Individual supporters of the Festival who dare to be di erent:
you want 10 amazing days
IF is back and bigger than ever before with events taking place across Central Milton Keynes and extending out to exciting new locations including the Cathedral of Trees and Willen Lake.
The Festival is under-pinned by an ongoing theme of sound and music, and this year through large-scale spectaculars such as Fous de Bassin on Willen Lake, and intimate experiences including The Cabaret of Ideas, we encourage people to discover what divides us and what unites us.
We present new commissions from our Artist-in-Residence and choreographer Rosemary Lee working with composer Terry Mann, sonic artist Kaffe Matthews, singer Melanie Pappenheim and writer Jackie Kay. The ever-popular Spiegeltent is back and we have also created Family Focus - a series of events for children and families that celebrate the beginning of the summer holidays.
Our thanks go to Arts Council England, Milton Keynes Council and our many corporate partners and generous individual supporters who make IF possible.
I’d also like to extend special thanks to our Creative Director, Bill Gee who has worked tirelessly with us on three editions of IF and now heads off to explore pastures new. We have a fantastic Festival Team including many committed volunteers and together we invite you to enjoy IF: 2014.
Monica Ferguson, Festival Director & Chief Executive of The Stables
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Thank you for your support.
Please note that the ground in the Cathedral of Trees is uneven, and could be wet and slippery. To get the most from your visit and read more about access on the site, please go to: www.ifmiltonkeynes.org or call the Box Office on 01908 280800.
With support from South East Dance and The Parks Trust
Rosemary Lee: Under The Vaulted Sky
IF: 2014 Artist-inResidence
Friday 18 July at 5pm and 7.30pm Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 July at 2pm, 4.30pm and 7pm Cathedral of Trees, Newlands
£7, Concessions £5, Family of 4 (max 2 adults) £20
Concessions: Under 16s, people in receipt of JSA, Registered Disabled, Students, Over 60s
Under The Vaulted Sky has been created for Milton Keynes’ little-known Cathedral of Trees by award-winning choreographer Rosemary Lee, with live music by composer Terry Mann.
Rosemary has assembled a cast of over 100 dancers and musicians who will lead the audience on a journey around the Cathedral in a promenade performance that draws on history, nature and stories inspired by this truly unique and magical location.
Planted over 30 years ago, the Cathedral of Trees is modelled on the architectural footprint of Norwich Cathedral, with different species of trees and plants to represent different elements of the building.
The
Event Partners:
Under
Vaulted Sky by Rosemary Lee. Produced by The Stables and Rosemary Lee Projects with Artsadmin. Music composed by Terry Mann with design by Louise Belson. Commissioned by The Stables for IF: 2014 and supported by an Arts Council England Exceptional Award and Milton Keynes Council
Photo: Hugo Glendinning
Casus: Knee Deep
Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July, 7.15pm
Sunday 20 July, 2.30pm, Monday 21 July, 7.15pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £20, Under 16s £18.50, Family of 4 (max 2 adults) £74
Exquisitely beautiful acrobatics and astonishing aerial feats combine in this breathtaking show of extraordinary skill, strength and beauty that tests the very limits of the human body.
Based in Australia and comprising four highly talented international performers, Casus is a contemporary circus company famed for walking on eggs (raw and in their shells) - and not cracking a single one…
Presented ‘in the round’ inside the Spiegeltent, the audience will be sitting up close to the jaw-dropping action. Suitable for all ages.
Emma Serjeant of Casus will be taking part in an IF: Talk on Monday 21 July, see page 60.
Ticket deals:
Casus + Abandoman (page 41) for £26
Casus + Nell Bryden (page 44) for £30
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
IF you want an extraordinary experience
Gates open at 9pm.
Early arrival to secure a place is recommended. If you are a wheelchair user, please call the Box Office on 01908 280800 to reserve a place. To get the most from your visit, please see: www.ifmiltonkeynes.org
Ilotopie: Fous de Bassin (Water Fools)
Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July, 10pm
Willen Lake
Tickets: £5, Concessions £3, Family of 4 (max 2 adults) £12
Concessions: Under 16s, people in receipt of JSA, Registered Disabled, Students, Over 60s
Fous de Bassin is an unforgettable performance on a grand scale created by French company Ilotopie, who literally walk on water to conjure up an extraordinary and colourful floating spectacle with fire and pyrotechnics on the surface of Willen Lake.
A seemingly normal day takes an unusual turn as a small floating community wakes up and goes about its daily business, unleashing an intriguing, dreamlike world that sees cars, bicycles and caravans driving across the water.
Willen Lake will never be the same again...
Event Partner:
Photo: Steve Eggleton, www.eventdigital.co.uk
IF you fancy a lie down with a di erence
Ka e Matthews: The lock shift songs
Friday 18 – Sunday 27 July, 10am – 7pm
Opposite Door 10 of centre:mk (Near the Open Market and TKMaxx)
Award-winning sound artist Kaffe Matthews has created The lock shift songs, a new sonic installation commissioned by the Canal & River Trust and IF: 2014.
In a walk along the Grand Union Canal - which connects London to Milton Keynes - Kaffe has collected sounds (including from under the water) and stories from people who use, live or work on the waterways to inspire songs and a composition that will play through a series of large ‘sonic beds’ that people can lie in for a fully immersive and sensory sound experience.
Kaffe will perform in concerts with Ray Lee inside Architects of Air’s Pentalum on Wednesday 23 July, at 7pm and 8pm - details on page 16.
She is also taking part in two IF: Talks - on Saturday 19 July and Wednesday 23 July - see pages 60 and 61.
Producing Partner
The lock shift songs is also part of the Canal & River Trust’s ‘Arts on the Waterways’ programme and is supported by Arts Council England
With support from
IF you want to hear new sounds
Ray Lee: Chorus
Monday 21 July: Fred Roche Gardens, 12noon – 2pm, 5.30pm – 7pm and 9.30pm – 10.30pm
Tuesday 22 July: Milton Keynes Central Station Square, 12noon – 2pm and 4pm – 7.30pm
Wednesday 23 July: The Hub Milton Keynes, 12noon – 2pm, 5pm – 7pm and 9.30pm – 10.30pm
Sonic artist Ray Lee – British Composer of the Year for Sonic Art in 2012 –has created the evocative Chorus, a giant sound installation that will be presented at three sites in Central Milton Keynes.
Chorus is an impressive series of huge metal tripods with rotating arms which tower above the audience. At the end of each arm, loudspeakers emit pulsating, harmonic sounds whilst kinetic movement creates the effect of a whirling swarm of fireflies or planets in motion.
These intersecting lights trace rings above the heads of the audience while the combined chorus of the spinning speakers creates a cohesive harmonious whole that is transfixing and uplifting.
Ray will perform in concerts with Kaffe Matthews inside Architects of Air’s Pentalum on Wednesday 23 July, at 7pm and 8pm - details on page 16.
