2012 London Festival Guide

Official guide
London 2012 Festival
21 June to 9 September
Welcome
to the London 2012 Festival! When the UK won the bid for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we promised that this once in a lifetime event would include a great cultural programme that could involve people nationwide. When we are asked why, we go back to the example of Ancient Greece, where the Olympic Games included artists as well as athletes. As recently as the London 1948 Games, artists were awarded medals along with the athletes. This Festival has invited artists from all over the world to create amazing events from Shetland to Cornwall, from Enniskillen to Edinburgh, from Hackney to Hadrians Wall with more than 10 million FREE opportunities to take part. The Festival would not be possible without our cultural and community partners throughout the UK. But most of all, it simply would not have happened without our great funding partners and sponsors. We offer our huge thanks to them for what we hope will be a fantastic Festival for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

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Inside the guide

Have a fabulous Festival T he Directors cut Director Ruth Mackenzie gives a taste of the Festival programme W here will you be on 21 June? Four sensational performances taking place on opening day
Seb Coe Chair, London 2012 Organising Committee
Tony Hall Chair, Cultural Olympiad Board
The London 2012 Festival is only possible thanks to the exceptional and generous support of our funders, sponsors and partners. We are enormously grateful to the following: Premier Partners of the London 2012 Festival
12 he unforgettable T summer of 2012 Once-in-a-lifetime experiences 18 The great art escape Find something amazing happening near you 20 ree London F Cultural experiences across the city 22 rtists who change the world A Astonishing bodies of work from Hitchcock to Hirst 24 wing into action S Ring a bell to give the Games a rousing start 26 Unmissable Unlimited Disabled artists take up the challenge 28 The kids are alright Performances and exhibitions for kids to enjoy 30 How to book tickets All the information you need
Principal Funders of the London 2012 Festival
Supporters of the London 2012 Festival
Art, Design & Exhibitions
32 Objects to inspire Thomas Heatherwick designs 33 Event listings
Comedy
Outdoor & Carnival
43 Playing it for laughs Stephen Fry curates at the Criterion Theatre 44 Event listings
78 Tricks of the light Fell runners illuminate the landscape in Edinburgh 79 vent listings E
Dance
46 Power and beauty D ance inspired by extraordinary places E 47 vent listings
Poetry & Storytelling
84 A world of words The Poetry Parnassus festival 85 Event listings
Film, Broadcast & Digital
Theatre & Performance
53 New films Four new commissions by exciting UK film-makers 54 Event listings
87 Artist of the theatre The great director Robert Wilson 87 Wine, madness and ecstasy Three classics celebrating the Greek god Dionysus 87 In the limelight Julie Walters at the National Theatre 88 Event listings 96 All the worlds a stage A celebration of the worlds playwright, plus event listings
Museums & Heritage
58 Magnificent feats Artefacts of Games history, including how the medals were forged 59 Event listings
Music
Daily Diary
60 Londons great gig Performances along the Thames 62 Get in on the acts Radio 1s biggest-ever free live music event 63 Event listings 70 BBC Proms 2012 How to Prom, plus full event listings
106 Plan your Festival day by day 134 The road to Rio Passing the baton 138 Winning teamwork Meet our sponsors
This page: Circa & I Fagiolini How Like an Angel page 88 Front cover: Rachel Whiteread, LOndOn 2O12 Back cover: Tracey Emin, Birds 2012 The posters are part of the Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Poster Display page 39
Find more information at london2012.com/festival
Tinie Tempah, BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012 page 64
Outdoor and Carnival page 78
Have a fabulous Festival

There are millions of opportunities to take part in the London 2012 Festival, many completely free heres how to find something youll love
ith thousands of performances and events around the UK, the London 2012 Festival promises an exciting summer of culture. It starts on 21 June and ends on 9 September, the last day of the Paralympic Games. Whether you love dance, music, comedy, theatre, fashion, art or film, youll find something you can get involved in. Plan your Festival Inside youll find listings of all London 2012 Festival events takingplace this summer you canread about the highlights, browse events by artform category, or check out whats happening today in your area using the Daily Diary its upto you! Dive in and plan yourfestival. Hot tickets Many events in the Festival are free to attend, and these are clearly marked in the listings with a FREE symbol. For events where you need to reserve or buy a ticket in advance, weve given you the Box Office details of each venue. See page 30 for more details on how the listings work. Bring the kids The Festival is all about getting involved so why not bring the kids? The family friendly symbol in the listings shows those events that
have been created with families and young people in mind you can also read about some of our events for children on page 28-29. The Festival on your doorstep The Festival is bringing the spirit of the Games to you, with thousands of events in every corner of the UK. The Daily Diary is broken down by nation and region, so you can find something near you at a glance. You can also search for events using your postcode or home town at london2012.com/festival. Get connected Weve crammed in as much as we can, but theres even more to come! Well be running some surprise pop-up events during the Festival, as well as offering plenty of exclusive looks behind-the-scenes, special ticket offers and competitions and our online followers will be first to hear! Our website also includes more details on each Festival event, including access information, ticket prices, start times and video previews. So make sure you dont miss out... Visit us online at london2012.com/festival Like us on Facebook: facebook.com/london2012festival Follow us on Twitter: @london2012fest
IF WE GET THE FESTIVAL RIGHT, PEOPLE WILL REmEmBER 201 NOT 2 jUST FOR AmAZING SPORT, BUT FOR UNFORGETTABLE ART AS WELL
rutH maCkenzie London 2012 FestivaL director
rom midsummers Day on 21 june to the last day of the London 2012 Games on 9 September, the London 2012 Festival hopes toastonish and delight the UK with an explosion of arts and creativity all over the country. There are more than 10 million free tickets and opportunities to take part: Festival Director Ruth mackenzie invites you to join the fun.
How do you create a once in a lifetime festival? The Olympic and Paralympic Games come to our home country once in a lifetime, and we faced the challenge to deliver a London 2012 Festival just as amazing. We started by giving world-class artists the same chance as the athletes: to create once-in-a-lifetime special events the best from around the world working with the best of British. We asked arts centres and creative leaders for their top ideas. Then we chose the most exciting to be in this showcase of brilliant musicians, comics, film stars, museums, galleries, theatres, dancecompanies, carnival makers, acrobats, poets and much, much more. The stakes are high the eyes of the world will be on us thissummer; but if we get the Festival right, people will remember2012 not just for amazing moments of sport, but forunforgettable art as well.
What can people do forfree? It is really important that everybody gets the chance to take part in the London 2012 Festival, so we have over 10 million FREE tickets and opportunities all over the UK, not just in London. We have free concerts, exhibitions and special outdoor spectaculars at some of the UKs most beautiful landmarks Stonehenge, the Tower of London, Giants Causeway, Zaha Hadids new museum on the River Clyde, the shore of Cardiff Bay and places near you. All free, but please check if you need to book in advance. Its a great chance to experiment with something new, see artists or take part for free in events you may never experience again. Have the Games inspired the artists? Of course. Take the idea of Olympic Truce: in Ancient Greece, all nations agreed to stop fighting to listen to the artists and watch the athletes. The United Nations still has a resolution before each Games, and this year we can enjoy pop stars, musicians and artists in all art forms inspired by this theme of world peace. The Paralympic Games have inspired our funders toset up Unlimited, a special programme to commission our best disabled and deaf artists.
The results are incredible, and I know that disabled artists will be up there in the greatest hits of the London 2012 Festival. Can people be creative andtake part? We really want people to take part, to be creative themselves. With the Big Dance, for example, we hope five million people will join us in dancing all around the UK. This is the true spirit of the Cultural Olympiad the formal name of the creative programme we have been running since 2008 with the help of 16 million people, building up to its finale, the London 2012 Festival. What do you recommend? With thousands of events, 10million free tickets and opportunities, comedy and TV stars, world-famous musicians, top tips for the stars of tomorrow, artists new and old from around the world and spectacular venues all over the UK, where do I start? Only you can tell us what was unforgettable what will go down in history as the best event of 2012. We have worked with partners in communities all over the UK and with festivals and creators all over the world to make a summer like no other. All thats left is for you to join us and, most important of all, have great fun!
The Directors cut

A taste of Festival experiences that will live with you forever
Towering over the Olympic Park Anish Kapoors The Orbit: a 115-metre high sculpture that will remain a monument to the Games. Page 42 The worlds playwright The World Shakespeare Festival: a celebration of the great playwrights impact on our lives. Page 96 Pushing boundaries Unlimited: this programme spotlights the talents of deaf and disabled artists. Page 26 Three ways to appreciate Wilson Robert Wilson in London, Enniskillen and Norfolk. Pages 65, 91, 93 Acrobatic extremes in the city Streb: Extreme Action: Elizabeth Strebs troupe reimagines Londons landmarks. Page 83 Dancing the globe Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch: profiling 10 world cities in a celebration of the legendary choreographer. Page 52 Film legends sporting short mike Leighs A Running jump: a short film about love and sport in east London. Page 56 Making ancient walls communicate YesYesNos Connecting Light pulses messages along the 73miles of Hadrians Wall. Page 59 Rocking the world Peace One Days Global Truce Concert: from the heart of Derry/Londonderry. Page 67 Let the music flow BT River of music: six stages with artists from five continents beside iconic landmarks on the River Thames. Page 64 The transformative power of music The Big Concert: young players from Scotland and Venezuela under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Page 69 Biggest-ever Radio 1 live music event BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012: free to an audience of 100,000 and broadcast. Page 64 The song king Damon Albarns Dr Dee: a new opera about the Elizabethan magician. Page 65 Illuminating the past Compagnie Carabosse: transforming Stonehenge into a Fire Garden. Page 79 Beethoven at theProms Daniel Barenboims West-Eastern Divan in a complete Beethoven symphoniescycle. Page 72-73 Heroines ofcomedy Trailblazers: special screenings in tribute to the funniest women of British television. Page 45 Helicopters in harmony The world premiere of the opera that Stockhausen saw as his masterpiece, mittwoch aus Licht. Page 69 Lighting the way Cardiffs Paralympic Flame Festival: an exciting build-up to the opening of the Paralympic Games. Page 81 A star of the Tate Olafur Eliasson: the artist who drew vast crowds with The Weather Project collaborates with the Tate. Page 39 Surprises round the corner Pop-up performances: unexpected, one-off events showing the UK in a new light.
Stonehenge Fire Garden, page 79
Where will you be on

The London 2012 Festival starts on a high with four thrilling events lined up for the opening day
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1. On the night Shift
When the Olympic Flame comes to Lake Windermere on 21 june it will spark an evening of explosive sound and spectacle. French pyrotechnic wizards Les Commandos Percu will be setting the sky ablaze and filling the air with rhythmic drumbeats from their unique fusion of fireworks and percussion work.
Lakes Alive, Bowness-on-Windermere

Part of the Lakes Alive season, this free spectacular will be the world premiere of the companys new show On the Night Shift, which will include music and dance, and will feature specially selected UK artists. Lakes Alive: Les Commandos Percu On The Night Shift, page 80
A stunningly choreographed, large-scale firework spectacular underscored with furious, elemental percussion and dance, On the Night Shift explores enlightenment versus obscurity, destruction versus regeneration and light versus darkness
Julie Tait, Director, Lakes Alive
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2. the Big Concert

Raploch, Stirling
A small Scottish suburb may seem like a strange place to make musical history, but on 21 june the children of Raploch will be conducted by one of the greatest conductors in the world, Gustavo Dudamel, together with the Simn Bolvar Youth Orchestra from Venezuela, who travel the world with him. making a Big noise But the musical history started years ago, with the Big Noise project offering children in Raploch the chance to learn an orchestral musical instrument, working on the same philosophy pioneered years before by El Sistema in Venezuela.
In a community of only 3,000 people, the 450 children under 12 years old practise four nights a week. Everyone learns together, no one is turned away. The results, musically and socially, are amazing. Heaven knows what kind of hip hop will come out of here, says George Anderson, one of the Big Noise team. What will these kids do when they know how to arrange a string quartet and put samples on it and use beat boxes? For the children, rehearsing together has become a way of life. Its brought a lot of music into Raploch and made a lot
of difference, says William, an 11-year-old cellist. musical fireworks El Sistema changed countless lives in Venezuela, none more than for Dudamel, who rose to become the youngest ever conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. On 21 june he will lead a concert in the shadow of Stirling Castle for an audience of 8,000 people, which will show the musical talent of all the young people, Scottish and Venezuelan, with musical and real fireworks to finish the evening. The Big Concert, page 69
Ill have butterflies in my tummy but Ill be jumping on my toes. Im always excited for concerts, but sometimes Im really nervous and this one has 8,000 people William, 11, cello player
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3. Peace One Day Global truce Countdown Concert

Derry/Londonderry
As ambassador for Peace One Day, theres only one place youll find actor jude Law on 21 june in the heart of Derry/Londonderrys new cultural quarter. There, in the shadow of the sparkling new Peace Bridge, historic Ebrington Parade Ground will rock with the hope of the Peace One Day Global Truce 2012 concert. This will be the first major event to take place in the former army barracks, and the echoes of the soldiers marching will be pushed firmly back in history as the walls resonate with music from a star-studded line-up of artists. Its the perfect location to inspire reconciliation and change on the day that will mark the three-month countdown to Peace Day 2012, the focus of Peace One Days Global Truce 2012 campaign. Peace One Day was founded by filmmaker jeremy Gilley back in 1999, with the aim of establishing an annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence on 21 September. Since then, the campaign has inspired action on Peace Day throughout all sectors of society, in every country of the world. And in 2007 and 2008, Gilley and Law travelled to Afghanistan to spearhead an initiative that has resulted in the vaccination against polio of 4.5 million children due to Peace Day agreements. A second concert will take place at Londons Wembley Arena on Peace Day 21 September 2012. Peace One Day, page 67
It feels a lot better doing things for other people than doing things for yourself
Jude Law, Peace One Day Ambassador
4. Weltethos Jonathan Harvey

Edward Gardner and Simon Halsey raise their batons together for the UK premiere of Weltethos (Global Ethos). It was originally commissioned by Sir Simon Rattle for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The six movements each portray one of the worlds major religions: Confucianism, judaism, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity. Two conductors will harness the massed forces of the
Symphony Hall, Birmingham

specially enlarged orchestra, pipe organ, speaker and three choruses in a deeply moving call for greater global understanding. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CBSO Chorus, CBSO Youth Chorus & Childrens Chorus. Jonathan Harveys Weltethos City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, page 66
music has an important role to play in society because, in my opinion, it is the most spiritual of all the arts
Jonathan Harvey, composer, Weltethos
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Daredevil stunts over London
the unforgettable summer of

Its here: from the Isle of Wight to the Isle of Lewis, in helicopters, warehouses, barges, galleries and theatres a nationwide arts festival of unprecedented scope. Weve picked out many exciting events, but there are loads more. From world premieres to free festivals and outdoor spectaculars, the Festival offers experiences that the UK will remember forever.
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lizabeth Streb and her extraordinary dancers deliver one of themost memorable free shows of the London 2012 Festival as they leap, dance, swoop and catapult themselves around some of the capitals major landmarks. Brooklyn-based choreographer Streb, 62, has earned a formidable reputation for pushing herself and her dancers (she calls them action specialists) to the very limits of human endurance. Their daredevil performances incorporate aspects of free-running, rodeo and gymnastics. Reviewers have called
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her the Evel Knievel of dance. Airisthe ultimate public space, she told Time Out New York. The team is recruiting and training UK dancers so it will be a true NewYork/London collaboration. Streb: Extreme Action One Extraordinary Day is performing from dawn until dusk in a series of pop-up surprises around the capital. To find out where and when, follow London 2012 Festival on Twitter @london2012fest or visit molpresents.com. Streb: Extreme Action One Extraordinary Day, page 83
Magical opera by Albarn

Damon albarn is performing in his own opera Dr Dee this summer at English National Opera. It is directed by Rufus Norris and tells the story of the mysterious Dr Dee, a spy (code number allegedly 007) and mystic who lived hundreds of years ago, and died on a secret mission abroad. He was a regular at Queen Elizabeth Is court, and is said to be the model for William Shakespeares Prospero. For the music, Albarn makes use of his innate gift for melody and brilliance in mixing genres. He explores his own English roots, and adds aspects of grand opera and Elizabethan masques to his pop culture and world music influences. Albarns musical ensemble, featuring traditional instruments including an oldEnglish lute, joins him on stage adding Elizabethan flair to the orchestral score. Damon Albarns Dr Dee, page 65
Albarn makes use of his innate gift for melody and brilliance in mixing genres
Come to Cardiff on 27 August and follow the magical glow of the lantern procession as the Paralympic Flame is lit at Cardiff Bay. Surprise stars, community groups, Paralympians and a stage of great performers come together in a free spectacular to remember. The Welsh Flame then travels to Stoke mandeville, to unite with Flames from England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and start the final journey to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Find more information at london2012.com/festival
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Music, love & laughter Left: Tales of the Riverbank Comedy Barge. Below: Peace Camp. Right: Shingai Shoniwa from the Noisettes will perform at BT River of Music. Below right: Ninagawa Company at the Barbican, for the World Shakespeare Festival
Take a group of comics, a barge and a wifi connection (at least some of the time), promise some digital comedy classes, pop-up gigs by the canalside, and surprise star guests. Ask them all to sail on canals from London to Edinburghs celebrated Fringe venue, The Pleasance, and give them a deadline. What could possibly go wrong? Tales of the Riverbank Comedy Barge, page 45
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Peace Camp is just one of the ways you can participate in the London 2012 Festival and experience one of its most powerful themes: the appeal for global truce. Eight glowing encampments are appearing simultaneously at beautiful and remote coastal locations around the UK from County Antrim to the tip of Cornwall, from the Isle of Lewis to the Sussex cliffs. A collaboration by renowned director Deborah Warner and actress Fiona Shaw, the installations are designed to be visited between dusk and dawn, and feature the audible murmuring of love poetry from within the tents. You can contribute to Peace Camp online by nominating your favourite love poems, and submitting your own message to create an online anthology that celebrates our rich poetic tradition. Peace Camp, page 85
Love poetry around the coast
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6 free music stages
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incredible performers from every one of the 205 nations taking part in the London 2012 Games areplaying at iconic Thames-side locations in the BT River of music. This amazing festival, with over 160,000 free tickets, celebrates the spirit of the Games byteaming major artists with young musicians to create unique collaborations. Six stages, representing the worlds major continents, will present two days oflive music, Djs and a party atmosphere on Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 july. Artists include Scissor Sisters, jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton marsalis, Baaba maal, Angelique Kidjo, Zakir Hussain, Andy Sheppard and the Noisettes. BT River of Music, page 60
Shakespear e from all o ver the wor ld
Shakespeares global influence is celebrated in the World Shakespeare Festival. Produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company, its an unprecedented collaboration with leading UK and international arts organisations, and with Globe to Globe, a major international programme produced by Shakespeares Globe. There will be performances and events in more than 25 venues around the UK from Edinburgh to South Wales. The Open Stages project gives amateur companies the chance to perform on the RSCs stages in Stratford-upon-Avon, while anyone can join in online through the digital project my Shakespeare. World Shakespeare Festival, page96. See also BBC Shakespeare season, p55
more than a thousand artists from around the world will take part in 72 Shakespeare productions
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Manchester meets Africa
West africa in manchester: We face neither East nor West, we face Forward, said Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana. His words are the inspiration for a great festival of West African contemporary art, fashion, photography, video, installations, music and more. manchesters main galleries have joined forces for the first time to present this free city-wide exhibition, which also offers childrens storytelling, workshops and special surprises such as a touring, have-a-go-yourself art-bus modelled on the flamboyant taxi-buses found in Senegal and mali. We Face Forward, page 42
african festival Top: African art and performance will pervade the streets ofManchester
Ensemble by Benin artist Meschac Gaba
Magical beings
a horse and waggon, Rolls Royce and vintage motorcycle & sidecar are just some of the modes of transport the runners in Hansel of Film will employ. In this wonderfully wacky relay race, volunteers share the route from Shetland to Southampton and back, passing on short films as their baton. The handover points en route are venues for the screenings of the films that have been made by the public all around the UK. A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and Back, page 54
the hot choreographer in Berlin, Constanza macras works for the first time with National Theatre Wales, taking brave audiences into the darkness of the forest of North Wales. For the unaware in Cardiff town centre, billboards turn into screens and the adventures in the forest become dance videos on a giant scale. Playing with dance and immersive theatre, handheld cameras capture scary rites of passage to bring ancient Welsh myths vividly alive. Once seen, never forgotten! Branches, page 88
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its being staged in a former warehouse in Birmingham and will feature astring quartet streamed live fromfour flying helicopters. The much-anticipated world premiere ofKarlheinz Stockhausens mittwoch aus Licht promises to be a musical and theatrical revelation. The most significant 20th-century composer of electronic music, Stockhausen regarded mittwoch ashis masterpiece. He is reputed tohave prayed daily for its first complete performance in order to spread its message of love and collaboration through the central characters Eve, Lucifer and michael. This production by Birmingham Opera Company will be the first time all six parts of the opera have been staged together. Mittwoch aus Licht / Wednesday from Light, page 69
Fashion & art co llusion
UK fashion designers and artists have come together to create special one-off works of art inspired by the Games. Britain Creates 2012: Fashion and Art Collusion brings together an array of glittering talent, including Giles Deacon and jeremy Deller, Paul Smith and Charming Baker, jonathan Saunders (whose work is pictured, left) and jess Flood-Paddock, Stephen jones and Cerith Wyn Evans, Hussein Chalayan and Gavin Turk, matthew Williamson and mark Titchner. The artists aresewing, the fashion designersarecasting in bronze;anything ispossible. Britain Creates 2012, page 35 Find more information at london2012.com/festival
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Valtos, isle of Lewis Peace Camp: Love-poetryinspired encampments on the coast. p85
the great art escape

Who says drama has to be confined to theatres and art trapped in galleries? The Festival is setting imaginative and original pieces free to inhabit unusual and beautiful locations across the nation
Giants Causeway Hans Peter Kuhn Flags: The dramatic landscape seen in a new light. p59
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Belfast Land of Giants: Northern Irelands largest-ever outdoor arts event. p80, 81
ilkley jez Colborne Irresistible: Open-air choral symphony by the Bradford musician. p66
LLandow, Wales Y Storm: Welsh translation of Shakespeares The Tempest with live music and magic. p105
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edinburgh Speed of Light: Runners in glowing suits light up Arthurs Seat at night. p81
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Borders Forest Pitch: Football matches in the middle of the woods. p36
Hadrians Wall Connecting Light: art that pulses messages along the length of the wall. p59
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Windermere On The Night Shift: Pyrotechnics and percussion by the lakeside. p80
ripon How Like an Angel: Aerial circus skills in the countrys finest cathedrals. p88
nottingham and Birmingham mandala: 3D architectural projection is fused with South Asian dance and music p80
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telford Kurt Hentschlger CORE: Digital projections at Ironbridge Gorge. p38
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Stonehenge Fire Garden: The monument transformed into aglowing fairytale environment. p79
aldeburgh Aldeburgh World Orchestra: musicians from across the globe form an orchestra. p63
London mark Rylance in pop-up Shakespeare all around the capital. p95
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Bexhill Hang On A minute Lads: A full-size coach dangles off De La Warr Pavilion. p40
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Bristol See No Evil: Street artist Inkie creates Europes largest street art festival. p40
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Al fresco fun
Inside Out National Theatre Outdoor spectaculars and activities for kids. p81 West End Live Trafalgar Square A star-spangled spectacular featuring casts from every West End musical. p95 The Royal Ballet Royal Opera House The 2012 BP Summer Big Screen relays a live performance of the Royal Ballets metamorphosis: Titian. p52 SHOWTIME: Entertainment Everywhere Entertainment in all 33 London Boroughs, including Theater Tol/Akademi (pictured left). p83
Free London
The capital will be fizzing with live arts events, festivals, exhibitions and street art during the Festival and dozens of them are free. Heres our pick of the best
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Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 Hyde Park Powerhouse architectural art from Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de meuron. p33 Rachel Whiteread faade Whitechapel Gallery You can admire Whitereads beautiful new frieze from the street (and the gallerys free too). p40 Tate Modern Oil Tanks Experience Tates dramatic new performance space (pictured right) with Fase (p50), Ei Arakawa (p36) and Tania Bruguera (p93).
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The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Medals British museum Learn the fascinating life story of the London 2012 medals. p59 Olympic and Paralympic Posters Tate Britain On display are the 12 official Games posters (some pictured left), from a roster of the UKs biggestartists. p39 BT Road to 2012 National Portrait Gallery Photos exhibition of the people behind the Games, from unsung heroes to athletes. p35
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Big Dance City-wide Dancing in the streets and the parks, palaces, museums, and libraries from performers and the public. p47
The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games Royal Opera House Treasures from the Olympic museum in Switzerland illustrate the history of the Games. p59
Music outdoors
BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012 Hackney marshes megastars including jay-Z and Rihanna take the stage for Radio 1s biggest free event. p64 BT River of Music Along the Thames Six stages of music from all over the world in a free weekend festival for more than 160,000 spectators. p60 Urban Classic Waltham Forest Town Hall A groundbreaking mashup between the BBC Symphony Orchestra and urban acts including ms Dynamite (pictured right) and Fazer. p69
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SECRETS: Hidden London City-wide Discover another side of London, along its canals (The Owl and the Pussycat), in its lidos (Like a Fish Out of Water), and on its hills (Northala Fields, pictured left). p82 The Pineapple Banqueting House Blackfriars A tropical-fruit-shaped gastro surprise from jelly makers extraordinaire Bompass & Parr. p42 Streb Extreme Action Awe-inspiring acrobatics in and around London landmarks. p83
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The Festival has invited rare collections of work from great figures of contemporary art, music, theatre, film, comedy and dance, giving unparalleled insights into their art
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7. Lucian Freud Portraits This ambitious exhibition compiles work from the 70 years Freud was an active painter before he died last year. The National Portrait Gallery has assembled more than 100 paintings from galleries and collections all over the world. Page 38 8. Yoko Ono The Serpentine Gallerys exhibition examines Onos huge impact on contemporary art, music, film and performance. It includes her new project SmILE, for which people upload images of themselves smiling to create a global anthology of online portraits. Page 42 9. David Hockney RA: A Bigger Picture Hockney is regarded as one of the UKs most accomplished living artists. This showcased stunning landscapes revealing Hockneys native Yorkshire through the seasons alongside earlier works. 10. Happy Days Beckett Festival The worlds first festival dedicated to the works of Samuel Beckett in Enniskillen. Including work by Antony Gormley, Atom Egoyan and Gavin Bryars. A highlight will be Robert Wilson directing his solo performance of the masterpiece Krapps Last Tape. Page 91 11. Alan Ayckbourn Alan Ayckbourns remarkable repertoire of plays for young people is represented by Soho Theatres production of The Boy Who Fell into a Book. A double-bill of a classic and new Ayckbourn play will play in Chichester and Scarborough. Page 88
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david Hockney: the arrival of spring in Woldgate, east Yorkshire in 2011 (twenty eleven) - 2 January, no.2 (one of a 52 part work) iPad drawing printed on paper 56 3/4 x 42 1/2" david Hockney. Lucian Freud: reflection (self-portrait), 1985, private collection, ireland the Lucian Freud archive. Photo: courtesy Lucian Freud archive
12. Trailblazers Britains Queens of TV Comedy joyce Grenfell, Hattie jacques and Diana Dors are among the icons honoured in this five-show retrospective of women in TV comedy, which goes right up to the 80s. Each themed night will be introduced by one of todays comedy stars. Page 45
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Swing into action

