Bridport Arts Centre

Oct – Jan 2015 | www.bridport-arts.com

WELCOME Welcome to our 40th Anniversary brochure, which we wanted to make look and feel as special as the programme inside – a season packed full of great events from some of the best performers and artists around.

We welcome back some of our favourite theatre companies including Forest Forge, Shanty and Miracle. We’ve a host of renowned musicians including Lisa Knapp, The Poozies and Darius Brubeck, and top comedians Mark Steel, Rory McGrath and Marcus Brigstocke. It’s Open Book Week in October with events and workshops culminating in the Bridport Prize Awards Ceremony. We also have a special anniversary celebration with our talented community partners presenting the Ruby Ruby Ruby Variety Night.

Finally, we are very pleased to announce a new partnership with New York’s Metropolitan Opera and will be screening the live broadcasts of their stunning productions from October. See page 22 for details.

This will be my final season for the Arts Centre as I’ll be leaving in the autumn. I want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us over the past four years.

I feel very fortunate to have been part of the Arts Centre story, and to have worked with some fantastic artists and colleagues, within such a creative community.

Happy Anniversary to Bridport Arts Centre, and here’s to the next 40 years.

Polly Gifford Director

General Manager: Dee Fenton Marketing Manager: Lisa Wilcock Finance and Administration Manager: Barry Armstrong-Marshall Box Office Manager: Jill Beed

Learning Coordinator: Kate Wilson Exhibitions Assistant: Megan Dunford Gallery Technician/Caretaker: Bob Dron Cleaner: Matt Benjamin

ART GARDEN CAFÉ OPEN FIVE DAYS A WEEK! TUESDAY – FRIDAY, 10AM – 2PM SATURDAY, 10AM – 4PM Come to our ethical café and enjoy delicious food using the best local, organic and fair trade produce. Nice wholesome home cooked fare in a child friendly environment, healthy tuck available for kids’ shows. Bring in your laptop and make use of our free wifi access.

EVENING REFRESHMENTS Our bar serves local guest ales and a wide selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The bar is open one hour before the performance on all evening events. Interval drinks may be ordered in advance.

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Booking online is easy at www.bridport-arts.com

Don’t miss Retold Ramayana, Wed 15 Oct, 7.30pm Part of Bridport Open Book.

See page 24.

Kilter Theatre

Forest Forge

Saturday 4 Oct, 7.30pm Sunday 5 Oct, 2pm and 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members | £10 Concessions

Friday 24 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members

A first class theatrical delivery on a van that offers a wonky love story about letter writing in a time of instant gratification.

What happens when you want a different life to the one chosen for you?

A story of desire, duty, deceit and revenge.

Performances take place inside Mobile Sorting Office 451 – a bright red converted Luton van, crammed with retro-chic details from a much-travelled life, a thousand items of real mail and seating for up to 18 letter-writers and theatre-goers!

Rose cannot remember what came before the house at the edge of the isolated forest. Gwynne says he magicked her out of the flowers, but she’s not so sure.

She has played the part of the perfect farmers wife for weak minded Lewis and accepted her lonely existence. Then a stranger comes to town. What lengths will she go to, to escape the life chosen for her?

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With support from Arts Council England, B&NES Council, Beaford Arts & ICIA Bath.

On the Arts Centre forecourt, places are limited to 18 people per performance, early booking is advised.

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WOMEN OF FLOWERS |

£10 Concessions

Age guidance: Suitable for 12+

This beautiful piece of storytelling will feature live music, dance, video, integrated sign language and subtitles.

Also at Dorchester Arts.

* See page 39 for more information

Shanty Theatre

THE STORY GIANT Saturday 25 Oct, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members

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£10 Concessions

It’s night time on Dartmoor and a cold wind whistles through the bracken and gorse, making them sing. Deep in his castle, the Story Giant is dying. Through the centuries he has gathered all the tales in existence. All that is, except one.

Tonight his very life relies on finding it.

Exploring folklore, myth and fairytale from around the world, join Shanty Theatre Company as we meet ghosts, talking skulls, monsters, thieves, tricksters, dragons, and homing chickens in an adventure to find the last story on earth.

Adapted from the book by legendary Liverpool poet Brian Patten, this really is a family production, to be enjoyed by anyone of seven years and older!

Supported by Margie Barbour through the 40th Anniversary Club.

Also at Dorchester Arts and The Marine Theatre.

Book your tickets online www.bridport-arts.com

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ARNOLD’S BIG ADVENTURE Wednesday 29 Oct, 12.30pm, 2pm & 3.30pm Tickets: £5 Adults & Children Age guidance: Suitable for 3–11 years old. Places are limited

Gather under the branches for the biggest day in the woodland calendar, Drop Day! Arnold the acorn is about to drop from his tree and begin his amazing adventure in search of somewhere to put down his roots. Join Arnold as his story flies in the wind, wiggles across the land and splashes into the sea... Who will he meet along the way and will he ever find the perfect spot to call home?

Taking place in a special bell tent, Arnold’s Big Adventure features beautiful shadow puppetry, wonderful original music to sing along to and plenty of thrilling surprises along the way...

An intimate, interactive production perfect for a child’s first theatre experience and with plenty for parents to enjoy too. Brought to you by children’s theatre specialist Tessa Bide.

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RUBY RUBY RUBY A CELEBRATION OF BRIDPORT TALENT Saturday 1 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £5 Celebrate the Arts Centre’s 40th Anniversary with the some of the best of Bridport’s talent.

For 40 years we have played host to hundreds of local performers from the fantastic community arts groups in the town, who regularly present top quality theatre, musicals, dance and music.

To celebrate our Anniversary, we have invited old and new friends to contribute to a one-off Variety Night of entertainment in unique Bridport style.

Join Encore Theatre Club, Bridport Musical Theatre Club, Bridport Youth Dance, BACStage Youth Theatre, Wessex Military Band, No Limits’ Dance Group, The Bucky-Don’ts and more for a very special night.

TONY & MIKE THE COUNTRY OWL & THE CITY SQUIRREL

Saturday 22 Nov, 11am Tickets: £10/£8 Members £6 Concessions & Children £30 Family Tony the Owl lives in the countryside.

He’s really happy until Joe and Charlotte move from the city and ruin his peace and quiet. To make matters worse, they’ve brought Mike the Squirrel with them – he’s loud, cheeky and he likes to party!