Ray Lee and the Open University will participate in an IF: Talk on Wednesday 23 July, see page 61.
Event Partner:
Pentalum Concert Series
Architects of Air’s Pentalum, Middleton Hall, centre:mk
A series of short concerts within the unique surroundings of Architects of Air’s Pentalum. Each concert is £12.50 and includes admission to the luminarium.
Ka
e Matthews & Ray Lee
Wednesday 23 July, 7pm and 8pm
Ticket deal
Buy a ticket for three of these concerts for £30, two for £22.50 Call 01908 280800
Be transported to new music horizons in this one-off improvised collaboration between two featured Festival sound artists – Kaffe Matthews (digital mixing) and Ray Lee (on theremin).
Tunde Jegede
Thursday 24 July, 7pm and 8pm
Composer, cellist and kora player Tunde Jegede is rooted in two cultural musical legacies having studied both Western classical music and the Griot tradition of West Africa in the Gambia. Creating a dialogue between both, this cello and kora concert marks the launch of his latest album, Testimony.
Hameed Khan Kawa
Friday 25 July, 7pm and 8pm
Hameed Khan Kawa is a tabla maestro and music director from Jaipur. Coming from a long family lineage of Hindustani classical and Rajasthani folk musicians, he is appreciated for the subtlety and quality of his playing, which also embraces Western musical traditions to create a new richness and warmth. Hameed is the founder of the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band – see page 33.
Architects of Air’s Pentalum is featured on pages 4 and 5
IF you like mystery and intrigue
Lucie Lom: Les Rêveurs (The Dreamers)
Friday 18 – Sunday 27 July
Central Milton Keynes locations from Station Square to Campbell Park
Some rather extraordinary and mysterious figures are popping up in the city centre to challenge our perception of the everyday world. Are they real, or is it all a dream?
Philippe Leduc and Marc-Antoine Mathieu met at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in France and established their design studio, Lucie Lom, in 1985. Working across graphic design, theatre design and sculpture, their work is designed to transform public spaces, offering witty, moving and surprising stories for interpretation about the very place their work appears.
Keep in touch and let people know where you’ve spotted
The Dreamers: @IFMKfest #IFMKfest or facebook.com/IFMKfest
IF you want to entertain the family
Wednesday 23 – Sunday 27 July
South Willen Lake Park
To celebrate the beginning of the summer holidays, the Festival has created a special programme of family-friendly shows and experiences for children and grown-ups, including:
Graeae - The Iron Man: Adapted from Ted Hughes’ classic modern fable Compañía Itinerània - El Labarint: A playfully interactive puzzle-packed maze Insect Circus Museum: A unique museum with an extraordinary collection Periplum - Imaginarium: Unlock secret stories in this Wonderland inspired installation MK Play Association Workshop: A pop-in creative workshop for ages 5+
Peut-être & Dante or Die - Clunk: Create a new song with Boris and his friends Commotion Dance - Little Artist, Big Painting: Magical movement, dance and paint!
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band: Lively rhythms from this Indian brass band from Rajasthan Whalley Range Allstars - Compost Mentis: Strange goings-on in the garden...
C12 Dance - Market Stall: A fully-functioning market stall is not what it seems
See more information about these events from pages 27 – 37
In
The
Stables Spiegeltent:
Puppet State Theatre: The Man Who Planted Trees: An inspiring and touching puppet show for ages 7+. See page 49
Comedy 4 Kids: Laughs and stand up comedy - without the rude bits! See page 58
IF you want a hot night out
SouthPaw Dance Company: Faust
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July, 10pm In front of Xscape
In this fiery re-imagining of Goethe’s classic tale, drinking, gambling and general debauchery make an illegal 1920s prohibition-era speakeasy club the perfect place for a man called Faust to lose his soul...
Bored with his life, Faust is manipulated - to both comic and tragic effectinto a duel with the devil where his very soul hangs in the balance.
Featuring world-class break dance moves combined with classic Lindy Hop and Charleston styles, SouthPaw will transport you back to a time of swinging big band sounds and suave sharp suits.
A highly entertaining, physical and feisty outdoor production imbued with the spirit of gangsters, bootleggers, gamblers, flappers and cool hep cats....
Melanie Pappenheim: Falling
Saturday 26 July, 3pm and 7pm, Sunday 27 July at 3pm and 5pm
MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, MK9 3QA
Free event though pre-booking is essential through www.ifmiltonkeynes.org
Unreserved, standing places
IF you want a musical & visual treat
In a solo voice-theatre performance delivered within MK Gallery’s Cadences exhibition (see page 74), acclaimed performer Melanie Pappenheim sings three uplifting songs about hitting the ground, in a response to the themes of falling, destruction and gravity.
With staging by Emma Bernard and costume created by Deborah Thomas, this promises to be a musical and visual treat. Featured composers - Paul Clark: Coloro, Orlando Gough: Falling and Errollyn Wallen: Daedelus.
Falling has been co-commissioned by IF: 2014 and MK Gallery
Devised by performer Melanie Pappenheim and director Emma Bernard Neri di Bicci: ThefalloftherebelangelswithStMichaelfightingthedragon, c.1480 (detail). Image courtesy the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July: Central Milton Keynes
Sunday 20 July: South Willen Lake Park
In a special one-off collaboration, leading writer and poet Jackie Kay has been commissioned by IF: 2014 to create poetic words and lines composed with Milton Keynes in mind, for SKRYF to ‘print’ across the city. IF you like poetic wordplay
Meet SKRYF - a mechanical sandwriter created by Dutch artist Gijs van Bon which moves along leaving behind a stream of phrases created out of sand that will last as long as the passage of time and the elements allow.
Keep in touch and let people know where you’ve spotted SKRYF: @IFMKfest #IFMKfest or facebook.com/IFMKfest
Jackie Kay is presented in association with The Poetry Society and will be reading from her work in The Stables Spiegeltent on Sunday 20 July at 4pm. See page 45 for details.
Festival Central
South Willen Lake Park, MK15 0DS
Festival Central is the location for The Stables Spiegeltent, a myriad of outdoor performances, family events, the Acoustic Stage, food outlets, bars and a box o ce for all your ticketing needs.
IF you want to feel the Festival buzz
Festival Central Opening Times:
Friday 18 July: 5pm - 1.30am
Saturday 19 July: 12.30pm - 1.30am
Sunday 20 July: 12 noon - 11pm
Monday 21 July: 5pm - 11pm
Tuesday 22 July: 5pm - 10.30pm
Wednesday 23 July: 10.30am - 12 midnight
Thursday 24 July: 10.30am - 12 midnight
Friday 25 July: 10.30am - 12 midnight
Saturday 26 July: 10am - 12 midnight
Sunday 27 July: 10.30am - 11pm
Location maps are on pages 70 and 71, and other important information about your visit is on pages 72 and 73.
