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Whilst visiting Warwick Arts Centre take time to experience all we have to offer.

One of the many ways to extend and enrich your evening out is a visit to the Mead Gallery. The Mead Gallery is free to enter and showcases extraordinary international contemporary art. A lively programme of talks and debates connects you to some of the great thinkers at the University and beyond.

This season’s exhibitions at the Mead Gallery can be found on pages 24-25. In addition you can browse books and music in our shops or enjoy refreshments at our bar, café or restaurant - make a night of it!

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Welcome to Warick Arts Centre Warwick Arts Centre has always been a place for excitement, reflection, enjoyment and entertainment; somewhere where I hope everyone can find something of interest.

In our programme, you’ll find artists responding to this challenge in unexpected and extraordinary ways - to interpret, reflect, entertain and guide us all.

Now, as one and all experience some belt tightening, and as the nation faces up to unprecedented times for our economy, I believe that today’s artists have an ever more important role to play in our lives.

My energetic team and I have taken care to select the best artists we can find for you, our audience, to experience over the coming months. Please join us, to enjoy, reflect, laugh and experience the world anew.

Alan Rivett, Director Warwick Arts Centre

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Thanks to the University of Warwick for continued support of Warwick Arts Centre.

Over the next year we will be working as associate producers to bring to you a season of vibrant, engaging contemporary theatre and begin a new strand of the programme developing work right here in the building. Crucially we would like you to come and see performances of work as it is being made and tell us what you think. This season we welcome PILOT, the West Midlands’ original scratch night to Warwick and are delighted to offer a unique opportunity for you to see work in progress showings of internationally renowned Gecko’s brand new show Missing – in residence at Warwick Arts Centre this spring. Add your voice to those shaping some of the most exciting theatre currently being made in the UK. Get involved! Ed Collier and Paul Warwick, China Plate

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Our programme at Warwick Arts Centre is defined by the contemporary and fed by regular and active conversations with artists, festival directors, producers, and most importantly with you – our audience.

PILOT

a collection of untested theatrical shorts Tue 25 Jan 7.45pm Studio £5 (£4) 1hr 50mins (incl. interval) The ever-exciting PILOT lands for the first time at Warwick Arts Centre with China Plate taking the reins as Co-Pilots for an event that is fast becoming a West Midlands institution. PILOT nights are a motley assortment of new, untested shorts from some of the UK’s most innovative theatre companies. Each last between 10 and 20 minutes and together present a glorious mix of comic, touching and peculiar performance. The bar is open all night and musicians play in the interval. The audience are invited to get a drink, enjoy the show and stick around to let the performers know exactly what they thought. Previous PILOT events have included work from Stan’s Cafe, Kindle, Jane Packman, The Other Way Works, Kings of England, Action Hero and Ed Rapley. Keep an eye on the website for updates on January’s line-up of fresh ideas from familiar faces and encounters with companies that you may not have heard of... yet.

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Missing (Work In Progress)

Thu 17 – Sat 19 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £5 (£4) Since 2002 Gecko has created Taylor’s Dummies, The Race, The Arab and The Jew and The Overcoat, all of which have toured internationally and to high acclaim.

Another first for Warwick Arts Centre, this is a unique opportunity to see Gecko as they begin the development of their new show Missing.

In 2011 Gecko embark on a new journey which will once again lift the lid on your imagination.

The internationally renowned company will be spending two weeks at Warwick Arts Centre working on this brand new piece and invite you to see the results in the theatre over three nights.

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With physical dexterity, humour and alchemy, Gecko uncover an extraordinary collision between a scientist researching the human soul, a missing girl and a woman whose soul is decaying. “Gecko is off the wall. Quite literally. A fantastically enjoyable and gloriously inventive piece of almost silent theatre.” The Guardian (on Taylor’s Dummies)

After each performance China Plate will host an Exchange with the director and members of the company where you can help shape the future of this exciting new work. It will be unfinished and untested, raw and wild. Be there at the beginning of a new artistic journey.

Fail Better Productions

Diary of a Madman Discords

(after Gogol)

(after Shakespeare) A tenth anniversary double-bill

Discords is Fail Better’s devised new work which freely adapts Shakespeare in a theatrical language inspired by the theatre of Samuel Beckett. A highly innovative staging sees disembodied heads emerging from a cabinet of curiosities to re-tell their ‘rooted sorrow’.

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“A wonderful set and a truly spectacular solo performance allow the perfectly adapted script to explore the boundary between selfhood and sanity.” Broadway Baby on Diary of a Madman 2009

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In this acclaimed one-man show, a Russian civil servant moves from obsession to psychosis, while two little dogs write letters to each other. Fail Better’s adaptation of Gogol’s Diary of a Madman was first seen in London (Best Fringe Show of 2007, Time Out) and more recently at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2009 with outstanding reviews.

Fri 21 & Sat 22 Jan 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50)

The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church

written and performed by Daniel Kitson Thu 10 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £10 Fringe First Winner 2009. Gregory had fifty seven letters to write. He’d never written that many letters, not in one go. In fact, he’d never written a single letter and it was taking significantly longer than he’d anticipated. He’d started, full of optimism, curiously enough, at 9am and now here he was 8 hours later half way through letter twenty four. He glanced at his watch and then at the noose hanging over his head. Gregory sighed. Had he known how long suicide letters take, he thought, he wouldn’t have cancelled the milk for the morning. The story of a death postponed by life. The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church follows previous ‘story-shows’ from Kitson including C:90 and 66a Church Road which have established themselves as genuine theatrical highlights.

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Third Person: Bonnie & Clyde Redux Tue 15 Feb 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50) 1hr During the Great Depression, young lovers Bonnie Parker & Clyde Barrow went on an infamous threeyear spree of bank robbery and murder, which ended abruptly in 1934 when they were ambushed and killed by police in Louisiana. Nobody knows all the details, but their violent love story has become legendary worldwide. Through evidence, personal stories, rumours, re-enactments, video and drawings, the electric meeting of Bonnie & Clyde is retold, exploring the motivations that drive our fascination with the life and death of these notorious lovers. Delivered in the third person through a variety of lo-fi media including video, drawings and overhead projection, Third Person: Bonnie & Clyde Redux creates a fragmented tale of evidence, rumours and the surprising connections between love, life, death and doughnuts.

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Tue 22 & Wed 23 Feb 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50), Under 26s £8.50 1hr 15mins

In a charming two-hander, Ian Redford plays the eponymous Johnson and Russell Barr plays a host of characters, from biographer James Boswell and painter Joshua Reynolds to the society hostess who was Johnson’s final, unrequited love. “Ian Redford is as close to the real Dr Johnson as one could ever hope to see onstage.” Time Out on A Laughing Matter

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Tue 22 – Sat 26 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £15 (£13), Under 26s £9, Ages: 14+ Best Before pulls the multi-player video game out of the virtual realm and plugs it into an intimate theatre setting. Each audience member navigates an anonymous avatar, interacting with a panel of on-stage experts – an electronic artist, a game tester, a technical director and a traffic flagger. A simulated city, BestLand, gradually develops as each of the audience members adds their personal touch with game controller in hand. BestLand evolves and devolves as the audience clashes and collaborates while making personal, social and political decisions. “Even if you hate video games, even if you don’t like other people, just come, sit down, get a blob, and live your imaginary life... you won’t be disappointed.” The Peak Rimini Protokoll has attracted attention throughout Europe for blurring the line between reality and fiction. “Experts in daily life” are the real protagonists. Commissioned by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. Co-producers: Goethe Institut, Brighton Festival, Hebbel – Theater Berlin GmbH, Luminato – Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity, PuSh International Performing Arts Festival, Rimini Apparat, The Cultch, La Bâtie – Festival de Genève. Supported by Arts Partners in Creative Development and the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Thu 24 & Fri 25 Feb 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50) 2hrs (incl. interval)

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Stationary Excess was created by Made In China in June 2009. Imprisoned on an exercise bike, one woman tells the story of an extraordinary man. As she hurls the audience through a frenetic half hour of pedalling, her tale grows taller and taller. Exposing the pain, absurdity and hilarity of being alone, Stationary Excess is a thirty-minute, champagnefuelled electric shock to the system that will scream out to anyone who has loved and lost.

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Charting his painful encounters en route with street fundraisers, the office on their lunch-break, Tesco Metro, Barack Obama and the woman of his dreams, Wainwright has created a perversely comic, razor-sharp satire about attempting to suppress ‘The Fear’; about apathy; about wanting to change the world. And doing nothing...

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Pedestrian is a brand new solo performance from highly acclaimed writer and performer Tom Wainwright. An epic journey from a neverending pedestrianised shopping precinct to the gates of heaven and back... pursued by a giant fish.

Theatre Alibi

Goucher’s War by Daniel Jamieson Tue 8 & Wed 9 Mar 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50), Under 26s £8.50 1hr 30mins The Reverend Donald Goucher is a popular children’s writer, but his tales of a mischievous pig called Hiawyn are now so dark they are seriously unsuitable.

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Wildly comic and disturbing, Goucher’s War explodes with powerful physical performance, live music and inspired animation by Forkbeard Fantasy.

When the supremo of a military dirty tricks outfit sets Goucher to work writing stories about his pig wreaking havoc behind enemy lines – an exploding souvenir of the Eiffel Tower, a lethal shaving brush, a deadly Chianti bottle – things get badly out of hand and the stuff of fancy turns nasty and very, very real...