A new story, from Fringe First Award winners Tom Frankland & Laura Mugridge, inspired by the Tale of the Town Mouse & the Country Mouse.

“One of the best pieces of children’s theatre that I have seen in a long time”

Encore Theatre Club

OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £9 Tuesday | £10 Wednesday – Saturday, plus matinee 1.30pm In this important centenary year, Encore is performing this seminal theatre work, which was devised by Joan Littlewood and the Theatre Workshop. Using comedy and songs, contrasted with the stark horror of the conflict, this remains the most important stage work on The First World War – ‘The war to end all wars’.

WhatsOnStage *****

Book your tickets online www.bridport-arts.com

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Featuring caustic comedy, seedy songs, dubious magic and breath-taking burlesque.

Miracle Theatre

DR LIVINGSTONE, I PRESUME Friday 12 Dec, 7.30pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members

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£10 Concessions

Age guidance: Suitable for 7+

The epic story of one man’s obsession to discover the source of the Nile and transform an entire continent single-handed – and of a woman left behind…

Both a hurrah to courage and endurance and a swipe at the great 19th century ideals, Miracle serves up this curious slice of history in its own inimitable style – and with a huge nod to Victorian Music Hall.

Mixing caustic comedy, seedy songs and second-rate spectacle with dubious magic, dodgy ventriloquism and breath-taking burlesque the show will genuinely appeal to all ages.

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Monday 22 Dec, 7.30pm See website for full detai ls

Dance Images: Richard Davenport

Joli Vyan

STATELESS Friday 21 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £10/£9 Members

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WE (SPELT YOU & I) CURTAIN RAISER FROM BRIDPORT YOUTH DANCE AND PORTRAIT YOUTH DANCE

£8 Concessions

Age guidance: Suitable for 6+

Saturday 24 Jan 2015, 7.30pm Tickets: £10/£9 Members | £8 Concessions

Fusing circus, dance and theatre Stateless blurs the boundaries of where the dance ends and circus skills begin. Their exciting acrobatics, integrated into the graceful dance, create a captivating experience and enhance the storyline and characters.

Age guidance: Suitable for 12+

Featuring a mixture of dance and circus skills the four performers explore the subject of refugees, immigration and journeys.

Joli Vyann delve into the lives and fate of people crossing borders. With sensitivity the company discover moments of sadness, courage, friendship and wit; concerning humanity and tolerance, and the wonder of travel.

* See page 39 for more information

A raucous and exciting piece of dance theatre set in a surreal party filled with laughs. Watch an unrequited love letter take shape and fall apart, a synthesized party track come to life, a gender swapping tango, and a battle of the sexes all rolled into one absurd party.

Gracefool Collective are a group of artists from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance. Incorporating dance, theatre and music, the Gracefools mix sharp observation with quick wit, energy and playfulness. They have been in residence for a week at Bridport Arts Centre, creating exciting new work and engaging with local young dancers who will also perform on the night.

Book your tickets online www.bridport-arts.com

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Music

THE GRAVITY DRIVE ALBUM RELEASE PARTY Friday 3 Oct, 8pm Tickets: £8 advance, £10 on door £6 Members/Concessions in advance, £8 on the door Bridport based husband and wife duo Elijah and Ava Wolf launch their new band The Gravity Drive’s debut album Testament with what promises to be a spectacular album release party gig.

The Gravity Drive’s unique harmony driven alt-pop has been championed on the airwaves receiving high praise and frequent plays on Radio 2, BBC 6 Music and BBC Introducing.

The couple will be joined by their live band Ryan Halsey and Jinder and support will be from three of the duo’s favorite south west acts, Elly McCabe, Elliot Bastin and DJ James Baker.

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LISA KNAPP Saturday 11 Oct, 8pm Tickets: £12.50/£11.50 Members | £10.50 Concessions Winner of Best Original Song with ‘Two Ravens’ BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014. Nominated for Folk Singer of the Year, Best Album ‘Hidden Seam’.

Join us for an evening with this English instrumentalist & vocalist who re-works traditional folk songs with a splash of her very original writing.

Lisa emerged in 2007 with a remarkable debut ‘Wild and Undaunted’, a radiant style of traditional folk and self-penned song. Expect fiddle, hammer dulcimer, strings, banjo and sonic delights from the technological age.

The buzz continues to grow around Lisa, having recently released her critically acclaimed new album “Hidden Seam” to rave reviews, receiving three nominations at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014.

* See page 39 for more information

SMILE SMILE SMILE, SONGS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR Wednesday 22 Oct, 11am Tickets: £10/£8 Members

COOPE, BOYES & SIMPSON IN FLANDERS FIELDS Saturday 8 Nov, 8pm Tickets: £14/£12 Members | £10 Concessions The more we learn about war, the more important it becomes to sing about peace.

A scintillating mixture of soldiers’ songs, music hall numbers, war poems set to new music and original compositions. The show does not flinch from conveying the full horror of the first global conflict but also celebrates the courage and humour of the tommies under fire and the folks at home.

Both haunting and irreverent, it brings together eye-witness accounts, contemporary poetry and songs specially commissioned for the town of Passchendaele’s Peace Concerts. In Flanders Fields takes its name from the poem written by John McCrae who was killed on the Western Front in the First World War.

Featuring a host of singalong wartime standards such as ‘Pack Up Your Troubles’, ‘Tipperary’ and ‘Goodbye-ee’ as well as a host of other great songs – ‘Smile! Smile! Smile!’ is the perfect way of remembering the sacrifice of our forebears while enjoying a great morning out!

With superb acappella singing and evocative songs, this internationally acclaimed trio bring home the humour and courage of those who took part in the war to end all wars.

THE DARIUS BRUBECK QUARTET Saturday 15 Nov, 8pm Tickets: £15/£13 Members | £11 Concessions Catch the vibe when The Darius Brubeck Quartet play an accessible and varied selection of foot tapping jazz.

Combining Dave Brubeck hits including the classic Take Five and Darius’ original compositions.

They’re widely acclaimed for their melodic, spontaneous and rhythmic acoustic sound.

Darius is joined by Dave O’Higgins (sax), Matt Ridley (bass) and Wesley Gibbens (drums).

