Dick Whittington and his Pussy

14  - 16 December 2011
Performance Time: 19:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

The Theatre Arts Society makes a raucous return with its annual original pantomime Dick Whittington and His Pussy.

Full of glitz and glamour, brilliantly re-imagined characters and the type of festive rudeness you d hope for at this time of year the TAS panto is not to be missed! (photo: Aladdin, 2010)

Tickets: £10, £7, £5

Kentridge in Context

07 December 2011

Time: 18:30

Venue: Art Exchange  

Join curator Jess Kenny for an evening of discussion that places William Kentridge's work in a wider context. A chance to watch other seminal short films by William Kentridge including 'Mine', 'Ubu Tells the Truth' and 'Tide Table'.  Admission free, but please ensure your place arts@essex.ac.uk 

Writers at Essex presents Roger Moss and Phil Terry

06 December 2011
Time: 18:00
Venue: Art Exchange

Following in others' footsteps, walking within cities, the past and present politics of cities - are touched on in this evening of readings. Phil Terry will be reading poems derived from walks, including a poem based on walks from The Cut, a thoroughfare near Waterloo in London, conceived as a protest against the government cuts, and some poems retracing W. G. Sebald's steps. 

 

Roger Moss will also be reading works that are inspired by the theme of walking between worlds.

Admission free.

Lakeside Writers

Monday 5 December
Time: 7.00pm-9.00pm
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

Lakeside Writers is a new initiative aimed at writers and aspiring writers whose work includes an element of performance. Open to all University of Essex students and to any writers living in the east of England and led by Lakeside Theatre's Literary Consultant Andrew Burton, it is a space where writers can network, see excerpts of work-in-progress, and hear about current developments in the wider cultural sector.

Whether you describe your work as drama, audio drama, live literature, documentary, screenplay, storytelling or song lyrics, you are welcome to join us.

For further information, or to book a place email arts@essex.ac.uk

 

Writers at Essex presents Ian Monk

02 December 2011

Time: 18:00

Venue: Art Exchange

Ian Monk is a translator, writer of poetry and fiction and a member of french writing group OULIPO. His works include Family Archaeology and Other Poems and Writings for the Oulipo and among his translations are works by Pennac, Perec and Roussel. Tonight he will give a reading from his own works.

“Ian Monk is like Perec. When presented with a constraint two things can happen: either the constraint is easy, in which case Ian yawns and goes to sleep. Or else it is difficult. He then wakes up and gets to work. The more the constraint is difficult, the more the work is excellent.” Jacques Roubaud.


Admission free.

Working the Devil

01 December 2011 
Performance Time: 19:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

Two sharp and blackly funny takes on the absurd world of work. With The Devil and the Details, less is more, more or less. Set against a live beat box score, it takes minimalism and dance to a darkly comic place. Meanwhile Hinterview channels the grand themes of progress and collapse into solo dance, for your pleasure.

A fresh and understated show, Working The Devil was developed at the Lakeside Theatre and showcased by the British Council at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2011.

Tickets: UoE Students £5, UoE Staff & Concessions £7, Full £10

Margins: walking between worlds (Part 3)

01 - 17 December 2011 
Venue: Art Exchange 


Part 3 explores issues of displacement and forced exile in the work of South African artist William Kentridge. We focus on ‘Shadow Procession’, a seminal work that reminds us that mobility is not always a matter of choice, but a by product of war, famine and colonial legacy. Beautifully made and with a disconcertingly celebratory sound track, this film reminds us of the complexities and contradictions bound up in the simple act of walking.

Comedy Central Live!

26 November 2011 
Performance Time: 20:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

Watch the finest stand up comedians at Lakeside Theatre's regular comedy club, Comedy Central Live! Tonight's headliner is Ivan Brackenbury. Hapless hospital radio DJ Ivan Brackenbury is a masterful comic creation whose 2010 show ‘Disease Hour’ won rave 4 star reviews in The Guardian/Times/ES/Time Out and Scotsman.

He returns to the Lakeside Theatre after a storming set here last winter. Support from Ria Lina. A regular on the comedy circuit for a decade, Ria Lina makes a big impact with her dry wit, upbeat personality and bawdy ukulele songs.

Tickets: UoE Students: £5, UoE Staff £7, Full £10.

Three Bonzos and a Piano

25 November 2011 
Performance Time: 20:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

Three original members of legendary sixties surrealists Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band create musical mayhem and chaos on the chords. Expect subversive fun and musical madness as Roger Ruskin Spear, Rodney Slater and Sam Spoons play classic Bonzo Dog hits and bring you the mad spirit of the ageless band who collaborated with Monty Python and influenced every major UK comedian from Bill Bailey to Stephen Fry and Eddie Izzard.


‘the undisputed heavyweights of comedy pop’ Daily Express

Tickets: UoE Students £8, UoE Staff & Concessions £12, Full £15

Macbeth

24 November 2011 
Performance Time: 19:30 
Venue: Lakeside Theatre 

In a country where unnatural deeds are commonplace and where the night is filled with a restless ecstasy, Shakespeare’s tragedy of ambition and guilt unfolds. Characters appear and disappear from the shadows as Platform 4’s nightmarish vision crackles with wild electricity, brought to life by the sonic experiments of pioneering composer and Cardiacs guitarist Bic Hayes. 

