Sacconi Festival aims to convey.
This year’s theme, ‘Intimate Voices’, takes its name from a rather cryptic inscription in the score of Sibelius’ String Quartet in D minor. Though its meaning in relation to Sibelius is somewhat mysterious, it is nonetheless a phrase that sums up chamber music perfectly.
In fitting with the theme, many of the chosen works for Sacconi Chamber Music Festival 2015 are intimate dialogues or have been written for, or dedicated to people with whom the composers had special relationships.
Sibelius himself said: “Music begins where the possibilities of language end.” It is this notion of music as an expression of intimacy, sometimes of love, a way of talking without words, without
For more info on the concerts and events go to www.sacconi.com/festival
Mànran
It was clear in June 2010, that the time had come for the 6 friends to unite and uphold the fresh, unstoppable sound of modern Gaelic Scotland. Since then, Mànran have already performed at festivals in Europe and Scotland; highlights being Celtica, Italy and the Hebridean Celtic Festival in Lewis.
Saturday 6 June, 8pm Tickets £14 adv. / £16 on the door (under 16s must be accompanied by an adult) Mànran have quite literally rocketed to the top of the Scottish music scene with their powerful combination of Gaelic/English songs underpinned by driving accordion, fiddle, flute and a backline of drum and bass. Mànran are also the only band to host Highland and Uilleann pipes together in one line up to create a sound like no other. Box Office 01303 760 750
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Mànran brought in the New Year as the live house band for the BBC ALBA Hogmanay show in 2010, and as of 2011 have performed as part of Celtic Connections at the O2 ABC1, and the Royal Concert Hall supporting Kepa Junkera. 15
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FILM
FILM
Film at Quarterhouse
Start Time 7.30pm Tickets £5 / £4 concessions Special Offer: Book any 5 films for the price of 4! Screamer Films This season Quarterhouse will be introducing Screamer screenings; a special screening of the latest releases for parents and babies up to 12 months old. Adults must be accompanied by at least one baby (babies are free of charge). The volume is lower and the lights are raised to create a more calming environment. Oh, and there is quite a bit of noise, but no one will make you feel guilty.
The Man Whose Mind Exploded Saturday 9 May, 7.30pm (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.
Behind a Mind Sunday 24 May, 7.30pm (15) FREE Winner of the Scottish Mental Health Arts and Film Festival ‘Locked’ tells the story of a man forced into panic by the constant interruptions of his checking routines and is finally unable to conceal his OCD behaviour from his impatient son. Fifteen minute short included in Normal? Festival, free with ticket to This Room (see page 5).
The Theory of Everything Thursday 4 June, 2.30pm Screamer performance & 7.30pm (12A) An extraordinary and uplifting story of one of the world’s greatest living minds, the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. It’s 1963 and Cambridge student Stephen (Eddie Redmayne, who won the Best actor Oscar for the role) is determined to find a “simple, eloquent explanation” for the universe. His world opens up when he falls deeply in love with fellow student Jane Wilde (Felicity Jones). Box Office 01303 760 750
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The Grand Budapest Hotel Thursday 18 June, 2.30pm Screamer performance & 7.30pm (15) Wes Anderson’s latest multiple Oscar winning film recounts the adventures of Gustave H (Ralph Fiennes) a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel, and Zero Moustafa (F. Murray Abraham), the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting and the battle for an enormous family fortune – all against the back-drop of a suddenly and dramatically changing Continent. With a supporting cast of Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, Jeff Goldblum, Bill Murray and Owen Wilson, this is one not to miss!
Birdman Thursday 2 July, 2.30pm Screamer performance & 7.30pm (15) Michael Keaton returns to the big screen with his Oscar winning performance in the critically acclaimed black comedy, Birdman. With life imitating art, Keaton plays an actor, Riggan Thomas, famous for portraying an iconic superhero as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. Opening night finds him offering the performance of his life for more reasons than one, and the success of that night will make or break the future of his play. Like everything else, his handling of events is affected by demons only he is aware of.
