Artsfest Friday 8 to Saturday 30 June 2018
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Welcome Hello – and a very warm welcome to Artsfest 2018. The University of Wolverhampton is proud to stage this celebration of the creative and cultural life of our region, and the huge impact that the arts make in our everyday lives. If you’re passionate about music, dance, drama, film, theatre, art or comedy, there’s something for you, and for everyone during Artsfest – including lots of free and family-friendly events. In the fourth year of Artsfest we’ve joined with cultural venues throughout Wolverhampton and Walsall. As well as celebrating the achievements of the Faculty of Arts’ students, we’ve invited an eclectic range of new artists from across the region and further afield, allowing them a chance to use Artsfest as a platform to enhance their careers.
As a Faculty, we are proud to bring the very best in arts and entertainment that this region has to offer through Artsfest every year. I look forward to seeing you during Artsfest 2018!
John Pymm Dr John Pymm Dean of the Faculty of Arts
Share your Artsfest experiences with us on social media using #WLVArtsfest Front cover image: Marie Muzhuzha BA (Hons) Graphic Design.
Artsfest & Degree Show Launch FRIDAY 8 JUNE, 5.30PM-8.30PM
GEORGE WALLIS BUILDING, MOLINEUX STREET Join us to celebrate the launch of Artsfest, and the impressive work of our 2018 graduates as they showcase their final collections. Each year students from the University of Wolverhampton’s Faculty of Arts celebrate their time at the University by showcasing their work to local schools, colleges, businesses and the wider public. This year there’ll be live music and food as well as prize-givings, fashion and exhibitions.
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Tickets: Free but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest
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Mark, Shift, Loop Thursday 7 to Friday 8 June Visit: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest for details TILSTONE STUDIO, ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET Live in front of an audience, dancers perform a choreographed dance while an artist interprets the dance through drawing: responding to, and capturing, the movement and emotion. These animated drawings are projected on stage; on walls, in frames, and on the dancers’ bodies. The dancers create and mark a new dance based on their response to the artist’s creations, who in turn will re-animate and re-mark the new choreography
which will be projected for the dancers to respond to, thus creating a further new piece of dance, a shift. This process is repeated, looping seamlessly, for as long as the dancers and artist can sustain their work! Mark, Shift, Loop is a collaborative venture between choreographer Karen Wood, artist Alys ScottHawkins and scenographer Paul Brownbill, and is presented as a work in progress. Tickets: Free but secure your place at:
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African Folktales Workshop and Performance Friday 8 June, 4.30pm – 7.30pm ROOM 002, MARY SEACOLE BUILDING, NURSERY STREET
A dramatic, interactive performance of African folktales with a workshop giving you the opportunity to learn about African (Esan) folktale contexts and create short plays based on folktale fragments using mind-mapping techniques. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest Poetry, Storytelling and Literature
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Different Future, Shared Past Friday 8 June to Saturday 30 June LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE, FRYER STREET
Wolverhampton City of Sanctuary presents the work of newly arrived artists and emerging Wolverhampton artists in collaboration with local community projects. Different Future, Shared Past celebrates the refugee and migrant community of Wolverhampton, marking the 20th anniversary of Refugee Week. Tickets: Free, just turn up! Arts, Design and Crafts
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States of Change Friday 8 to Thursday 21 June EAGLE WORKS, ALEXANDRA STREET
States of Change explores the idea of erosion in social or material decline, and its productive potential. The everyday processes by which surfaces are worn down, thinned or marked by contact with weather, citizens, or other agents, and detritus deposited elsewhere, puts a particular focus on materiality. Material in its different conditions and formations has here a particular unstable character, defined as ongoing process, shifting, disappearing and distancing. The process of erosion and its continuous fluid character will be further explored in ways in which material contests assumptions of agency, control, and visibility. This underlines the nature of artistic practice of being in and between processes of testing and reflection, shaping states of change, environments and materials. Arts, Design and Crafts
Lost and Found Friday 8 to Thursday 21 June, 9.00am-5.00pm, weekdays ROOM 312, GEORGE WALLIS BUILDING, MOLINEUX STREET Lost and Found is an exhibition of work by Visual Communication students responding to reflections on what it is to lose something for it later to be found. The experience of losing something can be annoying and inconvenient, with one source revealing the average person misplaces up to 3,000 items during their lifetime. Exhibits are informed by the everyday disruption of searches for lost and found objects, and the rediscovery of the mislaid and overlooked. Arts, Design and Crafts
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A Walk Along Queen Street
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As part of the Queen Street, Wolverhampton Townscape Heritage Scheme, local volunteers have researched the history of several properties along Queen Street. They have used a range of sources, including documents, maps and photographs, to highlight areas of continuity and change.
