What's on February - July 2016

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What’s On February – July 2016

SEE ART / MAKE ART

Our world is for everyone We are a pioneering arts centre that strives to accommodate everyone.

Being accessible and inclusive means everyone can be involved: audiences, performers and staff alike.

Our world is designed for everyone.

Whoever you are, you’re welcome.

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IMAGE: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, photograph by Cecilia Cooper-Colby.

COVER: Dan Nicholas

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Contents Contemporary Art 10 Theatre & Comedy 16 Performance 18 Kids & Family 2 3 Live Music & Jazz 2 8 Dance 3 1 Event Diary 3 5 How to book 3 6 How to find us 6

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The inspiration continues…

University of Leicester

Lord Attenborough Maiden Speech to the House of Lords, 1994

Attenborough Arts Centre’s work is inspired

by Richard Attenborough, a world leading filmmaker, acclaimed actor, philanthropist and lifelong patron of the arts. Lord Attenborough was an inspirational talent and pioneering thinker, our founding

patron and a hands-on man who helped establish our arts centre. Handing the patronage to his son Michael, we continue to follow Richard’s vision and his legacy striving to include everyone in great art, culture and learning.

IMAGE: Leicester Mercury Archive at

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“The arts are not a prerequisite of the privileged few. The arts are for everyone – and failure to include everyone diminishes us all”

Welcome to our exciting programme in our brand new and expanded arts centre!

Make a day of our events, exhibitions and activities. Come and spend some quality time with us!

We are delighted to be welcoming David Attenborough to cut the ribbon on our new gallery on Friday 29 January, and help us celebrate this milestone in our ambition to be a dynamic cultural hub for inclusive arts.

Our next exhibitions are committed to socially engaged arts practice.

Internationally acclaimed artists Lucy + Jorge Orta (p. 6) will be presenting brand new work about climate change and migration. We will then be hosting the International Small Print exhibition (p. 8) with our partner Leicester Print Workshop, with a range of work for sale in our newly expanded Shop (p. 9). Our former gallery space has re-launched as the Balcony Gallery dedicated to local professional artists.

I’m really excited to announce a selection of shows on offer on a pay what you think basis, which will really open up our exciting performance programme to everyone: Don’t miss this opportunity to try something new for this season only.

Whether you want to bring the children to a brilliant puppetry opera (Krazy Kat, p. 19), a musical journey through contemporary dance (Lucy Suggate, p.

30) or want to try unique new theatre sitting in darkness (Goat and Monkey, p. 14), there is something across the programme that is accessible to everyone.

Our shows for the Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival have been selected by our guest programmer Dan Nicholas, bringing to us some great upcoming talent. You can still catch Lewys Holt’s sell out Of, Or At A Fairly Low Temperature on February (p. 11).

Don’t miss our newly refurbished café, specially designed to meet family needs, offering a space to relax, meet friends or work on your new script!

Lastly I’d just like to mention Louise White (p. 14) and Priya Mistry (p. 15) who have been developing two shows with support from us, Zoo Indigo (p. 16) and PAD productions (p. 21) who will be coming to us through our In Good Company partnership, and of course Tetrad (p. 16) who’ll be rounding off our bumper programme with two double bills at the end of July (p. 17).

Michaela Butter MBE Director

John Kirby Programming Officer

All our exhibitions will offer fantastic FREE activities for children, a great day out for families to spend quality time together.

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GALLERY The new home for contemporary art in Leicester

Open 7 days a week

FREE ENTRY

Funded by Arts Council England, University of Leicester and over 1,000 generous donors

Opening hours: 10am – 5pm Monday to Saturday 12pm – 4pm Sunday

3 major exhibitions each year New exhibition space doubling the size of the building

I M AGE : Luc y + Jorge O r ta, Symp h o ny fo r Ab s en t Wild life, 2014 .

Live per form ance for the Nu it Blan ch e C alg ar y, C an ad a.

P h o tographer Davi d Bi c kers t aff

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I M AGE : Lucy + Jorge Orta, Life Line Wall Installation, 2008. Photograph by Jonty Wilde

NEW EXHIBIT ION

Lucy + Jorge Orta Saturday 30 January – Sunday 24 April FREE The internationally acclaimed Lucy + Jorge Orta produce artwork that questions the social and ecological sustainability of our planet. Their work over the last two decades employs diverse media like drawing, sculpture, installation, couture, painting, silkscreen, photography, video and light, staged interventions and performances.

Lucy + Jorge Orta’s practice is driven by extensive research into the forces shaping our environment: the availability of food and water, the destruction of the Amazon rainforest and subsequent species loss, and global climate change.

This new solo exhibition brings together artwork relating to Lucy + Jorge Orta’s ongoing concern with human migration, escape and survival from environmental and political catastrophe. It includes many of their characteristic social sculptures, assemblages of functional objects such as customised buoyancy aids, water flasks, and individually made sleeping bags.

The exhibition will also premier a brand new, immersive audio installation, entitled ‘Symphony for Absent Wildlife’, which will occupy Gallery 2.

Gallery opening Friday 29 January, 6pm FREE, booking advised 3 hours You are invited to the ceremonial opening of the new gallery and the launch of our second exhibition, with a chance to meet the artists and see the artwork.

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E VEN T S

CO M I N G S O O N

Attenborough Forum

International Small Print

Migration Thursday 25 February, 6pm – 9pm FREE, booking advised An evening of talks, discussions, and short film screening drawing on the work of Lucy + Jorge Orta and their specific interest in migration. Join experts from the University of Leicester, local community groups, campaigners and activists for a though-provoking look at the causes and implications of global migration for both human and non-humans.

The Red Species List

Saturday 7 May – Sunday 10 July FREE In partnership with Leicester Print Workshop, a quadrennial open exhibition by international print makers.

Plant Culture Saturday 22 July – Sunday 25 September FREE Bringing together different artistic representations of plant life in modern and contemporary art, Plant Culture will explore how artists have used plants as a subject matter, material or aesthetic.

