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Bedales Petersfield
Live Events
DANCE | DRAMA | MUSIC | SO C IAL | TALKS
Autumn Brochure 2019
The heat of the sun is gently
lessening, so we’ve made sure
you can stock up on cultural fuel
to keep your mind ablaze.
The season starts with an incendiary double bill. Limited to over
16s, we question attitudes to the female orgasm and white privilege
in Bedales’ open and honest way. This year’s visiting poet, Julia Copus,
will then also be going beyond the conventional: you will still hear her
written works but also a piece commissioned for radio. Through the
eyes of Nick Cassenbaum’s childhood adoration, you can get to know
nation’s ex-favourite Michael Barrymore again, without the overblown
vilification of his downfall. Peeling then explores accessibility and
unfairly marginalised stories. Our second double bill (why do things
by halves?) maintains the clarity of the first. Royal Court writer, Chris
Thorpe’s Status takes a cold, rough look at the current state of play in
Status. Signals then gives us a lighter look at the search for intelligent
life elsewhere in an intense and witty two hander. Beowulf has a set
up as raw as the original telling – taking audience suggestions, Seth
Kriebel tells this ancient tale, with modern guidance. Jo Berry and
Patrick Magee then share what it is to forgive, after the atrocities
committed in the name of religion and nationhood. And as we count
down the days to Christmas, we have Matt Parker delight us with
numerical comedy. And if all that culture isn’t enough to keep you
toasty, then there’s all our home grown work too – forged right
here at Bedales and to which you are always very welcome.
Phil Tattersall-King
Director, Bedales Events
hello@bedales.org.uk
@BedalesEvents
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Jack Offord
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of each event to find out exactly why
they’ve been programmed for you.
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PECIAL DRAMA DOUBLE BILL • SPECIAL DRAMA DOUBLE BILL • SPECIAL DRAMA DOUBLE BILL •
Face to Face
Double bill special, 16+ only
HOTTER
What is the sweatiest you’ve ever been?
When was the hottest you’ve ever felt?
How would you describe your orgasm?
Hello, we’re Ell and Mary.
We’re best friends and ex-girlfriends
and we’re bored of playing it cool.
So this is a show about what gets you
hot. We asked women and trans people
aged 11 to 97 what makes them sweat,
flush, rub and gush. OK, we didn’t ask
the 11 year old exactly the same questions.
We made a sweaty verbatim dance party
out of their answers.
Holly Revell
Following sell-out runs at the
Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Soho
Theatre, HOTTER is launching arse-
first direction. Blushing already?
“Vulnerable, charming, and electric”
AAAAA Edinburgh Guide
AAAAA Broadway Baby
hotterpiggins.com Straight after their Soho Theatre run, we get Ell
HOTTERproject and Mary talking about bodies, being teenage
hotterproject girls, friendship and sweat. Vulnerable, honest
hotterproject and charming, this is a show to feel good about.
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Tue 10 Sep Theatre
19.00-20.00 – HOTTER £14/12 – HOTTER only
20.30-21.30 – The Privileged £24/20 – Double bill (limited)
The
Privileged
Written &
performed by
Jamal Harewood
CONTAINS NUDITY
Have you ever seen a polar bear in
the flesh? Been close enough to notice
just how white these magnificent
mammals are? Here is your chance to
get up close and personal - remove your
shoes, coats and bags, as you are about
Tara Yarahmadi
to encounter the Arctic’s whitest
predator, with black skin.
Join a well-trained member of staff as
we enter the polar bear’s natural habitat “an extraordinary charged
and experience this animal like never
before. Be one of the privileged few to and disturbing meditation
say they have petted, played with, and on cultural stereotypes and
fed a polar bear. perceptions and fears”
This is an audience led participatory Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
performance that uses the excitement
of a polar bear encounter to explore
race, identity and the community.
After being told about this performance by an OB,
harewooo.com Jamal shared the video with us and it shifted the way
Harewooo in which I understood theatre could make you think.
#ThePrivileged #WhiteFurBlackSkin Difficult, memorable and vital work.