“Platform4’s strong visual approach creates theatrical rough magic.” The Guardian 

Tickets: UoE Students £5, UoE Staff & Concessions £7, Full £10

Family Art Day: Friendly Feet

20 November 2011

Time: 14:00 Venue: Art Exchange

Where have your feet been today? Where would they like to go? This workshop will get you thinking on your feet! You will create a foot character and take it on an incredible journey from your imagination!
Suitable for all ages. Admission free, but booking essential. Email arts@essex.ac.uk

Alec Dankworth's Spanish Accents

19 November 2011
Performance Time: 20:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre


Alec Dankworth’s long-standing love of all things Spanish provided the inspiration for this group. Metheny, Corea, even Rodrigo are reinvented alongside traditional folk songs and originals in flamenco rhythms creating a wonderful and genuinely Spanish world.



A heady mix of top British players - saxophonist Mark Lockheart, Rowland Sutherland on flute and Alec Dankworth on bass all interweave with the Spanish drum work of Demi Garcia, guitar of Phil Robson and mellifluous vocals of Emily Dankworth and make Spanish Accents an unmissable line-up.

“Alec Dankworth is a rock-solid, imaginative jazz bassist” The Guardian
Tickets: UoE Students £8, Concessions £12, Full £15

Walking between worlds: Tacita Dean's footage

Tuesday, November 15 
Time: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Venue: Art Exchange

A chance to hear Marina Warner talk about her collaboration with Tacita Dean, ‘Footage’, currently on show at Art Exchange. Marina will amplify on themes raised in the exhibition, including her research into the history and culture of shamans who through drumming, dreams, and dancing, access other worlds. Please join us for a drink after the talk. This event is free, but please ensure your place by emailing arts@essex.ac.uk

Paris, Texas

14 November 2011 
Performance Time: 19:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

A man walks out of the desert with no memory of who he is or how he got there; so begins Wender’s compelling and multi award winning Paris, Texas.







Part road movie, part contemporary western, the film wanders through the vast Texan landscape, offering beautiful images of rust and decay and weaving them into a poignant story of alienation, family love and the desperate search for roots.

Tickets: Full £5, UoE & Concessions £3

Comedy Central Live!

12 November 2011 
Performance Time: 20:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

Watch the finest stand up comedians at Lakeside Theatre's regular comedy club, Comedy Central Live! Tonight's headliner is Simon Munnery.

Alternative comedy genius Munnery returns to the Lakeside Theatre by popular demand after a triumphant set here last year. A major figure in UK comedy, Munnery has influenced the careers of comedy giants such as Stewart Lee and Steve Coogan. Support from Tom Craine. Tom Craine is a BBC award winning standup comic, MC and writer who’s had commissions from Radio 2, penned laughs for BBC 3 and presented for Radio 1. However he’s still most proud of being named Wales’s 33rd sexiest man, despite hailing from Bath.

Tickets: UoE Students £5, UoE Staff & Concessions £7, Full £10

Inside

10 November 2011
Performance Time: 19:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

Featuring five outstanding dancers and choreography by Jerwood Award winner Jean Abreu, this gritty and compelling production reveals surprising tenderness within the starkness of captivity, all set against a storming soundtrack by post rock outfit 65daysofstatic.

 
‘Dance theatre of outstanding quality .... a totally enthralling experience that manages to be a thing of beauty’ Fringe Review

Tickets: UoE Students £5, UoE Staff & Concessions £7, Full £10

Walking between worlds Symposium

Saturday 5 November, 2.00 – 5.00pm

Venue: Firstsite, Colchester

This symposium examines the act of walking as a subversive artistic practice. We will consider the ways in which walking can question the workings of the city, the understanding of territory and the assumptions of the established order. Speakers include art historians Dawn Ades and Anna Dezeuze, writer Iain Sinclair and artist Regina José Galindo.

The symposium will be followed by a newly commissioned performance by Regina Jose Galindo.

Admission free, but please ensure your place ring Firstsite on 01206 577067 or go to www.firstsite.uk.net

Regina Jose Galindo: Lesson Of Dissection

Friday 4 November, 7.30-8.30pm
Ivor Crewe Lecture Hall, Auditorium A


A new performance by internationally renowned artist Regina Jose Galindo. Using her body and skill of a surgeon, Galindo will explore how recent murders in Mexico and Guatemala owe much their ritualistic killing to a history of dissection.

Do come along! Admission free, but booking essential. Email: arts@essex.ac.uk
Commissioned by Art Exchange in partnership with ESCALA and firstsite.

Regina Jose Galindo's website: http://www.reginajosegalindo.com/

Vanessa and Virginia

03 November 2011

Performance Time: 19:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

This innovative new tale, tells the story of the remarkable sisters, novelist Virginia Woolf and artist Vanessa Bell. 






Fusing original music and poetic text, and based on the acclaimed novel by Susan Sellers, Vanessa and Virginia creates a meditative perspective that moves through time and visits the places, events and memories that shaped one of the most significant relationships of 20th Century art.

Tickets: UoE Students £5, UoE Staff & Concessions £7, Full £10

Man On Wire

31 October 2011
Performance Time: 19:30
Venue: Lakeside Theatre

A look at tightrope walker Philippe Petit's daring and illegal high-wire routine performed between New York City's World Trade Center’s twin towers in 1974.




Part documentary, part drama Marsh’s film is an awe inspiring account of what some consider "the artistic crime of the century," winning a Bafta for Outstanding British film and an Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.

Tickets: Full £5, UoE & Concessions £3