extraordinary events in extraordinary places
12th – 28th september 2014 www.insideoutdorset.co.uk 1 “I just want life to always be like this!” – Audience Member
“This installation is pure genius. A breathtaking location and such an original and inspiring idea. I wish it was there for longer. Thank you for such a spiritual and uplifting experience.” – Audience Member
“Arts Council England believes passionately in Great Art for Everyone. Achieving great art in extraordinary places is a key part of that and what better example of that than the instant success story of Inside Out Dorset.” – Phil Gibby, South West Regional Director, Arts Council England
Harmonic Fields by Pierre Sauvageot – IOD 2012 c: Roy Riley 3 4 map
blandford Audiences are advised to dress forum appropriately for the changing weather and time of day. Events are not seated and audiences will move around, so suitable footwear is essential. Whilst the details in dorchester bournemouth this programme were correct at the time of going to print, we reserve the right to alter littlebredy studland or change the programme without notice, abbotsbury particularly in adverse weather conditions.
For detailed travel and parking directions portland about each location, please go to page 25 and visit our website for up to date information before your journey: www.insideoutdorset.co.uk
Please visit www.carsharedorset.com if you wish to lift share to any of the festival events.
We endeavour to make all our events as fernside college road accessible as possible. If you have any A35 civic access or mobility requirements or have parkstone centre boo road trouble standing for long periods of time, sandbanks poole park road please contact us in advance so we can poole near cricket pitch, advise you on access and make the best park (sandbanks rd. end) boating arrangements for your visit. lake poole, bh15 2sf
No pets please, only registered assistance dogs permitted.
salisbury st studland middle bay the plocks beach cafe church library up in the air lane the bell B3082 beach sheep hill road studland village, market market place, B3351 ferry road rectory manor off ferry road, blandford forum, lane road town rugby bh19 3au museum club dt11 7eb bankes arms inn school morrisons lane river stour
lower gardens pavillion littlebredy B3066 bath road the roof starting point ridgeway B.I.C the waterfront, longland’s lane punchbowl responses coppice former IMAX site, littlebredy start: littlebredy, walled church near pier approach, gardens the village green, bournemouth bournemouth, dt2 9hl pier bh2 5aa bridehead lake
5 festival events september 2014
ridgeway boo up in the air the bell responses the roof poole park studland blandford littlebredy bournemouth
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Protecting Our Environment Activate is committed to reducing its impact on the environment. Please help us by following the countryside code and using public transport or car sharing wherever possible. Do take your rubbish home if you can’t find a bin and do enjoy our beautiful countryside and towns with us!
6 boo poole park – near cricket pitch, cirkvost (France) sandbanks road end, poole, bh15 2sf fri 12th – sat 13th september 8pm, 50mins FREE
A dozen incredible French aerial acrobats are let loose atop a unique 15 metre high bamboo open air structure, with stunning musical accompaniment. Jaw‑dropping and mesmerizing.
Boo is an open air show which examines the human relationship within an impressive 15 metre high scenic structure made of 368 Bamboo sticks.
the company CirkVOST are one of the world’s leading circus companies: a collective who live to fly and deconstruct traditional approaches to aerial performance.
venue choice We have always enjoyed working in the bustle of Poole Quay, but this year relish the opportunity to strike out and discover new parts of the town.
Poole Park is a classic British park with a cricket pitch and leafy woodlands but with the added bonus of the incredible harbour only a stone’s throw away.
We think CirkVOST’s towering bamboo structure will look stunning, echoing the tree line that arcs around the edge of the park.
also in the area Monkey World sleepover event 18th september – www.monkeyworld.org/events Log Boat sessions 18th september – www.pooletourism.com/events Visit Brownsea Island All year – www.nationaltrust.org.uk/brownsea-island
Boo – cirkVOST
7 Associate Programme quayside sculptures poole quay, 12th – 13th september, 12 – 8pm; 14th september, 12 – 6pm Come and see bamboo structures made by the Poole & Bournemouth schools and artists in response to the awe-inspiring CirkVOST bamboo set.