“One of Britain’s most inventive companies.” The Guardian

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You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy created and performed by Caroline Horton Thu 10 & Fri 11 Mar 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50) 55mins Paris 1945. Christiane waits for a ticket to England that will reunite her with her fiancé. While she waits, this irrepressible mademoiselle recounts the love story between her – an eccentric, acutely-myopic Parisian – and a tongue-tied English teacher from Staffordshire. From a chance encounter at Cheadle tennis club, their story takes us on to cosmopolitan 1930s Paris before their inevitable separation by war. A separation which she hopes, today, will finally come to an end. A tender, comical and ultimately poignant portrayal of one woman’s experience of love and war.

Best Solo Performer, The Stage Awards 2010 “... gathers in both charm and emotional engagement until even a hardened hack may be on the brink of tears. Winsome in all the best ways, this Horton may not be hearing a “Who?” for very long.”  The Financial Times Commissioned by China Plate, Warwick Arts Centre and mac

Cheek by Jowl

The Tempest directed by Declan Donnellan designed by Nick Ormerod

Thu 3 – Sat 5 Mar 7.30pm Theatre £17.50 (£15.50), £20 (£18), Under 26s £10 Ages: 16+ Moscow’s Chekhov International Festival returns to the UK with a forceful new production of The Tempest. Cheek by Jowl’s Russian sister company brings to life this disturbing masque of power, control and illusion. Shakespeare juggles savage laughter, magic and love with the all flair and freedom of his maturity. Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod’s internationally renowned Russian ensemble, whose ‘acting is nothing short of sublime’ (The Times), were previously seen at Warwick Arts Centre in Twelfth Night, Three Sisters and Boris Godunov. In 2009 Cheek by Jowl presented the highly-acclaimed French production Andromaque. “I may not speak Russian, but the acting was so luminous in Declan Donnellan’s Twelfth Night that I felt as if I understood every word.” The Guardian “Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod, the artistic directors of Cheek by Jowl, are in the unusual position of being considered national treasures in two countries – their native England and their adoptive Russia.” The Independent

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Tue 15 – Sat 19 Mar 7.45pm Studio £12 (£10), Under 26s £8.50 1hr 30mins A rather well known rabbit attempts to stop an alien blowing up the earth. In a Berlin café a professor pleads with her student not to commit an atrocious act. And in an infamous London department store the weirdest ever episode of Are You Being Served? is about to begin.

T. Post-Show Event Wed 16 Mar Dispensing with a traditional discussion format, Told by an Idiot invites the audience to learn more about the creative process by doing rather than talking. Led by members of the company, the audience will be invited (but not pressured!) to join them in simple practical exercises and games which offer an insight into the way of the Idiot.

Tue 8 – Thu 17 Mar Mon – Sat 12noon – 9pm, Sun 4pm – 7.30pm Foyer, Warwick Arts Centre. FREE The Soldier’s Song is an installation from Quarantine (Susan & Darren, Make-believe) made with and about currently serving soldiers. Developed over an 18 month period of conversation and questions, The Soldier’s Song offers an intimate screen karaoke liaison with a currently serving soldier. Entering the karaoke ‘booth’, press a button to select from the seven soldiers in front of you as each one prepares to sing. The Soldier’s Song challenges our preconceptions about soldiers and asks us to ponder our connection with them, inviting us to duet with an individual who might fight in our name. A simple, quietly provocative piece that asks us whether we’re willing to remain an audience. “A remarkable company that has created a body of beautiful, fragile and authentic work, which finds the extraordinary in the ordinary lives of real people.” The Guardian

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Quarantine presented in association with Fierce Festival and Warwick Arts Centre

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A Told by an Idiot and Drum Theatre Plymouth production commissioned by the Barbican and Brighton Festival

National Theatre of Scotland

Black Watch by Gregory Burke directed by John Tiffany

Tue 8 – Sat 12 Mar 7.30pm Thu matinee 1.30pm & Sat matinee 2.30pm Butterworth Hall Tue: £25, Under 26s £23, Wed – Sat Eves: £29, Under 26s £27 Thu matinee: £20, Under 26s £18, Sat matinee: £25, Under 26s £23 1hr 50mins Ages: 16+ contains strong language, loud explosions and strobe lighting

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The National Theatre of Scotland’s multi award-winning Black Watch returns to Warwick Arts Centre for a strictly limited run. Since its very first performances, Black Watch has received standing ovations and enjoyed sold-out shows everywhere it has appeared, nationally and internationally. Hurtling from a pool room in Fife to an armoured wagon in Iraq, Black Watch is based on interviews conducted by Gregory Burke with former soldiers who served in Iraq. Viewed through the eyes of those on the ground, Black Watch reveals what it means to be part of the legendary Scottish regiment, what it means to be part of the war on terror and what it means to make the journey home again.

John Tiffany’s production makes powerful and inventive use of movement, music and song to create a visceral, complex and urgent piece of theatre that is as relevant in 2011 as ever. Black Watch has played to tens of thousands of people across three continents and has garnered 22 awards. Most recently the production won four Laurence Olivier Awards – Best Director, Best Theatre Choreography, Best Play and Best Sound Design and the National Theatre of Scotland won its first US award with the New York Drama Circle naming Black Watch Best Foreign Play.

“Beg, steal or borrow to get yourself a ticket.” News of the World

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Hamlet the Clown Prince Wed 16 – Sat 19 Mar 7.30pm Theatre £15 (£12), Under 26s £10 performed in English and Gibberish with no surtitles

Shakespeare’s best known play is brought vividly to life as a bunch of clowns attempt to put on their own production. As they try to understand it they make a mess of the work, sometimes misinterpreting the text, sometimes making a mess of the order of things as if the pages of the script got mixed up, sometimes confusing their own lives with their fictional characters. But through it all they are simply looking for the essence of Hamlet and trying to find a context for our own times. Hamlet the Clown Prince swept the boards at the Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards, India’s most prestigious theatre prize, winning best play, best director (Rajat Kapoor) and best actor (Atul Kumar). “Whether you’re a Shakespeare fan or new to the work you’ll be captivated by the humour, beauty and physical energy of a ‘roller coaster’ ride with jesting and seriousness, love and abandonment, past and present and joy and anger.” Jakarta Times

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The Summer House

A Young Vic/ Warwick Arts Centre co-production

Tue 3 & Wed 4 May 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50) 1hr 30mins

by Nikolai Gogol in a new version by David Harrower directed by Richard Jones

Three men arrive by car at a remote house in the countryside. Who are they? Where are they? Are those stuffed beavers on the wall? Then the Vikings arrive. Part comedy-thriller, part David Lynch, this is a play about men and all their crap, about myths and what they’re for and about the weather and how it blows all the other stuff away anyway. Commissioned by Corn Exchange Newbury. Developed as part of Fuel at the Roundhouse and the Jerwood Residencies at Cove Park.

The Government Inspector

Mon 23 – Sat 28 May 7.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm Theatre Mon: £17.50 (£15.50), Under 26s £12 Tue – Sat Eve: £20 (£18), £22.50 (£20.50), £25 (£23), Under 26s £12 Sat matinee: £17.50 (£15.50), Under 26s £12 In one of the most anticipated collaborations of the year, multiple Olivier Award-winners Richard Jones (Annie Get Your Gun; Good Soul of Szechuan) and David Harrower (Blackbird, Knives in Hens) team up for a new version of the celebrated comedy, The Government Inspector. This classic Russian play marries glorious absurdity with social satire.

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Best of British theatre broadcast live to cinema screens around the world.

FELA! Thu 13 Jan 6.45pm Cinema £10 A provocative and wholly unique hybrid of dance, theatre and music, FELA! explores the world of Afrobeat legend Anikulapo-Kuti. Using his pioneering music (a blend of jazz, funk and African rhythm and harmonies), FELA! reveals Kuti’s controversial life as an artist and political activist.

Featuring many of Fela Kuti’s most captivating songs and Bill T. Jones’ visionary staging, FELA! is the winner of three 2010 Tony Awards. “An ecstatic phenomenon.” Time Out, New York “Top 10 shows of 2009. It’s a work of total theatre and a party where the power of the people is unleashed with a contagious jiggle.” Los Angeles Times

Live from the internationally acclaimed Donmar Warehouse

King Lear

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Thu 17 Mar 6.45pm Cinema £15

Thu 3 Feb 6.45pm Cinema £15

Oscar winner Danny Boyle directs this new play by Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley.

The Donmar’s Artistic Director, Michael Grandage, directs Derek Jacobi as King Lear.

The Cherry Orchard

“Who is it that can tell me who I am?”

Thu 30 Jun 6.45pm Theatre £15

An ageing monarch. A kingdom divided. A child’s love rejected. As Lear’s world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.

Zoë Wanamaker plays Madame Ranyevskaya in Andrew Upton’s new adaptation of Chekhov’s play. The Cherry Orchard is directed by National Theatre Associate Director Howard Davies, whose recent productions of Russian plays (including Philistines, Burnt by the Sun and The White Guard) have earned huge critical acclaim.

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Spring Awakening Wed 2 – Sat 5 Feb 7.30pm Sat matinee 2.30pm Theatre £9 (£7.50) The ground-breaking Spring Awakening, winner of eight Tony awards, is a fusion of morality and sexuality set to an extraordinary rock and roll score. Adapted from the 1891 German play of the same name, the rock-musical explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood and the tumult of sexuality. Combining cutting edge issues with a breathtaking score, Spring Awakening addresses the devastating consequences of questions being asked and not answered. This show is set to be an absolute must see!