Friday 22 April, 8pm £8 / £7 / £5 1 hour Responding to the Lucy + Jorge Orta exhibition, this newly commissioned work will use live music and field recordings of birdsong fused with vibrant projections to share the story of endangered bird species in the UK. This collaborative approach between artist Lucy Stevens and musicians Rishii Chowdhury (tabla) and Waqas Choudhary (bansuri- Indian flute) will feature hand drawn visualisations of birdsong and Indian rhythmic mnemonics to produce an evocative and energetic performance.

With support from The Wildlife Sound Recording Society and Geoff Sample.

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L E A R N I N G A N D AC C E S S Guided tours First Wednesday of the month during the exhibition on 3 February, 2 March, 6 April, 12.30pm – 1.15pm FREE Join our curators for a deeper insight into the exhibition and the ideas behind it.

Group tours Book in advance so we can tailor to the needs of your group. Maximum 25 people in group, including assistants For more information or to book, please email arts-education@le.ac.uk or call 0116 252 2455

Schools Our new gallery has a fantastic programme of exhibitions that can unlock access to learning and culture in a new and engaging way for Leicester. We offer tailored guided tours for a range of subjects and curriculum themes for each exhibition. Please contact us to discuss your requirements.

Keep in touch! Subscribe to our free, termly learning newsletter, to find out about teachers CPD, artist talks, symposia, networking events, arts award support, and lots more! Contact our learning team at arts-education@le.ac.uk

K I D S A N D FA M I L I E S Family extravaganza Saturday 30 January, 12pm - 4pm FREE, booking advised Join us for a special day of family activities based on Lucy + Jorge Orta’s new exhibition.

Explore the artworks in the exhibition and learn more about the themes and ideas that bring these works to life. Discover the world through media and materials, work with artists and learning staff to create a giant interactive sculpture in our main hall.

Artist-led Family workshops Saturdays, 1pm – 3pm FREE, book in advance or sign up on the day Explore themes, materials and ideas from the exhibition with our friendly learning team and lead artist Jo Dacombe. No experience needed.

Lucy + Jorge Orta workshops Saturdays 30 January, 6, 13, 20, 27 February, 5, 12, 19 March, 2, 9, 16, 23 April

International Small Print workshops Saturdays 7, 14, 21, 28 May; 4, 11, 18, 25 June; 2, 9 July

#artexplorers area Pop into our art explorers kids area for free drop in activities to help guide you around the exhibition.

Sensory Suitcases FREE Book at reception These fun lap-sized suitcases are jam packed with tactile and multisensory objects linked to the exhibition, including our touch guides. This is as close as you can get to touching the artwork!

B A LC O N Y G A L L E RY Hosting four to six exhibitions each year, the focus is on artists living in the region who are connected to Attenborough Arts Centre through our Creative Learning programme or projects.

Shop Our new foyer shop, open daily, showcases the best of local and British craft, art and design. The innovative and affordable collection includes ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles, prints, sculpture, homeware, stationary, cards, gift wrap and more, alongside a constantly-changing range of seasonal goodies. There’s something for every occasion and to suit all budgets – come and have a browse!

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Theatre & Comedy IMAGE: whatsthebigmistry

Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 3 – 21 February Daniel Nicholas presents

BrightSparks: Arts in Mental Health Group presents

Reverb (The Love Story of Terrance the Crocodile and Julia the Mannequin)

The Comedy Asylum

Thursday 4 February, 7.30pm £5 / £4 1 hour (16+) A surreal Anti-love story, about a blow up crocodile and a mannequins head told in reverse. Terrance wants to become a semiprofessional ukulele player, but it’s not all it’s cracked up to be as his marriage starts to deteriorate. Think ‘500 Days of summer’ meets ‘Memento’ and you’re on the right track. Nominated for Best Festival Debut in Dave’s Leicester Comedy Festival 2015.

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Friday 5 February, 7pm £3 / FREE 2 hours 30 minutes (16+) Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust in partnership with BrightSparks and a number of other partners are proud to present The Comedy Asylum. This performance is the culmination of a series of comedy workshops facilitated

by Rob Gee, working with mental health service users, to develop this outstanding show.

Fowl Humour presents

Lewys Holt presents

Hap (less one)

Of, Or At A Fairly Low Temperature

Saturday 6 February, 7pm £6 / £4.50 1 hour (15+) Meet Hap, the most useless being you will ever meet. This guy has no idea about anything. We find him lost and alone after being abandoned by his girlfriend (we have no idea how he got one) as he learns to fend for himself and function like an acceptable human being. Unfortunately he isn’t really much of a human being, he’s just a bloody clown. Award winning Nottingham company Fowl Humour’s Hap (Less One) is a unique hour long, free-for-all in physical comedy and clowning for childish adults, as we learn to find humour in a fool’s tragedy.

Kirsty Munro and upcoming comedians present

What’s the story showcase Sunday 7 February, 8pm £5 1 hour (16+) A showcase of Leicester’s up and coming comedy performers. This fast-paced show presents comedy material written in the last 72 hours. Come and show your support for what may be tomorrow’s new shining stars!

Please visit our website for details.

IMAGE: Fowl Humour

Thursday 11 February, 8.30pm £5 45 minutes (16+) How much denim do I wear? How many beards do I grow? Does my mum think I’m ‘cool’? Is there literally anything else that matters in life? Are acronyms still ‘in’?

Examining what is meant by being ‘cool’, the performance mixes contemporary dance with storytelling and comedy to question what is ‘cool’ these days.

Lewys will play music, dance, play dress up, improvise and talk through some issues. Personas will shift, activities will blur and insecurities will be illuminated.

This semi-autobiographical show makes Lewys consider the things that are most important to him: to be ‘cool’ or to be himself, he will ask you to consider the same thing.

