Arts and CultureBedford and Luton

May

- Ju

ne

2014

Stu

den

t P

erfo

rman

ce S

easo

nM

usi

c –

Th

eatr

e –

Dan

ce –

Fam

ily

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre

Photo by Simon Richardson

Ticket and Venue information

Contact the University box office:

Tel: 01234 793197

Email: boxoffice@beds.ac.uk

Visit: www.beds.ac.uk/theatre

Twitter: @UoBarts

Facebook: /Uobtheatre

University of Bedfordshire Theatre

Polhill Avenue, Bedford MK41 9EAParking: free onsite parking available during evenings and weekends.

Ticket prices vary and concessions are available. Concession prices are for those over 60 or under 18 years of age, unemployed, people with a registered disability, and students (evidence is required on arrival).

Music Theatre Dance FamilyPage 6 Pages 4, 5, and 6 Pages 7 and 8 Page 9

Come and see…

…and more professional dance, theatre, comedy, music, spoken word and family shows coming up in the autumn.

WelcomeThis term the University Theatre is a hive of activity with the back to back rehearsals, assessments and public performances that make up our annual Student Performance Season. We are pleased to be able to share some of this work with a wider audience and I would encourage you to come and see some new writing, leading edge theatre or family friendly dance.

We are also busy preparing our autumn programme of visiting professional theatre, dance, comedy, music and family shows and look forward to sharing details of these events with you soon.

Collaboration is vital in the performing arts – bringing together a range of skills both on and off stage in order to achieve the best possible outcome. Collaboration and partnership also sit at the heart of our work as an educational institution and our mission to widen participation. This season I am delighted to celebrate some of our partnerships with leading arts organisations.

In May, we present Classical Fusion, a unique collaboration with Symphonia Academica, one of the country’s most exciting classical ensembles, and dance students from Luton Sixth Form College and University of Bedfordshire. This partnership gives students the opportunity to choreograph and perform with live music and to work with gifted classical composer Richard Sisson.

We are delighted to support Milton Keynes Theatre’s Stage Experience again this summer. Their production of The Wiz will enable more young people to have the opportunity to work with industry professionals, perform with a live orchestra and consider further study in the performing arts.

With 3,500 international students spanning 83 nationalities currently studying with us, international partnerships and a global perspective are also vital to the University. Milton Keynes International Festival is therefore an obvious cultural partner and through our support for the Festival this year, students have had the opportunity to participate in the development of an open air dance commission by award-winning choreographer Rosemary Lee. We are looking forward to experiencing Under the Vaulted Sky when it is performed in Milton Keynes’ Cathedral of Trees this July and hope to see you there.

Professor Helen BaileyExecutive Dean of Academic Partnerships

Theatre

Ihren KampfCORPOREAL THEATRE

Wednesday 30 April, 7.30pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3 (pass for all four nights £10/£5)

Set in Nazi Germany, Corporeal Theatre Presents: Ihren Kampf follows the rise and tyranny of Hitler and his Nazi regime from a number of different perspectives. We challenge what is ‘acceptable’ to put in front of an audience. We are totally respectful of this topic but what gives us the right to put this show on? Should we even respect the Nazis? Or Hitler? Daring the audience to laugh with us at Hitler’s regime, we take his power away – something he seems to have to this day.

InoudiditLA FIN THEATRE

Thursday 1 May, 7.30pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3 (pass for all four nights £10/£5)

Who dunnit? A murder has occurred. But it is unclear of how or why. All suspects have a motive but not everything is as clear as it seems. Through the exploits of the ‘uncorrupt’ police detective, Detective Inoudidit, La Fin invites you to take a look at the inner workings of investigation.

4

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

SMALL SCALE PRODUCTIONS

In their fi nal year, English and Theatre Studies and Theatre and Professional Practice students come together as small production companies to create and present new theatre in one-act plays of no more than 50 minutes. These plays may contain strong language and adult themes. A pass for all four plays in this series is £10/ £5.

Theatre 5

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

Bad HandINEXACT THEATRE

Friday 2 May, 7.45pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3 (pass for all four nights £10/£5)

Inexact Theatre would like to introduce you to Oak Hill School’s performance. Inexact theatre spent a term working with these imaginative pupils in order to showcase their talents to parents and the community. Bad Hand is a satirical comedy inspired by courtroom drama and the forgotten imagination of youth.

Where is Margie?LOST & FOUND

Saturday 3 May, 7.15pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3 (pass for all four nights £10/£5)

Dreams: a series of thoughts, images and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep.

Every day you think. You think about dreaming. You dream about the everyday. You buy what you want and you dream about wanting what you buy.

Please insert your card into the chip and pin device. Margie, do you have a clubcard?

DanceMusic

Making PerformanceThursday 8 May, Friday 9 May, 7pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3

Love and hate: how close are they?

Can you tell them apart?

Directors in their second year of Theatre and Professional Practice or English and Theatre Studies, present an evening of short performances inspired by these themes. Ten performances a night – a different bill every night. Will you love them all?