Danish Dance Theatre Enigma, CaDance, Kridt

Tue 25 & Wed 26 Jan 7.30pm Theatre £16 (£14), £19 (£17), £22 (£20), Under 26s £12 1hr 30mins (incl. interval)

“One of those breathtaking moments for which every dance fan hopes.” Boston Herald “Tim Rushton’s dances strike like a thunderclap.” The Boston Globe T. Post-Show Talk Tue 25 Jan UK tour supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England and the Danish Arts Council Committee for the Performing Arts. Danish Dance Theatre is supported by the Danish Ministry of Culture.

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Enigma, with music by Mathias Friis-Hansen, layers powerful, beautiful and sensual duets as the dancers strive to understand each other. CaDance is an exciting testosterone-fuelled competition between five male dancers, driven by Andy Pape’s thrilling score performed live onstage by two drummers.

“Tim Rushton’s choreographic works become more intense, provocative and courageous. In this universe of pumping muscles and hard-core energy, he opens us up to the vulnerability and relieves the pain. Absolutely beautiful.” Information (Denmark)

Rushton’s unique choreography, which combines the classical lines of ballet with the power of modern dance, captivates audiences and can be seen in all three pieces being performed.

In Kridt (Chalk), an award-winning work from 2005 based on Peteris Vasks’s exquisite suite for strings Musica Adventus and the texts of Ecclesiastes, a man on the verge of death remembers his life, told by the people he has known.

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Danish Dance Theatre is one of the foremost contemporary dance companies in Scandinavia. Led by Midlands-born artistic director Tim Rushton since 2001, the company is in demand all over the world and performs to huge international acclaim. We are delighted to welcome the company to the UK for the first time to help celebrate their 30th Anniversary.

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With video animation by Rachel Davies, lighting by Jackie Shemesh – co-creators of Protein’s Dear Body – and with original music by Andy Pink, LOL (lots of love) mixes social comment, provocative humour and engaging performances.

Logging on to our lives online, LOL (lots of love) delves into the world of electronic communication to uncover the evolutionary shift that social networking and the internet have had upon the way we live, love one another and belong to society in general.

“… extremely clever and constantly entertaining.”  The Times (on Dear Body) “Luca Silvestrini’s surreal, cartooning wit finds its ideal subject.” The Guardian (on Dear Body) Commissioned by Dance East, Greenwich Dance and The Place and supported by South Hill Part Arts Centre, Bracknell.

Tango Fire Flames of Desire

Thu 5 May 8pm Butterworth Hall £19, £22, £25 1hr 55mins (incl. interval) Direct from Buenos Aires, Argentina’s hottest dance show returns to the UK with their brand new show Tango Fire – Flames of Desire. This sizzling show features ten sensational dancers including three world tango champions, accompanied by Quatrotango, a quartet of brilliant musicians and one of Argentina’s finest singers. This is tango at its most seductive and fiery! “Fizzing energy – a highly entertaining night out.” The Times

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The Orchestra has seen over 9,000 days of ukulele action. It has been playing for one 40th of a millennium. The oldest and the best, it unites fans across the globe in celebration of “one plucking thing after another” on “instruments bought for loose change”. They have sixteen-handedly turned the world on to the ukulele.

“They demolish the pretensions of the pop industry with a flourish... The ukulele has found its avant garde.” The Guardian

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You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll never think about music in the same way, once you’ve seen and heard the Ukulele Orchestra.

The Ukes appear on stage with one ukulele each, no gimmicks, no tricks, no vocal enhancers or overproduced wizardry, then proceed to tear the house down.

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Zoe has most recently been seen at Warwick Arts Centre performing with Jerry Dammers’ Spatial AKA Orchestra and in Way to Blue: The Songs of Nick Drake. Following her superb trio concert in November 2009, Zoe returns to the intimate setting of the Studio with a trio plus the hauntingly beautiful playing of her brother Idris on clarinet.

Sat 22 Jan 8pm Butterworth Hall £16.50 (£14.50), £18.50 (£16.50) Tickets Selling Fast!

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Mercury nominated pianist Zoe Rahman’s vibrant and highly individual style is deeply rooted in jazz but also reflects her classical background, British/ Bengali heritage and her broad musical taste.

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The Richard Thompson Band The Dream Attic Tour

Richard Thompson is one of this country’s greatest songwriters and most distinctive of guitar virtuosos, capable of breathtaking drama and sublime delicacy, prompting Rolling Stone to hail him as “a perennial dark-horse contender for the title of greatest living rock guitarist.” His songs have been covered by everyone from David Gilmour to R.E.M. via Elvis Costello. He returns to the UK to tour with a powerful electric band featuring Pete Zorn (guitars, flute, sax, mandolin), Michael Jerome (drums), Taras Prodaniuk (bass) and Joel Zifkin (violin, mandolin). It’s the same group that plays on the new album Dream Attic which was recorded in real time during an inspired threemonths touring on the West Coast of America. Expect shows that are “riveting, enlightening, witty, moving, provocative and entertaining – strongly recommended”, Time Out.

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Wed 2 Feb 8pm Butterworth Hall £28, £29.50

Fri 11 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £12.50, £14.50

An Appointment With Mr Yeats is the long-awaited new Waterboys show in which the poems of W.B. Yeats are turned into a luminous, shimmering collection of contemporary rock songs.

Penguin Cafe’s music has infiltrated daily life from films like Napoleon Dynamite to countless theme tunes, and they’ve played festivals from Bestival and The Big Chill to a sold out Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms. Their sound is at once familiar and new, combining acoustic power and a beguiling, feisty charm.

An Appointment with Mr Yeats

Featuring a ten-piece Waterboys band comprising Mike Scott, Steve Wickham, James Hallawell (keys), Katie Kim (vocals), Joe Chester (guitar), Blaise Margail (trombone), Sarah Allen (flute), Ruby Ashley (oboe), Ash Soan (drums) and Marc Arciero (bass), the show opened to rave reviews from fans and critics alike in March 2010 at Dublin’s Abbey Theatre, founded by Yeats himself a hundred years ago. An Appointment With Mr Yeats is a unique and memorable opportunity for lovers of great music and great literature to celebrate the union of song and word in one spectacular live performance. “... everything from the intro music to the epic encore was magic. If you want the memory of a lifetime, buy a ticket.” RTE

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“Penguin Cafe continues to occupy a unique place in music: nothing else has ever sounded quite like it. Eccentric, charming, accommodating, surprising, seductive, warm, reliable, modest and unforgettable: it’s a true friend.” Brian Eno Electronica meets 21st century jazz in Portico Quartet’s melodic, rhythmic music that mixes the inspiration of Philip Glass and Steve Reich with a very contemporary kind of improvisation. It’s the blend of ethereal saxophone, splattering electronics, otherworldly Hang, clattering drums and earthy double-bass has pushed them to the forefront of the contemporary music scene and got them nominated for a Mercury Music Prize .

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Sat 12 Feb 8pm Butterworth Hall £18.50

Sun 13 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £17.50, Under 26s £15 Roger Ruskin Spear - sax, clarinet, trouser press and robots Rodney Slater - saxophones and washboard Sam Spoons - drums, electric spoons and didgereedon’t Dave Glasson - piano, bass pullover and glasses Andy Roberts - re-union guest - guitar, banjo and ukulele

From their homeland roots of Argyll, Capercaillie have been credited with being the major force in bringing traditional Celtic music to the world stage. Since the band’s first innovative recordings of 1984, they have toured in 30 countries across the globe, released 10 award-winning albums and had the first ever Gaelic top 40 single. Capercaillie includes some of the finest musicians on the scene: Manus Lunny, Charlie McKerron, Donald Shaw, Ewen Vernal, Michael McGoldrick, David Robertson, Che Beresford and the exquisite voice of Karen Matheson. Their innovative approach to traditional sources and influences and the excitement they create through live performance explains the widespread esteem in which they are held in the current explosive folk scene.

Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band fans will be delighted to learn that Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater and Sam Spoons have teamed up with super-pianist Dave Glasson to create more fun, music and subversive diversion in the spirit of the ageless band. Diabolical mayhem from the largest number of Bonzos still playing together anywhere on the surface of the earth. Three Bonzos And A Piano unleash their Bonzo Dog classics with energetic zip and palaver. Jollity Farm, Hunting Tigers Out In India, I’m Bored, My Pink Half of the Drainpipe, Monster Mash, The Trouser Press and many more... Robots, smoke, unsuitable medical technology, ancient theatrical props, the kitchen sink and the audience all combine to re-create the atmosphere of those formative years of the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah band. “Our heroes!” Stephen Fry & Adrian Edmonson “... still cause giggling like nothing else in pop.” Daily Express

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The story follows an engineer named Los who leads a construction effort to build a spaceship. The movie’s influence is hard to overestimate: its incredible set design would soon be echoed by the likes of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis and Flash Gordon. With an audacious 21st century interpretation of the images of silent and avant-garde film, Minima have been accompanying silent and experimental film since 2006. “Acclaimed soundscapers Minima provide a superlative soundtrack… Recommended.” Time Out

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Sun 6 Feb 7.45pm Studio £6.50 (£5)

Mercury Music Prize 2010 nominees for their latest album Golden.

Over the last six years, award-winning singer/songwriter Rob Halligan has been making his mark on the British unsigned music scene. His latest release, Best Thing That’s Happened, recorded with Graeme Duffin and Sandy Jones (Wet Wet Wet) has been met with stunning reviews.

