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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 1 VISUAL ARTS | COMEDY | FILM | DANCE | MUSIC | THEATRE AUGUST-DECEMBER ‘12 www.cornexchangenew.com Corn Exchange(Newbury) Trustisaregisteredcharity 1080567 0845 5218218 06/07/2012 17:09 WELCOME... This Autumn we have one of the busiest and most inspiring seasons ever at the Corn Exchange. I’m delighted to present some truly exceptional dance, with three of the UK’s leading companies visiting Newbury: Vincent Dance Theatre with the premiere of Motherland, award-winning Lost Dog in It Needs Horses, and a return visit from Ballet Black. We’ll also be launching our brand new programme at New Greenham Arts, with gigs from some of the best new folk musicians around. Plus our outdoor events grow bigger and better with annual favourites Halloween Hullabaloo and the magical Winter Festival of Light lantern procession returning. With more than ever taking place on stage, we’re also encouraging people to spend more time using and enjoying our buildings. Over the coming months we’ve got more opportunities for you to join in and Get Involved with what we do, in particular the launch of our Arts and Culture Club including special off ers so you can come and see more performances and also have the chance to share your thoughts on the shows and fi lms you’ve seen. So, with entertainment legends like Harry Hill, Beverley Craven, Chris Packham and The Drifters as well as Vagina Monologues and more soap stars than seems possible arriving in Newbury for , there’s absolutely no reason to stay in, as this season is a chance to see the very best on your own doorstep! And don’t forget to book your tickets for our action-packed family pantomime Cinderella. We’ve got an extra week of performances after last year’s sell-out, so get ready to boo those baddies and help our lovely Cinders fi nd her charming prince.

KATY GRIFFITHS | DIRECTOR

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ARTS AND CULTURE CLUB Tuesdays 6.30pm - 8pm 16 Oct, 13 Nov & 11 Dec Arts and culture club is the live performance and fi lm version of a book club for anyone with an MOTHERLAND (VINCENT DANCE THEATRE) interest in theatre, dance, music Friday 5 October 7.45pm and fi lm to join. Membership buys SATURDAY STORIES two tickets to three events in the BACKGAMMON FOR Saturdays 11am season and includes a monthly BEGINNERS 15 Sep, 20 Oct, 17 Nov (SO & SO CIRCUS) informal discussion group led Once a month on Saturday Wednesday 7 November | 7.45pm by artist and drama worker, mornings, volunteers are giving Rebecca Glover. DECEMBER: their time to read stories for FILM IN SCREEN ONE families and under 5’s. Book Membership is £25 per TITLE, DATE AND TIME TBC your free ticket and get a 10% off season including your This season members will also be voucher for ‘The Coffee House at event tickets and your invited, as VIPs, to attend the meetings. You can join the Corn Exchange’. Stories are at Box offi ce. MANMADE BOYS aimed at under 5’s. Children must DANCE PLATFORM be accompanied by an adult. This season Arts and on Tuesday 20 November Culture Club events are: 7.45pm (see page 25). Tickets: Free (please reserve space on 0845 5218 218)

POETRY IN PRACTICE Wednesdays 7pm - 9pm 12, 26 Sep & 7, 21 Nov: Corn Exchange Balcony Bar 10, 24 October: Venue TBC Providing a place for adults who are interested in writing poetry, from beginners to more experienced writers, to discover more about poetry, develop their own writing skills and meet others who share their interest in an informal atmosphere. Led by Louise Ordish Booking: 0845 5218 218 or www.cornexchangenew.com £4 per session (or 6 sessions £20)

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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 3 06/07/2012 17:09 Our ‘Get Involved’ learning and participation programme aims to create more opportunities for more people to learn, create, socialise, and experience the arts as widely as possible. Our work falls into a number of broad categories and more detailed information can be found on our website www.cornexchangenew.com and in the separate ‘Get Involved’ brochure. Plus look out for the fl ags against events throughout the brochure for chances to Get Involved! Enjoy! Please contact us to make the most of these opportunities: Learning & Participation Manager Sarah Gregson Tel. 01635 582666 or email [email protected]

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CREATIVE UP CLOSE!

GET CREATIVE GETG UP CLOSE events include all opportunities givesg you the opportunity to see to get hands on experience of a ttheh behind-the-scenes workings particular artform, either regularly or oof the organisation or of visiting in a one-off workshop. They include: ccompanies. They include: • Newbury Youth Theatre • Back stage tours (visit www.newburyyouththeatre.co.uk) • Post show discussions • Creative arts workshops (a chance to talk to actors and directors about the performance) (see pages 36-37) • Meet & Greet • New Greenham Art Club (for families and children to meet (see page 36) GET LEARNING visiting companies) events are curriculum based learning oopportunities, mainly for young ppeople and schools. They include: • Schools’ workshops (with visiting companies) • Cineclub (a national network of young fi lm makers) • Pre-show guidance sessions (to help your group get the most out of seeing a show)

ACCESS TOGETHER!

GET ACCESS GETG TOGETHER focuses on ways to make our eventse provide arts based activities more accessible to more oopportunities to gather with like- people. They include: mminded people. They include: • Sign interpreted performances • Young Corn Exchange (free youth arts events collective • Audio described for 12 to 25 year olds) performances and fi lms • Arts and Culture Club • Touch to See Art Club (see page 3) (in association with Living Pictures) • Stitch and Chat • Autism friendly fi lm (see pages 36-37) screenings (see separate Corn Exchange Film brochure)

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OUTDOOR THE BELL PRESENTED BY PERIPLUM Friday 10 August | 9.15pm Market Place, Newbury Join us for the next major outdoor spectacle as Periplum (Arquiem) return with an international cast and their stunning new show. This 360-degree spectacle features live music, aerial performance and arresting pyrotechnic imagery courtesy of The World Famous. It tells a story of a land, devastated and razed in fl ames by invading forces. Emerging from the smouldering debris, the survivors attempt to rebuild their shattered world in this celebration of human resilience. A sensory extravaganza – don’t miss it! Free Event

We are constantly looking for members of the community to get involved in this programme Funded by of outdoor events. If you are interested in volunteering or would like more information about participatory activities please contact [email protected]

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COMEDY MUSIC THEATRE AL MURRAY BARB JUNGR’S AN AUDIENCE THE ONLY WAY BLUE HOURS: WITH THE DUKE IS EPIC TO OF WINDSOR WORK-IN-PROGRESS WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY MEMPHIS BOB KINGDOM Thursday 6 September Friday 7 September | 8pm Friday 7 September | 7.45pm 7.30pm New Greenham Arts Corn Exchange Corn Exchange Ahead of the release of a brand Who was the real Edward, Duke Kicking off an autumn of wonderful new album, Barb returns with of Windsor and who ‘chaperoned’ comedy, Al Murray The the premiere of her new live Wallis in New York? Bob Kingdom’s Landlord is back. Broken Britain show. This deeply soulful, richly explosive and revealing new play may be staring into an empty pint groove-laden show explores explores one man’s choice between glass, but don’t lose hope – Al is her trajectory from her roots love and money. One of the Edinburgh sure to fi ll it up again, with his epic in the Northwest of to Fringe’s greatest performers, Bob’s new show. The irresistible Innkeeper her international cult status as critically acclaimed one-man shows will be serving up his premier brew one of the great song stylists of include Dylan Thomas: Return Journey of ale-inspired acumen and bar- soul, blues and jazz. For the fi rst directed by Anthony Hopkins and the room buffoonery for one night only. time ever she features original award winning The Truman Capote Talk We hope you’ve already grabbed material specially written for this Show – both have enjoyed sell-out your tickets! project in a show jam-packed seasons in Edinburgh, , New Tickets: Sold Out with Jungr’s extensive repertoire York, and Sydney. Age Guide: 16+ of material familiar, unusual ...an important missing piece of and original. A rollicking, history in the enduring and enthralling unforgettable show that will have story of Edward and Wallis Simpson. audiences screaming for more. BBC Radio Tickets: £15 (£13 concs) Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) Age Guide: 14+ Book Online at www.cornexchangenew.com | 7