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Friday 8 June to Tuesday 24 July WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, LICHFIELD STREET
Their findings make up a significant part of this new exhibition. Alongside this research and photographs will be a selection of archive images, maps and documents that shine a light on this important thoroughfare. Arts, Design and Crafts
Bowie Experience: The Golden Years Tour Friday 8 June, 7.30pm GRAND THEATRE, LICHFIELD STREET
A breath-taking concert celebrating the music of the world’s greatest pop icon, David Bowie. This latest production promises an unforgettable journey of sound and vision, and features all the hits from A to Ziggy. Tickets: From £19.50-£26.50 + £3 fee per booking. Visit: grandtheatre.co.uk
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City Launch Party SATURDAY 9 JUNE, 12.00PM-4.00PM THE MANDER CENTRE
Join us to celebrate the beginning of Artsfest 2018. From 12pm onwards you will be able to watch FREE performances, including Jai Jashn Dance (JJD), a nonprofit community dance group led by award-winning artistic director, Jaivant Patel. Levantes Dance Theatre will also be performing Canapé Art. Expect promenade performance, edible tattoos and glittery eyebrows – the duo will be dressed to impress!
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Degree Show: The Saturday Club Saturday 9 June, 10.00am-4.00pm GEORGE WALLIS BUILDING, MOLINEUX STREET
Celebrating the work of University of Wolverhampton and the Saturday Club – discover the skills behind the artwork as you browse the extensive exhibitions featuring some of the brightest new artists and designers in the country: • • • • •
Degree Show – all floors National Saturday Club exhibition – Room 214 Print making demonstration – 10.30am, ground floor Ceramics demonstration – 11am, ground floor Photography demonstration – 2.30pm, lower ground floor
You can also buy exclusive artworks, supporting the careers of our students, graduates and staff: discover exclusive prints, glass, ceramics, t-shirts, textiles and homeware at the Made in Wolves pop-up shop on the ground floor. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest Arts, Design and Crafts
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Mini Masters Art Class – Chantal Joffe
Saturday 9 June, 11.00am-1.00pm NEW ART GALLERY WALSALL Get inspired by the brightly coloured pastels in the Floor 2 Children room, and join in with this family workshop exploring Chantal Joffe’s fast and fun technique to create your own mini masterpiece!
BSL Tour Saturday 9 June, 2.00pm-4.00pm NEW ART GALLERY WALSALL Come on an informal signed tour, for deaf and hard of hearing visitors, and get an introduction to the work in Artists in Focus, before taking part in a practical activity. Tickets: Book your free place on email:
info@thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk or tel: 01922 654 400 Arts, Design and Crafts
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Windrush 70 Saturday 9 June to Sunday 29 July WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, LICHFIELD STREET This exhibition of photographs, artwork, video and memorabilia has been specially curated to mark the 70th anniversary of the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush in Tilbury Docks on 22 June 1948, bringing West Indian migrants to Britain.
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This date has become an important landmark in the history of modern Britain and the image of the Caribbeans filing off its gangplank has come to symbolise many of the changes which have taken place here. Y FRIE Caribbean migrants have IL become a vital part of British society and, in the process, transformed important aspects of British life. Arts, Design and Crafts
Tail Bend Trails Sunday 10 June, various tours 12pm onwards MOLINEUX STADIUM Unlocking the many mythical histories of Wolverhampton’s relationship to bicycles, steering slowly, perhaps steadily, towards the lost keys of the now iconic Chubb lock - join Tail Bend Travel on a highly experiential journey through the city’s possible pasts and industries.
