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ARTS & CULTURE September-December 2014 www.jw3.org.uk

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CUTTING-EDGE FILM, THEATRE, MUSIC, COMEDY AND DEBATE Just one of our strands for every age and interest. Check out the rest at jw3.org.uk

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welcome to our MovementS season Here is a season designed to move you and get you moving.

Discover some of the most exciting new figures on the international dance scene, a tap dancing showcase and an interactive re-visioning of Baz Luhrmann’s 1992 hit Strictly Ballroom.

Encounter extraordinary true tales of Jewish families as we revisit our huge theatrical hit from last year, Listen, We’re Family.

Get your literary fix with Lit Kicks – a day designed to inspire writers and readers, culminating in the launch of a brand new literary prize.

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The UK Jewish Film Festival takes over the JW3 Cinema for two weeks and we are launching Live Arts on the Big Screen: opera and ballet from the Royal Opera House, also in the comfort of the cinema.

Music highlights include Idan Raichel, lunchtime classical concerts and a very special new commission where live jazz meets classic Jewish American comedy as part of the EFG London Jazz Festival. We are also more than a little thrilled to announce the first ever UK Jewish Comedy Festival, celebrating the very best of Jewish comedy, from cult classics to the hottest new acts.

Performance p3 Music p7 Fun Palace p13 Friday Night Supper Club p13 Comedy p14 Cinema p20 Live Arts on the Big Screen p25 Books p26 JW3 is a non-profit charitable community centre and arts venue, reliant on the generosity of donors.

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For further information on how to support us, please contact our development team at info@jw3development.org.uk or call 020 7433 8962

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

performance Monday 27, Tuesday 28, Thursday 30 October | Saturday 1, Sunday 2, Monday 3, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5, Thursday 6, Saturday 8, Sunday 9 November

LISTEN, WE’RE FAMILY 7.30pm, £15 A verbatim play by Kerry Shale & Matthew Lloyd from an idea by Suzanne Shale.

Directed by Matthew Lloyd. A JW3 & Wilton’s Music Hall co-production.

Our hit play, which received huge critical and popular acclaim, returns to JW3 for two weeks only!

Four actors, listening through earpieces, recreate Jewish families exactly as they sound: – a 91-year-old barber recalls a racist punchup; a 25 year-old gay man is embraced by his family; an Orthodox Rabbi recounts the liberation of Belsen; a biographer of Primo Levi on her atheism; a Jewish Rasta on his father’s suburban spanking club.

From Brick Lane to the Old Kent Road via Essex, Hendon and Ruislip, here are true tales of Jewish Londoners struggling to make it, of family feuds, crossed wires and outrageous characters. Expect the unexpected: pornography and mental illness, high farce and violence. A hilarious and moving play for everyone who’s ever had a family. ★★★★ ‘A social panorama full of humanity and humour’ – The Times ★★★★ ‘Skilfully woven, intimate and surprising’ – The Observer ★★★★ ‘A universal look at community, family and being human’ – Time Out

Sunday 12 October

BALLAD OF THE BURNING STAR: PERFORMANCE AND Q&A WITH NIR PALDI 7.30pm, £15 The award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum presents an explosive tale. An enraged Israeli executes a story of victimhood, persecution, aggression and love. Join this cabaret troop on a journey into the core of a conflicted Jewish state. An edgy, brilliant, and breathtaking experience.

Followed by a Q&A with writer and star Nir Paldi. Suitable for ages 14+.

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Join powerful dance companies from the UK and Netherlands performing over four nights.

Monday 22, Tuesday 23 September

Tuesday 21, Wednesday 22 October

SILENT FORCE GROSS DANCE COMPANY

PHASE THREE OFFPROJECTS

7.30pm, £20

7.30pm, £20

GDC was founded in 2011 by IsraeliDutch choreographer Sagi Gross and multidisciplinary artist Jeroen Fransen, and brings together former dancers of Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Danish Ballet and others. The choreography uses high-voltage physicality which exposes the interest in gesture to examine the performer’s acceptance or resistance.

OFFprojects is a new group of former dancers from the world-renowned Nederlands Dans Theater and Batsheva Ensemble, led by Israeli choreographer and composer Amos Ben-Tal. The company creates ‘live-choreography’; a movement language and performance environment where the dancers shape the path of the choreography in real-time.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? CULTURE DEVICE DANCE PROJECT Culture Device Dance Project, founded by Daniel Vais, is a UK-based, innovative and experimental dance company for professional dancers with Down’s Syndrome. Opening each of the above evenings, principal dancer John Livingston will be performing a collection of solos using improvisation techniques, pushing the boundaries of new choreography.

Culture Device Dance Project is supported by Arts Council England.

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Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Monday 15 September

DANCE WORKSHOP: INTRODUCTION TO FLYING LOW & PASSING THROUGH WITH LEILA MCMILLAN 1-5pm, £25 Join us for a rare opportunity to experience an introduction to the basic principles of Flying Low and Passing Through techniques with international choreographer Leila McMillan.

Flying Low and Passing Through is a popular growing movement across the dance scene.

Learn to challenge gravity, how to fall, how to rise, and how to command your body.

This workshop is open to anyone with a passion and desire for movement: dancers, non-dancers, actors, theatre or movement directors. No previous experience required.

Tuesday 7 October

THE MICHELE DREES JAZZ TAP PROJECT 8pm, £20

Fresh from their huge success at EFG London Jazz Festival and thrilling audiences on the live jazz scene all over the world, The Michele Drees Jazz Tap Project featuring Junior Laniyan will bring together some of UK’s finest jazz musicians alongside incredible rhythm tap dancers.

With new music composed for JW3, enjoy spectacular tap improvisations and choreographies which will evoke the vibrant magic of legendary tap dancers Chuck Green, Gregory Hines and Jimmy Slyde.