27 July is the first day of the London 2012 Games. And if artist martin Creed has his way, it will go off with a clang in one of many Festival events that invite you to be part of the art
n the morning of 27 july the whole of the UK will wake up with a joyous ringing in their ears. Thats the intention of Turner Prize-winning artist martin Creed, whose latest work, All The Bells, is an open invitation for the whole nation to ring whatever bell they have to hand, for three minutes between 8am and 8.03am, to launch the opening day of the London 2012 Games. The sound of bells to herald a big event is what bells were made for, said Creed enthusiastically, which is why I thought it would be good for the Games. And also because bells are one of the oldest and loudest musical instruments, with a sound that can carry for miles without amplification. The idea is to make a great big celebratory sound and that anyone can take part, with a handbell or bicycle bell or whatever, so that its totally democratic. Im hoping that professional church bell-ringers dont feel that its being disrespectful to their craft, because
Id like them to be involved. But I dont think that a big bell is better than a small bell, so I want to make a piece of music that reflects that. Thats why its not a composition. I dont want people to play a melody; I want a cacophony. Sign up online Everyone planning to participate can sign up at allthebells.com, where they will be able to download a special free ringtone that the artist is creating. Its not a phone pretending to be a bell, said Creed. Im including actual samples from as many different bells as possible including doorbells, cowbells and big church bells. Creed initiated a smaller-scale version of this project in the Italian town of San Gimignano in 2000, when he invited the churches in the town to ring their bells. This time the outcome of the Games version of All The Bells depends not just on engaging the interest of churches, but on the maximum voluntary participation of an entire
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ig dance is the ultimate dance experience, showcasing just about every style of dance you can imagine and encouraging everyone to join in the fun. Lets dance! Britain is experiencing a dance epidemic. Its the countrys fastest growing artform, and the number of young people attending classes has almost doubled in the past four years. So expect the nation to go crazy for Big Dance, the London 2012 Festivals irresistible dance celebration. Big Dance takes place over nine days from 7 to 15 july and invites the entire British public to get up off the sofa and boogie, pirouette, jive, salsa or otherwise shake their stuff. You can join in classes, workshops, courses, flashmobs and competitions, and if you need to catch your breath you can also take in breathtaking performances and film screenings. Be a record breaker At 1pm on the day the Olympic Flame arrives in the UK (18 may) thousands of schoolchildren all over the world will attempt to break the record for the largest simultaneous multi-venue dance. At the time of going to press, the record is held by the Netherlands, with 264,188 people dancing in 1,472 locations. The record-breaking hopefuls will be learning a routine by Wayne mcGregor, resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet, which they will dance on the day to an original score by Scanner and joel Cadbury. mcGregor said: Young dancers throughout Britain and in our partner countries worldwide will share a moment in time, dancing together and in unison, sharing our passion for the artform we love. Big Dance 2012, pages 47-50 To join in, visit bigdance2012.com
Get involved!
Some other ways you can join in
StoryLab Childrens summer creative fun sorted. p85 Radio 1 Academy Learn business, arts, career and media skills in the run-up to BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012. p60 Kids Week in the West End Cool events and workshops in central London. p90 Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission People power propels this major work. p42 World Record Improv! Head for Barnsley to take part in this mass improvisation event. p45
community: all of us. Is Creed worried about that? The piece will stand or fall on how many people take part on the day. And it is an invitation, not a request. As I see it were a bit like kids saying hey, everyone, come and play this great game with us. Its a strange project because to ring every single bell in the country at the same time is an impossibility. But thats also why I like it, because its reaching for the impossible. Martin Creed Work No. 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes, page 66
to sign up to ring a bell, go to allthebells.com... ...and youll get an exclusive free martin Creed ringtone
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unmissable unlimited
hes got a gift for self-expression and is renowned for her balletic grace, but what makes dancer and choreographer Claire Cunningham so extraordinary is that she never wanted to do it in the first place. Not in the slightest, she admits from her Glasgow home. I was quite set on becoming a singer and, within my heart of hearts, music is still my first love. award-winning The way Claire tells it, she discovered dance in 2005 thanks to the US choreographer jess Curtis and the performance artist Bill Shannon. It was with them that she first started to explore the use of her crutches on stage. Within two years her first show, Evolution, had been nominated for an award at the 2007 Dublin Fringe Festival. In her next work, mE (mobile/Evolution), Claire integrated her crutches as fully into the performance as they are in her life. Turned into trapezes or used as props in intricate dance manoeuvres, they propelled her with an elegance and vigour that recalled both high-wire circus acts and ballet. It was a moving, life-affirming spectacle, and mE took a Herald Angel award at the 2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The Paralympic Games challenge disabled athletes to exceed their personal best. Thats why London 2012 Festivals unlimited programme invites deaf and disabled artists to raise their game and they certainly have
Claire is keen to share the credit. Ive been fortunate in having very supportive people around me. Even though Im often on stage alone, theres a huge team behind anything that I make. Its vital to have that team behind you. rich collaborations The Unlimited initiative has been a key part of that team. The rich collaboration and the funding to make things a bit bigger has been marvellous, Claire says. Working with the National Theatre of Scotland has been fantastic. Im learning to work on a bigger scale and there are people there to make sure Im not going to fall down. Theyve done it before and know what the hazards are. To have access to that level of knowledge is very reassuring. These new collaborations have led to Cunninghams busiest year to date. Not only is she performing her fourth work, mnage Trois, as part of the London 2012 Festival, but she has also choreographed a Festival piece for the international dance company Candoco. mnage Trois physically and technically is very big, and required working with a large team of designers, even though there are only two of us on stage, she says. The Candoco piece was the flipside of that 12 performers, but a very small creative team. In just six years, Claire has achieved more than many dancers do. Does she think we are at a point where disability and mainstream arts are finally coming together? It can only enrich all artforms if they are open to different lived experiences, she says. If the work is of a high standard, theres no longer any reason to think about it as other, except in the sense of it coming from other experiences. Candoco Unlimited, page 50 Mnage Trois, page 50, 51
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It can only enrich all artforms if they are open to different lived experiences
Claire Cunningham
Hot tickets: Unlimited

All Unlimited commissions will be showcased at the Southbank Centre, London, 31 August 9 September, during the Paralympic Games
Diverse City Breathe The show opening the London 2012 sailing events has a cast of 50 some disabled. Page 79 Jez Colborne and Mind the Gap Irresistible Ilkley moor provides a rugged setting for Colbornes unusual choral symphony, which turns the cacophony of sirens into a work of musical beauty. Page 66 Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden The ceramics artist has fired thousands of blooms (above), tailoring each to its location. Cummins hopes his work will help make art as accessible as the flowers he mimics. Page 40 Sinad ODonnell CAUTION Communication is the key to this venture, in which six visual and performance artists, collaborating across four continents, explore each others ideas. Page 41 Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle Performance artist Sue Austin pushes a wheelchair to its limits in this underwater spectacular. Page 88 To read about the full Unlimited programme, visit london2012.com/festival
what is norMal anyway?

What is normal? Who decides? The Dutch exhibition Niet Normaal: Difference on Display questions the very notion of normal by bringing together unusual work by artists such as Bob and Roberta Smith, Christine Borland, Ben Cove and AaronWilliamson. When it was first seen in Amsterdam, weekend visitors were even offered the chance to take aDNA test to see how normal they really are. Niet Normaal, page 39
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the kids are alright

There are loads of ways for kids to get involved in the London 2012 Festival, with a fantastic variety of events to choose from. Dont forget to look for the family-friendly logo in the listings
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hildren all around the UK can get involved with this summers London 2012 Festival whether theyre performing in collaborative community extravaganzas, or simply reading a book.
Join in Doctor Who The Festival sees the return of the sell-out live Doctor Who adventure, The Crash of the Elysium (page 94). Based on an idea by Steven moffatt, it premiered at last years manchester International Festival and is now taking up residence in Ipswich. Described by its creators, innovative theatre company Punchdrunk, as an immersive adventure, the show takes place inside a purpose-built labyrinth. It is centred around the mysterious disappearance of Victorian steamer the Elysium. It quickly turns into a race against time to defeat some of the Doctors deadliest enemies. The audience has one hour to save the Doctor, his TARDIS and the world. As most of the manchester performances were just for children, we asked jack Shorrock, aged 12, from Lancashire, for his verdict. At the start I thought it was going to be a bit boring, but quickly realised it was going to be one of the best things Id ever been to. It was like
The audience are the heroes, and its their mission

Felix Barrett Artistic Director, Punchdrunk
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A festival of stories
Toys on the run

being submerged right into the middle of a scary, real-life Doctor Who episode. The time whizzed by as so many exciting things happened. I liked it so much that I saw it twice and would happily go again. Ill remember it forever. jack is sworn to secrecy about exactly how the action unfolds, but expect time travel, aliens, planet-threatening jeopardy and lots of running. inspired by peace Elysium packs the adrenaline-fuelled punch of attacking and defending the universe, but many of the other shows in the Festival have been inspired by the call for truce that occurs at the beginning of every Olympic Games. The Ambassador Theatre Group is taking the theme of The Sacred Truce (page 94) into local communities. Five regions each develop their own 15-minute segment. The work is connected digitally and performed in its entirety in the West End. Giving kids a buzz Bee Detective is a new outdoor performance that invites young audiences on an adventure into the inner sanctum of a beehive. The story centres on an extremely busy worker bee, Sophie Bee, whose happy and full life comes under threat. Set in a tent in an outside space, this intimate spectacle evokes the sights and sounds of a hive through inventive new technology and creative captioning, making the show dynamic and accessible for everyone, deaf and hearing. As well as acting the parts, all three bee characters will use elements of British Sign Language, and the show is fully captioned. animal antics In Belfast, NI Opera takes its staging of Brittens well-loved childrens opera, Noyes Fludde, to a natural home: the zoo. After premiering the production at Belfast Zoo, the whole company sets out across the world to present further performances in Beijing Zoo. Big-screen fun Cinema-lovers should look out for local screenings of two funny and endearing animations. The Itch of the Golden Nit (page 57) is constructed from ideas and artwork by 34,000 children and assembled by Aardman Animations. Then theres joel Simons macropolis, pictured above (page 56), in which agroup of soft toys make a break from the production line and set out for the world beyond.
Hot tickets
Great events for and by children
StoryLab Free fun for children: storytelling, reading and creating in local libraries and arts centres nationwide. Page 85 StoryCloud A web app of new illustrated stories, such as Down the Plughole (pictured above). Page 85 The Caucus Race Take a fantastic trip to Wonderland and join Alice and more of Lewis Carrolls famous characters for the race where everybody wins. Expect dance, arts and outdoor fun. Page 83 Before Your Very Eyes Campo and Gob Squad Seven actors aged eight to 14 are locked inside a room of one-way mirrors to look into their futures and look back at their past. Page 88 Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who Fell Into a Book Soho Theatre leads a programme celebrating Alan Ayckbourns brilliant plays for young people. Page 88 KidsWeek in the West End West End theatres throw open their doors for kids to test their star qualities. Page 90 In a Pickle Oily Cart and the RSC set out on a voyage of discovery through Shakespeares landscapes. multitalented performers create a total theatre experience for two- to four-year-olds. Page 100
The family-friendly icon in our listings pages means the event is suitable for families and young people
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How to book tickets

There are millions of opportunities to get involved in the London 2012 Festival. Heres how to find something youll love
Booking tickets Each event listing includes a website address where you can buy tickets or register for free tickets where the event is marked FREE ticket required. If a listing says the event is FREE you dont need to register for tickets in advance just turn up. Some events will also give you the venues box office phone number if youd prefer to book by phone. access information Festival events take place across the UK in a huge variety of venues, and we aim to make the Festival accessible to all. The website or box office for each event will provide more specific access details. event listings You can search for events in this guide by their event category. Or use the Daily Diary, which is broken down by region. event categories Each category of event has its own colour look for the colour of your desired category on the side of each listing page or next to the event name in the Daily Diary. nations and regions We have divided the Daily Diary into nations and regions to help you find events near you. You can use the search function at london2012.com/festival to find events using your postcode or home town. Languages Where a performance is given in a language other than English, this has been indicated. Check the venues website for details of translation or surtitling.
Event listings
Event title A short description of the event The start and end dates of the event If the event is marked FREE, just turn up. If it says FREE ticket required, visit the website for details on how to reserve a free ticket Box office some venues provide a phone number for booking tickets The family-friendly icon highlights events created with families and children in mind. Check the website for suitability Venue and city
Event website visit for access and ticket information
Daily Diary
The Daily Diary lists events day by day The title of the event The coloured icon shows you the category of the event theres a key at the bottom of each Diary page You can then see which events are taking place in each region dont forget some events are UK-wide, online or broadcast
The page reference tells you where to look in the guide for more details
The family-friendly icon means the event is particularly suitable for families and young people
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BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012: Jay-Z (page 64)
event listings
Choose from thousands of events and performances all around the UK, in the following categories
32 Art, Design & Exhibitions 43 Comedy 46 Dance 53 Film, Broadcast & Digital 58 museums & Heritage 60 music 78 Outdoor & Carnival 84 Poetry & Storytelling 86 Theatre & Performance
All listings were correct at the time of going to press. For the most up-to-date details visit london2012.com/festival
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (page 52)
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The largest commission of all, the Orbit by Anish Kapoor (page 42), towers above the Olympic Stadium
art, Design & exhibitions

objects to inspire
The first major solo exhibition of the work of Thomas Heatherwicks design studio is held at the V&A. Feats of architecture, engineering and sculpture go on display with prototypes, design drawings and objects of inspiration. Founded in 1994, the Heatherwick Studio has received praise for its innovative and exciting designs. These include the UK Pavilion (Seed Cathedral) at the Shanghai World Expo 2010, the new design for the London double-decker bus and the 2012 Olympic Cauldron. Heatherwick Studio: Designing the Extraordinary, page 37
Great artists from around the world have created new commissions, installations, exhibitions, digital work and some pop-up surprises many of which can be enjoyed for free. From Hans Peter Kuhn on the Giants Causeway to Alex Katz in St Ives, the artists have risen to the challenge of 2012 and its legacy
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tino sehgal turbine hall
Tate modern, London
Merseyside is the site for Anthony McCalls Column, a vertical cloud stretching as high as the eye can see
artists have used all kinds of materials to create the annual commission for tate Moderns turbine Hall from helter-skelter slides to millions of hand-crafted sunflower seeds but tino sehgal doesnt make objects of any kind. Heprefers to construct a thought-provoking, and often fun, social encounter. all turbine Hall commissions are free but are kept secret until they open. tino sehgal is famous for surprising audiences his recent commissions for the Guggenheim in new York and Manchester international Festival showed the playful and disturbing sides that make his work unforgettable. Page 42
after Gold
japanese artists create new works, including Atelier Bow-Wows straw towers and platforms along the Olympic Torch Relay route. FREE 30 June 5 July Various Venues, Loughborough www.arts.lboro.ac.uk/radar
East Float, Wirral Waters, Merseyside www.london2012.com/festival
antony Gormley a new work
The sculptor presents a new work inspired by Waiting for Godot. Part of Happy Days: Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. FREE 1 July 27 August The Grand Yard at Castle Coole, Enniskillen www.happy-days-enniskillen.com
028 6632 2690
Artist Ai Weiwei and architects Herzog & de meuron mine the Serpentines lawn for archaeological inspiration. FREE 1 June 14 October Serpentine Gallery, London www.serpentinegallery.org
020 7402 6075
ai Weiwei and Herzog & de meuron Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012
arnie Somogyi, robert macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson untrue island
A collaborative cross art-form response to this important location and its history as a site for military experiments during the Cold War. 8 July 30 July Orford Ness, Suffolk www.commissionseast.org.uk
alex katz
Cool and seductive canvases, spanning the full breadth of the Brooklyn-born artists career since the 1950s. 19 May 23 September Tate St Ives, St Ives www.tate.org.uk/stives
01736 796226
art in the Park Carsten nicolai ifo spectrum

A colourful representation of the five Olympic Rings as a dramatic, oscillating sound wave, using the colour spectrum of a sunset. From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.london2012.com/olympic-park
anthony mcCall Column
A vertical, spinning column of cloud rising from the surface of Wirral Waters, visible across the North West and beyond. FREE
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art in the Park Grenville Davey inter alia
The artist collaborates with local residents and the RCA on a series of personal interventions along the Central Park bridge. From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.london2012.com/olympic-park From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.london2012.com/olympic-park
art in the Park Winning Words
art in the Park History trees ackroyd & Harvey
A programme of permanent poems in the park includes specially commissioned works and in the Athletes Village an existing favourite nominated by the public. From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.london2012.com/olympic-park
Beautifully engraved bronze and stainless steel rings are suspended in the crowns of three mature trees planted at the entrances into the Park, capturing an archive of local history. From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.london2012.com/olympic-park
arthur Bispo do rosrio azul dos Ventos
arthur bispo do rosrio

V&A, London
art in the Park keith Wilson Steles (Waterworks)
Explore the work of this visionary artist who continues to influence Brazilian art and whose global reputation continues to grow. FREE 13 August 30 September V&A, London www.vam.ac.uk
020 7907 7073
These striking installations evoking nautical waymarkers in vivid colours connect the parkland with the river flowing through it. From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.london2012.com/olympic-park
atom egoyan Steenbeckett
Bispo do rosrio, one of rios best-loved artists (1911-1989), died without ever considering himself an artist. diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, he spent most of his life after 1938 in institutions in his native Brazil. His creative work began shortly after his first hospital admission, when he started to embroider found fabrics with christian imagery and poetry. Before long, his work spread throughout the hospital on everything from asylum uniforms tobed sheets. this will be thefirst major show of hiswork in the UK, shared with the so Paulo Biennial.
art in the Park monica Bonvicini run

Acting as a mirror by day and glowing by night, three 9m-tall letters form a striking permanent artwork for the Copper Box.
The film director pays tribute to Beckett with this installation. Part of Happy Days: Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. FREE 11 August 27 August The Clinton Centre, Enniskillen www.happy-days-enniskillen.com
028 6634 2806
Jeff Koonss car from BMW Art Cars, a collection of cars with bodywork designs by world-renowned artists
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Search for events near you at london2012.com/festival
BmW art Cars
A collection of BmW bodywork designs by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and jeff Koons. FREE ticket required 20th July 12 August Car Park in central London www.bmw-art-cars.de
Boyd & evans Views
The first major UK survey of Boyd & Evanss work, including penetrating landscapes of the American Southwest. FREE 18 July 2 September Ikon Gallery, Birmingham www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
0121 248 0708
BP Portrait awards next Generation
A series of events aimed at encouraging young artists inspired by the free BP Portrait Award exhibition. FREE ticket required
Hebridean tiger moths studied during Cape Farewells boat expedition across the Scottish Islands
21 June 23 September National Portrait Gallery, London www.npg.org.uk

020 7306 0055
21 June 24 June An Tobar, Isle of Mull www.capefarewell.com/seachange
Cape Farewell Sea Change: things unseen
Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + art Collusion
New solo work by visual artist Anne Bevan on the invisible life of the sea. FREE 3 August 16 September Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland www.capefarewell.com/seachange
Leading British fashion designers and artists including Hussein Chalayan, Giles Deacon and jeremy Deller collaborate to celebrate London 2012. FREE 6 July 29 July V&A, London www.vam.ac.uk
020 7907 7073
Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes
Sculptor john Cumming and furniture maker Cecil Tait collaborate on a travelling installation based on hand-made sailors boxes. FREE 18 May 28 May SAMS Festival of the Sea, Oban www.capefarewell.com/seachange 7 August 28 August Shetland Museum, Shetland www.capefarewell.com/seachange
01595 695 057
Cape Farewell Sea Change: things unspoken

New work by visual artists Anne Bevan and Andrea Roe exploring human and animal behaviour, natural history and the environment. FREE
Portraits of the people behind London 2012 from those staging the event to athletes like Ellie Simmonds, Phillips Idowu and jessica Ennis. FREE 19 July 23 September National Portrait Gallery, London www.npg.org.uk
020 7306 0055
Bt road to 2012
24 May 13 July Royal Society of British Sculptors, London www.rbs.org.uk/whats-on

020 7373 8615
Cape Farewell Sea Change: na Fir Chlis/aurora Borealis
A collection of Gaelic poems from Rody Gorman inspired by Cape Farewells four-week expedition across the Hebrides in 2011. FREE 18 May 28 May SAMS Festival of the Sea, Oban www.capefarewell.com/seachange 21 June 24 June An Tobar, Isle of Mull www.capefarewell.com/seachange
Cape Farewell Sea Change: Water Works
A series of video works about water as a resource developed and presented by Indian environmental artist Atul Bhalla. FREE 24 April 4 June Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist www.capefarewell.com/seachange
01870 603 970
Cape Farewell Sea Change: Bird Yarns
Artist Deirdre Nelson and mulls knitters create a flock of lost Arctic terns, then provide a welcome of food, music and poetry. FREE
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Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing
Experience performance artist and disabled dance-maker Bowditchs new collaborative installation. Aspart of Unlimited. FREE 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Casa Brazil
An exhibition of the hottest talent in Brazilian arts and design as part of Casa Brazils cultural programme. 21 July 8 September Somerset House, London
www.somersethouse.org.uk 020 7845 4600
Craig Coulthard Forest Pitch
A forest in the Scottish Borders becomes home to a full-size football pitch for two games only in Coulthards arts project. 21 July Clarilawmuir Plantation, near Selkirk www.forestpitch.org
Damien Hirst continues to divide opinion about his works, which have become iconic symbols of Britart
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Disabled artists explore what its like to live in middle England, from medieval to modern times. As part of Unlimited. FREE 5 May 6 May The Priory Hall, Much Wenlock www.dasharts.org.uk 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
edmund de Waal
Ceramicist and best-selling author Edmund de Waal exhibits a new series of works created for the opulent interiors of the manor. 20 April 28 October Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury www.waddesdon.org.uk/collection
01296 653226
Crystal Ball
Nine new single-screen media works from Asian and European artists, commissioned by Samsung for the IOC collection. FREE 11 August 12 August De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill www.dlwp.com
01424 229100
ei arakawa
New commission by the award-winning, New York-based japanese artist. FREE 24 July 29 July Tate Modern Oil Tanks, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
020 7887 8888
29 August 2 September Abandon Normal Devices Festival, across the North West www.andfestival.org.uk
Design Stories the architecture behind 2012

Films, images, models and a new 14m mural showcase the design stories behind Londons newest architectural landmarks. FREE 25 June 21 September Royal Institute of British Architects, London www.architecture.com
020 7307 3694
Damien Hirst
exploratory Laboratory
The first substantial survey of the work of Damien Hirst, one of the most prominent British artists to emerge in the 1990s. 4 April 9 September Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
020 7887 8888
Artists meet scientists on the jurassic Coast in a diverse range of new contemporary artworks installed in unusual locations. FREE 27 July 9 September Various Venues, Across Dorset www.exlab.org.uk
Douglas Gordon the end of Civilisation
A piano burns in this epic film from the celebrated Scottish artist, set against the stark northern landscape. FREE ticket required 5 July 6 July Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne www.greatnorthrunculture.org
Frieze Projects east
New commissions of public art for east London communities from artists including Gary Webb, Sarnath Banerjee and Anthea Hamilton. FREE
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25 June 9 September Poplar Baths, William Morris Gallery, billboard sites across London www.friezefoundation.org/projects-east
23 June 26 August FACT, Liverpool www.fact.co.uk

0151 707 4464
Government art Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery
Humble market-Place
Highlights from this world-class collection of British art are shown in a public gallery for the first time in its 113-year history. FREE 21 June 2 September Whitechapel Gallery, London www.whitechapelgallery.org
020 7522 7888
Immersive live digital performance that connects Brazil with UK audiences, between intense spectacle and intimate encounter. FREE 7 September 9 September Guildhall Square Clocktower, Derry www.cityofculture2013.com
Hans Peter kuhn Flags
international architecture and Design Showcase

A series of international exhibitions and installations. FREE
Hans Peter Kuhn creates a dramatic new installation of patterns and codes for the Giants Causeway. FREE 20 August 28 October Giants Causeway, County Antrim www.london2012.com/festival
23 June 23 September Embassies and Cultural Institutions, London www.britishcouncil.org/london2012
Frieze are based in east London and, for the first time, they commission artists including sarnath Banerjee (see below), anthea Hamilton and Gary Webb to create exciting contemporary art for their local communities. Jeremy deller, also a local east London artist, creates sacrilege a life-sized replica of stonehenge as a bouncy castle. it will pop up all over the UK and around London. all free, these new works invite audiences of all ages to have fun discovering contemporary art.
Popping up across the UK
frieze projects east
Jeremy Deller Sacrilege
Heatherwick Studio Designing the extraordinary

The first major solo exhibition celebrating the work of one of Britains most inventive design studios. 31 May 30 September V&A, London www.vam.ac.uk
020 7907 7073
The Turner Prize-winning artist presents his major new interactive artwork a full-scale version of Stonehenge as a bouncy castle. FREE 21 June 9 September Various outdoor locations and dates, across the UK www.london2012.com/festival
John Gerrard exercise (Djibouti) 2012

A major new simulation by john Gerrard that looks at the exercise and representation of power. FREE 6 July 27 July Modern Art Oxford Offsite, Oxford www.modernartoxford.org.uk
01865 722733
Helen Petts throw them up and Let them Sing

