NEWS NEWS NEWS

ANDY FIELD + BECKIE DARLINGTON

This is the news studio. These are the news headlines. This. Is. The. News.

At a time when there is more news than there has ever been and yet our trust in journalists is at an all-time low, News News News is a different kind of news show.

Recorded in front of a studio audience and broadcast online to potentially billions of viewers, this is a TV bulletin made for adults by children. Working with artists Andy Field and Beckie Darlington, pupils from St Matthew’s Primary School present the headlines from their everyday lives, offering a distinctive look at what’s going on in Ipswich right now.

From your seat at the Gallery Studio Theatre, you’ll have the chance to watch the news being made right in front of your eyes in the UK’s smallest news studio. Facts are checked, breaking news is gathered and the presenters ready themselves to go live on air.

Andy Field and Beckie Darlington are artists based in London. Their work has been presented all over the world, from rooftops in Cairo and Sao Paulo to London’s Natural History Museum.

Sat 14 Oct 18:00 andyandbeckie.com

£10 / £7 concs.

Gallery Studio Theatre

75 mins

NETWORK (15) Dir. Sidney Lumet FILM SCREENING

In this Oscar-winning satire released in 1976, veteran news anchorman Howard Beale (Peter Finch) discovers that he’s being put out to pasture, and he’s none too happy about it. He launches into an angry televised rant, a huge ratings boost for the network. His actions allow ambitious producer Diana Christensen (Faye Dunaway) to develop even more outrageous programming, something that she takes to unsettling extremes.

SPILL Artistic Director Robin Deacon says: ‘One of my favourite films, Network is the perfect complement to News News News at the Gallery Studio Theatre. Both challenge us to think about where and how we receive our information and beliefs about the world.’

To Wither And Bloom Guy Cry Club

Guy Cry Club is a platform exploring masculinity and mental health through art. To Wither and Bloom is an afternoon of discussion and activity on the subject of floriography, the language of flowers and plants. Floriography has long been connected with myths, herbalism, culture and art, and now Guy Cry Club invites you to step into this world.

Founder and artist Ben Driver will be in conversation with a botanist uncovering how flowers have influenced the way they see the world, how flowers have spoken to them, and how they use flowers to speak. Afterwards you can explore your own connection with flowers in a zine-making workshop.

Sun 15 Oct 12:00 - 17:00 FREE guycryclub.com

SPILL Hub @ St Stephen’s Church

Running throughout the afternoon

THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (15)

Dir. Wes Anderson

Film Screening

Released in 2004 as the fourth feature film by iconic director Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic tells the story of renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou, who has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou’s past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

SPILL Artistic Director Robin Deacon says: ‘When secret agency (the artists behind Shefarers of Ipswich) told me that The Life Aquatic had been a big influence on their work, I knew this would be a great opportunity to programme such a cult favourite.’

Sun 15 Oct 14:00

£6 kingstreetcinema.co.uk

King Street Cinema

119 mins

Through The Round Window

Robin Deacon

SPILL’s Artistic Director Robin Deacon presents a lecture-style performance especially written for SPILL 2023. Part of Screen Memories, a series of monologues recounting a childhood of watching public service television, here Robin turns his attention to the question of representation. Using storytelling and sampled footage, he pieces together half-remembered recollections of presenter Floella Benjamin on the children’s TV show, Play School.

In this performance, Robin asks what it really means to be represented. Is there a tension between the desire to be part of a collective and the sense of oneself as an individual? When does representation matter, and when might it not?

Sun 15 Oct 18:00 robindeacon.com

£10 / £7 concs.

45 mins