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Saturday 29 November

AMY GRIMEHOUSE PRESENTS STRICTLY KOSHER BALLROOM 7pm, £10

Amy Grimehouse, London’s queens of immersive cinema/arts nightclubbing bring you an evening celebrating the best in trashy camp and transgressive culture. After sell outs in Hackney, Shoreditch, and National Trust properties, Amy Grimehouse takes over JW3.

Watch the rumba-infested cult classic Strictly Ballroom and take part in the ‘is this ballroom or just balls?’ challenge, as we see who is crowned the Pan Pacific Grand Prix Champion. Performance and screening will be followed by Kendall’s Dance Studio Disco. Dress-up encouraged.

Saturday 20 December

CHANUKAH ON ICE AND ON THE DANCEFLOOR 7pm, £12 including free cocktail We have a swinging double bill of DJs for Chanukah at JW3 to get your tuches moving and your soul singing on the dancefloor or on the JW3 ice rink. We begin with candlelighting and a cocktail then the Rebbetzins’ Disco team is first up, playing everything from northern soul to funky remixes, but this is no DJ battle, these are playlists for the sake of heaven. We’ll also have the incredible DJ Kobayashi spinning Gypsy Balkan Swing and old skool tunes.

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Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

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Tuesday 9 September

TLV LIVE IN LDN: IDAN RAICHEL PIANO CONCERT 7pm, £30 9pm, £30 JW3 presents two exclusive London concerts from Israeli superstar Idan Raichel. Join us for these intimate piano concerts with guests, the sole London date of his tour. With its fusion of modern Israeli sounds and Ethiopian folk melodies, the Idan Raichel Project have topped the Israeli charts and gained a global fan base. Raichel has become known for his ambitious collaborations that cross cultures, have changed the face of Israeli popular music and offer ‘a fascinating window into the young, tolerant, multi-ethnic Israel taking shape away from the headlines.’ – Boston Globe

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jazz at jw3 Sunday 7 September

Saturday 15 November

THEO JACKSON

EFG LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL SPECIAL: F-IRE COLLECTIVE – RHYTHM & JEWS

8pm, £15 Singer and pianist Theo Jackson is quickly becoming known for his thoughtful songwriting and his engaging and energetic stage presence. Theo and the band will be playing material from their forthcoming release, including Theo’s original tunes alongside songs from some of the singers and composers who have inspired him.

Sunday 5 October

RAY GELATO AND THE GIANTS 8pm, £15 Godfather of Swing, Ray Gelato, hailed as ‘one of the last great jazz entertainers’, brings his special brand of swing, jazz and R&B to JW3’s monthly jazz club, and his swinging sevenpiece band will be coming along for the ride.

Sunday 23 November

JUDITH OWEN 8pm, £15 Welsh singer-songwriter Judith Owen fearlessly explores the duality of the human condition in her new album Ebb & Flow.

Turning to the legendary musicians who created the 70s troubadour sound, she says it feels like a homecoming. ‘It’s the sound I heard as a kid and which made me light up. I’ve brought it home and it feels nice to be here.’

Her incredible band are drummer Russ Kunkel, bassist Lee Sklar and guitarist Waddy Wachtel, who played on many of the landmark albums of the Laurel Canyon era, including Carole King’s Tapestry, James Taylor’s Sweet Baby James, and Joni Mitchell’s Blue.

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8pm, £15 London’s F-IRE Collective give their affectionate musical responses to JewishAmerican comedy greats with a newly commissioned suite of pieces incorporating audio and visual footage.

Including the work of Woody Allen, Sarah Silverman, Groucho Marx, Larry David and more.

F-IRE’s ensemble, especially formed for this performance, features seven multiinstrumentalists and composers including at least two Jews and four artists who like matzo balls.

A JW3 Commission.

Produced by YaD Arts.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Monday 25 August

Monday 17 November

THE ASTHMATIX

BESA & BEYOND

8pm, £5, part of Bank Holiday on the Beach at JW3

6pm, £12, part of Interfaith Week

Taking to the stage with violin, keyboards and turntables, The Asthmatix blend the art of klezmer, hip-hop, Middle Eastern melodies and turntablism.

Last summer, The Asthmatix set off on a quest to find their Baltic roots in Lithuania and Latvia, and composed new sounds on keyboards and a portable turntable bought at Hamburg and Berlin flea markets. They also recorded atmospheres from the Jerusalem shuk, the sesa of Stockholm and the gypsy festivals of Germany.

Besa: The Promise is an award-winning documentary that tells the tale of heroic Albanian Muslims who rescued Jews during WWII. Following the screening, a panel including Remona Aly (The Guardian), Will Yong (Al Jazeera English) and Salman Siddiqui (MUJU) will discuss the film.

After the discussion a short piece of theatre will be performed by MUJU, the UK’s leading interfaith theatre company.

Finally, we will be joined by the band Silkroad, with their soaring vocals, pumping Indian beats and strong basslines.

Sunday 21 September

MUSIC AND THE JEWS 7.30pm, £10

NORMAN LEBRECHT, MINIM CHOIR For the first time since his ground-breaking BBC series, Norman Lebrecht explores the vital relationships between music and the Jews in this illustrated talk. With sources that extend from King David to Amy Winehouse, he argues that music is a universal language which Jews have used in a particular way.

Norman is an award-winning novelist and broadcaster. With a live performance by Minim, the UK’s new young Jewish mixed choir.

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Wednesday 17 September

EAR TO THE GROUND 8pm, £10

ZOSIA JAGODZINSKA, THE RAD ORCHESTRA Zosia’s hauntingly beautiful songs bring to life original poetry, influenced by Dylan Thomas, Rainer Maria Rilke and Walt Whitman. She confronts themes of death, sex, love and uncertainty in a harmonic language that spans folk, contemporary classical and jazz.

The Rad Orchestra is a semi-acoustic group led by Max André Rademacher (aka Maxim Rad). With their hypnotic string-heavy sound, these excellent musicians come from a range of backgrounds encompassing pop, folk, classical, world music, blues and soul.