Groups of 10-20 at a time will be taken on a tour that is more than merely sight-seeing; a series of poetic encounters with the less visible history of the city’s industry, featuring choreographed costume changes, unusual perspectives and eccentric cyclists.
50hz Monday 11 to Wednesday 13 June TILSTONE STUDIO, ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET
Every day we filter out ambient sound: traffic noise, birdsong, electrical hum, aircraft noise and more. Explore the way you react to these familiar, but unfamiliar sounds, with 50hz: Andrew McNiven and Dr Louise Fryer, one of the UK’s leading audio describers are exploring the idea of ‘attention’ and the audience relationship with the everyday. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at:
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Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest
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English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Shared Reading
Tuesday 12 June SEMINAR ROOM, ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET
If English is your second language, give yourself some time and space to read and talk over tea and biscuits. There will be stories and poems read aloud, and you will have time to understand and explore what you are reading – or you can just sit back, listen and enjoy the experience! Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest Poetry, Storytelling and Literature
Animation Day
Part of ANIM18 A year of British Animation
Tuesday 12 June 10am-3.30pm: open to all BFI Film Academy alumni, UK wide. 3.45pm-8.00pm: open to all young people aged 14 to 25 years.
ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET A unique opportunity for young people to hear from some of the UK’s leaders in animation. Featuring guest speakers from industry and festivals, with screenings and top tips, the event will focus on progression routes and opportunities for aspiring animators.
Event funded by BFI Film Academy, Arts Connect, ANIM18 and the University of Wolverhampton. Tickets: The event is FREE: for more information and booking, visit: mediaactive.org/anim18
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The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake Tuesday 12 June, 7.15pm Sunday 17 June, 2.00pm LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE, FRYER STREET
The Royal Ballet performs a new production of Tchaikovsky’s magnificent classical ballet, Swan Lake. With production and additional choreography by Liam Scarlett, Artist in Residence. Prince Siegfried chances upon a flock of swans while out hunting. When one of the swans turns into a beautiful woman, Odette, he is enraptured. But she is under a spell that holds her captive, allowing her to regain her human form only at night. Ballet in four acts – approximate running time 3 hours (including two intervals). Tickets: £18 (£12.50 for under 15s) Call: 01902 716 055 to book.
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The Beautiful Game Wednesday 13 June, 7.30pm ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET Football. Some love it, others loathe it, but we can’t deny that it is somehow present in all of our lives. The Beautiful Game is a laugh-out-loud look at Britain’s undying obsession with football, celebrating everything from weird match day rituals to ridiculous arm chair punditry. Made in collaboration with die-hard football fans and players and passionately performed by four females, The Beautiful Game will lead you through the highs and lows of being a British football fan. It may even attempt to explain the offside rule. It is a show for all the family, both the fanatic and the impartial spectator. Even if you don’t like football, even if you despise football, The Beautiful Game will persuade you of its charms. Tickets:£12 (£10 concessions) visit: wlv.ticketsolve.com
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Finding Fassbender Thursday 14 June, 7.30pm NEWHAMPTON ARTS CENTRE, DUNKLEY STREET Eve’s leaving Wolverhampton to live in The Big Smoke because it’s something you should do isn’t it? But the capital’s charm quickly wears off and Eve decides to pack her bags and head home to her boyfriend Rich and cat, Steve Bull… until she discovers a letter addressed to a famous film actor… Fusing comedy, breakdancing and a banging soundtrack, Finding Fassbender is a one-woman charge thorough the modern obstacle course of ambition, boyfriends and brunch. A work in progress show by Off-West End nominated writer/ performer, Lydia Larson, Finding Fassbender is an uplifting and frank tale for anyone who knows the world is their oyster but not how to poach an egg. Tickets:£5 / £4 concessions, to book: newhamptonarts.co.uk Performance
14/48 Wolverhampton Friday 15 to Saturday 16 June, 7.30pm-10.30pm ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET 7 writers, 7 directors, a team of actors, designers, and musicians + 48 hours = 14 world premier plays. 14/48 is “The world’s quickest theatre festival” in which 14 new plays are written, directed and performed within 48 hours.