£8 double bill tickets when you book for Of, Or At A Fairly Low Temperature and Jack Britton’s greatest hits IMAGE: Lewys Holt

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Jack A. G. Britton presents

Parkin Presents

Jack Britton’s greatest hits (debut album)

Tom Adams

Thursday 11 February, 7pm £5 / £4 50 Minutes (18+) In Jack Britton’s much awaited debut album, a ferocious, frenzy of hilarious, high energy musical comedy, every song is an instant hit. Come along for an hour of passion, ferocity and infectious vibes.

Featuring such favourites as ‘I know what you did last summer (because you do it every summer)’, ‘Arklife’ and ‘WARNING; May contain strong references to nineties game shows’. Get down, get dirty, get a bit uncomfortably shouty with Leicester’s one and only comedy diva.

Come and enjoy the unique Parkin Presents experience! Join local little man (5ft 5) Dave Parkin and friends at this intimate venue for a night to remember with a mixture of stand up, storytelling and live music from our favourite wordsmith Dave Parkin! Tom Adams has performed on BBC Radio 4’s ‘Loose Ends’ and was a Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year finalist in 2009. More guests to be announced, see the website for more information.

KinkyBoot Institute presents

Boylesque

The Book of Northern: The official guide to Northern-ness

Friday 12 February, 8.30pm £15 / £13 1 hour 30 minutes (16+)

Saturday 20 February, 8pm £5 / £4 1 hour (16+)

Doe Demure brings you a tongue-incheek variety show featuring boylesque performances from some of the best on the circuit. International male burlesque performer, Dave The Bear: The lovechild of Khal Drago and Tamar Braxton will take you on a sensory journey from the Roman Empire to modern-day LA strip joints! Bristol based cabaret burlesque performer, Screaming Keating’s tribute to the classic Hollywood horror movie genre is unmissable.

Funny, silly, insightful, hilarious and spontaneous send up of all things Northern.

Doe Demure presents

Compered by the feisty wit that is local comedian Kirsty Munro.

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Thursday 18 February, 8pm £6 / £4 3 hours

Have you met a northerner? What is… a northerner? The Book of Northern answers these questions through a dynamic presentation of the northern psyche, northern culture, and even the northern smell of today.

Join this comic duo on this journey to finally reveal the definitive Book of Northern.

Interested in comedy for kids?

See our Leicester Fridge’s Mini Fridge events (p. 18)

Hubbub Theatre Company presents

Kessoku: Tales of togetherness Sunday 6 March, 3pm Pay what you think 50 minutes (4+)

IMAGE: Goat and Monkey

Oliver Taheri Productions present

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot Thursday 3 March, 7.30pm £10 / £8 / £5 65 minutes (14+) Based on the true-life story of Crookshank’s time in the Royal Air Force serving Queen and country, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot charts her journey from basic training to the Falkland Islands.

From feeling low to flying high (literally, in a Tornado F3!). A deeply moving, hilarious and heart-warming adventure.

Following on from a hugely successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot embarks on its first UK Tour. Please note the show contains weapons, strong language and penguins.

Inspired by Japanese stories, Kessoku (meaning Unity) is full of fun and visual treats. Discover the story of the mischievous raccoon who disguises himself as a kettle, a beautiful Sun Goddess who hides in a cave, and the baby who was born in a peach! Including physical theatre, puppetry, shadow projection, music and dance, this show is suitable for audiences of all ages, and particularly audience members with moderate learning disabilities, their families and friends.

Supported by Arts Council England, Derby City Council

Join the company for a masterclass led by Jen Sumner, Artistic Director, on Saturday 5 March, 2.30pm. See our website for more details.

Supported by Arts Council England, the Royal British Legion Women’s Section and Stage One.

IMAGE: Hubbub Theatre Company

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Goat and Monkey presents

The devil speaks true (Shakespeare’s Macbeth as told

by Banquo)

DEparture Lounge Check-in Festival Friday 15 and Saturday 16 April, 10am - 11pm Pay what you think

Friday 11 March, 8pm Pay what you think 1 hour (14+)

Festival of exciting new performance and artist workshops

A chilling visceral experience where you are cast, as Banquo from Macbeth in a first person auditory adventure. Sitting in the darkness and wearing wireless headphones, you will be surrounded by a world created through binaural sound, video projection and a solo performance.

Focusing on the psychological effects on men returning home from war and the bond between soldiers, the production intersperses Shakespeare’s text with interviews with ex-servicemen.

DEparture Lounge is In Good Company’s flagship festival: uplifting audiences and helping artists take flight. For the second year running we will be hosting a check-in festival at Attenborough Arts Centre, to warm you up for the main event. This year’s festival will focus on experimentation and play, with lots of opportunities to see workin-progress, performances and learn new skills through workshops and playdates.

The festival will showcase some of our associate artists and culminate with an exciting headline act.

Supported by Arts Council England

Louise White presents

All this debris Friday 8 April, 8pm £10 / £5 / party of four £25 65 minutes (16+) Find the courage to trust yourself! When living in recovery, what still affects you?

What pops up unexpectedly during the simplest daily tasks? How do these things alter what you deal with and what you avoid? Meant to raise awareness and challenge attitudes towards depression and mental health, All This Debris is made in association with community support groups in association with Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust and BrightSparks.

Please note the show contains partial nudity and deals with some themes and issues that may be upsetting.

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D.A.N.C.E Tuesday 19 April, 8pm £5 / £4 1 hour (16+) Comedians will say what they want.

Dancers will move how they will. But can they work together?

D.A.N.C.E is developing a new comedy experience, where comedians and dancers alike share the stage to entertain you.

Comedians will perform their routines, whilst dancers react and improvise their interpretation on stage with them: an exciting way to see different artforms working together. Please note some of the language / themes may cause offence.

Derby Theatre, in Association with Milk present

JOAN Saturday 14 May, 8pm Pay what you think 75 minutes (12+) Written and directed by Lucy J. Skilbeck.