Compañía Itinerània: El Labarint (The Labyrinth)
Wednesday 23 – Sunday 27 July 11am – 5pm, Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you’re looking for a
Can you solve the conundrums, riddles, questions and puzzles that are posed by The Labyrinth?
A network of doors, windows and corridors create a playfully intricate puzzle-packed maze with challenges, crossroads, mechanics and encounters along the way to test your genius, co-ordination and observation. Will you dare to enter? Fun for all ages.
Reclaiming public spaces as meeting places, Catalonian company Itinerània are renowned for transforming open air locations with highly interactive structures.
Insect Circus Museum
Wednesday 23 – Saturday 26 July, 11am – 5pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you like a museum with a di erence
Housed in a vintage, mahogany-lined Bedford TK beetlebox lorry, this unique museum displays a stunning array of costumes, props, puppets, toys and ephemera from the extraordinary collection of the Insect Circus Society.
Spanning more than three centuries, and covering many continents, this is undeniably the finest museum of its kind in the world.
Watch out for some rather large insect-like wildlife characters from the Museum roaming Festival Central...
Peut-être Theatre & Dante or Die: Clunk
Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 July, 11am, 1.30pm and 3.15pm
Friday 25 July, 11am, 1.30pm and 2.45pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
Boris wants to write a new song - a song that has never existed before. But Sonya and Masha think there has been a song written about everything that has ever existed in the world. Can you help Boris write his very own song?
Created for early years audiences (under 5s) and their families, join three actor-musicians for an outdoor, theatrical mini-gig that is jampacked with trombones, trumpets, saxophones and songs. Come along, join in and have great fun!
IF you want to help write a song Small Wonders is a commissioning and
MK Play Association: Workshop with Anna Francis
Wednesday 23 – Sunday 27 July, 11am – 5pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you want to have a go
Inspired by the Festival’s Family Focus events, use scrap materials to make your own masks and insects, as well as contributing to large-scale constructions of Iron Man (see page opposite) and the creatures from the Insect Circus Museum (see page 28).
Ideal for ages 5+, this workshop runs from 11am to 5pm so you can call in when you like. Materials provided.
Graeae Theatre Company: The Iron Man by Ted Hughes
Adapted for Graeae by Paul Sirett
Wednesday 23 July, 11.30am and 3.45pm
Thursday 24 July, 12.45pm and 3.45pm
Friday 25 July, 12.15pm and 3.15pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you enjoy a good story
The unexpected arrival of the towering Iron Man casts a shadow of fear across a small farm community. But when their very survival is threatened by an alien force, it is the Iron Man who comes to the rescue.
Ted Hughes’ classic modern fable is brought to life through a colossal iron puppet, live and recorded soundscapes and a compelling mix of words, sign language and audio description. An enthralling production performed by a talented cast of deaf and disabled actors and musicians. Graeae were last seen at the Festival in 2010 with their ‘Against The Tide’ outdoor production.
Commotion Dance: Little Artist, Big Painting
Saturday 26 July, 11am, 1.30pm and 3.30pm
Sunday 27 July, 11am, 1pm and 3.15pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you want to nd your inner artist
Commotion Dance create a colourful world of magical movement and daring dance - whilst also creating a visually striking, larger-thanlife painting!
This playful and intriguing show has been made especially for the outdoors and offers under 5s and families a unique and enjoyable experience.
There is also an opportunity for the audience of little artists to create their own big painting with the dancers after the performance.
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
Friday 25 July, 11.30am, 2pm and 4.15pm
Sunday 27 July, 12 noon
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you love music and dance
Sound the brass and the drum!
Hailing from a long family lineage of musicians, tabla maestro Hameed Khan Kawa has assembled a brass band with its roots in Rajasthan that also embraces a range of elaborate rhythms, musical styles and Bollywood themes.
A rousing musical extravaganza from these virtuoso musicians, with a beautifully costumed traditional dancer. A rich feast for the eyes and ears.
Hameed Khan Kawa will perform in solo concerts inside Architects of Air’s Pentalum on
Periplum: Imaginarium
Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 July 11am – 5pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF you seek a magical experience
Enter into the Imaginarium and unlock fascinating, secret stories.
Inspired by Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, the Imaginarium offers an experience where modern technology, film and traditional parlour games come together to create a genuinely innovative, fascinating and beautiful experience - come along and unlock the hidden stories and journeys of some of Wonderland’s unsung heroes. A delightful flight of fantasy into a magical, otherworldly place.
Whalley Range Allstars: Compost Mentis
Saturday 26 July, 12 noon and 4pm
Sunday 27 July, 12.30pm and 3.45pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
Something rather strange is stirring in the garden.
IF you go down to the garden today...
Compost Mentis features a large compost heap set in a small allotment and the gardener who looks after it. Their relationship begins to break down when the gardener discovers that the compost heap has developed a life of its own, and has big ideas fermenting away inside...
Live action with puppets, and mechanical and musical interventions ensure that the audience, like the gardener, are well and truly led up the garden path!
FAMILY FOCUS
FAMILY FOCUS
C-12 Dance: Market Stall
Saturday 26 July, 11.30am, 3pm and 4.30pm
Sunday 27 July, 11.30am, 1.30pm and 4.30pm
Festival Central, South Willen Lake Park
IF only the weekly shop was this much fun
If only the weekly shop was this entertaining!
Market Stall is a new, high octane outdoor show for families that mixes circus skills, theatre, street dance and parkour to create a feel-good experience for all ages.
Complete with a fully-functioning market stall, your five-a-day fruit and veg has never been so much fun.
C-12 Dance manage to elevate an everyday mundane activity into something that will have the youngsters eating their fruit and the adults running away to join the circus – or possibly the other way round...
IF at The World Picnic
Sunday 27 July, 1pm – 6pm Campbell Park
Revel in this glorious community celebration of multicultural music and dance organised by The Parks Trust in the green environment of Campbell Park. Dine al fresco - bring your own picnic or sample international food whilst enjoying a wealth of entertainment with your friends and family.
The Festival will be presenting events to complement the afternoon’s activities including the Jaipur Kawa Brass Band at 1pm and 3pm (also see page 33).
The Stables Sessions
Friday 18 – Sunday 27 July
Acoustic Stage, South Willen Lake Park
The Acoustic Stage is located in the Arabian Bar Tent and is the place to hear new sounds or spot emerging talent and unsigned bands. Enjoy a drink and great live music in an informal atmosphere. Each session lasts approximately 45 minutes.