It’s a brilliant, amazing energetic night of new theatre, twice. You’d be mad to miss it!
The concept is simple: assemble some of the most talented artists in the region, apply a stringent deadline, add a few extra resources for good measure and see where their combined creativity leads them. Tickets: visit: wlv.ticketsolve.com £7/£5 concessions (one night) £10/£8 concessions (for both nights, when purchased together).
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A Shot of Spaghetti
Friday 15 June, 7.30pm FOREST ARTS CENTRE, WALSALL Get ready to celebrate the best of ‘Spaghetti’ with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Eli Wallach, et al at A Shot of Spaghetti, brought to you by The Staffordshire Band. Listen out for some great music from classic movies and TV shows – go back with us to a time when men were cowboys and horses carried them! Tickets: £7. Book at:
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Library Lion Saturday 16 June, 10.00am and 1.00pm WOLVERHAMPTON CENTRAL LIBRARY, SNOW HILL
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Everyone knows rules have to be followed, especially in libraries. No running allowed. And you must be quiet. But what would happen if a lion came to story time? There aren’t any rules about lions in the library, are there? This beautiful story invigorates an endangered species – the local library – with songs, laughter, lots of joining in, and maybe even a big furry hug. But NO ROARING! Adapted by Untied Artists from the award-winning book by Michelle Knudsen and published by Candlewick. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest FR
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Enter the Safari Saturday 16 June, 11.00am-4.00pm LOWER MALL, MANDER CENTRE
Blooming Magnified Saturday 16 June, 11.00am-3.00pm, WALSALL NEW ART GALLERY, GALLERY SQUARE Saturday 30 June, 11.00am-3.00pm, WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY Discover your drawing skills in this drop-in workshop which combines art and science. Artist Sue Brisco will guide you as you use microscopes to draw or paint magnified wildflowers in bloom. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at:
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Join our comical explorer Sir Cedric as he takes you on a whirlwind safari adventure with a little help from ‘Baboo’ the friendly primate. A captivating family show taking you through fascinating facts about Y FRIE the animal kingdom, IL Enter the Safari is a fun and theatrical circus piece to delight family audiences.
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Tao Tales: The Conjurer and the Moon Sunday 17 June, 10.30am-3.30pm, 30 mins performance time LOWER MALL, MANDER CENTRE Deep inside an Oriental forest wanders The Conjurer. His magic keeps the forest enchanted and all are under his spell apart from his unreachable love, the ever changing Moon. To fly to her he must perform his greatest feat yet, to transform into a mighty dragon. FRIE
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It is impossible That any clerk speak well of women. Who painted the lion, tell me, who? By God, if women had written stories… (Geoffrey Chaucer, The Wife of Bath’s Prologue)
Unruly Woman Monday 18 June, 7.30pm TILSTONE, ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET
This brand new show from storyteller and academic Daisy Black presents an indecorous assortment of medieval tales from around Europe about women who gain the upper hand – or, occasionally, the upper arse. These are stories of sex, of disguise and deception, of arse-kissing, and of women finding creative, naughty and cunning ways to overcome the restrictions placed upon them by their gender and class. Interlacing medieval fabliaux and romance with bawdy folk songs, this one-woman performance pays homage to literature’s original ‘nasty women’. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest Performance
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Human Flow – A film by Ai Weiwei Monday 18 June, 6.00pm LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE, FRYER STREET Wolverhampton Amnesty presents this film by renowned Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. Over 65 million people around the world have been forced from their homes to escape famine, climate change and war. This film examines the staggering scale of the refugee crisis and its profoundly personal human impact. Tickets: £7/£4.50 students/under 25s. Call: 01902 716 055 to book.