Put your drinks down and your hands together, all the way from Domremy in France, via Sheffield and 600 years, it’s JOAN! Packed with guts, heart and some well placed couscous, JOAN fuses lyrical new writing with drag king cabaret for the very first time. An earthy story of courage, conviction, hope, survival and love, this is Joan of Arc – quite possibly the world’s first drag king. Performed by Drag Idol Champion Lucy Jane Parkinson, aka LoUis CYfer, this is a fearless new show about what it means to stand out, stand up and stand alone.

Story City Festival Friday 15 - Saturday 23 July Pay what you think A city has many stories. Let’s share them!

Story City Festival presents the best new and emerging work in theatre, digital performance, spoken word, film, dance, and online storytelling from Leicester and across the UK. Taking place in venues across the city, all events are pay what you decide. Full programme available at www.storycity.co.uk

IMAGE: JOAN

whatsthebigmistry presents

The musical mental health cabaret Saturday 18 June, 7pm £10 / £5 1 hour 20 minutes How do we make an invisible, immeasurable and shape-shifting illness into a visible and quantifiable one? This very personal piece of work will deal with themes of depression anxiety and secrecy whilst using humour. Through a series of unpredictable acts of cabaret and variety, Priya Mistry depicts the bombarding symptoms that depression and anxiety evoke.

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Performance IMAGE: Zoo Indigo

Tetrad presents

Zoo Indigo presents

Us and Them

No Woman’s Land (work in progress)

Sunday 13 March, 7pm Sunday 1 May, 7pm (In association with Handmade Festival) £6 / £4 3 hours (18+)

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Saturday 23 April, 7.30pm Pay what you think 40 minutes (16+)

A platform of contemporary performance brought to you by emerging artists from the East Midland’s performance scene.

Experience performance work from collective Tetrad, alongside developing work from guest artists who work with comedy, dance, theatre, live art and multimedia performance. Us and Them aims to bring people together who are excited and inspired by innovative, bold and thought provoking experiences of performance.

Join us and engage in dialogue about contemporary performance, network, and foster prospective performance makers.

No Woman’s Land is a visual and physical performance with innovative video design.

It explores the real story of a mother’s migration after World War II, re-walking her steps across borders. Ildiko’s grandmother, expelled from her home in 1945, walked 350km through the fractured landscape of Europe with her two young children and all her belongings dragged in a cart. In 2015, Ildiko and Rosie retraced her footsteps, crossing borders, climbing fences, bleeding, crying, blistering, and carrying their flat pack children. No Woman’s Land is a humorous and moving stagger through landscapes of past and present stories.

please note some of the language / themes may cause offence.

Supported using public funding from Arts Council England and In Good Company

Ellie Stamp presents

Tetrad presents

Are you lonesome tonight

Just Us

Saturday 30 April, 6.30pm and 8.30pm Pay what you think 1 hour (16+)

Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July, 7pm £10 / £8 3 hours (18+)

Ellie Stamp is the secret love child of Elvis.

Interdisciplinary performance collective Tetrad’s weekend of Double Bills

In this autobiographical interactive performance – created with neuroscientist research partners – Ellie utilises her skills in participation and music to examine the problematic methodology used to define psychosis. She invites the audience to play with nine numbers that fascinated Sir Isaac Newton, Pythagoras and Elvis. Winner Arts Award Voice Pick of the Fringe 2014.

IMAGE: Ellie Stamp

Saturday 30 July: Daniel Nicholas and Lewys Holt Daniel is a comedian, writer and creative producer, whose left field comedy intends to explore the boundaries that comedy can boarder with other art forms.

Lewys is an interdisciplinary dance artist based in the UK. His practice spans dance, comedy, visual arts and theatre, working with international artists. Lewys dance style is concerned with release and improvisation.

Sunday 31 July: Katherine Hall and Jack Britton Katherine’s choreographic work is concerned with the fragility of time and interrelationships, seeking to present situations of being and acting together.

She re-imagines relational moments involving movement, voice, improvisation, writing and score-making.

Jack combines elements of comedy, storytelling, low-fi technology, audience interaction and physicality to create informal and contemplative work, often autobiographically inspired. Jack is an associate artist with In Good Company.

Please note some of the language / themes may cause offence.

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Kids & Family IMAGE: Macrobert and Barrowland Ballet

Leicester Fridge presents

Mini Fridge: comedy for kids The even more Further Adventures of Shirley Wednesday 17 February, 11am £5 / party of four £15 1 hour 15 minutes (3+) After the critically acclaimed success of The further adventures of Shirley, comes a sequel like no other. Award-winning performer Lindsey Warnes Carroll, as the loveable Shirley, invites you to dance, sing, make crafts and join in to make some of her dreams come true, in this fully interactive workshop performance. Suitable for all ages.

Lindsey and Ian’s Incredible Interactive Improv Wednesday 17 February, 1pm £5 / party of four £15 1 hour (3+) Award-winning comedians Ian Hall and 18

Lindsey Warnes Carroll bring you their brand new family show, as they create a fully-fledged tale before your very eyes.

Join in with their incredible escapades and suggest new ideas. Take part in performing, play legendary games such as ‘Chuck the Lobster’ or simply sit back, relax and watch as the magic unfolds.

Kids’ Court Wednesday 17 February, 3pm £5 / party of four £15 1 hour (7+) Parents sit in the dock in the court where the kids are in charge! With a Judge, Prosecution and Defence played by local comedians, children get the chance to put their parents or older siblings on trial and decide a suitable penalty for their misdemeanors, with you helping to decide whether they are guilty or not.

