inTRANSIT by The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

inTRANSIT festival 22-31 July 2011

his year, InTRANSIT has a mysterious edge... secrets and whispers, myths and legends, magic and mystery permeate the programme.

Running from 22 July to 31 July, InTRANSIT offers both residents and visitors to the borough a chance to rediscover and be surprised by Kensington and Chelsea. Some of the UK’s most exciting new artists will take over the borough’s streets, parks and hidden spaces with performances. The festival is launched with three days of specially-commissioned events at the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street from 15 to 17 July. InTRANSIT is a unique contemporary arts festival. This summer, it will once again transform and celebrate the hidden and undiscovered spaces of the borough. Come and explore with us – you never know what you might find!

World-class artists bring the former Commonwealth Institute to life Dates/Times Friday 15 July, 7 to 9pm and 9 to 11pm; Saturday 16 July, 2 to 3.30pm, 3.30 to 5pm, 7.30 to 9pm, 9 to 10.30pm; Sunday 17 July, 2 to 3.30pm, 3.30 to 5pm, 7.30 to 9pm, 9 to 10.30pm Venue Commonwealth Institute, W8 Producing Company Fruit for the Apocalypse “The loveliest thing to see was the space being considered and inhabited.” Bellyflop Magazine Ticket price Friday £18.50 (£11 concession), Saturday and Sunday £12.50 (£7.50 concession)

reatives from Rambert Dance Company, Opera Holland Park, the London Contemporary Orchestra and many others have come together to devise new audio-kinetic adventures within this iconic building on Kensington High St in celebration of World Listening Day. The sounds, feelings and memories of the building become the inspiration for new music, dance and opera performed over three days throughout the building. You will be taken on an immersive journey through the building where you can explore the silent spaces as they slowly wake. Friday’s lengthened performances also offer a rare chance to see a new staging of Harrison Birtwistle’s

‘The Corridor’ in a first collaboration between Opera Holland Park and The London Contemporary Orchestra. The former Commonwealth Institute has been closed since 2002. This is a unique opportunity to explore it before its transformation into the new Design Museum scheduled to open in 2014. Booking information on page 4

Booking information on page 4

Producing Company Forest Fringe was a surprise hit at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival and has been delighting audiences ever since.

“ Meaty, beaty, big and bouncy... Catch it if you can.”

his is a journey through a ruined landscape. A journey through rubble and debris and things in dark corners best not thought about.

A Night Bus with a Difference Dates Monday 25 to Thursday 28 July Times Midnight to 3am Venue N11 bus from Chelsea Old Town Hall / Liverpool Street Station Ticket price FREE (booking essential)

The Zero Hour Bus Tours are a series of interlinked audio pieces created by Forest Fringe artists for the N11 night bus. Catch a night bus with a difference from Fulham Road to Liverpool Street Station and back again, between midnight and 3am. Four artists – the award winning comedian, Kim Noble; the cocreator of ‘Home Sweet Home’, Abigail Conway; the writer and artist, Hannah Nicklin; and Greg McLaren, the co-creator of Stoke Newington International Airport – have each created a 30-minute audio journey for this route (two for the eastbound journey, and two westbound).

– Total Theatre

Sounds Strange Dates Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July Times Afternoons (check InTRANSIT website) Venue North Kensington Ticket price £5 (£3 concession) Producing Company Periplum is an internationally– acclaimed theatre company. Its previous work includes the large-scale spectacle La Campana, (2010, commissioned to mark Mexico’s Bi-Centenary of

Independence), The Bell (2007, commissioned by the National Theatre and UK festivals), and Arquiem (a Guardian Cultural Highlights 2005).

5 Revolutions per Moment is the ultimate live music ticket: a trail of intrigue and mystery leading to secret music performances across North Kensington. Expect the unexpected: a rendezvous with strangers, revolutionary gatherings and an unforgettable encounter with an all-knowing busker.

or How I learnt to stop working and start wishing Take a Walk on the Wild Side Dates Monday 25 July, Tuesday 26 July, Wednesday 27 July, Friday 29 July, Saturday 30 July Times 7.45pm daily, plus a 4pm matinee on Saturday 30 July Venue The Orangery, Holland Park Ticket price £12 for adult/£8 concession (suitable for ages 8+)

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The most entrancing immersive theatre I have experienced” – James Hadley, The Big Idea

Producing Company Coup de Theatre and Swoop Productions Following the critically acclaimed ‘Caprice’ (2008) and ‘Blue Beard’ (2009, Brompton Cemetery), Marianne Badrichani directs another site-specific performance in the Royal Borough, based on Honoré de Balzac’s 1831 classic, ‘La Peau de Chagrin’.

isillusioned and desperate, Raphael enters into covenant with an ancient and powerful talisman. He gains the unrestrained gratification of his desires, but at a terrible price. Based on a 19th century Balzac novel, this promenade performance follows Raphael as he first embraces, and then fights to escape from, the fate he has chosen.

Producing Company Kensington Palace and Emma Molony

Secrets and lies at Kensington Palace Dates Friday 22 to Sunday 31 July Times 11am to 4pm daily Venue The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace Ticket price FREE / For all ages

mma Molony has created a free interactive art installation at Kensington Palace, which constitutes a unique collection of personal secrets from residents past and present. Come and add your own secrets and immerse yourself in the secrets of others. Open to all – residents of the Royal Borough are especially welcome. Come and donate your secrets daily between 11am and 4pm.