Digital film explores artist Kurt Schwitters escape from Nazi Germany and journey to the Lake District. As part of Unlimited. FREE
28 June 18 August Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne www.twmuseums.org.uk/hatton

0191 222 6059
31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
Jorge macchi Liverpool Biennial 2012
Artist jorge macchi presents a full-sized shipping container absurdly and impossibly wedged inside Liverpools oldest art gallery. FREE 8 September 25 November Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool www.biennial.com
0845 220 2800
Humble market trade Secrets

Embark on a journey of discovery with interactive market stalls created by Zecora Ura and artists Persis-jade maravala, Alastair Eilbeck and james Bailey. FREE
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since 1912, every olympic host city has commissioned one or more posters to mark the occasion. together, they form an iconic body of work. For London 2012, a panel that included tate director nicholas serota commissioned 12 leading UK artists to design the posters. Martin creed, anthea Hamilton, Howard Hodgkin, chris ofili, Bridget riley and rachel Whiteread interpreted the olympic Games, and Fiona Banner, Michael craig-Martin, tracey emin, Gary Hume, sarah Morris and Bob and roberta smith (see below) the Paralympic Games. all their work is featured in this free exhibition.
Tate Britain, London
official london 2012 olympic and paralympic poster Display
A mysterious aeroplane from Spain turns into an artistic time capsule for Wales, in Marc Rees Adain Avion
kurt Hentschlger COre
Giant projections give glimpses into a weightless world populated by humanoid figures, at Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. FREE 23 March 30 September Enginuity, Ironbridge Gorge, Telford www.ironbridge.org.uk
01952 433424
marc rees adain avion
A mobile art space made from the recycled fuselage of a DC-9 airplane travels to locations across Wales. 24 June 1 July FREE National Waterfront Museum, Swansea www.adainavion.org/swansea 1 July 7 July FREE The Works, Ebbw Vale www.adainavion.org/ebbw-vale 8 July 14 July FREE Venue Cymru, Llandudno www.adainavion.org/llandudno 4 August 11 August The National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandow www.adainavion.org/llandow 12 August FREE St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff www.adainavion.org
Lucian Freud Portraits
A major exhibition focusing for the first time on 70 years of portraiture by the great artist. 9 February 27 May National Portrait Gallery, London www.npg.org.uk
0844 248 5033
Lynette Wallworth rekindling Venus
Artist Lynette Wallworths immersive film celebrates a rare astronomical event, the Transit of Venus. 7 June 6 July Peter Harrison Planetarium, Royal Observatory, London www.rmg.co.uk/visit/planetarium-shows
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maria thereza alves Ballast Seed Garden

A floating Ballast Seed Garden on a grain barge in Bristol Harbour, producing a living history of the citys trade and maritime traditions. FREE
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From 21 June Floating Harbour (North side), Bristol www.arnolfini.org.uk

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niet normaal Difference on Display
Groundbreaking exhibition questioning what is normal and who decides, as part of DaDaFest 2012. FREE 13 July 2 September The Bluecoat, Liverpool www.dadafest.co.uk
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21 June 21 September Tate Britain, London www.tate.org.uk/britain

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martin Creed Work no 1197: all the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes
join in at 8am as the UK celebrates the first day of the London 2012 Games with simultaneous bell ringing all around the UK. FREE 27 July UK Wide www.allthebells.com
Olafur eliasson
A major new commission from artist Olafur Eliasson, whose previous work includes the Weather Project at Tate modern. FREE ticket required Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
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Oded Hirsch Liverpool Biennial 2012
Artist Oded Hirsch presents a lift unexpectedly bursting through the ground in Liverpool ONE. FREE 8 September 25 November Liverpool ONE, Liverpool www.biennial.com
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maurice Orr the Screaming Silence of the Wind
Oscar muoz Draw Down the Walls
Five sensory installation pieces inspired by the raw, barren landscapes of the visual artists native Northern Ireland. As part of Unlimited. FREE
11 June 3 August Great Hall Stormont, Belfast www.mauriceorr.co.uk 028 9052 0700 6 August 29 August Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart www.flowerfield.org 028 7083 1400
Colombian artist muoz explores the commonality of loss and remembrance at one of Belfasts most disputed interface walls. FREE 10 July 17 July Flax St/Crumlin Rd Interface, Belfast www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
028 9033 0920
Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Poster Display
A free exhibition of the London 2012 Games official posters, including artists Bridget Riley, Tracey Emin and Chris Ofili. FREE

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metamorphosis: titian 2012
A unique collaboration between the National Gallery and The Royal Ballet in response to works by Titian. FREE 11 July 21 September National Gallery, London www.nationalgallery.org.uk
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Brian Irvine and john mcIlduff bring thousands of individual possessions, thoughts and sounds together for a single nest. FREE ticket required 22 July 29 July T13, Belfast www.t13.tv/events
Kurt Hentschlgers work CORE, at Enginuity, Ironbridge, Telford
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Paul Cummins the english Flower Garden
Thousands of hand-thrown ceramic flowers made by artist Paul Cummins create a typically English garden. As part of Unlimited. 25 April 27 May FREE Chiswick House Gardens, London www.chgt.org.uk 28 April 27 May The Secret Gardens of Sandwich, Sandwich www.the-secretgardens.co.uk
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1 July 30 August Althorp Estate, Northampton www.althorp.com

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rachel Whiteread Whitechapel Gallery Commission

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The British artist creates a new permanent work of art for the historic facade of the Whitechapel Gallery. FREE From 14 June Whitechapel Gallery, London www.whitechapelgallery.org
020 7522 7888
rachel Gadsden unlimited Global alchemy
1 June 31 August Castle Howard, York www.castlehoward.co.uk

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Gadsden and the South African Bambanani group present a film and art exhibition around human fragility, resilience and survival. As part of Unlimited. 21 June 18 August FREE Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge www.maa.cam.ac.uk
01223 333516
richard La trobe-Bateman making triangles
Spanning 45 years of work, where structure, construction and materials are critical. FREE 7 July 9 September Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk
01824 704774
4 June 26 August FREE Cromwell Green, Houses of Parliament, London www.parliament.uk/get-involved 5 June 17 September Blenheim Palace, Oxford www.blenheimpalace.com
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30 August FREE ticket required The Bluecoat, Liverpool www.dadafest.co.uk

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richard Long (artist rooms) and Luke Fowler

Richard Long, one of Britains leading artists, brings nature into the gallery; and a film exploring radical politics in the North by Luke Fowler. FREE 23 June 4 October The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield www.hepworthwakefield.org
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31 August 9 September FREE Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk

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richard Wilson Hang on a minute Lads, ive Got a Great idea
A full-sized replica coach, balanced from the Pavilion roof, recreates the final scene of The Italian job. FREE 7 July 1 October De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea www.dlwp.com/events
01424 229111
See no evil
Street artist Inkie curates Europes largest street art festival, with over 20 commissions on a disused site in the heart of Bristol. FREE 16 August 19 August Temple Meads and Temple Quay, Bristol www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk
Rachel Gadsdens Global Alchemy explores themes of human fragility and resilience
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Whitechapel Gallery, London
Tony Craggs Cass (page 42) outdoor sculptures on Exhibition Road, London and in Goodwood, West Sussex
Shezad Dawood Piercing Brightness
An exhibition by the acclaimed artist, including new film, with vintage textile paintings. FREE 24 June 29 September Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
01736 363715
Staffordshire Hoard artists response
Specially commissioned artists response to the largest collection of Anglo Saxon gold and silver metalwork ever found. FREE 21 July 1 September The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag
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30 June 15 September The Exchange, Penzance www.newlynartgallery.co.uk

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Susan Philipsz timeline at the edinburgh art Festival
Sinead ODonnell CautiOn
Belfast-based Sinead ODonnell leads a showcase of work by disabled and deaf artists from the USA, Peru, Canada, and Kurdistan-Iraq. As part of Unlimited. FREE 24 August 29 September Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
028 90330920
The Turner Prize-winners latest sound installation follows a historic line through the city, and responds to the famous 1pm gun. One of a series of commissions from Scottish artists. 2 August 2 September Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh www.edinburghartfestival.com 0131 226 6558
More than a century has passed since it was first proposed. now artist rachel Whiteread has designed a frieze to complete the front of the Whitechapel Gallery. in 1901 a mosaic by Walter crane was planned, but was deemed too pricey and the gallerys entrance remained unadorned. that was until the London 2012 Festival helped commission the new work from the turner Prize-winning artist. the faade is inspired by the tree of life motif seen elsewhere on the building. theres gold leaf on it its the most ostentatious ive ever been, said Whiteread. to design the piece she worked on a full-scale model. i find it quite difficult to work with computer-generated images, she said. im a sculptor, i like to work in three dimensions.
the Changing room

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Artists from the Arab World occupy an underground gallery, a magic shop and an office hub evoking the signs of change. FREE 15 August 30 September Underground Gallery, London Westminster Hub, London Davenports Magic Shop www.britishcouncil.org/london2012
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the Orbit
Anish Kapoors 115m-high visitor structure dominates the Olympic Park, offering views across the Stadium and London. From 27 July Olympic Park, London www.tickets.london2012.com The first major exhibition by the celebrated British artist in her home town, margate, including work by Turner and Rodin. FREE 24 May 23 September Turner Contemporary, Margate www.turnercontemporary.org
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tracey emin: She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea
YesYesno Connecting Light
New York-based artists YesYesNo create a line of lights for sending messages along Britains most dramatic Roman frontier, Hadrians Wall. FREE 31 August 1 September Hadrians Wall, Various Sites www.hadrians-wall.org/festival.aspx
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the Pineapple Banqueting House
Bompas & Parr curate a culinary spectacle in an extraordinary new piece of architecture, The Pineapple, in the middle of the River Thames. FREE 23 June 23 September Pineapple Banqueting House, Blackfriars Bridge, London www.jellymongers.co.uk
tyntesfield takeover
somewhereto_ and the National Trust showcase young artists talent with a digital graffiti light show projection and live music. FREE ticket required 22 July The National Trust Tyntesfield, Bristol www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield
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Yinka Shonibare
The Royal Opera House unveils a new public art commission. FREE From 21 June Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
the World in London
Outdoor exhibition and website of over 200 photographs of Londoners each born in one of the competing nations. FREE 27 July 12 August Victoria Park, London www.photonet.org.uk
Yoko Ono to the Light
We Face Forward: art from West africa today
manchesters main galleries join forces for the first time for a major exhibition of contemporary art from West Africa. FREE 2 June 15 September Gallery of Costume, Manchester www.manchestergalleries.org
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A major retrospective of the conceptual artist, featuring new and existing work plus large-scale project SmILE. 19 June 9 September Serpentine Gallery, London www.serpentinegallery.org
020 7402 6075
tino Sehgal the turbine Hall Commission
An exciting new commission for the Turbine Hall from the artist known for putting live encounters at the centre of his work. FREE 24 July 28 October Tate Modern, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
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Yoko Ono imagine Peace
2 June 16 September Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

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Translated into 24 world languages, the Imagine Peace message will appear in a range of surprising locations across the UK. FREE 21 June 9 September BBC Live Sites across the UK www.artproductionfund.org
tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation
2 June 16 September Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester www.manchestergalleries.org

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An exhibition in West Sussex of outdoor sculptures by the British artist. 21 June 4 November CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood www.sculpture.org.uk
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Wendy ramshaw rooms of Dreams
A major exhibition spanning 50 years of key pieces from one of Britains leading designers, known for her art jewellery and scuplture. FREE 7 July 9 September Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk
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major new outdoor sculptures on show in central London along with a number of indoor works on display at different museums. FREE 1 September 25 November Exhibition Road, London www.exhibitionroad.com
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tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at exhibition road
Yoko Onos SMILE seeks to bring people together
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Stephen Fry and friends will be Playing the Games at the Criterion Theatre, London
playing it for laughs
Stephen Fry is co-curating a major comedy and performance season at Londons famous Criterion Theatre. We tracked him down in New Zealand to ask whether sport can be a laughing matter. Playing the Games will give performers and athletes the chance to quiz one another in front of an audience. Who will be more nervous? I think its equal. Ive sat watching cricket matches with rock stars and ex-test players. The rock stars want to talk cricket and the cricketers want to talk rock. Its very common for actors, singers, whatever to be less impressed by meeting those in their own profession than meeting a sporting legend. I could barely speak when I was first introduced to Ian Botham. And jimmy White. What do sport and the arts have in common, and where do they diverge? We actors moan about being misunderstood and assassinated by critics. Although Im completely sensitive and absurd about it, I always have to remind myself that aStephen Fry was disappointing as buried away in a small arts
Comedy
Comedy takes on Olympic and Paralympic themes with the BBCs Comedy marathon in Edinburgh, a world-record improv attempt in Barnsley and Tim minchin playing the home of sustainability, Cornwalls Eden Project. There are two major retrospectives, from the British Film Institute (BFI) and the Hackney Empire, and more to come with pop-up gigs nationwide
column is nothing compared to England shame or hopeless failure. Sport is so unquestionable. A win is a win. A loss is a loss. On the day the smallest hiccup (deep breath for a clich) can make the difference between gold and nothing, let alone silver or bronze. The arts are more subjective. Which doesnt mean that an inner sense of failure or achievement is less real. Sport and arts share the quality of being non-necessities. Food and shelter and warmth and education and healthcare are necessities. It is, of course, the extras that make life worth living. You need bread to exist, but wine to live. Art and sport are the wine. Do you regret not being more sporty in your youth? I do and I dont. I am aware of the colossal disappointment that lies in wait for sporting heroes. By their 30s in most sports, its all over. Like ballet dancers, their days of grace and glory are fleeting. And yet theres always apart of one that would give up all the security of a career like acting or writing that should, in theory at least, richen and deepen like good wine with the years for theexperience of that radiant burst of victory. Playing the Games, page 45
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Hackney Empire, London
ha ha hackney
theres a lot to cram in to this celebration of 111 years of comedy at the theatre that has nurtured so many of historys greatest comedians. Morecambe and Wise, French and saunders, charlie chaplin and Marie Lloyd all played here, and many more of todays east end heroes. enjoy actor ram John Holders (pictured below) performance in Looking Black. eastenders queen Barbara Windsor MBe recalls: Grandad charlie ellis first took me to the Hackney empire. i was eight years old and i washooked. this is a truly magnificent theatre Hackney without the empire is like fish without chips. if you cant join Barbara, BBc three transmits a special celebration on 23 June.
Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin performs at the Eden Project
BBC Comedy Presents...
Three weeks of live comedy from the BBCs purpose-built venue at the worlds biggest comedy festival. Follow @bbccomedyprsnts forline-ups. 3 August 27 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh www.edfringe.com
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Ha Ha Hackney: Homo of Comedy Gay extravaganza 2012!

Britains top LGBT comics pay tribute and celebrate over half a century of Gaiety. 8 July Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson
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Scott mills and Nick Grimshaw return to the Fringe with their Fun and Filth Cabaret show; broadcast live on Radio 1 every day from the BBC Bubble space. FREE ticket required. 3 August 27 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh www.edfringe.com
BBC radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret
Ha Ha Hackney: Looking Black
The artists you know and love from shows such as The Real mcCoy, The Posse, BiBi crew and Desmonds are back together for a one-night spectacular. 2 September Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson
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BBC three Comedy marathon

A specially billed, anarchic, live, late-night Comedy marathon for BBC Three. FREE ticket required.
Ha Ha Hackney: maggie, maggie, Give us a Wave the Comedy of the thatcher Years
Top comedians take us through the Thatcher years and have a thing or two to say about todays political scene.
3 27 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe and BBC Three www.edfringe.com
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1 July Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson

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Spasticus Channel 4
Channel 4s prank-filled show made by a disabled cast, with sketches often at the expense of the non-disabled public. Channel 4 TV, UK Wide www.channel4.com
trailblazers Britains Queens of tV Comedy

A unique collaboration between BFI Southbank and Hackney Empire celebrating past and present comedy divas of British television.
Ha Ha Hackney: the Golden Years of Variety
The Variety Club of Great Britain and Hackney Empire celebrate the post-war golden years of entertainment. 9 September Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson
020 8985 2424
tales of the riverbank Comedy Barge
14, 21 and 28 August BFI Southbank, London www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank

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A Comedy Relay to the Edinburgh Festival on a canal boat. Live by web, mobile and digital platforms. And the odd gig. 1 July 27 August Through the waterways of England and Scotland www.pleasance.co.uk London: 020 7609 1800
16 and 23 August Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson

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Laurence Clark inspired
Laurence Clarks comedy show asks why everyday activities are inspirational when theyre done by disabled people. As part of Unlimited. 26 June Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff www.wmc.org.uk
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World-Beating improv
tim minchin eden Project Comedy
Neil mullarkey from the Comedy Store Players leads a hilarious attempt to create a new world record. 10 August Building 21, Elsecar, Barnsley www.barnsleylive.co.uk 01226 740 203
Australian comedian, composer and musician Tim minchin brings his own unique blend of musical comedy to Eden. 23 June Eden Project, Cornwall www.edenproject.com/sessions
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3 August 27 August Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh www.edfringe.com

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30 August Dada Fest, Liverpool www.dadafest.co.uk 7 September Bloomsbury Theatre, London www.thebloomsbury.com
020 7388 8822
Playing the Games
A West End first two weeks of comedy, new plays, Sunday concerts and lunchtime platforms. Featuring Stephen Fry and guests. 26 July 12 August Criterion Theatre, London www.criterion-theatre.co.uk
020 7839 8811
Pop up Comedy
Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to be among the first to hear about special pop-up comedy events during the Festival. 21 June 9 September UK Wide www.london2012.com/festival for details
www.facebook.com/london2012festival Twitter @london2012fest
In Inspired, Laurence Clark asks why everyday activities are inspirational when done by disabled people
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The humorous production of Pina Bauschs Viktor (page 52) takes its inspiration from the city of Rome and its breathtaking imagery
Dance
The UKs biggest celebration of dance, with thousands of events taking place across the UK
power anD beauty
One of the joys of dance is its sheer diversity of styles, which is mirrored by the range of talent appearing in the Festivals dance programme. Theres an Olympian feel to the works performed by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch (page 52). The influential German choreographer, who died in 2009, toured the globe creating dance-theatre works commissioned by the cities she visited. Now, for the first time, London gathers them all together. Fase in the tate Belgiums Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker (page 50) has been at the forefront of global dance for three decades. For the Tate
moderns brand-new performance space, the Oil Tanks, she recreates one of her early works, Fase, set to Steve Reichs score. Cut from a rather different cloth is Scotlands michael Clark, whose angular deconstruction of ballet serves as a flamboyant counterpoint to De Keersmaeker. Clark is a maverick talent, unpredictable and frequently brilliant. So expect the unexpected when he unleashes his latest work at Glasgow Barrowland (page 51). Where Clark morphs ballet and modern dance, Shobana jeyasingh unites classic Indian dance with a contemporary aesthetic. Adding further interest, her company presents her latestwork in a brace of Londonchurches.
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Big Dance 2012 at Cardiff mela
This multicultural celebration of dance and music includes a world-record attempt for the largest Bollywood dance performance. FREE 15 July Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 DazL marathon
Dance workshops and performances including information on careers in dance and concluding with a mass-participation dance marathon. FREE 7 July South Leeds Youth Hub, Leeds www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 at the Big Weekend
Big Dance 2012 edinburgh
A dance marquee for events including a Street-morris-molly dance-off, ceilidhs and an iconic flashmob. FREE 7 July 8 July Parkers Piece, Cambridge www.bigdance2012.com
Have a go and watch professional, community, school and youth groups at three city centre sites. FREE 30 June 1 July City Centre, Edinburgh www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Camp
Watch an evening of dance films in a big-top tent, camp overnight then experience performances across the site. 7 July 8 July National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 immersion tent
An inclusive participatory and performance programme, presented in a Big Dance immersion tent. FREE 21 July 22 July Gloucester Park, Gloucester www.bigdance2012.com
on 14 July the entire population of the UKis invited to fill streetsand public spaces with a celebratory dayofdance. at Londons trafalgar square youll see Wayne McGregor, resident choreographer at the royal Ballet, bringing together dance groups from across the capital. this performance will feature 2,000 dancers onmultiple stages and giant screens. throughout the rest of the country streets, squares and parks will come alive as communities come together for the fun of dance. its the flagship event for the Big dance programme, so get moving and get involved. these pages feature onlya handful of Big dance events visit www.bigdance2012.com to find out how to get involved near you.
Trafalgar Square, London, and UK Wide
big street Dance Day
Big Dance 2012 Day Brighton
A performance stage on the seafront hosts local dance groups and offers open workshops, including mass participation routines. FREE 14 July The Promenade, Brighton www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 in the Baylis
A performance to highlight some of the incredible dance that has been created and performed across north London for Big Dance. 10 July 11 July Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadlers Wells, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 norfolk Long Dance
An afternoon of opportunities to take part in folk and traditional dance, including an amazingly long Norfolk Long Dance. FREE 8 July St Georges Street, Norwich www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Lancashire at the Preston Guild
The premiere performance of the Lancashire Big Dance North West Link Up performance along with a mass-participation piece and more. FREE 23 June Preston Flag Market, Preston www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Day Yorkshire
A day of dance celebration, featuring specially commissioned dance and talent from across Yorkshire. FREE 15 July Millennium Square, Leeds www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Live at the Bandstand
Five boys dance groups, one intergenerational group and five older peoples groups perform with professional dancers. FREE 15 July Abbey Grounds, Hexham www.bigdance2012.com
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the royal ballet Metamorphosis: titian 2012
Royal Opera House, London
Big Dance 2012 on the Beach
Dance classes and mini-performances throughout the day in the Spa Gardens ending with a mass dance on the beach. FREE 14 July The Spa Promenade, Bridlington www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Hat Fair
Site-specific performances, a mass dance for all to join, participatory workshops and some unexpected surprises. FREE 6 July 8 July City Centre, Winchester www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Horniman museum
titian was the greatest painter of 16th-century venice, experimenting with many styles throughout his distinguished career. now, in a unique collaboration with the national Gallery, three of his most famous works, diana and actaeon, thedeath of actaeon and dianaandcallisto, have inspirednew ballets.
An afternoon of morris dancing, maypole dancing and folk music aplenty to accompany the mummers, maypoles and milkmaids exhibition. FREE 8 July Horniman Museum, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 30 Years of Style
Hip-hop pioneers B Boy Pervez and Dj Billy Biznizz present a one-off celebration of breaking in London. FREE 8 July Stratford Centre, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Picnic at trinity Laban
Big Dance 2012 aberdeen Dance Hunt
Bring a picnic and experience dance and circus performers, face painting, creative play areas and interactive inclusive activities. FREE 23 June Trinity Laban, London www.bigdance2012.com
A treasure hunt for dance across the city as audiences are invited to discover, watch and participate in a variety of dance styles. FREE 7 July 8 July Across the city, Aberdeen www.bigdance2012.com
Wayne McGregor (below), resident choreographer of the royal Ballet, choreographs more than 100 dancers performing the works at the royal opera House. Page 52
Big Dance 2012 Streets of Brass

Live site-specific performances encompassing dance and music from the Durham community. FREE 21 July 22 July Wharton Park, Durham www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Big Dance Shorts

Five brand-new short films in association with BAFTA screen on Channel 4. FREE 7 July 15 July TV, UK wide www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 u.Dance
Big Dance 2012 Brazil Day
The youth dance showcase features the premiere of the first-ever UK-wide youth dance company with choreography by Hofesh Shechter. 13 July 16 July Southbank Centre, London www.bigdance2012.com
Experience the physical culture of Brazil with Samba performances, Capoeira displays and an outdoor screening of Rio. FREE 15 July Wandsworth Park, London www.bigdance2012.com
Site-specific dance in Oxleas meadows with an intergenerational cast of local people, signed into British Sign Language. FREE 15 July Oxleas Meadows, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Walk
Big Dance 2012 City Steps
Outdoor performance festival showcasing dance pieces by local and national artists, including participatory opportunities for all. FREE 15 July Hope Street, Liverpool www.bigdance2012.com
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Big Dance 2012 Dance Fields
East London Dance serves up a tasty treat of ambitious outdoor dance productions, including the premiere of Leaving Limbo Landing. FREE 7 July London Fields, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Dancing Streets
Greenwich Dance brings General Gordon Square and the streets of Woolwich to life with dance workshops and performances. FREE 22 June Woolwich, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Dancing Voices

Hundreds of older dancers and singers performing in a brand-new commission by Natasha Gilmore. 11 July Southbank Centre, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 will include classes, performances, flashmobs, films, competitions and record attempts
Big Dance 2012 Hidden Gems
A treasure hunt of hidden gems of dance and music in unexpected spaces, inspired by the hidden spaces around Spitalfields market. FREE 23 June Spitalfields, London www.bigdance2012.com
18 May Big Dance Schools Pledge, UK Wide www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Still moving
Big Dance 2012 Darlington Big Street Dance

Around 700 dancers will perform together in market Square and lead a further 2,000 spectators in a mass dance. FREE 14 July Market Square, Darlington www.bigdance2012.com
Large-scale projection of dance photographs by south London photographers from sundown as part of the Watch this Space festival. FREE 13 July 15 July National Theatre, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 new adventures Curtain raiser
Community dance groups share the stage in an evening inspired by the works of matthew Bourne. 12 July 13 July Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadlers Wells, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 the Big Dance Spiegeltent

A two-week programme of dance performances, workshops and events of many types of dance including salsa, swing and belly dance. 1 July 14 July Christchurch Park, Ipswich www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Footfall
A day of performances, film screenings, interactive installations and artists talk all on the theme of walking. FREE 15 July Siobhan Davies Studios, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Sampled taster Workshops
Taster workshops aimed at all ages and abilities, taught by some of the very best dance artists from across the country. 30 June Sadlers Wells, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Greenwich World Cultural Festival
Big Dance 2012 the Big Screen Big Dance
A spectacular, international celebration of dance, music and circus in the beautiful surroundings of Eltham Palace and Gardens. FREE 1 July Eltham Palace & Gardens, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Schools Pledge
A week of workshops for all ages based on dance in the movies, including daily lunchtime performances, culminating in a flashmob. FREE 9 July 13 July Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness www.bigdance2012.com
Schools in the UK and around the world in a record-breaking dance event, featuring Wayne mcGregors choreography. FREE
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Big Dance 2012 the Big t Dance
Participants from Doncaster communities come into the city centre for an open-air Big T dance and performance. FREE 7 July Town Square, Doncaster www.bigdance2012.com 14 July Trafalgar Square, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Big Suffolk Dance Party
Big Dance 2012 urban moves
A day-long celebration including classes, workshops and performances by community groups. FREE 14 July Christchurch Park, Ipswich www.bigdance2012.com
Live professional dance performance outdoors, celebrating the cityscape and architecture of Greater manchester. FREE 23 July 25 July Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 the making Space Performance
Dancers from south London youth groups present a promenade performance at morden Hall Park. FREE 7 July Morden Hall Park, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 Big Youth Dance Weekend London