The Imitation Game Thursday 16 July, 2.30pm Screamer performance & 7.30pm (12A) An intense and haunting portrayal of mathematician, cryptanalyst and war hero Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) – the genius who under nail-biting pressure helped shorten the war and save thousands of lives. Later arrested and charged with ‘gross indecency’, the accusation would lead to his devastating conviction for the criminal offence of homosexuality – little did the authorities know, they were actually incriminating the pioneer of modern-day computing.
Paddington Thursday 30 July, 2.30pm Screamer performance & 4.30pm (PG) Paddington (BAFTA Nominated for Outstanding British Film) follows the comic misadventures of a polite young bear with an endearing talent for chaos. Arriving alone at Paddington Station, Paddington soon finds that city life is not all he had imagined – until he meets the kindly Brown family, who find him with a label tied around his neck which reads ‘Please look after this bear. Thank you.’ But when Paddington catches the eye of a sinister, seductive taxidermist, it isn’t long before his new home – and very existence – is under threat.
Ida Thursday 13 August, 2.30pm Screamer performance & 7.30pm (12A) Set in Poland 1962, Anna, an orphan brought up by nuns in the convent, is a novice. She has to see Wanda, her only living relative, before she takes her vows. Wanda tells Anna about her Jewish roots. Both women start a journey not only to find their family’s tragic story, but to see who they really are and where they belong. They question what they used to believe in. 17
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OTHER EVENTS
OTHER EVENTS
David Starkey: Magna Carta Friday 12 June, 7pm Tickets £15 / £13 concesssions The UK’s leading constitutional historian, known for his forthright views, talks about the 13th century agreement that ,imperfect though it was,and radically modified in its first ten years, limited for the first time the power of the monarch by stating the basic rights, privileges, and liberties of leading citizens and clergy. There are few more stimulating thinkers, and few who understand better the way the most powerful have thought throughout our history. His assessment of the situation then , and how our constitution stands today exactly 800 years later , will amaze and challenge you. A Cambridge educated grammar school boy who became a respected LSE lecturer, a uniquely abrasive debater on Radio 4’s Moral Maze, and the creator and presenter of many very popular historical TV series. Join us for a stimulating evening.
Open Quarter Friday 19 – Sunday 21 June 2015 Folkestone’s Creative Quarter will be opening its doors once again this summer and welcoming the public to take a look behind the scenes of this thriving hub of creativity.The weekend will feature presentations from our creative businesses, a Creative Quarter market, Folkestone Artworks tours, performances at Quarterhouse and a day of live music at Payers Park. Our resident artists will be sharing their skills, opening up their studios and of course a great selection of restaurants and cafés will be available for lunches and dinner. We aim to make this our biggest Open Quarter ever! If you would like to get involved please contact marketingintern@creativefoundation.org.uk For more information on Open Quarter go to www.creativequarter.org.uk
Folkestone Artworks: New Edition Saturday 20 & Sunday 21 June 2015 Since the 2014 Folkestone Triennial Lookout, ten artworks have been added to the Folkestone Artworks collection. This summer everyone is welcome to join us for the official opening of these new additions over a weekend of tours, talks, workshops, fun activities and a BBQ in the park! We will be celebrating over two days in and around Payers Park and encourage you to come and say hello. To explore Folkestone’s gallery without walls, pick up a map and discover works by Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Yoko Ono, Richard Wilson, Pablo Bronstein, Cornelia Parker, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Spencer Finch, Ruth Ewan, Sarah Staton, Hamish Fulton, Richard Wentworth, Nathan Coley, Michael Sailstorfer and many more are waiting to be discovered! Folkestone Artworks is a collection of 27 contemporary artworks, which are on permanent display in public spaces around Folkestone, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The collection aims to deliver an experience of contemporary art within the urban environment, to encourage different ways of seeing, learning and thinking about contemporary art, free of charge. For more information on talks, tours, workshops and events go to www.folkestoneartworks.co.uk Group Visit If you intend to experience Folkestone Artworks as part of a group including school, university and college groups and would like some help planning your visit, please email hannahconroy@ folkestoneartworks.org.uk or call 01303 760 745. For live updates on Folkestone Artworks events and tours follow us on: Facebook: /FolkestoneArtworks Twitter: @FolkArtworks
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Folkestone Fun Palace 4 October If you’d like to be involved, come to a Think In: an open meeting to discuss the themes and content of the weekend.