City of Sanctuary Meet and Mingle Thursday 21 June, 6pm LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE COURTYARD, FRYER STREET
Celebrating the refugee and migrant community of Wolverhampton, Meet and Mingle is a chance to meet asylum seekers and refugees and experience different cultures through music, art food and dance. Bring food and share as part of the City of Sanctuary Different Future, Shared Past project. Tickets: Free
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Don’t Look at the Finger – Hetain Patel
Thursday 21 June, 6.00pm-8.00pm WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, LICHFIELD STREET Don’t Look at the Finger is a major new moving-image work by artist Hetain Patel. The film follows a ceremonial encounter between a man and a woman, within a grand architectural setting. Tickets: Free
Skin a Cat Friday 22 June, 7.30pm ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET Every teenager thinks they’re the only one not having sex. But for Alana, it may well be true. She really wants to, but luck is clearly not on her side. She can’t help wondering: Is it this tricky for everyone else? Because no one ever said it was going to be this complicated. Skin a Cat follows Alana on an awkward sexual odyssey with a kaleidoscope of off-kilter characters: from getting her first period at nine years old and freaking out her frantic mother, to watching bad porn at a house party with her best friend’s boyfriend, to a painful examination by an overly cheery gynaecologist – all in the pursuit of losing her virginity and finally becoming a woman, whatever that means… Tickets: £12 (£10 concessions) Visit: wlv.ticketsolve.com Performance
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Samarpan
A Celebration of Indian Dance Saturday 23 June, 7.30pm ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET Samarpan is back! Join us for an entertaining evening of Indian classical dance, celebrating the rich diverse South Asian heritage and culture present in the UK today. Samarpan translates as ‘dedication’. This evening celebrates the dedication of its practitioner in the UK today. Indian classical dance has many disciplines within its family tree including: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Odissi and Manipuri. The form is renowned for its geometry, rhythmical footwork, intricate hand gestures and virtuosity in performance. Tickets: £12 / £10 concessions Visit: wlv.ticketsolve.com
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A Charmed Life Saturday 23 June, 2.00pm WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, LICHFIELD STREET A special screening of Patrick Vernon’s film A Charmed Life about Eddie Martin Noble, the Jamaican-born RAF man who was the inspiration for Andrea Levy’s award-winning book, Small Island. Noble was stationed in East Anglia during the Second World War, and his autobiography, Jamaican Airman, explored his wartime experiences and the harsh realities of being a black man living in Britain during the 1950s. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest Film and Animation
Dennis Skinner: Nature of the Beast – Live Q&A Saturday 23 June, 8pm LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE, FRYER STREET
A documentary about socialist, trade unionist and Labour politician Dennis Skinner followed by a live question and answer session with the man himself. Dennis has fought for the rights of the working class for over 50-years and is respected on both sides of the House of Commons. The film tracks his rise from local councillor to one of Britain’s most recognisable politicians – known as ‘The Beast of Bolsover’. Tickets: £10/£5 concessions. Call: 01902 716 055.
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Paint the Day Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 June NEWHAMPTON ARTS CENTRE, DUNKLEY STREET
The ultimate artists’ and photographer challenge - Paint the Day 2018 is Newhampton Arts Centre’s fourth annual artist and photographer’s competition. The two day event challenges artists to create a masterpiece in just 8 hours, capturing a scene within a mile radius of the arts centre. Entries will be displayed in a FREE public exhibition at the NAC on the following day, where artists have the chance to auction their works. There are four cash prizes to be won, with a professional judging panel awarding the main prize. The combined prize money totals £800.
Tickets: Event tickets cost just £10 per adult and £2 per child, with advance and family tickets also available from Newhampton Arts Centre. Film and Animation
The Boy Who Bit Picasso Sunday 24 June, 10.30am and 1.00pm, 70 mins performance time LOWER MALL, MANDER CENTRE Come and play down on the farm with Tony and Picasso. We’ll have loads of fun, make crazy pictures and tell the true story of how a young boy became friends with one of the greatest artists who ever lived. The Boy Who Bit Picasso is an interactive theatre show for everyone aged four and up. With storytelling, music and chances to make your own art, this hands-on and hilarious family show introduces one of the 20th century’s most influential artists through the eyes of a young boy.
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Originally co-produced with Oxford Playhouse. Inspired by Antony Penrose’s book, The Boy Who Bit Picasso. Tickets: FREE but places are limited.