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COMEDY ANDY HAMILTON HAT OF DOOM Saturday 8 September | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange Following a postponed sold-out date in May, one of Britain’s best loved comedy performers, Andy Hamilton fi nally serves up his one man show, brimming with jokes, stories, gossip, cash prizes, nudity, trampolining and mild peril. Known to millions for his appearances on Have I Got News For You and QI, he is also the acclaimed writer of Outnumbered and Drop The Dead Donkey. Don’t miss his return to the live arena. Tickets: £16 (£14 concs) Age Guide: 14+

COMMUNITY HERITAGE OPEN DAYS Sat 8 & Sun 9 September Corn Exchange: Sat 10am-4pm/Sun 11am-4pm New Greenham Arts: Sat and Sun 11am-5pm

A chance to take a look behind the scenes at the Corn Exchange and New Greenham Arts. Join us for a day of backstage tours, workshops, exhibitions and much, much more. Whether you want to look around our prestigious grade II listed building at the Corn Exchange or see some live theatre rehearsal, exhibitions and more at New Greenham Arts there’s sure to be plenty going on. For full details see the website. Free Admission

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COMEDY JONGLEURS COMEDY ON THE ROAD Friday 14 September 7.45pm Corn Exchange After a well-deserved summer DANCE hiatus, Newbury’s favourite TANGOMOTION monthly comedy club returns full of beans and ready to entertain Thursday 13 September | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange the masses once more. A night From virtuoso displays of traditional tango dance to the exquisite sounds of out at Jongleurs is the perfect 1930’s Buenos Aires and the powerful Nuevo Tango music of Astor Piazzolla, laugh-fuelled way to kick-start the TangoMotion is a breathtaking journey into the heart of Tango Argentino. weekend. With three excellent acts TangoMotion features four of the world’s leading tango dancers, plus and an equally awesome compere live music from acclaimed band Tango Siempre and the outstanding lined-up to make you roll in the Argentinean singer Guillermo Rozenthuler. The TangoMotion musicians aisles, make sure you book early and dancers have previously appeared in the hit West End show Midnight for these always popular adult Tango (with Strictly stars Vincent and Flavia), the BBC’s Strictly Come comedy gigs. Dancing, Tango Por Dos and Madonna’s fi lm Evita. Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) ...a brilliant fusion of classical, tango, jazz and roots. Age Guide: 18+ Tickets: £17 (£15 concs)

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THEATRE THE LAST OF THE LAKE PRESENTED BY ROUGH FICTION Mon 17 & Tue 18 September | 8pm | New Greenham Arts In distant desert villages where water is sparse young girls can either accept what fate has given them or fi ght against it. She turned into a mermaid. The very last of the life-giving lakes is about to run out. The village just hope their saviours don’t run out on them. This new play from acclaimed young company Rough Fiction brings the Technicolor and extravagant world of magical realism to life, as two girls twinned by birth and prophesy engage in an epic, healing and emotionally-testing journey to the sea. A bold physical staging with audio-visual design allowing a heady world of birds, mermaids and ritual to burst into life. Rough Fiction push the boundaries of text and performance.**** Scotsman Tickets: £12 (£10 concs) Age Guide: 13+

Rough Fiction in association with The Point Eastleigh, Corn Exchange Newbury, and co-commissioned by MUSIC Brighton Dome. Supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. TIM EDEY & BRENDAN POWER NEW GREENHAM NEW FOLK Thursday 20 September 8pm New Greenham Arts Launching a brand new regular New Greenham New Folk gig at New Greenham Arts are the winners of Best Duo and Musician of the Year at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards in 2012, Tim Edey, who is joined by Kiwi harmonica player and composer Brendan Power. Widely acknowledged for being one of the most versatile and creative harp players around today, Power has recorded with the likes of Kate Bush, and Van Morrison. The duo’s blend of passion and virtuosity is infectious. What sets them apart from most folk/Celtic acts is their free-wheeling approach to live performance. It’s that sheer mad spontaneity which unfailingly A unique offer is available for two school groups to see the captures audiences everywhere! performance and enjoy a follow-up workshop with Director, Simon Tickets: £12 (£10 concs) Pitman. Email [email protected] (limited availability). 10 | Box Office 0845 5218 218

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MUSIC THEATRE FAMILY SOUTHERN OTHER HANDS ANDY & MIKE’S SINFONIA CAFÉ PRESENTED BY VITAL SIGNS TICK TOCK TIME CONCERT Fri 28 & Sat 29 September | 8pm New Greenham Arts MACHINE LAURA VAN DER Saturday 29 September HEIJDEN CELLO Following the Royal Court’s critically acclaimed transfer 11am BBC YOUNG MUSICIAN Corn Exchange OF THE YEAR 2012 of Posh to the West End, Vital Friday 28 September Signs presents Laura Wade’s Following their smash-hit Big Box of 1pm 2006 play about love, human Bananas, the star of CBeebies Andy’s Corn Exchange interaction and repetitive strain Wild Adventures, Andy Day and injury. A high-fl ying management BAFTA nominated comedy partner, JS Bach Gamba Sonata No.2 in D Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No.1 in B fl at consultant can restructure a Mike James bring you another Debussy Cello Sonata (1915) company, but can she restructure brilliant adventure, and this time they Laura van der Heijden was 15 when her life? At home, her boyfriend have a time machine! she won the BBC Young Musician won’t stop playing computer When the attic at their ‘fun pad’ - of the Year in May and Southern games... at work, her client seems locked many years ago by their great, Sinfonia is thrilled to present far too interested in her hands... great, great grandfather - opens, they her to the Newbury audience to Tickets: £12 (£10 concs) fi nd a mysterious machine inside. play an enchanting programme, Age Guide: 14+ The guardian of the machine sends accompanied by Huw Watkins on them on a quest to collect the things piano. An unmissable start to the he needs from the past and future. autumn Café Concert season Will they make it back to the here and at the Corn Exchange. now or be trapped in the mists of a Tickets: £7 time forever? One thing’s for sure; they Schools workshops and open rehearsal haven’t a chance without your help! (£11.25 inc food, £5 under 25s), opportunities are available. Email sarahg@ cornexchangenew.co.uk. Free post-show Tickets: £10 (£9.50 concs) discussion on Fri 28 September. Age Guide: 3+

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DANCE MOTHERLAND UK PREMIERE PRESENTED BY VINCENT DANCE THEATRE Friday 5 October | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange Inching its way through airbrushed beauty, porn-star fashion, boob jobs and Botox, through victim-blaming, slut-shaming, misled motherhood and choking childlessness, Motherland is a funny, moving show about what it means to be a woman. Spurred on by the Spice Girls, Germaine Greer and Caitlin Moran, Vincent goes into battle with the big boys, arguing against a narrow, over-sexualized defi nition of femininity to ask ‘what is it that we really, really want?’ VDT’s brilliant multi-talented ensemble of eleven men, women and children, aged from 10-78, dismantle the dream that we can ‘have it all’ as they call into question the gender they were born into and the price they are paying for it. Characteristically cutting across movement, live music, the spoken word and song, Motherland is a call to arms – one that sticks two fi ngers up at the shallow hypocrisies and inequalities of our time and instead asks ‘what do we hope for now?’ Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) Age Guide: 15+

CREATIVE

Vincent Dance are offering a one day professional development workshop in ‘Making Physical Theatre’ on Sunday 7 October, 10am-4pm at New Greenham Arts. See Get Involved pages for more information. Co-commissioned by Corn Exchange Newbury, Brighton Dome and Festival and South East Dance

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MUSIC THE MANDOLINQUENTS PLUS SPECIAL GUESTS SLIM PANATELLA & THE MELLOW VIRGINIANS AND TWO Thursday 4 October | 8pm New Greenham Arts Mean-fi ddlin’ Simon Mayor, banjo-pickin’ tenderfoot Richard Collins and sassy Hilary James bring their unique brand of hot Western Swing, ragtime, close harmony bluegrass and old-time music to the Greenham saloon. An exquisite selection of Spanish and Latin American rhythms and Renaissance dances from Two Guitars too. Tickets: £14 (£12 concs)

