Watermans River Weekender 2014 Brochure

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The Thames has wended its way through our city since it was a tiny village. This year the Totally Thames festival will celebrate our wonderful river with a month of events by the river. Right here in West London, Watermans brings you the River Weekender, the first of our Autumn season. There will be outdoor cinema and cocktails on our riverside terrace, magical music and mayhem for children, delicious cake and ice cream, not to mention a whale with a mini-theatre in its belly. You can drop in to all the free activities, or book with our Box Office. And book two or more events* in advance at the same time and you’ll get 15% off the total ticket price! So step out with your friends and family and enjoy a day of fun by the Thames. FAMILY WORKSHOPS Tea Dance for Little People presents A Treasure Hunt with Old Father Thames £5 per child, with adult accompanying 45 minutes. Ages 4–8 Sat 20 Sept • 10am, 11.15am, 2pm & 3.15pm Sun 21 Sept • 10am & 11.15am Ages 2–3 Sun 21 Sept • 2pm & 3.15pm Our River Thames has enjoyed visits from fishermen, traders and pirates for centuries! can imagine what treasures have fallen overboard and lie beneath its gentle flow. Join Old Father Thames as he tells the stories of the River and help him and his band of merry River Scavengers to hunt for treasure for the Goddess Isis. She has protected the river for 100s of years and is said to visit the waterside once a year. Children will hear exciting stories from a master storyteller, learn a dance and a song as they hunt for Isis, and make sparkly treasure to offer to her. They will start in Studio 1 and go on an adventure through the centre down to our special riverside treasure trove. Familiar faces at the Polka Theatre and Horniman Museum, this is the first time Tea Dance for Little People will present an interactive adventure at Watermans. Arts ‘n’ Crafts Family Workshop Sun 21 Sept • 2pm & 4pm 4–8yrs (45 mins) • £3 Come and have fun making a Pirate Telescope and survey the seven seas with your child! GALLERIES Jonathan McCree and Paul Statham present Crossings Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept All day • FREE There is a space, halfway across a river, when the sights and sounds of one side are balanced perfectly by those of the other. We are suspended between the leaving and arriving, the to and the fro. Bridges, ferries and tunnels are all means by which we can cross a river. Crossings is an installation by Jonathan McCree and Paul Statham, which uses painting, sound and video, to explore these crossings on the River Thames. This multi- sensory, interactive installation has been designed especially for Studio 2 at Watermans and promises to delight adults and children alike. Young people present Urban Ambush Fri 19 Sept • 6.30pm • Private View Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept All day • FREE Showcasing the work of Watermans’ four-week youth arts festival Urban Ambush, this exhibition will include sculptures, music videos, street art and film animation. FAMILY CINEMA Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept • 11am £7.50 per child – adult goes FREE A trip down memory lane for grown-ups and a chance for kids to see these classic films on the big screen with full surround sound. Sat 20 Sept • 11am The Jungle Book (U) Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman/78m/1967/UK Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima One of the most popular Disney films ever, The Jungle Book is a song-filled celebration of friendship, fun and adventure. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories, it was the last animated feature to bear Walt Disney’s personal touch. Sun 21 Sept • 11am The Goonies (PG) Dir. Richard Donner/114m/1985/USA Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen A rambunctious pirate-themed adventure. A group of kids set off in search of pirate treasure when their homes are put under threat unless their neighbourhood can find the money to stop it – only to fall into peril and all kinds of trouble. All the ingredients that kids love, and being written by Steven Spielberg, made this a classic of the 1980s. RIVERSIDE OUTDOOR CINEMA Fri 19, Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept • 8.15pm £8.50 (£7.50). Price includes a cocktail or mocktail. If you never quite got to an outdoor cinema showing this summer, then now’s your chance before the nights draw in. Sip a cocktail as the sun sets on our riverside terrace opposite Kew Gardens, and settle down to one of these unmissable films. A delicious Indian buffet is available for just £10, and drinks will be served throughout so you can watch – and sing – in style. Fri 19 Sept Grease (PG) – Sing-a-long Dir. Randal Kleiser/110m/1978/USA John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing Come and join in with some summer lovin’ as good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fall in love. Grease up those quiffs or don those pink jackets if you want to, but whatever you do come in fine voice ready to belt out some of the best loved film songs of all time. Just remember, Grease is the word… Sat 20 Sept The Grand Budapest Hotel (15) Dir. Wes Anderson/100m/2014/USA, Ger Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton Starring a stellar cast of who’s who, Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. Sun 21 Sept Some like It Hot (12) Dir. Billy Wilder/120m/1959/USA Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon It was never cooler to wear a frock, than in this all time comedy classic . Two musicians, down on their luck, flee prohibition era Chicago. Disguised as women and part of an all-girl band featuring the gorgeous Sugar, played winningly by Marilyn Monroe, mayhem ensues. The Grand Budapest Hotel Some Like It Hot The River Weekender is part of Totally Thames – an exciting new, month-long arts and cultural celebration of London’s river. www.totallythames.org Tea Dance for Little People The Jungle Book *This includes all ticketed events, but sadly excludes Arts 'n' Crafts Family Workshop Who