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Classic Cinema and Cream Tea: South Pacific
LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE, FRYER STREET Sunday 24 June, 2.00pm
On a South Pacific island during World War II, love blooms between a nurse and a secretive Frenchman who’s being courted for a dangerous military mission. Featuring songs ‘Younger than Springtime’ and ‘Happy Talk’. Starring Mitzi Gaynor and John Kerr. Tickets: Tickets: £7.20 adults / £6.45 concessions/£4.50 under 25s/ students. Cream Teas (additional cost) are bookable in advance. Call: 01902 716 055 to book Film and Animation
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Mexican Table A Celebration to Life Sunday 24 June, 11.00am-12.30pm WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, LICHFIELD STREET
Reflecting Fridas Sunday 24 June, 1.30pm-2.30pm GEORGIAN ROOM, WOLVERHAMPTON ART GALLERY, LICHFIELD STREET
Join storyteller Ana Lines and discover the secrets of the Mexican Death Table – enjoy folk tales, songs and crafts as you learn how to decorate the traditional Death Table.
Frida Kahlo’s soul echoes in many of us. Her diversities, love, injuries and suffering were the subject for her work. A unique life, an exceptional woman. Her life and work inspire this show, created and performed by Brazilian storyteller Ana Maria Lines.
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Goodbye Christopher Robin Tuesday 26 June, 2.00pm FOREST ARTS CENTRE, WALSALL
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Goodbye Christopher Robin gives a rare glimpse into the relationship between beloved children’s author A. A. Milne and his son Christopher Robin, whose toys inspired the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. Along with his mother Daphne, and his nanny Olive, Christopher Robin and his family are swept up in the international success of the books; the enchanting tales bringing hope and comfort to England after the First World War. But with the eyes of the world on Christopher Robin, what will the cost be to the family? Tickets:: £3 Book at: forestartscentre.co.uk/whats-on Film and Animation
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Dieter Blum in conversation:
a pragmatist at work
Tuesday 26 June, 5.00-7.00pm ROOM 045, GEORGE WALLIS BUILDING, MOLINEUX STREET The talk accompanies the exhibition Dieter Blum. XTC: Dance and Eros. Selected Photographs, 1994–98. The exhibitions have been organized by Daimler AG’s art department and Wolverhampton School of Art’s photography department presenting the work of Dieter Blum for the first time in the UK. Working in the fields of both applied and fine art photography, Dieter Blum is counted amongst Germany’s most highly regarded photographers. He was awarded the Médaille Vermeil of the Paris-based Société Arts-Sciences-Lettres in 2015 in recognition of his career which has spanned more than 50 years. Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest
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An Unconventional History of Maidenhood, Mothering and Mistresses Writers Katy Wareham Morris, Ruth Stacey and Sarah James draw on history, literature and art for their poems and narratives about women’s roles and experience in society – now and in the past.
Thursday 28 June, 7.30pm TILSTONE, ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STEET Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest Poetry, Storytelling and Literature
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Kabantu
Friday 29 June, 7.30pm LIGHT HOUSE MEDIA CENTRE, FRYER STREET
Reinventing global sounds, rewriting the rulebook – winners of the Royal Over-Seas League Competition 2017 Kabantu, meaning “of the people”, is a quintet from Manchester who unravel new marriages of world music, celebrating the space where different cultures meet. Vocal harmonies from South Africa coalesce with everything from Celtic reels to
Brazilian samba and beyond. Kabantu have performed all over the UK including the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall, BBC Free Thinking Festival at The Sage Gateshead, BBC Radio 3 In Tune, The Bridgewater Hall, Celtic Connections and Cambridge Folk Festival. Tickets:: £12/£10 concessions Visit: wlv.ticketsolve.com
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Vogue: The Unlimited House of Krip
Friday 29 June, 7.00pm ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET Vogue: The Unlimited House of Krip celebrates the fusion of D/deaf and disabled performers with the gloriously extravagant world of vogue ball culture. Mark Smith (artistic director, Deaf Men Dancing), Garry Robson (artistic director, Fittings Multimedia Arts) and Darren Suarez (artistic director, House of Suarez) formed a “House” of Deaf performers to walk in the Legendary House of Suarez Vogue Ball. The House brought their own unique take on Vogue whilst incorporating sign language into their routines. Their experience was recorded by First Take Film and Media. Now the House are looking for new members and want to show you what they’re all about through a screening of their documentary, live performances and open workshops. Come along and try out some vogueing with dance professionals, talk to the members of the House and find out more. The House of Krip want YOU!
