Kingston Connections:Our Story Begins.... by Philip hetherington

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Our Story Beginsâ&#x20AC;Ś 22nd June - 30th June

Kingston Connections: Our Story Begins.... (22nd â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 30th June) Join us for an exploration of storytelling in its broadest sense. Kingston Connections is a three year project which will take you on a journey that draws on the creative relationships that connect our cultures, countries and continents. The fascinating programme of talks, debates, projects and performances during this week is only the start of our story... we look forward to discovering our narrative alongside the whole community, which we hope will bring together young, old and everything in between to share and express our stories.

Contents: Theatre Music Dance Poetry Talks, Lectures & Discussions Workshops Storytelling Exhibitions Everything Else!

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Theatre

Crystal Vardo

Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Monday 24th June 7.30pm – 8.30pm £6/£4 concessions ‘Friends, Families and Travellers is an innovative and dynamic charity, working to end racism against Gypsies and Travellers and promoting better understanding of their history and culture.’ Crystal’s Vardo is the extraordinary story of a young Gypsy girl’s journey through Romany history. Join Crystal

aboard her time travelling vardo on her quest to find home and piece together the shards of her ancestry. Interwoven with humour and music this is a story that will both shock and delight.

Scamp Theatre: Tiddler and other Terrific Tales Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Thursday 27th June 1.30pm – 2.30pm & 4.00pm – 5.00pm £12/£10 Under the sea, out on the farm and into the jungle, these terrific tales are woven together with live music, puppetry and a whole host of colourful characters from their best-loved titles: Tiddler, Monkey Puzzle, The Smartest Giant in Town and A Squash and A Squeeze. Adapted from the best-selling books by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler. Dumbshow: The Pearl Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Friday 28th June 1.00pm – 2.30pm 7.30pm – 9.00pm £10/£8 concessions When impoverished pearl-diver Kino finds the ‘pearl of the

world’ he believes his family’s life will be transformed. Seduced by the pearl’s beauty and promise of riches, he’s blind to the danger of possessing something that everyone else wants. A timeless fable about the allure of greed, the confines of class, and the transforming power of love. It asks us to consider what we value most in the world. Dumbshow bring John Steinbeck’s novel to life with their trademark visual inventiveness and playful theatricality. Bymoonlight Theatre: The Miller’s Tale Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Saturday 29th June 7.30pm – 8.30pm £5 By Moonlight Theatre bring their award-winning and renowned blend of Total Theatre, mime and music to the Rose Theatre for their interpretation of Chaucer’s The Miller’s Tale. The performance will be a workshop piece and will serve as a precursor to their production of The Pardoner’s Tale which is playing at IYAF this July. The Pearl

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Mechanical Music

Mechanical Music at the Mechanical Museum Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Tuesday 25th June 2.00pm – 3.00pm Free!

Caroline Potter and Music students from Kingston University have been working on a project with the Musical Museum, Brentford (www.musicalmuseum.com), the UK’s foremost collection of mechanical and early electronic instruments. From music boxes to orchestrions, these instruments are like nothing

Euphonix: Song with Stories Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Wednesday 26th June 1.00pm – 2.00pm £5 Euphonix is an open access, not-for-profit, daytime community choir, managed by volunteers and led by professional musician Dominic Stichbury. We offer an inclusive, affordable experience of the benefits of singing with others: “Euphonix is better than Prosac!” (Euphonix member). (www.euphonix.org.uk) The Euphonix repertoire of popular, folk, and world music includes many songs that tell stories, songs with background stories, and songs that evoke stories... We hope the audience will enjoy our concert, that some will be encouraged to take up singing and perhaps come along to Euphonix open

workshops in August, and that one or two may be inspired to set up their own community choirs in Kingston. See www.euphonix.org.uk. Oysterband

you’ve ever imagined. Come and hear the stories and see some of the instruments!

