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Introduction

The Space is a multi-arts venue and aims to promote new performers and innovative ideas. We are committed to giving performers the opportunity to develop by bringing their work in front of an audience.

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Theatre

Two One Act Plays

Anorak of Fire & Purvis

Thursday 8th – Saturday 10th October, 8pm -£11/£9

Anorak of Fire

by Stephen Dinsdale

Directed by Keith Ramsey

The cast: Robert Ingham Director: Keith Ramsey, Costume: Christine Holliss, Set: Gordon Banner

Gus talks about the problems and joys of night spotting, why relationships and spotting are incompatible. “I was born a spotter”. Gus is a cheerful young man who is completely bemused by anything and his treasured anorak, handed down to him by the famous spotter and chicken-catcher Jim O'Rourke.

Purvis

by Nick Warburton

Directed by Lynn Ramsey. The cast: Michelle Sansom, John Wain. Costume: Christine Holliss, Set: Gordon Banner

Down trodden vicar's wife Rachel meets the recently widowed Mr Purvis and offers him the post of the church's Health and Safety Officer. Purvis is very keen but his misguided attempts to make the vicarage a safer place leave a trail of accidents, the vicar being his prime victim. Rachel, exasperated by Purvis' mistakes, grows in confidence as their friendship deepens.

The Laramie Project

Sun 11 th – Tue 13 th October, Wed 18 th – Sat 21 st November, 8pm Sun 22 nd November 2009, 4pm -£10/£8

In October 1998 a twenty-one-year-old student at the University of Wyoming was kidnapped, severely beaten and left to die, tied to a fence in the middle of the prairie outside Laramie, Wyoming. His bloody, bruised and battered body was not discovered until the next day, and he died several days later in an area hospital. His name was Matthew Shepard, and he was the victim of this assault because he was gay. Moisés Kaufman and fellow members of the Tectonic Theater Project made six trips to Laramie over the course of a year and a half in the aftermath of the beating and during the trial of the two young men accused of killing Shepard. They conducted more than 200 interviews with the people of the town. Some people interviewed were directly connected to the case, and others were citizens of Laramie, and the breadth of their reactions to the crime is fascinating. Kaufman and Tectonic Theater members have constructed a deeply moving theatrical experience from these interviews and their own experiences. THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking theatrical collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

"One of the ten best plays of the year. A pioneering work of theatrical reportage and a powerful stage event." —Time Magazine.
"Astonishing. Not since Angels in America has a play attempted so much: nothing less than an examination of the American psyche at the end of the millennium." —Associated Press.
"There emerges a mosaic as moving and important as any you will see on the walls of the churches of the world…nothing short of stunning…you will be held in rapt attention." —New York Magazine.

Chartists Rising

Wednesday 14th, Thursday 15th, Friday 16th/ Wednesday 21th, Thursday 22nd, Friday 23th, Saturday 24th / Wednesday 28th, Thursday 29th, Friday 30th, Saturday 31st October 8pm - £8/£6 in advance; £10/£6 at the door

Featuring:Tony Mcpherson, Gareth Radcliffe, Frey Le Maistre, Maria Straw 1848, Europe's year of revolution and the London workers threaten to take by force what their corrupt parliament will not give:the six demands of The People's Charter. The middle classes rush in their tens of thousands to arms as Special Constabulary. The police and army deploy to defend the Banks, bridges and Govenment buildings.A black tailor, a young irish artist, an office cleaner,and a small-time junk dealer are the focus of this story of idealism, loyalty and betrayal in 'the last revolution'.

Workshop in Virtual Reality Theatre

Saturday 14 th November 2009, 9.30 a.m – 2.30 p.m Ticket £30 (includes complimentary ticket to evening performance of PHYSICAL – Scratch Night of Physical Theatre).

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL : tickets £20. Limited offer – ends October 14 th 2009.

With Robyn Stuart and Brian Curson of alKamie (Virtual Reality Theatre) www.alKamie.co.uk

"I want to open the gate through which people can pass and leave behind their rational minds..." Phillippe Genty (2007)

Founded in 2000 alKamie has been researching combining live onstage performances within virtual spaces. With their Virtual Reality Theatre technology they create virtual environments for the physical performer.

“Modern cinematic language has taken many decades to evolve and is still evolving…it is the artistic combination of a whole gamut of techniques and technologies that create the final effect. In this sense, cinema is emergent, a whole greater than the sum of its component parts. In some ways we see ourselves as creating what could be a kind of new emergent cinema, but the emergent medium is onstage … For us live performance holds a very special place… The fast narratives of celluloid become possible onstage.”

Come and discover their take on this emergent medium … participants will be able to play with the technology in this workshop through guided facilitation … the possibilities are endless!!!!!

Saturday 14th November 2009, 7.30pm – 10pm -£7/£5 in advance £8/£6 on the door

This is the fourth and best yet in a highly successful series of bi-monthly Scratch Nights of Innovative Physical Theatre curated by Theatre of Inspirations. These events showcase five pieces of innovative work created by practitioners of Physical Theatre – mime, dance, physical comedy, circus, and you are invited to discuss the work and give your feedback afterwards with the performers.

See the theatre of tomorrow today!