Tickets: Free, but secure your place at: wlv.ac.uk/artsfest
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Adjudication: Flexus Dance Company
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Saturday 30 June, 7.30pm ARENA THEATRE, WULFRUNA STREET
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Inspired by the commitment and beliefs of a faith system, Adjudication connects personally to an individual’s journey and struggle of acceptance, readiness and judgement. When standing at customs, will you have packed appropriately for the next journey and be prepared to unveil the contents of your luggage? Adjudication is a collaboration work with the Wulfrun Singers, the adult choir of St Peter’s Church, Wolverhampton. Tickets: £9 full price / £7 concessions Visit: wlv.ticketsolve.com
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Poetry with Punch Saturday 30 June, 11.00am-4.00pm LOWER MALL, MANDER CENTRE
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Join professional boxer and poet Matt Windle to discover poetry with real punch! Birmingham Poet Laureate Matt will show all the family the rhythm and rhyme of boxing.
Reuse and Recycle. Drop-in arts and crafts workshop Saturday 30 June, 11.00am-4.00pm NEW ART GALLERY WALSALL
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Creative Stays focus on wellbeing through creativity. Working with your hands, using raw materials to create something new, the sense of achievement, the possibilities for personal growth, the development of physical and cognitive skills, the chance to use your imagination, the opportunity to be fully occupied in the present moment without dwelling on past moments or worrying about future ones. Time spent doing something you enjoy and sharing your enjoyment with others.
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At Reuse and Recycle, you’ll make something beautiful, individual and unique to you and learn how to create jewellery from junk, treasure from trash, gifts from garbage and riches from rubbish.
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Partner venues Arena Theatre Wulfruna Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1SE Tel: 01902 321 321 arena.wlv.ac.uk Eagle Works Alexandra St, Wolverhampton, WV3 0PA eagle-works.com Forest Arts Centre Hawbush Rd, Walsall, WS3 1AG forestartscentre.co.uk Tel: 01922 654555 Light House Media Centre The Chubb Buildings, Fryer Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1HT Tel: 01902 716 055 light-house.co.uk Mander Centre Woolpack Alley, Wolverhampton, WV1 3NH Tel: 01902 711 084 mandercentre.co.uk
The New Art Gallery Walsall Gallery Square, Walsall, WS2 8LG thenewartgallerywalsall.org.uk Tel: 01922 654400 Wolverhampton Art Gallery Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DU Tel: 01902 552 055 wolverhamptonart.org.uk Wolverhampton Central Library Snow Hill, Wolverhampton, WV1 3AX Wolverhampton Grand Theatre Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DE Tel: 01902 429 212 grandtheatre.co.uk Wolverhampton School of Art (est. 1851) George Wallis Building, Molineux Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1DT Tel: 01902 322 898 wlv.ac.uk/artsfest
Mary Seacole Building City Campus, Nursery Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 1AD EAGLE WORKS
Newhampton Arts Centre Dunkley Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 4AN Tel: 01902 572 090 newhamptonarts.co.uk
Friends of the Arts at the University of Wolverhampton
Help aspiring artists and receive great benefits! For £4 per month you can help an artist create their vision and get unparalleled access to events and opportunities to meet artists in the University’s Faculty of Arts. Thank you for your support. For more information, call: 01902 32 1536
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NEWHAMPTON ARTS CENTRE GEORGE WALLIS BUILDING
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Featuring Dieter Blum, Dance Featuring Dieter Blum, XTC.XTC. Dance and and Eros.Eros. Selected Photographs 1994–98 Selected Photographs 1994–98
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George Wallis Building University of Wolverhampton City Campus Molineux Molineux Street Wolverhampton, WV1 1DT
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