Sunday 21 September

YOMIM NORAIM 4pm and 5.30pm, FREE A free foyer performance of music based on the Ashkenazi liturgical tradition, using traditional melodies from the High Holy Days as a basis for improvisation. Part of JW3’s Rosh Hashanah Celebration – see our Families and Classes & Courses programmes for details of related events.

Wednesday 10 December

AN EVENING WITH NICKY CHINN, DON BLACK AND GRAHAM GOULDMAN 7.30pm, £8 Join three giants of the music industry as they share their anecdotes about a life in the music business and answer your questions. Nicky Chinn is half of one of Britain’s greatest songwriting duos, who created such gems as Mickey, Ballroom Blitz and Tiger Feet. Oscar award-winning lyricist Don Black is responsible for several James Bond theme songs, as well as many collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber. Graham Gouldman is best known for his hits with 10cc, The Yardbirds, The Hollies and Herman’s Hermits.

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Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Saturday 13 December

REINVENTING RITUAL: OCTANDRE ENSEMBLE 7.30pm, £15 The Octandre Ensemble explores ritual in modern and contemporary music, focusing on works by Robert Saxton and Igor Stravinsky. Using silence to create different perspectives on repetition, this performance will fuse deep, spiritual contemplation with modern discovery.

The programme features music that is inherently ritualistic, revealing connections between Stravinsky’s works and homages from other, later composers including Robert Saxton and Harrison Birtwistle, as well as Christian Mason’s Fragments for Eternity, a ritual unto itself.

Tuesday 23 December

LIGHT RELIEF: CHANUKAH CHORAL CONCERT 7.30pm, £15 An evening of Jewish choral music in celebration of Chanukah. Yiddish songs are deeply rooted in spiritual traditions, Cantorial and Chassidic singing. JMI’s Zingt! The People’s Yiddish Chorus explore the tradition and take it to a new dimension, introducing contemporary compositions and original music – all with attention to cultural context, history and style. Led by Polina Shepherd (pictured). The evening also features the London Jewish Male Choir, which has a long history of entertaining audiences with high quality performances of a broad range of Jewish music.

Coming soon – check our website

LIVE @ ZEST FREE A new evening series showcasing London’s vibrant and eclectic music scene. From singersongwriters to klezmorim to folkies, come and enjoy free gigs in our café bar.

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LUNCHTIME RECITALS We are excited to launch a new series of lunchtime recitals, showcasing the finest exponents of London’s vibrant classical music scene.

Thursday 4 September

Sunday 23 November

ROSANNA TER-BERG – FLUTE LEO NICHOLSON – PIANO

BOGDAN VACARESCU – VIOLIN NEIL GEORGESON – PIANO

1-2pm, £5

1-2pm, £5

Claude Debussy – Six Épigraphes Antiques Otar Taktakishvili – Flute Sonata Jacques Ibert – Jeux Francis Poulenc – Flute Sonata Ian Clarke – Zoom Tube

George Enescu – Sonata No. 2 Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 1 Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne No. 2, Op. 27 Jenő Hubay – Hejre Katy Joseph Achron – Hebrew Melody Antonio Bazzini – The Round of the Goblins

Described as ‘outstanding’ (The Independent), with ‘razor sharp playing’ (FT), Rosanna Ter-Berg has performed in some of the UK’s most prestigious venues including the Purcell Room, the Bridgewater Hall and Wigmore Hall as well as performing live on BBC Radio 3.

Romanian virtuoso violinist Bogdan Vacarescu and Shetland-born pianist Neil Georgeson perform six pieces, delivered with elegance, wit and inspirational technique.

‘A virtuoso violinist’ – The Scotsman

‘Super-charged flute’ – The Guardian

Thursday 13 November

Thursday 11 December

JOSEPH HOUSTON – PIANO

CLARE HAMMOND – PIANO SARA TRICKEY – VIOLIN GREGOR RIDDELL – CELLO

1-2pm, £5 Claude Debussy – Images Book 1 Domenico Scarlatti – Three Keyboard Sonatas (K. 159; K. 380; K. 202) Frédéric Chopin – Barcarolle Ludwig van Beethoven – Sonata in F minor Op. 57 (‘Appassionata’) Described by the Financial Times as a musician of ‘versatility and poise’, Joseph Houston is a London-based classical pianist.

After studies at the University of York and the Royal College of Music, he has performed at many of the leading venues across the UK.

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1-2pm, £5 Ernest Bloch – Three Nocturnes for Piano Trio Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1 No. 3 Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B, Op. 8 After studies at Cambridge University and IMS Prussia Cove, and extensive chamber music experience with a number of ensembles, Sara, Gregor and Clare established the Odysseus Piano Trio, whose repertoire encompasses core works as well less familiar pieces they seek to bring to new audiences.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Fun palace Sunday 5 October

THE FUN PALACE SUCCAH Visit our website for more details On 5 October, more than 100 venues up and down the country are taking part in the Fun Palace project, transforming spaces into free hubs for community-generated celebrations of art and science. At JW3 we’re creating an architectural salvage craft project to build our succah from discarded doors and window frames. Come and help us decorate and learn some essential den-building techniques – all ages welcome.

friday night supper club Join us for a slap-up Friday Night Dinner as we take over our in-house restaurant.

Come on your own or in a group and enjoy a fantastic three-course meal with friends old and new.

These events are 100% Shabbat friendly (however you do Shabbat).

Friday 12 September

Friday 5 December

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS 7pm, £25

UK JEWISH COMEDY FESTIVAL

An evening for eating, drinking and socialising.

7pm, £25

Friday 7 November

OVER 50s 7pm, £25

Dedicated to the dinner party joke, learn how to improve your joke-telling skills and collect gags you’ll be dining out on for months to come. With David Solomons, founder member of the Jokesters joketelling club.

