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EXTRAORDINARY CONTEMPORARY ARTS FORTHE CAMPUS,THE CITY ANDTHE REGION
MEANWHILE…
WELCOME Live at LICA is Lancaster University’s professional arts organisation. Combining a public theatre, gallery and concert hall, we present a unique artistic programme for the campus, the city and the region. Our activity is open to the general public, University staff and all students. Our music programme brings great musicians from around the world to Lancaster. Spring highlights include Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth, international piano trio Xinowa Sej, and one of the most exciting new bands from the region The Beats & Pieces Big Band. In the gallery, we have commissioned a fascinating new film from visual artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. This will be sited alongside exhibitions relating to our art collections and partnership activity with the Wordsworth Trust.
Thanks to new funding from Lancashire County Council we spent the summer of 2012 out and about in the region. With Green Close Studios we commissioned two major art projects for the Lancashire Witches 400 project: Signs+Wonders in Lancaster and Pendle, and Ghost Bird in the Trough of Bowland. We also developed and presented a series of audio performance walks with Invisible Flock, taking place on Cedric Robinson’s famous Morecambe bay-crossing.
Theatre highlights include the fantastic Fevered Sleep in a new show we have co-commissioned with Warwick Arts Centre and the Young Vic. Exciting new performance makers Hetain Patel and Michael Pinchbeck make welcome returns to Lancaster, as do established iconoclasts Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion. The season culminates in our celebration of new dance – Dance Cuts – presented with Ludus Dance and guest company Candoco. An amazing company of disabled and non-disabled dancers, Candoco also celebrate 20 years of dance-making with their outstanding show: Turning 20.
In Spring 2013 we will be bringing back some projects we have developed in the past, including Quarantine’s The Soldier’s Song and Talking Birds’ The Whale. We will be locating these and other projects in unusual locations across the county, as well as supporting the development of new outdoor work. Live at LICA Programming Team L to R: Fiona Sinclair (Associate Director), Alice Booth (Creative Producer), Richard Smith (Exhibitions and Events Officer), Matt Fenton (Director)
Our relationship with our orchestra in residence, The Lancashire Sinfonietta, continues to flourish. We now provide the orchestra’s box office and front-of-house service, as well as co-commissioning a new work from young composer in residence Tom Harrold.
We hope you find something to intrigue and entice you onto campus this Spring. You will be sure of a warm welcome.
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Britten Four Sea Interludes John Carmichael Concierto Folklorico Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Suite No.2
Saturday 29th June, 7:30 pm Ashton Hall, Dalton Square, Lancaster
Peter Lawrence (trumpet) Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa 6.30pm pre-concert talk
Bartók Rumanian Folk Dances Holst Egdon Heath (Homage to Hardy) Hummel Trumpet Concerto Beethoven Symphony No.6 ‘Pastoral’ Tickets: online at www.haffnerorchestra.org 01524 582394 (credit card sales) 01524 65531 (ticket office) University box office, 01524 594151 (Feb event only) Lancaster or Morecambe VIC’s Adult £12.50, Conc. £11.50, 18 & under free
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John Chambers Ceramics Gallery
EXHIBITIONS This Spring we’re trying to pay attention, to find the nuances, the spaces and the moments in which things happen. To that end we join Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard in an effort to see clearly, to spot a subtle shift. In their newly commissioned film Jumpers (what must I do to be saved) we share in the artists' search for a moment of change, a shift in state, a tip in to euphoria or a jolt in to stupor. Can we catch the instant of suspension - like the flash when an object is snatched over the edge of a waterfall – in a film that asks whether a collective action has enough impact on the individual to cause conformity, or can the individual remain autonomous? Elsewhere in the gallery, we consider a different moment; one that is longer, but still about capturing the elusive. Our In Residence display gives the chance to consider the luxury of freedom and breathing space. Time and space will always be at a premium,