Pianist/composer Kit Downes exploded onto the British Jazz scene playing with Empirical, taking him through Europe and America, and then with Troyka, Fraud and Acoustic Ladyland. He formed The Kit Downes Trio with his two Royal Academy colleagues, award-winning bassist Calum Gourlay and rising drum star James Maddren. Their music is immediately arresting, using melody inspired from a range of sources from Bela Bartok to Keith Jarrett to Rufus Wainwright. They endeavour to both celebrate the classic piano trio tradition as well as develop it. “Downes seems to have become everyone’s favourite young pianist... unpretentiously brilliant and full of subtle touches. Downes, bassist Calum Gourlay and drummer James Maddren are all players to watch.” The Observer

Luke Concannon with special guest Jimmy Davis Sun 8 May 7.45pm Studio £10 Luke Concannon, singer/songwriter; “Political, intense, angular and beautiful”, Colin Murray BBC Radio 1.

“Captivating, deserving of a nationwide audience.” Musician Magazine

Formerly of Nizlopi - yes the JCB song man - makes joyous, emotive, spiritual music. In 2009 he hitch-hiked to Palestine writing songs with local musicians along the way. His new album is a collection of songs written on, or about that journey.

Jack Blackman is a young finger-style guitarist and singer/ songwriter whose repertoire ranges from early acoustic blues to English folk and original material.

He loves to get people involved in making music, so get ready to sing and dance.

Since performing with Paul Jones and the Blues Band, he has performed all around the country. He was semifinalist at the 2010 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Musician of the Year and has had a track selected for the USA blues compilation CD, All Aboard The Blues on Errorcraft records. He has also recorded a track for Sawmill records’ traditional music compilation, Cultivated Roots.

“Luke Concannon, a charismatic guitarist.” The Guardian

Style-wise, it’s acoustic roots-rock. His songs challenge faith, politics and complacency and are delivered with a rough spirituality, brutal honesty and tested to be true.

“The Blues has a bright future.” Maverick Magazine

“Luke Concannon’s earnestly high-pitched voice can carry some genuinely interesting pop songs.” The Skinny

Trevor Warren’s Disassembler Sat 12 Mar 7.45pm Studio £12 (£10) Trevor Warren - guitar Mark Lockheart - tenor sax Annie Whitehead - trombone Dudley Philips - bass Winston Clifford - drums British guitarist Trevor Warren lives and works in Spain with occasional tours to Britain. His latest band features a front line of saxman Mark Lockheart and trombonist Annie Whitehead both of whom have led their own bands at Warwick Arts Centre.

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Bellowhead

The 11 piece, who play more than 25 instruments between them (from Helicon to frying pan) and seamlessly merge English folk, world, jazz, rock and music-hall influences are one of the few bands performing today who can dart effortlessly between the establishment and the fringes. “Wild, joyous, perverse, bold, crazed, full-blooded, intricate, fearless, funny, epic and mostly BIG. Best live band we have. No contest.” fRoots

Loudon Wainwright III

supported by Lucy Wainwright Roche Wed 18 May 8pm Butterworth Hall £19.50, £22.50

Loudon Wainwright III, or LW3 for short, is a cherished icon of American folk music, a darkly witty and touchingly personal songwriter and storyteller. He has given birth to over 20 albums (as well as fathering some very successful musical offspring, including Lucy Wainwright Roche who supports him this evening). On top of the fearless and often self-deprecating original songs for which he’s best known, Loudon has often delved into traditional folk and country music. “One of America’s most astute lyrical commentators.” Mojo

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Tango Fire Flames of Desire

Thu 5 May 8pm Butterworth Hall £19, £22, £25 Argentina’s hottest show returns to the UK with their brand new show Tango Fire – Flames of Desire. This sizzling show features ten sensational dancers accompanied by Quatrotango, a quartet of brilliant musicians and one of Argentina’s finest young singers. Tango Fire combines the rawness and sophistication, sexy yet sensual side of tango.

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Piaf: The Songs Eve Loiseau sings the songs of Edith Piaf

with Eddy Jay, accordion, and Fiona Barrow, fiddle Sun 5 Jun 7.30pm Theatre £15 (£13) Eve Loiseau’s passion for Piaf developed at a young age around the dining table in South East France. Coming from a French family of singers, long summer meals were often rounded off with French chansons. Piaf is inimitable, but Eve’s lustrous French tone captures the essence of the Piaf performance in this tribute to the ‘Little Sparrow’. Includes the iconic songs: La Vie en Rose, Sous le ciel de Paris, Autumn Leaves, Padam, Mon Dieu, L’hymne à L’amour, and Non je ne regrette rien.

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Hannah Starkey Twenty-Nine Pictures curated by Diarmuid Costello Sat 15 Jan – Sat 12 Mar Hannah Starkey is one of the most influential and significant photographers of her generation.She creates images that emerge from the split second of the everyday and are resolved into what appears to be an extended moment in time. Her work is exquisitely composed, drawing on the languages of cinema and of painting to create scenes in which the figure and the surroundings are held in perfect tension, each defining the other. This is the first retrospective exhibition of Starkey’s work in a decade.

The exhibition has been curated by Diarmuid Costello who is a member of staff in the Philosophy Department of the University of Warwick. He is interested in the philosophy of photography and particularly in what distinguishes photography as an artistic medium. He is Co-Director of the AHRC funded research project, ‘Aesthetics after Photography,’ in collaboration with Margaret Iversen from the Department of Art History and Theory at the University of Essex. A fully illustrated publication, which includes an interview with Hannah Starkey by Diarmuid Costello and an essay by Margaret Iversen, accompanies the exhibition.

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Events All Mead events are free but places must be reserved at Box Office on 024 7652 4524 or visit www.warwickartscentre.co.uk Opening Party

Look Club

Fri 14 Jan, 6.30pm – 8.30pm

Tue 8 Feb, 6pm – 7pm Scarman House

Everyone very welcome.

Curator’s Tour Tue 25 Jan, 6pm – 7pm Mead Gallery Sarah Shalgosky leads an informal exhibition tour.

Artist’s Talk Tue 22 Feb, 6pm – 7.30pm Mead Gallery Hannah Starkey discusses her work.

Curator Sarah Shalgosky leads a discussion of the photographs from the University of Warwick Art Collection found in Scarman House.

Family Workshops See page 43 for details of our artist-led workshops that allow you to discover ideas about the exhibition and to make your own work in response.

Over to You: People Picturing Coventry We want you to be part of the exhibition and the Mead Gallery. In response to Hannah Starkey’s works, take a photograph of someone in an inspiring place in Coventry and send it in to us. There will be an exhibition of images on the website and outside the Mead Gallery. Hannah Starkey has offered a print of one of her works to the picture she likes the most. Please see website for more details and a full brief.

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Wed 12 Jan 8pm Butterworth Hall £11 (Choir), £18 (£17), £24 (£23), £28 (£27), £32 (£30), £35 (£33) Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op. 30 Mahler - Symphony No.1 in D minor (the Titan) Conductor Andris Nelsons Piano Vestard Shimkus

Thu 27 Jan 8pm Butterworth Hall £11 (Choir), £18 (£17), £24 (£23), £28 (£27), £32 (£30), £35 (£33) Vivaldi - The Goldfinch Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Mozart - Divertimento K.138 Bach - Suite No.2 in B minor for Flute and Strings Vivaldi - Four Seasons Conductor Jeremy Akoka Violin Nicola Benedetti Flute Daniela Koch Reader Sir Andrew Motion

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City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra returns under the charismatic direction of Andris Nelsons. The concert opens in majestic style with Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, performed by Latvian pianist Vestard Shimkus, whose virtuosity reflects the golden age of pianism. The second performance of this work was conducted by Gustav Mahler in New York, with the composer at the keyboard, so it is fittingly followed in our programme by Mahler’s First Symphony. One of his most powerful works, it is particularly notable for its energetic fourth movement, concluded with a thrilling finale led by a huge brass section. T. Pre-Concert Talk 6.45pm

Tickets £2 Andris Nelsons in conversation with Stephen Maddock, Chief Executive, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

The European Union Chamber Orchestra opens its uplifting programme of music with acclaimed flautist Daniela Koch, who will perform Vivaldi’s Goldfinch Concerto and Bach’s Second Orchestral Suite for Flute and Strings. The brilliant young violinist Nicola Benedetti will lead in the second half performing Vivaldi’s ever-popular Four Seasons. On this occasion former Poet Laureate, Sir Andrew Motion, has been commissioned to write a series of poems which he will read during the performance to illuminate the music’s evocation of the seasons. This concert will be a truly special experience and a highlight of our season. T. Pre-Concert Talk 6.45pm

Tickets £2 Sir Andrew Motion in conversation with Paul McGrath, Director of Music, University of Warwick.

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Tue 8 Feb 8pm Butterworth Hall £11 (Choir), £18 (£17), £24 (£23), £28 (£27), £32 (£30), £35 (£33) Mozart - Overture to The Marriage of Figaro Beethoven - Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73 (Emperor) Bruckner - Symphony No.1 in C minor Conductor Andres Orozco-Estrada Piano Natasha Paremski

Tue 1 Mar 8pm Butterworth Hall £11 (Choir), £18 (£17), £24 (£23), £28 (£27), £32 (£30), £35 (£33) Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op.13 (Pathétique) Beethoven - Piano Sonata in F sharp (Für Elise) Beethoven - Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor Op.27/2 (Moonlight) Chopin - Polonaise-Fantasie, Op.61 Chopin - 2 Nocturnes Chopin - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.35 Piano Nikolai Demidenko

The Tonkünstler Orchestra, founded just over a century ago, are considered one of Vienna’s most distinguished orchestras. The programme opens with the effervescent Overture to Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, followed by a welcome return visit from pianist Natasha Paremski, who gained a rapturous reception performing with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra here in March 2010. In the second half there’s a rare opportunity to hear Bruckner’s First Symphony. Composed in 1866, this marked the start of Bruckner’s epic symphonic journey that continued until 1892. Although infrequently performed, it stands comparison with all the great symphonies that Bruckner was destined to compose in the years to come and the opportunity to hear this work should not be missed. T. Pre-Concert Talk 6.45pm

We are thrilled to have the highly-regarded Russian pianist, Nikolai Demidenko, as this season’s recitalist. His particular speciality is Beethoven and Chopin, so his choice of repertoire in this evening’s programme will be something truly special. In the first half of the recital he will perform three Beethoven sonatas, including the ever-popular Pathétique and Moonlight sonatas. The second half of the concert will be devoted to Chopin and will be concluded with perhaps his greatest piano sonata in B flat minor, with its contrasting shades of darkness and light.