Theatre

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

6

Classical FusionSymphonia Academica with dancers from the University of Bedfordshire and Luton Sixth Form CollegeSunday 4 May, 7.30pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £10, Concessions £7

In a unique collaboration between the University, Luton Sixth Form College and this leading classical ensemble, dancers perform new works choreographed to live music. Symphonia Academica will perform music by baroque masters Henry Purcell, Arcangelo Corelli and Johann Sebastian Bach together with the music of living composer Kevin Volans and the world premiere of a ballet by Richard Sisson.

Dance

ProximityMonday 19 May, 7.30pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3

A dance theatre performance fusing contemporary dance with fluid digital projections, all created by first year Dance and Professional Practice students.

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

7

Dancing for Younger AudiencesThursday 22 May, Friday 23 May, 6pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3

The unit Dance and Leadership focuses on community dance practices, dance pedagogy and making dance for a range of audiences. Over two evenings, second year students will perform work created for a range of younger audiences from five year olds to teenagers.

Age guidance: 5+/12+

Dance

Choreographic ResolutionsWednesday 28 May, Thursday, 29 May, Friday 30 May, 7.30pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £5, Concessions £3 (Pass for all three nights £10/£5)

Third year undergraduates showcase their final choreographic projects. Ranging from screen dance, narrative work, interdisciplinary practices and pure dance these three evenings explore the breadth of choreographic practice of these emerging practitioners.

8

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

Student International Festival of Dance IVSaturday 31 May to Monday 2 June

SifDans IV PerformanceMonday 3 June, 7pm, University of Bedfordshire Theatre, Bedford

Tickets: £8, Concessions £5

The University of Bedfordshire’s SifDans IV festival is designed to celebrate and inspire audiences, dance students and academics from UK and international institutions. This annual, three-day event is packed with professional and student performances, workshops and social events and culminates in a public performance of work developed over the weekend.

Confirmed artists include hip hop dancer, teacher and business woman Vicki Stavrinos; commercial dancer and choreographer Glenn Ball and contemporary dancer Luke Jessop who works with internationally renowned choreographer Wim Vandekeybus.

To find out how you can get involved visit www.beds.ac.uk/sifdans find us on Facebook or call the box office.

Dance 9

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

Family

Full House Theatre presents

The Snow DogFriday 25 July, 6.30pmUniversity of Bedfordshire Theatre Bedford

Tickets: £8, Concessions £5

Exclusive Edinburgh Preview

Written by Sarah Atherton

Original Score by Rebecca Applin

A poignant and playful exploration of love and loss for children and their families. Bedford’s own Full House Theatre fuses music, song, dance and puppetry to create children’s theatre at its spellbinding best. The story follows a young girl’s journey around the world as she discovers her grandfather’s magical past as an arctic explorer. The show also features a real life Siberian Husky!

Age guidance: 6+.

‘Imaginative and ingenious’

(The Stage)

Photo © Shaun Armstrong / mubsta.com

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

10

www.beds.ac.uk/theatre 01234 793197

11

Stage Experience Presents

Milton Keynes Theatre Creative Learning department is thrilled to announce it will once again be producing Stage Experience

with the Broadway hit The Wiz.

The new musical version of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Winner of 7 Tony awards, this beloved Broadway musical sets Dorothy's adventures in the Land of Oz to music in

a dazzling, lively mixture of rock,gospel, and soul!

The Wiz will feature a talented cast of 100 local performers all aged between 10-21 years who, led by our team of industry

professionals and live orchestra, will take to the Milton Keynes Theatre stage this summer, not to be missed.

Fri 8 – Sat 9 Aug 2014Fri – Sat eves 7pm, Sat mat 2pm

Tickets £14-£16* 0844 871 7652 (bkg fee)

www.atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes (bkg fee)*When booked in person. For full details of pricing please visit the Box O�ce in person,

online at www.atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes or call 0844 871 7652

sponsored by

Diary May to June 2014

Wednesday 30 April Ihren Kampf Bedford

Thursday 1 May Inoudidit Bedford

Friday 2 May Bad Hand Bedford

Saturday 3 May Where is Margie? Bedford

Sunday 4 May Classical Fusion Bedford

Thursday 8 May Making Performance Bedford

Friday 9 May Making Performance Bedford

Monday 19 May Proximity Bedford

Thursday 22 May Dancing for Younger Audiences Bedford

Friday 23 May Dancing for Younger Audiences Bedford

Wednesday 28 May Choreographic Resolutions Bedford

Thursday 29 May Choreographic Resolutions Bedford

Friday 30 May Choreographic Resolutions Bedford

Saturday 31 May - Monday 2 June SifDans IV Festival Bedford

Friday 25 July The Snow Dog Bedford

Friday 18 - Sunday 22 July IF:MK 2014 Milton Keynes

Friday 8 - Saturday 9 August The Wiz Milton Keynes

www.beds.ac.uk /theatre 01234 793197

Music – Theatre – Dance – Family

Arts and CultureBedford and Lutonwww.beds.ac.uk/theatre