but they are often at the heart of our artist’s residencies. They provide opportunity for thought and reflection, a chance to look for elusive inspiration or solutions – and are a rare and important chance to pause, allowing for development and change. In counterpoint, a sense of permanence: over the coming months we will be working with Pilkington's Lancastrian Pottery Society to re-display our ceramics gallery, The Chambers Ceramics Room. Our permanent ceramics display will be improved, refreshed and renewed. In addition, the Pilkington's Society are publishing a new book featuring many works from the Peter Scott Gallery collection - drop in to the gallery shop to browse a copy when you next visit! Gallery Opening Hours
Richard Smith Exhibitions and Events Officer richard@liveatlica.org
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HETAIN PATEL
EXHIBITIONS IAIN FORSYTH & JANE POLLARD
JUMPERS (WHAT MUST I DOTO BE SAVED)
12 Feb. See p. 22
LIVE AT LICA ANDTHE WORDSWORTHTRUST
PILKINGTON'STILE AND POTTERY COMPANY
IN RESIDENCE
TITANIC
25 JANUARY – 22 MARCH PETER SCOTT GALLERY
25 JANUARY – 22 MARCH PETER SCOTT GALLERY
Opening event 6.30pm, Thursday 24 January
25 JANUARY – 22 MARCH PETER SCOTT GALLERY Opening event 6.30pm, Thursday 24 January
Jumpers (what must I do to be saved) is a newly commissioned video installation by British artists Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard. It is a beautiful and intense work which documents a live experiment in manipulation and compliance. The piece takes inspiration from the religious practice of ‘jumping’ as a form of worship. ‘Jumping’ was performed over the course of 200 years from the 18th Century by English, Welsh and American Protestant Christians. It was a physical response to a religious state that words could not express - and a phenomenon known to be contagious within a group. The actions and emotions of the ‘Jumpers’ can be found echoed in various forms of contemporary culture. For instance, the mosh-pits and raves of dance culture feature the convulsive and possessed movement of people shifting from agony to ecstasy. Working with 40 strangers over the course of a day, Forsyth & Pollard sought to define the moment of abandonment when we tip in to another state. Jumpers (what must I do to be saved) is a bold and entrancing sequence of captured moments as the artists attempt to induce a state possessed by the idea of the ‘Jumpers’. Welsh ‘Jumpers’, 1820. Mary Evans Picture Library
Time, space and money are perhaps the most valuable resources that can be given to an artist, and our residency programmes tend to offer a combination of all of these elements. Some of the work in this display has been undertaken recently as part of the Live at LICA residency programme, alongside residency-generated material from the Peter Scott Gallery collection and objects from the Wordsworth Trust’s residency programme. This exhibition is one of a series of events and projects in an ongoing relationship between the Wordsworth Trust, Live at LICA and the English Department at Lancaster University.
Our popular exhibit of material relating to the ill-fated Titanic continues while we undertake a major re-display of our Pilkington's gallery. Over the coming months we will be closing the ceramics gallery every Monday to allow the permanent display to be refreshed and updated. This work is supported by the Pilkington’s Lancastrian Pottery Society.
This display leads in to our Curate the Campus programme that will feature a number of artist residencies. Curate the Campus runs 29 April - 10 May: please see our website or join the mailing list for further information.
Rebecca Chesney, Week of Dandelions, 2010
Chambers archive, design work for Titanic, c.1910 (Detail); © Peter Scott Gallery
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Callum Smart, soloist with Orchestra in Residence, The Lancashire Sinfonietta on 14th March.
CONCERTS Welcome to the second part of our season and to a series which includes some intrigues and surprises! We have concerts which are totally spontaneous, such as Venezuelan piano goddess Gabriella Montero's wholly improvised performance. There is a plethora of freshly written works by composers such as James Macmillan, Graham Fitkin and our own Composer in Residence, Tom Harrold, fresh approaches to old and new music in Matthew Barley's revitalising Britten tribute and the astonishingly talented Beats and Pieces big band.
Musical detectives, Bardolino and the Skampa Quartet, delve into their central European folk roots to create a modern day style of their own, and the Manchester Chamber Choir seek out the musical friendships surrounding Benjamin Britten. There is also a unique evening of three piano music with Xinowa Sej, a performance by the amazing virtuoso trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth and a youth-inspired concert by our own Orchestra in Residence, The Lancashire Sinfonietta.
Fiona Sinclair Associate Director fiona@liveatlica.org
Whatever your tastes, I encourage you to try something new this year music is constantly evolving and it is a privilege to share some of these enriching experiences with you.