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T. Pre-Concert Talk 6.45pm

Brian Midgley, lecturer in Music at the University of Warwick, talks about the works in tonight’s programme.

Tickets £2 Melvyn Cooper interviews Nikolai Demidenko

Coull Quartet Roger Coull Philip Gallaway Rose Redgrave Nicholas Roberts

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“... the magnificent, seasoned ensemble of the Coull” The Strad Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Warwick since 1977, the Coull has performed and broadcast extensively throughout the UK, the USA and Western Europe, and has also toured China, India, the Far East, South America and Australia.

Tue 1 Feb 8pm The Helen Martin Studio £15 (£12.50) Brahms - Quartet in C minor Piazzolla - Four for Tango Judith Weir - Quartet Haydn - Quartet in G minor, Op.20 No.3 T. Pre-Concert Talk 7pm

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Sun 13 Mar 3pm Theatre £15 (£12.50) Haydn - Quartet in F minor, Op.20 No.5 Tippett - Quartet No.1 Schubert - Quartet in G major, D.887 T. Pre-Concert Talk 2pm

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opera New York’s Metropolitan Opera Live in HD Warwick Arts Centre continues to broadcast HD transmissions of the best opera live from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York.

La Fanciulla Del West

Iphigénie en Tauride

Sat 8 Jan 6pm Theatre £25 (£20) 3hrs 30mins approx Conductor Nicola Luisotti With Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani

Sat 26 Feb 6pm Cinema £25 (£20) 2hrs 45mins approx Conductor Patrick Summers With Susan Grahan, Plácido Domingo, Paul Groves, Gordon Hawkins

Puccini’s wild-west opera had its world premiere in 1920 at the Met. Now, on the occasion of its centennial, all-American diva Deborah Voigt sings the title role of the “girl of the golden west.”

Susan Graham, Plácido Domingo, and Paul Groves reprise their starring roles in Gluck’s masterful interpretation of the Greek myth.

Giacomo Puccini

Nixon in China John Adams

Sat 12 Feb 6pm Theatre £25 (£20) 4hrs approx Conductor John Adams With Kathleen Kim, Janis Kelly An exploration of the human truths beyond the headlines surrounding President Nixon’s historic 1972 encounter with Mao and Communist China.

Christoph Willibald Von Gluck

Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano Donizetti

Sat 19 Mar 5pm Cinema £25 (£20) 4hrs approx Conductor Patrick Summers With Natalie Dessay, Joseph Calleja Natalie Dessay returns to her triumphant portrayal of the fragile heroine in the Met’s hit production.

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Sat 9 Apr 6pm Cinema £25 (£20) 3hrs 8mins approx Conductor Maurizio Benini With Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmakr, Juan Diego Flórez

Sat 30 Apr 6pm Theatre £25 (£20) 3hrs 15mins approx Conductor James Levine and Marco Armiliato With Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zakick, Marcelo Álvarez, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

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Gioachino Rossini

Rossini’s vocally dazzling comedy soars with bel canto sensation Juan Diego Flórez in the title role of this Met premiere production. He vies with mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato, in the trouser role of Isolier, for the love of the lonely Countess Adéle, sung by soprano Diana Damrau.

Giuseppe Verdi

David McVicar’s popular production returns with, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Marcelo Álvarez and Dmitri Hvorostovsky. James Levine and Marco Armiliato conduct.

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Sat 23 Apr 6pm Cinema £25 (£20) 2hrs 45 mins approx Conductor Andrew Davis With Renée Fleming, Sarah Connolly, Joseph Kaiser, Russell Braun

Sat 14 May 5pm Theatre £25 (£20) 5hrs 30 mins approx Conductor James Levine With Deborah Voigt, Stephanie Blythe, Bryn Terfel, Hans-Peter König

Renée Fleming dazzled audiences when she sang Capriccio’s final scene on Opening Night of the 2008–09 season. Now she sings Strauss’s entire diva showcase, with Andrew Davis conducting.

The Met has assembled a stellar cast for this second instalment of Robert Lepage’s new production of the Ring Cycle, conducted by James Levine.

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There is no doubt that Malcolm Arnold’s concert march The Padstow Lifeboat must be one of the most popular brass band pieces ever written, and it has gone around the world taking the name of the small Cornish town with it. Arguably the name Kiev has also gone round the world due to a piece of music - The Great Gate of Kiev, probably the best known movement from Pictures At An Exhibition, which in turn is probably the best known work by Modest Mussorgsky. The band is joined by guest soloists for this concert, which promises to bring a sparkle to a February evening!

University of Warwick Wind Orchestra & Music Theatre Warwick Music of the Night

Mon 28 Feb 7pm Butterworth Hall £6 (£4) Conductors: Winston Yapp Ed Webb Musical Directors: Michael Cannon Oliver Marshall Two of the Music Centre’s popular groups, Wind Orchestra and Music Theatre Warwick join together for an evening of musicals fun, featuring songs and music from Boublil and Schönberg’s Les Misérables and Miss Saigon, as well as a selection of popular classics guaranteed to get your toes tapping and brighten the dark February evening!

University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Tues 15 Mar 7pm Butterworth Hall £7 (£5) Conductors: Lucy Griffiths & Paul McGrath Bernstein - Chichester Psalms Eric Whitacre - Sleep Sibelius - Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 Tchaikovsky - Symphony No.4 in F minor, Op.36 Violin - Sam Parker Treble - James Druce The University of Warwick Chorus performs two works by popular American composers in this evening of dramatic and moving music; the Chichester Psalms by Bernstein, one of the best loved American composers of all time, and Sleep by Eric Whitacre, who is widely considered to be amongst the most successful composers of choral music today. We are delighted to welcome back concerto competition winner and former Warwick student Sam Parker to perform the solo part of Sibelius’ virtuosic Violin Concerto. The programme is completed by the ever-popular fourth symphony by Tchaikovsky.

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13 Jan - Erato Piano Trio 20 Jan - No concert this week due to Winter Degree Congregation 27 Jan - Lane Piano Trio 3 Feb - Matthijs Broersma, cello 10 Feb - Purcell School 17 Feb - Nils Franke, piano 24 Feb - Dimitris Dekavallas, guitar 3 Mar - Lauriston Piano Trio 10 Mar - Piano Showcase 17 Mar - London Harp Trio

Opera Warwick

The Marriage of Figaro

Mozart Thu 20 – Sat 22 Jan 7.30pm Theatre £9 (£7.50) There’s trouble in the corridors of power when the Head of State coldshoulders his First Lady for an intern who’s supposed to be marrying Figaro, his personal aide. As the wedding party approaches, the question is who will be dancing down the aisle when the band strikes up and who is doomed to be the wilting wallflower? Mozart’s fiery, farcical masterpiece comes alive with colour in Opera Warwick’s latest production, following last year’s sell-out success of The Threepenny Opera. Bringing this riotous opera up to date, the production will blow open the seedy backstage of politics and explode into a world of music and dancing at High Society’s event of the century.

One World Week Sat 29 Jan – Sat 5 Feb The World Music Concert, Sun 30 Jan, is a fusion of musical traditions from around the globe, performed by the brilliantly talented student musicians of the University of Warwick. Packed into a two-hour colourful extravaganza, this special concert highlights the universal language of music and, with a special guest appearance, this concert will bring a new meaning to unity through sound. Mon 31 Jan sees the much anticipated Fashion Show return to the Butterworth Hall. It is a weave of modern day runway fashion and cultural intricacies. The glamorous models along with a host of over 300 cultural society performers collaborate to showcase a spectacular display of both fashion and culture; highlighting the rich diversity found on campus.

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Sun 16 Jan 7.45pm SOLD OUT, Sun 23 Jan 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50)

Sun 23 Jan (re-scheduled from 6 Oct 2010) Butterworth Hall £20 SOLD OUT

Don’t miss hugely talented Canadian émigré Tom Stade in his eagerly awaited debut tour. His magnetic stage presence, irrepressible charm and first-class story-telling have established him as one of the most sought after performers on the UK and international circuit. Join Tom’s inimitable, offbeat world for a truly unforgettable night of comedy from one of the finest stand-up comedians around.

The Welsh Wonder is back.

“An insider’s tip for comedy greatness... comic riffs of monumental proportions”  Metro

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Jimmy Carr Laughter Therapy

Fri 21 Jan 8pm Butterworth Hall £25 Another chance to see Jimmy Carr’s Laughter Therapy – an evening of non-stop jokes, gags and banter.

Having sold out his first gig at Warwick Arts Centre, Micky Flanagan is back in the new year for an extra date of his laugh-a-minute show The Out Out Tour. “Arguably the funniest comedian in the world... the future of comedy.” Frank Skinner

Sarah Millican

Punt & Dennis

Chatterbox

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Sun 23 Jan SOLD OUT & Wed 09 Mar 7.30pm Theatre £18 Punt & Dennis are back on tour in 2011 in a brand new show which sees them returning to the live arena after four years.