FAMILY THEATRE THE SELFISH CROCODILE WORLD OF PRESENTED BY BLUNDERBUS THE WRONG Saturday 6 October | 11am & 2pm | Corn Exchange STARRING THE TWO WRONGIES The funny tale of a brave little mouse and a very snappy crocodile based on the best-selling picture book by Faustin Charles and Mike Terry. Saturday 6 October | 8pm This is a charming, heart-warming tale with a very happy ending, which New Greenham Arts reminds us all that the smallest act of kindness often has the greatest The double-act who dare to do impact. Our storytellers use song, music and a host of beautiful puppets the dirty bring you one of the to bring this watery adventure to life. This is a must-see for 3-7 year most talked about shows of the olds, their grown-up’s, and of course, anybody with a pet crocodile! Edinburgh Fringe. Enter the Tickets: £10 (£8 concs) Age Guide: 3+ strange and chaotic world of The Two Wrongies with an open mind, then sit back and experience a risqué and experimental performance of glorious physical parodies, beautiful silent dance illusions and an unforgettable display of synchronised swimming on land. It’s comedy, it’s dance. It’s so wrong it’s right! Tickets: £10 Age Guide: 16+

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STARRING THEATRE LESLIE GRANTHAM SOAP OPERA GRAHAM COLE Monday 8 – Thursday 11 October | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange LOUIS EMERICK Join an all-star cast for a hilarious new murder mystery, set behind the MICHELLE GAYLE scenes at failing TV soap, Hollyenders Street. Starring the most infamous HATTIE HAYRIDGE baddy of all time, Leslie Grantham, aka Eastenders’ Dirty Den alongside LEE OTWAY a host of stars from your favourite television programmes this is an KEV ORKIAN unmissable production where the storylines are laughable, but behind the scenes it’s murder. With viewing fi gures the worst they’ve ever been as Hollyenders Street approaches its 20th Anniversary, a hard-nosed producer is brought in to mix things up and save the show from being axed. But with characters cut, stories sexed up and new blood brought in, somebody snaps. A body is discovered, but everyone has a motive. Will the show be saved? Will the murderer be found? Will Detective Emmerside get a full set of autographs? The answer to all these questions and more is… join Graham Cole (Tony Stamp in ), Louis Emerick (Mick Johnson in Brookside), Michelle Gayle (Hattie Tavernier in Eastenders), Hattie Hayridge from Red Dwarf, Lee Otway aka Bomb-Head from and Kev Orkian from Britain’s Got Talent to fi nd out! Tickets: £17.50 (£15 concs)

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MUSIC THE DRIFTERS IN CONCERT THE MASQUERADE TOUR Friday 12 October | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange Following the highly successful gold album Up On The Roof, The Drifters are back on the road performing both the classic hits from the last six decades and their superb new material. There have been over 65 vocalists in the group’s incredible 59-year history and tonight, the current line up perform fabulous hits such as; You’re ‘More Than A Number, Come on Over to My Place, Up On The Roof, Under the Boardwalk, Kissin’ In The Back Row, On Broadway, Save The Last Dance For MeOCTOBER and many more as well as popular new tracks such as Do You Dream Of Me, The One and The Whole World. Tickets: £25 (£23 concs)

MUSIC O’HOOLEY & TIDOW NEW GREENHAM NEW FOLK Saturday 13 October | 8pm | New Greenham Arts Belinda O’Hooley (The Unthanks) and Heidi Tidow are the chamber-folk duo behind The Fragile, their genre-defying new album on the No Masters label. Their debut Silent June, was one of MOJO’s Top 10 Folk Albums of 2010 and the duo’s beautifully unusual songs touch on everything from dark folk tales, ecology and cross-dressing historical fi gures through to the invisibility of the elderly and the global economy. Join them for an irresistible gig of thought-provoking song, striking arrangements, sublime harmonies and cheeky Northern banter as part of New Greenham New Folk this October. Tickets: £12 (£10 concs)

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COMEDY MUSIC MUSIC FRISKY & MANNISH CK GOSPEL CHOIR IVO NEAME EXTRA-CURRICULAR Wednesday 17 October ENSEMBLE ACTIVITIES 7.45pm Thursday 18 October | 8pm Corn Exchange Saturday 13 October | 7.45pm New Greenham Arts One of the UK’s premier gospel Corn Exchange Ivo Neame has recorded choirs, CK Gospel Choir performing School? College? Job? YAWN. Life and performed on piano and their unique brand of Gospel/Soul/ isn’t about spreadsheets, it’s about saxophone with leading jazz Jazz music, with a full live band, for joy, laughter and POP MUSIC. Frisky artists throughout the world and one night only. This 16-piece group and Mannish, pop experts and “fully performs at London’s top jazz have played at venues such as Jazz blown superstars” (Time Out), have clubs with his own ensembles. Café, Handlebeurs and at theatres taken their particular brand of pop Established himself as one of across the UK and Europe, and feature education all around the world, the leading composers and singers from The Voice UK and Must from the Sydney Opera House to the pianists on the British scene, Be The Music. CK Gospel Choir have cabaret dives of Berlin. Now they’re his critically acclaimed album appeared with the likes of Phil Collins, coming to Newbury with their bestest Caught in the Light of Day Mariah Carey, Leona Lewis and bits, plus some brand new stuff. received rave reviews. Expect Beverley Knight and their dynamic live superb skill and high energy On paper, it’s next to impossible to show features all the gospel songs as Neame displays his expert do justice to what happens during a you want to hear and more. Frisky and Mannish gig. Telegraph command of small ensemble Tickets: £18 (£16 concs) A riotous night out. Guardian composition and improvisation Tickets: £15 with a line-up that includes Age Guide: 14+ some of London’s fi nest jazz musicians. Tickets: £14 (£12 concs)

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MUSIC THE DAVE NEWTON & CHRIS HILL DUO DANCE WITH HEATHER CAIRNCROSS BALLET BLACK PRESENTED BY Thursday 18 October | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange SOUTHERN SINFONIA Cassa Pancho’s Ballet Black, is a company with a passion to highlight Friday 19 October and celebrate the talents of black and Asian dancers from around 1pm the world, with recent accolades including the Dance Europe Award Corn Exchange for Outstanding Dance Company 2009. Having established a huge Following their hugely popular following in its inaugural decade, Ballet Black has been appointed concert in February, piano and bass Associate Company of the Royal Opera House. For their return visit to jazz duo Dave Newton and Chris Hill the Corn Exchange, the Company are delighted to present a mixed bill return with Heather Cairncross to of premieres from the latest in British choreographic talent: Jonathan give us another opportunity to hear Goddard (Rambert Dance Company), Jonathan Watkins (The Royal Jazz at its best. Dave and Heather Ballet) and Martin Lawrance (creator Pendulum for Ballet Black, 2009). regularly perform together and we They will also debut Storyville, a dark tale of love, corruption and are certainly in for a treat with this survival set in the nightclubs of 1900’s New Orleans, by renowned trio of renowned artists. choreographer, Christopher Hampson. Tickets: £7 Tickets: £16 (£14 concs) Age Guide: 15+ (£11.25 inc food, £5 under 25s),

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COMEDY DANCE JONGLEURS THE LOCK IN COMEDY ON THE UK’S NO. 1 FOLK & HIP-HOP DANCE EXTRAVAGANZA! THE ROAD Saturday 20 October | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange Some of the UK’s oldest forms of dance are brought bang up to date as they Friday 19 October collide with some of the youngest in an exciting new show. The brainchild 7.45pm of award-winning folk band The Demon Barbers, it sees a group of street Corn Exchange dancers arrive at an apparently deserted pub. As the regulars arrive a clash Will you sit at the front and risk of cultures turns into a dance fl oor stand-off. The Lock In! promises to do for catching the eye of the ridicule- English folk dance what Riverdance did for Irish dance and Diversity did for hungry compere, or hide away a bit street dance. Fast-paced and innovative, the show brings together some of further back? At Jongleurs whether the UK’s top clog, sword and Morris dancers with their counterparts from the you become ‘part of the show’ or just worlds of B-boying, popping and krump. sit and enjoy the three outstanding A consistently lively entertaining music and dance performance virtually comedians from the Jongleurs guaranteed to raise weary spirits and send an audience home smiling. locker, you can be guaranteed to The Times have an excellent night out. If you Tickets: £16 (£14 concs) like your comedy a bit more on the adult side then this is defi nitely for you. Go on...book a table down at the front! Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) Full-day subsidised workshop available for a Age Guide: 18+ whole school year group, introducing students to clog, morris and hip-hop dance styles. Contact [email protected]