Music

Euphonix

Oysterband Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Wednesday 26th June 7.30pm – 9.30pm £18/£14 concessions Oysterband make modern, folkbased British music, acoustic at heart, sometimes intense, sometimes rocking. Since 1978 they’ve toured in 35 countries – festivals, concerts, bars, rallies, jails, you name it – and have made 13 studio albums, collecting five BBC Folk Awards along the way. Music for the head, the heart & the trousers. And still improving in the bottle. The Big Sing Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium & Market Place Sunday 30th June 12.00pm – 4.00pm Free! The Big Sing is organised by a collaboration of community choir leaders including Singing it Back, Tiffin Boys School, Kingston Music Service and Kingston Council. It is a free

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Dance Body Stories Caroline Lofthouse and Jo Read, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Studio Thursday 27th June 6.00pm, 6.20pm & 6.40pm (10 min performance) Free! By fusing elements of street dance forms and contemporary dance, Jo Read and Caroline Lofthouse will examine and explore the notion of how choreography can speak to the spectator through the development of an eclectic movement language. Caroline Lofthouse is a senior lecturer in dance at Kingston University. Her research interests include choreography, improvisation and inclusive practice. Jo Read is a lecturer in dance at Kingston University, and is also completing partpractical PhD research at De Montfort University.

Eddance: BEASTS Rose Theatre, Studio Sunday 30th June 7.00pm – 7.15pm Free! Following a week of R&D at Kingston Connections Eddance present a scratch performance based on the role fairy tales and folk tales have in our society. EDDance, under the creative direction of choreographer Edd Mitton, is a dance company devoted to making work for performance which is intelligent, beautiful and accessible. We have performed indoors and out in the UK and abroad, and are pleased to be supported by Creative Youth in Kingston. Folk tales are full of strange transformations. They speak of instinct, escape and being true to one’s inner nature. They are also startlingly and extravagantly visual. Eddance will develop this piece during Kingston Connections and use this opportunity to explore metamorphosis physically, and to find out what it looks like

when danced. BEASTS is a work in progress for three women, charting a bizarre and highly physical transformation from human to beast and back again. Poetry Professor Vesna Goldsworthy Rose Theatre, Gallery Monday 24th June 12.00pm – 1.00pm £5/£3 concessions Professor Vesna Goldsworthy

Join us for the Big Sing in Kingston, a huge outdoor music event. At 12 noon there will be an open rehearsal at the Rose Theatre with choir leaders who will teach you the music for the Big Sing. In the afternoon choirs will perform their own songs in venues and outdoor spaces around the town, before coming together for a massed Big Sing at 3.30pm in the Market Place. Don’t miss this fantastic live event.

Eddance

event in which choirs and the public can experience the joy of singing together.

Vesna Goldsworthy, Professor in English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University, is the author of several widely translated books, including Inventing Ruritania:

Jane & Emily

The Imperialism of the Imagination (Yale UP, 1998; revised ed. Columbia/Hurst, 2013), and a best-selling memoir, Chernobyl Strawberries (Atlantic, 2005), which was serialized in The Times and read by Vesna herself as Book of the Week on BBC Radio 4. Her Crashaw Prize winning poetry collection, The Angel of Salonika (Salt, 2011), was one of The Times’ Best Poetry Books of the Year. The Serbian version, Solunski Andjeo (Arhipelag, 2012), was performed by Vesna and broadcast by Radio Belgrade in July 2012, as well as being one of the poetry choices for Mesa Selimovic prize. A former BBC journalist, Vesna continues to produce and present cultural programmes for Radio 4, the BBC World Service and a number of European broadcasters.

Jane Yeh and Emily Berry Rose Theatre, Gallery Tuesday 25th June 12.00pm – 1.00pm £5/£3 concessions Jane Yeh was born in America and educated at Harvard University. She holds master’s degrees from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Manchester Metropolitan University. Her first collection of poems, Marabou

(Carcanet, 2005), was shortlisted for the Whitbread, Forward, and Aldeburgh poetry prizes. Her poems have appeared in The Guardian, The Independent on Sunday, Poetry Review, and other journals, as well as in anthologies including The Best British Poetry 2012 and The Forward Book of Poetry 2013 and 2006. Her new collection, The Ninjas (Carcanet, 2012), has been called ‘funny, clever, and downright charming’ by The Guardian, and ‘hugely entertaining’ by The Sunday Telegraph. She teaches creative writing at Kingston University. Emily Berry grew up in London and studied English Literature at Leeds University and Creative Writing at Goldsmiths College. An Eric Gregory Award winner in 2008, she co-edits the anthology series Stop Sharpening Your Knives and is a contributor to The Breakfast Bible, a compendium of breakfasts to be published by Bloomsbury. Her debut fulllength collection of poetry, Dear Boy, is published by Faber & Faber. She works as a freelance writer and editor. www.emilyberry.co.uk Helen Ivory and Martin Figura Rose Theatre, Gallery Wednesday 26th June 12.00pm – 1.00pm £5/£3 concessions Helen Ivory is a poet and artist. Her fourth Bloodaxe Books collection is Waiting for Bluebeard and she has coedited ‘In Their Own Words:

