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Read More on P81 A guide Brought to you by for international media December 2014 Shakespeare’s Globe South Bank, London visitbritain.com/media Contents Quick facts about British Culture ..................................................................................................................................... 2 Culture is GREAT – why? .................................................................................................................................................... 3 ART AND ARCHITECTURE ........................................................................................................................................ 5 New galleries and museums to watch ............................................................................................................................ 5 Cutting-edge and contemporary art destinations ....................................................................................................... 7 Contemporary art at historic houses ............................................................................................................................. 14 Star architects and where to see their masterpieces ................................................................................................ 17 Arts fairs and open studios .............................................................................................................................................. 19 Step into British paintings and poems .......................................................................................................................... 22 If you liked that… you’ll love this! Culture tips for second-time visitors .............................................................. 26 Hot 2015 Exhibitions For Your Diary ............................................................................................................................. 28 THEATRE, DANCE, OPERA & MUSIC .................................................................................................................... 37 The Leading Lights of 2015 – a year of thrilling theatre beckons .......................................................................... 37 Entertainment all over Britain – theatres to frequent ............................................................................................... 41 Shakespeare in 2015 ......................................................................................................................................................... 44 Immersive cultural experiences to dive into ............................................................................................................... 45 A night at the opera, ballet and concert hall............................................................................................................... 48 Live the high life for less: affordable opera & ballet ................................................................................................. 50 Dance – see it, do it! ........................................................................................................................................................... 52 Useful Theatre Organisations ......................................................................................................................................... 54 FESTIVALS ................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Hull – City of Culture 2017 ................................................................................................................................................ 55 Edinburgh, the Festival City: 12 festivals, 12 months ................................................................................................. 57 Britain’s Festival cities… ................................................................................................................................................... 58 CREATIVE EXPERIENCES ....................................................................................................................................... 64 Creative courses in cool places ...................................................................................................................................... 64 Nourish your brain with talks, lectures and courses ................................................................................................. 68 Britain’s great outdoors – the perfect cultural venue .............................................................................................. 69 FILM ............................................................................................................................................................................. 72 Britain’s starring role on screen in 2015 ...................................................................................................................... 72 Macbeth the movie: something wicked this way comes… ........................................................................................ 76 Film Festivals ...................................................................................................................................................................... 77 LITERATURE .............................................................................................................................................................. 79 Alice in Wonderland’s big 150th birthday (tea) party! .............................................................................................. 79 Celebrating 200 years of Jane Austen’s Emma ......................................................................................................... 81 Literary Britain: follow in the footsteps of Darcy, Dumbledore, Dickens and Dahl ........................................... 82 Literary Festivals ............................................................................................................................................................... 90 Directory: Museums & Galleries ...................................................................................................................................... 91 Third Edition, December 2014. Editor: Rmishka Singh, PR Editor, VisitBritain [email protected]. Contributors: Stephanie Siegle, Tamsin Crimmens, Richard Mellor, Caroline Hendrie. Please direct all enquiries to [email protected] Quick facts about British Culture Did you know..? You can swim in a Zaha Hadid-designed swimming pool, ride on a Thomas Heatherwick- designed bus and, very soon, see Frank Gehry first London commission! Read about ‘starchitects’ and where to see their works in Britain on p17. Hull is City of Culture for 2017 and is the only city in the UK where you’ll find white telephone boxes, a museum of club culture, giant toad statues and theatre in garden sheds. See p55. As 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s Emma, you can channel your inner Regency lady in bonnets, fans and parasols at Bath’s Jane Austen Centre. Read more on p81. Bond is back! Plus Cinderella, Macbeth, Wolf Hall and more – they’re set to hit the big screen in 2015. Read about Britain on screen in 2015 and 2016 on p72. 2015 will see the opening of Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery, housing exhibitions of his own art collection. Read about that and more exciting gallery openings on p5. The novel Alice in Wonderland turns 150 in 2015 and, to celebrate, you can book a Mad Hatter’s Afternoon Tea with a ticking clock Victoria sponge! Read more on p79. Edinburgh is not Britain’s only festival city! As well as the Scottish capital’s 12 festivals in 2015, the year will serve up the Manchester International Festival and many more parties devoted to culture across Britain. Read all about them from p57. You can sleep in an artwork. Renowned British artist Antony Gormley designed ROOM at the Beaumont Hotel, which guests are encouraged to enter naked..! See p14 for more on contemporary art in the outdoors and public art. From Secret Cinema where you dress up as extras on a giant film set, to masked balls and theatrical events where you run after the actors to see what happens next, immersive theatre is thrilling. Get involved, see p45. Take the Dylan Thomas Birthday Walk (featured in his classic work Poem in October) in Laugharne, south Wales, on your actual birthday and claim free gifts at local businesses on the way! Step into famous poems or paintings on p22. There are lots of places in Britain where you can buy art – from the Frieze Fair in October to Open Studios events all over the country. Take back something original, see p19. Have afternoon tea surrounded by artworks at London’s sketch, or take in ping-pong, music and art all at one in Manchester’s Twenty Twenty Two. Read about contemporary art cities and the artiest hipster hangouts from p7. From Turner to Alexander McQueen, 2015’s exhibition diary looks beautiful. See p28. Bend It Like Beckham – The Musical and Benedict Cumberbatch in Hamlet are just two of the treats the British stage has to offer in 2015. Find out everything on p37. Learn hat-making in London, capture the Lake District on camera, make stationery in Scotland and try ‘TED meets Burning Man meets Where The Wild Things Are’ in Wales! Broaden your mind and exercise your creativity all over Britain from p64. Opera for £30? Ballet for £14? Live the high life for less at smashing
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