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IMITATING THE DOG
CONCERTS CHROMA JANÁČEK Concertino DOHNÁNYI Sextet ANNA MEREDITH Railgun NED ROREM Winter Pages 24 JANUARY 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £15.50 / £13 (£13 / £10.50 CONCESSIONS) £7 Y.P. / STUDENT STANDARD: £17 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12 CONCESSIONS) £8.50 Y.P. / STUDENT
Last year, Chroma was the big surprise of the season - glowing reviews and smiling audience members reminded us that “contemporary” can be challenging and enjoyable at the same time, particularly in the hands of musicians who are passionate about new music. We are delighted to have the ensemble back again and they have promised another entertaining evening, which includes a grumpy hedgehog, fidgety squirrel and a scene from a fairy tale where everyone is arguing - sure to be a fun, rewarding and enlightening concert. Pre-Concert Talk 6.45pm
30 & 31 Jan. See p.21
XINOWA SEJ
BEATS & PIECES BIG BAND
DUNJA ROBOTTI PIANO ZSUZSA BÁLINT PIANO KYOKO HOSONO PIANO
7 FEBRUARY 7.30PM
W.A. MOZART Concerto in F Major for Three Pianos, KV 242 F. PROTO A Carmen Fantasy (arr. A.Riquelme) A. PIAZZOLLA Three Tangos (arr. A. Riquelme) M.RAVEL La Valse 31 JANUARY 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £17.50 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12.50 CONCESSIONS) £7 Y.P. / STUDENT STANDARD: £19 / £16 (£16 / £14 CONCESSIONS). £8.50 Y.P./ STUDENT
Xinowa Sej is a three-piano ensemble and currently one of the most exciting projects on the international piano scene. The three artists - from Japan, Hungary and Italy - show how great creative partnerships can be made through determination and friendship. The trio has commissioned much of their repertoire to reflect their characters and the evening presents everything from South American glamour to out and out virtuosic fireworks. 6.45pm Preview Concert in Foyer
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £17.50 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12.50 CONCESSIONS) £7 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT STANDARD: £19 / £16 (£16 / £14 CONCESSIONS). £8.50 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT
The Beats & Pieces Big Band are becoming one of the country’s most talked about jazz groups. Led by composer and conductor, Ben Cottrell, its 14 members are drawn from some of the most exciting and in demand young musicians active in the UK today, all of whom met and began playing together whilst students in Manchester. Their music draws on a wide range of influences from Loose Tubes to Radiohead to redefine the role of a big band for a new generation. Rave reviews have followed the band everywhere they go and this is a chance to catch one of the most exciting new bands in the UK. 6.45pm Preview Concert in Foyer
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FEVERED SLEEP
CONCERTS
22 & 23 Feb. See p.23
THE SACRED CELLO
CENTRAL ROOTS
BRITTEN &THE BRITISH
MATTHEW BARLEY CELLO
BARDOLINO &THE SKAMPA QUARTET
MANCHESTER CHAMBER CHOIR JUSTIN DOYLE CONDUCTOR
JANÁČEK Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs JANÁČEK String quartet No.1 “Kreutzer Sonata” BARDOLÍNO Folk Dances - after Bartók KLEPÁČOVÁ The Elements FISCHER URSARI Horses Marel o Del
DAI FUJIKURA New Commission (with electronics) J.S. BACH Suite No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011 JAMES MACMILLAN New Commission for solo cello JOHN TAVENER Thrinos BRITTEN Suite No.3, Op.87 14 FEBRUARY 7.30PM
21 FEBRUARY 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £17.50 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12.50 CONCESSIONS)£7 Y.P. / STUDENT STANDARD: £19 / £16 (£16 / £14 CONCESSIONS). £8.50 Y.P. / STUDENT
WEB ADVANCE: £15.50 / £13 (£13 / £10.50 CONCESSIONS) £7 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT STANDARD: £17 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12 CONCESSIONS) £8.50 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT
The Skampa Quartet are joined by the vibrant folk ensemble, Bardolino, to explore a programme of pieces which share their musical roots. The rich creative heritage of composers such as Janaček, Bartók and Bardolino’s own composer, Pavel Fischer, is illuminated in this concert, which pays tribute to the impact of the indigenous music of Eastern Europe.