Helen & Martin

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Contemporary Poets on their Poetry’ Salt 2012. Martin Figura’s poetry ranges from the biting Boring The Arse off Young People (Nasty Little Press) to the dark subject matter of his Ted Hughes Award shortlisted Whistle (Arrowhead Press). Simon Barraclough and Katy Evans-Bush Rose Theatre, Gallery Thursday 27th June 12.00pm – 1.00pm £5/£3 concessions Katy & Simon

Simon Barraclough is the author of the Foward-finalist debut, Los Alamos Mon Amour (Salt, 2008), Bonjour Tetris (Penned in the Margins, 2010) and Neptune Blue (Salt, 2011). He is the editor of Psycho Poetica (Sidekick Books, 2012) and co-deviser and co-author of The Debris Field (Sidekick Books 2013).

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Talks, Lectures and Discussions What do fairy tales mean? The interpretation of popular narrative tradition Dr Andrew Teverson Kingston University, John Galsworthy Building 001 Saturday 22nd June 11.30am – 1.00pm £5/£3 concessions / Kingston University Student/Alumni go free Over the last two centuries writers and scholars have advanced arguments for profound, hidden meanings in popular narrative traditions. This lecture explores some of these arguments, touching upon psychoanalytic, political and socio-historical explanations of the meaning of fairy tales. Ultimately, however, this lecture proposes that fairy tales mean what each generation wants them to mean, and this is why they have survived. Building a better Britain? Race and nation in the contemporary novel Dr Sara Upstone Kingston University, John Galsworthy

Building 001 Saturday 22nd June 2.00pm – 3.30pm £5/£3 concessions Kingston University Student/Alumni go free Dr Sara Upstone

Katy Evans-Bush is a poet, blogger and critic. Her poetry publications are Me and the dead, Egg printing explained (Salt) and Oscar and Henry (Rack Press). Her blog, at www.baroqueinhackney.com was shortlisted for the 2012 George Orwell Prize for political writing. She lives in London.Talks, Lectures

Looking at examples from British novelists including Andrea Levy, Zadie Smith, Julian Barnes, Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro, this talk argues that British novelists are engaged in a dynamic creative exercise encouraging readers to think about Britishness ‘beyond race’. Genome sequencing and molecular epidemiology – telling the story of a bacteria’s journey Dr. Lori Snyder, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Gallery Monday 24th June 10.30am – 11.30am £5/£3 concessions Due to advances in genome sequencing technologies and the normal variations in bacterial genomes, it has become possible to trace the journey of bacteria as they cause infections within hospitals and even how they are transmitted across the globe. Dr. Lori Snyder uses state of the art next-generation genome sequencing technology to read and understand the bacterial

story.

Becoming your own publisher Andrew Crofts, Helen Hart, Sir Rodric Braithwaite Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Monday 24th June 5.30pm – 7.00pm Free! Whether you want to surprise your family with a book about your life, or to test the waters for your hot new fiction, we discuss ways in which you can bring your books and stories to readers without having to go through the whole ‘rejection mill’ of traditional agents and publishers. This is possible through using the services of the bespoke publishing services now available to the selfpublishing, going to sites like Wattpad, or finding your own designers, editors and ghostwriters to support your desire to share. Life writing: Meeting your subject: Anne Sebba Rose Theatre Gallery, Monday 24th June 6.00pm – 7.00pm £5/£3 concessions A biographer’s role is to peel back prevailing mythologies and locate the real subject. The author of nine distinguished titles, including Jennie Churchill and Wallis Simpson, Anne Sebba is well placed to comment.

Sir Rodric Braithwaite

Developing the national narrative Sir Rodric Braithwaite and Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles with Dr. Paul Dixon, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe: Monday 24th June 7.30pm – 9.00pm Free!

Two former British ambassadors reflect on how national narratives are decided upon, disseminated and then adopted. With the benefit of their particular experiences, which offered ringside views of how ideas are managed and presented, they look at the various stakeholders involved, from governments and the media to politicians and teachers. Finally they consider how the stories it was thought would shape lives worked towards anticipated outcomes – or not. Sir Rodric Braithwaite is a diplomat and author and was British Ambassador in Moscow from 1988 – 1992. Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles is a diplomat and now business consultant who was the Foreign Secretary’s Special Representative in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The event will be chaired by Dr Paul Dixon, Reader in Politics at Kingston University.

