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Spring 2018
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JamJar The hottest new bands and DJs Tuesdays 13 Feb, 13 March, 24 April, 8 May JamJar is a student led series of gigs featuring Artists from across the Music Department and the wider University. Students are involved in all aspects of the gigs from live sound delivery to event management. The May JamJar, part of UH Sonic, features the Best Acts from across the year. The Attic, The Forum Hertfordshire FREE
UH Sculpture Walk
Contemporary Arts Practice Showcase
Unfinished Thu 15 - Thu 22 Feb Unfinished is a dynamic exhibition featuring unresolved, incomplete or in-process works by members of the University’s Contemporary Arts Practice Research Group. It provides opportunities for artists to collaborate, re-create and perhaps re-think a previously discarded work within a new dynamic context. Art & Design Gallery FREE
The University of Hertfordshire Art Collection features 500 artworks displayed across its campuses. This one hour walk introduces the 12 outdoor sculptures, located on the College Lane Campus and includes an introduction to one of our gallery spaces. Self-guided walks are also available using our downloadable Sculpture Map. Meet at Main Reception, College Lane Campus FREE
Barbara Hepworth, Vertical Forms, 1952
Alana Jelinek, Cannibal Forking (2011)
First Thursday of every month 1pm
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Kriya Arts presents
HIP Wed 14 March 1pm and 7.30pm Based on found objects, this semi-autobiographical one-woman show by Jolie Booth transports the audience to a Brighton flat caught between two timelines and personalities: the 1970s home of bohemian Anne Clarke, and a squat established by Jolie in 2002.
Art & Design Gallery Pay What You Can (£1+) (First 20 tickets FREE at 1pm) Suitable 18+ (16+ with adult)
HIP © Justin Hopes & Lidia Crisafulli
This performance is extra-live which means you’re welcome to move around and make noise during the show.
Beyond the Battlefields: Käthe Buchler’s Photographs of Germany in the Great War Sat 17 March - Sat 5 May This is the first UK exhibition of Käthe Buchler’s extraordinarily beautiful and detailed photographs of life on the German home front. Buchler, a middle-class wife and mother, and an exceptionally talented amateur photographer, captures Germans struggling with the everyday privations of the First World War. The exhibition includes some remarkable early Autochrome colour works and a fascinating series “Women in Men’s Jobs”. everydaylivesinwar.herts.ac.uk
Käthe Buchler Female Train Conductors ©Estate of Käthe Buchler – Museum für Photographie Braunschweig/ Deposit Stadtarchiv Braunschweig
Beyond the Battlefields is a touring exhibition co-organised by the University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Photomuseum Braunschweig and the AHRC funded First World War Engagement Centres at the University of Birmingham and the University of Hertfordshire.
Art & Design Gallery FREE
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MUSIC/ARTS FUSIOn WEEKEnD Hertfordshire Music Service presents
Bringing Arts Alive in Hatfield Sat 24 March 7pm Arts organisations, school children and young people come together in this exciting showcase of young talent. Mid Herts Youth Orchestra will perform Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet alongside dancers from Hertfordshire County Youth Dance Company and Silverbirch Dance Company. Art work created by students from local primary and secondary schools will be accompanied by Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition.
Sun 25 March 7.30pm Artist James Mayhew illustrates Berlioz’ passionate Symphony Fantastique live on stage in this concert for grown-ups and older children. Saint-Saens Respighi Berlioz Conducted by
Danse Macabre La Boutique Fantasque Symphony Fantastique Robin Browning
Weston Auditorium £20, £15 Conc, £8 Child, £6 Students. (Suitable 11+)
Image © James Mayhew
Weston Auditorium £6, £4 Conc, FREE for accompanied children
de Havilland Philharmonic Fantastic Pictures with James Mayhew
Sonic Herts Mon 30 April - Fri 11 May
Image © Bill Cooper Ballet Black © Bill Cooper
Ballet Black Double Bill: The Suit and A Dream within a Midsummer Night’s Dream Thur 26 April 7.30pm
The University of Hertfordshire’s annual music festival offers an exhilarating mix of performances ranging from classic to experimental, from acoustic to electronic, from familiar to decidedly outlandish. Film, Music and Media Building and The Forum Hertfordshire FREE
Ballet Black celebrates dancers of black and Asian descent, showcasing technique, precision and grace in specially commissioned pieces. This double bill presents renowned British choreographer Cathy Marston’s new ballet The Suit, based on a moving South African fable. This is followed by Arthur Pita’s Olivier-nominated A Dream Within a Midsummer Night’s Dream distilling the essence of Shakespeare’s comedy, with an eclectic soundtrack that includes Eartha Kitt and Barbra Streisand. Weston Auditorium £12, £9 Conc, £5 Students (Suitable 7+)
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Eastern Angles present
Guesthouse Tues 8 May 7.30pm A grandmother, mother and daughter have to set aside differences as they decide the fate of their family-run Guesthouse. Battling family demons and the crashing waves of a troubled past, tensions are high in Clacton-onSea. Essex playwright Nicola Werenowska’s Guesthouse asks what’s it like when the town you were proud to grow up in becomes impoverished? What does it take to keep going? And what does it take to face the truth?