Second Hand Dance presents

Krazy Kat Theatre Company presents

Grass

The very magic flute

Sunday 20 March, 1pm and 3.30pm £7 / party of four £25 55 minutes (4+)

Sunday 22 May, 3pm Pay what you think 50 minutes (3 - 7 years)

A light hearted and inquisitive dance show for all the family from tiny tots to mums and granddads. Using humour, insect facts and gentle audience interaction, Grass explores the world beneath our feet and its wriggling inhabitants. The performance features worms, slugs and snails along with spontaneous outbreaks of ant dancing, apple juggling and reflective memories of outdoor play. Award winning Second Hand Dance’s Grass aims to inspire audiences to look closely at the world around them, get mucky and play!

Exciting new musical, loosely based on Mozart’s brilliant opera. Meet a lost Prince chased by a dragon, a mysterious Queen of the Night, a kidnapped Princess, a lonely Bird-Man, and don’t forget the Magic Flute and Bells. Sounds like a sure- fire recipe for a new Krazy Kat extravaganza! Yet who can you trust, as things are seldom what they seem….?

This sparkling new musical outing is packed with beautiful puppets, costumes and magical transformations, and features British Sign Language.

Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. With funding from the East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Network in association with The Spark Arts for Children.

Supported by Arts Council England and Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

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The Spark Festival 23 May - 4 June Doodle dance Tuesday 24 and Wednesday 25 May, 10.30am, 1.30pm £7 / party of four £25 50 minutes (3+) The Doodle dance show is back after a sell-out first tour with a magical journey of friendship and adventure. Grab a pen and kick off your shoes for this playful, interactive story-show that will get the whole family drawing and moving, doodling and imagining. Together we will create a world populated by crazy birds, dancing pirates, strange underwater creatures and more... We guarantee this is the most fun you can have with your family and a giant piece of paper!

Macrobert and Barrowland Ballet present

Poggle Friday 27 and Saturday 28 May, 10.45am and 1.30pm £7 / party of four £25 40 minutes (6 months – 5 years) Vince wants to explore the forest but he’s too scared to go on his own. Until one day he meets Poggle, a friendly creature who takes him on an adventure exploring the forest and the magical musical tree. A funny, sensory dance theatre piece with live music, clapping rhythms and bubble popping throughout! Nominated for Critics Theatre Awards Scotland 2014-15, Best Production For Children and Young People, and Best Music and Sound.

An East Midlands Children’s Theatre and Dance Network production. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

IM AGE : Doodle Dance, photograph by Chris Nash

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I M AGE : PAD productions

Baby Disco Sunday at 11am, 1pm and 2.30pm £5 per child, accompanying adult £1 1 hour (0-6 years) Baby Disco is back by popular demand!

Boogie babies, tap-dancing toddlers and mini disco-divas are invited to dance their way on a journey through sound and movement. Our Princess Diana Hall is transformed into a multisensory environment with disco lighting and thematic video projections. Learn some dance moves from Alison Bacon and dance to DJ James Kelly musical soundtrack. Our next themes are: Space 29 May – The Spark Festival

PAD Productions present

Underwater 17 July

Soul Bear

I M AGE : Baby Disco

Sunday 19 June, 11.00am and 2.30pm Pay what you think 50 minutes (3+) Fully accessible family show, Soul Bear follows Ellie on a magical journey through a mysterious dreamland, inhabited by friendly animals... and one terrifying bear. From penguins to wolves to a wise old moose, each of the animals has their own story to tell. Can Ellie learn enough from the animals to find her way home again? PAD Productions’ original story comes to life through physical performance, visual storytelling and live music. All performances are fully accessible and relaxed.

Supported by Arts Council England

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As part of our Children in Need programme, there is an opportunity to see some performances for FREE, if registered on the scheme. The selected performances available have the Children in Need’s Pudsey Bear logo next to them.

Please note, the Children in Need programme is for children and young people aged 0-18 years old with the most complex disabilities and needs and those with least access to the arts.

Take part and learn Arts Award Tuesdays 10am – 12pm 6 week blocks Arts Award is an opportunity for young people (aged 5 – 25) who enjoy taking part in any kind of arts activities to develop their skills in creativity. It encourages personalised learning and offers young people a range of flexible options.

Discover dance for kids age 5+ Tuesdays 5 January – 9 February £42 Learn routines, make new friends and dance! Sessions designed for Elective home educated children. Discover arts award included!

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For more information, book a space or find out more information, please contact Hema on: hrm14@le.ac.uk 0116 223 1425 or visit our website: www.attenborougharts.com

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Live Music & Jazz IMAGE: Stan Sulzmann & Nikki Iles

Leicester Jazz House presents

Zoe Rahman Trio Friday 12 February, 8pm Venue: Fraser Noble Hall £12 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes A sell-out performer with Leicester Jazz House in 2015, Zoe Rahman is one of the UK’s most distinctive and accomplished performers at the piano. For her return visit, Zoe is partnered with the superb pairing of Mark Lewandowski on bass and Gene Calderazzo at the drum kit.

Emily Saunders Friday 26 February, 8pm £12 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes With the release of her second album Outsiders Insiders in 2015, vocalist Emily

Saunders has, in the words of All About Jazz, taken an ‘artistic leap forward’, writing, arranging and producing all of the music. Emily takes the influences of music from around the world, particularly Brazil, to produce an elegant synthesis of commercial appeal and musical depth.

Emily is backed by Byron Wallen (trumpet), Steve Pringle (piano), Paul Michael (bass) and George Hart (drums).

Huw Warren’s Trio Brasil Friday 1 April, 8pm £12 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes Welsh pianist and composer Huw Warren is internationally renowned for his eclectic range as a pianist and composer, with strong influences from the mainstream jazz tradition, Celtic folk music, contemporary classical music 23

and Brazilian music tradition. In Trio Brasil, the compositions of Pascoal, Jobim, Gismonti and many others are reinterpreted with Huw’s customary inventiveness and rhythmic alacrity.

Accompanied by Dudley Phillips (bass) Zoot Warren (drums).