From Journey’s End to Blackadder

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From Journey’s End to Blackadder Roland Wales Rose Theatre, Studio Tuesday 25th June 6.00pm –7.30pm £10/£8 concessions Kingston-man R C Sheriff’s time in the trenches laid the basis for his hugely successful play, Journey’s End. This talk uses readings from his letters and diaries to explore his wartime experiences and the way they have seeped into popular culture. Courttia Newland

Life writing: A Life in Fiction: autobiography and the novel: Courttia Newland Rose Theatre Gallery, Tuesday 25th June 6.00pm – 7.00pm £5/£3 concessions Join author Courttia Newland in a discussion about how he has used his own life in his fiction – and whether this has been an asset, or a hindrance. Café Scientifique Woody’s Bar and Kitchen: Tuesday 25th June 7.00pm – 9.00pm Free! Come along and discuss the big ideas in science and technology. Kingston Connections special event. The evening is designed to appeal to anyone with an interest in science and technology and takes place in comfortable, relaxed surroundings where anyone can feel comfortable asking a question and getting involved. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter: www.facebook.com/? sk=welcome#!/pages/ Cafe-ScientiﬁqueKingston/383210661754025 https://twitter.com/cafesci kingston

Jack Straw MP

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Last man standing: the story of my life in politics Jack Straw MP Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Tuesday 25th June 8.00pm – 9.30pm £10/£8 concessions Having spent 13 years and 11 days in government, including long spells as Home Secretary and Foreign Secretary and time as Lord High Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Jack Straw has insights aplenty to offer into the complex but always fascinating world of party politics and government. To mark the publication of his autobiography, Last Man Standing, he joins us to give his personal take on the last forty years in British politics. MP for Blackburn since 1979, Jack Straw is one of only three people to have served throughout the Labour administration of 1997 – 2010. After a difficult start in life, he read law at Leeds and qualified

as a barrister, before moving into politics where he has held many of the key offices of state. Here he looks back at his life, at the influences and passions that stand out. The patient’s story: Do we know enough? Dr Reem Kayyali and Dr Shereen Nabhani, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Gallery Wednesday 26th June 10.30am – 11.30am £5/£3 concessions Ideally communication between patients and healthcare providers would offer both time and sufficient detail. So often, however, it occurs in a rush. This talk seeks to share patient experiences and generate a discussion about improvements. Co-presented by: Dr. Reem Kayyali is a pharmacist who joined Kingston University in 2006, where she is currently Principal Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Chemistry. Her research interests are broad but include optimising the care, education and counselling of patients with chronic conditions to empower them and streamline their care. Dr Shereen Nabhani is an oncology pharmacist; Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy and Chemistry at Kingston. Her research interests include the use of mobile digital devices to promote personalized management of long term conditions.

Life writing: Telling a story – where do you start? Wendy Perriam and Elizabeth Buchan Rose Theatre Gallery, Wednesday 26th June 6.00pm – 7.00pm £5/£3 concessions Do novels still need grand themes – or is the best starting point with an incident, situation or particular character? Two successful contemporary novelists explore the building materials for writing – what gets them going. Telling the story as it happens Professor Lord Peter Hennessy Rose Theatre, Studio Wednesday 26th June 7.00pm – 8.30pm £10/£8 concessions From the Cold War to Ground Zero, Suez to the Eurozone crisis, making sense of history as it happens is fascinating – and energising. Peter Hennessy, one of our leading contemporary historians, and the author of Distilling the Frenzy: Writing the history of one’s own times looks back at the themes that have run through 20th and 21st century Britain, and reflects on the art of writing history as you are living through it. Professor Lord Peter Hennessy is Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History at Queen Mary College London and a Fellow of the British

