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June Southend Festival 2015
Southend is a hub for talent in the media Take a look through this brochure to find and creative arts and Southend Festival music, arts, comedy, media, performance and has worked with the community and exhibitions brought to you by fresh new talent South Essex College for 13 years to and more experienced artists/performers. provide a platform on which the talent Southend Festival has also supported 3 events can perform and exhibit. with student grants this year helping them to create an event to showcase the range of Southend Festival runs for the month of June talent emerging from South Essex College. The and this year kicks off with our official launch grants were used to fund ‘The Evolution of event at East Coast Social (see Page 4.) The Movement’, ‘Perspective’ and the ‘BA Year 3 festival will feature work and performances by Fashion Design Fashion Show.’ final year students at South Essex College as well as incorporating the best exhibitions and Details and updates can be found on our shows that the area has to offer, many of them Facebook page with free entry, in various venues throughout Facebook/southendfestival the town.
Partners of Southend Festival 2015 Part of South Essex College Creative & Media Computer Games Design Costume Construction Digital Animation Fashion Design Fashion, Communication & Marketing Fine Art Graphic Design Interior & 3D Design Journalism Music Performance, Production & Composition Music Production Performance Performance (Dance) Photography Production for Live Performance & Events Television Production & Screen Media
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Fri 5 June Southend Festival Launch Event
East Coast Social, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1TJ
5pm - late
Free No booking required
Join us at East Coast Social to celebrate the official launch of this year’s festival. There will be music, 2-4-1 on selected cocktails and plenty of Southend Festival giveaways.
4 Friday 5 June 5pm till late
Join us at East Coast Social for the official launch of Southend Festival. There will be music, 2-4-1 on selected cocktails and plenty of Southend Festival giveaways.
Exhibitions Fashion Film Music 2015 Performance and more! www.southendfestival.co.uk
5 Art Art
Wed 3 June Thu 4 June Art & Thought by Malcolm Kingcott Southend Festival Art to Tue 23 June Challenge
The Forum Southend, South Essex College, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1NE Southend Campus, Luker Road, Weekdays 8am to 10pm, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1ND Saturday 8am to 6pm, Sunday 11am to 5pm 5pm to 8pm Free Free The “Art & Thought” exhibition in the Forum Space Tickets must be booked explores abstraction and surrealism with oil on canvas. in advance With over 50 years painting experience Malcolm Kingcott has painted in various styles and covered many subjects. Booking Details: [email protected]
Southend Festival invited students from local schools to create a piece of artwork using the word “Festival” as their inspiration. Their work will be used to create an exhibition at the campus gallery and will feature as an extended part of the UAL Extended Diploma in Art and Design department show.
6 Art Art Exhibition
Thu 11 June Sat 11 April Lunchtime Curator’s Mark Bradford ‘Tide’ Talk: The Thorpe to Sat 27 June Smith Collection of Local Paintings Beecroft Museum, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX
Beecroft Art Gallery Tue to Sat 10am to 5pm Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Free Essex, SS2 6EX This exhibition will not only incorporate at least 25 large- 12.30pm to 1pm scale paintings depicting various views/stages of the tidal £2 flow, but will include audio installations, films and speakers who have experience or work with the tidal flow. Join Southend Museum’s Curatorial Manager, Clare Hunt and discover the Thorpe Smith Collection of Local Paintings.
7 Comedy Comedy
Sat 6 June Tue 9 June Paul Merton’s Impro Chums Stewart Francis
Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9LA Palace Theatre, Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9LA 8pm 8pm £22.00* £19.50* Concessions £2.00 off *A £1.50 per ticket booking fee applies, capped at four per order. Groups of A £1.50 per ticket 10+ please call 01702 351135 to buy fee-free. booking fee applies,
Booking Details: capped at four per www.palacetheatresouthend.co.uk order. Groups of 10+ please call Paul Merton, one of the UK’s best-loved performers, and his 01702 351135 world renowned Impro Chums: Mike McShane, Lee Simpson, to buy fee-free. Richard Vranch and Suki Webster will create a new and unique Booking Details: comedy show, based entirely on suggestions from the audience, www.palacetheatresouthend.co.uk their own finely honed improvisational skills and an almost manic compulsion to show off. Special guests may also be The star of ‘Mock The joining them including: Niall Ashdown, Andy Smart and Steve Week’, ‘Michael McIntyre’s Steen.* Roadshow’ and ‘Live At *4 performers will join Paul on each performance. The Apollo’, embarks on a brand new stand up tour with a fantastic and hilarious new show!
