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PULSE welcome Pulse is 18! We’ve grown up a lot since 2001. No more playing in the sandpit, gone are the awkward spotty years, and you can forget about revising for any more exams. We’re ready to party, and have we got a party for you with almost 60 opportunities to see extraordinary theatre, dance, comedy, circus and music across 10 jam-packed days - there really is something for everyone. As always there are award-winning hit shows from across the UK and beyond, internationally renowned artists, some great shows for younger PULSE Festival audiences, work still in development on Suitcase Ipswich is curated and Scratch days, and a brand new day of work by China Plate and where you can decide what you want to pay at produced by the the end of the performances. The day will feature New Wolsey Theatre artists previously unknown to you or the festival team, ending with Nice Guys from festival favourites ‘People You May Know’. So bring some money and arrive early! There’s laughter, politics, music, acrobatics, magic, a one-man Bon Jovi jukebox musical and a smoking fox. Don’t miss the big shows on the final weekend: Wardrobe Ensemble’s love song to the schools of the 1990s, Education, Education, Education and the hilarious Hammerhead by Joseph Morpurgo. Thank you to our Festival Sponsor: We can’t wait. The only thing missing is you… Ed, Paul & Rob - Pulse Festival Directors 2 01473 295900 PULSE commissions #pulse18 Returning for the 18th year, our 10 day festival offers a bright and inspiring snapshot of contemporary theatre with established and emerging artists, both local and those from further afield. This year, we have commissioned more new work than ever which you can support and feedback on as these artists develop their work with us. Suitcase Prize Day (Fri 1 June) began at PULSE Festival 2013 as a way of encouraging theatre makers to think about making and touring work in a more environmentally and economically sustainable way. The award winning People You May Know Rich Rusk will combine Site specific Dante or Sleepdogs share the will present their take live performance with Die preview their latest songs from their new on toxic masculinity social media in the first work, an exploration of electronic musical with a new show for sharing of our digital identities in A MILLION TINY 2018 SMALL WORLD USER NOT FOUND GLITCHES NICE GUYS Mon 4 June 21 Wed 6 June 25 Sat 2 June 17 Sun 3 June 20 NEW COMMISSIONS for 2018 The Testing Ground Commission for 2018 presents three works at various stages of their development. The commissions vary according to Sat 2 June 14 experience, ambition and the project proposed. Successful applicants have received financial support, access to resources at the New Wolsey Theatre, mentoring from the artistic team and a platform to develop and present their work. Contact Agent for Change – Jamie Beddard for more information INVISIBLE FLASH BRICK WALL SIMON STARTIN on how to apply for Testing Ground 2019 The Blind ENSEMBLE Inspiration [email protected] Traveller Henry 5 Porn pulseipswich pulseipswich.co.uk 3 PULSE info As you read our varied and exciting programme, you’ll see that there is content that contains subjects or themes you might not want your children/young people to see. If you aren’t sure please get in contact with our Ticket Sales Team who will be able to advise. Accessible Performances Accessible Services CAPTIONED • All Duty Managers are sighted guide trained PERFORMANCE • All staff receive annual SUITCASE DAY – SESSION 2 PAGE 9 Disability and Equality Augmented training Re-Visions • £10 Assisting Companion The Light Bulb Man tickets for Education, Education, Education and AUDIO DESCRIBED Hammerhead PERFORMANCES • £5 Assisting Companion tickets for performances SCRATCH DAY SESSION 2 PAGE 14 which are at £10 full price The Blind Traveller • Assistance / Guide Dogs are Henry 5 welcome in the theatre and Inspiration Porn auditoriums • Complimentary assistance / BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE guide dog sitting service INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES • Infra-Red Hearing Education, Education, Education PAGE 29 Enhancement System in the main auditorium WHEELCHAIR USER All venues are accessible to wheelchair users – PULSE please advise at point of booking grub Our Café Bar will have a great offer of food-on-the-go throughout the Some of the shows included in this programme are supported by Arts Council England and the National Lottery festival. 