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THE POOZIES Thursday 20 Nov, 8pm Tickets: £14/£12 Members | £10 Concessions Go on a sparkling, spine-tingling journey through a fantastical landscape with all-female folk group The Poozies, Pioneers of unusual and exciting arrangements, not only from the rich vein of traditional Gaelic culture but from any enticing genre. Expect invention, creative interpretation and melodic mastery – a combination that has made them consistently turn heads.

Sally Barker’s unique voice is reinforced by the powerful fiddle, dexterous accordion; all dramatically grounded by the growling groove of Mary Macmaster’s Camac electro harp; and magnificently rounded off by the blending of four voices in harmony.

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TRIO HYSTERIA AND THE FREEDANCE CHOIR Friday 5 Dec, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11/£10 Trio Hysteria began life in Bridport 1990, with the meeting of Abbie Lathe, Kate Garrett and Sammy Hurden, all of them fascinated with the harmony of Bulgarian songs and determined to work them out. This process caused much laughter and Trio Hysteria was born! They were soon performing at Glastonbury and The Barbican, London.

Sadly Kate died in 2009, leaving a legacy of beautiful songs, some of which will be included in the programme. The wonderful singer Jess Upton has also been a part of Trio Hysteria and will be joining Abbie and Sammy.

The Freedance Choir is a West Dorset community choir of great spirit that first gathered to perform Sammy’s songs from Jurassic Journey with BSO’s Resonate Strings, as part of the Cultural Olympiad. * See page 39 for more information

B SHARP VOCAL COLLECTIVE BUILDING A SOUND FUTURE

Saturday 6 Dec, 7pm Tickets: Under 18’s £3/£1 Concessions / Sibling | Adults £8/£5 Concessions Family £20/£12 (2 Adults + 2 Under 18) Concessions | Family £25 (group up to 7 people any age) A performance of songs written and conceived by young singers from East Devon & West Dorset.

Participants are drawn from a core group of young aspiring soloists and Primary School children from St Mary’s, Bridport; St Michael’s, Lyme Regis, Mrs. Ethelstone’s, Uplyme & Marshwood Primary.

There will be an informal post-production gathering between 8.30 – 9.15pm offering a chance to share and find out more. This project is supported by Youth Music & West Dorset County Council.

For more information visit www.bsharp.uk.com or call Fran Williams 07968 177 663.

WESSEX MILITARY BAND’S WINTER CONCERT

BLAST FROM THE PAST VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS

Sunday 7 Dec, 3pm Tickets: £8.75/£6.75 Concessions

Friday 12 Dec, 11am Tickets: £10/£8 Members & Concessions

Come and hear this fantastic band play a lively selection of music to cheer you this Christmas.

Get in the Christmas spirit and sample the simple delights that our ancestors would have known with ‘A Victorian Christmas’. You can expect a morning of music, song, stories and drama from the time of Dickens and Hardy.

Fans of the band come back year after year – come and find out why. You’ll be guaranteed a rousing and entertaining afternoon.

There’ll be some of your favourite carols (with songsheets provided) and some more obscure festive songs from the 19th century. Blast From the Past will also perform a festive masked play based upon a traditional English folk tale.

A show guaranteed to delight and enthral.

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CLASSIC GERSHWIN Tuesday 16 Dec, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members

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£10 Concessions

Popular composer, musical genius, jazzer, commercial song-writer, showbiz celebrity, intellectual, sportsman, art collector, ladies’ man, dandy, proud American, traditional Jewish family man?

Was his music jazz? Was it classical? Does it matter?

Classic Gershwin aims to answer some of these questions by weaving the vibrant music of the composer George Gershwin with the fascinating story of his life.

Gershwin interpreter Viv McLean and classical actress Susan Porrett will be narrating this production. Expect an eclectic mix of Gershwin’s music from Rhapsody in Blue to the rarely played classical.

Join us for an intriguing insight into Gershwin’s little-known, intriguing personal history.

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DEFROSTED… A CHRISTMAS CAPER WITH CHARLIE BICKNELL Wednesday 17 Dec, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members

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£10 Concessions

A completely unpredictable, mad capped evening of festive frivolity, hosted by the angelic Charlie Bicknell aided and abetted by the cherubic Louise Innes and accompanied by the Godlike David Harrod.

Featuring a range of divine guests and indeed, you, the audience. This is a night of Disney classics as you have never seen them before, sing-along carols with a twist or two, aerial antics, musical bravado and a touching gay Eskimo. Expect the unexpected and embrace your inner Tinker Bell. Dress code: a touch of sparkle.

‘A one-woman weapon of mass distraction!’

The Independent on Saturday

* See page 39 for more information

LAND OF THE GIANTS Saturday 20 Dec, 8pm Tickets: £8/£6 Members & Concessions Dance your way into Christmas with a funky, six piece who fuse rock, reggae, ska and blues. You can also expect a sub heavy helping of dub in the mix.

They have an extraordinary energy on stage and have recently performed at Glastonbury, Lemonfest, Maker, Looe Music Festival, Bris Fest, and Landed in Wales plus many more.

“Funky, offbeat, splendid stuff!”

24/7 magazine

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Jazz Café Philip Clout’s

JAZZ CAFÉ Tickets: £10

TALES FROM INDIA Saturday 31 Jan 2015, 8pm Tickets: £12/£11 Members | £10 Concessions

The sensational award-winning guitarist Johannes Möller presents his new project “Tales of India”.

Tales of India is an authentic manifestation of a globalised world. While Möller draws upon his roots of classical guitar, his genre-blurring compositions embody elements of Indian Music, Pop, Rock and Minimalism and create a genuine and unique language.

He writes it, he plays it, he lives and breathes it... and he wants to share it with you.

Join respected musician and host, Philip Clouts, at the Jazz Café. With contacts throughout the Jazz world he presents a selection of the best and most exciting up and coming performers. You can simply sit back and enjoy a laid back night in the intimate café setting.

STREETWORKS Friday 3 Oct, 8pm Engaging, intimate and witty compositions from accordionist Karen Street who is joined by guitarist Mike Outram, bassist Will Harris and honey toned saxophonist Andy Tweed.

The music is melodic, influenced not only by jazz but with strong leanings to both Central European and South American music.

His live performances are a testament to his masterful virtuosity and magnetizing charisma featuring soulful and captivating themes accompanied

by Tabla player Niti Ranjan Biswas.