Few solo artists are as dynamic and creative with their art as Matthew Barley. Inspired by Benjamin Britten’s centenary, The tour of “The Sacred Cello” has no less than 100 performances for the enjoyment of those who love Britten and to reach those who are new to his music. The programme which is built around the Third Cello Suite, features new music and much loved cello repertoire as companions, drawn together in a multi-media musical feast. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
Photo Credit: Ben Phillips
BRITTEN AMDG; Choral Dances (Gloriana); Hymn to St Cecilia; Hymn to the Virgin G HOLST Songs from the Rig Veda I HOLST Hymne to Christ POULENC Prayers of St Francis of Assisi WILKINSON Fanfare and Envoi *Premiere SATURDAY 2 MARCH
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £17.50 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12.50 CONCESSIONS). £7 Y.P. / STUDENT STANDARD: £19 / £16 (£16 / £14 CONCESSIONS). £8.50 Y.P. / STUDENT
The wonderful Manchester Chamber Choir bring together the finest voices in the North West under the baton of Lancaster-born maestro, Justin Doyle. They present a magnificent selection of choral music by Britten and his contemporaries to celebrate the centenary of Britten's birth in 2013. 6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
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IAIN FORSYTH & JANE POLLARD
CONCERTS
25 Jan - 22 Mar. See p.8
CELEBRITY RECITAL
WUNDERKIND
GABRIELA MONTERO PIANO
LANCASHIRE SINFONIETTA STEPHANIE GONLEY DIRECTOR CALLUM SMART VIOLIN
7 MARCH 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £17.50 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12.50 CONCESSIONS) £7 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT STANDARD: £19 / £16 (£16 / £14 CONCESSIONS). £8.50 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT
TOM HARROLD Young Composer in Residence Premiere BRITTEN Simple Symphony MOZART Concerto for Violin No.5 in A, K.219 RODRIGO Cançoneta for Violin & Strings MENDELSSOHN Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
This goddess of the piano is one of the most unique artists of her time. Venezuelan born Montero has carved a reputation for her exceptional real-time improvisations made "on the fly" on themes suggested by her audience as well as for performances of standard classical repertoire. Her uncanny ability to react spontaneously with complex musical responses was encouraged by her mentor, Martha Argerich, and Montero is a sensational talent which has to be seen to be believed.
14 MARCH 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £21.50 / £18.50 (£18.50, £16.50 CONCESSIONS) £7.50 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT STANDARD: £23 / £20 (£20, £18 CONCESSIONS) £9 YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT
We enjoy bringing you concerts to surprise and delight you - this one promises to be one of the most memorable evenings you’ll ever experience in the Great Hall.
Our star-studded chamber Orchestra in Residence shows its youthful spirit in a celebration of young talent. All of the works in tonight’s programme were written by composers in their teens or early 20s, including the premiere of a new work by Composer in Residence, Tom Harrold. We are delighted to welcome Callum Smart the outstanding young violinist who won the string final of BBC Young Musician of the Year at the age of 13. His maturing voice shows an uncommon talent.
6.45pm Preview Concert in Foyer
Photo Credit: Colin Bell
6.45pm Pre-Concert Talk
TINETHING HELSETH TRUMPET KATHRYN STOTT PIANO GEIRR TVEITT 'Velkomne med æra' from "Hundrad Hardingtonar" EDVARD HAGERUP Bull Perpetuum Mobile GEORGES ENESCU Legende FITKIN New commission HINDEMITH Sonata for Trumpet & Piano RAVEL Mélodie Hébraïques JEAN SIBELIUS 5 Songs op.37 DE FALLA Siete Canciones Populares Espagolas KURT WEILL Nanna's Lied; Youkali; Je ne t'aime pas 21 MARCH 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
WEB ADVANCE: £17.50 / £14.50 (£14.50 / £12.50 CONCESSIONS) £7 Y.P. / STUDENT STANDARD: £19 / £16 (£16 / £14 CONCESSIONS). £8.50 Y. P. / STUDENT
This wonderful Norwegian trumpeter is taking the world by storm. Tine Thing Helseth started to play trumpet at the age of 7 and is already one of the leading trumpet soloists of her generation, having appeared as a soloist with many orchestras in Europe and Asia. She is known for her melodic tone and virtuosity which has stunned audiences around the world. She is joined by Steinway Artist and patron, Kathryn Stott, to close this season with a joyful fanfare. 6.45pm Preview Concert in Foyer
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Candoco present Turning 20, 1st March. Photo credit: Hugo Glendinning
THEATRE AND DANCE Spring 2013 sees us present a heady mix of exciting artists and companies now becoming familiar to Lancaster audiences, including Hetain Patel, Michael Pinchbeck, a smith, Jonathan Burrows and Matteo Fargion. As ever, we are delighted to present brand new work that we have commissioned or supported – this season from Fevered Sleep and imitating the dog. We again team up with the Dukes, this time to present a piece by writer Kate Tempest, from the new writing powerhouse Paines Plough.