Come and hear inimitable broadcaster and TV presenter Jeni Barnett read from her forthcoming memoir Jewish By Girth.

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comedy Thursdays 4 September | 2 October | 13 November

HAVA NAGIGGLE COMEDY CLUB 8pm, £8 Hosted by our resident compere Gareth Berliner, a successful stand-up comedian who has performed internationally. Gareth has picked out talented, edgy and hilarious top acts from the UK comedy circuit to perform at JW3. This jam-packed bill includes:

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KAREN BAYLEY The first ever female winner of the prestigious Comedy Store King Gong award, Karen’s inspired and sparkling punchlines display a comic timing that is rarely less than brilliant.

‘She has me in stitches’ – Alan Carr

MRS BARBARA NICE We’re really excited to have Mrs Barbara Nice, a Birmingham legend! Janice Connolly, Barbara’s alter ego, has also appeared in Coronation Street, That Peter Kay Thing, Phoenix Nights, Max and Paddy’s Road To Nowhere, Thin Ice and Dead Man Weds.

‘As hilarious as it is possible to get’ – The Scotsman

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JOSEPH WILSON A stand-up master of voice and sound and a great act to get the night started.

JOHN RYAN The infectiously friendly John Ryan possesses an acute observational eye and a dry razorsharp wit that can react to any situation..

‘Upbeat, interesting and unique’ – ITV

MARK DOLAN A comedian, writer and TV presenter known for Balls of Steel on Channel 4 and a plethora of other shows and specials.

‘Mark Dolan is consistently funny’ – The Independent ‘Joyfully naughty’ – Chortle

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‘He delivers with conviction and energy and shows a flair for impersonation, from Kermit the Frog to a splendid Jimmy Carr‘ – Chortle

IAN STONE A regular guest on Mock the Week and BBC Radio 5 Live’s Fighting Talk, Ian Stone is one of the most talented topical acts in the country. Edgy and provocative, with an easygoing manner and self-depreciating style.

‘Ranked amongst the top ten stand-ups in Britain’ – The Independent

May contain swearing. Suitable for ages 18+

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

UK JEWISH COMEDY FESTIVAL Saturday 29 November – Sunday 7 December

Welcome to a week of hilarious, insightful and entertaining shows, films, conversations and wildcard events, all celebrating the art of Jewish, Jew-ish and not-at-all Jewish comedy. Start the week with our launch party – a special all-star Hava Nagiggle comedy night. Then choose from a bag of brilliance – whether you want to see David Baddiel’s lauded performance of Fame – Not The Musical, explore mindfulness with Ruby Wax, celebrate Woody Allen’s birthday with a movie, performances and jazz, hear The Comedy Questions of Arnold Brown and special guests, or enter our Jewish Comedian of The Year Competition (or just be in the audience).

Saturday 29 November

HAVA NAGIGGLE ALL-STARS 8pm, £10 A top-notch night of comedy to launch the festival. Stand-up comedian Gareth Berliner, the resident host of Hava Nagiggle, brings you the Hava Nagiggle All-Stars night. Featuring laughs aplenty from previous JW3 headliners Josh Howie, Sol Bernstein and many more.

‘Close-to-the-bone stand-up’ – Mail on Sunday ‘Excellent, intelligent stand-up. Terrific’ – Time Out ‘One part Alf Garnett, two parts Mel Brooks, and three parts like nothing you’ve ever heard’ – The Guardian ‘Bernstein’s the real deal, you’d better believe it’ – The Scotsman

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Sunday 30 November

Tuesday 2 December

LOCO & JW3 PRESENT TIME TRAVEL WITH WOODY ALLEN

LOCO & JW3 PRESENT WHEN HARRY MET SALLY: THE LIVE READ-THROUGH

6pm, £18 for film and live show

8pm, £12

We’re bringing together a cast of our favourite comedians and actors to present an exclusive live read of Nora Ephron’s timeless screenplay.

All the classic scenes and characters — yes, including that bit. We’ll also be featuring true love stories from local Jewish couples.

Presented with huge thanks to director Rob Reiner and the estate of Nora Ephron.

Wednesday 3 December Join us on a comic voyage into the future with Woody Allen’s classic comedy Sleeper, followed by sci-fi themed comedy from some of Britain’s most exciting young comedians.

All served with specially themed Woody cocktails and topped off with live jazz.

‘I haven’t seen my analyst in 200 years.

He was a strict Freudian. If I’d been going all this time, I’d probably be cured by now.’

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ODELIA YAKIR: ALL ABOUT ISRAEL 7.30pm, £20 (Hebrew language performance) Odelia Yakir has entertained audiences as a stand-up comic and actress throughout Israel and abroad. Her stand-up comedy has been featured in hit shows such as Tzhok Meavoda, on Radio Tel Aviv, and she also played a role in the hit film Ajami, which was nominated for an Academy Award. We welcome her show about the joys and peculiarities of being an Israeli stand-up.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Heat: Tuesday 2 December, 7.30pm, £5 Final: Saturday 6 December, 9pm, £10

THE JEWISH COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR COMPETITION JW3’s Hava Nagiggle Comedy Club is proud to present the Jewish Comedian of the Year Competition.

The competition is open to acts of all levels, from those already gigging as professional comedians to newcomers just starting out in stand-up. Material doesn’t even have to have a Jewish theme or content. Entry is open to acts from all over the country with a Grand Prize of… a grand. That’s right, there’s £1,000 for the winner, as well as a future paid spot at JW3’s Hava Nagiggle Comedy Club. All the judges will be professionals from the comedy industry, who will offer advice and support to the winner.

Join us for the heat on 2 December with 10-12 acts. Half of the acts will progress to the Grand Final on 6 December. Both nights will be headlined by a professional comedian who will entertain the audience while the judges, who include comedian Arnold Brown and Chortle’s Steve Bennett, take care of the difficult job of judging.