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COMEDY THEATRE FAMILY FESTIVAL OF THE THE VAGINA MICHAEL MORPURGO’S FOLLOW UP TO WAR HORSE SPOKEN NERD MONOLOGUES FARM BOY ARE YOU STARRING CLARE BUCKFIELD, VICKY ENTWISTLE AND PRESENTED BY NEW SCI-CURIOUS? PERSPECTIVES THEATRE Wed 24 & Thu 25 October | 8pm Friday 26 October | 7.45pm Saturday 27 October | 2.30pm New Greenham Arts Corn Exchange Corn Exchange Stand-up mathematician Matt Eve Ensler’s hilarious Broadway and The compelling sequel to the award- Parker, geek songstress Helen West End smash hit is back with an winning War Horse is a moving Arney and experiments guy Steve all new, all-star cast! Featuring TV account of the changing face of the Mould present a comedy night for favourite Clare Buckfi eld (Dancing English countryside and a beautifully- the fearlessly inquisitive. on Ice Finalist, Two Point Four crafted reminder that stories really Join three of the UK’s best (and Children), the feisty and fabulous can reach out across the generations. nerdiest) performers for an Vicky Entwistle (Coronation Street) It sometimes felt as though time evening of comedy, science, and making her stage debut had stood still on the family farm – music, maths and interactive Chelsee Healey (Strictly Come swallows nesting in the eaves, the old experiments as they ask those all- Dancing Finalist, ). Fordson Tractor quietly rusting in the important questions: How can you An unmissable show for every back of the barn, Grandpa still tending use a parabola to set stuff on fi re? generation – bring your mum, your his chickens – that is, until the summer How does the angler fi sh make best friend, your sister or even your his grandson fi nished school and came love? And how dangerous can gran – this is the ultimate girls to stay, and the old man started telling things get with just numbers? night out... trust us! stories of what it had been like on the farm when he was a boy. Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) Tickets: £18.50 Age Guide: 16+ (Groups of 10+ £16.50) War Horse sequel ploughs The Vagina Monologues donates a percentage of a rich furrow **** Daily Mail revenue from ticket sales to V-Day benefi ting women’s Tickets: £12 (£10 concs) charities across the world. Age Guide: 7+ Book Online at www.cornexchangenew.com | 19

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COMEDY OUTDOOR FAMILY PAUL FOOT HALLOWEEN THE ENORMOUS Saturday 27 October | 8pm HULLABALOO TURNIP New Greenham Arts Sunday 28 October | 4pm PRESENTED BY Paul returns with a brand new Market Place, Newbury STUFF & NONSENSE show to delight and amuse Newbury’s 4th Halloween Tue 30 & Wed 31 October his connoisseurs. Expect the Hullabaloo is coming this Tue 2.30pm, unexpected from the man The autumn, so get your costumes Wed 11.30am & 2.30pm Independent described as “sublime, ready, your little monsters Corn Exchange original and brilliant”. A BBC together and come along for In a tiny house the size of a shed, New Comedy Award and Daily a terrifi c time! Once again the Mr and Mrs Chickweed live on their Telegraph Open Mic winner, you’ll Market Place will be transformed allotment surrounded by vegetables have seen him on Never Mind The into a Halloween extravaganza aplenty. But they can¹t resist planting that all the family will enjoy. Buzzcocks and Russell Howard’s one more seed and as their turnip There are loads of activities grows it threatens their house with Good News recently. He also to take part in, fi endishly tasty disaster! Can anyone help pull up received his second successive food points, face-painting and their Enormous Turnip? Stuff and Barry nomination (Australia’s most lots and lots of live entertainment Nonsense return with their unswerving prestigious comedy award) at this for all. With 5000+ attendees energy, eccentric puppetry and live year’s Melbourne Comedy Festival of last year’s event, Newbury’s music in a re-potted version of the and was a fi nalist in Last Comic outdoor events programme, world-famous children’s story. supported by Greenham Standing in the USA. Tickets: £10 (£8 concs) Come and fi nd out why! Common Trust, just keeps Age Guide: 2+ getting bigger and better! It’s baffl ing to me that Paul is not a household name in this country. Free Noel Fielding Funded by:

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COMEDY DANNY BHOY DEAR EPSON Thursday 1 November 7.45pm Corn Exchange “A few years back, I launched a campaign (wrote some letters) DANCE which successfully saw the return IT NEEDS HORSES of Roast Beef Monster Munch to our supermarket shelves. You’re & HOME FOR BROKEN TURNS welcome. This is a loosely-based THE PLACE PRIZE WINNING PRODUCTION FROM LOST DOG stand up/breakdown show which Friday 2 November | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange revolves around a handful of Lost Dog’s Place Prize winning duet It Needs Horses comes to the Corn other letters I have penned out of Exchange alongside the company’s newest work Home for Broken Turns. frustration, with mixed results. It’s a Blackly comic and highly physical dance theatre performed by an international cast of performers from some of Europe’s most reputable dance and physical show about those little annoyances. theatre companies including Hofesh Shechter Company, Fabulous Beast and Too frivolous to be a cause. Too Gecko. It Needs Horses tells the tale of a down at heel circus duet and their inconsequential to be a campaign. increasingly desperate attempts to entertain the crowd. The glamour has faded, But just about right for that couple the performers have forgotten their acts but the show must go on. Home for from Berwick-Upon-Tweed who come Broken Turns follows the characters from this disastrous double act as they to the Edinburgh Fringe every year.” leave the circus ring for the last time. Inspired by ‘Six Characters in Search of Like a stand up equivalent of Bill an Author’ it looks at how fi ctional characters continue to exist even after the Bryson. Charming and effortlessly piece that called them into existence has fi nished. funny. The Age Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) Age Guide: 14+ Tickets: £15 Age Guide: 14+

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COMMUNITY NEWBURY TALENT PRESENTED BY YOUNG CORN EXCHANGE Saturday 3 November 3pm Corn Exchange Do you have an outstanding talent? Can you sing, dance, make people laugh or do something altogether different? Young Corn Exchange want YOU to come along and perform on the Corn Exchange stage this autumn as we hunt for Newbury’s biggest star. MUSIC Building on the recent success MEGAN HENWOOD of the fi rst Newbury Talent event NEW GREENHAM NEW FOLK and their recent Variety Showcase, Saturday 3 November | 8pm | New Greenham Arts Young Corn Exchange will once An exciting autumn of folk gigs continue with the winner of the again be holding a series of heats BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award in 2009, Megan Henwood. Megan throughout September and October is recognised as one of Britain’s most promising singer-. ahead of the fi nal on the main Clearly rooted in the folk tradition, her songs have a timeless universal stage in November. To register radio-friendly appeal, and a maturity way beyond her years. With a your interest in taking part or for widely acclaimed debut album Making Waves doing just that, and information about when the heats assured, imaginative live performances honed in support of Cara Dillon will be held, please email sarahg@ and Ray Davies plus appearances at Glastonbury, Larmer Tree and cornexchangenew.co.uk. Cambridge Folk Festival under her belt, this is a rare opportunity to Tickets: £3 (Under 18s: £2) catch a remarkable talent in the intimate setting of New Greenham Arts. Comparisons to Laura Marling are too hard to resist but she does have a fabulous voice and some fi re in her belly which should propel her near the top! MOJO