The outdoor amphitheatre hosts 1,000 youth dance performers from across London for two days of dance performances. FREE 7 July 8 July The Scoop at More London, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 We Dance Festival
A two-day festival of dance by and for those with learning disabilities with local community dance groups and national companies. FREE 13 July 14 July mac, Birmingham www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 tomorrows men
An all-male, high-energy, athletic new performance that fuses street dance, hip-hop, contemporary dance and acrobatics. FREE 30 June Canary Wharf, London www.bigdance2012.com
anne teresa De keersmaeker Fase
Big Dance 2012 Woking World

A dance stage, pop-up performances by professional artists and local youth groups, and a tent for trying out different dance styles. FREE 7 July Woking Park, Woking www.bigdance2012.com
The Flemish choreographer presents an adaptation of Fase, her widely acclaimed 1982 performance set to the music of Steve Reich. FREE 17 July 20 July Tate Modern Oil Tanks, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
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Big Dance 2012 trafalgar Square
Wayne mcGregor directs a piece for more than 1,000 dancers in the finale of Big Dance 2012, the UKs biggest dance celebration. FREE
Candoco unlimited
Guest dancers from China and Brazil join Candoco for a double bill of new dance by choreographers Claire Cunningham and marc Brew. As part of Unlimited. 6 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
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Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing
Dancers and aerialists perform in air, water and on land in Caroline Bowditchs new multi-artform collaborative work. As part of Unlimited. FREE 7 July London Fields, London www.eastlondondance.org
020 8276 1050
Claire Cunningham mnage trois
A visually striking new piece of dance theatre from the award-winning performer/ choreographer. As part of Unlimited.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker at Tate Modern
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31 August Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
David toole and Lucy Hind the impending Storm
A brand-new work created by UK-based David Toole and Lucy Hind with South African dance company Remix. As part of Unlimited. 1 May 2 May The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome www.dancexchange.org.uk
0844 338 5000
michael Clark at Glasgow Barrowland
Scotlands most significant contemporary choreographer, michael Clark creates a landmark dance event. 8 September 9 September Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow www.glasgow-barrowland.com
0141 552 4601
7 September 8 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
rachel Gadsden unlimited Global alchemy
choreographer Hofesh shechter has made the dance world sit up, winning acclaim with his intense mix of music, street and modern dance. shechter used to be a drummer in a rock band, but is now renowned for his raw, atmospheric musical scores and bold choreography. this summer he directs the U.dance ensemble the first youth dance company of its kind with young dancers from the UK aged between 16 and 21 years. it will premiere at the royal Festival Hall aspart of Youth danceenglands U.dancefestival. Page 48
Southbank Centre, London
big Dance 2012 u.Dance
Janice Parker Private Dancer
This experience draws the audience into an intimate and exciting world. As part of Unlimited. 21 June 23 June Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow www.cca-glasgow.com
0141 352 4900
Rachel Gadsden, UK and South African artists explore survival and resilience in the face of chronic illness through performance and film. As part of Unlimited. 5 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
7 September 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
SeCretS: Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water
A fusion of dance, water and fashion to celebrate Londons historic lidos created by English National Ballet. FREE ticket required 2 July 7 July Uxbridge Lido, London 9 July 14 July Hampton Pool, London www.molpresents.com
mandala
A spectacular outdoor event featuring a dazzling fusion of South Asian dance and music and stunning 3D projections. FREE 7 September Town Hall, Birmingham www.sampad.org.uk
0121 446 3260
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance toomortal
9 September Nottingham Council House, Nottingham www.sampad.org.uk

0121 446 3260
Atmospheric new dance work for historic London churches. FREE ticket required 28 June 30 June St Marys Old Church, London www.danceumbrella.co.uk
020 7089 6280
marc Brew Company Fusional Fragments
Fusion of ballet and contemporary dance from marc Brew, with music by Philip Sheppard and Evelyn Glennie. As part of Unlimited.
12 July 14 July St Pancras Church, London www.danceumbrella.co.uk

020 7089 6280
19 July 21 July St Swithuns Church, Worcester www.danceumbrella.co.uk

020 7089 6280
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Dance
Spill a playground of dance
A new outdoor production from Shaun Parker and Nick Wales combining dance with street gymnastics using playground equipment. FREE 3 May 15 July Parks across the West Midlands www.dancexchange.org.uk/spill
0121 689 3170
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch gua
Dance production inspired by Brazil and its exuberant love of life, from acclaimed choreographer Pina Bausch. 28 June 29 June Barbican Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
5 June 8 July Parks, across Humberside www.dancexchange.org.uk/spill

0121 689 3170
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Viktor
A homage to Sicilys capital laced with unexpected humour and grim undercurrents, which subtly evokes the mafia and machismo. 1 July 2 July Sadlers Wells Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
The city of Rome and its breathtaking imagery inspire this humorous production, accompanied by folk tunes and classical music. 6 June 7 June Sadlers Wells Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Wiesenland
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Wiesenland
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch nur Du
One of Pina Bauschs most ambitious and richly imaginative works, inspired by California and its obsession with beauty and perfection. 9 June 10 June Barbican Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Der Fensterputzer
An exploration of longing and desire drawn from Hungarian folklore, created following the companys residency in Hungary. 8 July 9 July Sadlers Wells Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
Hong Kong, its vitality and street-life, inspired this dance production, whose set features a 20ft-high hill of red silk flowers. 18 June 19 June Sadlers Wells Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
the royal Ballet metamorphosis: titian 2012
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ...Como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si...
Created while visiting Chile with her 21-strong company, this is the last work completed by Pina Bausch. 12 June 13 June Sadlers Wells Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Bamboo Blues
A unique collaboration between the National Gallery and The Royal Ballet in response to works by Titian. 14 July 20 July Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
Dance, images and fabrics from India are the inspirations for this piece, which features a diversity of Indian music. 21 June 22 June Barbican Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
16 July, UK Wide BP Summer Big Screens, cities across the UK www.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens FREE
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch ten Chi
tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch nefs
the Voyage
A series of postcards incorporating japanese dress, theatre, gestures, imagery and even a horror film. 15 June 16 June Barbican Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Travels in Turkey inspire sensuous and sumptuous images plus an outstanding climax as the entire company comes on stage. 24 June 25 June Sadlers Wells Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
An enormous ship is at the centre of this free outdoor spectacular featuring dancers, aerialists and musicians. FREE 21 June 24 June Town Hall Victoria Square, Birmingham www.thevoyage.org.uk
0844 338 5000
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In a digital Festival programme for a digital Games, youll find innovations such as The Space by the BBC and Arts Council England, which could transform the way the arts work forever. Then theres Artangels A Room for London, where artists play in a boat on the Southbank Centres roof. Elsewhere in the guide, look out for new commissions including YesYesNos Connecting Light installation at Hadrians Wall
George Sargeant and Noel Clarke in WHAT IF
The London 2012 Festival, BBC Films and Film4 have worked together to commission four short films from some of the UKs most acclaimed directors. In keeping with the spirit of the Festival, they were given free rein to create the works they wanted to make. The brief was open, allowing the directors the freedom to seek out their own inspiration. a running Jump (page 56), from the legendary director mike Leigh, tells the story of a day in the life of an east London family. Almost every shot in this comedy drama illustrates how sport is a part of everyday life whether through the grandfathers football obsession, the mums fitness activities or simply actions such
new filMs
as running down the road or vaulting over a fence. WHat iF (page 56) stars Noel Clarke (Kidulthood) and showcases some of the UKs top free-running, skateboarding, BmXing and inline skating talent. With urban art by matthew Small, the film is directed by max and Dania, whose background in music videos shot them to big-screen success in 2010 with StreetDance 3D. the Swimmer (page 56), directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin), follows a lone swimmer through Britains waterways and coastlines within both rural and urban landscapes. The powerful soundtrack features
artists ranging from Ralph Vaughan Williams and Frederick Delius to The Las and Aphex Twin. Ramsay told Time Out: Its going to be really free and unstructured, completely different to Kevin. BAFTA-winning film-maker, Asif Kapadia, is known for his gripping work such as Senna, the thrilling story of the Brazilian motor-racing legend. Kapadia returns to his roots in Hackney to make his new film the Odyssey, the final commission in the series. All four films will premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival on 24 june. The next day there will be a screening and directors Q&A at Hackney Picturehouse. The films will be live-streamed to UK cinemas and screened in the summer.
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a Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back
mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams present a relay of short films created by the public, starting in Shetland and touring the UK. www.hansel2012.org 10 June Garrison Theatre, Shetland
www.hansel2012.org 01595 745555
15 July Harbour Lights Picturehouse, Southampton www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/ Harbour_Lights

0871 902 5733
antiVJ and adrian utley mail, maps and motion
monumental large-scale live projection with a new score from Adrian Utley (Portishead). Produced by Watershed as part of See No Evil, Europes largest street art festival. FREE 17 August Temple Meads and Temple Quay, Bristol www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk
28 July Dogbite Studio, Falmouth www.dogbitefilmcrew.com/events

01595 745555
14 June Screen Machine, Ullapool www.screenmachine.co.uk/locations/ullapool

0871 902 5750
30 July Electric Picturehouse, Gloucestershire www.wottoneph.co.uk

01453 844401
a room for London
Tune in to writers and musicians, including michael Ondaatje and tUnE-yArDs, creating work in a onebedroom installation. FREE 1 January 30 December Digital UK Wide www.aroomforlondon.co.uk
16 June University of the West of Scotland, Ayr Campus, Ayrshire www.uws.ac.uk

01292 886000
31 July Encounters at Watershed, Bristol www.watershed.co.uk

0117 927 5100
17 June Isle of Whithorn Cinema www.isleofwhithorn.com/islescreen.asp

01595 745555
2 August The Scala, Prestatyn www.scalaprestatyn.co.uk

01745 850197
asif kapadia the Odyssey
The BAFTA-winning director returns to his Hackney roots for his new film, co-commissioned with BBC Films and Film4. 24 June 9 September Picturehouse cinemas, UK Wide www.picturehouses.co.uk
20 June Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal www.breweryarts.co.uk

01539 725133
4 August Ucheldre, Anglesey www.ucheldre.org

01407 763361
24 June The Maltings, Berwick-Upon-Tweed www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/events

01289 330999
7 August Black Box, Belfast www.belfastfilmfestival.org 028 9024 4400 12 August The Filmhouse, Edinburgh www.filmhousecinema.com
0131 228 2688
BBC Comedy Presents...
Three weeks of live comedy from the BBCs purpose-built venue at the worlds biggest comedy festival, follow @bbccomedyprsnts for line-up. FREE ticket required 3 27 August BBC, UK Wide
www.bbc.co.uk
28 June The Mart Theatre, Skipton www.themarttheatre.org.uk

01756 706460
5 July Cambridge, venue to be announced www.hansel2012.org 8 July Aldeburgh Cinema, Aldeburgh www.aldeburghcinemanow.co.uk
01728 452996
14 August Woodend Barn, Banchory

www.woodendbarn.co.uk/FullListing 01330 825431
BBC imagine
16 August Halladale Community Hall, Highlands and Islands, Scotland www.shetlandboxoffice.org 01595 745555 17 August Gable End Theatre, Orkney www.hoyorkney.com
01595 743843
Presented by Alan Yentob, Imagine will feature programmes connected to the London 2012 Festival including contemporary art in Glasgow, Titian/metamorphosis and Peter Brook. BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
9 July Kino Digital Cinema, Hawkhurst www.kinodigital.co.uk

01580 754321
BBC Proms
Every concert broadcast live on BBC Radio 3 and in HD sound on the website. Selected Proms are broadcast on BBC TV. 13 July 8 September BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk/proms 0845 401 5040
12 July Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk

01722 321744
7 September Mareel, Shetland www.shetlandboxoffice.org 01595 745555
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BBC radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012
BBC Shakespeare richard ii
Tune in to jay-Z, Tinie Tempah, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Plan B and many more of the worlds top acts on BBC Radio 1 and 1 Xtra and BBC3. 23 June 24 June BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
Directed by Rupert Goold with Ben Whishaw as the King, alongside Rory Kinnear, Patrick Stewart, David Suchet, David morrissey, Clemence Poesy, Lindsay Duncan and james Purefoy. BBC Two, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
BBC radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret
Scott mills & Nick Grimshaw return to the Fringe with their Fun and Filth Cabaret show; broadcast live on Radio 1 every day from the BBC Bubble space. 3 August 27 August BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
BBC Shakespeare Shakespeare and us
Lynne Ramsays film The Swimmer
Simon Schama considers the role history plays in Shakespeares drama and the impact that had on world literature. BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
thespace
a brand-new digital arts service from arts council england and the BBc will let everyone share the excitement of the Festival, plus new programmes, celebrity critique, live broadcast and much more. the space can be accessed with a computer, tablet, mobile or internet-connected tv. the service should ensure you dont miss the highlights of the London 2012 Festival even when you are at home. visit http://thespace.org for details and access to the channel.
BBC Shakespeare Henry iV Part i and Part ii
BBC Shakespeare Shakespeares restless World
jeremy Irons plays Henry IV alongside Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Alun Armstrong, Niamh Cusack, joe Armstrong, michelle Dockery and maxine Peake; adapted and directed by Richard Eyre. BBC Two, UK wide www.bbc.co.uk
Neil macGregor looks at the world through the eyes of Shakespeares audience by exploring objects from that turbulent period in a new series in partnership with the British museum. BBC Radio 4, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
BBC Shakespeare Shakespeare unlocked
Tom Hiddleston as King Henry V alongside john Hurt, julie Walters, Lambert Wilson, mlanie Thierry, Anton Lesser, Paterson joseph and Owen Teale: directed by award-winning theatre director Thea Sharrock. BBC Two, UK wide www.bbc.co.uk
BBC Shakespeare Henry V
BBC Learning in partnership with the RSC launches a series of digital resources providing unique insights into Shakespeares work and how it is performed. BBC Online, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
BBC3 Comedy Gala
BBC Shakespeare Julius Caesar

A filmed version of Gregory Dorans stage production for the World Shakespeare Festival set in modern Africa. BBC Two, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
An unmissable cocktail of comedy recorded at the iconic Hackney Empire with a stellar roster of comedy stars and new local talent. 23 June BBC, UK wide
BBC three Comedy marathon

A specially billed, anarchic, live, late-night Comedy marathon for BBC Three. 3 27 August BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree
BBC Shakespeare Off By Heart Shakespeare
A national competition in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company for secondary school children to memorise and perform the words of Shakespeare. BBC Two, BBC Learning, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
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Big Dance 2012 Big Dance Shorts
Five brand-new short films in association with BAFTA screen on Channel 4. 7 July 15 July Channel 4, UK wide www.bigdance2012.com 6 July Elan Valley Visitors Centre, Powys www.elanvalley.org.uk/events
01597 810880
Lynne ramsay the Swimmer
A short poetic film following a lone swimmer through the waterways of Britain. Cocommissioned with BBC Films and Film4. 24 June 9 September Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide www.picturehouses.co.uk

0844 847 9910
Britain in a Day
Produced by Ridley Scott and filmed by the public, director morgan matthews presents a definitive self-portrait of Britain today. BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
Diverse City Breathe
Documentary film screening of Diverse Citys breathtaking performance combining circus, dance and cabaret on Weymouth beach. As part of Unlimited. FREE 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
max Giwa and Dania Pasquini What if
A young teen learns life lessons to a backdrop of urban art and sports, directed by max and Dania of Streetdance. Co-commissioned with BBC Films and Film4. 24 June 9 September Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide www.picturehouses.co.uk
Cape Farewell Scottish islands Project Sea Change 2012

New climate-change-related work by over 30 UK and international artists created after a four-week sailing expedition. FREE 1 May 30 September Online, UK Wide www.capefarewell.com/seachange
020 7620 6235
Douglas Gordon the end of Civilisation
A piano burns in this epic film from the celebrated Scottish artist, set against the stark northern landscape. FREE ticket required 5 July 6 July Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne www.greatnorthrunculture.org
The award-winning British film-makers comedy tackles all kinds of sport and second-hand cars, and stars Eddie marsan. Co-commissioned with BBC Films and Film4. 24 June 9 September Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide www.picturehouses.co.uk
mike Leigh a running Jump
Channel 4 House Party
Channel 4 becomes the ultimate Dj booth as the UK becomes a massive nightclub for the nations first live broadcast Dj club night. FREE 24 August 26 August Channel 4, UK Wide www.channel4.com
Film nation Shorts
Watch prize-winning movies by young film-makers online and in Olympic and Paralympic venues. 21 June 9 September Online and on Live Sites, UK Wide www.filmnation.org.uk
Pacitti Company: On Landguard Point a film about home

A feature film about home, inspired by the histories, culture and mythology of the East of England, with music by michael Nyman. www.onlandguardpoint.com. 21 June Ipswich Film Theatre, Ipswich www.iftt.co.uk
01473 433100
Chariots of Fire
Gala screenings around the UK of the remastered film based on the true story of Olympic athletes Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams. 10 July Edinburgh International Film Festival www.edfilmfest.org.uk
0131 473 2099
Joel Simon maCrOPOLiS
Two misshapen toys escape their production-line fate to seek new life in joel Simons animated film. As part of Unlimited. FREE Big Screen Live Site, City Hall, Belfast www.flickerpix.com 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
23 June Harwich Electric Palace, Harwich www.electricpalace.com

01255 553333
From 13 July In cinemas, UK Wide
12 July 15 July Latitude Festival, Southwold www.latitudefestival.co.uk

0871 231 0846
Chris tally evans turning Points

When did your life change? Chris Tally Evans inspiring storytelling project featuring Sir Roger moore. As part of Unlimited. FREE 27 June Chapter, Cardiff www.chapter.org
029 2030 4400
Julien temple Babylon/don
The London-born directors latest film celebrates the history and diversity of the UK capital. BBC, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
Penny Woolcock One mile away
The award-winning documentary maker captures the moments two rival inner-city gangs try to forge a truce. www.london2012.com/festival
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Ping Pong never too Old For Gold
StoryCloud
Pensioners from across the planet compete in the World Over-80s Table Tennis Championships in Inner mongolia. FREE 3 July 15 September www.pingpongfilm.co.uk
malorie Blackmann, Andy Stanton and leading childrens writers join kids to create Discovers web app of new illustrated stories. FREE 18 June 9 September Online, UK Wide www.storycloud.co.uk
23 June 9 September Picturehouse Cinemas, Cities UK Wide www.picturehouses.co.uk 23 June Picturehouse Clapham The Little Theatre Cinema, Bath 30 June Ritzy, Brixton, London Exeter Picturehouse, Exeter 7 July Greenwich Picturehouse, London Stratford-upon-Avon Picturehouse, Stratford-upon-Avon 21 July Hackney Picturehouse, London Cinema City, Norwich
Shezad Dawood Piercing Brightness
An exhibition by the acclaimed artist, including new film, with vintage textile paintings. FREE 24 June 29 September Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
01736 363715
Sue austin Creating the Spectacle
A film of Austins surprising performance with a self-propelled underwater wheelchair. FREE 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
30 June 15 September The Exchange, Penzance www.newlynartgallery.co.uk

01736 363715
the Genius of Hitchcock: the Lodger
Simon Bolivar Orchestra Livefrom Stirling
BFI presents this newly restored film with Nitin Sawhneys score performed live by the London Symphony Orchestra and guest artists. 21 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
We Play expo: emoto Visualising Global emotion
A special concert opening the London 2012 Festival in Scotland with Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela featuring the children from Big Noise. 21 June BBC Radio Scotland
Digital displays and 3D sculpture by moritz Stefaner, Drew Hemment and Studio NAND reveal the global response to London 2012. FREE 7 September 9 September Preston Guild 2012, Preston www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
the Genius of Hitchcock: the Pleasure Garden
Simon mckeown motion Disabled unlimited
BFI presents this newly restored film with Daniel Patrick Cohens score performed live by the Royal Academy of music manson Ensemble. 28 June 29 June Wiltons Music Hall, London www.wiltons.org.uk
020 7702 2789
We Play expo: Handprint
A large-scale interactive projection of thousands of live handprints, controlled remotely online or directly with smartphones. FREE 7 September 9 September Preston Guild 2012, Preston www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
Film and gaming technology uncovers beauty in different types of Paralympic physical form and movement in Simon mcKeowns work. As part of Unlimited. FREE 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
the Genius of Hitchcock: the ring
We Play expo: Humble market
Spasticus
BFI presents this newly restored film with Soweto Kinchs live jazz score performed by the Soweto Kinch Band. 13 July Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk
020 8985 2424
Immersive live digital performance that connects Brazil with UK audiences, between intense spectacle and intimate encounter. FREE 7 September 9 September Preston Guild 2012, Preston www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
Channel 4s prank-filled show made by a disabled cast, with sketches often at the expense of the non-disabled public! Channel 4, UK Wide www.channel4.com
We Play expo: Digital Caravans

Travel to a networked digital performance space created by a convoy of interactive artists caravans. FREE
Tate movie Project presents an Aardman animation inspired by kids, with the voices of David Walliams, Catherine Tate and miranda Hart. Family workshops and screenings.
the itch of the Golden nit
7 September 9 September Preston Guild 2012, Preston www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
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museums & Heritage

museums and heritage organisations signed up enthusiastically to the Cultural Olympiad. Around the UK, young people have curated Stories of the World exhibitions and, in Discovering Places, artists are showing heritage sites in new, unforgettable ways. You will find more events like these in Art, Design & Exhibitions, Outdoor & Carnival, and Theatre & Performance listings
Magnificent feats
Exclusive artefacts are on display in two free exhibitions that tell the fascinating story of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Story of the Games Treasures from the Olympic museum in Switzerland go on display in London for the first time in The Olympic journey: The Story of the Games (page 59). From its beginnings in Ancient Greece,through Baron Pierre deCoubertins revival in the late 19th century and onwards into London 2012, theGames historyis explored. The BP-sponsored exhibition atLondons Royal Opera House includes all of the Summer Olympic medals since 1896 and the Olympic torches since 1936. It also tells the stories of iconic Olympic athletes from the past 100 years through photos, videos
and audio. The exhibition runs for the duration of the Games. making medals If youve ever wondered how the medals for the Games are made, then the British museums The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games medals (page 59) has all the answers. Every step of a medals life is explained, from Rio Tinto mining the metal to the studios of designers David Watkins and Lin Cheung. You can even see how the medals were produced by the Royal mint. Examples of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic victory medals areon display, alongside a range of objects from the 19th-century Wenlock Olympian Games that put them in context with the Games of history. Youcan also see medals from the 1908 and 1948 London Olympic Games and the 1960 and 1984Paralympic Games.
The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games; The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Medals, (both page 59)
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Museums & Heritage

Compagnie Carabosse Fire Garden at Stonehenge
The French outdoor wizards transform Stonehenge into a fiery fairytale landscape, presented by the Salisbury International Arts Festival. 10 July 12 July Stonehenge, Salisbury www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Golden Threads
Young curators take over Bradfords rich collection of textiles from all around the world. FREE 19 May 16 September Bradford Industrial Museum, Bradford www.bradfordmuseums.org
01274 435 900
More than 350 tomb treasures from Han China on display in The Search for Immortality
Hans Peter Kuhn Flags
Hans Peter Kuhn creates a dramatic new installation of patterns and codes for the Giants Causeway. FREE 20 August 28 October Giants Causeway, County Antrim www.london2012.com/festival
19 July 25 November British Museum, London www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx 020 7323 8181
The Search for Immortality: Tomb Treasures of Han China
Shakespeares Stories, in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
The Fitzwilliam hosts more than 350 treasures in jade, ceramic and gold, revealing the hidden world of Chinas 2,000-year-old royal tombs. FREE 5 May 11 November Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
01223 332 900
Live N Roar
Objects from the RSC, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the British Museum showcase Shakespeares work in a global context. 21 April 21 December Three Sites, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
Members of Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman Band and Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre premiere a mariachi-style Axolotl Odyssey in the Darwin Centre Atrium. As part of Discovering Places. Natural History Museum, London www.pestival.org/events
020 7942 5011
Treasures of China
Explore the rise of Imperial China from the earliest tombs to the Last Emperor when this stunning collection visits Colchester. 30 July 2012 7 January 2013 Colchester Castle, Colchester www.cimuseums.org.uk/whats-on.html
01206 282939
The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games medals
Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound
Conduct, play and step inside a virtual Philharmonia Orchestra: an interactive digital installation based on Holsts The Planets. FREE 23 May 8 July Science Museum, London www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
0870 870 4868
Your chance to see the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic medals for the first time, with the story behind them. FREE Until 9 September British Museum, London www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx 020 7323 8181
World Stories Young Voices
Young people design a new permanent gallery for Brightons world art collection. FREE From 23 June Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/museums
0300 029 0900
The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games
Shakespeare: Staging The World, The BP Exhibition
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition on the world of Shakespeare, and the role London plays in his work. In collaboration with the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company.
A free exhibition telling the inspirational stories of the Olympic Games, including material from Lausannes Olympic Museum. FREE 28 July 12 August Royal Opera House, London www.theolympicjourney.co.uk
020 7304 4000
YesYesNo Connecting Light
New York artists YesYesNocreate a line of lights for sendingmessages along Britains most dramaticRoman frontier, Hadrians Wall. FREE 31 August 1 September Hadrians Wall, Various Sites www.hadrians-wall.org/festival.aspx
01434 322002
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Londons great gig