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* See page 39 for more information

HOT CLUB OF STONEHOUSE Friday 7 Nov, 8pm Bringing the gypsy jazz of 1930s Paris bals musettes to present day Britain with their sultry, insouciant and swinging sound.

This guitar duo features the incendiary locomotive lead work of David ‘doigts de feu’ Jones & louche rhythm from Julian Isaacs.

“They had me swinging and tapping my foot from the very beginning-bravo!”

Spike Heatley

40 YEARS OF SOUTH AFRICAN JAZZ Friday 12 Dec, 8pm To tie in with the 40th anniversary of Bridport Arts Centre the Jazz Café is celebrating 40 years since the release of two seminal albums of South

African Jazz: Mannenberg by Dollar Brand (now known as Abdullah Ibrahim), and Dudu Pukwana’s In the Townships.

The exuberance of this music has inspired many great musicians, and South African born pianist Philip Clouts will be playing highlights of their work with saxophonist Neil Maya who was praised by the Teignmouth Jazz Festival for his electrifying performance.

ELAINE DAVIES AND PHILIP CLOUTS

CLASSIC CONCERTS Friday 31 Oct, 11am Tickets: £10/£8/£7

Friday 16 Jan 2015, 8pm Elaine Ruby clarinet Daniel King Smith piano

Vocalist Elaine Davies is also a multiinstrumentalist, playing saxophone, flute and clarinet.

Elaine appeared on prime time TV during the many years that she was with the Midland Youth Jazz Orchestra, and when she eventually moved to Devon she played in the Algy Davies Quartet, supporting many visiting national jazz musicians.

Elaine is the musical director of two Plymouthbased big bands and leads her own quartet.

She will be joined by Philip Clouts on the piano.

Brahms Sonata in E flat op 120 Benjamin Tombeau de Ravel (1949) Rachmaninov Vocalise No 14 op 34

A graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and currently studying at the Royal College of Music, Elaine is a passionate chamber musician and orchestral player. She is performing with Daniel King Smith, who has given concerts all over the world as both soloist and accompanist.

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COMEDY CAFÉ Friday 24 Oct, 8pm, Stand Up to Cancer Tickets: £10/£8 with £3 going towards supporting Cancer Research UK Friday 14 Nov, 8pm Tickets: £7/£5 Concessions Get in on the action at the start and discover some of the most promising comedians on the comedy circuit before they hit the big time.

You won’t have seen any of the acts on the TV yet but you will see them in comedy clubs in Exeter, Bristol and London. With fresh material and a variety of styles, you’ll never be bored. With a maximum capacity of 50, you’ll be close to the comedians – but don’t worry there’s space to hide at the back!

The monthly event is hosted by local stand-up Tom Glover, who seamlessly moves from locals trying their hand at comedy to headline acts.

In collaboration with Mirth Control comedy agents.

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MARK STEEL’S BACK IN TOWN Wednesday 29 Oct, 8pm Tickets: £15/£14 Members & Concessions Mark Steel’s Back in Town is based on the Radio 4 series that makes fun of the towns he visits. Steel has dozens more locations to humiliate, and has pledged to discover what makes ours particularly ridiculous.

Steel reckons it’s a sparkling verdict on humanity that he’s mocked all these places and yet somehow is still alive. Join him and prove that you’re a far better audience than those miserable arses from down the road...

Rory Mcgrath & Philip Pope

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED LAGER Saturday 13 Dec, 8pm Tickets: £13/£12 Members After their hit dad-rock album Dark Side of the Moob, Rory and Philip return to touring with an evening of sophisticated comedy and song. Expect wit, elegance and clever musical pastiche (but don’t worry, there’s also silliness and filth). This is the show where music and comedy meet, have a few drinks, fight, then stagger home singing hits from the 60s. Something to offend everybody.

Rory and Philip played the Edinburgh Fringe 2013 at Assembly George Square – their first Edinburgh outing for 23 years. Rory, star of BBC Two’s Three Men In A Boat, and Philip, first worked together in 1983, on the Channel 4 comedy Chelmsford 123. It was the first series from Hat Trick Productions, which Rory co-founded.

MARCUS BRIGSTOCKE JE M’ACCUSE – I AM MARCUS Monday 15 Dec, 8pm Tickets: £15/£14 Members & Concessions Podium dancer, oil rig worker, food addict, musical theatre enthusiast, posh, eco-hypocrite, ex-Goth, muppet fan, award winning comedian and chief beverages operator at the Little Chef – screw politics!

Let’s talk about me.

“If you haven’t seen him live, then you haven’t seen him at his very best” The Mirror *****

Also at Dorchester Arts.

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Fri 3 Oct 8pm Jazz Café £10

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Fri 3 Oct 8pm Gravity Drive, Elijah Wolf

£10 / £8 / s3

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Sat 4 & Sun 5 Oct Varies The Last Post, Kilter Theatre (on the forecourt)

£12 / £11 / £10

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Sat 11 Oct 8pm Lisa Knapp

£12.50 / £11.50 / £10.50

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Tue 14 Oct 7pm Met Opera

£16.50 / £15 / £12

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Fri 14 – 18 Oct 11am Bridport Open Book Week Varies

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Wed 22 Oct 11am Smile Smile Smile, Songs of WW1

£10 / £8

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Fri 24 Oct 7.30pm Women of Flowers, Forest Forge

£12 / £11 / £10 / s3

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Fri 24 Oct 8pm Comedy Café

£10 / £8

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Sat 25 Oct 7.30pm The Story Giant, Shanty Theatre

£12 / £11 / £10 / s3

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Tue 28 Oct 7pm Met Opera

£16.50 / £15 / £12

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Wed 29 Oct Varies Arnold’s Big Adventure (on the forecourt) £5

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Wed 29 Oct 8pm Mark Steel

£15 / £14

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Fri 31 Oct 11am Classic Concert

£10 / £8 / £7

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Sat 1 Nov 7.30pm Ruby Ruby Ruby, 40th Anniversary event £5

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Fri 7 Nov 8pm Jazz Café

£10 17

Sat 8 Nov 8pm Coope, Boyes & Simpson

£14 / £12 / £10

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Tue 11 Nov 7pm Met Opera

£16.50 / £15 / £12

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Fri 14 Nov 8pm Comedy Café

£7 / £5

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Fri 14 Nov 7.30pm The Shipwrecked House