4 01473 295900 PULSE tickets #pulse18 All Under tickets Suitcase starting 26 Day** from £5 £15 £10 About Our Prices Frequent You may have Flyers Book noticed that our prices state Tickets available from: 5 or more ‘starting at’. Make shows and sure you book 01473 295900 get all your quickly as these prices won’t last pulseipswich.co.uk tickets for forever. As the demand for NEW WOLSEY THEATRE tickets increases, Civic Drive, Ipswich, IP1 2AS £5 * our prices are subject to change. NEW WOLSEY STUDIO St George’s St, Ipswich, IP1 3NF So book now for the best price HIGH STREET EXHIBITION GALLERY High St, Ipswich, IP1 3QH DANCEEAST JERWOOD DANCEHOUSE Foundry Lane, Ipswich, IP4 1DW The New Wolsey Theatre ticket Desk has a low level service counter and * All frequent flyer deals exclude Suitcase an induction hearing loop system – Day and Dance Day which are £15 each. to use, turn your hearing aid to T. * * Don’t forget to book for last year’s Suitcase Prize Day winners ‘James McDermott’ with Rubber Ring pulseipswich pulseipswich.co.uk 5 Thursday 31 May NIKKI & JD Knot “What I said….it was the truth… it just wasn’t the whole truth…” Two acrobats meet. They fall in love and dream of the future. But beneath the surface, there lies a truth that threatens to undermine their bond. Heart-breaking yet humorous, Knot is the story of a very modern affair told sensitively through breath -taking acrobatics and dance. Nikki & JD’s new show follows on from their appearance in the critically acclaimed Kin by Barely Methodical Troupe. Knot has been created in collaboration with award-winning choreographer, Ben Duke of Lost Dog Dance Company. NEW WOLSEY THEATRE 7pm (45mins) nikkiandjd.com NikkiandJD nikkiandjd jacksons_lane 6 01473 295900 #pulse18 HOIPOLLOI ME & ROBIN HOOD ME & ROBIN HOOD is Hoipolloi’s brand new show, about Shôn Dale-Jones’s longstanding relationship with his favourite fictional friend, that seeks to raise money for Street Child United, a charity that uses the power of sport to change the way the world sees and treats street-connected children negatively. Shôn first met Robin Hood in the autumn of 1975, as a seven-year-old-boy and they have been good mates ever since. Robin’s been going crazy recently about the direction our world is heading. This show is his idea. He’s convinced we need to change the story of money if we really want to do something about inequality and the growing gap between the rich and the poor. Robin made the point the other day that ticket prices are a steal, priced well below the market value. And please bring cash to the show, as Robin says we have more work to do to change this story… NEW WOLSEY STUDIO 8:45pm (75mins) hoipolloi.org.uk hoipolloievents hellohoipolloi pulseipswich pulseipswich.co.uk 7 Friday 1 June Suitcase Prize Day Now in it’s 6th year, the Suitcase Prize challenges theatre makers to think in an environmentally and economically sustainable way. SESSION 1 NEW WOLSEY THEATRE 11:30am – 12:50pm JODIE GARNISH TUSK DAN WATSON 01 Ghosted 02 Reliance 03 Venus Clem and Robbie are best friends but they haven’t spoken in two years. When a seemingly chance encounter throws them As a child Dan lost a holiday back together at an art gallery, camp dancing competition. they are forced to work back This is his chance to right through their lives in an attempt that wrong. It will be what he After delving into dating to reach closure. would have done had he known better, been a little braver, got apps for the first time, Milly Written as part of the stumbles upon an unexpected the music choice he wanted; Soho Theatre Writers’ Lab Venus by Bananarama. complication when she walks programme, Reliance is a into her job at a Funeral Home new full-length play by Martha Venus will be an opportunity to discover the body of a recent Loader, directed by Rebecca for us all to win, if only for the Tinder match. Abbott. Reliance is the inaugural duration of one song by an 80’s A darkly comic tale of modern- production of Ipswich-based girl group. day connections. theatre company Tusk. danwatsonperforms.co.uk Suitable for ages 14+ tusk.theatre.co danwatsonperforms 8 01473 295900 #pulsesuitcase The 10 participants compete to win £1,000 by presenting a 20 minute scratch show that could tour on public transport! Yes, literally in a suitcase! The judging panel will consider your feedback throughout the day at #PULSEsuitcase SESSION 2 NEW WOLSEY STUDIO 1:30pm – 3:10pm These performances will be Captioned by a Palantypist SOPHIE WOOLLEY GUR ARIE PIEPSKOVITZ THE BACKPACK 04 Augmented 05 Re-Visions 06 ENSEMBLE The Light Bulb Man A theatre-ensemble exploring the power of role-playing in It is well known that every idea achieving the unrequited. “I see the world from three is accompanied by the flash perspectives”. Sophie Woolley’s In the centre of it, a director who of a light bulb. But what kind one person show about decides to recreate the party his of idea does it take to relight a going deaf and becoming a Jewish grandparents,uncertain now derelict light house? cochlear implanted cyborg.