On Sunday 4 October 2015 over 100 Fun Palaces will pop up across the UK and globally, celebrating the vision of a very special woman called Joan Littlewood, who had radical ideas in the 1960’s about what culture is and who it is for. Fun Palaces is a campaign for culture that everyone can join – combining arts and sciences, welcoming and free, at the heart of our communities.
These will take place on: Thursday 18 June 5:30pm Thursday 16 July 5:30pm Thursday 13 August 5:30pm Thursday 10 September 5:30pm
Folkestone Quarterhouse and Folkestone Fringe are working together to host a Fun Palace… From Giant Origami to fort building to science experiments and knitting, there will be something for everyone. And best of all, EVERYTHING IS FREE!
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Opening times Monday to Saturday – 10:00 to 17:00 Sunday – Closed (except on event days) Box Office reopens at 6pm on event nights
Disclaimer All details are correct at time of going to print. Quarterhouse reserves the right to change the programme and introduce special offers and discounts without prior notice. These will not apply to tickets already purchased before the announcement. Updates will be available on the website and at the Box Office. Latecomers will not be allowed their seats until a suitable break in the performance. Audio recorders, cameras and mobile phones may not be used in the venue. The management reserves the right to refuse admission. All tickets are non-transferable and will be void if re-sold.
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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
By Bus or Coach A direct National Express coach service runs from London Victoria Coach Station to the main bus station in Bouverie Square, Folkestone. Stagecoach operates a network of routes linking local towns and villages to Folkestone.
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The Man Whose Normal? Film page 16 Mind Exploded Bromance Children & Families page 12 Sacconi Music page 14 Sacconi Music page 14 Sacconi Music page 14 Every Brilliant Thing
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CELL Normal? Crackpot Normal? Talk About Something Normal? You Like Fake it ‘til You Make It Normal? This Room Normal? Behind A Mind Normal? The Journey Home The Theory of Everything
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Five for a Fiver Music page15 Manran Music page15 The Big Lunch Outlands Outlands Festival page10 David Starkey: Magna Carta Talk page18 Pop-Up Flashback Children & Families page 13 The Grand Budapest Hotel Film page 17 Romesh Ranganathan & Angela Barnes Comedy page 9 Comedy Club 4 Kids Children & Families page 13 Birdman Film page 17 Steve Bugeja & Tiff Stevenson The Imitation Game
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Hire Quaterhouse Our flexible auditorium space, meeting rooms and bar area are available for conferences, parties, exhibitions, wedding receptions and performances. Our experienced events team will help you turn your vision into reality. With great transport links to and from London and the rest of Kent and competitive rates, our fully accessible venue is the perfect choice in East Kent. Auditorium Our state of the art theatre boasts a capacity of 250 seated or 490 standing across two levels, and can be configured to suit your event, from cabaret-style tables and chairs to fully raked seating or as an open performance space/dance floor. We also offer dressing rooms and breakout spaces. Quarterhouse Meeting Room Whether you are conducting an interview, boardroom discussions or an away day, the Meeting Room is the ideal space, seating up to 30 boardroom style or up to 50 theatre style. Projectors and a screen can be provided along with a phone line and Wifi. Quarterhouse Bar Is a modern, vibrant space which can be hired with the auditorium or on its own. With floor to ceiling windows, it is light, spacious and perfect for fun packed parties. For more information and to discuss your ideas contact Sally Otteson on 01303 760 755 or email sallyotteson@creativefoundation.org.uk www.quarterhouse.co.uk Front cover image designed by eureka!