Sat 29 Jan 7.30pm Theatre £15 SOLD OUT Star of Live at the Apollo, Mock the Week and if.comedy Best Newcomer, Sarah Millican, has announced an extension to her hugely popular debut tour, Chatterbox. “an outstanding hour from one of the best comedians in the country” Scotsman

“The kings of satirical comedy” The Guardian

Tom Wrigglesworth’s Nightmare Dream Wedding Sun 30 Jan 7.45pm Studio £10 Back with a brand new show following last year’s sell-out hit and performances at the New Zealand and Montreal Comedy Festivals. Having run out of excuses to delay his marriage, Tom recounts the debacle of his recent wedding in Vegas. Getting to the church on time should be very straightforward. How can a megalomaniac talk-show host and a very special birthday girl possibly turn a nightmare into a dream? Join Tom as he embarks on a rollercoaster of farcical chases, mistaken identities and last-minute plans. This could be the biggest day of his life, for all the wrong reasons. “Magical storytelling...a rare talent...hysterical and accomplished”  Timeout

Milton Jones The Lion Whisperer

Sun 6 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £15 (£13) SOLD OUT Milton Jones - you know the weird bloke with the shirts from Mock the Week. As well as star of Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, the voice of 8 series for Radio 4 and all sorts of other radio and telly as well. Awards too. Well it’s his new show with new stuff, not in his last show. YouTube him or something... “The best one-liner merchant in British Comedy” Chortle website

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“An inspired fictional anecdote that flowers into an unobtrusive masterpiece of modern low-key storytelling... funny, poignant, richly observant.” The Scotsman

Jeremy Hardy Sun 20 Feb 7.30pm Theatre £14 (£12) Jeremy Hardy has been a stand-up comic since 1984 and will be one until he dies or wins the lottery.

Jeremy is best known for his work on Radio 4, notably on The News Quiz, I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue and Jeremy Hardy Speaks to the Nation. In 2010, he published a book, My Family and Other Strangers, chronicling his desperate search for interesting ancestors. “In an ideal world, Jeremy Hardy would be extremely famous, but an ideal world would leave him without most of his best material.” The Guardian

“One of the funniest and brightest young talents of the UK stand-up circuit” The Guardian “There’s a terrifying beauty to his language - as if David Peace were writing about the smashing of a feral comedian’s bitter dreams” The Times

Sat 19 Feb 8pm Butterworth Hall £23.50 Cradle to Rave is the brand new one-man show from Lenny Henry, fresh from his award-winning stint in Northern Broadside’s Othello. Lenny returns to his roots with a funky, funny and touching show about the thing he loves most: music. Cradle to Rave is a musical journey exploring the role music has played, and will play, at every stage of Lenny’s life from the womb to the tomb. Hit it!

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The Slutcracker Sun 20 Feb 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50) Tim Key (chubby/stylish) will wear a suit and drink lager for an hour or so. This show – a combination of poetry, film and athletic clambering – won him the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) in 2009. Key (smart) is the swarthy bard from Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe (BBC4) and the pretty question master from We Need Answers (BBC4). “He’s a genius, plain and simple” Time Out “An indefinably crackers hour” The Independent

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The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church follows previous ‘storyshows’ from Kitson including C:90 and 66a Church Road which have established themselves as genuine theatrical highlights.

As seen on BBC 1’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Channel 4’s Best Of The Brighton Comedy Festival. Life’s not fair and the world’s a disgusting place to live. Andrew Lawrence tries to find some consolation. Join him on his debut UK tour.

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The award-winning burger van owner and star of BBC’s Shooting Stars, and friends.

Award-winning stand-up comic Andi Osho (Mock the Week, BBC2, Stand Up For The Week, Channel 4) grew up in an East End tower block with Nigerian parents.

Come and see me do my show called Angelos Epithemiou and Friends, I don’t know who my friends are yet coz I’ve never met them but they’ll be good friends by the time we do the show. It’ll be jokes and questions and magic and songs and stuff like that dragged out for an hour and a half I think. Come along. Angelos Epithemiou

Andy Parsons

Now she plots her complicated relationship with race, from her London childhood to the present day, encountering minstrel shows, Lenny Henry, the BNP, political correctness and America’s first black President along the way. Andi takes her critically acclaimed stand-up show on tour this spring with Afroblighty, her touching and hilarious story of an identity crisis in the cultural crossfire of Modern Britain. “Perfect Delivery” The Guardian

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Sat 26 Feb 8pm Butterworth Hall £15

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Andy Parsons once found some underpants in a jar of mayonnaise. He may talk about it, Or he may not. This is his third tour around the country. It may be his last.

Fri 4 Mar 8pm Butterworth Hall £20

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There’s only so much of the UK a man needs to see. The more you travel, the more chance there is that your mayonnaise may contain underpants. So he will be holding nothing back. Yes, this show will shave even closer – and will be nothing but the whole truth, slightly embellished. “Parsons at the peak of his powers.”  The Scotsman

Crowd Pleaser

After the massive success of his last show, Different Class, master of observational comedy and star of Mock The Week and Have I Got News For You, Ed Byrne is back with his new show Crowd Pleaser. Exploring subjects and situations Ed finds frustratingly maddening Crowd Pleaser, is a hilarious insight into Ed’s life. Continuing his quest to turn into a grumpy old man, whether he is talking about his cat, cake, religion or potential fatherhood, Ed is always certain to deliver the laughs in abundance.

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“a masterful display of the comic’s art... This is a seamless and perfectly timed show that could stand proudly next to any Izzard, Bailey, Carr or Skinner stadium-filler”  The Sunday Times

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Sun 6 Mar 7.30pm Theatre £15 (£13) Commentator and stand-up comedian Mark Steel has presented several radio and television programmes including The Mark Steel Solution (Radio 4) and The Mark Steel Lectures (BBC2), and has appeared on Have I Got News for You, QI and Never Mind the Buzzcocks. He writes a weekly column for The Independent and is a regular on Radio 4’s Loose Ends and The News Quiz. “He’s a man with a passionate desire to communicate his ideas, who is also very funny” The Guardian

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Thu 28 & Fri 29 Apr 7.30pm Theatre £15 (£10)

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“Uninterrupted comic ecstasy.”  Metro

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Thu 12 & Fri 13 May 8pm Butterworth Hall £18.50 “Amos is dynamite.” The Guardian

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Kalagora

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Indian-born poet and performer Siddhartha Bose weaves a tale of love, chaos and addiction in the city... from Millennium eve in Manhattan to London’s East End via the urban surrealism of Mumbai. Blending poetry and theatre, and featuring music by Bollywood singer/producer Pankaj Awasthi, Kalagora testifies to the shock of the new in a hybrid, globalised world.

‘Gentleman’ George Monbiot’s Left Hook Wed 16 Feb 7.15pm Conference Room £12 (£10) Direct from a string of verbal victories at the Hay and the Edinburgh Book Festivals, will you please welcome in the red corner, the Guardian newspaper’s unbeaten intellectual heavyweight champion of free speech, one of the UK’s foremost thinkers and environmentalists, and polemicist supreme ‘Gentleman’ George Monbiot. The gloves are off for a barnstorming evening of topical debate in which our man Monbiot selects a hot topic for his first half lecture and then invites members of the audience to contest this with him. In the second half, he throws down the gauntlet to all comers and will take any subject from A to Z as the audience pit their wits against him in bouts of verbal fisticuffs.

The Slutcracker Sun 20 Feb 7.45pm Studio £10.50 (£8.50) 1hr 15mins Tim Key (chubby/stylish) will wear a suit and drink lager for an hour or so. This show – a combination of poetry, film and athletic clambering – won him the Edinburgh Comedy Award (formerly the Perrier) in 2009. Key (smart) is the swarthy bard from Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe (BBC4) and the pretty question master from We Need Answers (BBC4). “He’s a genius, plain and simple” Time Out “An indefinably crackers hour” The Independent

China Miéville Wed 23 Feb 7.15pm Conference Room £6 (£4) Britain’s most exciting slipstream writer, China Miéville, visits Warwick Arts Centre with an exclusive sneak preview of his latest novel-inprogress. His masterful 2009 crime-fantasy novel, The City & The City, earned Miéville the accolade of being the only writer to have won the Arthur C. Clarke Award three times, as well as tying for the Hugo Award for Best Novel 2010, and being voted one of Amazon’s top ten books of 2009. His latest novel, Kraken, was published in May this year and his new book is due for release in 2011

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Wed 26 – Sat 29 Jan Wed 1.30pm, Thu & Fri 10.30am & 1.30pm, Sat 11am & 2pm Studio £8.50 (£6) Ages: 3+ 1hr

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Sat in his kitchen workshop, in a high rise block of flats, Sam Lacey makes terrible shoes and tries to sell them online. The only problem is nobody wants to buy them... not at any price! Then one magical morning Sam wakes up to discover a pair of the most amazing shoes he’s ever seen, lying on the kitchen worktop! “Wow,” thought Sam “I wonder how they got there...”

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The Mole in the Hole

Tue 1 – Sat 5 Feb Tue – Fri 10.30am & 1.30pm, Sat 11am & 2pm Studio £8.50 (£6) Ages: 3-6 50mins Meet the Mole Family in their cosy, underground home, lined with straw and strewn with sweet-smelling herbs. This is a wonderland with delights underfoot, popping out from the walls and even down from the ceiling. The Musical Mole fills the cavern with sounds as we journey to meet the Silly Rabbits, the Brave Snail and encounter some problems that the Moles will need all your help to solve. This is an adventure for all the senses to be enjoyed by all children from 3 to 6, their families and friends. Everyone will be asked to muck in, so please don’t wear your best outfit!