On the weekend of 21 and 22 July, six stages along the Thames host BT River of Music. Each stage is dedicated to a different continent, with artists from each of the 205 countries participating in the Games performing. There are more than 160,000 tickets available and places are free. Here are just some of the hundreds of artists taking part
For full details go to:
www.btriverofmusic.com
AsiA stAge BATTERSEA PARK
europe stAges TRAFALGAR SquARE & SOMERSET HOuSE
Gong Linna (above) The Chinese superstar melds the opulent music of her native land with modern Western harmonies, and produces elegant results. Zakir Hussain The worlds greatest living tabla player explores Scottish and Indian traditions with young Scottish musicians. Kronos Quartet The eclectic string quartet performs with rubb player Homayun Sakhi, and Emmywinning zither player Vn-nh V.
Mariza (above) Portugals leading fado singer is a global icon, seducing audiences with her stage presence. Ben LOncle Soul Frances young, hip Mr Motown is guaranteed to deliver a party atmosphere. Kathryn Tickell The charismatic Northumbrian piper curates a performance with emerging and established folk musicians.
AmericAs stAge TOWER OF LONDON
Scissor Sisters (above) Disco divas Ana Matronic and Jake Shears lead the glam-pop stadium-fillers in a set featuring tracks from The Magic Hour. Roberto Fonseca The former Buena Vista Social Club pianist brings hot and sultry Cuban music into the 21st century.
Wynton Marsalis and Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra One of the worlds great live acts swings from New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz and back, with all horns blazing.
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AsiA stAge BATTERSEA PARK europe stAges TRAFALGAR SquARE & SOMERSET HOuSE AmericAs stAge TOWER OF LONDON oceAniA stAge OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH AfricA stAge LONDON PLEASuRE GARDENS, DOCKLANDS
AfricA stAge LONDON PLEASuRE GARDENS, DOCKLANDS
oceAniA stAge OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH
Angelique Kidjo (above) Expect unbounded energy as the Benin-born Grammy Award winner performs the songs shes written for the occasion, with the Manchester World Voices Choir. Baaba Maal Senegals musical statesman has a gift for fusion, a global message of hope and a great band. The Noisettes The Noisettes lead a collaboration that draws on their lead singers Southern African heritage.
Green Fire Islands The island cultures of Maori New Zealand and Ireland are fused in a stunning stage show of music and dance.
The Barons Of Tang (above) Brimming with theatrical presence, mixing folk, rock, punk and jazz, they work their audience into a dancing frenzy from the moment they step on stage.
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Get in on the acts

The worlds greatest music stars are lining up to take part in the London 2012 Festival
adio 1 will be hosting its biggest outdoor event ever on 23 and 24 June the Hackney Weekend. The greatest music stars from all over the world are set to wow 100,000 people over the two days. Massive acts include Hip-Hop titan Jay-Z, Barbadian R&B megastar Rihanna and superclub DJ David Guetta. Also watch out for Simon Cowells protg, producer-turned-frontman Labrinth, Dubsteb heroes Nero and Nigerian Afrobeat master DBanj. Look out for Leona East Londoners Leona Lewis, Plan B and Professor Green will get special welcomes from their home crowd. Plus Jessie J from nearby Essex will be a big draw thanks to her reputation for barnstorming festival performances. Breakthrough acts are represented by this years Sound of 2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka, last years big acoustic success story Ed Sheeran and Americangothic chanteuse Lana Del Rey. Young Londoners can also develop media and arts skills with the Radio 1 & 1Xtra Academy.
more big music events

Newport Green Man Newport city centre bursts into life with Busk on the usk, the new urban festival produced by Green Man with help from their friends. Bands old and new, uncut and unusual, plus writers and much more live on radio and online. Page 64 Urban Classic Leading producer Fazer and top uK urban artists Ms Dynamite, Skepta and Devlin share the stage with the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Its a unique mash-up of musical cultures featuring massive hits and anthems in the making in a free concert in Waltham Forest. Page 69 And dont miss Africa Express, page 63.
stellAr line-ups Above: Producer-turned frontman Labrinth. Below: Rihannas getting ready to blow Hackney away
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AntiVJ and Adrian Utley Mail, Maps and Motion
Africa express
uK Tour
Monumental large-scale live projection with a new score from Adrian utley (Portishead). Produced by Watershed as part of See No Evil, Europes largest street art festival. FREE 17 August Temple Meads and Temple Quay, Bristol www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk
Antonys Meltdown
Antony Hegarty hand-picks his ideal festival, inviting his favourite artists to play, perform and exhibit their work. 1 August 12 August Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
See Plan B at BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012
Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia
Africa Express
Africa Express, famous for African / Western collaborations, present The Africa Express a train full of music traversing the uK. 3 September Middlesbrough www.africaexpress.co.uk 4 September Glasgow www.africaexpress.co.uk 6 September Cardiff www.africaexpress.co.uk 7 September Bristol www.africaexpress.co.uk 8 September London www.africaexpress.co.uk
A festival of debates, music, dance and ideas spearheaded by Senegalese singer and human rights champion Baaba Maal. FREE 3 July 4 July, 17 July 29 July Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Africa Express began in 2006 when Damon Albarn, Fatboy Slim and Martha Wainwright were among artists going to Mali to meet and play with the likes of Salif Keita (below), Toumani Diabate and Amadou & Mariam. Since then, theyve played a series oflauded concerts worldwide, the last of which saw 130 artists come together to perform to 50,000 people on abeach in northern Spain. In September, a train full ofAfrican and European musicians travels through the UK, stopping to play impromptu gigs in unexpected places. After aweek of magic and mayhem, the tour arrives in London with a united army of musicians armed with new music. All aboard the Africa Express!
Back2Black Festival hosted by and featuring Gilberto Gil

A three-day celebration of the African roots of Brazilian music and culture in its first ever edition outside Rio de Janeiro. 29 June 1 July Old Billingsgate, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Bandstand Marathon
More than 500 bandstands and outdoor performance spaces across the uK will simultaneously come alive with music. FREE 9 September Bandstands, Parks and Open Spaces, UK Wide www.bandstandmarathon.org.uk
Aldeburgh World Orchestra
Sir Mark Elder conducts a world orchestra of young musicians in a programme including Britten, Stravinsky and Mahler. 20 July and 22 July Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh www.aldeburgh.co.uk/events
01728 687110
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streetwise opera With one voice

Royal Opera House, London
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BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012
Tune in to Jay-Z, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran, Plan B and many more top acts. FREE ticket required. Tune in to BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and BBC Three 23 June 24 June Hackney Marshes, London www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
Streetwise Opera takes over the Royal Opera House for one day with 300 performers who have all experienced homelessness. During the day arts groups who work with homeless people will present a free, rolling programme of drama, poetry, film and song. In the evening, performers and audience will come together to sing a newly commissioned work by composer Gavin Bryars. Tony Hall, Chief Executive of the Royal Opera House said: Im delighted to be celebrating the creativity, participation and achievement of people who have experienced homelessness and all the hardship that it brings. Page 69
Benjamin Britten Noyes Fludde
NI Opera presents Benjamin Brittens much-loved childrens opera in front of the animal enclosures at Belfast Zoo. 10 August 19 August Belfast Zoo, Belfast www.belfastzoo.co.uk
028 9077 6277
BT River of Music Africa Stage
A breathtaking array of African talent including Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Staff Benda Bililli and The Noisettes. FREE ticket required 21 July 22 July London Pleasure Gardens, London www.btriverofmusic.com
Dean Rodney leads his singers in Heart n Soul
21 July 22 July Somerset House, London www.btriverofmusic.com 21 July 22 July Trafalgar Square, London www.btriverofmusic.com
BT River of Music Americas Stage
Scissor Sisters, Naturally 7 Wynton , Marsalis and Roberto Fonseca take part in a weekend of free music on stages along the River Thames. FREE ticket required 21 July 22 July Tower of London, London www.btriverofmusic.com
BT River of Music Oceania Stage
Explore the ancient traditions and map the future with music from the indigenous peoples of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific. FREE ticket required 21 July 22 July Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London www.btriverofmusic.com
BT River of Music Asia Stage
A journey through Asia fromChina to Japan, India to Pakistan via theGulf states and the Silk Road. FREE ticket required 21 July 22 July Battersea Park, London www.btriverofmusic.com
Busk on the Usk
A new music festival for Newport, produced by Green Man Festival, this will be urban, distinctive, online, on radio and in Newport. FREE ticket required 30 June Various Venues, Newport www.london2012.com/festival
BT River of Music Europe Stages
Cutting-edge work from across the continent including Ben LOncle Soul, Matthew Herbert and Kathryn Tickell. FREE ticket required
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Camille OSullivan and Feargal Murray The Rape of Lucrece

A compelling and provocative performance of Shakespeares tragic poem by the internationally acclaimed singer. As part of theWorldShakespeare Festival. 22 August 26 August Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
www.eif.co.uk/rapeoflucrece 0131 473 2000
Eliza Carthy Welcome Songs

Eliza Carthy, Robert Hollingworth and I Fagiolini lead a major new music project uniting communities for a celebration in song. 11 July Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock www.welcomesongs.co.uk
01803 847070
Gilberto Gil with the London Symphony Orchestra
An evening featuring new arrangements of Gilberto Gils own songs, alongside music originating from, and influenced by, Brazil. 4 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Christian Lindberg Dawn at Galamanta
27 July Weymouth Harbour, Weymouth www.welcomesongs.co.uk

01803 847070
Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers
Award-winning music and dance for the City of London Festival. 6 July Guildhall Great Hall, London www.colf.org
0845 120 7502
28 August Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury www.welcomesongs.co.uk

01803 847070
Twenty-five songs created by Dean Rodney with global musicians and performers using pioneering digital technology. As part of unlimited. FREE 31 August 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Damon Albarns Dr Dee
Gavin Bryars Ensemble The Sinking of the Titanic & The Beckett Songbook
Bryars presents his most famous work alongside a world premiere. Part of Happy Days: Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. 25 August St Macartins Cathedral, Enniskillen www.happy-days-enniskillen.com
Damon Albarn performs live in the London premiere of his new opera inspired by the Elizabethan mystic, directed by Rufus Norris. 25 June 7 July London Coliseum, London www.eno.org
0871 911 0200
Heiner Goebbels Walden
The uK premiere of a Thoreau-inspired work about solitude and nature from one of the worlds leading creative artists. 23 June mac Birmingham, Birmingham www.macarts.co.uk
0121 446 3232
Desdemona
Musician Rokia Traor, novelist Toni Morrison and director Peter Sellars come together to create Desdemona. Part of the World Shakespeare Festival. 19 July 20 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Einstein on the Beach
Rare performances of the opera that launched its director Robert Wilson and composer Philip Glass to international success. 4 May 13 May Barbican Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Heiner Goebbels Walden is the UK premiere of a Thoreau-inspired work
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Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing Jez Colborne Irresistible
Inspired by Kurt Schwitters poetry, a concert of music from the soundtrack for Helen Petts film, Throw Them up and Let Them Sing. As part of unlimited. 30 June The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead www.thesagegateshead.org
0191 443 4661
The composers outdoor musical spectacular combines warning sirens, choral music and dramatic projections. As part of unlimited. 21 June 23 June Cow and Calf, Ilkley Moor, Ilkley www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/irresistible
01274 487390
23 June Coventry Cathedral, Coventry www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/50

024 7652 1200
Kurtag and Schubert
5 September 6 September National Theatre, Inside Out FREE

www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/wts 020 7452 3000
Brighton Festival presents a series of chamber recitals across East Sussex, each pairing the music of Kurtag and Schubert. 21 July Montpelier Festival St Nicholas Church, Brighton www.brightondome.org
01273 709709
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Abyssinian Mass
A breathtaking concert crossing jazz history, from spirituals to hard bop, featuring the Barbican Mass Choir. 13 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
8 September Southbank Centre, London FREE www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
28 July Charleston Barn, nr Firle www.brightondome.org

01273 709709
Jonathan Harveys Weltethos City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Afro-Cuban Fiesta

Afro-Cuban jazz and American big band jazz traditions meet in this collaboration with percussionist Pedrito Martinez and his group. 16 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
The uK premiere of an epic choral work from composer Jonathan Harvey for the opening night of the London 2012 Festival. 21 June Symphony Hall, Birmingham www.thsh.co.uk
0121 200 2000
4 August Alfriston Summer Music, St Andrews Church, Alfriston www.brightondome.org

01273 709709
Live N Roar
Jubilation: The Music of George Benjamin
Members of Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman Band and Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre premiere a mariachi-style Axolotl Odyssey in the Darwin Centre Atrium. As part of Discovering Places. Natural History Museum, London www.pestival.org/events
020 7942 5011
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Congo Square
A major retrospective of one of the worlds leading composers, featuring the London Sinfonietta and the Philharmonia Orchestra, with concerts, film and talks. 12 May 13 May Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
European premiere of Wynton Marsalis and Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addys Congo Square project. 10 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Martin Creed Work No 1197: All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes
Join in at 8am as the uK celebrates the first day of the London 2012 Games with simultaneous bell ringing all around the uK. FREE 27 July All around the UK www.allthebells.com
Jubilation: A celebration of the Music of George Benjamin

A live relay from Festival dAix-en-Provence of the new opera from George Benjamin, Written on Skin. 9 July Institut Francais, London www.institut-francais.org.uk
The uK expression of Jazz at Lincoln Centers Essentially Ellington high-school programme, featuring 11 uK youth orchestras. 14 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Jazz at Lincoln Center Essentially Ellington UK
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Jubilee Concert City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, James MacMillan
A 500-strong choir and junkyard orchestra perform Brian Irvines new score to accompany the exhibition of personal memorabilia. FREE ticket required 21 July T13, Belfast www.t13.tv/events
Choral works including the first performance of James MacMillans new work celebrating Coventry Cathedrals Golden Jubilee.
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Coventry Cathedral celebrates its Golden Jubilee with a new choral work by Scottish composer James MacMillan (pictured below). Gloria will be performed by local children and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. MacMillan chose the text of Gloria for its heritage as a hymn of praise. Its one of the first hymns ever written, he told the Daily Telegraph. It comes from right back in the early Christian era, when churchmen were thinking of new forms to go alongside the old psalms. Coventry Cathedral opened in 1952 with the commissioned War Requiem by Benjamin Britten, so there are high expectations for MacMillans choral work.
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry
Jubilee concert
Meet the top opera stars with Plcido Domingos Operalia Winners
NI Opera Shorts
Bite-sized operas showcasing five Northern Irish composers with librettos from such writers as Mark Ravenhill and Frank McGuinness. 28 June 30 June The Mac, Belfast www.themaclive.com
028 9023 5053
Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound
Conduct, play and step inside a virtual Philharmonia Orchestra: an interactive digital installation based on Holsts The Planets. FREE 23 May 8 July Science Museum, London www.sciencemuseum.org.uk
0870 870 4868
Peace One Day Global Truce 2012 Countdown
A major concert in Northern Ireland for the first night of the London 2012 Festival, featuring an inspiring array of international artists hosted by the actor Jude Law. 21 June The Parade Ground, Ebrington Barracks, Derry/Londonderry www.peaceoneday.org
Plcido Domingos Operalia Winners
The legendary tenor Plcido Domingo introduces the very best of international young opera singers, conducted by Antonio Pappano. 25 July Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7304 4000
Peace One Day
Pop-Up Music
A spectacular concert in London bringing the message of Peace Day to the world as the culmination of the Global Truce 2012 campaign. 21 September Wembley Arena, London www.wembleyarena.co.uk
Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to be among the first to hear about special pop-up live music events during the Festival. 21 June 9 September UK Wide www.london2012.com/festival
www.facebook.com/london2012festival Twitter @london2012fest
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Wynton marsalis swing symphony (symphony no 3)

Barbican Hall, London
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Project Triangle
somewhere to and Burnley Council showcase the north wests young creative talent at the historic Weavers Triangle. FREE ticket required 21 July The Weavers Triangle, Burnley www.weaverstriangle.co.uk 3 July 4 July West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge ringroundtheworld.org
01223 335184
10 July 20 July The Broadway Theatre, Barking ringroundtheworld.org

020 8507 5610
Sir Simon Rattle and Wynton Marsalis (pictured below) work together for the London premiere of this great piece for which classical and jazz orchestras combine. Wynton Marsalis is a giant of the jazz world, whose residencies in London have inspired young people in local communities as well as great classical orchestras and jazz musicians. His Swing Symphony is the highlight of his 2012 residency with his celebrated players from New York, but expect to see him pop up playing and teaching in local communities as well as on the stage of the Barbican Concert Hall.
Red Baraat
Asian Arts Agency present the seriously hot, New York-based bhangra, funk, dhol n brass outfit for their debut uK tour. 1 September Fusion Asia Festival, South Hill Park, Bracknell www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat
0117 929 1110
Rokia Traor Damou (dream)

An intimate evening of acoustic music and words derived from West African storytelling traditions. 18 June Wiltons Music Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
2 September Edinburgh Mela, Edinburgh www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat

0117 929 1110
Rokia Traor Donguili (song)
4 September Bridgewater Hall, Manchester www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat

0117 929 1110
Collaborative concert of music created at Traores Malian institute of music with uK and African musicians, especially for this project. 22 June Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
6 September Curve, Leicester www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat

0117 929 1110
Rokia Traor Donke (dance)
7 September Town Hall, Birmingham www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat

0117 929 1110
The final gig of the trilogy includes music from Traores forthcoming album with African and European musicians in an intimate venue. 23 June Village Underground, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
9 September Plymouth Mela, Plymouth www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat

0117 929 1110
Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company

A childrens opera featuring a cast of several thousand and stories from more than 220 countries around the world. 21 June 22 June Rose Theatre, Kingston ringroundtheworld.org
0844 4821 556
SECRETS: Hidden London Nothing Is Set In Stone
Interact with sonic artist Mira Calixs immersive stone and sound sculpture at Fairlop Waters nature reserve. FREE 21 June 9 September Fairlop Waters, Barkingside, London www.molpresents.com
26 June 06 July Pleasance Theatre, London www.pleasance.co.uk 2 July 5 July Comberton Village College, Cambridge ringroundtheworld.org
SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat
Terry Jones and Anne Dudley create a comic floating opera that will travel Londons waterways, produced by ROH2, Royal Opera House. FREE
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29 July 5 August Various dates and locations, London www.molpresents.com
The Alif Ensemble
The outstanding oud player Khyam Allami brings together Arab musicians for acoustic and electronic sets of inspiring new music. 15 July Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool www.liverpoolphil.com
0151 709 3789
Simon Allen Resonance at the Still Point of Change
Premiere performance of Simon Allens new audio-visual song-cycle. As part of unlimited. 4 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
The Big Concert Gustavo Dudamel and the Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
A spectacular outdoor concert by Gustavo Dudamel, his 140-strong orchestra and the children of Big Noise Raploch. 21 June Old School Field, Raploch, Stirling makeabignoise.org.uk
Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela
Following their Scotland visit, concerts and the chance to find out more about the orchestra and pioneering El Sistema programme behind it. 23 June 26 June Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
The British Paraorchestra
Charles Hazlewoods music festival features the world premiere of the uKs first-ever orchestra for musicians with disabilities. 30 June 1 July Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury www.orchestrainafield.com
0844 888 9991
French musician Sbastien Tellier, part of Traction
Stockhausen Mittwoch aus Licht
The world premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausens epic opera Wednesday from Light, featuring four helicopters and more than 160 performers. 22 August 25 August Argyle Works, Birmingham www.birminghamopera.org.uk
5 July Waltham Forest Town Hall, London www.walthamforestbig6.co.uk/events/ urban-symphony
The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens)
Streetwise Opera With One Voice
A rare chance to hear Berliozs monumental opera, which returns to the Royal Opera House in an epic new production by David McVicar. 25 June 11 July Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
We Face Forward A West African Party
After the arrival of the Olympic Flame, Manchester continues the party with a performance by music stars from West Africa. 23 June The Printworks, Manchester www.theprintworks.com
Artists from the uK and abroad who have experienced homelessness take over the Royal Opera House for a night of film and music. 2 July Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
Traction curated by Gilles Peterson
Wynton Marsalis Swing Symphony (Symphony No 3)

Sir Simon Rattle conducts the uK premiere featuring Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra. 25 July 26 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Terry Riley Sun Rings
A musical journey through Zaha Hadids new Riverside Museum builds to an outdoor performance of Terry Rileys work by the Kronos quartet. 15 July Riverside Museum, Glasgow www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/ourmuseums/riverside-museum
0141 287 2720
Eurostar presents a one-day festival curated by Gilles Peterson, featuring music and performance collaborations from across Europe. Artists include Brandt Brauer Frick and Sbastien Tellier. 14 July Granary Square, London www.eurostartraction.com
Urban Classic
Musical cultures meet as the BBC Symphony Orchestra works with top urban artists including Ms Dynamite, Skepta, Devlin and Fazer. FREE ticket required
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BBC Proms 2012

The worlds biggest classical music festival, the BBC Proms will be back for eight weeks of concerts and events. This year, the Proms are part of the London 2012 Festival and welcome the worlds greatest artists and orchestras, new commissions, record youth participation and a celebration of music that changed the world
hear the wild applause, so the soprano soloist had to turn him gently around so he could acknowledge his success. As well as being associated with the Games, Ode to Joy is the anthem for the European union. It was also performed at the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, associating it with peace among nations. The concerts will also feature major works by Pierre Boulez and mark the first time a non-BBC orchestra has been resident at the Proms. Beethovens revolutionary works changed the history of music, as those of Pierre Boulez have done, making his music a perfect partner to the Beethoven symphonies. The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Performing the Beethoven cycle will be the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, an unique ensemble that has forged collaboration out of conflict. Back in 1999, Israeli-Argentine conductor Daniel Barenboim and Palestinian-American writer Edward Said had a vision: to promote understanding between the young people of their countries through music. They formed the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, the name taken from a set of poems by Goethe. Young orchestral players from Israel, Palestine and other Middle Eastern countries came together on neutral ground in Spain to make music together, away from a politically charged situation. More than a decade on, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra is one of the worlds finest youth orchestras, and perfectly emblematic of the London 2012 Festival themes of peace and truce.
As part of the London 2012 Festival, the 118th Prom season promises to live long in the memory
Daniel Barenboim performs with the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
he BBC Proms has been a highlight of London summers for 117 years. From 13 July to 8 September, there will be at least one Prom concert every day at South Kensingtons majestic Royal Albert Hall. Beautiful Cadogan Hall nearby will host a series of Proms Chamber Music concerts. And the Proms Plus series, which includes talks, family events and more, will expand upon the musical themes of the programme. All the Proms will be broadcast live on BBC Radio 3, and many will also be screened on BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four. Beethovens Ninth and the inspirational Ode to Joy On 27 July, the opening day of the London 2012 Olympic Games, the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra will be performing Beethovens Ninth Symphony at the culmination of a mighty Beethoven symphony cycle. The symphony contains the famous Ode to Joy, which has been played at the opening ceremonies of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Beethoven wove his deepest beliefs into his Ninth Symphony the themes of peace, freedom and universal brotherhood, including Friedrich Schillers great poem. Despite being profoundly deaf, Beethoven was the conductor at the first performance. However, at the end, with his back to the audience, he was unable to
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As part of the London 2012 Festival, the 118th Proms season promises to live long in the memory
Hot tickets
A selection of the top performances at the BBC Proms 2012
National Youth Orchestra Prom BBC Prom 29, page 74 All four of the uKs national youth orchestras appear in a Proms season with a strong focus on youth. In this concert, Messiaens ecstatic Turangalla Symphony is framed by a BBC commission from Nico Muhly, one of the uSAs rising talents, and an Anna Meredith tour de force of body percussion. John Cage Prom BBC Prom 47, page 75 John Cages centenary year is celebrated with a concert dedicated to his iconoclastic thinking, fertile imagination and arresting humour. Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard BBC Prom 49, page 76 Set in the Tower of London, this G&S opera has never had a complete performance at the Proms. This is one of several great London tributes in the Proms, such as Lerner & Loewes My Fair Lady, set in London, created for Broadway and re-created by the celebrated conductor John Wilson (BBC Prom 2, page 72). Berliner Philharmoniker BBC Prom 63 and 64, page 77 One of the worlds most remarkable partnerships the virtuoso orchestra and its conductor Sir Simon Rattle offers two programmes of world-changing pieces. See also BBC Proms 67 & 69 with the legendary Leipzig Gewandaus and Riccardo Chailly, and BBC Proms 73 & 75 with Bernard Haitink, with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, for more world-class excellence. Desert Island Discs Prom BBC Prom 70, page 77 Radio 4s iconic programme Desert Island Discs celebrates its 70th birthday, presented live by Kirsty Young. Last Night of the Proms BBC Prom 76, page 77 The hottest ticket of them all, with audience participation as ever, and special Olympic fanfares.
Standard tickets to the BBC Proms are very reasonably priced (even box seats are within the reach of the less wealthy), but the great tradition of Promming ensures that anyone and everyone can enjoy world-class performances albeit without the benefit of a seat for just 5. Prommers can choose to stand either in the horseshoe-shaped Arena directly in front of the stage or up in the highest gallery, where things are a little more laid back (largely because youre not in public view). Some Promming places are reserved for seasonticket holders, but hundreds of Day Promming tickets are available at every concert for people prepared to arrive early on the day. To snaffle one, join the queue outside the Royal Albert Hall at least two hours before the start of the performance (or 30 minutes for Late Night Proms) and be ready to pay in cash. Promming is addictive, and you may find some people are a little protective of their space. But respect your fellow floor-fillers and youll make friends for life.
proms tickets
Buy tickets online at www.bbc. co.uk/proms, by telephone on 0845 401 5040* or in person at the Royal Albert Hall.
*Calls cost up to 5p/min from most landlines (an additional connection fee may also apply). Calls from mobiles may cost considerably more. All calls will be recorded and may be monitored for training and quality-control purposes.
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The Proms 2012 sees an impressive 27 new commissions. From Mark-Anthony Turnages orchestral world premiere in Prom 1 to Nicole Lizes Golden Age of the Radiophonic Workshop (Fibre-Optic Flowers) played by the Kronos Quartet, and a new Olympic Fanfare from James MacMillan, the BBC has exceeded expectations. World premieres might not necessarily mean new compositions. In fact the UK premieres this year include work by classical geniuses Gabrieli and Mendelssohn. And for those looking for something different, the commissions also include 10 short pieces for the Music Walk around South Kensington, inspired by composer John Cage and available for download via the Proms website.
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BBC Proms 2012