8 Comedy Community Community
Sat 20 June Mon 1 June Fri 26 June Giraffe - Free Range Craft Club Yarn Bomb Health & Wellbeing Comedy Evening Southend-on-Sea, The Squeeze Café, Secret Location The Squeeze Café, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB All day 8pm 8pm Free £12.50 £5 Keep your eyes peeled for the Tickets must be booked next Craft Club Yarnbomb. Tickets must be booked in advance. In the spirit of guerrilla yarn in advance Doors open at 6.30pm bombing we aren’t going to Booking Details: Collect from The Squeeze Café Booking Details: tell you where and what we or visit www.eventbrite.com Tickets available in advance from the Squeeze Café have planned, but we can tell you it will “appear” in the Learn more about things A great mixed bill of darkness of Sunday 31 May, that affect your health Stand Up, Sketch and ready for people to see bright & wellbeing at this great Improv - don’t miss it! and early on Monday 1 June monthly evening event. for the start of the festival!
9 Community
Sat 27 June Vintage-on-Sea
Warrior Square Park, Southend-on-Sea
10.30am to 4pm
Free
Bobby’s Girl Vintage has been invited once again to host the Vintage and Retro Market at Southend Festival Community event ‘Vintage-on-Sea’. Perfect for Bobby’s Girl Vintage followers and the community of Southend and surrounding areas to get a summer vintage day out. You will find live music, dancing, make-overs and an outdoor vintage market on the doorstep of Southend High Street. Bringing you vintage delights from vintage & retro music, fashion, homeware, furniture, accessories, bags and handmade items. There is ample parking very close to the event.
10 Southend Festival presents: twitter/@Sou- thendFest Vintage-on-Sea
Vintage, retro and handmade Saturday 27 June craft fair live entertainment 10.30am – 4pm and workshops
Warrior Square Park, Southend
Exhibitions Fashion Film Music 2015 Performance and more! www.southendfestival.co.uk twitter/@SouthendFest
11 Dance
Wed 10 June Level 2, 3 and 4 Dance Final Performance
Towngate Theatre, Basildon, SS14 1DL
7.30pm
£16 £12 concessions
Booking Details: 01268 465465 www.towngatetheatre.co.uk
Dimensions Dance Company presents ‘The Evolution of Movement’. Their first production as a company showcasing the work from the dance students on the level 2, 3 and 4 courses at South Essex College.
12 Design Design
5th June Tue 9 June UAL Foundation Year 1 Level 3 Games Design Diploma in Art to Wed 10 June & Design End of Year Art Exhibition Park Inn Hotel 1st floor, Church Road, ‘Tiro’ Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2AL 10am to 4pm The Victoria Shopping Centre, Free Southend-on-Sea
5.30pm Showcasing 2D and 3D games.
Free
The UAL Level 4 Foundation Diploma in Art & Design present their end of year show ‘Tiro’ in the Victoria Shopping Centre in Southend. The exhibition showcases an eclectic mix of the diverse creative practice from 80 of South Essex College’s Art Foundation students.
13 Dining Experience Fashion
Thu 25 June Sat 27 June Moneypenny Murder Mystery Productions BA Year 3 Fashion Presents; ‘The Great British Bump Off’ Design Fashion Show
Maritime Room, Cliffs Pavilion, Southend-on-Sea, SS0 7RA Park Inn Hotel, Church Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2AL 7.30pm 7pm £40* £5 *No booking fees on this performance. Delivery Booking Details: charges may still apply. [email protected] Booking Details: www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk South Essex College students The clock is ticking in the bake-off tent. The ovens are on will be showing their final high and the gloves are off. For Producer Francis ‘Franny’ collections in a Fashion Craddock the kitchen is proving to be a dangerous place. Show. The collections, All the contestants in his baking competition are carrying the culmination of three knives as large as their grudges and it’ll be up to him years of hard work will to ice over the cracks before the whole mess ends in showcase a diverse range murder! Enjoy a delicious three course meal with a half of design concepts from bottle of wine per person included in this great price. sports luxe inspired to urban streetwear; smart printed silk shirts and shirt dresses to beautifully crafted draped jersey pieces. For more information go to their Facebook page TENFashion.
14 Film Film
Sat 28 March Wed 10 June Nastassja Simensky ‘Colloquy’ film ROH Screening of The to Sat 27 June Royal Opera in La Bohéme Beecroft Museum, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX Forum Big Screen, Elmer Square, SS1 1NB Tuesday to Saturday 10am to 5pm
Free 7.30pm Free Working with composer William Frampton, a composition in 5 movements, scored for String Quartet and Soprano In 2014 Southend Borough was written, using the numeric data from hydro-graphic Council became home to one scans of the ‘London’ ship wreck and the surrounding of the Royal Opera House BP sea bed. The composition was performed to the ‘London’ Big Screens, showing opera from the local cockle boat, Indiana, as it drifted across for residents and visitors in the breadth of the wreck, connecting the two sites. Southend, live from the Royal Opera House, for free. This year two operas and one ballet make up the brilliant BP Big Screens series. Each Film screening brings exclusive backstage films, competitions Mon 15 June and the best performances live to the Forum’s big screen. Short Film Screening Pre-show activities start 30 minutes before the start of Park Inn Hotel, each show. Bring a picnic, Laurel and Hardy Room, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2AL chair and a blanket and enjoy world class music! Supported 4pm by Southend Festival. Free donations welcome
‘Perspective’ is a free film screening event, open to the public showcasing short films, documentaries and even music videos from local talent.
