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CQ Autumn 08 AW Cultural Quarterly Autumn 2008 People’s Choice exhibition Arlene Phillips on Flashdance The Musical Vicki Michelle in ‘Allo ‘Allo ISSN 1757-1138 © PRG Ltd, 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduction of any The Point, College Road, Cultural Quarterly part of this publication is prohibited Eastbourne BN21 4JJ A quarterly niche carving lifestyle magazine without permission. Every effort is Tel: 01323 646076 dedicated to Eastbourne’s flourishing cultural made to ensure accuracy, but the Fax: 01323 411050 quarter, packed with insightful content and publisher accepts no responsibility for Email: [email protected] stunning visual appeal. CQ is distributed from various locations around Eastbourne, editorial opinions or statements, and no including the cultural quarter’s venues. liability for products or services Publisher: Raymond Groves described in this magazine. Editorial team: Faye Spiers, Environment aware print Claire Watson Printed by Eastprint on FSC and ISO 14001 Design: Matt Sommers accredited paper using soya-based inks. Advertising: Tracey Loats Cultural Quarterly Autumn 2008 Contents 4 Choosing Your 18 Catching Up With 30 Making the Most of a 40 Art Mimicking Life Favourites Old Friends Summer Evening Oscar nominated actress The first exhibition at the new Bob Kingdom catches up CQ indulged in a decadent Brenda Blethyn visits Towner gallery will be a with CQ and old friend picnic at EODS’ performance of Eastbourne. people’s choice. Dylan Thomas. The Rivals. 42 Eastbourne Presents… 8 What a Feeling 20 Recycling Transport 32 Amusingly Shocking Information on events CQ talks to Arlene Phillips David Kefford turned the tail of Prostitution and felony came in Eastbourne. about Flashdance The Musical. an aircraft into a recycling to the Under Ground Theatre medley during Airbourne. in June. 44 Improving the 10 Intimately Environment Appealing Sax 21 Opening Doors 34 Moving into a New Era Cavendish School pupils are Derek Nash talks to CQ about Eastbourne Artists is planning a The Heritage Centre sets an making an impression. Jools Holland and Sax Appeal. Christmas Open Houses event. olde-worlde atmosphere. 46 Committing to 12 Retraining the 22 Welcoming Back a 35 Window Shopping a Concept Subconscious British Tradition Towner Collection artworks Julian Sutherland Beatson sits John Humphries tells CQ how I’d Do Anything finalist Niamh are brightening up empty down for an hour every his work challenges perceptions. Perry will star in this year’s panto. shop fronts. morning to paint. 14 Opera Drawing 24 Valuing Film as Art 36 A Day in the Life… 47 Gotta Come New Blood Eastbourne Film Society has of a Stage Manager Dancing Back Bullfights and colour in opera adhered to its core values over CQ follows Mark Sayer around Gotta Sing Gotta Dance is for everyone. the years. the set of Blood Brothers. back by popular demand. 16 Relating to the 26 Expanding its Audience 38 Presenting For 48 Training for Gold Landscape The Under Ground Theatre is Your Enjoyment Devonshire Park is set to be an How Wolfgang Tillman’s broadening its range. A roundup of amateur dramatic integral part of the 2012 End of Land I fits in. productions in Eastbourne. Olympics. 28 Saying ‘Allo Again Vicki Michelle tells CQ 39 Further Unwrapping ‘Allo ‘Allo is like an old friend. Second phase development has brought a second art exhibition. Choosing Your Favourites The first exhibition at the new Towner gallery will be a people’s choice, and you will be able to vote for your favourite artworks via a website. To celebrate the opening of reactions, thoughts and feelings bequest of twenty-two (Above) the new Towner gallery, the about favourite works of art paintings by John Chisholm Lighthouse at Newhaven, c.1936 Eric Ravilious first exhibition of the through comments and Towner. The bequest included (1903 –1942) collection will feature works feedback,” said Sara Cooper, Victorian paintings of of art chosen by the public, collections curator for the landscapes, animals and Watercolour and pencil on paper. Acquired 1969. giving everyone an Towner. “The exhibition will be children by popular artists of opportunity to be part of the shown in the Permanent the time, including Henry © Estate of Eric Ravilious. selection process. Collection Gallery in the new Dawson and Thomas Sydney All rights reserved, DACS Ltd Those works from the Towner building. With its tall Cooper. Towner Collection that have ceilings, high performance The collection was later been photographed are timber flooring and bespoke increased through acquisitions available on a CD and on a ceiling panel lighting system, it of Sussex landscape paintings website, which will be available will be a beautiful space in ‘in order to provide the visitor soon. People will be able to which to see both the historic with a complete review of this register their votes and those paintings and contemporary beautiful county’. The scheme artworks receiving the most highlights of the Towner was subsequently extended to votes will be displayed in the collection.