Prom 1
Four conductors pass the baton in an all-English First Night featuring works by Turnage, Elgar, Delius and Tippett. 13 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 7
Handels resplendent Water Music suites and Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized French period-instrument treatment. Free ticket required 18 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 2
Reviving the original film orchestrations for the 1964 film of My Fair Lady, John Wilson returns with his hand-picked orchestra. 14 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 8
Once more popular than his Messiah, Handels Judas Maccabaeus receives its first Proms performance with period-instrument punch. 19 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 3
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Debussys enigmatic masterpiece, Pellas et Mlisande, with his period-instrument orchestra. 15 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 9
Daniel Barenboim launches his Beethoven symphony cycle at the beginning, with the First and Second; plus Boulezs Drive 2. 20 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Proms Chamber Music 1
Opera star Alice Coote plays the more intimate concert arena in a recital of enchanting French song, with pianist Julius Drake. 16 July Cadogan Hall, London
Proms Saturday Matinee 1
A new arrangement of Bachs supreme The Art of Fugue, intended to recreate Bachs own informal Leipzig coffee-house concerts. 21 July Cadogan Hall, London
Prom 4
Exuberant orchestral colours guaranteed in a transatlantic partnership of music colleges, conducted by composer John Adams. 16 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 10
Boulezs work for solo clarinet and its electronic double appears in between Beethovens Fourth and the mighty Third (Eroica). 21 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 5
Lush Strauss favourites (Four Last Songs and Also sprach Zarathustra) feature alongside music by Finns Sibelius and Saariaho. 17 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 11
Hit and myth: Antonio Pappano conducts his Royal Opera forces in Berliozs celebrated operatic epic The Trojans. 22 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 6
Russian-born Kirill Gerstein is the soloist in one of tonights two Russian classics: Rachmaninovs romantic Piano Concerto No. 2. 18 July Royal Albert Hall, London
Choral group Tenebrae explores 400 years of music evoking the bustle of Londons streets, from Gibbons to the present day. 23 July Cadogan Hall, London
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Daniel Barenboim reaches the midpoint of his Beethoven cycle, exploring Nature and Fate in the Pastoral and Fifth symphonies. 23 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Two more Beethoven symphonies frame Boulezs Anthmes, for violin and electronics, under Daniel Barenboims baton. 24 July Royal Albert Hall, London
An eclectic late night featuring the ever-crusading Kronos quartet, with influences from the uSA, Syria, the Balkans and Scandinavia. 24 July Royal Albert Hall, London
The majestic Royal Albert Hall will host the majority of the BBC Proms concerts
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Ji B lohlvek conducts works by two r e Czech compatriots; Vadim Gluzman is the soloist in Prokofievs Violin Concerto No. 1. 25 July Royal Albert Hall, London
French music from the court of Louis XIV in a cross-Channel collaboration of music conservatoires, under Sir Roger Norrington. 28 July Cadogan Hall, London
Early music group LArpeggiata in La Tarantella a lunchtime survey of music designed to cure those bitten by the tarantula. 30 July Cadogan Hall, London
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A Channel-crossing Prom featuring Elgars sunny In the South plus classics of the French repertoire under Thierry Fischer. 26 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Tchaikovskys turbulent Pathtique Symphony and Shostakovichs First Cello Concerto feature, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. 28 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Cowbells and marches are among the typical evocative references in Mahlers Seventh Symphony, conducted by Gianandrea Noseda. 30 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Pierre Boulez conducts his own iconic Le marteau sans matre in a Late Night Prom with members of the WestEastern Divan Orchestra. 26 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms adventure, before a screening of A Matter of Loaf and Death plus classical favourites. 29 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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An all-British Prom including Vaughan Williamss spacious Tallis Fantasia and Waltons riotous choral Belshazzars Feast. 31 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Daniel Barenboims Beethoven cycle concludes with the universal message of the Ninth, on the opening day of the London Olympics. 27 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Stravinskys iconic The Rite of Spring is the highlight of the Aldeburgh World Orchestras Prom under Sir Mark Elder. 29 July Royal Albert Hall, London
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Prom 24
Energetic sounds from Colombia both traditional and modern from two leading accordionists, joined by an enthusiastic band. 31 July Royal Albert Hall, London
American David Robertson conducts two uS classics, including Barbers enduring Adagio, as well as Tippetts A Child of Our Time. 1 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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One of the great choral classics of Western classical music, Bachs Mass in B minor, under Baroque specialist Harry Bicket. 2 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct the Berlin Philharmoniker in back-to-back Proms (page 77)
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Feted interpreter of the late Romantic repertoire, Donald Runnicles conducts Wagner and Bruckner, with his BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. 3 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 30
Bob Chilcotts cantata The Angry Planet deploys massed choirs and schoolchildren from across London to voice an ecological theme. 5 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Bruckner (Sixth Symphony) and James MacMillan (Credo), associated with religious expression, are joined by Wagners hymn to love. 7 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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JoAnn Falletta includes Chabriers festive Espaa and a suite from Stravinskys folk-tale ballet The Firebird in her Proms debut. 4 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Nicola Benedetti makes the first of her three Proms appearances in a Scottish-themed Prom, performing Bruchs Scottish Fantasy. 5 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Katia & Marielle Labque perform in a new concerto; Semyon Bychkov also conducts Schuberts unfinished and a Strauss tone-poem. 8 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 29
Curve-ball pieces from Varse and Anna Meredith and Messiaens ecstatic Turangalla Symphony from the National Youth Orchestra. 4 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Former and current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists perform spirited sonatas by Debussy and Ravels delectable Piano Trio. 6 August Cadogan Hall, London
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Finnish John Storgrds leads a Scandinavianthemed Prom including Sibeliuss Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 and Griegs Piano Concerto. 9 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 32
Part concert piece, part theatrical spectacle, Bernsteins Mass is an unmissable rarity, receiving its first Proms performance.
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6 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Sir Mark Elder honours Ivor Novello the tunesmith and matinee idol who dominated Londons stage musicals in the 1930s and 1940s. 9 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Rebecca Evans and Alice Coote appear in Elgars oratorio The Apostles with the Hall under leading Elgarian Sir Mark Elder. 10 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Two 20th-century classics, Bartks Concerto for Orchestra and Prokofievs Romeo and Juliet (suite), conducted by Susanna Mlkki. 13 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Late-night big band: a foot-tapping, wideranging set from the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, including Ellington and Wheeler. 10 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 43
Charles Dutoit conducts Saint-Sanss bristling Piano Concerto No. 2, Deliuss view of nocturnal Paris and Tchaikovskys fateful Fifth. 14 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Four British works from the past 45 years by Birtwistle, Elias, Ferneyhough and Finnissy performed by the Britten Sinfonia. 11 August Cadogan Hall, London
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Late-night modern classics: Ligetis Pome symphonique for 100 metronomes, plus Andriessen, Berio, Cage, Harvey and Xenakis. 14 August Royal Albert Hall, London
The Proms marks the centenary of the radical US composer John Cage (1912-1992), one of musics most original minds, with a concert of 10 of his works conducted by Ilan Volkov. They will be performed by the Exaudi choir and the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Most of the pieces come from Cages post-war career, when he composed by following the directions of a pair of dice. This, he said, freed the composer from subjectivity. The main work is the Concerto for Prepared Piano by John Tilbury. Theres also Winter Music with Atlas Eclipticalis, which turns constellations into notes, for random pianists. These two works are traditionally played simultaneously. The last item is for amplified cactuses Cage was not without a sense of humour.
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Berliozs grand Requiem makes full use of the Royal Albert Halls cavernous space, featuring massed choirs and tenor Toby Spence. 11 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Dvoks popular New World Symphony, r written in the uSA, plus old- and new-world works by Copland, Ginastera and others. 15 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Two national youth orchestras the Wind Orchestra and Brass Band in an all-English programme including Holst and Walton. 12 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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A triple helping of differently powerful symphonies by Vaughan Williams Andrew Manze conducts the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. 16 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Schoenbergs epic Gurrelieder a medieval love-tragedy couched in rich post-Romanticism is conducted by Ji B lohlvek. r e 12 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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A Prom marking the centenary of John Cage musics most irreverent experimenter: expect cassette players and plucked cactuses. 17 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Nicola Benedetti and friends in lunchtime solo and chamber music by Bach, Korngold and Brahms. 13 August Cadogan Hall, London
Having led the Wallace & Gromit Prom, Nicholas Collon returns for works by anniversary composers Bainbridge, Goehr and Knussen. 18 August Cadogan Hall, London
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Prom 48
Russian Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovskys Byron-inspired Manfred; Alice Coote is the soloist in Mahlers wayfaring songs. 18 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Tasmin Little has long been a passionate ambassador for Deliuss Violin Concerto; plus a new symphony by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies. 23 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Gilbert & Sullivans The Yeomen of the Guard, one of the duos grandest Savoy operas, celebrates London in this Olympic year. 19 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Brittens Peter Grimes, based in a Suffolk fishing village, transformed British opera. Edward Gardner conducts his ENO forces. 24 August Royal Albert Hall, London
To be in with a chance of getting a ticket for the flag-waving fiesta that is the Last Night of the Proms youll have to attend five other Proms, or get lucky in the ballot. But, wherever you are, you can tune in to the Last Night celebrations on BBC TV and BBC Radio. You can also take part in events at venues in all four nations of the UK, where live performances will be combined with big-screen links to the Royal Albert Hall. The London version, Proms in the Park in Hyde Park, includes performances by tenor Alfie Boe, the BBC Concert Orchestra, ABBA tribute band Bjorn Again and the Gypsy Queens. For more details on all, see bbc.co.uk/proms.
Parks across the uK
last night celebrations
Current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Escher quartet perform Debussy (in his 150th anniversary year) and Hugh Wood. 20 August Cadogan Hall, London
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Debussys music for the play The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is the culmination of a Prom including Knussens Third Symphony. 25 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 50
A great Danish symphony (Nielsens Fifth) and a Norwegian-inspired work by Delius, plus Beethoven and Mozart, under Osmo Vnsk. 20 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 57
Wagners Prelude and Good Friday Music from Parsifal and Bergs Violin Concerto preface waltz-inspired works by Strauss and Ravel. 26 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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Andris Nelsons and the CBSO on firm ground with a Glinka overture and Shostakovichs dramatic Leningrad Symphony. 21 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Christine Schfer is the half-speaking half-singing soloist in Schoenbergs Pierrot lunaire; plus a Debussy chamber sonata. 27 August Cadogan Hall, London
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Few conductors are as steeped in the Russian ballet repertoire as Valery Gergiev he conducts the LSO in Prokofievs Cinderella. 22 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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A family-friendly global musical journey, with popular classics from Delius, Falla and others, plus Malian duo Amadou & Mariam. 27 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 53
Celebrated vocal group I Fagiolini marks the 400th anniversary of Gabrielis death with a reconstruction of his grand Magnificat. 22 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 59
John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the composers who created the Broadway sound with excerpts from favourite shows. 27 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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A tribute to Belgian Gypsy guitarist Django Reinhardt in a collaboration between guitarist Martin Taylor and trumpeter/composer Guy Barker. 31 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 71
The St Louis Symphony makes its Proms debut, featuring Beethovens Violin Concerto and Gershwins jazzy An American in Paris. 4 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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The first of two Bach recitals by charismatic American organ virtuoso Cameron Carpenter. 1 September Royal Albert Hall, London
John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China, based on the uS premiers 1972 Beijing visit, and creating the docu-opera genre. 5 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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Mozarts comic opera in which the Count receives his comeuppance, with Glyndebourne forces under rising star Robin Ticciati. 28 August Royal Albert Hall, London
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The Leipzig Gewandhaus one of Europes most revered orchestras gives an allMendelssohn Prom under Riccardo Chailly. 1 September Royal Albert Hall, London
Bernard Haitink conducts the Vienna Philharmonic in Beethovens Piano Concerto No. 4 (with Murray Perahia) and Bruckners Ninth. 6 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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Elgars First was a turning point in the British symphony. Martyn Brabbins conducts it, as well as Howellss Hymnus Paradisi. 29 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Cameron Carpenter brings his unique personality to bear on a second Bach recital including a special arrangement of his own. 2 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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Congolese street musicians Staff Benda Bilili and Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji bring their own pieces of Africa to the Proms. 6 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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Popular American choral composer Eric Whitacre makes his Proms debut, as does songwriter Imogen Heap: both bring new works. 29 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra pair Mahler (the tragic Sixth Symphony) and Messiaen in their second Prom. 2 September Royal Albert Hall, London
Bernard Haitink pairs Haydns London Symphony with Strausss An Alpine Symphony in his second Prom with the Vienna Philharmonic. 7 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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The first of two concerts by the Berliner Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle; includes works by Wagner, Debussy and Ravel. 30 August Royal Albert Hall, London

3 September Cadogan Hall, London
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy.
The Last Night: this years musical celebration brings Nicola Benedetti and Joseph Calleja, plus John Williamss Olympic Fanfare. 8 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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Sir Simon Rattle returns with his Berlin superorchestra, for Brahmss Piano Concerto No. 2 and Lutosawskis Third Symphony. 31 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Marking 70 years of Desert Island Discs, Kirsty Young introduces former castaways from the programme and their musical choices. 3 September Royal Albert Hall, London
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Outdoor & Carnival

Carnival has roots all around the world Africa, the Caribbean, India, South America and Europe. This summer, celebrating different carnival traditions is an exciting part of the Festival, and there are free events for all the family. You can also experience some groundbreaking landscape commissions that invent new art forms and new ways for you to participate
Edinburghs Speed of Light is one of the outdoor commissions that blur the line between art and audience
tricks of the light
Art and sport come together ina streak of mesmerising light, as endurance runners and spectators illuminate Edinburghs dramatic nighttime scenery, as part of the Edinburgh International Festival. Speed Of Light The view from Arthurs Seat in Edinburgh is mesmerising by day and even more so at night. Add to this hundreds of runners in specially designed light suits, and its clear why NVA Speed Of Light (page 81) will be a highlight of the Festival.
The project is a choreographed walk/run, with audience members contributing by carrying lights that illuminate the terrain. The project runs from 9 August to 1 September, and every performance will be different, depending on the participants, the weather and the landscape. Changing perceptions Angus Farquhar, Creative Director of NVA, the company responsible for the work, has wanted to create art on Arthurs Seat since 1987. At night the eye begins to play tricks and at times you arent sure if something is close or far away, massive or small.
Angus is a keen runner himself, but this is not his only reason for adding runners to this vista. All of NVAs landscape events have focused on how perception changes as you move through a location and how the public completes the work by moving through it. Runners seen at distance lose their human-ness. This led me to ponder on the shape of different physical phenomena on amicro and macro scale within the known universe, rather than what they (the runners) were in actuality.
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Battle for the Winds The Gathering and Ceremony of the Winds Cakebook Britain
Seven processions of Wind Gatherers arrive on magical vehicles bringing the winds from the South West to the sailing events. FREE 26 July Weymouth Beach, Weymouth www.battleforthewinds.com
0117 902 9730
Build your favourite building or landmark out of cake to form a giant edible uK map for this celebration of favourite places and spaces. 15 July Saltwell Park, Gateshead www.cakebook.org
Close Act Pi-Leau
Spectacular water-themed street theatre from Dutch company Close Act, presented in association with GDIF, MSL Projects and Hastings Borough Council. FREE 23 June Stade Open Space, Hastings www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays
Cape Farewell Sea Change: Pop-up Cafe

Celebrity chef Oliver Rowe cooks local produce in a pop-up cafe on Tobermory beach. 21 June 24 June An Tobar, Isle of Mull www.capefarewell.com/seachange
Compagnie Carabosse Fire Garden at Stonehenge
Battle for the Winds The Search for Doldrums Lair

Come to Doldrums Lair if you dare! Interactive performance and installation at Portland High Angle Battery. FREE 27 July Portland High Angle Battery, Portland www.battleforthewinds.com
0117 902 9730
The French outdoor wizards transform Stonehenge into a fiery fairytale landscape, presented by the Salisbury International Arts Festival. 10 July 12 July Stonehenge, Salisbury www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Carnival Crossroads East Bound
Battle for the Winds The Final Battle
Celebrating the history and culture of five towns in Eastern England through the global art of carnival. FREE 8 July UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton www.carnivalarts.org.uk/ CarnivalCrossroadsEastBound.aspx
01582 437100
Diverse City Breathe
Dramatic culmination of this epic tale dance, circus, flying, squibbing, fire torches and fireworks. FREE 28 July Weymouth Beach, Weymouth www.battleforthewinds.com
0117 902 9730
Circus, dance and cabaret combine in Diverse Citys breathtaking performance on Weymouth beach. Part of Battle for the Winds. As part of unlimited. FREE 28 July Weymouth Beach, Weymouth www.battleforthewinds.com
Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK) and Embaixadores da Alegria (Brazil)
A new Rio-style float and bateria based on the theme of St George created with disabled and non-disabled carnival artists from the uK and Brazil. 30 June Simeon Street Recreation Ground, Isle of Wight. As part of Isle of Wights Arts Parade www.btpcarnival.co.uk/blue_touch_paper_ home
01403 215 216
15 July Horsham Park, Horsham As part of Sparks in the Park Carnival www.btpcarnival.co.uk/blue_touch_paper_ home
01403 215 216
An explosive show as Les Commandos Percu blends musical rhythms and amazing fireworks
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Family Feast
Local chefs work with families to prepare a fantastic feast celebrating London 2012 in Sure Start Childrens Centres. 27 July 12 August Sure Start Centres and venues across the UK www.lovebritishfood.co.uk/family-feasts
Gnrik Vapeur Waterlitz
A giant scarecrow made from shipping containers, fireworks and aerial stunts mix in an explosive piece of street theatre. FREE 8 September Out There Festival, St Georges Park, Great Yarmouth. www.outtherefestival.com
01493 742 193
Jeremy Deller Sacrilege
The Turner Prize-winning artist presents his major new interactive artwork a full-scale version of Stonehenge as a bouncy castle. FREE 21 June 9 September Various outdoor locations and dates, across the UK www.london2012.com/festival
A bold fusion of South Asian dance, music and groundbreaking 3D projections in Mandala
Lakes Alive: Les Commandos Percu On The Night Shift
A dazzling new show by the French percussion and pyrotechnic wizards follows the arrival of the Olympic Torch at Lake Windermere. FREE 21 June The Glebe, Bowness-on-Windermere www.lakesalive.org/our-events
2 June 3 June Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne www.thelawnmowers.co.uk 24 August The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead www.thesagegateshead.org
0191 443 4661
Lone Twin The Boat Project
The boat created from donated wooden objects sails the south coast, stopping off for music, discussion and art events. FREE 23 June 11 August Venues in the south of England www.theboatproject.com
Land of Giants
25 August Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne www.twmuseums.org.uk

0191 232 6789
Mandala
Northern Irelands largest outdoor arts event fuses myth and history in a spectacle of acrobatics, carnival, music and fireworks. 30 June Titanic Slipways, Belfast www.landofgiants.info
27 August Metro Centre Precinct, Gateshead www.thelawnmowers.co.uk
A spectacular outdoor event featuring a dazzling fusion of South Asian dance and music and stunning 3D projections. FREE 7 September Town Hall, Birmingham www.sampad.org.uk/special-projects
0121 446 3260
Lawnmowers Samba Ceilidh
Lawnmowers Boomba Down the Tyne
Lawnmowers large-scale extravaganza on the Tyne celebrates cultural links between England and Brazil. As part of unlimited. FREE 18 May Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company, Gateshead www.thelawnmowers.co.uk
Part of Boomba Down the Tyne, this celebration fuses the culture of North East Brazil and North East England. As part of unlimited. FREE 2 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
9 September Nottingham Council House, Nottingham www.sampad.org.uk/special-projects

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B-Side Multimedia Arts Festival
www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay 27 August Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
Explore the flipside of the coast enjoy misguided tours, underwater performances, new music, art, film, and much more. 27 July 12 August Multiple Sites and Venues, Weymouth www.b-side.org.uk
01305 459440
Paralympic Flame Lighting Ceremony
29 August 9 September Multiple Sites and Venues, Portland www.b-side.org.uk

01305 459440
Join in the celebrations as the four uK Flames are combined to create the London 2012 Paralympic Flame at the spiritual home of the Paralympic Movement. FREE 28 August Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
National Theatre Watch this Space Commissions
Free street theatre, with music and mayhem, divas and daredevils, circus and dance, fire, fury, fun and frivolity. 1 June 9 September National Theatre Inside Out, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
Peace Camp
Deborah Warners outdoor installation, created with Fiona Shaw, celebrates love poetry and the extraordinary uK coastline. FREE 19 July 22 July Cemaes Bay, Anglesey White Park Bay, County Antrim Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne, County Londonderry Fort Fiddes, Aberdeenshire Valtos/Bhaltos, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides Dunstanburgh Castle, Craster, Northumberland Cuckmere Haven, near Seven Sisters, Sussex Godrevy, North Cornwall Please check website for further details. www.peacecamp2012.com
Night of Festivals 2012
The uK debut of Haitian group Rara Lakay, sculptures by Atis Rezistans, a carnival procession and film programme. FREE 22 June Old Market Square, Nottingham www.nightoffestivals.com
0116 261 6882
Land of Giants is the largest outdoor arts event ever to be staged in Northern Ireland. The show is inspired by mythic and metaphorical giants from Northern Irelands history ancient and modern. In particular Finn McCool, the giant said to have made Giants Causeway; Gulliver, whose features are said to be outlined in the hills around Belfast; Samson and Goliath, two cranes that have dominated Belfasts skyline for the past 40 years; and the Titanic, with her less famous sister ship, the Olympic. The 20,000-capacity event includes acrobatics, aerial dance, carnival, circus, music, multimedia and pyrotechnics.
Titanic Slipways, Belfast
land of giants
NVA Speed of Light
Join hundreds of walkers to create an extraordinary human artwork illuminating Arthurs Seat. 9 August 1 September Edinburgh International Festival, Arthurs Seat, Edinburgh www.eif.co.uk/speedoflight
0131 473 2000
Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic Fields
Paralympic Flame Festival
A sensory experience on the Dorset coast of Portland, Harmonic Fields is an ensemble of 500 instruments played by the wind. FREE 31 August 9 September South West Coast Path, Portland www.insideoutdorset.co.uk/events-2012harmonic-fields
Watch Paralympic sport demonstrations, enjoy a live stage show with rising stars and join in lighting the way to the Paralympic Games. FREE ticket required 25 August City Hall, Belfast www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay 26 August Inverleith Park, Edinburgh
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Rio London Carnival
uK and Rio carnival artists create a Rio-style street parade to celebrate the Olympic Flame and the start of the Paralymic Games. FREE 21 July As part of One Hackney Festival, London www.hackney.gov.uk 26 July & 27 August As part of Notting Hill Carnival, London www.london2012.com/festival 2 July 7 July Uxbridge Lido, London www.molpresents.com 9 July 14 July Hampton Pool, London www.molpresents.com
Hackneys Kingsland Road may date back to Roman times, but it will never have seen a party like the one its hosting on 21 July. On that date, the Olympic Torch Relay arrives in the Olympic host borough, heading north up Kingsland Road and then west into Stoke Newington Church Street. Time to party The relay will be fted with a carnival parade en route, and the finish in Clissold Park will be a big party with awesome live performances. Expect steel pans and samba, floats and feathers, laid on by carnival and community groups across the borough. In keeping with the Olympic and Paralympic theme, special guests from Brazil will be bringing an advance taste of the Rio 2016 Games.
SECRETS: Hidden London Northala
Red Earth take to the hills with a site-specific installation of giant wooden sculptures, building to a flame-themed finale. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE 25 July 28 August Northala Fields, London www.molpresents.com
Rio Occupation London
Thirty Rio artists join forces with 30 London artists for 30 days. 6 July 4 August Various venues, London www.london2012.com/festival
SECRETS: Hidden London Nothing Is Set In Stone
Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak & Compagnie Ubi

IF: Milton Keynes presents a premiere of a dramatic and daring blend of circus arts, acrobatics and music from a pioneering Cambodian company. 20 July 23 July Theatre Tent, Campbell Park, Milton Keynes www.ifmiltonkeynes.org/2012-festivalprogramme.html
01908 280 800
Interact with sonic artist Mira Calixs immersive stone and sound sculpture at Fairlop Waters nature reserve. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE 21 June 9 September Fairlop Waters, Barkingside, London www.molpresents.com
SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat
Terry Jones and Anne Dudley present a comic floating opera that will travel Londons waterways, produced by ROH2, Royal Opera House. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE 29 July 5 August Various dates and locations, London www.molpresents.com
SECRETS: Hidden London Cemeteries
unearth Londons Victorian gothic cemeteries in a series of illuminating trails, produced by Museum of London and Creatmosphere. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE 21 June 9 September Various dates and locations, London www.molpresents.com
SHOWTIME: Entertainment Everywhere
Touring programme of live performance, film and visual art events in shopping centres, parks and squares across London. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE 21 July 9 September Various dates and locations, London www.molpresents.com
SECRETS: Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water
A fusion of dance, water and fashion to celebrate Londons historic lidos created by English National Ballet. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE ticket required
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SHOWTIME: Arcadia Lords of Lightning Charged, primed and ready to go, two gladiators wrestle four million volts of raw power in this electrifying live show. FREE SHOWTIME: Bash Street CLIFFHANGER! A love-sick waiter gets caught up in a prison escape in this live family show inspired by Buster Keatons silent movie. FREE SHOWTIME: Close Act Saurus The biggest beasts that ever walked the earth return with a deafening roar. And theyre hungry. Get ready to be scared! FREE SHOWTIME: Gandini Smashed Light-hearted and mischievous, involving a seductive frisson of nine jugglers, one hundred apples and heaps of invention. FREE SHOWTIME: Leandre Chez Leandre Wonderfully inventive performance from one of the worlds best street clowns. No two shows are ever the same! FREE SHOWTIME: Les Grooms Fanfare Tout Terrain A joyous mix of music and comedy in which you could even be part of the performance. FREE SHOWTIME: Lyrix Organix Relay A live event featuring the finest poets, beatboxers, hip hop and freestyle in an original live experience like no other. FREE SHOWTIME: Marc Brew Company Nocturne And So To Bed An intimate dance that explores tender moments shared at bedtime, with exhausted embraces and near misses in the night. FREE SHOWTIME: Red Poppy Ladies Percussion Relive the best of the Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony in a spell-binding show from Chinas all-female percussion band. FREE SHOWTIME: Upswing Loved Up A light-hearted, fast-paced fusion of aerial bungee dance and hip hop exploring modern love and urban relationships. FREE
Outdoor performance specialists Walk the Plank promise a spectacular show the whole family can enjoy
SHOWTIME: 99 Tiny Games

99 highly infectious, site-specific games will reach every London borough to fill the city with play. Hunt out them all! FREE
The Garden Graeae and Strange Fruit
Gravity-defying outdoor theatre in three stories of love, consequence and hope. FREE 6 September 9 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Streb: Extreme Action One Extraordinary Day
Visionary choreographer Elizabeth Streb is set to thrill London with a day of daredevil surprise events never to be forgotten. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE Various locations, London www.london2012.com/festival
The Voyage
A ship is at the centre of this outdoor spectacular featuring dancers, aerialists and musicians. FREE 21 June 24 June Town Hall Victoria Square, Birmingham www.thevoyage.org.uk
0844 338 5000
Sunday Fiesta World Event Young Artists 2012
With artists from across the world, including Brazil, Cuba and Mexico, culminating in the South Asian Mandala performance. FREE 9 September Old Market Square, Nottingham www.worldeventyoungartists.com
The World Famous Silo D