The winner will be crowned the JW3 Hava Nagiggle Jewish Comedian of the Year 2014 and will reign for the next year until we do it all again.

To enter, upload a five minute clip to Vimeo or YouTube and send the link to rachel@jw3.org.uk.

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Monday 1 December

RUBY WAX: SANE NEW WORLD 7.30pm, £20 After her sell-out show at JW3 last Autumn, we are delighted to welcome back the inimitable Ruby Wax. Sane New World – The Tour will help us understand why we sabotage our own sanity and provides a manual on how to survive the 21st century. The show draws on the knowledge Ruby has gained from her recent Masters degree in mindfulnessbased cognitive therapy at Oxford University, and is spiked with comedy.

Thursday 4 December

ARNOLD BROWN’S THE COMEDY QUESTION 8pm, £15 Legendary stand-up and Perrier Award winner Arnold Brown is renowned for his deadpan delivery and memorable one-liners, with appearances in classic TV comedy including The Young Ones.

Tonight he comes to JW3 to host his own chat show, discussing comedy with some of the most exclusive names in comedy writing and performing.

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Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Saturday 6 December

DAVID BADDIEL: FAME – NOT THE MUSICAL 7pm, £20 Fame: our society is obsessed with it – but who will talk honestly about what it’s really like? David Baddiel, in his first full show for 15 years, does. From accidentally stealing the spotlight at Russell Brand’s wedding, to realising Andrew Lloyd Webber cannot tell him apart from Ben Elton, David Baddiel takes aim at himself, and examines his strange relationship with the new lad/token Jew/comedy rock’n’roller/football singersongwriter that people see him as.

Sunday 7 December

LENNY BEIGE’S TRIBUTE TO ANTHONY NEWLEY 7.30pm, £15 After sell-out shows around London, we bring Lenny Beige home. In this show the cabaret legend recounts his unique postal relationship with one-time giant of British showbiz Anthony Newley. Through a series of handwritten letters from Tony to Lenny the stories of both these greats is told.

Includes performances of 15 of Newley’s best-loved songs including Goldfinger, What Kind Of Fool Am I?, CandyMan, Feeling Good and many more. Featuring The Malcolm Edmonstone Quartet.

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cinema Mondays: 15 September (Episodes 1-3) | 6 October (Episodes 4-6) | 24 November (Episodes 7-9) | 15 December (Episodes 10-12)

Monday 20 October

KESHET TV CLUB: MICE

8pm, £12.50

8pm, £5

FOODIES FILM CLUB: MOSTLY MARTHA When a headstrong chef takes charge of her equally stubborn 8-year-old niece, the tensions between them mount... until an Italian sous chef arrives to lighten the mood.

Each specially selected foodie film is a mouthwatering feast for the eyes. A special something inspired by the foodie film, prepared by our world-class chefs at Zest, will be available before the film from our cinema snack stand and is included in the ticket price.

Some of the most acclaimed television in the world these days is coming out of Israel.

Here we screen a whole series in bite-size chunks and in the comfort of our cinema.

This season’s offering, MICE, is tipped to be the next big espionage drama. Two former Russian spies’ lives are turned upside down when, after emigrating to Israel and enjoying six years of normal civilian life, their former handler appears on their doorstep. Except this time he is not asking for their loyalty to their home country, but their son’s.

The JW3 Cinema screens a weekly mix of the best of new releases from around the world, plus Jewish and Israeli films curated by our partner UK Jewish Film.

Visit www.jw3.org.uk for full details of upcoming screenings.

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Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

Monday 3 November

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ARTISTS’ FILM SALON 8pm, £5

Monday 22 September

Experience cutting-edge artists’ moving image work, from short films to video art. For the fourth in our Artists’ Film Salon series, we will again be joined by an artist-filmmaker to discuss filmmaking from their point of view.

The event operates through open submission and during it we screen around 10 works, each of 5 minutes long. All are welcome to watch the films and join our discussion. The theme (to interpret however you like) is ‘Movements’.

Please email cinema@jw3.org.uk to submit your work, which will be included at the curators’ discretion. This series is supported

by LUX artists’ moving image

COMEDY FILM CLUB: MOONSTRUCK PRESENTED

BY TESS MORRIS

Monday 8 December

FOODIES FILM CLUB: THE LUNCHBOX

8pm, £10 Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck is one of the great romantic comedies of the 1980s.

The movie stars Cher as Loretta Castorini, a lovelorn Brooklyn bookkeeper torn between her sensible, loving boyfriend Johnny (Danny Aiello) and his passionate, maddening brother Ronny (Nicolas Cage).

Full of music, moonlight, love and – yes – romance, it also won the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award.

Tess Morris is one of Britain’s most exciting young screenwriters. Her first feature Man Up is released next year.

8pm, £12.50

Mumbai’s Dabbawallahs are a community of 5,000 dabba (lunchbox) deliverymen.

Harvard University analysed their delivery system and concluded that just one in a million lunchboxes is ever delivered to the wrong address. This film is the story of that one lunchbox. The Lunchbox is a story of nostalgia and of hope for the future, and above all, of the small joys in life that need our attention. Enjoy a special treat prepared by the chefs at Zest before the film.

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presents Monday 10 November

Date to be announced

COMEDY FILM CLUB: THE ODD COUPLE PRESENTED BY KERRY SHALE

COMEDY FILM CLUB: HIS GIRL FRIDAY PRESENTED BY SARA PASCOE

8pm, £10

8pm, £10 Fast, funny and still startlingly topical, His Girl Friday is screwball comedy at its finest.

Cary Grant plays ace reporter Walter Burns, who’ll stop at nothing to stop his ex-wife Hildy Johnson (Rosalind Russell) from getting remarried, while investigating the truth behind a murder. Sara Pascoe is an award-winning writer, actor (Being Human, Twenty Twelve) and stand-up comedian whose play The Endings premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2013.