£10 / £9 / £8 / s3

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Sat 15 Nov 8pm The Darius Brubeck Quartet

£15 / £13 / £11

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Thu 20 Nov 8pm The Poozies

£14 / £12 / £10

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Fri 21 Nov 7.30pm Storytelling Café

£7 / £6 / £5

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Fri 21 Nov 7.30pm

£10 / £9 / £8 / s3

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Stateless, Joli Vyan

Sat 22 Nov 11am Tony & Mike

£10 / £8 / £6 / £30 (ƒ) 7

Tue 25 – Sat 29 Nov 7.30pm Encore Theatre Club

£10 / £9

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Fri 5 Dec 8pm Trio Hysteria Reunion, Sammy Hurden

£12 / £11 / £10

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DECEMBER

Sat 6 Dec 7pm B Sharp Vocal Collective Varies 13 Sun 7 Dec 3pm Wessex Military Band

£8.75 / £6.75

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Tue 9 Dec 7pm Met Opera

£16.50 / £15 / £12

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Fri 12 Dec 11am Victorian Christmas

£10 / £8

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Fri 12 Dec 8pm Jazz Café

£10 17

Fri 12 Dec 7.30pm Dr Livingston, I Presume, Miracle Theatre

£12 / £11 / £10

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Sat 13 Dec 8pm Rory McGrath & Philip Pope

£13 / £12

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Mon 15 Dec 8pm Marcus Brigstocke

£15 / £14

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Tue 16 Dec 8pm Classic Gershwin

£12 / £11 / £10 / s3

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Wed 17 Dec 8pm Charlie Bicknell’s Christmas Carols

£12 / £11 / £10 / s3

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Sat 20 Dec 8pm Land of the Giants

£8 / £6

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Sat 10 Jan 2015 5pm Met Opera

£16.50 / £15 / £12

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Fri 16 Jan 2015 8pm Jazz Café

£10 17

Tue 20 Jan 2015 7pm Met Opera

£16.50 / £15 / £12

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Fri 23 Jan 2015 7.30pm Storytelling Café

£7 / £6 / £5

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Sat 24 Jan 2015 7.30pm WE (Spelt you & I), Gracefool Collective

£10 / £9 / £8 / s3

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Sat 31 Jan 2015 8pm Tales from India

£12 / £11 / £10 / s3

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DON’T MISS… The latest in new release and classic cinema at Bridport Arts Centre. Weekly – Thursdays and Sundays.

Visit www.bridport-arts.com for all of the latest information.

KEY Theatre Dance Music Comedy Film Literature & Spoken Word Exhibitions Take Part (TB) Term Begins (f) Family Ticket

2 Adults x 2 Children s3 Super £3

See p.39 for details

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Film

MET OPERA Tickets: £16.50/£15 Members £12 Concessions Book four of more tickets at once to receive a 10% discount Be transported to New York’s worldfamous Metropolitan Opera House with a series of live performance broadcasts at Bridport Arts Centre.

Opera Supper in the Arts Garden Cafe will be available during the interval; a menu will be available online closer to the event. All food must be booked in advance – two courses for £14.

MACBETH is supported by Felicity Fairbairn through the 40th Anniversary Club.

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Macbeth Giuseppe Verdi Approximate runtime 3:13

Tuesday 14 Oct

7pm

Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Approximate runtime 3:52

Tuesday 28 Oct

7pm

Carmen Georges Bizet Approximate runtime 3:38

Tuesday 11 Nov

7pm

Gioacchino Rossini Approximate runtime 3.30

Tuesday 9 Dec

7pm

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Richard Wagner Approximate runtime 6:00

Saturday 10 Jan

5pm

The Merry Widow Franz Lehár Approximate runtime 2:57

Tuesday 20 Jan

7pm

Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) Jacques Offenbach Approximate runtime 3:46

Tuesday 3 Feb

7pm

IOLANTA (Tchaikovsky) / Saturday 14 Feb DUKE BLUEBEARD’S CASTLE (Bartók) LIVE Approximate runtime 3:39

5.30pm

La Donna del Lago Gioacchino Rossini Approximate runtime 3:30

Tuesday 17 Mar

7pm

CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Mascagni) / PAGLIACCI (Leoncavallo) – New Production Approximate runtime 3:30

Saturday 21 Mar LIVE

5.30pm

Literature & Spoken Word

WEEKLY CINEMA AT BRIDPORT ARTS CENTRE SCREENINGS MOST THURSDAYS & SUNDAYS Tickets: £6 Members Tickets: £5 Concession Tickets: £5 Under 16s: £4 Buy five tickets GET ONE FREE! Pick up your loyalty card today

www.bridportfilmsociety.co.uk T: 07770 261 348 E: info@bridportfilmsociety.co.uk Facebook/bridportfilmsociety The 50th anniversary season of the Bridport Film Society who offer a specially curated programme for this special season. Programmes will be available to the public in the Arts Centre from the end of August, with details of membership application. The 2014–15 season programme starts on Tuesday 23rd Sep with a previously unshown pioneering independent film.

The dates of subsequent films for the season are as follows: 7 Oct, 21 Oct, 4 Nov,18 Nov, 2 Dec; 13 Jan 2015, 27 Jan, 10 Feb, 24 Feb, 10 Mar and 24 Mar.

THE SHIPWRECKED HOUSE Friday 14 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £10/£9 Members | £8 Concessions

Outside, a storm is raging. Inside, a darkened room preserves the fragments of a past underneath dust sheets. Sea-shells, voices, yellowing postcards: the flotsam and jetsam of a childhood spent beach-combing on the coast of Brittany.

Stories emerge: of treasure found in tidal ponds, and women metamorphosing into serpents. But beneath the floorboards, the creaking groans of whales warn of unsettled futures.

In a sparkling one-woman performance that blends poetry with theatre, Anglo-Breton poet Claire Trévien navigates a shifting maritime landscape. Memory and myth from the Celtic fringe are transformed by her surreal, playful poetry – critically acclaimed, and longlisted for the 2013 Guardian First Book Award.

Trevien evokes the sounds, sights and rich scents of the sea. But beneath the surface, a violent undercurrent stirs. What will she discover in the sodden debris? Will the storm break in?

Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

Produced by Penned in the Margins.