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MUSIC
P O ETRY
Poetry Series
Julia Copus
Tue 17 Sep, 19.30-20.30
Theatre (£12/10)
Julia Copus is a poet and children’s
author. She has published four
collections of poetry, the most recent of
which is Girlhood (Faber & Faber, 2019),
and is the editor of Life Support: 100
Poems to Reach for on Dark Nights (Head
of Zeus, 2019). Her debut collection, The
Shuttered Eye, appeared from Bloodaxe
in 1995, when she was 25. It contained the
first of several ‘specular’ poems, a form
she pioneered in which the second half
of the poem is an exact mirror of the
first, using the same lines but in reverse
order. Her awards include First Prize in
the National Poetry Competition and the
Forward Prize for Best Single Poem
(2010) for An Easy Passage. Faber also
publishes her rhyming picture books for
children which include The Shrew That
Flew (2016) and My Bed is an Air Balloon
Caroline Forbes
(2018). In 2018 she was made a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Literature.
“Julia Copus considers the big themes of life and
death in the tiniest of forms. This is a beautiful,
arresting, sympathetic collection.” Observer
“phenomenal mind games” Observer, on Girlhood
See the world differently, through the power
JuliaCopus and scope of Julia’s perfectly formed work.
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MUSIC
MUSIC
Marika Fri 20 Sep, 19.30-21.00
Hackman Theatre (£16/14)
Joost Vandebrug
Marika Hackman is a ‘Rid of Me’-era Having recently released a new track “i’m
PJ Harvey for the inclusive generation: not where you are”, Marika is gearing up
unbounded by musical genre, a preternatural to an exciting year of touring.
lyricist and tunesmith who isn’t afraid to
go there. Hackman’s 2015 debut, ‘We Slept at
marikahackman.com
Last’, was heralded for being nuanced and
marikahackman
atmospheric. She really found her footing marikahackman
with her last release, ‘I’m Not Your Man’,
and its sybaritic, swaggering International
hit ‘Boyfriend’. Marika’s new sound sees
her dive into herself, peeling back the
We nearly got her back to Bedales last year but
skin further and further, exposing herself a vocal injury delayed that return … until now.
in a big way, creating something for Come and hear one of Bedales’, indeed music’s,
people to react to. most exciting voices
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D RAMA
My Kind of Michael
Nick Cassenbaum
Did you have a childhood hero? Thu 26 Sep, 19.30-20.10
Did they let you down?
Do you still love them? Theatre (£14/12)
Nick Cassenbaum is touring his new
show following his international hit
Bubble Schmeisis (“generous and poignant”
AAAAThe Stage). This time he has
created a passionate and playful tribute
to his childhood hero, Michael Barrymore.
Ever since he was a kid, Nick has loved
Michael Barrymore. In this heartfelt
tribute, Nick invites you to experience
the turbulent love affair between entertainer
and audience. Nick uses his critically-
acclaimed storytelling style and Barrymore’s
iconic shticks, to weave his own story with
Barrymore’s dramatic rise and fall. With
The Other Richard
live music and gags aplenty, it promises
to be ‘Alwight!’
Created with Danny Braverman
“Irresistibile”
The Reviews Hub
“Electric, witty, and
nickcassenbaum
surprisingly moving”
#mykindofmichael Exeunt
“I loved it!” Claire Sweeney
Friend of Bedales (many of you will remember
the brilliant Bubble Schmeisis) Nick Cassenbaum
asks whether you should ever really meet your
heroes in a poignant and clever examination
of audience and performer.
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DRAMA:
MUSICFAMILY SHOW
Tales From Sat 28 Sep, 14.00–14.50
the Trees Theatre (£12/10)
Family of 4 – £35
Squashbox Theatre
Meet Craig, the friendly Forest Ranger
and resident tree expert. It’s his job to
make sure the woods are a peaceful and
happy place but he’s having a tough
time of it today! A cheeky squirrel has
stolen his Chocolate Covered Nutty
Snack Bar™, his niece Little Red has
wandered off the path on her way to
Granny’s house, the mysterious old
Wizard of the Woods is playing tricks
again and there are even rumours of
a big bad wolf in the forest!
Will Craig save the day? Come and
find out and along the way learn how
to identify different trees, discover
the wonder of photosynthesis, gasp
at deadly carnivorous plants and
encounter crazy characters from
folklore and fairy tales!
Tales from the Trees is a
terrific tangle of puppetry,
storytelling, live music and
comedy, with a theme that
embraces natural history,
folklore and ecology.
Squashbox Theatre have created a delightful
family show that connects with our Bedalian love
for the outdoors, community, and storytelling.