Monday 1 December

UK JEWISH COMEDY FESTIVAL: THE FRISCO KID 8pm, £10

When old friends Felix (Jack Lemmon) and Oscar (Walter Matthau) decide to share an apartment together after their divorces they discover how different they really are. As fresh and funny as ever, The Odd Couple provided the template for the modern buddy movie.

Kerry Shale co-wrote and starred in JW3’s first commissioned play, Listen, We’re Family, which returns in October. He is an awardwinning writer and actor who has starred in plays including the original production of Frost/Nixon, films including Yentl and Code 46 and TV series including Cracker, Doctor Who and The Trip.

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We present undervalued classic The Frisco Kid, which sees a Polish rabbi wandering through the Old West on his way to lead a synagogue in San Francisco. Gene Wilder and Harrison Ford are the team of rabbi and rescuer in this rough-’n’-ready romp that rivals Wilder’s earlier Blazing Saddles in Wild West hilarity.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

18TH UK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Thursday 6 – Sunday 23 November Visit www.jw3.org.uk and www.ukjewishfilm.org for more details

90 films – dramas, comedies, documentaries and shorts. 40 UK premieres.

Locations ranging from Israel, France, Germany, Venezuela, Hungary, USA and the UK. And stars!

JW3 dedicates its cinema to the UK Jewish Film Festival for the entire period, with up to four films playing daily. Documentaries take centre-stage this year, with dramas and comedies creeping in around the edges.

HIGHLIGHTS ANYWHERE ELSE Germany 2014 | Dir Esther Amrami | Drama 85 mins | UK Premiere Fresh from its prize-winning debut at the Berlin Film Festival comes this charming film about a young woman figuring out where and with whom she feels most at home. Neta Riskin (Shtisel), as Noa, is torn between her gorgeous German boyfriend and her crazy Israeli mother.

THE GREEN PRINCE Israel/Germany/UK 2013 | Dir Nadav Schirman | Documentary 99 mins | Exclusive Preview Real-life thriller about one of Israel’s most prized intelligence sources, the son of a top Hamas leader, ‘The Green Prince’.

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THE GO-GO BOYS: THE INSIDE STORY OF CANNON FILMS Israel/USA 2014 | Dir Hilla Medalia | Documentary 86 mins | UK Premiere Dazzling Cannes documentary about pioneering Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yorum Globus, who arrived in Hollywood in the early 1980s and changed the movie world forever with Cannon Films.

ARABANI Israel 2014 | Dir Adi Adwan | Drama 84 mins | UK Premiere A significant debut, and winner at the Jerusalem International Film Festival, that offers rarely seen insight into the Druze community. Two unruly Israeli teenagers are forced upon a Druze village when their dad, recently divorced from his Israeli wife, returns home.

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THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ USA 2014 | Dir Brian Knappenberger | Documentary 105 mins Aaron Swartz was a 26-year-old Jewish programming prodigy and information activist who revolutionised the internet. In 2013, he committed suicide, after a traumatic two-year legal battle. A riveting tale of prodigy, social justice and human rights.

ABOVE AND BEYOND: THE BIRTH OF THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE USA 2014 | Dir Roberta Grossman | Documentary 90 mins | UK Premiere The story of the World War II pilots, ‘Machal’, who volunteered to fight for Israel in the War of Independence, and laid the groundwork for the Israeli Air Force.

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk

LIVE ARTS ON THE BIG SCREEN We are delighted to launch Live Arts on the Big Screen at JW3 Cinema, featuring opera and ballet live from the Royal Opera House. Check our website for details of the Exhibition On Screen series starting in September, which brings blockbuster art exhibitions from galleries around the world to the JW3 Cinema.

Monday 27 October

Tuesday 16 December

I DUE FOSCARI – LIVE OPERA

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND – LIVE BALLET

Opera in three acts, sung in Italian Running time 155 minutes (approx) including one interval

7.15pm, £15, £12.50 concession Lauren Cuthbertson as Alice in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland © Johan Persson/ROH 2011

7.15pm, £15, £12.50 concession

Plácido Domingo returns to give his first London performances of another major Verdi baritone role. I due Foscari is based on a play

by Byron set in 15th-century Venice. This taut, sombre drama provides the basis for one of Verdi’s most arresting early scores, newly presented in an acclaimed staging by director Thaddeus Strassberger and conducted by Antonio Pappano.

Wednesday 26 November

L’ELISIR D’AMORE – LIVE OPERA 7.15pm, £15, £12.50 concession Opera in three acts, sung in Italian Running time 165 minutes (approx) including one interval Donizetti’s romantic comedy of rural life shines brilliantly in Laurent Pelly’s hilarious staging, conducted by Daniele Rustioni. Lucy Crowe takes the soprano lead as sophisticated Adina, loved from afar by Vittorio Grigolo’s Nemorino. Nemorino meets a worrying rival in Levente Molnár’s braggart Sergeant Belcore, until the love potion sold to him by Bryn Terfel’s travelling quack, Dr Dulcamara, gives him a powerful does of courage with both comic and touching results.

Ballet in three acts Running time 175 minutes (approx) including two intervals Christopher Wheeldon’s full-length ballet, based on Lewis Carroll’s classic book, is an exuberant piece of storytelling featuring an instantly recognisable cast of characters, among them a tap-dancing Mad Hatter, a tetchy White Rabbit and a raucously badtempered Queen of Hearts. This ballet is above all a brilliant realisation of Carroll’s zany dreamworld featuring stunning choreography, a colourful score and ingenious stagecraft.

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books Sunday 14 September

LIT KICKS: INSPIRATION STATIONS 2-5.30pm, £12 Attention all aspiring, emerging and wannabe writers. We are transforming JW3 into a realm of writing. Creative writing exercises and activities lead you through JW3 and through the makings of a story. Writing desks, readings corners, art, a bowl of quotations and a sandpit are just some of the inspiration stations that will take your writing in surprising directions while you experiment with all aspects of crafting a story. Curated by Shaun Levin, writer, tutor and creator of Writing Maps, on hand for inspiring consultation throughout the afternoon. We’ll finish by reading and discussing our work.