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A fun packed weekend Fri 19 - Sun 21 Sept of interactive entertainment for all the family themed around the River Thames. That includes outdoor cinema, a theatre show inside a metal whale, and in the theatre Fishy Tales, Arts 'n' Crafts Workshops , Family Cinema, a Treasure Hunt and exhibition.

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The Thames has wended its way through our city since it was a tiny village. This year the Totally Thames festival will celebrate our wonderful river with a month of events by the river. Right here in West London, Watermans brings you the River Weekender, the first of our Autumn season. There will be outdoor cinema and cocktails on our riverside terrace, magical music and mayhem for children, delicious cake and ice cream, not to mention a whale with a mini-theatre in its belly. You can drop in to all the free activities, or book with our Box Office. And book two or more events* in advance at the same time and you’ll get 15% off the total ticket price! So step out with your friends and family and enjoy a day of fun by the Thames.

FAMILY WORKSHOPS Tea Dance for Little People presents

A Treasure Hunt with Old Father Thames £5 per child, with adult accompanying 45 minutes. Ages 4–8 Sat 20 Sept • 10am, 11.15am, 2pm & 3.15pm Sun 21 Sept • 10am & 11.15am Ages 2–3 Sun 21 Sept • 2pm & 3.15pm Our River Thames has enjoyed visits from fishermen, traders and pirates for centuries!

can imagine what treasures have fallen overboard and lie beneath its gentle flow. Join Old Father Thames as he tells the stories of the River and help him and his band of merry River Scavengers to hunt for treasure for the Goddess Isis. She has protected the river for 100s of years and is said to visit the waterside once a year. Children will hear exciting stories from a master storyteller, learn a dance and a song as they hunt for Isis, and make sparkly treasure to offer to her. They will start in Studio 1 and go on an adventure through the centre down to our special riverside treasure trove. Familiar faces at the Polka Theatre and Horniman Museum, this is the first time Tea Dance for Little People will present an interactive adventure at Watermans.

Arts ‘n’ Crafts Family Workshop Sun 21 Sept • 2pm & 4pm 4–8yrs (45 mins) • £3 Come and have fun making a Pirate Telescope and survey the seven seas with your child!

GALLERIESJonathan McCree and Paul Statham present

Crossings Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept All day • FREE There is a space, halfway across a river, when the sights and sounds of one side are balanced perfectly by those of the other. We are suspended between the leaving and arriving, the to and the fro. Bridges, ferries and tunnels are all means by which we can cross a river. Crossings is an installation by Jonathan McCree and Paul Statham, which uses painting, sound and video, to explore these crossings on the River Thames. This multi-sensory, interactive installation has been designed especially for Studio 2 at Watermans and promises to delight adults and children alike.

Young people present

Urban Ambush Fri 19 Sept • 6.30pm • Private View Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept All day • FREE Showcasing the work of Watermans’ four-week youth arts festival Urban Ambush, this exhibition will include sculptures, music videos, street art and film animation.

FAMILY CINEMA Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept • 11am £7.50 per child – adult goes FREE A trip down memory lane for grown-ups and a chance for kids to see these classic films on the big screen with full surround sound.

Sat 20 Sept • 11am The Jungle Book (U) Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman/78m/1967/UK

Phil Harris, Sebastian Cabot, Louis Prima One of the most popular Disney films ever, The Jungle Book is a song-filled celebration of friendship, fun and adventure. Inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories, it was the last animated feature to bear Walt Disney’s personal touch.

Sun 21 Sept • 11am The Goonies (PG) Dir. Richard Donner/114m/1985/USA

Sean Astin, Josh Brolin, Jeff Cohen A rambunctious pirate-themed adventure. A group of kids set off in search of pirate treasure when their homes are put under threat unless their neighbourhood can find the money to stop it – only to fall into peril and all kinds of trouble. All the ingredients that kids love, and being written by Steven Spielberg, made this a classic of the 1980s.

RIVERSIDE OUTDOOR CINEMA Fri 19, Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept • 8.15pm £8.50 (£7.50). Price includes a cocktail or mocktail. If you never quite got to an outdoor cinema showing this summer, then now’s your chance before the nights draw in. Sip a cocktail as the sun sets on our riverside terrace opposite Kew Gardens, and settle down to one of these unmissable films. A delicious Indian buffet is available for just £10, and drinks will be served throughout so you can watch – and sing – in style.