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CIRCUS BACKGAMMON FOR BEGINNERS PRESENTED BY SO AND SO CIRCUS Wed 7 November | 7.45pm Corn Exchange November 1976. A military jet arrives in London and a bemused looking Iranian man in fl ares steps on to tarmac. He holds a single suitcase and blinks in this new land. Unknown to airport offi cials, he has smuggled in the last of his opium supply, and brings with him a complicated past from a culture which doesn’t slot very COMEDY neatly into this one. PIFF THE Over the next few years his attempts to comprehend the MAGIC DRAGON differences between his past and JURASSIC BARK his present will lead to jumping Thursday 8 November | 8pm out of hotel windows, introducing New Greenham Arts backgammon to London bars, Piff the Magic Dragon embarks on facing the terror of the National his fi rst major UK tour accompanied Front and stopping trains with by Mr Piffl es the World’s First Million his bare hands. It will also lead to Dollar Chihuahua™. Will Piff fi nd broken hearts, secret loves and his princess? Will Mr Piffl es defy the multiple children. Cannon of Certain Death? Will you be Fusing drama, breath-taking able to say you were there if he doesn’t? acrobatics, live music and puppetry, A stunningly good magician. So & So Circus tell the true story of Penn & Teller this extraordinary man and his life Cute, Inspired & very funny Time Out lived without a safety net. Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) Tickets: £12 (£10 concs) Age Guide: 16+ Age Guide: 12+

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COMEDY MUSIC AN AUDIENCE WITH JENNY ÉCLAIR BEVERLEY CRAVEN CHRIS PACKHAM ÉCLAIRIOUS ARE YOU SITTING GOES TOTALLY WILD Friday 9 November | 7.45pm COMFORTABLY…? Monday 19 November | 7.45pm Corn Exchange Saturday 10 November | 7.45pm Corn Exchange After thirty years in the business Corn Exchange Compelling and charismatic wildlife she should vaguely know what she’s Performing all her hits from the 90’s TV presenter Chris Packham will doing? Professional Grumpy Old including Promise Me, Holding On, captivate audiences with his latest Woman, writer and panto star; Éclair Woman to Woman, Memories and exquisite collection of images from has been round the block that many Love Scenes, Beverley Craven is back the wild and wilderness. Chris truly times she’s lost count. You may on the road, playing just a handful of has a wild appeal. He is fi rst and recognise her from Loose Women small and intimate venues “They’re far foremost an impassioned naturalist, where she is happy to be one of ‘The better suited to the confessional style with a huge gift as a photographer Coven’. She is also a Pilates Ninja of my new songs…” she says, “It’s creatively and technically. He captures and a disgrace in her own kitchen. like I’ve invited the audience back to on camera perfect moments in time Touring as a stand-up gives Éclair my place!” Once again with a pared and space raw emotion, beauty, enormous pleasure. It also gives her down acoustic line up and stripped perfection. He is the natural world’s dreadful varicose veins, but most back production, she sings candidly equivalent of a photo-journalist. importantly it gives her partner (St about her experience of breast cancer, Tickets: £15 Geof) a bit of a break. Help him keep her recent divorce and current affairs her out of the house, by coming to (not the political kind…) see this show! Tickets: £18 (£16 concs) Tickets: £15 Age Guide: 16+

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COMMUNITY MANMADE PRESENTED BY FUZZYLOGIC Tuesday 20 November | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange An inspirational evening of Boys’ Dance from West Berkshire schools and FuzzyLogic Dance Company. ManMade is an established boys dance project managed by the Corn Exchange alongside acclaimed dance company FuzzyLogic which aims to give young men from across the region a creative and productive way to channel their energy and enthusiasm. Working with 11-18 year olds from schools across West Berkshire, members of FuzzyLogic aim to push the boundaries of male COMEDY dance through a unique style of high tempo and energetic contact work HARRY HILL fused with exciting narrative contemporary dance. A fantastic chance to catch a glimpse of current and future stars of male dance. EXPERIMENTS IN ENTERTAINMENT Tickets: £8 (Groups of 10+: £6) Wed 21 & Thu 22 November 7.45pm Corn Exchange

With a stack of British Comedy Awards and BAFTAs under his belt, we are delighted to welcome the star of Harry Hill’s TV Burp, Harry Hill’s Shark Infested Custard and of course Harry’s Nuts, yes, that’s right… it’s Harry Hill who comes to Newbury to try out new material as he prepares for a brand new live show.

Tickets: £15 Age Guide: 16+

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MUSIC COMEDY MUSIC SOUTHERN JONGLEURS SCOTTISH CEILIDH SINFONIA CAFÉ COMEDY ON WITH THE CONCERT THE ROAD SHIP BAND NEW GREENHAM NEW FOLK ALEXANDER Friday 23 November HOHENTHAL 7.45pm Saturday 24 November | 8pm HEATHER TUACH CELLO Corn Exchange New Greenham Arts COLIN SCOBIE VIOLIN The perfect pre-Christmas night out The Ship Band are the UK’s Friday 23 November returns as Jongleurs is back for the premiere professional ceilidh band 1pm fi nal time in 2012 with a hilarious (or barn dance band if you prefer), Corn Exchange evening of adult comedy for your formed by a core of top class Planned for some time, Southern delectation. Three stand-ups are young festival session musicians Sinfonia proudly present three of joined by a brilliant compere who who play with style, passion and their fi nest players, including leader leads you through an evening of energy. The line-up often includes Alexander Hohenthal, to perform a naughtiness and japery which is sure musicians from headline acts in special arrangement for string trio to get you in the mood for laughing, the current folk scene. By using of JS Bach’s Golberg Variations. just in time for the glut of rubbish some of the best callers in the This promises to be a superb comedy DVD’s awaiting under the country, well-practised in enticing concert of quality, played by stars of Christmas tree. Enjoy live comedy even the most reluctant dancers, the orchestra. with us at the Corn Exchange. they ensure every party will be a night to remember – this will be Tickets: £7 Tickets: £14 (£12 concs) no different, as New Greenham (£11.25 inc food, £5 under 25s), Age Guide: 18+ New Folk give you a stompingly good pre-Christmas night out. Tickets: £12 (£10 concs)

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COMMUNITY PANTO INSTALLATION PROJECT Friday 30 November - Friday 5 January Corn Exchange Foyer

COMEDY Setting the scene for audiences RICHARD arriving at the pantomime, the Panto Installation project is HERRING the culmination of a project Thursday 29 November run annually for local year 8pm 9 children. Working with a New Greenham Arts professional artist they create It’s an object of shame and pride; their work over the October it inspires laughter and fear; it’s a half term at New Greenham symbol of power, yet it’s incredibly Arts, planning, designing and fragile; it can be a pound of fl esh making everything themselves. or an ounce of winkles, it can be This project is part of our ‘Get used to express both love and hate; Involved’ programme and is one it creates life, it can condemn us to of our initiatives to give wider death... and it can do wees as well. hands-on access to the arts. How can one tiny fl ap of sponge and sinew be all these things? In this tenth anniversary update of his critically acclaimed show ‘Talking Cock’ Richard Herring exposes the truth about men and For pantomime workshops, activity their fl utes of love. packs or other ways to get involved in Cinderella please see pages 4/5 or email Tickets: £15 [email protected] Age Guide: 16+

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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 28 06/07/2012 17:11 PANTOMIME CINDERELLA PRESENTED BY CORN EXCHANGE NEWBURY AND HISS & BOO WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY PHIL WILLMOTT Friday 30 November 2012 - Sunday 6 January 2013 Corn Exchange Preview Tickets: £10 (fi rst three shows) Full Price Tickets: £15 - £18 (concessions, family and school rates available) Expect mischief, mayhem and action aplenty in this year’s glittering tale, Cinderella. The team that brought you last year’s rip roaring Robin Hood, the superb Aladdin, and the sensational Puss in Boots are back with the best- loved panto of them all. Join the gang for a magical rags- to-riches tale, with some familiar and some new faces. Will our dazzling heroine make it to the ball? Will she fi nd her hunky Prince Charming? The gruesome ugly sisters are a force to be reckoned with, but with a feisty fairy godmother on our side who knows what might happen in this year’s festive adventure. Prepare for an action-packed tale full of songs, silliness and plenty of magic. It’s not an easy ride to happily-ever-after for poor old Cinders, and she’ll certainly need your help along the way! Tickets already selling fast, so book now!