Chris Ingham Quartet: Celebrating Hoagy Friday 29 April, 8pm £12 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes Originating as a one-off project for a festival, Chris Ingham’s tribute to the great songwriter Hoagy Carmichael has developed a life of its own and been a hit with audiences across the UK, touring non-stop since early 2014. Hoagy’s Songbook is explored with a tenderness and freshness befitting his stature as a songwriter. Ingham’s piano is backed by trumpeter Paul Higgs, evoking the spirit of Hoagy’s great friend Bix Beiderbecke, Rev. Andrew J. Brown (bass) and George Double (drums).

Dennis Rollins’ Velocity Trio Friday 27 May, 8pm £12 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes Well known as Britain’s funkiest trombone player, Dennis Rollins has brought a subtler and jazzier emphasis together with his trademark danceable grooves in his Velocity Trio, with organist Ross Stanley and drummer Pedro Segundo.

With a mixture of exciting originals and surprising arrangements of pop songs, Rollins fronts a musically rich and always groovy ensemble that will get the audience dancing in the aisles.

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IMAGE: Dennis Rollins Velocity Trio

Kate Williams: Four plus three Friday 10 June, 8pm Venue: Fraser Noble Hall £14 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes Pianist and composer Kate Williams brings together two worlds in this exciting collaboration between her trio and the Guastalla string quartet. Williams makes use of the varied palette of sounds in the jazz trio and string quartet, contrasting improvised and notated sounds in an integrated ensemble that breathes new life into music by Cole Porter, Bill Evans, Antonio Carlos Jobim, as well as performing original compositions.

Stan Sulzmann & Nikki Iles Friday 1 July, 8pm £12 / £5 NUS only 2 hours 30 minutes To followers of the British jazz scene, saxophonist Stan Sulzmann and pianist Nikki Iles need little introduction, with innumerable credits to both of their names. In this intimate duo setting, the great musical depth they both demonstrate is brought to the fore.

University of Leicester Sinfonia Venue: Fraser Noble Hall £10 / £8 / £3 2 hours Saturday 27 February, 7.30pm Elizabeth Medrow - leader Michael Sackin - conductor Weber Overture: Peter Schmoll Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat major (Rhenish) Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F major (Pastoral) A concert of historical German attitudes to landscapes, a matter rich in folklore, epitomised by two well-known and much loved symphonies, Schumann’s Rhenish and Beethoven’s Pastoral. The Schumann celebrates the ancient city of Cologne and its cathedral with great dignity, and the Beethoven is all about the countryside.

The concert begins with a rarely heard overture by Weber, written when he was 15 and a fully accomplished piece. Weber’s music is steeped in German folklore.

Saturday 18 June, 7.30pm Elizabeth Medrow - leader Michael Sackin - conductor Abigail Johnson - piano Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546 Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, K.503 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C major (Jupiter) Three giant works of Mozart, unified by the common key of C, and centred on one of his many stunning piano concertos, in which the dialogue between solo pianist

and sections of the orchestra seems more eloquent than any speech. In the Adagio and Fugue he out-baroques most of his Baroque predecessors, and he does it again in the staggering, contrapuntal finale of the Jupiter Symphony. We are delighted to welcome Abigail Johnson back, as our wonderful piano soloist.

Knighton Chamber Orchestra Venue: Fraser Noble Hall £10 / £8 / £3 2 hours Saturday 5 March, 7.30pm Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 Haydn Symphony 102 Prokofiev Violin concerto No 2 We are pleased to welcome back two great soloists to Leicester. Violinist Soh Yon Kim plays a truly wonderful work, the Prokofiev Violin concerto No 2. Local clarinettist Christine Taylor is delighted to present the Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2. Knighton Chamber Orchestra will also play a truly happy classical piece by Haydn.

Saturday 25 June, 7.30pm Rossini Overture Barber of Seville Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 Mozart Jupiter Symphony We are thrilled to have local teenager piano virtuoso Moritz Wagner joining us to play the delightful Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2. The sparkling overture Barber of Seville by Rossini and the wonderful Jupiter Symphony by Mozart complement this orchestral feast.

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Brian Humpherson Quintet: Singing and swinging!

Friday 18 March, 7.30pm £8 / £6 3 hours Once again this fine group of local musicians will entertain you with a programme of well known standards and jazz originals. Featuring Don Blakeson (trumpet), Mike Read (saxophone), Martin Slipp (bass), Brian Humpherson (piano), Dougie Wright (drums) and of course the vocal talents of Nicole van de Kuinder.

Another toe-tapping evening guaranteed to go with a swing!

Charles Owen Wednesday 6 April, 1pm £7 / £5 Chopin Five Nocturnes Liszt Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude Beethoven Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 no 2 “Moonlight” Join Charles Owen for another inspirational piano recital. Owen is one of the finest British pianists of his generation.

This concert has been made possible thanks to The Ernest Mathieson Bequest.

Mark Elliott Saturday 9 April, 8pm £7 / £5 3 hours The Leicester sell-out singer and songwriter brings you impressive musicianship and a well-honed live show.

Mark is currently working on his debut

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album following a string of sold out local shows. Acclaimed by BBC Introducing, the Monograph and Syco Records (Labrinth, Olly Murs, Leona Lewis).

Rishi Arts presents

Confluence Thursday 5 May, 8pm £8 / £5 2 hours Showcase celebrating and bringing together young and dynamic Indian classical musicians and dancers. Join British born artists, who will perform in a variety of styles from Hindustani to Carnatic traditions. Experience the intricacies, complexities and musicality from both North India and South India.

Performances include sitar and tabla by the Sahota Siblings, Harminder and Harkiran, Kathak dance by students from Aarti’s Dance and Arts Academy and a special Carnatic music ensemble led by renowned Veena artist Raam Jeganathan.

Parkin Presents Thursday 16 June, 8pm Pay what you think 2 hours 45 minutes (16+) Tired of loud guitar bands in smelly pubs? Come and enjoy the unique Parkin Presents experience. Cherry picked piano pop in a charming atmosphere that will make you see the stars of the Midlands music scene in a whole new (candle) light.