Fri 19 Sept Grease (PG) – Sing-a-long Dir. Randal Kleiser/110m/1978/USA

John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing Come and join in with some summer lovin’ as good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fall in love. Grease up those quiffs or don those pink jackets if you want to, but whatever you do come in fine voice ready to belt out some of the best loved film songs of all time. Just remember, Grease is the word…

Sat 20 Sept The Grand Budapest Hotel (15) Dir. Wes Anderson/100m/2014/USA, Ger

Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Edward Norton Starring a stellar cast of who’s who, Grand Budapest Hotel recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars, and Zero Moustafa, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend.

Sun 21 Sept Some like It Hot (12) Dir. Billy Wilder/120m/1959/USA

Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, Jack Lemmon It was never cooler to wear a frock, than in this all time comedy classic . Two musicians, down on their luck, flee prohibition era Chicago. Disguised as women and part of an all-girl band featuring the gorgeous Sugar, played winningly by Marilyn Monroe, mayhem ensues.

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Some Like It Hot

The River Weekender is part of Totally Thames – an exciting new, month-long arts and cultural celebration of London’s river. www.totallythames.org

Tea Dance for Little People

The Jungle Book

* This includes all ticketed events, but sadly excludes

Arts 'n' Crafts Family Workshop

Who

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FRI 19 SEPTEMBER SAT 20 SEPTEMBER SUN 21 SEPTEMBER

All day The Whale Mini-theatre in a whale’s belly (11am–2pm & 3–6pm)

Crossings Interactive installation

Urban Ambush Exhibition

The Whale Mini-theatre in a whale’s belly (11am–2pm & 3–6pm)

Crossings Interactive installation

Urban Ambush Exhibition

Morning 10am & 11.15am A Treasure Hunt with Old Father Thames Interactive kids workshops

11am • Family Cinema The Jungle Book

10am & 11.15am A Treasure Hunt with Old Father Thames Interactive kids workshops

11am • Family Cinema The Goonies

Afternoon 2pm & 3.15pm A Treasure Hunt with Old Father ThamesInteractive kids workshops

2pm & 3.15pm Treasure Hunt Father Thames2pm & 4pm Arts ‘n’ Crafts Family Workshop3pm Fishy Tales

Evening 6.30pm • Private View

Urban Ambush

8.15pm Riverside outdoor cinema Grease (Sing-a-long)

8.15pm Riverside outdoor cinemaThe Grand Budapest Hotel

8.15pm Riverside outdoor cinemaSome Like It Hot

Watermans is managed by Hounslow Arts Trust Ltd (No. 1164904). Registered as a charity (No. 267426) VAT No. 422352977

How to get here Watermans, 40 High Street, Brentford, TW8 0DSWatermans is on the river at the corner of Brentford High Street and South Ealing Road, opposite McDonald’s. Bus: 65, 237, 267 stop outside.Train: Overground from Hounslow or Chiswick to Kew Bridge and seven-minute walk.Car: On-site car park (1st hour free). Blue Badge holders park for free.Cycle: Secure bicycle park.

A weekend of outdoor cinema, music and play by the river

FRI 19 – SUN 21 SEPTEMBER 2014

THEATRE

Talking Birds presents The Whale Sat 20 & Sun 21 Sept 11am–2pm & 3–6pm FREE Enter the jaws of a giant silver whale to be serenaded by a lovesick submariner or a cat-loving sailor – and you might leave with a gift from the sea. A three-minute journey for one adventurer at a time (or two if you’re shy). Prepare to dive… Family friendly, and suitable for all ages (with the option of an adapted show for under 6’s), the Whale is a multi-sensory mini theatre experience. No need to book, your turn awaits! It’s wheelchair accessible and fitted with an induction loop.

EF Productions present Fishy Tales Sun 21 Sept • 3pm • 4–8yrs £6.50 (£5.50) • 60mins Meet Maggie the retired pirate in her seaside curiosity shop. Delving into her treasure chest of stories we discover a magical world of fabulous fish, mythical mermaids and a host of other weird and wonderful creatures from the deep, told in this company’s very unique style. Features puppets, music and storytelling, a captivating show for all the family.

The Whale

Fishy Tales

*Book by Thursday 18 September

box office 020 8232 1010www.watermans.org.uk

Fri 19 Sept Sat 20 Sept Sun 21 Sept

The River Weekender Diary

Bridges and Tunnels (detail) by Jonathan McCree