Friday 18 July
6.30pm: Maia
8.15pm: Cherry Lee Mewis & Max Milligan
9.15pm: Richard Navarro
Saturday 19 July
4.30pm: Josh Kemp
5.30pm: John Dexter Jones & Jump
6.30pm: Jeannine Barry
8.15pm: Katie Buckhaven
9.15pm: Daryl Kellie
Sunday 20 July
5.15pm: Paul Liddell
6.15pm: Andy Fleet
7.15pm: Manny & The Coloured Sky
Monday 21 July
6.30pm: Edd Keene
8.15pm: Schrodinger’s Strings
The Stables Sessions
Friday 18 – Sunday 27 July
Acoustic Stage, South Willen Lake Park
Tuesday 22 July
6.15pm: Louise Petit Band
7.15pm: Hannah Scott
Wednesday 23 July
7pm: Daniela Bove
9.15pm: Nicky Prince
Thursday 24 July
7pm: Jamie Beau
9.15pm: Auralia Sky
Friday 25 July
6pm: Alton Wahlberg
7pm: Fred’s House
8.15pm: Paolo Morena
9.15pm: Roses & Pirates
Saturday 26 July
5pm: Alex Hulme
6pm: Anna Skelton
7pm: Steve Winch
8.15pm: Terry Emm
9.15pm: Martyna Wren
Sunday 27 July
3pm: Rebecca De Winter
4pm: Tracey Browne
5pm: Dan Whitehouse
6pm: Joe Miles Trio
7pm: Raevennan Husbandes
The Stables Spiegeltent
Friday 18 – Sunday 27 July
South Willen Lake Park, MK15 0DS
IF you want a glamorous venue
The Victoria Spiegeltent is back!
Originally developed in Belgium in the 1900s as travelling dance halls, Spiegeltents (‘mirror tents’) were beautifully constructed from wood with stained glass, mirrors and luscious velvet drapes and known as the domain of night owls, heartbreakers and dream chasers.
Programmed by The Stables, the exotic Victoria forms the beating heart of the Festival and is the setting for a lively programme of music, comedy and cabaret.
You’ll find the Spiegeltent programme from pages 41 to 59, with Casus: Knee Deep featured on pages 8 and 9.
Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult in The Spiegeltent.
Friday 18 July, 8.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £10
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you want word bending wit
Ireland’s top comedy hip hop improv team cut a highly original path between rap music and stand-up. In 2012 they supported multi-platinum artist Ed Sheeran on his sell-out UK tour and have stormed numerous festivals such as Bestival, V, Latitude, Altitude and Glastonbury with their mind-blowing, interactive, word-bending lyrical genius.
This is musical improv like you’ve never seen before...
Ticket deal
Buy Abandoman + Casus (page 8) for £26 Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
Silent Disco by Silent Arena
Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July, 11pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £7.50
Standing (dancing!) with limited seating
IF you like to party
The Cabaret of Ideas
Saturday 19 July, 1pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £5
Unreserved seating
A silent disco does away with the traditional speaker systems used in nightclubs or festivals and instead has disco-goers and clubbers wearing wireless headphones (provided on the night).
Two DJs play simultaneously on two separate channels, which means you only listen to the music that you want to hear – and if you don’t like the music from the first DJ just flick the switch and listen to the second DJ. Great fun!
Ticket deal
Book for one of the following shows and pay just £5 for Silent Disco: Casus (18 or 19 July, page 8), Ilotopie (18 or 19 July, page 10), Abandoman (page 41) or Nell Bryden (page 44) Call the Box Office on 01908 280800.
IF you’re an ideas person
In one afternoon you are invited to engage in a live wikipedia of fascinating thought leaders, experts and mavericks from, or who have a strong connection with, Milton Keynes.
On arrival and after being plied with good coffee and doughnuts, the audience will lucky-dip pick four 20-minute conversations - it could be with a Formula 1 car designer, a sportsperson, pop musician, a climate change dissident, a Japanese Buddhist monk... who knows who you’ll meet, talk with and maybe learn from?
Nell Bryden
Saturday 19 July, 8.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £15
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you want great songs
New York born, Radio 2 favourite Nell Bryden brings her band to the Spiegeltent stage to celebrate the release of her third album, some of which she will be playing live for the first time alongside fan favourites.
Nell has toured extensively, completing over 100 UK shows in the last two years, including major tours with Gary Barlow, Jools Holland, Chris Rea, Duane Eddy and most recently Gipsy Kings.
Ticket deal
Buy Nell Bryden + Casus (page 8) for £30 Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
An Audience with Jackie Kay
Hosted by Monica Ferguson, Festival Director
Sunday 20 July, 4pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets
£7.50
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you love poetry
Spend an hour in the company of Jackie Kay, one of Britain’s best-known writers and poets. Jackie will make the first public reading of a new poem inspired by Milton Keynes, read from her other works, discuss collaborating with SKYRF, a Dutch mechanical sandwriter for IF: 2014 (see page 25) and take part in a Q&A with the audience.
Jackie has won many accolades for her poetry, fiction and non-fiction writing, and is a regular on TV and radio. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Newcastle University and was awarded an MBE for services to literature in 2006.
Jackie Kay is presented in
Dub Colossus Dub Band
Sunday 20 July, 8pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £15
Standing (dancing!) with limited unreserved seating
IF you want to dance dub style
Combining dub music with the sounds of Addis Ababa, Dub Colossus is the project of Dubulah - aka Nick Page - founding member of TransGlobal Underground.
After collecting sounds from musicians in the Ethiopian capital and then working with members of Jamiroquai and Asian Dub Foundation, Nick created his first album A Town Called Addis in 2006 featuring a blend of jazz and reggae with traditional Ethiopian music. A run of world tours later, the band arrives with a host of musical genres wrapped up in one fabulously dubby package.
The Bad Shepherds
Monday 21 July, 9pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £21.50
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you like folk with attitude
Led by the irrepressible Ade Edmondson, The Bad Shepherds play punk songs on folk instruments.
They’ve given the songs a Celtic feel, and stuck in the odd reel and jig because they’ve always thought the excitement of a reel taking off is the nearest thing to the thrill of watching punk live back in the ‘70s!
Expect songs by The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Stranglers, The Jam, Sham 69, The Undertones, The Ramones, The Buzzcocks, The Specials, Talking Heads, Squeeze and others - even Kraftwerk...
Seann Walsh: The Lie-In King Tour 2014 + support Romesh Ranganathan
Tuesday 22 July, 8pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £13
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF
you’re up for a good laugh
Comedy’s fastest-rising star and TV favourite Seann Walsh arrives in Milton Keynes with an all-new show to prove to the world that he’s the Lie-In King!
One of the most frighteningly gifted talents to emerge from the UK comedy circuit in years, Seann is a charismatic, natural-born observational storyteller.
“Seehimnow,beforethestadiumtour” Sunday Times
Touring with Seann is Romesh Ranganathan, known for his bitingly fresh gags and with a growing hoard of awards, and TV and radio appearances to his name.
Puppet
State Theatre: The Man Who Planted Trees
Wednesday 23 July, 2pm
Thursday 24 July, 11.30am and 2pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets: £10.50, Under 16s £9.50, Family of 4 (max 2 adults) £38
Unreserved seating
IF you want a family show
This multi-sensory theatrical adaptation of Jean Giono’s environmental classic tells the inspiring story of a shepherd who plants a forest, acorn by acorn, transforming a barren wasteland.