On Saturday 13th September these structures will be animated by dance artists from 2pm onwards. artist’s talk the ark, poole park, 12th september, 9.30pm Join Inside Out Dorset Artistic Directors Bill Gee and Simon Chatterton for a conversation with the CirkVOST company, about how they make work and what lies behind their inspiration.
credits Presented in association with Lighthouse Poole and in partnership with Borough of Poole and Poole Tourism, funded by Arts Council England, Interreg IV A (ERDF), the Institut Français, Cultural Hub, Rayne Foundation, PASS and Dorset County Council.
With thanks to The Ark and Continental Landscapes Ltd.
8 up in the air studland village various artists off ferry road, bh19 3au 13th – 14th september 12 – 6pm FREE
Join us for a feast of outdoor contemporary Anglo-French circus performance in the idyllic Studland Bay. Acrobatic feats, high wires and humour – you’ll find artists located across the village, so expect to stroll from a farm courtyard to a beautiful field with sea views and bring a picnic to enjoy the day.
venue choice How come it has taken us so long to find an excuse to work in Studland? After the delights of our Ashmore event 2012, we were looking for another perfect Dorset village to transform with circus and Studland has everything you could wish for – an amazing coastline and beaches, an iconic churchyard, a village green and the perfect village pub. What’s more, the magic chain ferry delivers you back to Poole for CirkVOST on Saturday evening. Lefeuvre and André – La Serre c: Pierre Borasci La Serre by Lefeuvre and André (France) 30mins; limited capacity – free but ticketed: tickets available at the front of house desk on the day An intimate and playful performance set in a polytunnel, where two frantic acrobats – two of France’s leading circus performers Jean-Paul Lefeuvre and Didier André – are the duty gardeners. At each corner of their daft flower beds, they’ve planted a bunch of bashful lovers, red carnations and mini sunflowers – watch the mayhem unfold.
Square Peg – Rime c: Jascha Lenkiewicz Rime by Square Peg (UK) 55mins A new circus show devised and collectively made by Square Peg based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. With thrilling acrobatics, song and storytelling, Square Peg combines circus with theatre and dance, using group acrobatics and human towers, Chinese poles, silks, flips and tricks to tell this beautiful haunting tale in a whole new way.
Les Colporteurs – Le Chas Du Violon
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Frantic by Acrojou (UK) 20mins Love, freedom, blood, sweat and rain-storms. Breaking out of the mundane comes a beautifully choreographed duet. This fusion of circus, dance and visual design creates arresting imagery and storytelling. From a hectic world encompassed within the confines of a large wheel – watch the performers break free from their frantic preoccupation and find something else: stillness.
Le Chas Du Violon by Les Colporteurs (France) UK premiere 20mins Discover the story of a mother and her daughter on tense wires where they dance barefoot, in cowboy boots and stiletto heels. A fragile balance carried by the melodic sound of the violin, the ropes, and the wires. A performance of humour, tenderness and lightness, performed by one of the world’s leading circus companies.
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band (Rajasthan, India) Sound the brass and drum! With elaborate rhythms and virtuoso improvisations, this spectacular group Acrojou – Frantic of authentic Rajasthanhi gypsies play everything from traditional Indian classics to popular Bollywood movie hits. Expect amazing energy and humour and a unique musical feast representing the soul of contemporary India. schedule We suggest you arrive for midday to avoid disappointment and to enable you to see everything. A full schedule of performances will be published on the website in advance. There will be signs directing Jaipur Kawa Brass Band you to events, stewards on hand, and an information tent with schedule information available on the day.