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Sunday 14 September

Sunday 14 September

LIT KICKS: HOWARD JACOBSON

LIT KICKS: THE AMY LEVY PRIZE

6pm, £8

8.15pm, £6

Lit Kicks presents an exclusive pre-launch event with Man Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson for his new book J. ‘What country isn’t a charnel-house of its own history?’

Two people fall in love in a world where the past is a dangerous country, not be talked about or visited. As they discover where they come from and where they are going, a bigger, more shattering truth is revealed to them.

We are proud to announce The Amy Levy Prize, a brand new international literary award for young, unpublished writers, in association with Jewish Quarterly. Details of the prize and how to enter will be available on the day.

To mark this launch join us for a discussion of British Jewish writing, chaired by author Naomi Alderman and featuring a panel of special guests.

ZEST – RESTAURANT, CAFÉ & BAR “Probably the best new restaurant in northwest London to open in ten years” Giles Coren, The Times Book online: www.zestatjw3.co.uk

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Tuesday 14 October

Wednesday 5 November

KINDERTRANSPORT: THE LIFE OF A PLAY

ARAB ISRAELI BOOK REVIEW 7.30pm, £8

7.30pm, £6 Diane Samuels’ play Kindertransport has enjoyed success all over the world since its premiere in 1993. The recently published Kindertransport: The author’s guide to the play has been described by The Stage as ‘an informative, enlightening contribution to textual study and performance.’ Join actors Paula Wilcox, Ruth Mitchell and Sarah Shanson as they share their reflections on performing key roles and read excerpts from the play, alongside insights into the writing process from the author and commentary from one of the Kinder, Ruth Barnett.

Wednesdays 12 November | 10 December | 14 January | 11 February

JQ-WINGATE READERS’ PRIZE 2015 7.30pm, FREE A book club for serious readers and a chance to decide this year’s JQ-Wingate Readers’ Prize. We will meet in November when the shortlist is announced. Over four meetings, we will discuss the shortlist and select our own winning title. The first ten people to sign up will receive free copies of the shortlisted books and all book club members will be invited to the 2015 JQ-Wingate Prize Awards in early March.

To register your interest send an email to readersprize@jw3.org.uk

We discuss two wise, witty and wonderful novels in which girls make transformative journeys.

In Rutu Modan’s graphic novel The Property, Israeli twentysomething Mica is taken to Warsaw to visit the family home, and uncovers some extraordinary secrets. Rachel Cooke of The Observer called it ‘the graphic novel of the year’.

Randa Jarrar’s A Map of Home is a comical odyssey, ‘the kind of book Tristram Shandy or Huck Finn would have narrated had they been born Egyptian-Palestinian and female in the 1970s’.

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Event listing by Date MONDAY 25 AUGUST The Asthmatix

TUESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER 8pm

p9

Gross Dance Company & Culture Device Dance Project

7.30pm p4

THURSDAY 4 SEPTEMBER Ter-Berg and Nicholson

1pm

p12

THURSDAY 2 OCTOBER

Hava Nagiggle Comedy Club

8pm

p14

Hava Nagiggle Comedy Club

8pm

p8

SUNDAY 7 SEPTEMBER Theo Jackson

8pm

p14

SUNDAY 5 OCTOBER The Fun Palace Succah

p13

Ray Gelato and The Giants

8pm

p8

8pm

p20

8pm

p5

TUESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Idan Raichel Piano Concert

7pm

p7

MONDAY 6 OCTOBER

Hermitage Revealed – see website

8pm

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Keshet TV Club (Episodes 4-6)

Idan Raichel Piano Concert

9pm

p7

TUESDAY 7 OCTOBER FRIDAY 12 SEPTEMBER

The Michele Drees Jazz Tap Project

Friday Night Supper Club: Young Profs 7pm

p13

SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER SUNDAY 14 SEPTEMBER Lit Kicks: Inspiration Stations

Ballad of the Burning Star 2pm

p26

Lit Kicks: Howard Jacobson

6pm

p27

Lit Kicks: The Amy Levy Prize

8:15pm p27

7.30pm p3

TUESDAY 14 OCTOBER Kindertransport: The Life of a Play

7.30pm p28

MONDAY 20 OCTOBER

MONDAY 15 SEPTEMBER Dance Workshop

1pm

p5

Keshet TV Club (Episodes 1-3)

8pm

p20

Foodies Film Club: Mostly Martha

8pm

p20

TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER WEDNESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

OFFprojects & Culture Device Dance Project

Round Table Reading – see website

4.30pm –

Ear to the Ground

8pm

7.30pm p4

p10

WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER SUNDAY 21 SEPTEMBER Yomim Noraim

Round Table Reading – see website 4pm

p10

Yomim Noraim

5.30pm p10

Music and the Jews

7.30pm p9

4.30pm –

OFFprojects & Culture Device Dance Project

7.30pm p4

MONDAY 27 OCTOBER MONDAY 22 SEPTEMBER

I due Foscari – Live Opera

7.15pm

Gross Dance Company & Culture Device Dance Project

Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

7.30pm p4

Comedy Film Club: Moonstruck

8pm

p21

p25

TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

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ARTS & CULTURE THURSDAY 30 OCTOBER Listen, We’re Family

THURSDAY 13 NOVEMBER 7.30pm p3

SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER Listen, We’re Family

Joseph Houston

1pm

p12

Hava Nagiggle Comedy Club

8pm

p14

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

7.30pm p3

FRIDAY 14 NOVEMBER SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER Listen, We’re Family

18th UK Jewish Film Festival 7.30pm p3

SATURDAY 15 NOVEMBER MONDAY 3 NOVEMBER Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