15 Graphic Design Live Performance Music
Mon 8 June Sat 27 June Fri 5 June Make Make Y3 Sundown Arts Grounds for Divorce BA (Hons) Graphic Design End of Year Elsie’s Place Café at the Leigh Sutton Arms, Show Community Centre 79 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL to Mon 15 June 7.30pm to 10.30pm 9.30pm to midnight South Essex College, Free Free Southend Campus, Campus donations welcome Gallery, Luker Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1ND Rock covers band. Sundown is a non-profit arts Monday to Thusday organisation run by volunteers 9am to 9.45pm, producing events featuring Friday live music, spoken word, 9am to 6.30pm, comedy and performance. Saturday Every year Sundown produces 9am to 4.45pm an event especially for the Leigh Folk Festival. This years Free will feature live music from This is the show of South Colchester’s Kevin Pearce Essex College’s 2014 (recently supported Turin graduating class of BA Breaks on their UK tour), (Hons) Graphic Design. spoken word and more acts Make Make showcases to be announced. the final major projects Go to www.sundownarts.org of our ten students and or www.facebook. shows an insight into their com/sundownarts for interpretation of the varied more information. world of graphic design.
16 Music Music Music
Fri 5 June Sat 6 June Sat 6 June Kelly Knightsbridge Chinawhite Eden Nash - Live - Live Sutton Arms, The Squeeze Café, The Squeeze Café, 79 Southchurch Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL 8pm 8pm 9.30pm to midnight Free Free Free A night of the best live Live music the Squeeze Classic rock band. music around with Eden Café as Kelly & Megan Nash & Simon Campbell Knightsbridge return for a - don’t miss it. great Friday night session.
Music Music
Wed 10 June Fri 12 June Maciej Raginia Piano Alex Crowhurst - Live
Civic Centre, Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6ER The Squeeze Café, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB 12.15pm to 1pm 8pm Free Free Booking Details: please call 01702 215624
Polish pianist Maciej Raginia is in demand as a soloist Great live music to give around the UK and abroad and has performed in your weekend a kickstart! concert venues around Europe. This free concert will include music by Beethoven and Chopin.
17 Music Music Music
Fri 12 June Sat 13 June Sat 13 June Expose Lord Toffingham Jazz Juice
Sutton Arms, Sutton Arms, The Squeeze Café, 79 Southchurch Road, 79 Southchurch Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL 8pm 9.30pm to midnight 9.30pm to midnight Free Free Free Jazz Juice is back with best Rock covers band Glam rock band funk filled tracks around. Get down to get down.
Music
Sat 13 June VIVA SANTANA - LIVE!
Maritime Room, Cliffs Pavilion, Southend, SS0 7RA
8pm
£12.50* *There are no booking fees on this performance. Delivery charges may still apply.
Booking Details: www.thecliffspavilion.co.uk
Voted into the Top 5 must see tribute bands by Classic Rock Magazine,Viva Santana have taken their superb interpretation of the Carlos Santana Latino rock/blues back catalogue from Cuba to Spain. Expect classy guitar licks over danceable percussion, as the band roll their way through“Samba Pati”, “Changes”, “Soul Sacrifice”, “Oye Como Va”, “Smooth” and other highlights from Santana’s 30 year career.
18 Music Music
Fri 19 June Fri 19 June Scooby 4 Girls 4 Harps
Sutton Arms, Plaza Centre, 79 Southchurch Road, Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2PT
9.30pm to midnight 8pm
Free £10
Rock covers band (£9 CONCESSIONS) Concert Club members £8 (£7 CONCESSIONS)
Booking Details: please call 01702 215624
Since their formation in 2000, 4 Girls 4 Harps have been heard in numerous venues and festivals in the UK and across Europe, delighting audiences with their dynamic performances and innovative repertoire. Harriet Adie, Keziah Thomas, Eleanor Turner and Elizabeth Scorah are four harpists who have a shared goal of presenting new works and their own idiomatic Music transcriptions to show off the full scope of four concert harps.