de Havilland Philharmonic English Seascapes Sun 13 May 7.30pm Works by 20th-century English composers, evocative of the seas and coastlines of Britain. Bridge Elgar Britten
The Sea Sea Pictures Four Sea Interludes (from Peter Grimes) Vaughan Williams Sixth Symphony Soloist Rebecca Starling (contralto) Conducted by Robin Browning
Roe Hill Hall, Briars Lane, Hatfield £10, £8 Conc (Suitable 12+)
Sarah and Duck © Pamela Raith
Image © Nick Page
MEI Theatrical presents
Weston Auditorium £20, £15 Conc, £8 Child, £6 Students Image © Ila Desai
Sarah and Duck’s Big Top Birthday Sat 19 May 2pm Join Sarah and Duck and a host of your favourite friends including The Ribbon Sisters, The Shallots, Flamingo & John and Umbrella, as they plan a birthday party for Scarf Lady in their garden. Told through a fantastic blend of puppetry, storytelling and music, Sarah and Duck’s Big Top Birthday will take you and your children on a magical adventure. Weston Auditorium £13, £11 Conc, Family Ticket £44 (Suitable age 3-6) Sarah & Duck © Karrot Entertainment Distributed by BBC Worldwide Ltd
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St Albans Museum + Gallery - Opening June 2018 The new St Albans Museum + Gallery opens in June following the transformation of St Albans’ Town Hall. UHArts is delighted to be a partner in this pioneering project, contributing exhibitions and events. See our website and social media feeds for details of opening dates and times.
Accumulate unites the work of resident artists Katy Gillam-Hull, Lyndall Phelps and Abi Spendlove, who have independently researched St Albans Museums’ collections over the past three years. Katy’s delicate copper and wire objects reference the remarkable Salaman Tool Collection, a significant but often overlooked collection. Lyndall invites conversations between selected collection objects and her own exquisite handmade artworks, inspired by St Albans’ manufacturing past. Abi has been inspired by fragments of stained glass found in the museums’ collections and has created a range of reflective, highly-coloured pieces. FREE
Abi Spendlove, Fragments (detail), 2017
Accumulate
Susie MacMurray, Strange Fruit (detail), 2016
Lyndall Phelps Lyndall’s interest in absent objects within museum collections led her to the remarkable Alexander Hopkins British Butterfly Collection once on display in St Albans and now cared for by Maidstone Museum. Her playful intervention invites a flock of kaleidoscopic, decorative butterflies back into the building. FREE
Susie MacMurray Susie MacMurray dresses the splendid Assembly Room with a specially commissioned sculptural installation, taking inspiration from the women who might have graced the dance floor in the past. FREE
St Albans Museum + Gallery, Market Place, St Peters Street, St Albans AL3 5DJ Tel 01727 864511 www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/
Alexander Hopkins British Butterfly Collection, © Maidstone Museum & Bentlif Art Gallery
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de Havilland Philharmonic Bohemian Beauties Sun 24 June 7.30pm A season finale of Czech masterpieces and Bohemian folk songs Janacek Bohuslav Martinu Dvorak Soloist Conducted by
Suite from The Cunning Little Vixen Rhapsody Concerto for Viola Eighth Symphony Timothy Ridout (viola) Robin Browning
Weston Auditorium £20, £15 Conc, £8 Child, £6 Students
Creative Media Short Courses Did you know the School of Creative Arts at the University of Hertfordshire offers a range of short courses? From Ceramics, Pattern Cutting and Jewellery to Art Therapy, Photoshop, Mobile Apps and Web Design, check out our courses online and choose a start date to suit you!
www.go.herts.ac.uk/creativeshortcourses
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