10 ridgeway responses starting point: littlebredy village green south dorset ridgeway dorset, dt2 9hl various artists 19th – 21st september 12 – 6pm FREE
Alternative Tour 1 Bill Aitchison – Meeting Point 12.15pm, 2pm and 3.15pm (40 mins), Littlebredy
longland’s lane The Butterfly Lady to longbredy littlebredy to the A35 2 Emma Williams starting point 12 – 6pm, various performances, punchbowl Walled Gardens & various locations, Littlebredy coppice 1 white hill littlebredy white hill wood Woodland Springs 2 walled 3 gardens Hazel Evans – Meeting Point every 45 mins between 12 – 5.15pm (40 mins) 4 limited capacity, Littlebredy 3 bridehead lake cricket pitch Ear Trumpet 4 Gobbledegook Theatre 6 12 – 6pm daily, Littlebredy foxholes to the B3159 coppice 7 and the A35 Lachrymae 5 Artmusic 12 – 6pm daily, Ashley Chase Estate Chapel Coppice, near Abbotsbury
foxholes coombe road farm valley of 8 to litton stones national cheney to longbredy nature reserve littlebredy hardy monument to littlebredy ‘the stones’ 9 chapel 5 bishop’s road 10 coppice 3 – 4 miles hardy coppice ashley chase dairy to portesham private road and abbotsbury castle limekin coppice coppice Lachrymae location B3157 Near Abbotsbury – see detailed guide for walking routes and driving directions. to abbotsbury
17 continued overleaf... There will be signs, stewards and detailed directional maps at a welcome tent on the day, at the starting point in Littlebredy and the other sites.
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puncknowle littlebredy martinstown broadmayne longland’s lane west bexington portesham to longbredy littlebredy to the A35 starting point abbotsbury osmington preston broadwey punchbowl coppice 1 white hill west weymouth littlebredy white hill wood 2 walled gardens dorset 4
3 bridehead lake cricket pitch Heartwood 6 Adrian Newton artwork: 12 – 6pm daily; choir performances: 2pm, 6 foxholes to the B3159 3.30pm and 5pm (saturday and sunday only) coppice 7 and the A35
7 The White Hare Sarah Butterworth 12 – 6pm daily, Littlebredy foxholes coombe road Barrow farm 8 valley of And Now 8 stones national 12 – 6pm daily, edge of Littlebredy nature reserve hardy monument The Caravan Obscura 9 ‘the stones’ 9 Frances Aitken bishop’s road 10 12 – 6pm daily, the Hardy Monument
hardy coppice Inside Out Dorset Associate event to portesham 10 Landance and abbotsbury saturday 20th – sunday 21st september, 2pm and 5pm each day, Valley of Stones. Free but ticketed (limited capacity). See Inside Out Dorset website for booking details or phone 07807 052515.
18 ridgeway responses starting point: littlebredy village green south dorset ridgeway dorset, dt2 9hl various artists 19th – 21st september 12 – 6pm FREE
Alternative Tour The White Hare Bill Aitchison Sarah Butterworth A performance in the Recalling ancient chalk form of a guided tour figures of around inspired by the myriad 1000 BC, a temporary of ways people use and landmark will be explore the South Dorset created to pay homage Ridgeway, this tour to the English hare. As offers new perspectives you enter Littlebredy, and insights of this magnificent place. You can join look out for The White Hare on a hillside, and take one of the scheduled performances, or download the a moment to celebrate the Ridgeway’s Neolithic tour online to experience at your leisure. heritage. www.billaitchison.co.uk www.emeraldant.com
Woodland Springs Heartwood Hazel Evans Adrian Newton From the entrance to Experience the life of the beautiful woodland, an ash tree through you will be led on a sound and song. The journey into an unseen ash tree has been the world. Everyday rituals focus of much folklore and natural materials and tradition throughout are used to explore a history, and is a major special place, and what it would be like to live there, feature of Ridgeway landscapes. Listen to the interior in this immersive artwork using sound, sculpture and sounds of an ash tree in a sonic artwork with choral movement. performances by local community choirs. www.hazelevans.co.uk www.nemeton.org.uk
The Butterfly Lady Ear Trumpet Emma Williams Gobbledgook Theatre A captivating outdoor Ear Trumpet is about encounter: costume and listening. It’s about puppetry are used to the sound under the reveal the habitat and ground. The noises that natural behaviour of you would miss if you four butterflies which didn’t listen for them. can be found on the The secret music under South Dorset Ridgeway. Eccentricity abounds as an your feet. Audiences of all ages will be encouraged expert and an enthusiast shares her knowledge with to find the melodies under the earth using an eclectic the audience, attracting some unusual butterflies collection of exquisite and elaborate ear trumpets. along the way… Inspired by both Littlebredy and the West Dorset www.emmawilliamsdirector.weebly.com myths surrounding The Bincombe Bumps. www.gobbledegooktheatre.com