Finally, the fantastic dance company Candoco return to celebrate 20 years of making innovative dance with disabled and non-disabled people. Candoco will be in residence with us in the coming year, as guest company at Dance Cuts, leading our artists summer school in summer 2013, and working on a brand new Live at LICA commission for next year. Watch this space‌ Matt Fenton Director matt@liveatlica.org
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CHROMA
THEATRE & DANCE
24 Jan. See p.12
JONATHAN BURROWS AND MATTEO FARGION
IMITATINGTHE DOG
COUNTINGTO ONE HUNDRED AND ONE FLUTE NOTE
THE ZERO HOUR
8PM, MONDAY 28 JANUARY
8PM, WEDNESDAY 30 & THURSDAY 31 JANUARY
NUFFIELD THEATRE
NUFFIELD THEATRE
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £10. CONCESSIONS: £8. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7 STANDARD: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £9.50. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £8.50
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £8.50. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7.50 STANDARD: ADULTS: £13. CONCESSIONS: £10. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £9
Dance and performance artists Burrows and Fargion describe what they do as 'handmade and human-scale'. They build performances with simple, non-spectacular elements that arrive at a deceptive viruosity, radiating delight even as they make the audience think.
Critically acclaimed theatre company imitating the dog take their audience on a breathtaking journey in their new show. The Zero Hour is a twisted tale of how a moment in history can have an infinite number of outcomes for those caught up in its sweep.
Over the past ten years, the two artists have built a body of work that mixes the formality of music composition with a radical approach to performance. Counting To One Hundred and One Flute Note continue their conversation with the structure of John Cage's Lecture On Nothing, at once as a homage to and questioning of a way of thinking that has underpinned so much dance and performance in the last thirty years.
The Zero Hour follows the stories of three couples living through three very different versions of the same historical events in the final hours of the war in Berlin in 1945. Across these different histories the protagonists' lives connect and gradually build a picture of human stoicism in the face of history. Framed as a film that is being directed by a famous Chinese film director and crew, The Zero Hour uses the company’s trademark fusion of live action, pre-recorded film, animation and computer-generated imagery.
‘a gestural panorama of blatant joy’ Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich ‘a challenging meditation on form and memory… a deliciously entertaining kind of dance theatre.’ Judith Mackrell, The Guardian
"a company at the forefront of testing the nature of theatre" - The Guardian Supported by Arts Council England and Live at LICA
Supported by Kaaitheater Brussels, PACT Zollverein Essen, Sadler's Wells Theatre London and BIT Teatergarsjen Bergen. Counting To One Hundred and One Flute Note are supported by Arts Council England and co-produced by Kaaitheater Brussels.
www.imitatingthedog.co.uk
Photo Credit: Herman Sorgeloos
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THEATRE & DANCE A SMITH
HETAIN PATEL
FEVERED SLEEP
TWO FROM A SMITH
BE LIKE WATER
ABOVE METHE WIDE BLUE SKY
8PM, THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY
8PM, TUESDAY 12 FEBRUARY
8PM, FRIDAY 22 AND SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY
NUFFIELD THEATRE
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £10. CONCESSIONS: £8. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7 STANDARD: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £9.50. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £8.50
Lancaster based theatre-maker Andy Smith (a smith) presents a double-bill of new solo performance. Using his trademark informal and conversational style, the shows have a desire to ask a few questions about what we are up to, contemplate the world we live in, and think about how we might change it. The two works are performed together here for the first time, with refreshments provided at the interval. Andy Smith has been making theatre under the name a smith since 2003, producing solo works unafraid to approach and address big subjects. He is also co-director (with Karl James) of the award-winning plays An Oak Tree, ENGLAND and The Author by Tim Crouch. www.asmithontheinternet.com
NUFFIELD THEATRE
NUFFIELD THEATRE
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £10. CONCESSIONS: £8.YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7 STANDARD: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £9.50.YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £8.50
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £8.50. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7.50 STANDARD: ADULTS: £13. CONCESSIONS: £10. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £9
Following his acclaimed theatre debut TEN, visual artist Hetain Patel returns to the Nuffield stage in collaboration with dancer Yuyu Rau and digital artist Barret Hodgson.