Co-commissioned by Ledbury Poetry Festival. * See page 39 for more information

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Literature & Spoken Word RETOLD RAMAYANA

BRIDPORT OPEN BOOK 2014 A CELEBRATION OF READING AND WRITING

Wednesday 15 Oct, 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre Café Tickets: £12/£11 Members £10 Concessions

OF WILLIE MAUGHAM WRITTEN AND PERFORMED

BY PAUL WEBSTER

BRIDPORT STORY SLAM Tuesday 14 Oct, 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre Café Tickets: £10

Tuesday 14 Oct, 7.30pm Beach & Barnicott, South Street Tickets: £5 on the door

“There are three rules for writing a novel.

Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

WS Maugham William Somerset Maugham may actually have known some of them, as he was one of the most popular and prolific writers of his day, with over 20 novels (including Of Human Bondage).

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In this world premiere performance, distinguished actor Paul Webster shares the richness and diversity, the humour and the agony of a long life, well lived.

When British poet Daljit Nagra was a little boy, his grannies told him stories of Rama’s quest to rescue his wife Sita from abduction by Raavana, Lord of the Underworld. These stories – The Ramayana – have enchanted Eastern audiences for centuries. Now Nagra has reinterpreted them for a modern, multi-cultural, multi-faith audience with The Retold Ramayana.

An exciting opportunity for writers of short stories and flash fiction. Register to read your own work or come along to enjoy original and inspirational stories from Dorset writers. Prizes to include publication on the Dorset Writers Network website and tickets for a future event donated by the Bridport Arts Centre.

LYRICAL LUNCHTIMES

Further information from frances. colville@gmail.com or from the Arts Centre.

Bridport’s Story Traders will be sharing short stories based on the local setting of Bucky Doo Square.

Wednesday 15 Oct, 1 – 2pm Gold Room at Beach & Barnicott, South Street Tickets: FREE, drinks and food available from the bar

* See page 39 for more information

OPEN BOOK WORKSHOPS WRITING GOOD DIALOGUE

JASON GOODWIN

LYRICAL LUNCHTIMES

Thursday 16 Oct, 10am – 12pm Chapel in the Garden, East Street Tickets: £5 Max – 15 places

Thursday 16 Oct, 7pm Bridport Library Tickets: £3

Thursday 16 Oct, 3 – 4pm Bridport Arts Centre Café Tickets: FREE

Belfast-based writer, producer and director Andrea McCartney will be helping participants improve their dialogue-writing skills. She will show you what to think about when starting to write, how to improve dialogue you have already written, and techniques for adapting your ideas for film, television, radio and fiction.

Dorset Libraries are pleased to announce that as part of the Bridport Open book festival, we will be hosting ‘An audience with’ novelist Jason Goodwin.

He is the author of Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire, among other award-winning non-fiction.

Inspiring readings from members of the longestablished Fisher Writing Group.

LIBERATION THROUGH CONSTRAINT: SET YOUR FICTION FREE!

WITH BRIDPORT PRIZE FLASH FICTION JUDGE TANIA HERSHMAN Friday 17 Oct, 4 – 6.30pm Chapel in the Garden, East Street Tickets: £15 – Max 15 places Painters know it, poets know it – having a frame around your work or some kind of limitation can, rather than being restrictive, set you free. We’ll be exploring all sorts of different types of constraint in this workshop – linguistic, physical, seeing which ones can help you unleash your creativity!

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Literature & Spoken Word THE BRIDPORT BIG READ 2014

POETRY MORNING

THE RENTAL HEART AND OTHER FAIRYTALES BY KIRSTY LOGAN

Friday 17 Oct, 11am Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £6/£5 Members & Concessions

Thursday 16 Oct, 6 – 7pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: FREE The Bridport Big Read gives people the opportunity to read, share and discuss a chosen book together.

This year’s choice by previous Bridport Prize 3rd place winner Kirsty Logan, contains twenty tales of lust, loss and substitutions for love. During Open Book Week, Bridport Prize Administrator Kate Wilson will lead an informal discussion for book groups and others. All welcome.

FROM PAGE TO SCREEN PRESENTS Thursday 16 Oct, 7.30pm Sunday 19 Oct, 1pm & 7.30pm Tickets: £6/£5 We will be showing a mix of classic and new adaptations for Open Book Week.

Details to be announced.

Supported by Dr Christopher Pike as part of the 40th Anniversary Club.

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What’s Your Favoite Poem?

“If”, “Remember”, “Jabberwocky”, “To Autumn”? Let us know.

David Bushrod, Christine Prideaux and Margie Barbour want you tell the Arts Centre box office what you would like read (or sung) before 1 October as the programme will be a selection of favourite poems – yours and theirs.

They will be joined by soprano Emily Hicks, accompanied by Bruce Upton on the grand piano. You can dedicate the reading to someone special – just let the box office know.

Profits Shared between Bridport Arts Centre 40th Anniversary and Bridport Museum.

AN EVENING OF READINGS

WITH THE BRIDPORT PRIZE JUDGES LIZ LOCHHEAD, ANDREW MILLER & TANIA HERSHMAN Friday 17 Oct, 7.30pm Bridport Arts Centre Tickets: £8/£7 Three of our most respected writers will share some of their own work ahead of the Bridport Prize Awards Ceremony.

THE BRIDPORT PRIZE 2014 AWARDS CEREMONY Saturday 18 Oct, 12pm Bridport Arts Centre Theatre Tickets: £15 To include buffet lunch and refreshments, limited availability.

Judges Andrew Miller, Liz Lochhead, Tania Hershman and Alison Moore present the awards to the winners of the 41st Bridport Prize, for poetry, short stories, flash fiction and the inaugural Peggy Chapmen-Andrew’s First Novel Award.

Story Café

MARTIN SHAW

JANE FLOOD

21 Nov, 7.30pm Tickets: £7/£6 Members

23 Jan 2015, 7.30pm Tickets: £7/£6 Members

THE CROW-KING AND THE RED-BEAD WOMAN

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£5 Concessions

STORYTELLER

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£5 Concessions

Age guidance: Suitable for adults and older children

A startling Yakut tale of love, magic and initiation from a master storyteller.

Martin Shaw is the founder of the Westcountry School of Myth and led the Oral Tradition course at Stanford University. He is internationally regarded as one of the most exciting new teachers of the mythic imagination and became a storyteller whilst living for four years in a black tent on the wilder fringes of England.