Outside of the noisy pubs, this is a chance to get up close and delicate with your favourite songsmiths.

IMAGE: Mark Elliott

Cantamici presents

Much Ado about Captain Noah Venue: Fraser Noble Hall Saturday 2 July, 7.30pm £10 / £8 / £3 2 hours The Leicester-based choir will delight you with a varied programme celebrating the work of the great Bard. The concert commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death and celebrates his work, using his words as an inspiration for choral music. This will be followed by the popular cantata Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, composed by Joseph Horovitz (1970).

Bardi Symphony Orchestra presents

Bardi Young Musician Concert 2016 Sunday 3 July, 3pm Venue: Fraser Noble Hall £12 / £10 / £3 2hours The Bardi Symphony Orchestra presents the fifth concert in its Young Musician Concert series giving the opportunity to a local talented young musician to perform with a full symphony orchestra. Enjoy an afternoon of classical favourites with our young soloist, the Bardi and conductor Paul Hilliam.

Soundbites Tuesdays, 12.45pm FREE Enjoy lunch at the Attenborough Arts Centre’s café and experience a variety of delightful live music. See full line-up on our website.

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Dance

I M AGE : Dance Improvisation, photograph by Sean Goldsthorpe

Katherine Hall presents

Dance4 presents

Fill in the —

Dance Improvisation: the estranged cousin

Friday 4 March, 6.30pm and 8.30pm £10 / £6 / £5 45 minutes (14+) Fill in the — is a troubling yet ordinarily sassy movement lecture, which shifts through the oddities of managing time, attempting to tackle the connections between perceptions of time and the fragility of relationships. Through a chaotic text of intimate contemplation, interruption and sheer pointlessness, the performer speaks of coming, going and shifting through in-between moments; hoping to find a sense of what makes one tick.

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Saturday 12 March, 11am - 7pm FREE but booking essential on www.dance4.co.uk 18+ This one-day symposium of provocations and performances will address a range of issues concerning the status and perception of contemporary dance improvisation from the perspectives of artist and producer, including the reluctance to programme within mid-scale venues and risky aspects of improvised work. The day includes a keynote presentation from American scholar and dance artist Kent De Spain,

contributions by Sally Doughty and Vida Midgelow, and offers an open space for dialogue and sharing.

Presented by Dance4 in partnership Sally Doughty.

Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and De Montfort University

Chicas Locas Burlesque £6 2 hours and 30 minutes (16+) Spring burlesque showcase Saturday 2 April, 8pm A glamorous night of burlesque with the Chicas Locas, Doe Demure’s mixed dance group of new and experienced performers. Come for a glamorous night of stockings, comedy and tease, and enjoy dancing group and solo routines in a variety of burlesque styles.

Summer nights burlesque showcase Friday 10 June, 8pm

A hot summer night of burlesque with Doe Demure’s Chicas Locas dancers.

Come for a cold drink on a red hot summer night of stockings, comedy and tease.

Quick Shifts Sunday 24 April, 6pm £6 / £4 2 hours The Quick Shifts Improvisation Collective return by popular demand for another season of: • Dance (The manipulation of movement) • Improvisation (To make something up on the spot) • Conversation (A talk, especially an informal one, between two or more people, in which news and ideas are exchanged) Supported by Dance4. For opportunities to participate visit www.quickshiftsimprovise.org

I M AGE : Chicas Locas Burlesque

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Serendipity and Dance4 present

Cameron Mckinney and Rhian Comley: Autograph Friday 6 May, 7.30pm 1 hour Cameron McKinney and Rhian Comley have been commissioned to develop two new pieces of work. De Montfort University graduate Rhian Comley will create a fascinating new work focusing on the pathway of the hands as a means to communication and New York based dancer and choreographer Cameron McKinney, explores key issues facing young Black men.

Dan Daw: Autograph Thursday 12 May, 7.30pm £10 / £8 / £5 1 hour Choreographed by Graham Adey and performed by Dan Daw, On One Condition is a bare bones, stripped back look at the world we live in. In his undying attempts at perfection one man attempts to hold the world on his shoulders in all its beauty and grotesqueness; in this breath-taking UK debut.

Attenborough Café Keep an eye out for our newly refurbished café! The perfect place to meet with friends, open daily. Enjoy our high quality coffees and teas, hot and cold drinks, wine and spirits. We also offer a range of hot and cold food.

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IM AG E : Serendipity and Dance4

Dance4 presents

Pilgrim Saturday 11 June, 8pm Pay what you think 1 hour Pilgrim is a physical journey through the mystical sound scores created by Electronic Musician James Holden, a reminder of the ancient and enduring kinship between dance and music and the deeply transformative qualities of both. The work is haunted by remnants of English folk heritage and pagan sensibilities shifting between hypnotic and euphoric states. Lucy Suggate’s physical vocabulary is irreverent and eclectic; she guides us through minimal sophistication towards Acid House and arduous repetition, resulting in a variety of perceptual and physical shifts. Coaxed along by Holden’s beguiling and epic rhythms she is constantly questioning and reminding us of why we dance.