A Fevered Sleep/Young Vic co-production, produced in association with Fuel Co-commissioned by Live at LICA and Warwick Arts Centre
Hetain says: “Have you ever wanted to be somebody else? I always wanted to be Bruce Lee. In fact I share the same birthday as him. This must mean something, right? What determines who you are anyway? This is what I’m asking in my new theatre piece Be Like Water... And for this show I’ve had to learn a bit of kung-fu and Chinese… Expect a duet, lots of text, interaction with video projections, and some northern factory talk courtesy of my dad.” Co-commissioned by Royal Opera House (ROH2), London, Dance4 and New Art Exchange, Nottingham. Supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England.
Performed within a stunning multi-screen film installation, with a soundscape of birdsong, electronic music and a new score for string quartet, Above Me The Wide Blue Sky draws together stories of love, loss and belonging from an ever-changing world. Following Fevered Sleep’s fantastic show for young people, The Forest, this is the long awaited follow-up to their critically acclaimed On Ageing in 2010. A man whose memories are carried by birds. A woman whose children have grown with the trees. A family whose garden is the fathomless ocean. If who we are and what we call home is interwoven with nature, what happens when everything starts to change? The installation is open to ticket-holders from 7pm before and after the performance. www.feveredsleep.co.uk
'the shifting blend of east and west, classical and contemporary... sustains a witty, unassuming charm throughout.' ★★★★ The Guardian www.hetainpatel.com Photo Credit: Julian Hughes
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CELEBRITY RECITAL
THEATRE & DANCE
7 March. See p16
MICHAEL PINCHBECK
CANDOCO
THE BEGINNING
TURNING 20
8PM, WEDNESDAY 27 FEBRUARY
8PM, FRIDAY 1 MARCH
NUFFIELD THEATRE
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £10. CONCESSIONS: £8. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7 STANDARD: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £9.50. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £8.50
Taking place somewhere between a rehearsal and a performance, dreaming and being awake, The Beginning asks how we might begin a career, a relationship, a life or a show. A Midsummer Night’s Dream meets the mesmerising music of Serge Gainsbourg in this tender love letter to theatre that addresses the unwritten contract between performers and an audience. The Beginning is the second in a trilogy of work inspired by Shakespearean stage directions by the award-winning writer and performance maker Michael Pinchbeck. Because he has promised never to perform again, Michael has invited Nicki Hobday and Ollie Smith to help him to remember how it feels to perform for the first time. ‘Pinchbeck is such an interesting theatre-maker’ – The Guardian ‘The Beginning asks us to reassess how we watch a play’ – The Stage ‘The Beginning was just about the coolest piece of theatre I’ve ever seen’ – Audience Feedback www.michaelpinchbeck.co.uk
LUDUS DANCE & LIVE AT LICA WITH SPECIAL GUESTS CANDOCO
DANCE CUTS SHOWCASE 2013
NUFFIELD THEATRE
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £8.50. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7.50 STANDARD: ADULTS: £13. CONCESSIONS: £10. YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £9
Candoco Dance Company travels to the past, the present and the future to celebrate 20 years of bold and unexpected dance works. From 1983, Set and Reset/Reset by Trisha Brown Dance Company, uses Trisha Brown’s playful choreography, Laurie Anderson’s contagious score and Robert Rauschenberg’s beautiful designs to reconstruct a new version of this audience favourite. From the present is French choreographer Rachid Ouramdane in a new company work that reveals private portraits in an atmospheric, visually striking work. Rounding off the programme is Matthias Sperling’s lighthearted, quirky solo – an intimate encounter with one of Candoco’s dancers. These works herald the next 20 years by celebrating dance through time, building on Candoco’s rich experience as the company of disabled and non disabled dancers.
7PM, SATURDAY 2 MARCH
NUFFIELD THEATRE
WEB ADVANCE: ADULTS: £10. CONCESSIONS: £8.YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £7 STANDARD: ADULTS: £11.50. CONCESSIONS: £9.50.YOUNG PERSON / STUDENT: £8.50
Ludus Dance and Live at LICA, with special guest company Candoco, present a public showcase of new dance works from across the North West, alongside a range of professional workshops, performances and panel-led discussions. Dance Cuts supports new work, innovation and collaborations across art forms, with a public programme selected from live dance, dance for film, sited work, collaborative performance and integrated performance. The Saturday evening showcase includes a special performance of Javier de Frutos’ new piece, Studies for C. Our special Dance Cuts 15%-off ticket deal includes Candoco’s Turning 20 (8pm, 1 March) and the Dance Cuts Showcase (7pm, 2 March). If you are a dance artist and want to find out more about applying to present work, or to take part in the workshops and discussions, visit:www.ludusdance.org/dance-development/ dance-cuts-2013
www.candoco.co.uk Approx: 90mins. 14yrs+ Photo Credit: Hugo Glendinning
Photo Credit : John Pidmore
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THEATRE & DANCE
COMING SOON IN AUGUST 2013...