“An outrageous piece of magic” David Abram

A flick of the wrist and a slip of the tongue.

A winter’s evening of tales for us all from this engaging and witty storyteller.

Meet a care-free gypsy, a dead bride and a woman silenced by a curse. There are tales of women who skip, trip and nip through the stories, leaving confusion, mayhem, puzzled mothers and fathers… and a few happily ever afters. This new collection of old stories was first told last Midsummer in the Wood Sisters Red Tent and was received with delight, laughter and a few tears.

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Allsop Gallery

WHAT REMAINS AN INSTALLATION BY AND NOW Saturday 27 Sep – Saturday 18 Oct What Remains follows on from Barrow an outdoor installation commissioned for the Inside Out Dorset Festival 2014. Barrow is a ceremonial structure that offers an invitation to relate to death and the processing of it by the living and the land.

What Remains is an exploration of the landscape of our emotions surrounding death: it is what remains of the process when we try to render understandable the epic and mundane nature of death. It is an archaeological exploration of monuments, mementos and other meaningful objects excavated from our present. It is a dialogue between artists Mandy Dike and Ben Rigby; and between the absolute nature of death and the ongoing challenge of existence.

Artists’ Talk: Saturday 27 Sep, 2pm, FREE Barrow was commissioned by Activate and South Dorset Ridgeway Partnership for the Inside Out Festival, Ridgeway Responses. What Remains was commissioned by Bridport Arts Centre.

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Photo: Bill Crumbleholme

DORSET POTTERY GROUP Saturday 25 Oct – Saturday 8 Nov

The event also features a display of inspirational pottery by nationally famous potters, on loan from the exhibitors’ own collections.

Photo: Duncan Ross

Potters from across Dorset display a varied collection of functional and decorative pottery and sculpture. Using many different methods, they produce a huge variety of ceramics that will appeal to anyone interested in hand made craft, providing a great opportunity to buy original gifts at affordable prices or commission a special piece.

Watch out for demonstrations on Saturdays and Wednesdays. www.dorsetpotterygroup.co.uk

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JILL KENNINGTON PHOTOGRAPHY

Saturday 15 Nov – Saturday 20 Dec Photography defines Jill Kennington, in her roles both behind and in front of the camera. Abandoning her modelling career in the early 80’s for photography, she created some iconic images of the swinging 60’s heroes – Warhol, Omar Sharif, Lord Snowdon and many more. Although portraiture has been a constant, notably making no distinction between the celebrity and the humble, her beautiful, evocative landscape photographs are deeply personal. Through the spareness of black and white images, stripped of colour and cliché, she gently unpeels the vulnerability of her subject, whether a tree or a person, creating genuine empathy between observed and observer.

Artist Talk: Saturday 29 Nov, 2pm, FREE

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AN EXHIBITION OF IMAGINATIVE, VISIONARY AND SURREAL ART

Image: David Lawrence, The Messenger

THEATRE FOR THE SOUL Saturday 17 Jan – Saturday 28 Feb 2015 While all art is derived from the imagination, since even realistic paintings of landscapes are translated on to canvas by the artist’s imagination, for certain artists the finished artwork begins and ends with the imagination, with no apparent connection to reality. In truth these “imaginative” artworks have a deeper reality, a reality of the soul.

These artworks, whether paintings, sculptures or drawings are the stage on which the artist has placed the characters of his or her soul to play out and display their deepest nature. Such are the works in this exhibition.

Curator David Brooke will be showing some of his paintings alongside Tim Carroll, Amanda Popham, David Lawrence, Katarina Rose, Nancy Farmer, David Marl and Kate Walters.

Curator’s Talk: Saturday 24 Jan 2015, 2pm, FREE

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Café & Foyer Galleries

ABUNDANCE FROM THE ARCHIVES Tue 23 Sep – Sat 4 Oct In the Café To celebrate the Arts Centre’s 40th Anniversary we wanted to share some of our fascinating archive with you.

Come and reminisce as we feature posters, photographs of performances (including a young PJ Harvey), diary entries and more.

VANESSA FRY Tue 23 Sep – Sat 4 Oct In the Foyer An exhibition of photographs charting the process of the Bridport FM training programme and radio broadcast week, whose theme was Mapping our Cultural Heritage. The project was made possible with a grant from the Heritage Lottery Foundation

Tue 7 Oct – Sat 8 Nov Vanessa takes her inspiration from the Dorset Coast where she has lived for most of her life. Now aged 43, early interests in theatre were curtailed by MS in her late teens and she turned to drawing as an alternative means of expression.

The idiosyncrasies apparent in her work are evidence of her determined efforts to overcome increasing physical handicaps. Drawing has enabled Vanessa to experience an inner sense of freedom and joy within a frail body.

DAVID SMITH

#COLLAGE365 – A YEAR OF SCISSORS AND GLUE Tue 11 Nov – Tue 23 Dec Artist David Smith has described himself as, “resistant to discipline, not good with commitment and a novice with collage” so when an artist he was following on Twitter announced her intention to do a small abstract collage each day for a year he thought it was just the challenge for him!

The result was #Collage365 and a selection is presented here. www.scissorsandglue.co.uk

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PAUL SINODHINOS Tue 13 Jan – Sat 21 Feb Born in Montreal, Canada but residing in the UK since 1962 Paul Sinodinos has lived in London, Berkshire, the West Highlands of Scotland and now Bridport. Much of his work is derived from nature: from the shells of the Loch and the ferns in the garden of his house close to Ardnamurchan, to the plants and trees of his home at Longburton where he lived for thirty-five years before arriving close to Bridport four years ago, where more inspiration was waiting.

Take part Image : Emily Meech and Harry Poole by Maisie Hill

BRIDPORT YOUTH DANCE

ALIVE LIFE DRAWING

WITH NIKKI NORTHOVER AND AIMEE SYMES

WITH JOHN MEAKER

Autumn term starts Wed 3 Sep/BAC classes restart Mon 8 Sep Spring term starts Wed 7 Jan 2015/BAC classes restart Mon 12 Jan 2015 4.30 – 5.30pm Middle tap and contemporary Level 1 ages 8 – 11 years. Term fees: £60 5.30 – 6.30pm Middle tap and contemporary Level 2 ages 10 – 13 years. Term fees: £60 6.30 – 7.30pm Senior contemporary ages 14 years and over with dance experience. Term fees: £60 Other classes include Intermediate tap and contemporary classes for ages 14 years and over, Rhythm Makers for ages 5 – 7 years and Bridport Boys Dance.