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MUSIC THE MANDOLINQUENTS CHRISTMAS EXTRAVANGZA Thursday 13 December | 8pm New Greenham Arts Join our fi esty foursome for a feast of seasonal merriment, mincepies and surprising surprises. Enjoy the musical charm and hilarity of Britain’s MUSIC leading hot-fi ngered virtuoso Simon Mayor and his merry MARI AND BARB’S crew of Mandolinquents. With their CHRISTMAS fabled sense of fun and unique mix of SELECTION BOX folk ballads, 1930s hot swing fi ddle, tangos, classical showstoppers and Friday 7 December | 8pm brilliant bluegrass banjo New Greenham Arts party-pieces...not to Join Mari Wilson the Neasden Queen mention sparkling of Soul and Barb Jungr the reigning Mayor mandolin Queen of Cabaret in a specially originals, created confection of musical delights Christmas well from the hit parade of life. Two of and truly starts Britain’s most loved singers, Barb here at Greenham! Jungr and Mari Wilson have been Tickets: £14 friends for years and have worked (£12 concs) together creating specials and shows between their other tours. For New Greenham Arts they bring together their love of soul and pop and Christmas songs in a wonderful celebration of harmony and wit. Tickets: £15 (£13 concs)

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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 30 06/07/2012 17:11 COMEDY INSTANT WIT EXTRA THE QUICK-FIRE COMEDY IMPROVISATION SHOW Saturday 15 December | 8pm | New Greenham Arts The best in improvised comedy, fresh and inventive, each show throws up new nuggets of hilarity crafted by a company of the highest calibre. It’s a pick-me-up tonic with unexpected twists and a dash of sauce. There’ll be sketches, songs and general silliness – and all of it based around audience suggestions. Many people have seen improvised comedy on the TV – but remember, this is not recorded and edited, but totally live so, if you like your comedy fast-paced and with a slightly unusual edge, this is defi nitely for you. Tickets: £10 (£8 groups 10+) Age Guide: 14+

OUTDOOR FESTIVAL OF LIGHT LANTERN PROCESSION Sunday 16 December | 4.30pm | Northbrook Street leading to the Market Place

Join hundreds of families in the 2012 Create your own lantern at one Festival of Light lantern procession, of our FREE public workshops: a river of beautifully lit lanterns Sat 24 November & Sat 1 winding its way up Northbrook Street December 10.30am- 5pm, and into the Market Place. With live Newbury Library music, a real community atmosphere Sat 8 December 11am - 4pm, and a glittering fi nale, the winter New Greenham Arts lantern procession has fast become a Christmas tradition in Newbury. Group leaders workshop: Sun Make your own willow and tissue 9 December 1pm - 3pm, New paper lantern in one of our workshops Greenham Arts to join in the procession, or simply To sign up for the group leaders come along to feast your senses. workshop e-mail sarahg@ FREE event cornexchangenew.co.uk Suitable for all ages Image from 2011 lantern procession

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BONHAMS VALUATION DAYS Thu 13 Sep, 10am- 1pm, Thu 11 Oct, 10am- 1pm, Thu 8 Nov, 10am – 1pm Thu 20 Dec, 10am – 1pm, Corn Exchange Balcony Bar Bonhams is one of the world’s leading Jewellery auctioneers. Specialist sales are held in our London and Oxford salerooms. Bonhams Jewellery specialist Tessa Parry will be at the Corn Exchange on the second Thursday of every month to give free confi dential auction valuations on any jewellery that you may be considering selling. Alicia Rogers will also be available for non- jewellery valuations. Please call 01865 853655 to book an appointment.

APOLLO BIG BAND Saturday 15 September | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange The Apollo Big Band returns to the Corn Exchange to celebrate the legendary sounds of the world’s greatest Big Bands leaders. Apollo will pay tribute to the likes of Glenn Miller, Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Stan Kenton, Gordon Goodwin and many more. An exciting programme of toe-tapping tunes and guest vocal features promises to provide a superb evening’s entertainment, capturing the glitz and glamour of the Big Band era. Tickets: £10 (£8 concs)

FOOTLOOSE PRESENTED BY NOMADS MUSICAL THEATRE Wed 19 – Sat 22 Sept | 7.30pm & Sat mat 2.30pm | Corn Exchange Following last year’s storming success of Our House, Nomads Musical Theatre return with another Newbury premiere, Footloose The Musical! Based on the 1984 movie, don’t miss this explosive combination of smash hit songs (including Holding Out For A Hero, Let’s Hear It For The Boy and Footloose), musical comedy, drama, blossoming romance and energetic dance! A dazzling evening for musical-goers and 80’s fans alike; Footloose is bound to get you on your feet! Tickets: £13 (£10 concs Wed & Thu only, Saturday matinee: All £10)

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PARKWAY SHOPPING CENTRE PRESENTS INSPIRING AUTUMN CHIC Thursday 27 September | 1pm & 7.30pm | Corn Exchange Parkway Newbury will be hosting the ‘Inspiring Winter Chic’ event, a unique opportunity to see new fashion choreographed in catwalk and dance showcases with the latest styles for autumn/winter 2012. Introducing the top brands at Parkway –Designers at Debenhams, Joules, Superdry, Jigsaw, Mint Velvet and many more. If you like a fast, intense fashion fi x join us for our lunchtime show. Alternatively our evening gala performance provides a more in depth experience. Guests will have the opportunity to win incredible prizes and enjoy exclusive giveaways from Parkway’s fashion and lifestyle retailers. All proceeds from ticket sales will go directly towards the Corn Exchange 150th anniversary fund. Tickets:1pm: £10/Early Bird £8* 7.30pm: £15/Early Bird £10 * Includes Welcome Canapes

VERDI’S MACBETH PRESENTED BY KENNET OPERA Thu 15 - Sat 17 November | 7.30pm | Corn Exchange On the eve of Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday, join Kennet Opera as they present one of Shakespeare’s fi nest works.Sung in English, this new production presents the magic, murder and mayhem of one of history’s greatest villains as you’ve never seen it before. Award-winning Australian director Greg Eldridge will join forces with conductor Rebecca Berkley and some of the region’s best singers to bring Macbeth’s world to life as ‘something wicked this way comes’. Some elements may be disturbing to younger audience members. Tickets: £12.50 (£10 concs, Thursday only) SALVATION ARMY CAROL CONCERT Saturday 24 November | 7.45pm | Corn Exchange This year’s Carols at The Corn Exchange, hosted by The Salvation Army Newbury, will feature the Central Southern Area Fellowship Band, The School choir from The Willows Junior School and the Timbrel group from Swindon Citadel, plus lots of congregational carol singing. The Newbury Salvation Army are celebrating 130 years of being in the town and working in the community, any profi t and proceeds from the evening will continue that work. Tickets: £9

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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 33 06/07/2012 17:11 VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION OLYMPIC SPIRIT AN OPEN STUDIOS COLLABORATIVE ART PROJECT Tue 24 July- Sun 16 September Corn Exchange Balcony Bar Open Studios artists bring their individual energy and creativity to the theme of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Working together, they have made a large, dynamic multi-media panel which celebrates Olympic sports in all their diversity. The work of students in local schools is also represented in the panel. The Olympic theme has inspired members of Eight Bells for Mental Health too. Working with four artists, they have created their own multi-media panel. www.open-studios.org.uk This project is supported by West Berkshire Council. Image: Anne Webster

EXHIBITION STATE PRESENTED BY STUDIO 8 Shirley Eccles Luke Webb Tue 4 September – Thu 4 October Glass/Mixed Media Sculpture Corn Exchange & New Greenham Arts Flora Gare Steven Sculpture/ Sommerville What does state mean to you? Studio 8 Artists individually interpret the Installation Sculpture/ concept of state. Studio 8 is a group of 9 artists resident at New Greenham Chrissie Gutsell Mixed Media Arts. They work in a variety of media, including installation, mixed media, Painting Marie Sudwell Sally Haynes Installation/ paint, print, glass, textiles and sculpture. Their exhibitions over a number Drawing/Mixed Multi Media of years have showcased an exciting range of work that responds to a new Media Helen Peake and contemporary theme each year. Helen Lunn Painting/ Painting/Drawing Stone Carving