Supported using Arts Council England and British Council International Development Fund

What’s On Diary d ay a n d m o n t h

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January Fri

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6pm

Contemporary art

Lucy + Jorge Orta preview evening

7

Sat

30

10am

Contemporary art

Lucy + Jorge Orta exhibition opens

7

Sat

30

12am

Contemporary art

Lucy + Jorge Orta Family extravaganza

9

Thu

4

7.30pm

Theatre & Comedy Dan Nicholas: Reverb

10

Fri

5

7pm

Theatre & Comedy BrightSparks: The Comedy Asylum

10

Sat

6

7pm

Theatre & Comedy Fowl Humour: Hap (less one)

11

Sun

7

8pm

Theatre & Comedy What's the story showcase

11

Thu

11

7pm

Theatre & Comedy Jack Britton's Greatest hits (debut album)

12

Thu

11

8.30pm

Theatre & Comedy Lewys Holt: Of, Or At A Fairly Low Temperature

11

Fri

12

8.30pm

Theatre & Comedy Doe Demure: Boylesque

12

Fri

12

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Leicester Jazz House: Zoe Rahman Trio

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Wed

17

11am

Kids & Family

The even more Further Adventures of Shirley

18

Wed

17

1pm

Kids & Family

Lindsey and Ian’s Incredible Interactive Improv

18

Wed

17

3pm

Kids & Family

Kids' Court

18

Thu

18

8pm

Theatre & Comedy Parkin Presents: Tom Adams

February

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Sat

20

8pm

Theatre & Comedy KinkyBoot Institute: The Book of Northern

12

Thu

25

6pm

Contemporary Art Attenborough Forum: Migration

8

Fri

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8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Leicester Jazz House: Emily Saunders

23

Sat

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7.30pm

Live Music & Jazz

University of Leicester Sinfonia

25

Thu

3

7.30pm

Theatre & Comedy Oliver Taheri Productions: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

Fri

4

6.30pm, 8.30pm Dance

Katherine Hall: Fill in the —

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Sat

5

7.30pm

Live Music & Jazz

Knighton Chamber Orchestra

25

Sun

6

3pm

Kids & Family

Hubbub Theatre: Kessoku: Tales of togetherness

13

Fri

11

8pm

Theatre & Comedy Goat and Monkey: The devil speaks true

Sat

12

11am

Sun

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Fri Sun

March 13

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Dance

Dance4: Dance Improvisation: the estranged cousin

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7pm

Performance

Tetrad: Us and Them

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18

7.30pm

Live Music & Jazz

Brian Humpherson Quintet: Singing and swinging!

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20

1pm, 3.30pm

Kids & Family

Second Hand Dance: Grass

19

Fri

1

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Leicester Jazz House: Huw Warren's Trio Brasil

23

Sat

2

8pm

Dance

Chicas Locas Burlesque: Spring burlesque showcase

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Wed

6

1pm

Live Music & Jazz

Charles Owen

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Fri

8

8pm

Theatre & Comedy Louise White: All this debris

14

Sat

9

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

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Fri, Sat

15, 16

10am

Theatre & Comedy DEparture Lounge Check-in Festival

14

Tue

19

8pm

Theatre & Comedy D.A.N.C.E

14

Fri

22

8pm

Contemporary art

The Red Species List

8

Sat

23

7.30pm

Performance

Zoo Indigo: No Woman's Land (Work in progress)

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April

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Mark Elliott

Sun

24

4pm

Contemporary art

Lucy + Jorge Orta exhibition closes

7

Sun

24

6pm

Dance

Quick Shifts

29

Fri

29

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Leicester Jazz House: Chris Ingham Quartet: Celebrating Hoagy

24

Sat

30

6.30pm, 8.30pm Performance

Ellie Stamp: Are you lonesome tonight

17

Sun

1

7pm

Performance

Tetrad: Us and Them

16

Thu

5

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Rishi Arts: Confluence

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Fri

6

7.30pm

Dance

Cameron Mckinney and Rhian Comley: Autograph

30

Sat

7

10am

Contemporary art

International Small Print exhibition opens

8

Thu

12

7.30pm

Dance

Dan Daw: Autograph

Sat

14

8pm

Theatre & Comedy Derby Theatre / Milk: JOAN

14

Sun

22

3pm

Kids & Family

Krazy Kat Theatre Company: The very magic flute

19

Tue

24

10.30am, 1.30pm

Kids & Family

The Spark Festival: Doodle dance

20

Wed

25

10.30am, 1.30pm

Kids & Family

The Spark Festival: Doodle dance

20

Fri

27

10.45am, 1.30pm Kids & Family

The Spark Festival: Macrobert and Barrowland Ballet: Poggle

21

Fri

27

8pm

Leicester Jazz House: Dennis Rollins' Velocity Trio

24

Sat

28

10.45am, 1.30pm Kids & Family

The Spark Festival: Macrobert and Barrowland Ballet: Poggle

20

Sun

29

11am, 1pm, 2.30pm

Kids & Family

The Spark Festival: Baby Disco: Space

21

Fri

10

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Leicester Jazz House: Kate Williams: Four plus three

24

Fri

10

8pm

Dance

Chicas Locas Burlesque: Summer nights burlesque showcase

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Sat

11

8pm

Dance

Dance4: Pilgrim

30

Thu

16

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Parkin Presents

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May

Live Music & Jazz

30

June

33

Sat

18

7pm

Theatre & Comedy whatsthebigmistry: The musical mental health cabaret

15

Sat

18

7.30pm

Live Music & Jazz

University of Leicester Sinfonia

25

Sun

19

11am, 2.30pm

Kids & Family

PAD Productions: Soul Bear

21

Sat

25

7.30pm

Live Music & Jazz

Knighton Chamber Orchestra

25

Fri

1

8pm

Live Music & Jazz

Leicester Jazz House: Stan Sultzman & Nikki Iles

24

Sat

2

7.30pm

Live Music & Jazz

Cantamici: Much Ado about Captain Noah

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Sun

3

3pm

Live Music & Jazz

Bardi Young Musician Concert 2016

27

Sun

10

4pm

Contemporary art

International Small Print exhibition closes

9

July

Fri 15 - Sat 23

Theatre & Comedy Story City Festival

15

Sun

17

11am, 1pm, 2.30pm

Kids & Family

Baby Disco: Underwater

21

Sat

22

10am

Contemporary art

Plant Culture exhibition opens

8

Sat

30

7pm

Performance

Tetrad: Just us (Daniel Nicholas and Lewys Holt)

17

Sun

31

7pm

Performance

Tetrad: Just us (Katherine Hall and Jack Britton)

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