As much a touching tale as it is a hilarious puppet show, The Man Who Planted Trees shows us the difference one man (and his dog!) can make to the world.
Suitable for adults and children over 7.
“Laughs,heartbreak,war,regeneration,scentedbreezes,sparklingwit andthebestdogpuppetever.Perfectforchildrenandgrown-ups.
Terrific” The Guardian
The Feeling
Wednesday 23 July, 7.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £22.50
Standing (dancing!) with limited unreserved seating
IF you want indie pop
Five-piece indie-popsters The Feeling have a string of recognisable, radio-friendly hits under their belts aided by their unadulterated brand of ‘proper’ pop.
Harking back to the heady days of The Beatles and Supertramp, The Feeling are a good-time band whose foot-stomping, heart-wrenching anthems will melt the coldest of hearts.
“Ornateandsoaringconversationallovesongs,fullofheart, bittersweetobservationandunashamedstreet-levelEnglishness”
The Observer Music Monthly
Ticket deal
Buy The Feeling + Frisky & Mannish (page opposite) for £30
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
Frisky & Mannish
Wednesday 23 July, 10pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £10
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
Chanteuse Frisky and music maestro Mannish are BACK!
IF you need poptastic laughs
Now all grown up (just like Miley and Bieber) their barely-conscious recoupling marks the beginning of a new pop-comedy-mashupinfotainment era.
Since their hit appearance at the Festival in 2010, they’ve been everywhere - from the Edinburgh Fringe to the West End, BBC Radio 1 to E4 and from Shepherd’s Bush Empire to the Sydney Opera House.
Ticket deal
Buy Frisky & Mannish + The Feeling (page opposite) for £30
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
Josh Widdicombe
Thursday 24 July, 7.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets
£14
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you crave a night of comedy
Comedian Josh Widdicombe is a TV regular with appearances on Live At The Apollo, Mock The Week, 8 Out Of 10 Cats, Stand Up For The Week and the Channel 4 Comedy Gala.
The past 12 months have also seen the hit Channel 4 show The Last Leg commissioned for two further series after its success during the 2012 Paralympic Games, and Josh also picked up the coveted Saturday breakfast slot on XFM radio, regularly featured in the iTunes Podcast Top 10.
Ticket deal
Buy Josh Widdicombe + Les Clöchards (page opposite) for £25
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
Les Clöchards
Thursday 24 July, 10pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets
£15
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you want an eclectic live show
Les Clöchards started off earning their daily red wine as the most unusual street music act on the Côte d’Azur. Swapping the street for the stage, they then played more than 500 shows across Europe before scooping an Editor’s Award at the 2013 Edinburgh Fringe.
Equipped with an eclectic mix of home-made drums, double bass, an old Philicorda organ, saxophone, melodica, Stylophone, a custom Dobro guitar and some more even less well-known instruments, Les Clöchards create a slugfest of music with a tangy twist of comedy and rock‘n’roll. Spellbinding stuff!
Ticket deal
Buy Les Clöchards + Josh Widdicombe (page opposite) for £25
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
Seth Lakeman
Friday 25 July, 7.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £22.50
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF roots rocks your world
Celebrating his new album Word of Mouth, singer, songwriter, virtuoso fiddler and multi-instrumentalist Seth Lakeman straddles folk traditions and the contemporary scene with songs that unearth hidden histories and unsung everyday heroes from his native Devon and Cornwall. Lakeman’s hauntingly melodic style and stripped-back storytellings bring to life majestic landscapes, working lives, the tragedy of war and the price of revolution.
Ticket deal
Buy Seth Lakeman + Gilded Lili (25 July, page opposite) for £35
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
The Gilded Lili Variety Show
Friday 25 and Saturday 26 July, 10pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £15
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you like it a little bit saucy
The lusciously divine Lili la Scala, along with some of her favourite cabaret reprobates, entertains you at this rollicking late-night show stuffed to the gunnels with enough laughs, variety, songs and burlesque to keep everyone happy.
Sit back and enjoy the likes of circus artist Michael Standen, the sultry Dusty Limits, showman Mat Ricardo, hi-energy comedian Imran Yusuf and the utterly mesmerising Miss Betsy Rose. An evening to warm the heartcontains risqué material and tasteful nudity. For over 16s only!
Ticket deal
Buy Gilded Lili (25 July) + Seth Lakeman (page opposite) for £35, or Gilded Lili (26 July) + The Puppini Sisters (page 57) for £36
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
Harry & Edna’s Vintage Bonanza
Saturday 26 July
10.30am - 3pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Unreserved, limited seating available
IF Vintage Day
Immerse yourself in the wonderful world of vintage with your hosts Harry and Edna.
Start by treating yourself to a retro hairdo, learn to Lindy Hop and then enjoy a Tea Dance to the tunes of the Bevin Boys and singing tap dancers extraordinaire My Favourite Things. Tea and cake, served on china in true vintage fashion, will be available to purchase throughout the afternoon.
Sarah Do Wop’s Hair Salon 10.30am – 11.30am
Choose from 4 different set ‘taster’ styles, pre-bookable in 10 minute slots. Cost: £10
Lindy Hop Dance Class 11.30am - 12.30pm
With the Cambs & Beds Lindy Hop Experience. Tickets: £5
Harry & Edna’s Vintage Tea Dance 1pm - 3pm With The Bevin Boys and My Favourite Things. Tickets: £10
Ticket deal
Buy Dance Class + Tea Dance for £12.50
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
The Puppini Sisters
Saturday 26 July, 7.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £23.50
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
Think Andrews Sisters (yes, they of the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s) with added glitz and glamour, close harmonies with plenty of pzazz plus zesty upbeat rhythms and you have The Puppini Sisters.
Synonymous with an intoxicating mix of music and style they call ‘swingpop’, the Puppinis have won hearts all over the world, including the one belonging to Michael Bublé who featured them on his 2013 album To Be Loved.
Why not end your Vintage Day experience with the late night Gilded Lili Variety Show at 10pm?
Ticket deal
Buy The Puppini Sisters + Gilded Lili (26 July, page 55) for £36
Call the Box Office on 01908 280800
IF Vintage Day
Comedy 4 Kids
Sunday 27 July, 2pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £10, Under 16s £9, Family of 4 (max 2 adults) £36
Unreserved seating, cabaret style
IF you want family-style
funny
Like the name says it’s a Comedy Club 4 Kids! Cracking entertainment for everyone aged over six years old (and under 400 years old, though no vampires or Highlanders allowed).
Encounter some of the best comedians from the UK and world circuit doing what they do best - but without the rude bits!