New class for ages 12 – 16 years (beginners) starting this autumn.

To enrol please call Nikki on 07765 971357 or e-mail bridportyouthdance@yahoo.co.uk Bridport Youth Dance is supported by Arts Council England, West Dorset District Council, Bridport Town Council and Bridport Arts Centre.

DANCE SCHOLARSHIPS This scheme offers subsidised places to talented and committed children from families on a low income. If you would like to support this scheme or find out more information please contact Nikki. www.bridportyouthdance.org.uk

Tuesdays from 6.30 – 9.30pm Autumn Term: 9 Sep – 9 Dec Spring Term: 13 Jan – 24 Mar 2015 £10 per session | £7 Full-time Students Alive Life Drawing offers excellent models and fundamental observational and analytical skills. A great resource for artists, tuition for students and beginners. Tutor John Meaker offers conscientious tuition, technical guidance and creative challenges.

(No classes on 14 October and 25 November.

Please note change of day for these classes).

To book call John Meaker on 07816 850 107.

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BACSTAGE Wednesdays 5.45 – 8pm Autumn term starts: 17 Sep No class 29 Oct Spring term starts: 7 Jan 2015 No class 18 Feb Price: £50 for Autumn term (10 weeks) Max 16 places

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Create dynamic and challenging theatre through these stimulating sessions led by choreographer, director and producer Niki McCretton. Students can work towards gaining bronze or silver Arts Awards through participation in BACStage.

THE ART OF TRAVEL WRITING

Adults

WITH PAUL DODGSON

Saturday 7 Nov, 10.30am – 4.30pm Tickets: £25 – Max 12 places Please note: This course will take place in the White Room at the Chapel in the Garden, East Street, Bridport. Please bring a packed lunch

A day spent investigating how to turn your travel experiences into sparkling prose. The ability to convey a sense of place and time in writing is an essential tool in the writer’s toolbox, whether in fiction, memoir or journalism. You will hear examples of travel writing though the ages and undertake exercises to put what you have learned into practice.

WRITING NATURE WITH PAUL DODGSON

ADULTS WORKSHOPS

Sunday 8 Nov, 10.30am – 4.30pm BAC café Tickets: £25 – Max 12 places

A pair of linked creative writing workshops exploring how to describe the world around you. Come along to one or both.

Suitable for everybody from complete beginners to experienced writers.

How can we describe something as complex as nature with mere words? For centuries this challenge has taken up by writers who have used all the resources language has to offer in order to create a lasting impression of the world around them. Now it is your turn. Hear readings from some of the best nature writing and undertake writing exercises inspired by what you have heard.

Please bring a packed lunch

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THE BIG DRAW WITH ANGIE PORTER

Saturday 11 Oct, 10.30am – 3pm, not The Big Draw Tickets: Free The Big Draw / Allsop Gallery Come and be inspired by barrows and burial grounds in this fun family drawing workshop with artist Angie Porter. What would our modern day ‘grave goods’ comprise? Can we create a Bridport Barrow? Everyone welcome.

HALLOWEEN PUPPETS WORKSHOP WITH KATHY KELLY

Monday 27 Oct, 10.30am – 3pm, for 7’s to 11’s Tickets: £15/£13 Concessions / Sibling Come and create a super scary puppet character. Whether you like zombies, witches or vampires, here’s the place to make them come to life or to the land of the living dead!

All materials provided to make a brilliant spooky puppet

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ACTIVE ART WITH JOHN MEAKER

6,7,8,9 Jan 2015 Two sessions each day: 10am – 12.30pm/1.30 – 4pm Tickets: £10 per session | £5 Full-time students Active Art welcomes artists, keen amateurs, students and beginners. In the large Allsop Gallery / studio at the Arts Centre, a dialogue with the truth as represented by excellent and agile life models.

NEW DRAMAS SCRIPTED READING Friday 30 Jan 2015, 7.30pm In the Café Tickets: £3 Be the first to hear these new short plays written by local writers as part of a Writing Radio Drama course. Performed by local actors and featuring live and pre-recorded sounds effects for added dramatic effect!

Forms and attitudes of personalities outside of ourselves evoke vital gestures and dynamic responses, creating the conditions for freedom of expression and for refining skills.

To book call John Meaker on 07816 850 107

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VISITOR INFORMATION FARMERS MARKETS 9am – 1pm 2nd Saturday of every month: Fantastic locally produced food.

BOOKING INFORMATION Members’ booking opens – Tue 9 Sep 2014 General booking opens – Fri 12 Sep 2014 Online Booking online is an easy and safe way of getting the tickets that you want at a time convenient to you.

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Concessions Our concessionary rates apply to those in receipt of disability benefit, job seekers’ allowance or income support. Proof may be requested.

Super £3 As part of our continued commitment to making the arts accessible to all, Bridport Arts Centre is offering an early bird concession price of £3 for a number of our events this season. Tickets must be booked at least two weeks in advance.

Note Latecomers will be asked to delay entering the auditorium until a suitable pause in the performance.

Visiting Information Address: Bridport Arts Centre, South Street, Bridport, Dorset DT6 3NR. Phone: 01308 427183 Email: info@bridport-arts.com Access We have a level access foyer, theatre and cafe.

Please advise us when booking tickets of any special requirements. The Allsop Gallery is accessible via a platform lift.

Marlow Theatre A charming listed building occupying a prime site in the centre of Bridport, the Arts Centre makes an ideal venue for weddings, conferences (1–3 days), lectures, demonstrations, AGM’s and, of course, staged musical and theatrical productions. There is ample public parking nearby and improved disabled access.

Seating capacity of 194 (120 fixed) Standing capacity of 300 (e.g. music events) Stage (performing) area of 6.12m x 6.63m Refreshments & Catering Facilities The kitchen (suitable for the preparation of teas/ coffees and light meals) can be hired with your booking. Alternatively the Art Garden Café may be able to provide additional catering.

For all theatre hire enquiries please call our General Manager Denise Fenton dee@bridport-arts.com

Car Parking Parking bay for disabled drivers immediately outside the venue. Other visitors are advised to use the south street car park on the left hand side further down South Street, leaving town.

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