Joe Rush’s Mutoid Waste, taken at the Opening Weekend 20-22 September © Neil Turner
Arts Council England is funding the 2013 Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival once more this year. With the Festival now in full swing we spoke to Phil Gibby, Arts Director, South West of Arts Council England, about why the festival is so important in the region.
“The Festival has a unique and eclectic vision, working in partnership with our other funded organisations in Bournemouth and offering valuable opportunities to developing artists.
“That is why Arts Council England is supporting this year’s Festival with a Grants for the Arts award, which is our National Lottery funded open access scheme. Festivals offer a unique opportunity for large numbers of people to experience great art; they also enhance tourism and generate jobs for local people and artists.
“As a valued partner, Bournemouth Borough Council has provided match funding to this year’s festival as well as leading on its delivery. The Council’s investment and leadership demonstrates its strong commitment to arts and culture in the region, seeing the tangible benefits between arts and culture and community cohesion, economic growth, well- being, and tourism.
“We believe that Bournemouth Arts by the Sea Festival has the potential to help redefine the town and show that a festival can be a way of town engaging in a conversation with itself about what is important, how it wants to be seen, and what the future might hold.”
The festival is in full swing with events spanning music, dance, film, visual arts, performance and spoken word, in all kinds of spaces across the town. For more information visit www.artsbournemouth.org.uk
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Wed 2 (and 3 October)
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Talk & Performance/Natural history – Chris Watson, Wed 2 Oct 19.00 £7, Bournemouth Natural Science Society, Field Trip Thurs 3 Oct 11.00 – 15.00 – meet at BNSS, £20 including talk
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Thur 3
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Live animation/music/cinema – The Paper Cinema The Keys of Tobias Brown Part 1 Thurs 3 Oct 19.30 £7, Shelley Theatre, A hit of the 2012 festival with their adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, The Paper Cinema perform a unique form of live animation and music.
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Fri 4
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Dance – Mark Bruce Company presents Dracula, Fri 4 Sat 5 Oct 19.30, £10/£8 groups of 5+/£5, groups of 15+ 16th free/£50 Golden Ticket/£5 Student stand-by ticket (see website for conditions), Pavilion Dance South West. A company of ten exceptional dancers bring Bram Stoker’s haunting, erotic tale to life.
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Sat 5
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Film/live score/music – Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Kokoro players perform Jonathan Lloyd’s score to Hitchcock’s Blackmail, Sat 5 Oct 19.30, £15/£12, £20 joint ticket for Pleasure Garden and Blackmail, Pier Theatre. In his seminal thriller Blackmail, Hitchcock portrays a rich evocation of London life. | |
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Sun 6
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Music/Film – hybrid of country blues, rockabilly, jugband and skiffle. The Dodge Brothers play live at the Pier Theatre Sun 6 Oct 20.00, £10, Preceded by a live performance to classic silent movie, Beggars of Life. Sun 6 Oct 17.00 £8, Combined ticket + fish and chip dinner only £20. The Dodge Brothers are renowned for playing the hell out of classic Americana.
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Mon 7
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Film/Visual arts – Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012) Cert 15 Mon 7 Oct 14.30, 19.45, £6/£10 for 2, Pavilion Dance South West, Dir. Matthew Akers, Jeff Dupre, A documentary following the performance artist Marina Abramovic as she prepares for a retrospective of her work at MoMA in New York.In partnership with Pavilion Dance South West | |
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Wed 9
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Poetry/spoken word – Luke Wright, Wed 9 Oct 20.00, £10, The Winchester. Described as “one of the funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation” (The Independent), Luke Wright writes bawdy bar room ballads about Westminster rogues and small town tragedies.
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Thur 10
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Dance – worldwide.margam.alt , Ash Dance Theatre Thurs 10 Oct 19.30 £10/£8 groups of 5+/£5groups of 15+ 16th free/£50 Golden Ticket/£5 Student stand-by ticket (see website for conditions), Pavilion Dance South West. Ash Dance Theatre create “temple dance for the 21stcentury”.
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Thur 10
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Music – Paganini by Candelight – Music for Strings and Guitar, Thurs 10 Oct 19.30 £12, Shelley Theatre. Set in the historic Shelley Theatre, a candlelight concert featuring work by Paganini. Paganini was the first composer to use the guitar as a continuo instrument, discovering new sounds in the operatic style of his Italian counterparts.
The Irrepressibles Nude Thurs 10 Oct — 20.00 Pier Theatre
Led by composer and artist Jamie McDermott, The Irrepressibles create unique spectacles fusing classical orchestrations and soaring vocals.
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Fri 11
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Symposium – Body Politic – The Art of Performance Fri 11 Oct 11.00 – 16.00, Pavilion Dance South West. £10 including free admission to Marcia Farquhar’s performance.
Risk, documentation and re-enactment are themes for this one-day symposium targeted at professionals, artists, students and anyone interested in live and performative art.
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Sat 12
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Music – Indy rock/Film – British Sea Power, Sat 12 Oct 19.30, £15/£10, Pier Theatre
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Sat 12 & sun 13
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Natural Science and art/workshops for families/Exhibition – Bournemouth Natural Science Society Open Weekend Sat 12 & Sun 13 Oct, Free, Described as a ‘time capsule’, BNSS is a unique example of an extensive collection of flora and fauna. The weekend is an opportunity to see the collections not usually accessible to the public with experts on hand to interpret the displays.
Where the Wild Things Are – Sat & Sun free drop-in family workshops led by artist Pauline Stanley. 10.00 – 12.30 and 1.30 – 4.00 each day (last entry 3.30).
Music/song/soundscape/film – The Kingdom of Paul Nash – A surrealist voyage by sea-cave, song and soundscape, The Cabinet of Living Cinema, Sun 13 Oct 19.00, £7.
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