“Ahighlightforchildren...givingthematasteofsomeofthebiggest namesincomedywithallthefunandrowdyfeelofarealcomedyclub”
The Guardian
The Monster Ceilidh Band Electro Ceilidh
Sunday 27 July, 7.45pm
The Stables Spiegeltent, South Willen Lake Park
Tickets £12.50
Standing (dancing!) with unreserved limited seating
IF you fancy a nal Festival ing
Suitable for ages 6+. Children to be accompanied by an adult
The Monster Ceilidh Band are on a crusade to bring a modern approach to ceilidh music. Their experimentation with electronic beats has its roots in the traditional but has produced something innovative, contemporary and dynamic, combining explosive, fiery folk with funky riffs, glitchy drum‘n’bass beats and live drums.
Enjoy old dance traditions translated into blood-quickening crescendos for a 21st century nightclub audience.
Caller Gordon Potts will guide you through the steps for each of the dances so everyone can join in this final Festival event of 2014.
FAMILY FOCUS
IF: Talking Shop Series
A series of talks, discussions and meet-the-artist sessions exploring di erent aspects of the Festival and the 2014 programme
All talks last approximately one hour and are free to attend
Ka e Matthews, Liz Pugh and Jon Best: Creative Canals
Saturday 19 July, 3pm
Acoustic Stage, Arabian Tent, South Willen Lake Park
Kaffe Matthews discusses her canal-inspired sound installation with canal-dweller Liz Pugh of Walk the Plank, who for many years has made work on waterways. Hosted by John Best, Chair of South East Waterway Partnership, Canal & River Trust.
Rosemary Lee and Neil Higson: The Cathedral of Trees
Sunday 20 July, 12.30pm
Acoustic Stage, Arabian Tent, South Willen Lake Park
The Festival’s Artist-in-Residence discusses her inspiration for Under The Vaulted Sky and how the Cathedral of Trees shaped the development of this new production with the Cathedral’s creator, landscape architect Neil Higson.
Casus and Architects of Air (AoA): International Touring
Monday 21 July, 5pm
Acoustic Stage, Arabian Tent, South Willen Lake Park
Emma Serjeant (Casus) and Alan Parkinson (AoA) lead companies which both work away from their home countries – Australia and the UK – and discuss the practical and creative challenges of international touring, and presenting work in different countries, cultures, venues and locations.
IF: Talking Shop Series
A series of talks, discussions and meet-the-artist sessions exploring di erent aspects of the Festival and the 2014 programme All talks last approximately one hour and are free to attend
Presented in association with the Open University
One Person’s Noise Is Another Person’s Music
Professor Allan Cochrane, Ray Lee, Ka e Matthews, Caroline Devine and Dr George Revill
Wednesday 23 July, 1.30pm – 2.45pm
MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard
A discussion chaired by Allan Cochrane, OU Professor of Urban Studies, about how artists can embed their work into a place, challenge perceptions of sound, and encourage us to listen and hear differently.
Graeae, Puppet State Theatre and Dante or Die: Making Work for Children
Thursday 24 July, 5.30pm
Acoustic Stage, Arabian Tent, South Willen Lake Park
A panel discussion about creating engaging theatre and productions for children and families, particularly using literature or the work of other artists as the creative inspiration.
Monica Ferguson & Bill Gee: In Conversation
Saturday 26 July, 1pm
Acoustic Stage, Arabian Tent, South Willen Lake Park
Monica Ferguson, Festival Director, and Bill Gee, Creative Director look back over three editions of the Festival from its first presentation in 2010 and explore what’s next...
IF Calendar of Events
Friday 18 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk 5pm – 6pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
From 6.30pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7.15pm – 8.15pm Casus: Knee Deep Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
7.30pm – 8.30pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
8.45pm – 9.45pm Abandoman Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
10pm – 11pm Ilotopie: Water Fools Willen Lake
11pm – 1am Silent Disco by Silent Arena Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
Saturday 19 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
1pm – 3pm
The Cabaret of Ideas Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
2pm – 3pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
3pm – 4pm IF Talk: Creative Canals South Willen Lake Park
4.30pm – 5.30pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
From 4.30pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7pm – 8pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
7.15pm – 8.15pm Casus: Knee Deep Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
8.45pm – 10pm Nell Bryden Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
10pm – 11pm Ilotopie: Water Fools Willen Lake
11pm – 1am Silent Disco by Silent Arena Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
IF Calendar of Events
Should bad weather affect the staging of outdoor events, we shall make every effort to reschedule or relocate the programme. Please follow us on Twitter @IFMKfest and www.facebook.com/IFMKfest for updates. All end times are approximate. Festival locations and information is on pages 70 - 73.
Sunday 20 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 6pm Architects of Air Middleton Hall, centre:mk
12.30pm – 1.30pm IF Talk: Rosemary Lee South Willen Lake Park & Neil Higson
2pm – 3pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
2.30pm – 3.30pm Casus: Knee Deep Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
4pm – 5pm Jackie Kay Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
4.30pm – 5.30pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
From 5.15pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7pm – 8pm Rosemary Lee: Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Under The Vaulted Sky
8pm – 10.15pm Dub Colossus Dub Band Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
Monday 21 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
12noon – 2pm Ray Lee: Chorus Fred Roche Gardens
5pm – 6pm IF Talk: International Touring South Willen Lake Park
5.30pm – 7pm Ray Lee: Chorus Fred Roche Gardens
From 6.30pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7.15pm – 8.15pm Casus: Knee Deep Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
9pm – 10.30pm The Bad Shepherds Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
9.30pm – 10.30pm Ray Lee: Chorus Fred Roche Gardens
IF Calendar of Events
Tuesday 22 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
12noon – 2pm Ray Lee: Chorus Station Square
4pm – 7.30pm Ray Lee: Chorus Station Square
From 6.15pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
8pm – 10pm Seann Walsh Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
Wednesday 23 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 11.20am Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm Compañía Itinerània: South Willen Lake Park
The Labyrinth