Artists’ Film Salon

8pm

F-IRE Collective: Rhythm & Jews

8pm

p8

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

p21

SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER Listen, We’re Family

18th UK Jewish Film Festival 7.30pm p3

MONDAY 17 NOVEMBER WEDNESDAY 5 NOVEMBER Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

Arab Israeli Book Review

7.30pm p28

Besa & Beyond

6pm

p9

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER THURSDAY 6 NOVEMBER

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

FRIDAY 7 NOVEMBER Friday Night Supper Club: Over 50s 7pm

p13

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

p23

Varies

WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER Round Table Reading – see website

4.30pm –

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

THURSDAY 20 NOVEMBER 18th UK Jewish Film Festival

SATURDAY 8 NOVEMBER Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

FRIDAY 21 NOVEMBER

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

p23

SUNDAY 9 NOVEMBER

SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER

Listen, We’re Family

7.30pm p3

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

p23

SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER MONDAY 10 NOVEMBER

Vacarescu and Georgeson

1pm

p12

Comedy Film Club: The Odd Couple 8pm

p22

Judith Owen

8pm

p8

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

p23

Varies

p23

8pm

p20

7.15pm

p25

TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER 18th UK Jewish Film Festival

MONDAY 24 NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 12 NOVEMBER

WEDNESDAY 26 NOVEMBER

JQ-Wingate Readers’ Prize 2015

7.30pm p28

18th UK Jewish Film Festival

Varies

30

Keshet TV Club (Episodes 7-9)

p23

L’elisir d’amore – Live Opera

Tickets 020 7433 8988 www.jw3.org.uk SATURDAY 29 NOVEMBER

MONDAY 15 DECEMBER

Strictly Kosher Ballroom

7pm

p6

Hava Nagiggle All-Stars

8pm

p15

Keshet TV Club (Episodes 10-12)

8pm

p20

7.15pm

p25

7pm

p6

TUESDAY 16 DECEMBER SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER Time Travel with Woody Allen

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland 6pm

p16

SATURDAY 20 DECEMBER MONDAY 1 DECEMBER

Chanukah On Ice

Ruby Wax: Sane New World

7.30pm p18

The Frisco Kid

8pm

p22

TUESDAY 23 DECEMBER Chanukah Choral Concert

7.30pm p11

TUESDAY 2 DECEMBER Jewish Comedian of the Year: Heat

7.30pm p17

WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY

When Harry Met Sally

8pm

JQ-Wingate Readers’ Prize 2015

Exhibition On Screen – see website 8pm

p16

7.30pm p28

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WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY 3 DECEMBER Odelia Yakir: All About Israel

JQ-Wingate Readers’ Prize 2015

7.30pm p28

7.30pm p16

THURSDAY 4 DECEMBER Arnold Brown’s The Comedy Question 8pm

p18

FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER Friday Night Supper Club: Comedy

7pm

p13

SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER David Baddiel: Fame – Not the Musical 7pm

p19

Jewish Comedian of the Year: Final 9pm

p17

SUNDAY 7 DECEMBER Lenny Beige: Tribute to Anthony Newley 7.30pm p19

MONDAY 8 DECEMBER Foodies Film Club: The Lunchbox

8pm

p21

WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER Nicky Chinn, Don Black & Graham Gouldman

7.30pm p10

JQ-Wingate Readers’ Prize 2015

7.30pm p28

THURSDAY 11 DECEMBER Hammond, Trickey and Riddell

1pm

p12

SATURDAY 13 DECEMBER Reinventing Ritual: Octandre Ensemble 7.30pm p11

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VISIT US ACCESS JW3 is an accessible building for people with physical impairments. Wheelchair accessible. The cinema and hall have a hearing loop. For further details regarding access requirements and bookings, please visit www.jw3.org.uk Underground Finchley Road (Metropolitan, Jubilee) and West Hampstead (Jubilee) Overground Finchley Road & Frognal and West Hampstead Buses 13, 82, 113, 187 and 268 Trains West Hampstead Thameslink Paid parking is available at the O2 Centre, 400 metres away.

HOW TO BOOK TICKETS

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Tickets may be booked via our secure website 24 hours a day, by phone, or in person at JW3 during opening hours. We do not charge a booking fee.

All listings are correct at time of going to press and may be subject to change. Check the website for more information.

Tickets cannot be refunded or exchanged, except when an event is cancelled or abandoned.

Our priority is to ensure that performances are not disrupted and we cannot guarantee entry to latecomers, but we will do our best to seat them.

CONCESSIONS We offer discounts on many of our ticket prices for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit, Registered Disabled and full-time students. An appropriate card will need to be shown. Please note discounts cannot be combined. All ticket prices for 60+ events are subsidised, therefore concessions are not available.

DISCOUNTS Become a JW3 Member to receive 10% discount on tickets. Visit: www.jw3.org.uk/become-member Buy nine tickets, get the tenth one free. Please call the Box Office to book. Terms and conditions may apply.

PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO AND RECORDING The use of cameras (including mobile phone cameras) or sound recording equipment is strictly prohibited during performances and concerts. JW3 may take pictures during your visit to the building for promotional purposes.

OPENING HOURS Sunday 8.30am-11pm Monday-Thursday 7.30am-11pm Friday 7.30am-Various Saturday Various (check website for details) CONTACT JW3 341-351 Finchley Road London NW3 6ET

@JW3London

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THE NEW POSTCODE FOR JEWISH LIFE JW3 is a Jewish community centre with a kosher restaurant, café and bar – only food bought at JW3 can be eaten on the premises. When we are open over Shabbat or Jewish holidays, we will run a reduced “JW3 Unplugged” programme and the Cinema and Zest will be closed. Further details available on request.

JW3 Trust Ltd is a registered charity, No. 1117644.

JW3 Trading Ltd, registered company No. 7686352 (England and Wales), is a wholly owned subsidiary of JW3 Trust Ltd. Latke illustration: Lisa Brown Icons: Noun Project