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So that everyone will have a chance to play their part, audiences are limited to just 50 per show as the audience will be required to move around the performance space.

Coventry Performing Arts presents

Romany Wood: A musical for children Mon 14 Feb 7pm Butterworth Hall £5 (every 3rd ticket free) Romany Wood is a magical piece that tells a heart-warming story that will appeal to the young at heart, regardless of age. The composition weaves an imaginary story around the animal characters in Romany Wood through seven songs with linked narration. The performance will include a massed choir of nearly 300 Coventry primary schoolchildren, Coventry Youth Orchestra and Coventry Youth Dance with each group performing solo items in the first half.

Play in a Day Wed 23 Feb Rehearsals 10am, Performance 7pm Butterworth Hall £22 Performance £1.50 Ages: 8-14 It’s that time of year again – where young people get the chance to make their own play in just one day. You will start the day with a completely blank sheet. Then, in a day of improvisation, drama games, music, scriptwriting and theatre skills your play will emerge, rehearsed and finally performed in one of the most impressive concert halls in the country. Who knows which worlds you’ll be transported to, which strange and wonderful people you’ll meet and which stories you’ll be involved with? We know that, led by the Warwick Arts Centre Youth Theatre leaders, everyone will have a really good time!

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt Thu 10 Mar – Sat 12 Mar Thu 1.30pm, Fri 10.30am & 1.30pm, Sat 11am & 2pm Theatre £10 Ages: 3+ 55mins Michael Rosen’s award-winning book We’re Going On A Bear Hunt is brought vividly and noisily to the stage in director Sally Cookson’s fun-filled adaptation set to Benji Bower’s versatile lively score.

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National Theatre Connections Festival Tue 9 – Sat 13 May 7.30pm Theatre Warwick Arts Centre is delighted to be part of the National Theatre Connections programme for the first time. National Theatre Connections is a nationwide celebration of young theatre talent. Ten thrilling new plays have been commissioned by the National Theatre from some of today’s most exciting writers including Katori Hall, Douglas Maxwell and Nell Leyshon.

Through work with young people around the world, the Connections writers have created a series of plays that are relevant to the ideas, concerns and views of young people of today. Now, local youth theatre groups, schools and colleges perform them for the first time in what promises to be an exciting, lively and inspiring event. Join us for the Connections Festival and the opportunity to see a doublebill of fresh young talent each night.

Further information on the groups involved and the plays will be on www.warwickartscentre.co.uk soon.

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Africa United 12A Sat 15 Jan 1.30pm Cinema £4.50 (£2.50) Dir: Debs Gardner-Paterson UK 2010 88mins Cast: Eriya Ndayambaje, Roger Nsengiyumva

Experience the joy, laughter and hope, “the ubuntu” that comes from making an incredible journey. This film tells the extraordinary story of three Rwandan kids who walk 3000 miles to the Football World Cup in South Africa. Using a sack load of ingenuity (and a World Cup wall chart for a map), our pint-sized protagonists set off through the endless horizons of Africa in pursuit of an unlikely dream. And as they walk they gather a tribe – a ragamuffin team – of broken and brilliant characters who help them negotiate a way through a series of glorious, dangerous, hilarious and often bizarre situations.

The Secret of Kells

PG Sat 26 Feb 1.30pm Cinema £4.50 (£2.50) Dir: Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey France / Belgium / Ireland 2009 75mins Cast: Evan McGuire, Brendan Gleeson, Mick Lally This Oscar nominated film follows 12 year-old Brendan who lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. But with the barbarians closing in, will Brendan’s determination and artistic vision illuminate the darkness and show that enlightenment is the best fortification against evil?

Cat-alogue U Sat 19 Mar 1.30pm Cinema £4.50 (£2.50) Cat-alogue is a festival of animated feline frivolity from Famous Fred, the soulful singer with a secret life to Simon’s Cat, who knows who’s boss in his house. On the way, we meet Pushkin, who has gone missing, The Dog who was a Cat Inside and who knows which other celebrated cartoon and animated cats.

Mead Gallery Family Art Workshops £3.50 per child (accompanying adult free)

Lights, Camera, Action

Mirror Image?

Surreal Sculptures

Sat 15 Jan 1pm – 2.30pm Mead Gallery Ages: 6+

Sat 12 Feb 1pm – 2.30pm Mead Gallery Ages: 6+

Sat 5 Mar 1pm – 2.30pm Mead Gallery Ages: 6+

Join in and get snapping across Warwick Arts Centre. Select spaces to act out in, dress up and take your own photographs.

Experiment with a wide range of drawing and painting techniques to explore different ways to create a portrait.

Get creative with wire! Using a variety of wires and collage materials you can let your imagination run wild and make something spectacular.

Your Ideal Room

Drawing your Dreams

Everyday Objects into Art

Sat 22 Jan 1pm – 2.30pm Mead Gallery Ages: 6+

Sat 19 Feb 1pm – 2.30pm Mead Gallery Ages: 6+

Sat 12 Mar 1pm – 2.30pm Mead Gallery Ages: 6+

Create your own ideal room from a wonderful variety of materials. Have fun and play with everyday junk and bizarre objects to create something surprising.

Capture your dreams and the land of make believe through drawing and printmaking to make your very own Dream Diary.

Bring along your own everyday objects and transform them into bizarre and whacky creations. Using a wide range of materials from wool to wire, have fun and make something entertaining.

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Tickets available in advance or on the day from Box Office on 024 7652 4524. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For further details phone the Mead Gallery assistants on 024 7652 2589 (12pm – 9pm, Mon – Sat)

For full details pick up a Cinema Diary from Box Office or visit our website which also has links to film trailers and where you can also sign up to receive weekly film email updates.

www.warwickartscentre.co.uk (40p per ticket booking fee applies )

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PILOT Third Person: Bonnie & Clyde Redux Missing A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson Best Before Stationary Excess / Pedestrian The Tempest Goucher’s War You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy And The Horse You Rode In On Hamlet the Clown Prince

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opening hours mon - sat: 9.30am - 9pm sun: 2pm - 8pm

Boys Dancing is a People Dancing programme – part of the West Midlands Culture Programme for London 2012. Funded by:

brochure available in braille, large print or audio cd: call 024 7652 4524

Butterworth Hall Plan

A Night Less Ordinary tickets will be available on the shows listed below from Mon 10 Jan.

Theatre Plan

booking information Visa, Mastercard, Delta, Maestro, Amex:

groups of 9 or more:

There is a 40p per ticket booking fee added to all tickets sold at Warwick Arts Centre.

Discount rate (price shown in brackets) plus every 10th ticket FREE. No booking fee. NB: Valid for selected events only check with the Box Office.

reservations: Pay within 4 days or 30 minutes before performance, whichever is sooner.

exchanging tickets: Tickets can be exchanged for another performance or for a credit voucher valid for 90 days. If you would like to take advantage of this service you must return your original tickets to the Box Office at least 24 hours before the performance (14 days for group bookings). Schools tickets may not be exchanged. There is an administration fee of ÂŁ2 per ticket. Tickets purchased as part of a subscription or multi-buy package cannot be exchanged for credit vouchers. Any credit not used after three months have elapsed will go to the Butterworth Hall Development Fund.

booking by post: Include name, address, phone number, performance details and tickets required, plus cheque/postal order payable to The University of Warwick (add 75p for postage or can be collected free). There is a 40p per ticket booking fee added to all tickets sold at Warwick Arts Centre.

booking online: www.warwickartscentre.co.uk There is a 40p per ticket booking fee added to all tickets sold at Warwick Arts Centre.

student deals: Visit the student pages of our website at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk/students for further information.

discounts: Shown in brackets for: 60+ in full time retirement, registered unemployed people, full time students (NUS or Uni ID cards), Coventry Passport to Leisure Holders, Rugby Leisure Pass holders.

schools allocation: For selected events, tickets can be purchased at reduced rates for teacherled school/college parties. No booking fee. Call the Box Office for details.

University of Warwick employees: Ask at the Box Office for staff ticket offers. ID required.

Terms and Conditions: All tickets, discounts and offers subject to availability. Unless otherwise stated, discounts and concessions cannot be combined or used in conjunction with other offers. All information correct at time of going to press. Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to make occasional special ticket offers in addition to those listed. Warwick Arts Centre reserves the right to change programmes and artists without notice. Please contact the Box Office or check website for updated information, especially if travelling some distance. Warwick Arts Centre is committed to upholding the Data Protection principles of good practice. When processing your booking, the Box Office staff will ask you for your name, address, email and telephone number. This is essential for all non-cash bookings. We will also ask you if you would like to be kept informed about forthcoming events and campaigns at Warwick Arts Centre or at other arts organisations. You can also manage your own account online at www.warwickartscentre.co.uk Full terms and conditions available at Box Office or on www.warwickartscentre.co.uk

corporate partners funders Thank you to our corporate members Gold:

Warwick Arts Centre is part of The University of Warwick. We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following organisations:

CP = Car Park For Sat Nav our postcode is CV4 7AL

how to find us by car:

by bus:

On approaches to Coventry, simply follow the brown signs for Warwick Arts Centre. We are situated in the centre of the main campus of the University of Warwick.

Regular bus services from Coventry, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth stop outside the Arts Centre. Centro Hotline: 024 7655 9559

Once on the University of Warwick campus, head for car parks 6, 7 or 8.

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access for full access information visit www.warwickartscentre.co.uk or ask for a leaflet at Box Office. Though it is not essential, you are advised to book in advance so we can readily provide any assistance. Disabled patrons may also bring a companion free of charge. Contact Box Office for details. Spaces reserved in Car Park 7.