11am – 5pm Insect Circus Museum South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm MK Play Association Workshop South Willen Lake Park
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
11.30am – 12.10pm Graeae Theatre: The Iron Man South Willen Lake Park
12noon – 2pm Ray Lee: Chorus The Hub Milton Keynes
1.30pm – 1.50pm Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
1.30pm – 2.45pm IF Talk: One Person’s Music... MK Gallery, Midsummer Blvd
2pm – 3.10pm Puppet State Theatre: Spiegeltent, South Willen Park Man Who Planted Trees
3.15pm – 3.35pm Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
3.45pm – 4.25pm Graeae Theatre: The Iron Man South Willen Lake Park
5pm – 7pm Ray Lee: Chorus The Hub Milton Keynes
7pm – 7.40pm Kaffe Matthews Middleton Hall, centre:mk & Ray Lee Concert
From 7pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
IF Calendar of Events
7.45pm – 9.15pm The Feeling Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
8pm – 8.40pm Kaffe Matthews Middleton Hall, centre:mk & Ray Lee Concert
9.30pm – 10.30pm Ray Lee: Chorus The Hub Milton Keynes
10pm – 11pm Frisky & Mannish Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
Thursday 24 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 11.20am Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm Compañía Itinerània: South Willen Lake Park
The Labyrinth
11am – 5pm Insect Circus Museum South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm MK Play Association Workshop South Willen Lake Park
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
11.30am – 12.40pm Puppet State Theatre: Spiegeltent, South Willen Park Man Who Planted Trees
12.45pm – 1.25pm Graeae Theatre: The Iron Man South Willen Lake Park
1.30pm – 1.50pm Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park 2pm – 3.10pm Puppet State Theatre: Spiegeltent, South Willen Park Man Who Planted Trees
3.15pm – 3.35pm Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
3.45pm – 4.25pm Graeae Theatre: The Iron Man South Willen Lake Park
5.30pm – 6.30pm IFTalk: Making Work for Children South Willen Lake Park
7pm – 7.40pm Tunde Jegede Middleton Hall, centre:mk
From 7pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7.45pm – 9.30pm Josh Widdicombe Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
8pm – 8.40pm Tunde Jegede Middleton Hall, centre:mk
10pm – 11.15pm Les Clöchards Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
IF Calendar of Events
Friday 25 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 11.20am Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park 11am – 5pm Compañía Itinerània: South Willen Lake Park
The Labyrinth 11am – 5pm Insect Circus Museum South Willen Lake Park 11am – 5pm MK Play Association Workshop South Willen Lake Park
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
– 12.55pm Graeae Theatre: The Iron Man
Willen Lake Park 1.30pm – 1.50pm Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
2pm – 2.30pm Jaipur Kawa Brass Band South Willen Lake Park
2.45pm – 3.05pm Peut-être/Dante or Die: Clunk South Willen Lake Park
3.15pm – 3.55pm Graeae Theatre: The Iron Man
Willen Lake Park 4.15pm – 4.45pm Jaipur Kawa Brass Band South Willen Lake Park
From 6pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7pm – 7.40pm Hameed Khan Kawa Middleton Hall, centre:mk
7.45pm – 9.15pm Seth Lakeman Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
8pm – 8.40pm Hameed Khan Kawa Middleton Hall, centre:mk
10pm – 10.40pm SouthPaw Dance Co: Faust In front of Xscape 10pm – 11.30pm The Gilded Lili Variety Show Spiegeltent, South Willen Park Saturday 26 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
10.30am – 11.30am Vintage Day: Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
Sarah Do Wop’s Hair Salon
11am – 11.20am Commotion Dance: South Willen Lake Park
Little Artist, Big Painting
IF Calendar of Events
11am – 5pm Compañía Itinerània: South Willen Lake Park
The Labyrinth
11am – 5pm Insect Circus Museum South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm MK Play Association Workshop South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm Periplum: Imaginarium South Willen Lake Park
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
11.30pm – 11.50pm C–12 Dance: Market Stall South Willen Lake Park
11.30am – 12:30pm Vintage Day: Spiegeltent, South Willen Park Lindy Hop Dance Class 12noon – 12:30pm Whalley Range Allstars: South Willen Lake Park
Compost Mentis
1pm – 2pm Monica Ferguson & Bill Gee South Willen Lake Park 1pm – 3pm Vintage Day: Tea Dance Spiegeltent, South Willen Park 1.30pm – 1.50pm Commotion Dance: South Willen Lake Park
Little Artist, Big Painting
3pm – 3.20pm C–12 Dance: Market Stall South Willen Lake Park 3pm – 3.20pm Melanie Pappenheim: Falling MK Gallery, Midsummer Blvd 3.30pm – 3.50pm Commotion Dance: South Willen Lake Park
Little Artist, Big Painting 4pm – 4.30pm Whalley Range Allstars: South Willen Lake Park
Compost Mentis 4.30pm – 4.50pm C–12 Dance: Market Stall South Willen Lake Park
From 5pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
7pm – 7.20pm Melanie Pappenheim: Falling MK Gallery, Midsummer Blvd
7.45pm – 9.15pm Vintage Day: Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
The Puppini Sisters
10pm – 10.40pm SouthPaw Dance Co: Faust In front of Xscape
10pm – 11.30pm The Gilded Lili Variety Show Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
IF Calendar of Events
Sunday 27 July
10am – 7pm Kaffe Matthews: centre:mk
The lock shift songs
11am – 11.20am Commotion Dance: South Willen Lake Park
Little Artist, Big Painting
11am – 5pm Compañía Itinerània: South Willen Lake Park
The Labyrinth
11am – 5pm MK Play Association Workshop South Willen Lake Park
11am – 5pm Periplum Imaginarium South Willen Lake Park
11am – 6pm Architects of Air: Pentalum Middleton Hall, centre:mk
11.30am – 11.50am C–12 Dance: Market Stall South Willen Lake Park
12noon – 12.30pm Jaipur Kawa Brass Band South Willen Lake Park
12.30pm – 1pm Whalley Range Allstars: South Willen Lake Park
Compost Mentis
1pm –1.20pm Commotion Dance: South Willen Lake Park
Little Artist, Big Painting
1pm – 6pm The World Picnic Campbell Park
1.30pm – 1.50pm C–12 Dance: Market Stall South Willen Lake Park
2pm – 3pm Comedy 4 Kids Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
3pm – 3.20pm Melanie Pappenheim: Falling MK Gallery, Midsummer Blvd
From 3pm Stables Sessions Acoustic Stage, South Willen Park
3.15pm – 3.35pm Commotion Dance: South Willen Lake Park
Little Artist, Big Painting
3.45pm – 4.15pm Whalley Range Allstars: South Willen Lake Park
Compost Mentis
4.30pm – 4.50pm C–12 Dance: Market Stall South Willen Lake Park
5pm – 5.20pm Melanie Pappenheim: Falling MK Gallery, Midsummer Blvd
7.45pm – 10.15pm The Monster Ceilidh Band Spiegeltent, South Willen Park
Should bad weather affect the staging of outdoor events, we shall make every effort to reschedule or relocate the programme. Please follow us on Twitter @IFMKfest and www.facebook.com/IFMKfest for updates. All end times are approximate. Festival locations and information is on pages 70 - 73.