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Producing Company Upswing

I Acrobats descend FROM Kensington AND CHELSEA ROOFS Dates Friday 22, Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 July Times Check InTRANSIT website Venue Check InTRANSIT website Ticket price FREE / For all ages

With an age range spanning six decades, the Authentic Artists Collective brings together artists at all stages of their careers to devise and create original theatre.

n the city we can hardly escape the eye of the surveillance camera. Are You Being Watched? brings Upswing’s dynamic aerial dance skills onto the streets of Kensington and Chelsea. Three unmissable days of performance exploring Britain’s love-hate relationship with CCTV.

Wolves take over Brompton Cemetery

Upswing has now firmly established itself at the very forefront of aerial circus in the UK. Its successes include work at the National Theatre’s ‘Watch This Space (Loved Up)’, on top of Nelson’s Column in Trafalgar Square (Everyone’s London), and collaborations with the New Vic Theatre (Wicked Lady), the National Theatre of Scotland (Peter Pan) and the RSC (Little Eagles).

Dates/Times Friday 22 July, 7pm and 9.30pm; Saturday 23 July, 4pm and 7pm; Sunday 24 July, 2pm Venue Brompton Cemetery Ticket price £7 to £8.50 Producing Company Kath Burlinson and the Authentic Artist Collective.

OLF: Let Us Prey comes to London following its hit run at Edinburgh Fringe 2010. Join the pack in the eerie grounds of Brompton Cemetery for an unpredictable, magical and memorable adventure. WOLF is a mythic performance that explores the ecology, psychology and mythology of these extraordinary creatures that have inspired and terrified us since the beginning of time. Afternoon shows are family friendly.

SACRED will return to Chelsea Theatre in November 2011 with a collaboration with Sergio Porto, Rio de Janeiro

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Abducted by clowns from pub on Old Brompton Road Dates 22 to 31 July Times 1 to 4pm (weekends) and 6 to 10pm daily (except Mondays) Venue The Drayton Arms, SW5 0LJ Ticket price £5 Producing Company Il Pixel Rosso is the collaboration of theatre director Silvia Mercuriali and film director Simon Wilkinson, bringing together art and technology to create innovative new work.

ach show is an immersive video goggle performance for just two people. It combines cinema and instruction-based theatre, with the audience cast as the main character in a wild journey to the world of the Faruk Clown. Anarchic, dreamy and dangerous, ‘And The Birds Fell From the Sky’ is a joyride inside the head to the very edge of civilisation.

“ A potent

collaboration between a theatre and a film director...” – The Guardian

Afternoon

or over 100 years, the homes of famous Royal Borough residents have been commemorated with Blue Plaques. An actor is your guide, leading you through the dramatic and surprising stories of the people behind them in a unique cycling tour for the whole family. Please bring your own bicycle. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.

The Power of Two Wheels Dates Sunday 31 July Times Late afternoon (check InTRANSIT website) Venue Pop-Up Cinema, Portobello Road Producing Company: Magnificent Revolution Ticket price FREE

Box Office www.wegottickets.com/intransit SACRED InTRANSIT TICKETS www.chelseatheatre.org.uk More information www.rbkc.gov.uk/intransit 020 7361 3844

magine a Drive-In Cinema without the cars. Come to the screening on your bike, hook it up to the generator and help power the performance.

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Evening

Fri 15

Dates Saturday 23 July (family), Sunday 24 July (adults only) Times 9.50am (departs at 10am) Venue Outside St. Mary Abbot’s School, W8 5SA on Saturday Outside Holland Park Underground Station, W11 3RB on Sunday Producing Company The Royal Borough’s Road Safety and Travel Team Ticket price FREE (booking essential)

Common Sounds

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Common Sounds

Sun 17

Common Sounds

WEEK 1

Morning

Afternoon

Fri 22

Sunken Garden

Upswing

Sat 23

Sunken Garden

Upswing

And the Birds

Sun 24

Sunken Garden

Upswing

And the Birds

WEEK 2

Morning

Afternoon

Mon 25

Sunken Garden

Tues 26

Sunken Garden

Wed 27

Sunken Garden

Thurs 28

Evening And The Birds

WOLF

And The Birds

WOLF

Evening La Peau de Chagrin

Zero Hour Bus Tours

And the Birds

La Peau de Chagrin

Zero Hour Bus Tours

Sunken Garden

And the Birds

La Peau de Chagrin

Zero Hour Bus Tours

Sunken Garden

And the Birds

Fri 29

Sunken Garden

And the Birds

La Peau de Chagrin

Sat 30

Sunken Garden

Blue Plaque

And the Birds

La Peau de Chagrin

Sun 31

Sunken Garden

Blue Plaque

And the Birds

Cycle-in Cinema

SACRED

Sunken Garden

And the birds

45 RPM

Sunken Garden

And the birds

45 RPM

SACRED

La Peau de Chagrin

Zero Hour Bus Tours

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LAUNCH

Cycling through the Royal Borough’s history