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Services run regularly from Birmingham, Leicester and London to Coventry from where we are a short taxi or bus ride away.

Guide dogs are welcomed and can be cared for during performances, by arrangement.

Wheelchair access at ground level to Hall, Studio Theatre, CafĂŠ Bar, Box Office, Cinema, Conference Room, Music Centre, Bookshop and Rise.

Receivers for our Sennheiser infra-red facility are freely available from Box Office.

Lift access to Theatre, Theatre Bar, National Grid Room and Mead Gallery.

Toilet facilities accessible on all levels.

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January Sat 8 6pm Met Opera Live: La Fanciulla Del West p28 Wed 12 8pm City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra p26 Thu 13 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 6.45pm National Theatre Live: FELA! p14 Fri 14 6.30pm Mead Gallery: Opening Party p25 Sat 15 1pm Family Art Club: Lights, Camera, Action p43 1.30pm Family Film: Africa United p42 Sun 16 7.45pm Tom Stade: Remember Jimmy p33 Mon 17 7.45pm Zoe Rahman Quartet p18 Thu 20 7.30pm The Marriage of Figaro p31 Fri 21 7.30pm The Marriage of Figaro p31 7.45pm Diary of a Madman/Discords p05 8pm Jimmy Carr: Laughter Therapy p33 Sat 22 1pm Family Art Club: Your Ideal Room p43 7.30pm The Marriage of Figaro p31 7.45pm Diary of a Madman/Discords p05 8pm The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain p18 Sun 23 7.30pm Punt & Dennis: They Should Get Out More p33 7.45pm Tom Stade: Remember Jimmy p33 8pm Rhod Gilbert & the Cat that Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst p33 Tue 25 6pm Mead Gallery: Curator’s Tour p25 7.30pm Danish Dance Theatre T. p16 7.45pm PILOT p04 Wed 26 1.30pm The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 7.15pm Kalagora p37 7.30pm Danish Dance Theatre p16 Thu 27 10.30am The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 1.30pm The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 8pm European Union Chamber Orchestra p26 Fri 28 10.30am The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 1.30pm The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 7.30pm Micky Flanagan p33 8pm The Richard Thompson Band p19 Sat 29 11am The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 2pm The Elves and the Shoemaker p38 7.30pm Sarah Millican: Chatterbox p33 8pm The Richard Thompson Band p19 Sun 30 7.45pm Tom Wrigglesworth’s Nightmare Dream Wedding p33

February Tue 1 10.30am Mole in the Hole 1.30pm Mole in the Hole 8pm Coull Quartet Wed 2 10.30am Mole in the Hole 1.30pm Mole in the Hole 7.30pm MTW: Spring Awakening 8pm The Waterboys An Appointment with Mr Yeats

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Thu 3 10.30am Mole in the Hole p39 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 1.30pm Mole in the Hole p39 6.45pm National Theatre Live: King Lear p14 7.30pm MTW: Spring Awakening p15 Fri 4 10.30am Mole in the Hole p39 1.30pm Mole in the Hole p39 7.30pm MTW: Spring Awakening p15 Sat 5 11am Mole in the Hole p39 2pm Mole in the Hole p39 2.30pm MTW: Spring Awakening p15 7.30pm MTW: Spring Awakening p15 8pm UoW Brass Band + Guests p30 Sun 6 7.30pm Milton Jones: The Lion Whisperer p33 7.45pm Under the Radar: Rob Halligan and Jack Blackman p21 Tue 8 8pm Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra p27 Thu 10 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 7.30pm Daniel Kitson: The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church p06 Fri 11 7.30pm Penguin Cafe with Portico Quartet p19 Sat 12 1pm Family Art Club: Mirror Image? p43 6pm Met Opera Live: Nixon in China p28 8pm Capercaillie p20 Sun 13 7.30pm Three Bonzos and a Piano p20 7.45pm Andrew Lawrence: The Too Ugly for Television Tour p34 Mon 14 7pm Romany Wood p40 Tue 15 7.45pm Third Person: Bonnie & Clyde Redux p06 Wed 16 7.15pm George Monbiot’s Left Hook p37 Thu 17 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 7.30pm Missing (Work in progress) p05 Fri 18 7.30pm Missing (Work in progress) p05 Sat 19 1pm Family Art club: Drawing Your Dreams p43 7.30pm Missing (Work in progress) p05 8pm Lenny Henry in Cradle to Rave: A Musical Journey p34 Sun 20 7.30pm Jeremy Hardy p34 7.45pm Tim Key ‘The Slutcracker’ p34 Tue 22 6pm Mead Gallery: Artist’s Talk p25 7.30pm Best Before p07 7.45pm A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson p06 Wed 23 10am Play In A Day p40 7pm Play In A Day Performance p40 7.15pm China Miéville p37 7.30pm Best Before p07 7.45pm A Dish of Tea with Dr Johnson p06 Thu 24 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 7.30pm Best Before p07 7.45pm Stationary Excess/Pedestrian p07 Fri 25 6.30pm Aelita: Queen of Mars p20 7.30pm Best Before p07 7.45pm Stationary Excess/Pedestrian p07 8pm Angelos Epithemiou and Friends p35 Sat 26 1.30pm Family Film: The Secret of Kells p42 6pm Met Opera Live: Iphigénie en Tauride p28 7.30pm Best Before p07 8pm Andy Parsons: Gruntled p35 Sun 27 7.45pm Andi Osho p35 Mon 28 7pm UoW Wind Orchestra and MTW: Music of the Night p30

Sat 19 1.30pm Family Film: Cat-alogue 5pm Met Opera Live: Lucia di Lammermoor 7.30pm Hamlet the Clown Prince 7.45pm And The Horse You Rode In On

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April Sat 9 6pm Met Opera Live: Le Comte Ory p29 Sat 23 6pm Met Opera Live: Capriccio p29 Thu 28 7.30pm Mark Thomas: Extreme Rambling Walking the Wall p36 Fri 29 7.30pm Mark Thomas: Extreme Rambling Walking the Wall p36 8pm Bellowhead p22 Sat 30 6pm Met Opera Live: Il Trovatore p29

May

Sun 1 7.30pm Dan Clark Tue 3 7.45pm The Summer House Wed 4 7.45pm The Summer House 8pm Philharmonia Orchestra Thu 5 8pm Tango Fire Sun 8 7.45pm Under The Radar: Luke Concannon Wed 11 8pm Jools Holland and his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra Thu 12 8pm Stephen K Amos The Best Medicine Fri 13 8pm Stephen K Amos The Best Medicine Sat 14 5pm Met Opera Live: Die Walküre Sun 15 3pm Coull Quartet 7.30pm Richard Herring: Christ on a Bike The Second Coming 7.45pm Simon Evans Wed 18 8pm Loudon Wainwright III Thu 19 8pm Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Sun 22 7.45pm Simon Evans Mon 23 7.30pm The Government Inspector Tue 24 7.30pm The Government Inspector Wed 25 7.30pm The Government Inspector Thu 26 7.30pm The Government Inspector Fri 27 7.30pm The Government Inspector Sat 28 2.30pm The Government Inspector 7.30pm The Government Inspector

June Sun 5 7.30pm Piaf: The Songs Fri 24 8pm Jason Manford Live Sat 25 8pm Jason Manford Live Tue 28 8pm Coull Quartet Thu 30 6.45pm National Theatre Live: The Cherry Orchard T. indicates Post-Show Talk

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Tue 1 8pm Piano Recital with Nikolai Demidenko p27 Thu 3 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 7.30pm The Tempest p09 Fri 4 6.30pm Pre-show Talk: The Tempest p09 7.30pm The Tempest p09 8pm Ed Byrne: Crowd Pleaser p35 Sat 5 1pm Family Art Club: Surreal Sculptures p43 7.30pm The Tempest p09 Sun 6 7.30pm Mark Steel p35 7.45pm The Kit Downes Trio p21 Tue 8 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 7.30pm Black Watch p11 7.30pm LOL (lots of love) p17 7.45pm Goucher’s War T. p08 Wed 9 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 7.30pm Punt & Dennis: They Should Get Out More p33 7.30pm Black Watch p11 7.45pm Goucher’s War p08 Thu 10 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p31 1.30pm We’re Going on a Bear Hunt p40 1.30pm Black Watch p11 7.30pm Black Watch p11 7.45pm You’re Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy p08 Fri 11 10.30am We’re Going on a Bear Hunt p40 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 1.30pm We’re Going on a Bear Hunt p40 7.30pm Black Watch p11 7.45pm You’re Not Like the Other Girls Chrissy p08 Sat 12 11am We’re Going on a Bear Hunt p40 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 1pm Family Art Club: Everyday Objects Into Art p43 2pm We’re Going on a Bear Hunt p40 2.30pm Black Watch p11 7.30pm Black Watch p11 7.45pm Trevor Warren’s Dissasembler p22 Sun 13 3pm Coull Quartet p27 4pm The Soldier’s Song p10 Mon 14 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 Tue 15 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 7pm UoW Symphony Orchestra and Chorus p30 7.45pm And The Horse You Rode In On p10 Wed 16 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 7.30pm Hamlet the Clown Prince p12 7.45pm And The Horse You Rode In On T. p10 Thu 17 12noon The Soldier’s Song p10 1.10pm FREE Lunchtime Concert p30 6.45pm National Theatre Live: Frankenstein p14 7.30pm Hamlet the Clown Prince p12 7.45pm And The Horse You Rode In On p10 Fri 18 7.30pm Hamlet the Clown Prince p12 7.45pm And The Horse You Rode In On p10

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