“ allow the inclusion of pictures exhibition. The Towner Collection executed by Sussex artists “We also want to gather any began in 1923 with an original regardless of subject matter, 4 Cultural Quarterly Autumn 2008 Choosing Your Favourites and then broadened again for the broad landscape theme and, (Left) paintings by non-Sussex based with Eastbourne’s identity Somewhere Special, 1999 artists. It now features works by through its position on the Zoe Walker (b. 1968) artists, including William south coast beside Beachy Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Head, exploring issues of Installation and film. Alfred Wallis and Frances boundaries, borders and edges. Acquired 2002. Hodgkins, a collection of The scheme will provide a © Zoe Walker watercolours by Victorian valuable and unique amateur artist Louisa opportunity for collecting Catherine Paris, and a major works, adding to the already body of work by artist Eric outstanding Towner Ravilious. contemporary artworks. Art Collection. “Despite the widening of the Fund International is one of the “Furthermore, it will help us acquisitions policy, the Towner most important and ambitious in redefining the regional art has maintained a strong schemes launched by the gallery and museum for the representation of images of the charity, and Towner was one of 21st century by celebrating the Sussex landscape,” said Sara. only five partnerships to be characteristics of place and “The coastal aspect of awarded the money. exploring the true Eastbourne has meant a “Collecting through the internationalism of the particular emphasis on award will be in keeping with local regional.” “An exciting future lies ahead for the collection following Towner’s recent award of £1 million” seascapes and coastal scenes, (Left) including work by Victor Cattle and Sheep, 1850 Pasmore, John Tennant, David Thomas Sydney Cooper (1803–1902) Tindle, Alfred Munnings and Jeffrey Camp, and harbour Oil on canvas. Acquired 1923. scenes by Edward Wadsworth and Alan Davie.” © Towner Art Gallery The collection has also benefited from a close association with the Contemporary Art Society and its Special Collections Scheme. The lottery-funded project enabled the Towner to purchase significant contemporary art and, during the pilot phase in the mid 1990s, work by Anya Gallaccio, Tacita Dean, Callum Innes, Mariele Neudecker and John Virtue were acquired for the collection. Sara said: “An exciting future lies ahead for the collection following Towner’s recent award of £1 million from the UK’s leading independent arts charity The Art Fund to purchase international 6 Cultural Quarterly Autumn 2008 What a Feeling Flashdance brings one image to mind – the chair dance, water splashing off what popular culture knows to be a determined young dancer. Arlene Phillips, the sharp-tongued judge on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, told CQ that's not even the best bit of the new musical. Arlene Phillips’ perfectionist The premiere of the tour in (screenplay by Tom Hedley and tendencies are ideal for the Plymouth was a massive success. Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom world premiere of Arlene said: “I was nervous Hedley), Flashdance features a Flashdance The Musical. She throughout the whole evening memorable score, including the was in line to choreograph and, at the end, the audience hits Maniac, Manhunt, Gloria, I Flashdance, the 1983 film, jumped to their feet and Love Rock & Roll and the and is revelling in controlling applauded and applauded and it Academy Award winning the dances for a show that all just took my breath away. Just Flashdance – What a Feeling. carries a hefty weight of as it finished they were all so At a time when, Arlene expectation from a cult quiet and suddenly there was this believes, producers are on the following. burst of cheers and clapping.” lookout for the next film to With a new audience being Set in Pittsburgh, USA, turn into a musical, Flashdance drawn to dance via television Flashdance tells the story of 18- surpasses expectations. competitions, Arlene must also year-old Alex, welder by day She said: “Not only does meet the hopes of newcomers and ‘flashdancer’ by night, Flashdance The Musical have attracted to an ever-popular whose dream is to study at the the famous songs that people tale of passionate prestigious Shipley Dance know from the film but also, to determination and iconic Academy. Based on the develop it as a musical, they imagery. Paramount Pictures film have added new musical 8 Cultural Quarterly Autumn 2008 What a Feeling Flashdance The Musical writing. That way, it’s not just contestants and even her old Congress Theatre the film on stage. friend, the famously harsh November 3 –8 “For me, it’s really worked. Simon Cowell, is reported to You come away humming the have labelled her the Queen new music when you would of Mean. think it would be the old ones Not that she is bothered you would get attached to again.” – she wants her profession Plot and character taken seriously and won’t development have taken their hold her tongue if people lead from the most loved and have done a bad job.
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