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Academy. Before becoming an academic he was a journalist for twenty years with spells on The Times, The FT and The Economist as well as a regular presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Analysis. In 1986 he was a co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary British History Kingston Theatre Stories Rose Theatre, Studio Thursday 27th June 10.00am – 1.00pm Free! The story of Kingston’s theatres, both past and present, will be revealed at this free event at the Rose Theatre. Stories of all kinds, including newspaper reports of the Empire’s gala opening night, memories of those who sat in the stalls, anecdotes of some of the people responsible for the building of the Rose and backstage gossip from people in the know will be pieced together and shared. If you have a story about any of Kingston’s theatres that you would like to share or if you simply want to learn more about Kingston’s fascinating theatre history come and join us at the Rose. Tom Watson MP Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Thursday 27th June 8.00pm – 9.30pm £10/£8 concessions Tom Watson is Deputy Chair of the Labour Party and an MP since 2001. He was a Defence and a Cabinet Office Minister

but is best known for his investigation and questioning of Rupert Murdoch’s media empire. More recently he campaigned successfully for the re-opening of an investigation into child sex abuse allegations centred in Richmond. Here he talks to journalist Kevin Maguire about the causes he has taken on and the impact they’ve had on his life. Watson is co-author of “Dial M for Murdoch” (Allen Lane 2012), announced just four days before publication to prevent an injunction. Tom Watson MP

Kevin Maguire is a highly influential journalist, currently Associate Editor of The Daily Mirror and regular guest on a wide range of television and radio programmes. Brain Stories Dr Mark Preece and Simon Bill, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Gallery Friday 28th June 2.00pm – 3.30pm £5/£3 concessions Neurologists, Phrenologists and Frankenstein – brain stories from history Dr Mark Preece This talk will include tales of

some of the more interesting individuals from the annals of brain research. Brilliant ideas contributing to our understanding of the body’s most complex organ have punctuated history since the time of Hippocrates. Here are just a few. Dr Mark Preece is Senior Lecturer in Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Life Sciences, Kingston University. A neuropharmacologist by training, he has spent many years of his career either researching, studying or talking about the brain The story of ‘Brains’ – from book idea, to book Simon Brill Brains, a first novel, is an unusual hybrid of fiction and popular science. It tells the story of a down-at-heel painter who becomes artist-in-residence at the lavishly appointed Norman Neurological Clinic. This event will be about the book’s gestation and publication; research, reading, writing, synopses, submissions, agents and editors. Simon Bill is an artist and writer who has been pursuing a PhD on art and visual perception at Kingston University.

Global Arts Kingston: The Evolution of the British Indian Woman; A Talk & Debate Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Friday 28th June 7.45pm – 9.00pm Free! Global Arts Kingston celebrate, develop and deliver high quality, diverse arts and cultural activities for all communities in a fun, supportive and inclusive way. Look out for our other events, traditional storytelling and come and see us at Kingston Carnival. Through the eyes of one Kingston family, this film and accompanying talk will explore the essence of a British Indian woman through the experiences of three generations of one family. A grandmother, who moved to the UK 30 years ago with aspirations of a new future; her daughter, a business woman, wife and mother; and a granddaughter, a British born Indian who documented her personal journey in India to explore the thread that interweaves within each generation. Directed & Produced by Sejal

Sehmi – Filmed & Edited by Kishan Shah Go to www.globalartskingston.org.uk for more details. Smoking Apples: Puppetry Ponder (The Story of Puppetry) Rose Theatre, Gallery Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th 10.00am – 6.00pm £10 per day/£18 for 2 days Smoking Apples devise their shows using a combination of puppetry, physical theatre and original music. They are committed to exploring puppetry in different ways and ensuring that puppets and actors are equal entities on stage. Puppetry has been used to tell stories for decades and has recently undergone a huge revival in Britain. Puppetry Ponder will continue to push the boundaries of puppetry, how the form can be worked with and how it is and can be perceived. During this 2 day seminar, Smoking Apples will focus on puppetry being valued as a form that can bring depth and imaginative storytelling to the forefront of modern performance. John Cleland, Kingston’s best-known, least understood pornographer? Professor Norma Clarke Kingston University, John Galsworthy Building 001 Saturday 29th June 11.30am – 1.00pm £5/£3 concessions

Kingston University students/alumni go free John Cleland, the author of Fanny Hill, or, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (‘the lewdest thing I ever read’, Thomas Sherlock, Archbishop of Canterbury) was born in Kingston-upon-Thames. Professor Norma Clarke considers Cleland’s life and writings and asks: is Cleland’s protagonist really a woman, or are the memoirs of pleasure in fact those of a man? Dr Nicholas Foxton

Evolution of the British Indian Woman

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Rough Beasts: Predators and the imagination from the caves to cyberspace Dr. Nicholas Foxton Kingston University, John Galsworthy Building 001 Saturday 29th June 2.00pm – 3.30pm £5/£3 concessions / Kingston University students/alumni go free The large mammalian predators that we shared most of our evolutionary history with survive in ever decreasing numbers but still haunt our imaginations. This lavishly illustrated lecture looks at the iconography of the apex predators from the Paleolithic to the present, in a range of art, mythology and literature.