Fri 19 June Sirius DJ
The Squeeze Café, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB
8pm
Free
Smooth grooves, funk, hip hop, ska and more... and it’s free on the door
19 Music Music
Sat 20 June Thu 25 June Fisticuffs Squeezebox Folk
Sutton Arms, The Squeeze Café, 79 Southchurch Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL 8pm 9.30pm to midnight Free Free Join us at the Squeeze New Wave Revival Band Café for a night of Squeezebox Folk
Music Music Music
Fri 26 June Sat 27 June Sat 27 June The Earnshaws Camel Walk Mischief
Sutton Arms, The Squeeze Café, Sutton Arms, 79 Southchurch Road, Leigh-on-Sea, SS9 2HB 79 Southchurch Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL Southend-on-Sea, SS1 2NL 8pm 9.30pm to midnight 9.30pm to midnight Free Free Free Spinnin’ exotica, surf, Rock covers band popcorn, ska, beat, garage, Rock covers band rhythm & blues, and anything thing else we think fits.
20 Photography Photography Photography
Sat 28 March Sat 18 April Sat 18 April ‘Documenting the Alan Hockett ‘If You Want To Talk London Shipwreck ‘Drawing with Light’ About Light You Have Project; Photographs to Sat 27 June To Talk About Waves’ by Luke Mair’ - Bridget Smith to Sat 27 June Beecroft Museum, to Sat 4 July Victoria Avenue, Beecroft Museum, Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX Focal Point Gallery Victoria Avenue, Tuesday to Saturday Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1NB Southend-on-Sea, SS2 6EX 10am to 5pm Tue to Fri 10am to 6pm Tuesday to Saturday Free Sat 10am to 5pm 10am to 5pm Free Free A showcase of images of the Essex coastline captured This is the first solo exhibition Local photographer Luke using pinhole photography. in a public gallery for five Mair spent the summer years for the British artist and of 2014 volunteering photographer Bridget Smith. with Southend Museums Born in Leigh-on-Sea, Smith’s Service, English Heritage project for Focal Point Gallery and Cotswold Archaeology includes a number of large- to visually document the scale photographic prints London Shipwreck Project; an using the early cyanotype incredible attempt at rescue process. Image below archaeology that has captured the interest of the nation.
Selfie Competition
Selfie Competition Winner Jennifer Humphreys Winner of a GoPro camera and selfie stick.
21 Theatre Theatre
Thu 11 June Mon 22 June Modern adaptation Dead Simple of Romeo and Juliet to Sat 27 June to Fri 12 June Palace Theatre, South Essex College, Westcliff-on-Sea SS0 9LA Thurock Campus, Monday to Saturday 8pm, Main Auditorium, Grays, RM17 6TF Thusday and Saturday 2.30pm
3pm and 7pm each day Various - see below
£5 Mon to Thu 8pm & Matinées - £27.50* £25.50* £18.50* (£3.50 Concessions) Booking Details: Fri and Sat 8pm bookings will be available from Southend Campus, college reception, £28.50* £26.50* £19.50* Luker Road, Southend-on-Sea, SS1 1ND Concessions £1.50 off (exc Fri and Sat 8pm) South Essex College Students Senior Citizen mid-week matinee special £24.00 studying level 3 BTEC (exc groups) Performing Arts present a
contemporary retelling of *A £1.50 per ticket booking fee applies, capped at the world’s greatest love four per order. Groups of 10+ please call story, Romeo and Juliet. This 01702 351135 to buy fee-free. modern interpretation is set Booking Details: www.palacetheatresouthend.co.uk in 2050, London. This story forces us to reflect on the Michael Harrison thinks he has it all; great career, good world that we live in, and to friends and a beautiful fiancée. But when his stag night question our fate with regards prank goes horribly wrong, Michael finds himself alone, to love, status, family, wealth, buried alive and staring death in the face. As time runs and power. This adaptation out and the terror grows, Detective Superintendent Roy uses physical theatre, Grace tries to solve his mysterious disappearance, but poetic language, multi begins to fear that Michael will never be found in time. media, and original scores to reveal this tragic story.
22 Coming soon... (Events in July)
Music Fashion
Fri 3 July Wed 1 July The Southend Boys’ and Girls’ BA Year 3 Fashion Communication Choirs present ‘A Night at the & Marketing Exhibition of Work - Musicals’ New Designers 2015 (part 2) St Luke’s Church, to Sat 4 July Southend-on-Sea. Business Design Centre Islington London, 8pm 52 Upper St, £6 Islington, London, N1 0QH £5 concessions 10am to 5pm Booking Details: 01702 303628 £11 The Choirs will perform an evening of music Booking Details: from shows and musicals, including songs Tickest can be ordered from from Phantom of the Opera, www.newdesigners.com Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and more.
23 Cover image by Emily Hodges UAL L3 Diploma in Art & Design South Essex College