A site-specific pyrotechnic show animating the architecture of Silo D, a unique piece of Londons industrial heritage. FREE 30 June London Pleasure Gardens, London www.londonpleasuregardens.com
020 7387 1203
The Barking Bathhouse
CREATE commissions Something & Sons spa pavillion, with bar serving healthy cocktails under a canopy of growing cucumbers. Barking, London www.createlondon.org
Walk The Plank Sparks Will Fly
The Caucus Race
Join Alice and other Wonderland characters in the famous race where everybody wins! FREE 8 July Merton Fields, Oxford www.storymuseum.org.uk/the-story-museum
01865 790050
A spectacular open-air performance mixing fireworks, dance, music and special effects to welcome the Olympic Torch. 6 July Hylands Park, Chelmsford www.chelmsford.gov.uk
01245 605 500
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Poets from five continents gather at Londons Southbank Centre for Poetry Parnassus
A World of Words
in the World Record Anthology. Southbank Centres Poetry Parnassus draws inspiration from Mount Parnassus in Greece one of poetrys spiritual and mythical heartlands. It is the home of the lyricist Orpheus and the dwelling place of the poetic Muses, said Armitage. My hunch is that this will be the biggest poetry event ever. It will be a monumental poetic happening worthy of the spirit of the Games themselves. Poetry Parnassus, page 85 The largest poetry festival inthe uK brings together 205 poets, one from each of the 205 nations competing in the Games. Each writer will present a poem in their native language. The week-long project features readings, talks and performances and is led by the Southbank Centres Artistic Director Jude Kelly and Artist in Residence Simon Armitage. The 205 poems will be presented together
festive storytelling
Have fun creating, writing and reading stories if you are under 12. In your local library, join in free with the 2012 Summer Reading Challenge (page 85). Kids sign up free and receive a sticker-filled activity book with exciting creative challenges. Or
download Storycloud (page 85) with new, beautifully illustrated stories and do even better yourself. Look out for special events at places including the British Library, National Theatre, the Story Museum Oxford and more. Watch out for surprise guest stars popping up all over the uK. StoryLab, page 85
Simon Armitage and other experts selected poets based on public recommendations
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aMAZEme
Marcos Saboya creates aMAZEme, an installation featuring a maze made up of thousands of books, taking inspiration from writer Jose Luis Borges. FREE 31 July 24 August Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Peace Camp
Deborah Warners outdoor installation, created with Fiona Shaw, celebrates love poetry and the extraordinary uK coastline. FREE 19 July 22 July Cemaes Bay, Anglesey White Park Bay, County Antrim Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne, County Londonderry Fort Fiddes, Aberdeenshire Valtos/Bhaltos, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides Dunstanburgh Castle, Craster, Northumberland Cuckmere Haven, near Seven Sisters, Sussex Godrevy, North Cornwall Please check website for further details www.peacecamp2012.com
Wastelands to Wonderlands examines the way British landscapes appear in literary works
Shake the Dust Apples & Snakes
Poetry Parnassus
The uKs largest poetry festival brings together poets and spoken-word artists, with all competing Olympic nations represented. FREE 26 June 1 July Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Nationwide poetry slams culminate in a grand final at Londons Southbank Centre for this celebration of young peoples voices. 5 July 8 July Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
The Edinburgh Writers Conference at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh International Book Festival and the British Council host leading Scottish and international writers in debate. Festival runs from 11 August 27 August Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh www.edbookfest.co.uk
0845 373 5888
StoryCloud
Rain of Poems
Poems from more than 200 Olympic Nations will rain down on visitors. FREE 26 June Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Malorie Blackman, Andy Stanton and leading childrens writers join kids to create Discovers web app of new illustrated stories. FREE 14 July 9 September UK wide digital
www.storycloud.co.uk
World Poems on the Underground

Poets from around the world feature in the much-loved Poems on the underground. FREE 21 June 9 September London Underground, London
Rochesters Ripping Story Loom
StoryLab: Summer Reading Challenge 2012
Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands
Exciting events, workshops and story reading to celebrate the launch of a magical machine that makes stories come alive. FREE 21 June 9 September The Story Museum, Oxford www.storymuseum.org.uk
01865 790050
Be part of the uKs biggest books event for children and get kids reading during the holidays. FREE 1 July 10 September UK Wide www.readingagency.org.uk/children/summerreading-challenge
An exhibition exploring how British writers from Chaucer to Hanif Kureishi have helped to shape our understanding of place. 11 May 25 September British Library, London www.bl.uk/writingbritain
01937 546060
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Shakespeare is centre stage in the theatre line-up. But he has to share the spotlight with new works created for the Festival as well as showcases for great writers such as Samuel Beckett and Alan Ayckbourn. Cate Blanchett, Julie Walters, Mark Rylance, Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan Slinger and Meera Syal all feature in one of the most ambitious international programmes the uK has seen with something for everyone from the age of two upwards
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Artist of the theAtre
Director Robert Wilson turned 70 last year. Hesa legendary figure in New Yorks theatre scene, and one ofthe very few artists who actually fits the description: renaissance man. Wilson has brought an architects eye to theatrical spectacle, a dancers precision tostage movement and a philosophers intelligence to text and language. His ambitious and adventurous work reaches beyond the typical stage experience, as these three Festival projects aptly demonstrate. Einstein on the Beach This is the monumental work that made both Wilsons and Philip Glasss names in 1976. Nominally an opera, it does away with many theatrical conventions. Forexample, the work runs
continuously for about five hours the audience are free to come and go as they wish. Rather than a straightforward biography of the physicist, it presents a visually striking sequence of recurring images: atrain, a trial, a building and aspaceship. This allows the audience to make their own connections with their knowledge of Einstein and his work. In Wilsons words, We all know stories about him. We come to the theatre sharing something, so in asense there was no need to tell a story. Instead, the piece is dominated by dancers, mesmerising music, and dream-liketexts by the writer Christopher Knowles. Page 65 Krapps Last Tape The multi-disciplinary nature of Einstein on the Beach finds its
shadowy opposite in Krapps Last Tape. Samuel Becketts deeply atmospheric 1958 play takes place in a single room. An old man listens to recordings of his more youthful voice, which summons both wry nostalgia and bitter regret. It also features a rare appearance from Wilson as an actor. Page 91 Walking Wilsons new project, Walking, promises to be a characteristically unusual experience. He leaves the theatre for the North Norfolk coast, where participants will be led through a landscape dotted with sculptural forms that highlight our relationship with nature. Page 93 These three events are the perfect illustration of the range of Wilsons talent and the continuing inspiration of his work.
Wine, mAdness And ecstAsy
in the limelight
Left: Einstein on the Beach at the Barbican. Right: The Festival of Chaos, Northampton; Julie Walters at the National Theatre, London
A season of three classics will be aiming to revive the forgotten power of Dionysus, the Greek god of wine-making, ritual madness and ecstasy. He is also known as Bacchusby the Romans. It will begin with Euripides The Bacchae, performed in the print hall of the Northampton Chronicle & Echo perfect for the subject of a civilisation teetering on the edge. Back at Northamptons Royal and Derngate Theatre, an adaptation of Lorcas poetic tragedy Blood Wedding will share a cast and run in rotation. Rounding off the season will be the European premiere of Andrew uptons 2006 Broadway adaptation of Hedda Gabler, Ibsens classic of stifled ambition and self-destruction. Festival of Chaos, page 89
Julie Walters returns to the National Theatre for the first time in over a decade for The Last ofthe Haussmans, by first-time playwright Stephen Beresford. A touching comedy that explores the art of growing old disgracefully, the play is set in a Devon village and revolves around Judy Haussman (Walters), a1960s hippy chick who turned on, tuned in and dropped out of smart society decades ago. The Last ofthe Haussmans, page 94
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Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill: Absurd Person Singular and Surprises
The world-renowned British playwright directs his newest work alongside a well-loved classic. 8 June 28 July Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough www.sjt.uk.com
01723 370541
Branches National Theatre Wales
A Cardiff hen party is transported to a North Wales forest in this dance performance installation from Berlin theatre star Constanza Macras. 5 September 15 September Wepre Park, Connahs Quay www.nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson
02920 353070
8 August 8 September Minerva Theatre, Chichester www.cft.org.uk

01243 781312
Circa & I Fagiolini How Like an Angel
circa & i fagiolini how like An Angel

Cathedrals uK Wide
Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who Fell Into A Book
An out of this world detective adventure in which avid reader Kevin chases Rockfast Slim through every book on the shelf. 18 July 28 July Soho Theatre, London www.sohotheatre.com
020 7478 0100
A promenade performance of aerial circus skills and live song in some of the uKs finest cathedrals. 26 June 28 June Norwich Cathedral, Norwich www.nnfestival.org.uk
01603 218300
2 July 3 July Ely Cathedral, Ely www.nnfestival.org.uk 16 July 17 July Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
www.nnfestival.org.uk
An illuminated figure appears to hover in the vaulted nave of an ancient English cathedral. Strains of sacred music rise into the celestial space. How like an angel, indeed. This collaboration between Australian circus company Circa and British ensemble I Fagiolini was first performed in Australia earlier this year. It now finds itself in four of the UKs most beautiful cathedrals. Circa teams acrobatics with sound, light and projection. It is complemented by an I Fagiolini soundscape delicately grafted from centuries of sacred music. The result is an aweinspiring work that critics describe as breathtaking, beautiful and moving.
Bee Detective Tin Bath Theatre Company
A spectacle with animation, vibrations and waggle dancing for young audiences. As part of unlimited. 5 May 7 May St Nicholas Rest Gardens, Brighton www.brightonfestival.org
01273 709709
18 July 19 July The Cathedral Church of St Peter and St Wilfred, Ripon www.nnfestival.org.uk
23 June 24 June Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff www.wmc.org.uk

029 2063 6464
Creating the Spectacle Sue Austin
13 July 15 July Alnwick Garden, Northumberland www.alnwickgarden.com

01665 511852
A self-propelled underwater wheelchair is just part of Sue Austins surprising and unexpected performance. As part of unlimited. 29 August 1 September Osprey Leisure Centre, Portland www.wearefreewheeling.org.uk
01305 824378
31 August 2 September Southbank Centre, London FREE www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
CROW Handspring UK
Before Your Very Eyes Campo and Gob Squad
Seven young actors, locked inside a room of one-way mirrors, peer into the future and back at their recent past. As part of LIFT. 28 June 30 June Unicorn Theatre, London www.liftfestival.com
020 7645 0560
Award-winning Handspring Puppet Company uK give Ted Hughes CROW poems new life, co-commissioned by the Royal Borough of Greenwich, as part of Greenwich + Docklands International Festival. 18 June 7 July The Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance, Greenwich www.greenwichdance.org.uk
020 8293 9741
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Devoted and Disgruntled Roadshow Improbable
A nationwide conversation in real-time and online inspired by theatre in 2012 and beyond. 21 June 22 June The Curve, Leicester www.curveonline.co.uk
01162 423560
20 June 30 June Hampstead Theatre, London www.hampsteadtheatre.com

020 7722 9301
Festival Of Chaos The Bacchae
A startling new version of Euripides Greek tragedy opens this trilogy of plays and explores a society on the cusp of revolution. 18 May 30 June Northampton Chronicle & Echos Printing Press Rooms, Northampton www.royalandderngate.co.uk
01604 624811
18 August 25 August Oxford Playhouse, Oxford www.oxfordplayhouse.com

01865 305305
30 June 1 July The Tobacco Factory, Bristol www.tobaccofactory.com

0117 902 0344
en route
A love song to the city, a journey with MP3 players and mobile phones. Part of CREATE. 26 June 21 July Theatre Royal Stratford East, London www.stratfordeast.com 020 8534 0310
Festival Of Chaos Blood Wedding
7 July Pontio with National Theatre, Wales www.pontio.co.uk

01248 382828
Award-winning playwright Tommy Murphy brings his trademark wit and irreverence to Lorcas poetic tragedy of thwarted love. 25 May 30 June Royal & Derngate, Northampton www.royalandderngate.co.uk
01604 624811
11 July The Arc, Stockton On Tees www.arconline.co.uk

01642 525199
13 July New Vic Theatre, Newcastle www.newvictheatre.org.uk

01782 717962
17 July Theatre Royal, Plymouth www.theatreroyal.com

01752 267222
9 August Theatre by the Lake, Keswick www.theatrebythelake.co.uk

01768 774411
24 August 25 August Enniskillen International Beckett Festival, Enniskillen www.happy-days-enniskillen.com

028 6632 2690
5 September Preston Guild, Preston

www.prestonguild2012.com 01772 253731
8 September Eden Court with Trigger, Inverness www.eden-court.co.uk
DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy
The story of Irish emigration those who went and those who were left behind. Directed by Garry Hynes.
CROW is a performance of Ted Hughess poems, which are among the most powerful of the past 50 years
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Games Time combines music, dance, video, fireworks and community performers
Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler

First seen on Broadway, this new production of Ibsens classic drama receives its European premiere in Northampton. 6 July 28 July Royal & Derngate, Northampton www.royalandderngate.co.uk
01604 624811
Gatz Elevator Repair Service
Fresh from a sell-out Broadway run, a spellbinding, word-for-word staging of Scott Fitzgeralds The Great Gatsby, as part of LIFT. 8 June 15 July Noel Coward Theatre, London www.gatzlondon.com
0844 482 5140
27 June 6 July Various Cities Scotland www.london2012.com/festival
In Water Im Weightless Kaite OReilly
A fusion of dance, words and attitude, exploring the poetry of human difference. As part of unlimited. 26 July 4 August Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff www.wmc.org.uk
029 2063 6464
Games Time
Spectacular community celebration with online games, dance and breathtaking costumes, plus pyrotechnics from Walk the Plank. FREE 9 June Southfields Park, Loughborough www.gamestime.org.uk 7 July Delapre Park, Northampton www.gamestime.org.uk 22 September Darley Park, Derby
www.gamestime.org.uk
Imaginate: Andy Cannon and Mull Theatre Scota-land
A new world-class production from one of Scotlands finest creators of theatre for children and young people. 27 August 7 September Various Cities Scotland www.london2012.com/festival

0844 847 9910
Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob Evans and macrobert Mikey and Addie
KidsWeek in the West End
A new production from two of Scotlands finest creators of theatre for children and young people.
KidsWeek lasts a month in 2012 with events, super theatre workshops and free tickets to Londons best shows.
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1 August 31 August West End Theatres, London www.kidsweek.co.uk
Mad Gyms and Kitchens Bobby Baker
Krapps Last Tape Robert Wilson

The international theatre icon directs and stars in Samuel Becketts solo masterpiece. uK and Irish Premiere. Part of Happy Days: Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. 24 August 27 August Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen www.ardhowentheatre.com
028 6632 5440
Surprises galore as performance artist Bobby Baker explores the wonderful world of well-being. As part of unlimited. 31 August 7 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Made In China Get Stuff Break Free
Land of Giants
A funny and moving parable of consumerism, disconnection and flickering hope. Set in a secret location at the National. 25 June 4 July National Theatre Inside Out, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
Northern Irelands largest outdoor arts event fuses myth and history in a spectacle of acrobatics, carnival, music and fireworks. 30 June Titanic Slipways, Belfast www.landofgiants.info
Les Naufrags du Fol Espoir (Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine

A rare chance to see the breathtaking scale and audacity of the legendary directors spectacular fantasy. In English and French.
Meine faire Dame Ein Sprachlabor Christoph Marthaler
Set in a modern language lab, acclaimed director Christoph Marthalers (loose) version of My Fair Lady is a delight. 14 August 19 August Edinburgh International Festival, Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh www.eif.co.uk/fairedame
0131 473 2000
23 August 28 August Edinburgh International Festival, Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre www.eif.co.uk/folespoir
0131 473 2000
This highly acclaimed reworking of The Great Gatsby was an off-Broadway smash in New York. Its brought to London by its creator, the experimental theatre company Elevator Repair Service. The production is not an adaptation of the book, but a complete reading of the text. It opens in an office, where a man discovers a copy of the novel in a Rolodex and begins to read it. One by one, his 12 office work-mates assume the parts of characters in a marathon read-through of the book that takes up to eight hours, with breaks.
Noel Coward Theatre, London
gatz
Meine faire Dame is a delightful deconstruction of the musical My Fair Lady
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No. 30 Nigeria House Theatre Royal Stratford East
Thirty emerging Nigerian artists create new commissioned work in a celebration of art and creativity. 27 July 12 August Theatre Royal Stratford East, London www.stratfordeast.com 26 July 12 August Criterion Theatre, London www.criterion-theatre.co.uk
020 7839 8811
Prometheus Awakes Graeae Theatre Company with La Fura dels Baus
non zero one youll see [me sailing in antarctica]
Epic outdoor spectacular led by disabled artists. Commissioned by GDIF & SIRF, supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich and Stockton Borough Council. FREE 22 June Royal Museums Greenwich, London www.festival.org 2 August Stockton Town Centre, Stockton www.sirf.co.uk
01642 528130
A large table awaits you a space where you can picture things. But can anyone ever see the way you do? 6 July 15 July National Theatre Inside Out, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
Out of Water
Dawn at Holkham Beach. The singers are out of breath. The swimmers are out of their depth. A rescue mission unfolds. 25 August 27 August Holkham Beach, Norfolk www.liveartcollectiveeast.com/out-of-water
01603 630 000
Rimini Protokoll 100% London
What does London look like? See the faces behind the statistics when 100 real people share their stories on stage. Presented by Hackney Empire and LIFT. 29 June 1 July Hackney Empire, London www.hackneyempire.co.uk
020 8985 2424
Hackney Empire, London

One hundred ordinary Londoners, chosen to represent the city, are turned into world-class theatre by Rimini Protokoll. This company, invited to festivals all around the world, will combine digital data, from Facebook to government censuses, to construct the typical Londoner. Fascinating, funny and sometimes strange, Rimini Protokoll is never predictable.
rimini protokoll
Playing the Games
A West End first two weeks of comedy, new plays, Sunday concerts and lunchtime platforms. Featuring Stephen Fry and guests.
Snails and Ketchup is a dark comic tale following a boy who escapes his brutal home
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Rio Occupation London
Thirty Rio artists join forces with 30 London artists for 30 days. 6 July 4 August Various venues, London www.london2012.com/festival
Robert Wilson Walking
A unique walk through the North Norfolk coast with visual and sound installations created by artists including director Robert Wilson. 20 August 2 September Holkham, nr Wells-next-Sea www.nnfestival.org.uk
Shake the Dust Apples & Snakes
Nationwide poetry slams culminate in a grand final at Londons Southbank Centre for this celebration of young peoples voices. 5 July 8 July Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Creating the Spectacle by Sue Austin: a self-propelled underwater wheelchair is just part of her performance
Silviu Purc retes a Gullivers Travels
World premiere of visionary director Silviu Purc retes version of Swifts political a satire. In Romanian with English supertitles. 17 August 20 August Edinburgh International Festival, Kings Theatre, Edinburgh www.eif.co.uk/gulliver
0131 473 2000
2 August The Byre Theatre, St Andrews www.byretheatre.com

01334 475 000
Tania Bruguera
New commission by the Cuban installation and performance artist. FREE 31 July 16 August Tate Modern Oil Tanks, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
020 7887 8888
6 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk

0844 847 9910
Snails and Ketchup Ramesh Meyyappan
Tarot Drome Marisa Carnesky

This immersive promenade theatre show brings to life the characters of Tarot cards to give the audience live, 3D readings. 5 September 30 September Old Vic Tunnels, London www.oldvictunnels.com
020 7993 7420
Skewered Snails Ramesh Meyyappan
A dynamic circus-theatre production of Italo Calvinos The Baron in the Trees from Ramesh Meyyappan. As part of unlimited. 18 June 19 June Macrobert, Stirling www.macrobert.org
01786 466666
Ramesh Meyyappans darkly comic tale, inspired by Italo Calvino, follows a son who escapes his brutal home. As part of unlimited. 1 May 2 May The Tron, Glasgow www.tron.co.uk
0141 552 4267
28 June Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff www.wmc.org.uk

029 2063 6464
Stumble danceCircus Box of Frogs
The Coming Storm Forced Entertainment
A poignant and funny exploration of passion and disappointment in Stumble danceCircuss bipolar show with a difference. As part of unlimited. 2 September 3 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Audience expectations exploded in this darkly comic tale. uK premiere, as part of LIFT. 19 June 23 June Battersea Arts Centre, London www.bac.org.uk
020 7223 2223
26 July 27 July Platform Theatre, Glasgow www.conflux.co.uk

0141 276 9696
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The Pop-Up Workshop NationalTheatre
The art of theatre revealed. Props and puppetry, combat and costumes, wigs and wounds. Plus shows for young audiences. FREE ticket required 1 June 9 September National Theatre Inside Out, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
The Sacred Truce Project Ursula Rani Sarma
The nationally acclaimed playwrights new play directed by Kully Thiarai performed by young people from five uK regions. 6 July Stoke Regent Theatre, Stoke www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
0844 871 7648
The Sacred Truce Project offers non-professional theatre-makers the chance to shape the creation of a new work
25 July Richmond Theatre, London www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk

0844 871 7648
The Crash of The Elysium Punchdrunk
A spectacular, live Doctor Who adventure in which the audience becomes the star of the show. 15 June 8 July Ipswich Town Centre, Ipswich www.2012crash.co.uk
01473 295900
The International Student Drama Festival
See future stars in hand-picked shows from countries around the world including Japan, Georgia, Zimbabwe, Germany and Palestine. 22 June 30 June Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield www.nsdf.org.uk 22 June 30 June The University of Sheffield, Sheffield www.nsdf.org.uk 22 June The Crucible, Sheffield www.nsdf.org.uk
29 July Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk

0844 871 7648
31 July Empire, Liverpool www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk

0844 871 7648
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time National Theatre
24 August Empire, Sunderland www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk

0844 871 7648
A rich, theatrical exploration of Mark Haddons touching and bleakly humorous novel, directed by Marianne Elliott. From 24 July Cottesloe, National Theatre, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
1 September Theatre Royal, Glasgow www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk

0844 871 7648
The Last of the Haussmans National Theatre
Julie Walters appears in Stephen Beresfords new play a funny, touching and at times savage portrait of a family thats losing its grip. From 12 June Lyttelton, National Theatre, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
The Ugly Spirit Fittings
The Giant and the Bear Unlimited Theatre
Fittings engaging and thought-provoking performance takes a peek into the backstage world of Siamese twins Jessie and Bessie. As part of unlimited. 23 May 25 May Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton www.arenatheatre.info 1 September 3 September Southbank Centre, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Join the Giants travelling circus on quarry Hill and create your own adventure, with performers, games designers and circus artists. 29 June 8 July West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds www.wyp.org.uk
0113 213 7700
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Torchbearers Mzansi Cymru
A cross-cultural saga inspired by the filming of Zulu, linking the South Wales Valleys with Cape Town, South Africa. 20 July 21 July Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff www.wmc.org.uk
029 2063 6464
West End Live
The star-studded casts of every West End musical together for the first time ever at Londons glitziest free entertainment festival. FREE 23 June 24 June Trafalgar Square, London
www.westendlive.co.uk
Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari
What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare
In a Croydon car park, Irans most exciting theatre director reveals hidden, moving stories of refugees and local residents, as part of LIFT. 21 June 1 July A Car Park, Croydon www.liftfestival.com
020 8688 9291
Moments of Shakespearean wonder surprise and delight London, with a cast led by awardwinning actor and director Mark Rylance. FREE 28 August 9 September Popping up around London www.london2012.com/festival
You Me Bum Bum Train
Wah! Wah! Girls
A contemporary British Bollywood musical of love against the odds in Londons East End with a spellbinding mix of dance and song. 6 September 29 September Theatre Royal Stratford East, London www.stratfordeast.com
020 8534 0310
You are the sole audience member in an exhilarating adventure through a maze of scenes featuring over 200 performers. 20 June 26 August Canary Wharf, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
gullivers travels
Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
Romanian theatre director Silviu Purc rete brings the a world premiere of his production of Jonathan Swifts classic satire to the Edinburgh International Festival. Performing such a well-known tale on its home ground is a brave choice, but Purc rete has a never shied away from a challenge. His last Edinburgh production, of Goethes Faust, featured over 100 actors, a live band and acrobatic tricks. EIF also brings Christoph Marthaler, another theatre and opera legend, never seen in the UK, with his wild recut of My Fair Lady set in a language lab. Page 93
You Me Bum Bum Train: Be propelled through a maze of live scenes, such as coaching an American football team
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All the worlds a stage