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Workshops Feel the Fear… and Write It Anyway Sonia Duggan, Writer’s Coach Rose Theatre, Studio Monday 24th June 6.00pm – 7.30pm £10/£8 concessions Are you heading in the direction you want with your writing career? Do you need fresh impetus to help you on your journey? Exploring your current situation and your vision of where you would like to be, we’ll map out a plan of action to help you achieve your goals. Sonia Duggan is a writer’s coach whose workshops attract very positive responses. Kingston Libraries: Rhyme Time Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Wednesday 26th June 10.30am – 11.30am Free! Join Kate Priestley for a special big and loud rhyme time session of magical fairy tales, songs and stories. Co-creating community leadership: a storytelling workshop Dr. J. Miguel Imas; Dr. Sunitha Narendran; Dr. Maria Daskalaki, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Gallery Thursday 27th June 2.00pm – 5.00pm £10/£8 concessions This storytelling workshop aims at facilitating the Kingston community to co-create their

leadership story. We will use collective storytelling methodology to actively explore factors that affect the emergence and effectiveness of community leadership. It is designed to inspire the emergence of collaborative change leadership among local entrepreneurs, business people, council members and community members. Dr. J. Miguel Imas; Dr. Sunitha Narendran; Dr. Maria Daskalaki, Department of Leadership, HRM and Organisation, Kingston University WRITE AHEAD A daily series of two-hour workshops over ﬁve days, each consisting of several short talks and the opportunity to brainstorm/ask questions Rose Theatre, Studio, Monday – Friday: 3.30pm – 5.30pm £10/£8 concessions per session Monday Why do you want to write? Adam Baron and James Miller, Kingston University We begin by exploring motivation and the material/ ideas/obsessions at your disposal and whether the material is for wider dissemination – or just for you? We consider the dangers of getting stuck in a particular genre and the importance of writing that remaining true to you – and your wider aims. Adam Baron and James Miller, both published novelists,

are part of the Department of Creative Writing, Kingston University. Tuesday Using your life as a resource for writing: Katie Hickman and Rupa Huq Katie Hickman

Literary critics love to pore over the details of a writer’s life and decide which particular experience prompted which particular paragraph. But how much should the writer use their own life, what rights do their companions and loved ones have to privacy, and when should a writer just make it all up? When it comes to non-fiction, how far can the researching writer ever separate themselves from what they feel passionately about, and at what point should they just switch off? Katie Hickman is the author of an award-winning and fascinating range of titles. From her bestselling book about diplomatic wives Daughters of Britannia to her travel books Travels with a circus and novels The Aviary Gate trilogy, it seems nothing she has lived through has been wasted.

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Wednesday Writing family and local history: Dr John Stuart, Dr Nicola Phillips, Juliet Warren, Kingston University How do you find and interpret primary sources in order to write both family and local history? How do you negotiate with others about the use you will make of them? How do you research historical context? This seminar explores options for researching and writing about your ancestors and the history of the area you live in, with a series of presentations accompanied by a practical workshop from lecturers in the Kingston University History Department. A daily series of two-hour workshops over five days, each consisting of several short talks and the opportunity to brainstorm/ask questions. ‘Managing archives and e-resources’, Dr John Stuart, Principal Lecturer and author of British Missionaries and the End of Empire (2011).

‘Tracing the family black sheep: reconstructing a convict life’, Dr Nicola Phillips, Lecturer in History and author of The Profligate Son (2013). ‘Making use of documents available in Kingston for local and family history’, Juliet Warren, Project Manager, Centre for the Historical Record. Thursday Options for sharing and publishing your work: Novelist Suzanne Bugler, Judith Watts, Kingston University and Alison Hill, poet Judith Watts

Dr. Rupa Huq is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Kingston University. She has used her life experience in various books on the suburban environment (including On the edge and Making sense of suburbia through popular culture) which have put the outer limits on the map. Extra-curricular activities have included DJing and serving at Deputy Mayoress of the London Borough of Ealing.