LIVE AT LICA ANDTHE DUKES PRESENT A PAINES PLOUGH,BIRMINGHAM REPERTORYTHEATRE AND ROUNDHOUSE PRODUCTION
TALKING BIRDS AND LIVE AT LICA PRESENT
WASTED
SEA BREEZE AUGUST 2013
7.30PM TUESDAY 12 MARCH
THE DUKES THEATRE LANCASTER
£12 / £10 CONCESSION / £8 STUDENT
Three old friends. One remarkable day. For Ted, Danny and Charlotte, life will never be the same again… A play about life, love and losing your mind. Wasted follows a day-glo trip through the parks, raves and cafes of South London, where life is what you make it. The words of Kate Tempest paint a picture of lives less ordinary in an unforgiving world, sound-tracked by an exhilarating score.
MORECAMBE WINTER GARDENS
The Winter Gardens in Morecambe embodies a combination of breath and the sea. From its origins as a public baths, to its later incarnation as a theatre facing the ocean, it breathes the seasons which come in and out like the tides, leaving the flotsam and jetsam of temporary workers, or returning acts, or farewells to bed and breakfast landladies. Sea Breeze is a music-theatre performance responding to breath and the sea in order to explore the bringing in of new stories and the taking away of old ones. It will be scored by instruments powered entirely by the breath, or by air. Sea Breeze will also lead to a gallery installation made up of found objects from the Winter Garden's past.
Kate Tempest is one of the UK’s most exciting performance poets, currently creating a storm in the UK hip-hop scene with her band Sound Of Rum. Wasted is her debut play and features her trademark lyrical ferocity in a dynamic theatrical staging.
Sea Breeze is a Talking Birds project made in collaboration with Jonathan Raisin and Elizabeth Willow. Produced by Alice Booth, Creative Producer, Live at LICA.
★★★★ The Guardian
Full details available from May 2013 at www.liveatlica.org, or contact Alice Booth, alice@liveatlica.org for more information.
★★★★ Whatsonstage ★★★★ Time Out
NB This production is ticketed by the Dukes box office 01524 598500 or www.dukes-lancaster.org
A Live at LICA New Works commission, supported by Arts Council England, Lancaster University and Lancashire County Council.
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LIVE AT LICA SUPPORTED ARTISTS Our artist development activities include around 10 major commissions of new work each year, an international summer school, industry conferences, and a range of bursary schemes, workshops and masterclasses. In addition, in 2012 we launched a new strand of activity: 2-year Live at LICA supported artist relationships for artists working across art-form boundaries. Performance and new media company Invisible Flock and visual artist, filmmaker and performance artist Mel Brimfield began in 2012, and will be joined by more artists over the next 3 years. To find out more, contact Alice Booth, Creative Producer, Live at LICA (alice@liveatlica.org).
Production still from He Hit Me...And It Felt Like A Kiss (Singing Sculpture), 2011 Produced in collaboration with Gwyneth Herbert and Paul Higgs, courtesy of the artist and Ceri Hand Gallery
Invisible Flock: Sand Pilot, September 2012. Photo credit: Ian Hughes
MEL BRIMFIELD
INVISIBLE FLOCK
Mel Brimfield's art practice takes a romp through the vexed history of performance art, revealing and inventing a rich history of collaboration between artists, dancers, theatre makers, political activists and comedians. Meticulously painted posters and programmes for fictional cabarets sit alongside documentary-style films and live events that playfully associate performance art with significant cultural developments of the last 100 years.
Invisible Flock make installations, games, live performances and events, often using hidden technology and in unusual locations. Their art comes from a desire to place audiences as empowered co-creators, either through user-generated content or through finding new ways for audiences to participate.