19 The Caravan Associate Event Obscura Landance Frances Aitken Landance, in A unique transformative collaboration with viewing device and Impermanence Dance an inventive, low tech Theatre, are creating artwork, The Caravan exciting promenade Obscura acts as a giant performances where pinhole camera. Fully contemporary dance, mobile, for audiences of up to 6 at a time, step inside live music and visual art will fuse with the natural to regard the scene coming in from the outside on a landscape of the Valley of Stones. large vertical screen. Watch as the familiar becomes transformed. Professional dancers will create a new movement www.caravan-obscura.com piece, in which the landscape has a powerful and active role. Performing to a soundscape by Jez Riley French, trumpet by Jim Dvorak and with visual art by Barrow Ella Huhne, they will bring a stunning synthesis of And Now energy and sensitivity to this ancient valley. The Ridgeway hilltops are peppered with Presented in partnership with Activate Performing mounds and markings. Arts and Natural England. Funded by Arts Council Many are barrows: England, West Dorset District Council, The Ernest c: Mandy Dike and Ben Rigby places of human burial. Cook Trust and Battens Solicitors. With thanks to Sir Barrow is a ceremonial Philip & Lady Catherine Williams, John Barker and structure about the cycle John Dovey. of life and death, outdoors. It offers an invitation to the living, to think of the people who have come from, Free but ticketed – for booking info please see passed through and gone back into the landscape. previous page. www.andnow.co.uk also in the area Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens Lachrymae All year – www.abbotsbury-tourism.co.uk/gardens Artmusic Bride Valley Farm Shop Discover a ruined All year – www.dorsetlonghorn.co.uk chapel in the woods, Great South West Walks 2014 transformed by a 20th – 28th september – www.southwestcoastpath. unique sound and visual org.uk/great-sw-walks installation. Inspired Littlebredy Walled Gardens by the transformation Open easter – end september (19th – 21st september: of girls to trees and cream teas available) – www.littlebredy.com tears to amber in Ted Hughes’ adaptation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses and composed of 100 amber tear jars suspended in the trees, fragments and strands of music unfold, as you make your way into the woods. A collaborative work made by Helen Ottaway, Alastair Goolden, Rowena Pearce and Tim Millar. www.artmusic.org.uk
20 the roof (UK) the waterfront, former IMAX site near pier approach, bh2 5aa
requardt & rosenberg: 50 mins, age guidance 12+ produced by fuel Tickets and info: £10/£12 online, £15 on the night 25th sept 9pm; www.artsbournemouth.org.uk 26th – 27th sept 6.30pm & 9pm; Doors open 30 minutes before, please arrive in 28th sept 6.30pm good time
A 360 degree panoramic performance under the night sky. Set within the suspended reality of a brutal and unforgiving game, this breathless mix of intimate three dimensional sound and the hair-trigger movement of free running will transport you into the body of a reluctant hero, desperate to stay alive.
the artists Following Electric Hotel and Motor Show, this is the third collaboration between theatre director David Rosenberg (co-founder of Shunt) and choreographer Frauke Requardt.
venue choice For 150 years Bournemouth seafront, overlooking wonderful beaches, has hosted a wide range of entertainment along its length. Bursting out of the waterfront, the urban installation setting of The Roof brings the very contemporary world of the computer game on a giant scale. What will unfold in the hidden arena?
also in the area Arts Bournemouth by the Sea Festival 26th september – 12th october – www.artsbournemouth.org.uk/festival Boscombe Vintage Market 6th september – www.boscombevintagemarket.wordpress.com Pavilion Dance South West Year round programme – www.pdsw.org.uk
credits Co-presented with Bournemouth Arts By The Sea Festival and Pavilion Dance South West. Funded by Arts Council England, Bournemouth Borough Council, Pavilion Dance South West, Dorset County Council and the Arts University Bournemouth.
With thanks to Vita Nova and all volunteer stewards and performers. The Roof c: Paul Hampardsoumian
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