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D RA MA
Peeling
Taking Flight
Theatre
Fri 04 Oct, 19.30-21.00
Theatre (£14/12)
In shadow, never centre stage, three performers await their
brief moment in the light. But who would want to explore these
bodies? Who will receive their stories? Their words have been
buried in dust, through the long corridor of time. We will
unearth them here. We will hear them echo in the darkness.
This city will fall.
Alfa, Beaty and Coral wait… wait while once more the action
plays out elsewhere. Once more they form the chorus to
someone else’s lead.
But… this city will fall.
With interwoven BSL, live audio description and English
captions at every show, Peeling challenges you to experience
theatre afresh. Whose stories do we tell? And who will be
there to bear witness?
“fiercely clever and uncompromising”
AAAA Guardian
AAAA The Stage
“thought-provoking and entertaining”
Theatre in Wales
10Theatre should be accessible to everyone but
unfortunately isn’t always. Everyone is welcome
to this performance, which explores theatre and
accessibility as a concept.
With BSL, captions and Audio Description.
For friends who may wish to know more
about this accessible show in different ways:
bit.ly/peeling-audio
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Back to Back
China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz present
Status
Written and performed by Chris Thorpe
and directed by Rachel Chavkin
We all have a nationality.
Or almost all of us.
Status is a show about someone who
doesn't want his any more.
A Fringe First-winning solo show
from the multi award winning team
that created Confirmation.
The Other Richard
Status takes as its starting point the
UK Prime Minister's assertion that
“if you believe you are a citizen of the
world, you are a citizen of nowhere”.
Drawing on globe-spanning Commissioned by Battersea Arts Centre,
conversations about national identity, Warwick Arts Centre and Les Théâtres de la
and incorporating songs as well as Ville de Luxembourg. Supported by the British
stories, Status is about running away Council, Goethe-Institut London and the
from national identity, and whether Collaborative Touring Network.
that impulse - for those privileged
enough to consider it – is a useful
one, or a rejection of responsibility Another friend of Bedales and Royal Court writer
open only to the few. (among many other accolades), Chris has worked
with students on preparing sixth form shows in
previous years. With Status he has created a searing
chinaplatetheatre.com show about the remnants of national identity in the
piglungs #statusplay aftermath of a country torn apart by democracy.
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Tue 08 Oct Theatre
19.00-20.00 – Status £16/14 – Single show
20.30-21.30 – Signals £24/20 – Double bill
Signals
Footprint Theatre
Alone on the night shift, two female data analysts monitor radio waves for
signs of alien contact. Every shift is the same. But tonight is different. Tonight
is the night they’ve been waiting for. The award-winning Footprint Theatre
presents Signals, a show about human connection, space exploration and Jaffa
Cakes. A new dark comedy that asks how it feels to be lost in the cosmos with
only each other for company.
Shortlisted for Underbelly and New Diorama Untapped Award 2018.
“Remarkably human”
Broadway Baby
“A hint of magic”
The Stage
“Disturbingly brilliant”
Sunday Times on Daniel
“An exceptional
work of art”
Zoe Stott
Broadway Baby on Daniel
footprinttheatre.com I revelled in the delicate humour of this play when
FootprintTheatreCompany I saw this for the first time. The audience actively
_footprint opens up to this quirky talk of connection in an
footprinttheatre isolated world. Come and listen out for its message.
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Beowulf
Seth Kriebel
Thu 07 Nov, 19.30-20.30
Theatre (£12/10)
Before we begin, I should warn you: this story ends with a dragon.
But every story ends with a dragon. If you make it to ‘Happily Ever
After’ and there isn’t a dragon nearby… the story isn’t over yet.
Seth Kriebel’s Beowulf is an interactive performance-game: you are
invited to explore the world of a legendary story from our ancient past…
without leaving your seat. An evocative soundscape accompanies your
journey through strange lands, discovering forgotten monsters and
bringing a Viking hero’s tale back to life 1,000 years after his adventures.
Sit back and enjoy or actively take part in the decisions that guide the
story… making each show unique, illuminating the original epic and
asking why, after all these years, we still tell each other stories about
monsters that lurk in dark.
“Delivers both laughter and poetry.”
AAAA The Stage
Explore the world of the ancient epic
sethkriebel.com Beowulf without leaving your seat in
sethkriebel a unique, interactive performance.