How do you know when your work is ready for sharing and what are your best options for doing so? Deciding on how to seek feedback and ensure your work is as good as it can be, and when to go public, can be difficult. And once the decision has been made, a range of further decisions await, from whether to seek an agent, head straight for a traditional publishers or opt to go it alone? Alison Hill uses her wide experience of publishing to reflect on the choices all writers have to make. Judith Watts offers to guide you through the maze, Department of Journalism and Publishing,

Kingston University. Alison Hill is a widely published poet and is much engaged in promoting poetry performance. She established Rhythm & Muse in Teddington in 2007 and is one half of the celebrated poetry performance duo Speranza. Friday How to get your work better known. Marketing for authors: Dr Debra Riley, James Morrison, Dr Catherine Morel, Kingston University Most authors now know that they have to become active ambassadors for their work; offering only an enigmatic silence in support will no longer do. We begin by considering the theory of marketing in order to understand how it can best be both planned and achieved. A discussion of the principles of marketing is followed by an explanation of how to get the press on your side. Dr Debra Riley, Kingston Business School James Morrison, Department of Journalism and Publishing, Kingston University Chaired by Dr Catherine Morel, Kingston Business School

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Storytelling Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Friday 28th June 10.30am – 11.15am Free! The story of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table and his challenge with the Green Knight. Free story telling session with Michael Treacy. Don't judge a book by its cover Belinda McKenna Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe: Friday 28th June 2.30pm – 3.30pm Free! Kingston University is home to the Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies. The Murdoch Archives in the University’s Special Collections are now a worldclass resource on the life and work of Iris Murdoch, one of the most highly revered British novelists of the twentieth century. The recent acquisition of over 25 letters from Murdoch to her dearest friend, the philosopher Philippa Foot, catalogues a poignant friendship that endured estrangement and heartache, yet lasted sixty years. Join Belinda McKenna for a free performance story-telling session for all. Traditional Tales Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Saturday 29th June 1.30pm – 2.30pm Free! Global Arts Kingston celebrate, develop and deliver high quality, diverse arts and cultural

activities for all communities in a fun, supportive and inclusive way. Look out for our other events, traditional storytelling and come and see us at Kingston Carnival. Enjoy global stories brought alive! Be transported into worlds of adventure, meet characters that have been handed down through generations and enjoy the rich and diverse heritage of our local communities. Be delighted and excited by tales that have been shared for decades by our local communities in their homes and amongst their families. The stories will be presented in a visual and lively format to keep children transfixed and amazed! Go to www.globalartskingston.org.uk for more details. Exhibitions Stories into Social Work Dr Farrukh Akhtar, Kingston University All Week: Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Free! A display of written personal narratives and posters on why people have chosen to become social workers. The exhibition ranges from students of Social Work who are currently studying on the BA/ MSW in Social Work Programmes at Kingston University to professionals who have been in the field for many years. A fascinating insight into a profession that is often in the news but perhaps little understood.

Stories from the Museum Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Wednesday 26th June 11.00am – 4.00pm Free! Kingston Museum, established in 1904, has three permanent galleries telling the story of the Royal Borough of Kingston. The Museum houses a large collection of local and national significance and continues to collect local objects and stories for future generations. ‘Stories from the Museum’ gives us the opportunity to take the objects out of the Museum in a one-off local event. People will get the chance to hear the history behind the objects and will be encouraged to handle them and to share their own stories. This is a unique opportunity to interact with the objects while talking about their connections with Kingston.Everything Else! Everything Else! Institute of Tamil Culture: Innovation 2013 Rose Theatre, Main House Sunday 23rd June 7.00pm – 9.00pm £7/£5 concessions Institute of Tamil culture Fine Arts presents ‘Innovation 2013, ITC is a highly respected and well established organisation based in Tolworth teaching South Indian instrumental music and Bharatha Natyam dance by professional performing artistes for the past 27 years. A sensational evening of variety of South Indian Bharatha Natyam & contemporary dances and classical instrumental