The Knickerbocker Glories

Friday 4th December, 8pm; £10/£8 in advance, £6 without table

If you missed them last time, make a date in your diary for this next Knickerbocker Glory Show. The Space will be taken over by award winning burlesque troupe, for a night of frivolous fun and enchanting entertainment. The girls have been racking up raucous performances at leading cabaret venues including Madame JoJo's and Volupte. The Knickerbocker Glories are setting pulses racing with their unique mix of sweet and saucy striptease, combined with scintillating sultry live vocals.

So, come down and meet the terrific trio and their charismatic compere!!

The Deptford Mice

Thursday 21st - Saturday 23rd January 2010, 7.30pm -£10/£6

The Deptford Mice have fashioned a peaceful existence in a comfortable old house, but in the sewers of Deptford there lurks a dark presence which fills the tunnels with fear: The rats worship it in the blackness and name it Jupiter, Lord of All.

The world's first theatre adaptation of the book by Robin Jarvis comes to The Space.

Music

A Little Lunch Music

Wednesday 21st October 12noon Receital, 1pm Lunch -£5 (recital with lunch)/£1(recital only)

Featuring The Halcyon String Quartet

The Halcyon String Quartet, winners of the 2007 Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, the 2009 Sir John Barbirolli Competition, and of the Audience Prize at the 2009 Inter-Collegiate Cavatina Chamber Music Competition, present a lunchtime concert consisting of two favorites: Mendelssohn's String Quartet Op. 13 in A minor and Haydn's Op. 76 No. 4 the "Sunrise".

*Make sure to book lunch in advance to avoid disappointment.

Launch of the CD Sound Reasoning

Sunday 25 th October 2009, 7.30pm -£8/£6

Performed by the Basil Hodge Quintet

Jazz pianist/composer Basil Hodge has been established on the UK jazz scene since the mid nineties. The second CD Sound Reasoning on Zeal Records features his latest stunning compositions again performed by five leading musicians. The launch gig demonstrates Basil's varied approach to jazz which covers the blues, groove, latin and modern styles.

Basil Hodge – Piano, Tony Kofi – Saxophones, Quentin Collins – Trumpet, Larry Bartley - Double Bass, Rod Youngs – Drums

The Performance Poets Motor Club

Sunday November the 1st 2009,7.30pm to 9.30 with a break, £6.50

Meet the performance poets. They are confused, lonely and slightly boring. Only two things count in their life, poetry and motorcycles. Every week, they meet at a secret location to perform their work for each other. At last the skies open, colors came back to their eyes and for a moment desire rules the universe again.

A Night of spontaneous theatre.

First part: Spontaneous games and stories with physical, verbal and musical improvisation.

Second part: The Performance Poets Motor Club by Friendly Fire.

Cast of 10 to 25 people to be confirmed.

Thursday 5th November 2009, 7.30pm -£7/£5

The trio Labyrinth (Elena Jauregui, violin; Heather Roche, clarinets; Sophia Russel, piano) present a concert of new and established repertoire for their instrumentation, with premieres from Luke Styles, Nick Williams and Evan Johnson along with Stravinsky's own arrangement of his parable, The Soldier's Tale.

Wednesday 18th November 2009,12noon Recital, 1pm Lunch - £5 (Recital with Lunch)/£1 (Recital only)

A Little Lunch Music Featuring Alice Pinto

Alice Pinto is frequently praised for her performances of Scarlatti, Beethoven and Chopin among others. She was a scholar at the Royal College of Music Junior Department and St. Paul's Girls' School, and now studies at Trinity College of Music. She regularly performs nationally and internationally to critical acclaim.

Thursday 26 th November, 7.30pm Friday 27 th November, 7.45pm -£15/£10 Early bird specials: £12/£8 if booked before 16 th November

La Finta Semplice by W. A. Mozart

Presented by Opera Petit

In the wars of love everything is permitted…

Full staged opera performance in two acts

Sung in Italiand and spoken in English.

Directed by Jose Gandia

Cast: Alessia Mankovskaya, Belinda Williams, Rebecca Dale, Derek Henderson, Borja Gomez, Edward Lee, Dario Dugandzic.

Piano: Andrea Kmecova

Producer: Michael E. Corby

A Little Lunch Music

Wednesday 16th December 2009 12noon Recital, 1pm Lunch -£5 (recital with lunch)/£1 (recital only)

Mansoon Bow, Violin

Mansoon Bow was born in Japan of Korean origin. She began studying the violin at the age of three and studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London where she worked first with Richard Deakin and then with Mayumi Fujikawa. Upon graduation in 2007, she continued to pursue her studies with Mayumi Fujikawa in a Master's Degree Course at Trinity College of Music, where she is a recipient of Full Scholarship, namely the Derek Butler Scholarship, the Bratton Scholarship, Leverhulme Scholarship and the Cavatina Music Prize.

Mansoon has been awarded prestigious prizes in the Osaka International competition 2000, Classic competition, Soloist competition and David Martin/Florence concerto Prize at the Royal Academy of Music where she was also a recipient of the Poulett Scholarship and the Bloch Award.

Comedy

A Night at the Dogs - great comedy for only £3

Regular MC Nick Helm (The Human Car Crash of Light Entertainment) will return with his legion of funny friends.

The definitive Monthly one stop comedy shop on the Isle of Dogs featuring Stand-Up, Music and Cabaret from the hottest new acts on the circuit.

If you haven't been down yet - do.

If you have, come back and watch the start of something magic.

"A Night at the Dogs" will return in September!

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