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EXHIBITION THE GREENHAM COMMON OPEN Wed 17 October – Thu 22 November New Greenham Arts After the success of our previous Open Submission exhibitions, we are proud to once again open our gallery to emerging and established artists. The Greenham Common Open aims to attract work from a diverse range of media, including lens-based methods, to create a challenging and varied exhibition. EXHIBITION During the exhibition, one artist EXHIBITION THE HEART’S may be selected and offered a NEW GREENHAM LONG COAST solo exhibition during 2013 at ART FAIR New Greenham Arts. For more ARTIST ROBERT FITZMAURICE Sunday 2 December information, please contact Tue 9 October - Wed 21 November 10am – 4pm Rachel Lawrence on Corn Exchange New Greenham Arts 01635 582666 or visit The Reading based artist Robert www.cornexchangenew.com The annual New Greenham Art Fair Fitzmaurice returns to the Corn returns to help you fi nd the perfect Exchange with this striking exhibition gift or unique piece of art for your of paintings and works on paper. In a home. Showcasing original and style he has coined ‘lyrical fi guration’ innovative work by local professional boats, sentinels and coastlines are artists, New Greenham Art Fair just a few of the recurring motifs provides a great opportunity to he uses to convey mood and say discuss and purchase works direct something of the human condition. from the artist. Stalls will include Literary references (e.g. Shakespeare jewellery, paintings, prints, ceramics and Borges) are discernable, but fi rst and sculptures all under one roof. and foremost this is an exhibition Entry by donation. driven by visual ideas and painterly sensibilities. Originally from the West Midlands Robert has lived and painted in Berkshire since 1984. Book Online at www.cornexchangenew.com | 35

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It’s a jam-packed term of workshops this season at New Greenham Arts – from our weekly art classes to one-off sessions for you to try, we have something for everyone. Most workshops will take place in the versatile Studio 2 at New Greenham Arts. Have a browse through our listings below and for full details of all our workshops and how to book, see our new Get Involved flyer and visit www.cornexchangenew.com. To book a place on any of the workshops listed. please call the number provided.

PRINTMAKING PIANO FOR BEGINNERS & STITCH AND CHAT WITH SARAH MARTINEZ INTERMEDIATES WITH MANDI BAINBRIDGE 20 – 24 August, 9.30am - 12.30pm WITH MARIE KVASNIK Fridays: 14 & 28 Sep,12 & 26 Oct, Age guide: 10-16 years Tuesdays 11 Sep – 20 Nov 9 Nov & 7 Dec, 2pm – 4.30pm A week of printmaking covering (excl. 30 October), 12.30pm - 5.30pm Come and join us for an afternoon collagraph, polyboard, silkscreen and An 8-week course of 30-minute lessons of ‘Stitch & Chat’ - your chance to t-shirt printing with a small exhibition for beginners and intermediates in meet like-minded crafters and make on Friday. books 1-4. new friends. Themed workshops will £120 (Including all materials) £120 (Single student for 8-week course of also be offered by Textile Artist Mandi Class size: Up to 10 30-minute lessons) Bainbridge. 0845 5218 218 £180 (2 students – complete beginners & £5 (Per session – covers running costs) children only) Contact: 0845 5218 218 WATERCOLOUR AND PASTELS Plus price of Piano Books – around £5 WITH TESSA KIRBY 0845 5218 218 NEW GREENHAM ART CLUB Tuesdays 11 September - 20 November WITH SARAH MARTINEZ (excl. 30 October) 10am - 12pm , ACRYLICS IN THE AFTERNOON Saturdays 22 September, 6 & 20 WITH SIMON JARDINE A weekly class for beginners and October, 10am – 12pm intermediates to develop their skills Thursdays 13 Sep – 22 Nov Age Guide: 8-12 years. using watercolour and pastels. (excl. 1 November) 1.30pm – 3.30pm Join tutor Sarah Martinez in three £95 A ten-week introductory course to one-off sessions to introduce Art Club. Contact: 01635 45828 painting in acrylics for those new to Sessions this season will include ‘Paint’, painting as well as the more experienced EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING ‘Painting with Light’ and ‘Silkscreen’. artist. WITH SALLY HAYNES £16 per session (includes all materials) £95 (Materials not included) Tuesdays 11 Sep – 20 Nov Class size: Up to 10 Class size: Up to 15 (excl. 30 October), 7.30pm – 9.30pm Contact: 0845 5218 218 Contact: 0845 5218 218 or Thursdays 13 Sep – 22 Nov INTRODUCTION TO IRON- (excl. 1 November), 10am – 12.30pm LIFE PAINTING/DRAWING FIXED SILK PAINTING Experienced students are encouraged to WITH JANE WHITAKER WITH HELEN MORTIMER explore a variety of media, methods and Thursdays 13 Sep - 22 Nov Monday 24 September, 10am-12.30pm materials using all their senses, not just (excl. 1 November), 7.30pm - 9.30pm the visual. A structured programme of ten sessions An introduction to iron-fixed silk paints, you will learn the basics from stretching £110 to help both beginners and experienced Class size: Up to 15 artists maintain and improve their skills. silk onto a frame to using gutta to Contact: 01635 40600 or Age Guide 16+ outline a design. Ideal for beginners! £25 (includes all materials) [email protected] £100 (Materials not included) Contact: 0845 5218 218 Contact: 01635 43187 36 | Box Office 0845 5218 218

NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 36 06/07/2012 17:11 INTRODUCTION TO GLASS EXPERIMENT WITH GLASS BIJOUX BEADING WORKSHOP 1 WORKSHOP 2 WITH HELEN MORTIMER WITH SHIRLEY ECCLES WITH SHIRLEY ECCLES 10am – 11.30am Saturday 29 September, 10am – 4pm Saturday 27 October, 10am – 4pm £15 (All materials and tools included) An opportunity to have a taster session of During this workshop you will learn to DÉCOUPAGE DELIGHTS glass making – an introduction to basic create relief texture and colour in glass to WITH HELEN MORTIMER techniques including creating jewellery create a bowl or platter. 11.45am – 1.30pm pieces using a microwave. £75 (includes materials and kiln firing) £17.50 (All materials and tools included) £75 (includes materials and kiln firing) Contact: 07817 722330 or DECORATIONS Contact: 07817 722330 or [email protected] WITH CLARA FLINTOFF [email protected] 2pm – 4pm EXPERIMENT WITH £10 (All materials and tools included) INTRODUCTION TO STEAM- MIXED MEDIA SPECIAL OFFER: Book all three FIXED SILK PAINTING WITH JANE WHITAKER workshops for just £35 WITH HELEN MORTIMER Sunday 28 October, 10am – 4pm Contact: 0845 5218 218 Monday 1 October, 10am - 12.30pm Enhance your creative painting and PORTRAIT PAINTING/ Experiment with a variety of exciting experiment with unusual and unexpected techniques on silk using steam-fi x dyes. equipment to create a more varied DRAWING WITH JANE WHITAKER Ideal for those with some experience and approach to your work. Open to all Sunday 18 November, 10am – 4pm also beginners. abilities. This workshop is designed for students £25 (includes all materials) £60 (Materials not included) with some experience. Materials can be Contact: 0845 5218 218 Contact: 01635 43187 whatever you prefer, but Jane will be on ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE WILLOW SCULPTURE hand to provide advice and guidance. AWARENESS WITH FLORA GARE £65 (Materials not included) WITH TANYA WHANNELL Saturday 10 November, 10am - 4pm Contact: 01635 43187 Saturday 6 October, 10am - 1pm A one-day workshop using buff willow to GLASS CASTING This workshop introduces you to the create your own sculpture for your home WORKSHOP 3 or garden. practical, hands-on learning process that is WITH JANE WHITAKER £55 (Including all materials. Lunch not Alexander Technique. You will be helped to Saturday 24 November, 10am – 4pm included) identify and prevent harmful postural habits Experiment and create! In this workshop you Contact: 0845 5218 218 which may lead to stress and pain. will explore mould making and glass casting. £40 (discounts for booking lesson on the day) CHRISTMAS CREATIONS £75 (includes materials and kiln firing) Contact: 0845 5218 218 Saturday 17 November Contact: 07817 722330 or Need some inspiration for Christmas gifts? [email protected] PAPER & WIRE SCULPTURE Want to get creative with your decorations? WITH FLORA GARE LANTERN MAKING Saturday 13 October, 10am - 4pm Then come along to our Christmas Saturday 8 December, 11am – 4pm This workshop introduces a fun, easy Creations workshops. Make gorgeous Sunday 9 December, 1pm - 3pm technique to create sculptures using wire individual jewellery, learn the fine art of Take part in our free lantern-making frames and papier mâché to be painted découpage and create elegant decorations. workshop in the run-up to Newbury’s and decorated for your home or garden. Feel free to attend just one, two, or get a third Winter Lantern Procession £55 (Including all materials. Lunch not included) special discount for all three! on 16th December. Free Contact: 0845 5218 218