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music orchestra performed by young budding artistes and talented students of Kingston Tamil School. Digital Drama: Kingston Market Place Heritage project All Week Digital Drama develops young people’s talents and engagement within their community. Using digital technology, projects are designed, produced and promoted by young people; giving them the opportunity to learn new skills, explore social challenges and celebrate their achievement. Young people interpret the rich heritage of Kingston’s Market Place through audio drama, animation, blogs and reportage, shared with the audience on a digital platform. History is brought alive through dramatic scenes, architecture re-constructed through animation and interviews with local residents and traders explore what makes the Market Place so special. Participate in this engaging, interactive project on www.makewav.es/drama from June 2013. Global Arts: Global Stories Films will play throughout the week in the Culture Cafe Global Arts Kingston celebrate, develop and deliver high quality, diverse arts and cultural activities for all communities in a fun, supportive and inclusive way. Look out for our other events, traditional storytelling

and come and see us at Kingston Carnival. Global Stories will share the amazing lives of local people, from a diverse range of backgrounds, who came to make Kingston their home. Hear from Manu who was due to lead out his classmates in Kenya to meet Princess Elizabeth but was cheated of this honour when she had to return to England upon her father's sudden death. This rich and varied series of films will feature autobiographical journeys and stories from our Tamil, Korean, Gujarati, Punjabi and AfroCaribbean communities. Little Cauliflower: ‘One Thousand and One Nights’ Puppetry workshops Rose Theatre, Gallery Monday – Wednesday 1.30pm – 5.30pm A closed event for schools: Sharing their own methods of devising theatre in professional practice, Little Cauliflower will help students aged 11–13 to develop their visual storytelling skills through puppetry and object manipulation. Exploring the meaning of adjectives via drawings Dr Jo Van Herwegen, Kingston University Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe, Monday to Friday 11.30am – 12.30pm Free! Adjectives (e.g. ‘happy’ and ‘sad’) are used in stories to express emotions, but how do we learn the meanings of these words? This research project explores the understanding of adjectives via drawings. Come and take part!

Dr Jo Van Herwegen is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Kingston University London. Her research focuses on language development in both typical and atypical populations (including Autism spectrum disorders, Down Syndrome, and Williams syndrome) across the life span. Kingston Libraries: Authorised Rose Theatre, Main Auditorium Monday 24th June & Tuesday 25th June 10.30am – 11.30am A closed event for schools: A fun and fantastic celebration of Teenage and Children’s Fiction. Kingston Libraries: Book Swap Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Thursday 27th June 10.00am – 1.00pm Free! Join in Kingston Libraries Book Swap at the Rose Theatre. Bring along a book or two you would like to pass on for someone else to enjoy, and pick up a new “read” for yourself. MOSAIC Rose Theatre, Culture Cafe Sunday 30th June 8.00pm – 11.30pm Free! OFR and Creative Youth's brand new event started in February 2013 to huge acclaim: MOSAIC brings you the finest in music, art, comedy, poetry, dance and theatre... a mish mash melting pot of special performances drawn from far and wide! MOSAIC actively encourages you to listen, respect the artists and enjoy a truly intimate experience.

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Kingston Connections will present the following events associated with the project ‘Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot: an Arc of Friendship’, run by the Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies at Kingston University and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. All are free to the public. Kingston University is home to the Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies. The Murdoch Archives in the University’s Special Collections are now a worldclass resource on the life and work of Iris Murdoch, one of the most highly revered British novelists of the twentieth century. The recent acquisition of over 250 letters from Murdoch to her dearest friend, the philosopher Philippa Foot, catalogues a poignant friendship that endured estrangement and heartache, yet lasted sixty years. The following events are connected with the project ‘Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot: an Arc of Friendship’, run by the Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies at Kingston University. Friday 3rd – Saturday 25th May 2013 Exhibition Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot: an Arc of Friendship Kingston Museum Gallery Thursday 9th May 2013 Performance Story-telling session: Don’t judge a book by its cover Belinda McKenna, Performance Storyteller Kingston Museum Gallery: 5:30pm

Wednesday 15th May 2013 The Guises of Love: The Friendship between Iris Murdoch and Philippa Foot Peter Conradi (Professor Emeritus Kingston University) author of Iris Murdoch: a Life (2001) and A Very English Hero: The Making of Frank Thompson (2012) Talk, Kingston University, Penrhyn Road Site, JG0003: 7:00pm Thursday 16th May 2013 Performance Story-telling session: Don’t judge a book by its cover Belinda McKenna Kingston Museum Gallery: 5:30pm

Thursday 23rd May 2013 A World of Thought and Feeling: Letters from Iris Murdoch to Philippa Foot. Anne Rowe (Director of the Centre for Iris Murdoch Studies) and Avril Horner (Professor Emeritus, Kingston University) Talk, Kingston Museum Gallery: 7:00pm We are delighted to announce that Belinda will be offering a performance of this story-telling session during the week of Kingston Connections, on Friday 28th June at 2:30pm in the Rose Theatre Culture Cafe.