Brimfield's supported artist relationship began with a commission to make a new work for our visual art programme. Produced at Live at LICA, it was premiered in a solo exhibition at Peter Scott Gallery in January 2012, with a Black Dog publication about Brimfield's practice, with a foreword by Live at LICA Director, Matt Fenton. The work has gone on to be shown nationally in the inaugural exhibition at Ceri Hand Gallery, London, and the Ikon Gallery Birmingham. Brimfield is currently devising her next major project that takes the Jack Hylton Archive held by Lancaster University's Special Collections as the starting point.
Invisible Flock were one of the first of our Curate the Campus resident companies in 2011, and they developed a number of projects, including Your Government Has Gone to Sleep, which featured at FutureEverything Festival, Manchester 2012. Their major Live at LICA project – Sand Pilot – was a walking and sonic experience made in collaboration with Cedric Robinson, Queen’s Guide to the sands of Morecambe Bay. A first version was presented online and as a 6-hour walking performance in summer 2012, and is now being developed as a touring installation. We are also working with the company on creative and business development, and have supported a major successful funding bid for the company's organisational development.
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Special ticket deals are available for groups including school parties. Please contact the box office on 01524 594151 for further information.
Box Office Location The box office is now located in the Peter Scott Gallery. Pre-sales & web-advance ticket collection is located in the Great Hall / Nuffield foyer from 7pm on the evening of the performance. Payment Whether you book online or in person, we accept all major credit and debit cards except American Express or Diners Cards.
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Opening from 14th January 2013
Leave the M6 motorway at junction 33 and take the A6 north towards Lancaster. Turn right at the third set of traffic lights on the A6 into the University main drive. Take the first exit left from the roundabout at the top of the main drive and follow signs for the Nuffield Theatre, Peter Scott Gallery or Great Hall.
Monday to Friday 11am-5pm, Saturdays 11am-4pm, and until the show on the evenings of performances. An answerphone operates outside of these times. Gallery Opening Hours
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All our venues are fully accessible including nearby car parking spaces (see map opposite). We have hearing loop systems in the Box Office, Great Hall and the Nuffield Theatre.
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Available in multiples of £5 / £10. Please contact the box office for more information. All details listed in this programme are correct at time of going to press. E&OE
Patrons including wheelchair users, disabled people and their essential companions are now able to book tickets directly online should they wish to do so. Please contact us in advance with any special access requirements.
Parking Visitor parking is available (free anywhere on campus after 6pm and weekends), including wheelchair accessible spaces. See map for nearest locations for parking. For weekday parking there are pay and display machines, alternatively parking scratchcards can be bought at the Reception lodge. Parking charges only apply weekdays before 6pm. Postal Address Live at LICA Great Hall Complex Lancaster University Lancaster LA1 4YW
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25 JANUARY – 22 MARCH
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24 JANUARY, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
LIVE AT LICA AND THE WORDSWORTH TRUST: IN RESIDENCE
25 JANUARY – 22 MARCH
PETER SCOTT GALLERY
PILKINGTON'S TILE AND POTTERY COMPANY: TITANIC
25 JANUARY – 22 MARCH
PETER SCOTT GALLERY
JONATHAN BURROWS AND MATTEO FARGION
28 JANUARY, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
IMITATING THE DOG: THE ZERO HOUR
30 & 31 JANUARY, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
XINOWA SEJ
31 JANUARY, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
BEATS & PIECES BIG BAND
7 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
A SMITH: TWO FROM A SMITH
7 FEBRUARY, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
HETAIN PATEL: BE LIKE WATER
12 FEBRUARY, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
MATTHEW BARLEY: THE SACRED CELLO
14 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
BARDOLINO & SKAMPA STRING QUARTET
21 FEBRUARY, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
FEVERED SLEEP: ABOVE US THE WIDE BLUE SKY
22 & 23 FEBRUARY, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
MICHAEL PINCHBECK: THE BEGINNING
27 FEBRUARY, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
CANDOCO: TURNING 20
1 MARCH, 8PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
LUDUS DANCE & LIVE AT LICA:DANCE CUTS 2013
2 MARCH, 7PM
NUFFIELD THEATRE
MANCHESTER CHAMBER CHOIR
2 MARCH, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
GABRIELA MONTERO
7 MARCH, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
WASTED BY KATE TEMPEST
12 MARCH, 7.30PM
DUKES THEATRE
LANCASHIRE SINFONIETTA: WUNDERKIND
14 MARCH, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL
TINE THING HELSETH & KATHRYN STOTT
21 MARCH, 7.30PM
GREAT HALL