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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 37 06/07/2012 17:11 Discover your love of fi lm again at the Corn Exchange’s cosy 40-seat cinema, Screen One. An intimate alternative to the multiplex experience hidden away on the top fl oor, where you can enjoy a glass of wine or a cup of coffee in a relaxed atmosphere. We offer a specialised programme of art house, independent and world cinema alongside the big blockbusters so you can see all your favourites and try something new. With a new fi lm season every eight weeks, Screen One attracts a devout audience of regular attendees and is one of the jewels in Newbury’s cultural scene. Make your night out an affordable enjoyable one at the Corn Exchange. Tickets are just £3.60 - £7.20 each. Please see www.cornexchangenew.com Keira Knightly in Anna Karenina for an up-to-date programme of screenings. (coming this autumn)

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NEWB AUTUMN 6_7_PREFLIGHT.indd 38 06/07/2012 17:11 GIFT VOUCHERS FOR HIRE Looking for an original gift to mark a special occasion?

If you’re struggling to think of a gift for friends or loved ones and would like to mark their special occasion by giving them something completely different, think Corn Exchange Gift Vouchers.These handy gift vouchers come in denominations of £5, £10 and £20 and can be used for all shows and fi lms at Corn Exchange Newbury and New Greenham Arts. They make ideal gifts for people who: Corn Exchange Auditorium, • Already have everything. New Greenham Arts, Balcony Bar and Screen One can be hired. • Love theatre, music, comedy, Contact Kate Williams, dance or fi lm. Theatre Manager on 01635 517956 or • Would enjoy a [email protected] new experience. for more information.

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*Available at Corn Exchange box office and online †Includes Welcome Canapes

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We’re incredibly lucky to have this beautiful building and the opportunity to present such a fantastic range of performances here in Newbury. As we celebrate our 150th anniversary it’s a timely reminder of all the work that needs to be done to keep an historic building like this running. Supporting our 150th campaign, putting your name on the wall or becoming a friend of the Corn Exchange will help us to do just that.

In our anniversary year, we are offering are able to support us by giving from individuals a unique opportunity to as little as £5 per month. To say thank have your name on the wall of the you we are able to offer friends a host Corn Exchange. For £150 your of extra opportunities including priority name will appear on a specially booking, exclusive ticket offers commissioned plaque which will be and special events. displayed in the Corn Exchange foyer For more information or to discuss for the next 150 years. All funds raised supporting the Corn Exchange, will go towards helping us to maintain please contact Administrator and this beautiful building. Fundraising Assistant Penny Starr We’re also hoping to fi nd at least 150 on 01635 582666 or email Friends, Best Friends and Patrons who [email protected]

Mr R Bayley Dr F Davison P & C Moore We also gratefully Mrs J Bensley Mr E Dove Mrs G Mott acknowledge Mrs D Blake Mrs M Dowling Mrs J Myers support from: Mr S Blore Mr G Dunford Mr W Palmer D’Oyley Carte P & H Branch Mrs A Findlay Mrs D Pattenden Charitable Trust Mrs L Bravery Mr R Fitzmaurice Mrs P Pattison The Guido Trust Mrs V Bray Mr & Mrs Freeman Ms P Simpson Englefi eld Charitable Mr L Bretz Mr & Mrs P Griffi n Mr R Skelley Trust Ms M Buxey Mr M Hersey Ms S Smith With thanks to: Mr L Cameron Mrs L Harman Mr A Stark All volunteers Mrs E Clay Mrs T Haughton Mr R Strapp Fortiori Design Mr A Collins Mrs H Herd Mrs S Vandyk The Graphic Mr & Mrs D Cooper Mrs C Kent Mrs J Woodhouse Design House Mrs S Cox Mrs J Malsingh Document Mr F Cuthbertson Mrs M Mitchell Despatch

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MEMBERS PRIORITY BOOKING OPENS: THURSDAY 12 JULY 2012 PUBLIC BOOKING OPENS: THURSDAY 19 JULY 2012

ONLINE BOOKING • Please note that only one discount VOLUNTEERS cornexchangenew.com per ticket may apply. Concession The people who assist the Front of Our online booking facility allows you to tickets purchased online or over House managers are Volunteers. choose your seats 24 hours a day. the phone will need to be collected Events simply couldn’t happen in order to show proof of without them. Volunteers also help TELEPHONE BOOKING eligibility. Tickets for babies in other areas of the Corn Exchange Box office 0845 5218 218 is open (where suitable) up to 18 months when needed. If you are 18 or over Monday 10am - 5pm, Tuesday - cost a £1 administration fee. and would like to be part of a Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sundays • Where family tickets are available, friendly team, please contact the and bank holidays 1 hour before a family consists of 4 people, at Front of House team on the show starts. least two of which are under 19 01635 517956, or email stewards@ cornexchangenew.co.uk TERMS • All children under the age of • Tickets are non-refundable except 12 must be accompanied by DATA PROTECTION POLICY in the case of a cancelled event; a paying adult. The Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust in the case of a sold-out show £1 is committed to complying with The per ticket will be payable on tickets FILMS Data Protection Act (1998) and to Details of films showing at the returned for resale. upholding the principles of good Corn Exchange are listed in a There is a £1.20 charge for information handling practice. • separate leaflet, available from postage if required. the box office. Film listings are ACCESS • Please contact the box office for also on the website or email • Please tell the box office when details of our group rates. [email protected] booking if you require the induction • Those eligible for concessions to receive our free weekly email. loop (the Corn Exchange only) or use a wheelchair. include (with proof) ages under EMAIL LISTS 19, senior citizens, full-time To sign up to receive our regular • Please note: Pushchairs and prams students, benefit and family credit newsletter, including last minute will not be admitted to the auditorium. claimants, key workers, Equity offers, exclusive email deals • Corn Exchange is fully accessible, cardholders and Registered and information about new with a disabled drop off point Disabled. Registered disabled get events, send an email to behind the theatre (Bear Lane). a free ticket for their companion. [email protected] • Corn Exchange and New Greenham • West Berkshire Council Arts welcome guide dogs. employees are entitled to 10% New Greenham Arts gallery, off most performances or • auditorium and Tandoori are concession price. accessible to wheelchair users and toilets are also accessible.

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FOR HIRE TRAVEL HOW TO FIND US Corn Exchange Auditorium, • There is a car park directly in front Corn Exchange New Greenham Arts, Balcony Bar of New Greenham Arts Market Place, Newbury, and Screen One can be hired. • Corn Exchange is surrounded by Berks RG14 5BD Administration 01635 582666 With its central location and a number of large car parks, Fax 01635 582223 sophisticated bar Corn Exchange £1 payable after 6pm. [email protected] is an ideal venue for hosting your • Corn Exchange is in the town conference, meeting, seminar, centre, 5 minutes walk from New Greenham Arts workshop or party. We offer fi rst class the station. 113 Lindenmuth Way, Greenham Business Park, facilities, excellent catering, dedicated Newbury, Berks RG19 6HN support staff and personalised service Administration 01635 582666 to ensure your event is a success. Fax 01635 817479 For more information contact [email protected] Kate Williams, Theatre Manager on 01635 517956 or [email protected] Book Online at www.cornexchangenew.com | 43

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