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TA LK
Global
Awareness
Lecture
Jo Berry and Dr. Patrick Magee
Dr Patrick Magee was released from prison in 1999 under
the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. For 27 years he was
a committed member of the IRA. Jo Berry lost her father, Sir
Anthony Berry in the Brighton Bomb and made a decision two
days later to bring something positive out of the violence and
understand the ‘enemy’. In November 2000 Pat agreed to meet
Jo. The first meeting was three hours and led to them working
together to promote dialogue and peace. Jo founded the
charity Building Bridges for Peace, and advocates that
empathy is the biggest weapon we have to end conflict. With
political, religious and racial divides deepening as global and
local events unfold, their words offer a message of hope and
encourage us all to see the humanity in others. They have
been frequently invited to address international conferences,
schools, prisons and universities.
buildingbridgesforpeace.org
CharityBBFP
BuildingBridgesForPeace
Charity_BBFP
16Tue 12 Nov, 19.30-21.00
Theatre (Free)
Pat and Jo have a profound personal and political
connection; this talk will be startlingly human and
is not to be missed.
17DRAMA: COMEDY
Humble Pi Wed 13 Nov, 19.30-21.00
Theatre (£12/10)
Matt Parker's Comedy
of Maths Errors Age Guidance: 12+
Matt Parker is a stand-up comedian “Visibly so genuinely
and mathematician. He appears regularly excited about maths that
on TV and online: as well as being a
presenter on the Discovery Channel, his
it’s infectious. Likewise,
YouTube videos have been viewed over his comedy his
85 million times. He is also one third of unmistakeable”
Festival of the Spoken Nerd (per capita,
not by mass).
Broadway Baby
Humble Pi explores the greatest
standupmaths.com
mathematical near-misses and mishaps
standupmaths
involving planes, bridges, the internet, standupmaths
big data, and more. Matt Parker shows
us the bizarre ways maths trips us all up.
Being wrong has never felt so right.
Hilarious and captivating, Parker’s solo show is for
everyone who has ever studied maths, no matter if
they liked it or hated it.
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QUAD
Free, onsite parking is available in front of the main
Orchard Building by taking the first right turn. On foot,
follow the road through away from main reception until you see an impressive,
timber-framed, pyramidal building: the Theatre. Go straight through reception in
the Orchard Building and follow the red brick path for the Lupton Hall, at the end
of the equally awe-inspiring Arts and Crafts library. For the Quad, follow directions
as for the Lupton Hall but keep walking through a set of oak double doors under
a covered way. The Drama Studio is the oldest building on the site and is tucked
behind the new Art and Design building. Feel free to come to the Theatre for
directions if anything’s too hidden.
Accessibility
Our performance spaces are versatile and accessible; if you have any special
requirements, email hello@bedales.org.uk to talk in advance, to help make your visit
an enjoyable one. Conversations might include wheelchair assistance, assistance dogs,
hearing loops or anything else that makes your visit better.
Concessionary tickets are available for recipients of Universal or Pension Credit, full time
students and those under the age of eighteen. Please bring proof of entitlement with you.
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that have head, hand and heart at their core.
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Events Calendar Church Road, Steep
Petersfield, GU32 2DG
at a glance
Tue 10 Sep Double Bill - HOTTER (Face to Face) Drama
Tue 10 Sep Double Bill - The Priveleged (Face to Face) Drama
Tue 17 Sep Poetry Series: Julia Copus Poetry
Fri 20 Sep Marika Hackman Music
Wed 25 Sep Badley Day & Band Night Social/Music
Thu 26 Sep My Kind of Michael Drama
Sat 28 Sep Tales from the Trees Family Show
Fri 04 Oct Peeling Drama
Tue 08 Oct Double Bill - Status (Back to Back) Drama
Tue 08 Oct Double Bill - Signals (Back to Back) Drama
Thu 17 Oct Three Schools Concert Music
Mon 21-Tue 22 Oct Sixth Form Show Drama
Thu 07 Nov Beowulf Drama
Tue 12 Nov Global Awareness Lecture Talk
Wed 13 Nov Humble Pi Comedy
Wed 20 Nov Cecilia Concert Music
Thu 21-Fri 22 Nov BAC Theatre - Devised Drama
Mon 02 Dec Advent Service Music
Tue 03-Thu 05 Dec Whole School Show DramaYou can also read