Booking IF Tickets
Online 24 hours: www.ifmiltonkeynes.org
The Stables Box O ce Opening Hours
• Monday - Saturday 10am - 8pm (to 6pm on nights with no show)
• Sunday 5pm - 8pm (Stables show nights only)
In Person: The Stables, Stockwell Lane, Wavendon, Milton Keynes, MK17 8LU
Telephone: 01908 280800
Textphone users: 18001 01908 280800
BOX OFFICES AT FESTIVAL SITES:
Festival Central at South Willen Lake Park From Friday 18 to Sunday 27 July
• Friday 18, Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 July: Open at 5pm
• Saturday 26 July: Open at 10am
• On all other days, the Box Office opens at 10.30am
• The Box Office closes approximately 30 minutes after the last show of the day starts Middleton Hall, centre:mk From Friday 18 to Sunday 27 July
• 10.30am - 7pm each day (later for concerts in Middleton Hall)
Cathedral of Trees, Newlands Friday 18 to Sunday 20 July only
• A pop-up Box Office will open just before the start of Under The Vaulted Sky performances to serve walk-up ticket buyers for this show
Concessions and Discounts
• Available where stated on individual event pages
Handling Charges
• Bookings are subject to a handling charge of £2.80 (inc. postage)
• There is an additional booking fee of £1.80 per ticket for online bookings
Certain shows have ticket prices inclusive of charges and booking fees, no matter how you book (online, in person or by phone). Applies to: Architects of Air’s Pentalum, Ilotopie’s Water Fools, Rosemary Lee’s Under The Vaulted Sky, Silent Disco, The Cabaret of Ideas and An Audience with Jackie Kay. If any other event is booked at the same time, then normal transaction charges apply for those events.
IF: Milton Keynes International Festival Box Offices are managed and operated by The Stables Theatre Limited. All tickets are sold subject to Terms and Conditions, available at www.thestables.org
Parking & Transport in MK
For more information visit: www.ifmiltonkeynes.org
Central Milton Keynes has good parking facilities and ample cyclepaths and access/walkways.
South Willen Lake Park (MK15 0DS) - Festival Central: Located between the H5 Portway (A509), V11 Tongwell, H6 Childs Way and V10 Brickhill Street. The Park is linked to the city centre via leisure routes through Campbell Park and Newlands.
Cathedral of Trees: Located opposite Willen Lake at Newlands, just off the junctions of V10 Brickhill Street and H5 Portway (A509) and off Livingstone Drive.
Arriva Bus Transport within Milton Keynes: For information about buses to and from Festival sites, please visit the Arriva website: arrivabus.co.uk/IFMK.
Cycle Parking: Available at South Willen Lake Park.
PARKING & BLUE BADGE INFORMATION
South Willen Lake Park (Festival Central)
There is paid car parking and paid Blue Badge parking at the North and South Willen Lake car parks, managed by Napier Parking, off the Newlands and Lakeside roundabouts, both off V10 Brickhill Street.
Festival Stewards will guide you to nearby parking if these car parks are full.
Cathedral of Trees, Newlands (for Under The Vaulted Sky)
There is limited parking and paid Blue Badge parking near the main entrance to the Cathedral, off Livingstone Drive.
Overflow parking is located at Gulliver’s Land Theme Park (MK15 0DT), also off Livingstone Drive.
Festival Stewards will guide you to nearby parking if these car parks are full.
ACCESS
The Festival welcomes people with disabilities.
Central Milton Keynes has good parking facilities and ample flat access/walkways. Parking for South Willen Lake Park and the Cathedral of Trees is above (see Parking & Blue Badge Information). Festival sites will be made as accessible as possible and there are good all-weather paths around Willen Lake.
If you have any special requirements, please contact the Box Office on 01908 280800.
Please see the pages opposite if you are attending Ilotopie’s Water Fools or Under The Vaulted Sky in the Cathedral of Trees.
Important Site Information
Further details are on www.ifmiltonkeynes.org
Cathedral of Trees, Newlands for Rosemary Lee’s Under The Vaulted Sky Friday 18 - Sunday 20 July. Event information on pages 6 and 7
This is an outdoor, promenade and standing event - the audience will move around the Cathedral site to follow the performance, covering a distance of just under ½ a mile, including the walk from the Cathedral’s car park.
The terrain in and around the Cathedral is akin to a ‘woodland walk’ - uneven, grassy, with foliage and twigs underfoot. In inclement weather, the ground will be spongy, wet and boggy in places. Some areas may be difficult to access or of steep incline. Every effort will be made to make your visit as easy as possible although the Festival cannot guarantee access to every part of the Cathedral / performance.
If you use a self-propelled or attendant propelled wheelchair, you may require additional assistance. Please contact the Box Office on 01908 280800 so that Festival Stewards can assist if required. If you are unsteady on your feet, a ‘shooting stick’ seat will be permitted (no chairs or stools please).
Caution must be taken on site which may be dark and shaded in places. Please wear sensible shoes or stout footwear with a good undergrip.
The show is suitable for families, though under 16s must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times.
Please allow time for ticket purchasing if buying on the night, and allow 15 minutes to get to the assembly point where the production will start. Once the show begins, latecomers will not be admitted.
Willen Lake for Ilotopie’s Fous de Bassin (Water Fools)
Friday 18 and Saturday 19 July, 10pm. Event information on pages 10 and 11
This event takes place on water and uses naked flames and pyrotechnics. Caution must be taken on site which may be dark in places. Please walk slowly. Under16s must be accompanied by an adult and supervised at all times.
Please allow time for ticket purchasing and wristband exchange on the night. Queues may be long at peak periods, especially from 9pm when the gates open, up to the performance start time at 10pm.
Accessibility: The site is accessible for wheelchair users. To secure a viewing place viewing place or if you are registered disabled and need a seat, please call the Box Office on 01908 280800.
Applicable to both locations:
No pets please, only registered assistance dogs permitted. Travel as lightly as possible and avoid carrying large bags. Toilets are located at South Willen Lake Park - we suggest you go before you make your way to the event sites! Camping, BBQs, picnics, glass and alcohol are not permitted.
Festival Stewards, St John’s Ambulance and other services are on site to help you - please approach them if you have any questions. Stay safe, be sensible - enjoy your visit!
By entering Festival sites you agree to adhere to these guidelines.
Information in this brochure is correct at time of going to print.
The Festival reserves the right to make alterations if necessary.
Associated Events
MK Gallery
Cadences: Works from the Museum
Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam and lm by Catherine Yass
Friday 27 June – Sunday 7 September 2014
Admission free
This exhibition presents a unique mix of historical and modern paintings, prints and ceramics on loan from one of Holland’s most illustrious and encyclopaedic art collections, exploring themes of flight, falling, destruction and gravity. British artist Catherine Yass, Turner Prize nominee in 2002, also presents Flight (2002), a film made with a camera attached to a model remote-control helicopter.
MK Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, MK9 3QA www.mkgallery.org
MK Festival Fringe
Eight (slightly outrageous) days in July!
Thursday 17 – Thursday 24 July 2014
Central Milton Keynes
Pioneering outdoor theatre, performance, visual arts, music, comedy and dance presented within the vibrant landscape of the city where unusual spaces - buses, empty shops and street corners - are transformed to become stages, theatres and galleries. Featuring invited artists including Boogaloo
Stu and special commissions such as Festive Road’s Walking with Giants parade, plus plenty of surprises.
www.mkfestivalfringe.com
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Public Sector Partners Produced by
Gold Event Partner Silver Event Partners
Corporate Partners
Producing Partners
O cial Suppliers
Media Partners Festival Supporters
Icarus, 1588 by Hendrick Goltzius