This celebration of Shakespeare as the worlds playwright is produced by the Royal Shakespeare Company in an unprecedented collaboration with leading uK and international arts organisations, and with Globe to Globe, a major international programme produced by Shakespeares Globe
alf of the worlds schoolchildren study Shakespeare. At any one time his plays are being performed in every corner of the planet. This year, our celebration of Shakespeare as the worlds playwright is taken to new heights with the World Shakespeare Festival. The Royal Shakespeare Company is contributing a dozen new productions. Some reflect the rich mix of cultures within British society, some are co-productions with international companies, and some explore non-theatre. Performances and events will take place in more than 25 uK venues, including Newcastle, Gateshead, South Wales, Birmingham and Edinburgh. The Open Stages project gives amateur companies the chance to perform on the Royal Shakespeare Companys stages in Stratfordupon-Avon. Anyone can join in online through the digital project My Shakespeare. Meanwhile, Globe to Globe presents all 37 of Shakespeares plays in a six-week marathon. Each play is performed by a leading theatre company from a different country, speaking Shakespeares words in their own language. From Titus Andronicus in Cantonese to Othello in hip hop, the season offers an extraordinary voyage of discovery.
Living heritage It is not just theatres that are getting in on the act. The British Museum presents Shakespeare: Staging The World, the BP Exhibition. A great array of maps, prints, paintings, tapestries, arms and armoury, manuscripts, coins, medals and other intriguing objects that are all connected to and by the world of Shakespeares theatre. Small-screen Shakespeare The Royal Shakespeare Company is working with BBC Television to broadcast Gregory Dorans stage production of Julius Caesar. The BBCs Shakespeare unlocked Season also includes online resources about Shakespeares work and the return of British Museum Director Neil McGregor to Radio 4 for Shakespeares Restless World. The BBC also presents four new made-for-TV films of the history plays: Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II and Henry V. They are shot in historic locations including Pembroke Castle and St Davids Cathedral in Wales. Thecasts include Ben Whishaw, Jeremy Irons and Tom Hiddleston as the Kings, with Patrick Stewart, David Morrissey, Rory Kinnear, Simon Russell Beale, Julie Waltersand Lindsay Duncan playing other major characters.
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BEING BEATRICE Meera Syals Shakespeare debut sees her playing feisty Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, transposed by director Iqbal Khan to an Indian setting
What attracts you to the character of Beatrice? Shes an intoxicating mix of quicksilver wit and layers of armour, charming yet challenging, apparently carefree yet nursing a damaged heart. Its her contradictions that are the challenge and the attraction. The production is set in India, but in which era? Very much in the present. Iqbal feels strongly that we need to see modern India on stage. He says in terms of spirit, flux and energy, it feels very like Elizabethan England. What themes does the Indian setting highlight? This is a play about division between the sexes, and the plot hinges around the defamation of ayoung womans reputation in amale world. The attack on Hero reads like an honour killing. Its aworld where families live together cheek-by-jowl in joint households with servants. A world where marriage is still discussed and decided through family connections, and where unmarried women of a certain age face discrimination or unspoken pity. Many of Shakespeares plots could have come straight from aBollywood film.
Hot tickets
Just a few of the visionary interpretations you wont want to miss
Loves Labours Lost The first ever full performance of a Shakespeare play in British Sign Language, produced by Deafinitely Theatre to build a bridge between deaf and hearing worlds. Page 100 Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad The Iraqi Theatre company presents a moving, Arabiclanguage Romeo and Juliet, seen through the lens of the Sunni-Shia sectarian conflict. Page 102 Coriolan/us National Theatre Wales presents a multimedia production re-imagined for an age obsessed with celebrity culture and addicted to 24-hour news. It includes outside broadcasts from the battlefield and speeches delivered to camera. Page 98 2008: Macbeth This Polish production, set in todays Middle East, is stark in its interpretation but lush in its use of fireworks, video and sound art. Page 100 Troilus and Cressida Acclaimed New York company The Wooster Group joins forces with the RSC for an experimental, multimedia approach to Shakespeares tragedy of love, war and politics. Page 104 Timon of Athens Nicholas Hytners National Theatre production stars Simon Russell Beale as the Athenian gentleman who foolishly gives away all his money and swears vengeance onthose who abandonhim. Page 104 King Lear Jonathan Pryce takes the title role in a production directed by Michael Attenborough for the small, intimate space of the Almeida stage. Page 100 Julius Caesar Julius Caesar is a corrupt modern-day African dictator who must be assassinated. But who will replace him? A new production of the great political thriller by RSC Artistic Director designate Gregory Doran Page 100
World firsts Clockwise from top right: Venus & Adonis from Cape Town; Tunisian Macbeth; Meera Syal as Beatrice; Afghanistan company Roy-e-Sabs / Dari Persian present The Comedy of Errors; Two Roses for Richard III by Brazils Companhia BufoMecanica
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Globe to Globe is a programme of multi-lingual Shakespeare productions from all over the planet. Over six weeks, 37 international companies will put on every Shakespeare play in different languages, at Shakespeares Globe in London, a re-creation of the original theatre. Roy-e-Sabs theatre group leaves war-torn Afghanistan for the first time to perform a taboobusting, mixed-sex production of The Comedy of Errors (p103). The worlds youngest country, South Sudan, brings a theatre company to the UK for the first time, staging Cymbeline (p98). The National Theatre of China makes its UK premiere performing Richard III (p102).
Shakespeares Globe, London
globe to globe

World Shakespeare Festival
A Midsummer Nights Dream (As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov
A world premiere for one of the most original Russian directorial voices of his generations version of Shakespeares magical play. In Russian with supertitles. 10 August 18 August Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
26 May 27 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com

020 7401 9919
As You Like It Globe to Globe

A wildly imaginative production from the Marjanishvili Theatre, one of Georgias most revered theatre companies. In Georgian. 18 May 19 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
24 August 26 August Kings Theatre, Edinburgh www.eif.co.uk/midsummer

0131 473 2000
Cesario
A Midsummer Nights Dream Globe to Globe
Exhilarating eastern adaptation of Shakespeares inventive and glittering comedy from South Koreas Yohanza Theatre Company. In Korean. 30 April 1 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
A new play for ages seven-plus about Shakespeares children and their adventures with Wattle, Daub and the Higgler family. 22 August 25 August National Theatre Inside Out, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
Coriolan/us National Theatre Wales
A Soldier in Every Son An Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico
A new, epic political thriller inspired by Shakespeare and based on true events chronicled in the Aztec codices. 29 June 28 July Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
The story of Coriolanus re-imagined in an era of celebrity culture. 9 August 18 August Secret location in South Wales www.nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson
029 2035 3070
Coriolanus Globe to Globe
Japans award-winning Chiten company present a contemporary production under the direction of Motoi Miura. In Japanese. 21 May 22 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Alls Well That Ends Well Globe to Globe
Indias Arpana bring live music and dance to Shakespeares bittersweet comedy. In Gujarati. 23 May 24 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Cymbeline Globe to Globe
The South Sudan Theatre Company presents the first ever adaptation of Shakespeare in Arabic. 2 May 3 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Antony & Cleopatra Globe to Globe
Two of Turkeys biggest stars, Haluk Bilginer and Zerrin Tekindor, play Shakespeares lovers in this production from Oyun Atlyesi. In Turkish.
Cymbeline Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa brings Shakespeares romance tragedy to the Barbican stage. In Japanese.
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29 May 2 June Barbican Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk

020 7638 8891
Desdemona
Musician Rokia Traor, novelist Toni Morrison and director Peter Sellars come together to create Desdemona. 19 July 20 July Barbican Hall, London www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 8891
Falstaff The Royal Opera
Verdis last masterpiece receives a lavish new production for Covent Garden under director Robert Carsen. 15 May 30 May Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7304 4000
Part of Globe to Globe, the National Theatre of China presents Richard III in Mandarin (p102)
30 May BP Summer Big Screens, Cities across the UK www.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens FREE

020 7304 4000
Henry IV Part 2 Globe to Globe

Shakespeares elegiac masterpiece einvented by Argentinas Ruben Szuchmacher. In Argentine Spanish. 15 May 16 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919

020 7401 9919
Forests Calixto Bieito
Henry VI Part 2 Globe to Globe

The second part of a major new Balkan trilogy from the National Theatre of Albania. In Albanian. 12 May 13 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
The Catalan theatre legend directs this original play inspired by Shakespeares references to forests. In Catalan. 31 August 15 September Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on
0121 236 4455
Henry V Globe to Globe
A Shakespeares Globe production of Shakespeares masterpiece of the turbulence of war and the art of peace. 8 June 26 August Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Hamlet Globe to Globe
Perhaps the most celebrated Shakespearean production of our age, from Meno Fortas directed by Eimuntas Nekrosius. In Lithuanian. 2 June 3 June Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
The final part of a major new Balkan trilogy from the National Theatre of Bitola, Macedonia. In Macedonian. 12 May 13 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Henry V RSC Young Company
The RSCs Young Company close their two-year programme with this performance, from a creative team including uK-Iraqi rapper Lowkey. 24 July Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
Henry IV Part 1 Globe to Globe

Mexicos Compaia Nacional de Teatro in Shakespeares play of madness and mayhem. In Mexican Spanish. 14 May 15 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Henry VIII Globe to Globe

The first part of a major new Balkan trilogy from the National Theatre Belgrade, Serbia. In Serbian.
Spains premier young classical company, Rakat re-imagine Shakespeares play from a Spanish perspective. In Castilian Spanish. 29 May 30 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
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I, Cinna (The Poet) Tim Crouch
Shakespeares Julius Caesar told through the eyes of a jiggling fool for ages 11-plus, directed by Tim Crouch. 13 June 6 July Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
8 August 15 September Noel Coward Theatre, London www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk

0844 482 5141
King Lear Almeida Theatre
Michael Attenborough directs Shakespeares tragedy, starring Jonathan Pryce. 31 August 3 November Almeida Theatre, London www.almeida.co.uk/events
020 7359 4404
BBC Four, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
King John Globe to Globe
2 July FREE Streamed UK Wide www.rsc.org.uk/cinna
A powerful and restless take on peace and war from Armenias Gabriel Sundukyan National Academic Theatre. In Armenian. 16 May 17 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
King Lear Globe to Globe
Dynamic underground theatre group Belarus Free Theatre return to the uK with Shakespeares cruellest tragedy. In Belarusian. 17 May 18 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
In A Pickle Oily Cart
A journey for children aged two to four through Shakespeares landscapes. 23 May 17 June Swan Room, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
King John Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents King John at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. 6 April 15 September Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
Loves Labours Lost Globe to Globe
19 June 23 June Stratford Circus, London www.stratford-circus.com

0844 357 2625
The uKs Deafinitely Theatre present the first ever full production of a Shakespeare play. In British Sign Language. 22 May 23 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
27 June 30 June Northern Stage, Newcastle www.northernstage.co.uk

0191 230 5151
2008: Macbeth TR Warszawa
Julius Caesar Globe to Globe
Where else but Rome for the setting of this contemporary production from Italys I Termini Company? In Italian. 1 May 2 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Set in a contemporary Middle Eastern conflict, Shakespeares play becomes highly physical, filmic theatre. In Polish with supertitles. 11 August 18 August Edinburgh International Festival, Lowland Hall, Royal Highland Centre www.eif.co.uk/macbeth
0131 473 2000
Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company
Macbeth: Leila and Ben A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs

A Tunisian Macbeth investigating how modern-day Arab leaders use and perpetuate power. In Arabic.
Shakespeares great political thriller finds modern African echoes in RSCs Artistic Director Designate Gregory Dorans production. 28 May 7 July Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
4 July 7 July Riverside Studios, London as part of LIFT www.liftfestival.com

020 8237 1111
19 July 28 July Theatre Royal Newcastle www.theatreroyal.co.uk

0844 811 2121
In a Pickle: intriguing visuals and textures
12 July 14 July Northern Stage, Newcastle www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on

0191 230 5151
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new inspirations
Shakespeare has inspired countless works, and the Festival premieres classics in the making. Desdemona (p99) is a beyond-the-grave conversation between Othellos murdered wife and her African nurse, Barbary. Its a major collaboration between Malian singer-songwriter Rokia Traor, Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison (pictured below) and opera director Peter Sellars. Controversial Catalan theatre and opera director Calixto Bieito has created Forests (p99), inspired by the many forests, imagined and real, that populate Shakespeares work. Bieito has been dubbed the Quentin Tarantino of opera. He describes Forests asa Dante-esque journey through life, paradise, hell, truth and lies its bound to push boundaries.
Grzegorz Jarzynas retelling of 2008: Macbeth sets Shakespeares classic in a contemporary conflict
Macbeth Globe to Globe
Transvestites, addicts and gangsters collide in Teatr im. Kochanowskiegos sharply modern production. In Polish. 8 May 10 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
26 July 15 September The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk

0844 800 1110
Of All The People In All The World Stans Cafe

A playful and at times politically charged installation by theatre company Stans Cafe.FREE
Measure For Measure Globe to Globe
Vakhtangov Theatre, the company at the heart of the Moscow stage, with Shakespeares agonised problem play. In Russian. 24 April 25 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
14 April 29 July PACCAR Room, Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on

0844 800 1110
Off By Heart Shakespeare
Much Ado About Nothing Globe to Globe
A national competition in partnership with the Royal Shakespeare Company for secondaryschool children to memorise and perform the words of Shakespeare. BBC Two, BBC Learning, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk
A bittersweet new production from Frances Compagnie Hypermobile set in a tense Italian restaurant. In French. 1 June 2 June Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Open Stages Showcase
The Royal Shakespeare Company has invited aselection of some of the most exciting amateur productions to perform Shakespeare at its home in Stratford-upon-Avon. 13 July 22 July Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company

The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Shakespeares comedy of love, transposed to an Indian setting.
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open stages showcase

Stratford-upon-Avon

Otello The Royal Opera
Elijah Moshinskys masterly production first seen in 1987 provides the frame for Verdis 1887 tragic opera. 12 July 24 July Royal Opera House, London www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
Open Stages at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre points the spotlight on great actors and creative teams who do not earn their living in the theatre, but who bring to their communities a talent and passion that can equal the best. The World Shakespeare Festival will showcase the brilliance of these unpaid stars to a larger audience.

020 7401 9919
7 May Oxfam GB, Oxford www.creationtheatre.co.uk

01865 766266
Othello Globe to Globe
A fresh urban take on Shakespeares tragedy from the q Brothers, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and Richard Jordan Productions. Performed in hip hop. 5 May 6 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Richard III Globe to Globe
This trailblazing production marks the National Theatre of Chinas first visit to the uK. In Mandarin. 28 April 29 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
West side story

Gateshead
Pericles Globe to Globe
Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company
Wild wanderings around the Mediterranean from the National Theatre of Greece. In Greek. 26 April 27 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Shakespeares brilliant expose of this infamous monarch. 22 March 15 September Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on 0844 800 1110
Will Tuckett, a star of the Royal Ballet, is directing and choreographing great young performers at the Sage Gateshead (pictured below). The musical is inspired by Romeo & Juliet, but uses a gang war in 20th century New York as its backdrop, with a score by Bernstein. Expect daring dance and doomed love in a true classic.
Pilot Night Royal Shakespeare Company and Pilot
Romeo & Juliet Globe to Globe

A thrilling mix of circus, music, dance and folk culture from Brazils Grupo Galpo. In Brazilian Portuguese. 19 May 20 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Commissioned responses to Shakespeare especially for the World Shakespeare Festival. A glorious mix of comic, touching and extraordinary performances. 12 July The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad Iraqi Theatre Company
Remaking Shakespeare
A new Romeo and Juliet infused with Iraqs traditions of poetry, music and ritual. In Arabic. 26 April 5 May Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on 0844 800 1110 28 June 30 June Riverside Studios, London www.liftfestival.com
020 8237 1111
A one-day conference which will feature talks, workshops and presentations. 14 July Northern Stage, Newcastle www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on
0191 230 5151
Richard II Globe to Globe
Dynamic, direct storytelling from the Palestinian company behind The Gaza Monologues, Ashtar Theatre. In Palestinian Arabic.
Shakespeare Unlocked
BBC Learning and the Royal Shakespeare Company present a series of digital resources providing unique insights into Shakespeares work and how it is performed.
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The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha
The Brazilian director and his cast of London teenagers create an intense and atmospheric exploration of young love in the Dorfman Hub beneath the Roundhouse. As part of LIFT. 26 June 8 July Roundhouse Dorfman Hub, London www.roundhouse.org.uk
0844 482 8008
The Merchant of Venice Globe to Globe
The vivacious Hebrew-language Habimas production of Shakespeares controversial masterpiece. 28 May 29 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Romeo & Juliet Globe to Globe. Grupo Galpos carnivalesque version contains circus, music and dance
The Merry Wives of Windsor Globe to Globe
23 April 31 December BBC Online, UK Wide www.bbc.co.uk

020 7401 9919
Bitter Pill and Theatre Company Kenyas highspirited celebration of the wit and independence of African women. In Swahili. 25 April 26 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Shakespeares Stories, in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Objects from the RSC, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and the British Museum showcase Shakespeares work in a global context. 21 April 21 December Three sites, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
7 June Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford www.creationtheatre.co.uk

01865 766 266
The Poor Trash of Venice
8 June Hatfield House, Hatfield www.hatfield-house.co.uk

01707 287010
Teachers mentored by RSC artists direct Shakespeares Venice plays with different primary and secondary-school classes performing together. 3 July 4 July Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/education
0844 800 113
Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition
The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition on the world of Shakespeare, in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company. 19 July 25 November British Museum, London www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx
020 7323 8181
Shakespeares joyful comedy of mistaken identity directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, founder of Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur. 16 March 6 October Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
The Rape of Lucrece Camille OSullivan and Feargal Murray
A compelling and provocative performance of Shakespeares tragic poem by the internationally acclaimed singer. 22 August 26 August Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh
www.eif.co.uk/rapeoflucrece 0131 473 2000
The Comedy of Errors Globe to Globe
1 June 4 July Roundhouse Main Space, London www.roundhouse.org.uk

0844 482 8008
Afghanistans groundbreaking Roy-e-Sabs leave Kabul for the first time with this production. In Dari Persian.
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The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak
Performance, film and installation interweave in a specially designed structure for this ambitious new, dreamlike interpretation. 2 May 8 June The Malthouse Estate, Brighton www.brightonfestival.org
01273 709709
The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company
Titus Andronicus Globe to Globe

Shakespeares grisliest play re-imagined in an energetic new version from Hong Kongs Tang Shu-wing Theatre Studio. In Cantonese. 3 May 4 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
A search for retribution develops into a journey of acceptance and compassion in Shakespeares final play, directed by David Farr. 30 March 7 October Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on 0844 800 1110
12 June 23 June Riverside Studios, London www.liftfestival.com

020 8237 1111
9 June 5 July Roundhouse, London www.roundhouse.org.uk

0844 482 8008
Troilus and Cressida Globe to Globe
26 June 30 June Northern Stage, Newcastle www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on

0191 230 5151
New Zealands Ngakau Toa open Shakespeares heartbreaking take on love amid war with a fearsome haka. In Maori. 23 April 24 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
The Two Gentlemen of Verona Globe to Globe
The Taming of the Shrew Globe to Globe
A two-man Zimbabwean riot of love, friendship and betrayal from Two Gents Productions. In Shona. 9 May 10 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
An energetic, colourful production from Pakistans Theatre Wallay starring Nadia Jamil. In urdu. 21 May 22 May North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford www.thenorthwall.org
01865 319450
Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group
The Winters Tale Globe to Globe
Rupert Goold and Elizabeth LeCompte co-direct a groundbreaking, multi-media collaboration between the RSC and The Wooster Group. 3 August 18 August Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110

020 7401 9919
A magical new production from Nigerias unparalleled Renegade Theatre, informed by Yoruba folk tales. In Yoruba. 24 May 25 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
29 May Clifton Park, Rotherham www.shakespearesglobe.com 30 May Kala Sangam, Bradford www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Twelfth Night Globe to Globe
Timon of Athens
A vibrant production of the comic classic from Atul Kumars Company Theatre, Mumbai. In Hindi. 27 April 28 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in Shakespeares strange fable of conspicuous consumption, debt and ruin. From 10 July Olivier, National Theatre, London www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
31 May Old Market Gallery, Rotherham www.shakespearesglobe.com
Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company
The Tempest Globe to Globe
Bangladeshs pioneering Dhaka Theatre tackle The Tempest in one of Londons most widely spoken languages. In Bangla. 7 May 8 May Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Timon of Athens Globe to Globe

Germanys Bremer Shakespeare Companys bold and wild take on the perfect play for our times. In German. 31 May 1 June Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
David Farr directs Shakespeares comedy of mistaken identity in Stratford-upon-Avon and London. 8 March 6 October Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
5 June 5 July Roundhouse Main Space, London www.roundhouse.org.uk

0844 482 8008
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Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratfordupon-Avon and Roundhouse, London

Shakespeares trio of shipwreck plays, The Comedy of Errors (page 103), Twelfth Night (page 104) and The Tempest (page 104) are a few of the playwrights most powerful and poignant works. Now Associate RSC Director David Farr and the specially formed ensemble What Country Friends Is This? are taking on the entire epic trilogy.
What country friends is this?
Venus and Adonis Globe to Globe: song and dance brings Shakespeares narrative poem to life
Two Roses for Richard III Companhia Bufomecnica
West Side Story
A breathtaking fusion of theatre and circus inspired by Shakespeares history plays from Brazils Companhia Bufomecnica. InPortuguese. 7 May 12 May The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
A full-scale production of Leonard Bernsteins West Side Story with bold, new choreography by Will Tuckett. 4 July 7 July The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead www.thesagegateshead.org
0191 443 4661
18 May 23 May Roundhouse Main Space, London www.roundhouse.org.uk

0844 482 8008
Worlds Together Education Conference
A major international forum challenging and exploring the place of Shakespeare and the arts in young peoples lives across the world. 6 September 8 September Tate Modern, London www.rsc.org.uk/education
0844 800 1113
Even though the plays were written years apart, Farr sees synergy between them. The similarities of themes and preoccupations, and even language and character are remarkable, he said. The whole thing should feel like a wonderful voyage.
Venus and Adonis Globe to Globe
South Africas Isango Ensemble presents a carnival version of Shakespeares great narrative poem. In IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SeSotho, Setswana, Afrikaans and South African English. 21 April 22 April Shakespeares Globe, London www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Y Storm Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymrus production of Shakespeares The Tempest, taking place at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. In Welsh. 7 August 11 August National Eisteddfod of Wales, Vale of Glamorgan www.eisteddfod.org.uk
0845 409 0800
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Daily diary
Plan your Festival by region and artform. Simply follow the page number for more details in the main listings
long-running events
Long-running events, many of them happening throughout the festival, are listed on this page. Follow the page number to get full details in the main listings
uk wide
Walk the Plank: Sparks Will Fly, page 83
n Shakespeare Unlocked p103 n StoryLab: Summer Reading n BBC Proms p54 n A Room for London p54 n Asif Kapadia The Odyssey p54 n Cape Farewell Scottish Islands
Challenge p85
n Yinka Shonibare p42 n Yoko Ono To the Light p42

northern ireland
n Antony Gormley
n Maurice Orr The Screaming

Silence of the Wind p39
north of england
A New Work p33
Project Sea Change 2012 p56 n Film Nation Shorts Online p56 n Lynne Ramsay The Swimmer p56 n Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini What If p56 n Mike Leigh A Running Jump p56 n StoryCloud p57 n Tales of the Riverbank Comedy Barge p45 n Art in the Park p33 n Yoko Ono Imagine Peace p42
london
n Golden Threads p59 n Anthony McCall Column p33 n Humble Market n Paul Cummins The English n Richard Long (Artist Rooms)
Flower Garden p40 and Luke Fowler p40 n We Face Forward: Art from West Africa Today p42
midlands
Trade Secrets p37
Terry Riley Sun Rings, page 69
n The Pop-up Workshop p94 n National Theatre Watch This
n Shakespeares Stories,
Space Commissions p81 n SECRETS: Hidden London Nothing Is Set In Stone p68 n Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands p85 n The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games medals p59 n Ai Weiwei & Herzog and deMeuron Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2012 p33 n BP Portrait Awards Next Generation p35 n Damien Hirst p36 n Design Stories The Architecture behind 2012 p36 n Frieze Projects East p37 n Government Art Collection at the Whitechapel Gallery p37 n Heatherwick Studio Designing The Extraordinary p37 n Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p39 n Official London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Poster Display p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Whiteread Whitechapel Gallery Commission p40
in partnership with the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust p103 n Kurt Hentschlger CORE p38 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40
south of england
n Rochesters Ripping n The Search for Immortality: n World Stories

Young Voices p59 Story Loom p85 Tomb Treasures of Han China p59
n Alex Katz p33 n Edmund de Waal p36 n Maria Thereza Alves

Flower Garden p40
n Paul Cummins The English n Richard Wilson Hang On

A Minute Lads, Ive Got A Great Idea p40 n Shezad Dawood Piercing Brightness p57 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation p42 n Tracey Emin: She Lay Down Deep Beneath the Sea p42
Ballast Seed Garden p39
Key
Family n Theatre & Performance n Poetry & Storytelling n Outdoor & Carnival n Music
21-23 June
Thursday 21 June
london
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare
n CROW Handspring p88 n DruidMurphy n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n The Coming Storm Forced
Plays by Tom Murphy p89
Entertainment p93 n The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak p104 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Bamboo Blues p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
Company p102 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Voyage p83 n Jonathan Harveys Weltethos City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra p66 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
n Cape Farewell Sea Change:

Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35
north of england
n Simn Bolvar Symphony n The Itch of the Golden

Nit p57 Laban p48 Gems p49
Orchestra of Venezuela p69
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n The International Student Drama n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66
midlands
Absurd Person Singular p88 Festival p94
n Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Trinity n Big Dance 2012 Hidden n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling
Venus p38
scotland
Things Unspoken p35
n The Crash of The Elysium n Pacitti Company: On Landguard

Point A film about home p56 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 Punchdrunk p94
n Devoted and Disgruntled
Friday 22 June
london
n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n The Big Concert Gustavo

Pop-up Cafe p79 Dudamel and the Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela p69 n Janice Parker Private Dancer p51 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Bird Yarns p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35
northern ireland
n Peace One Day Global Truce

2012 Countdown p67
north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Lakes Alive: Les Commandos Percu On The Nightshift p80 n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66
midlands
n Devoted and Disgruntled n Festival Of Chaos
Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair Service p90 n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n Prometheus Awakes Graeae Theatre Company with La Fura dels Baus p92 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n The Coming Storm Forced Entertainment p93 n The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak p104 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Rokia Traor Donguili (song) p68 n Big Dance 2012 Dancing Streets p49 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Bamboo Blues p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
n CROW Handspring p88 n DruidMurphy
Roadshow Improbable p89 n Festival Of Chaos The Bacchae p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Night of Festivals 2012 p81 n The Voyage p83 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Janice Parker Private n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
wales
Pop-up Cafe p79 Dancer p51
Bird Yarns p35
n Bee Detective Tin Bath Theatre

Company p88
north of england
n The Crash of The Elysium
Punchdrunk p94 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n The International Student Drama n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66 n We Face Forward A West n Big Dance 2012 Lancashire at
the Preston Guild p47
midlands
Saturday 23 June
uk wide
African Party p69
n BBC Radio 1s Hackney
Weekend 2012 p64 n BBC3 Comedy Gala p55

london
n Festival Of Chaos n Festival Of Chaos

The Bacchae p89
Blood Wedding p89
Roadshow Improbable p89
Blood Wedding p89 n Festival Of Chaos The Bacchae p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100
Pop-up Cafe p79 n Janice Parker Private Dancer p51 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Bird Yarns p35
Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair Service p90 n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n The Coming Storm Forced Entertainment p93 n The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak p104 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n West End Live p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Rokia Traor Donke (dance) p68
n Julius Caesar Royal

Company p100
n King John Royal Shakespeare n Stans Cafe Of All The People n The Voyage p83 n Heiner Goebbels Walden p65 n Jubilee Concert City of
Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, James MacMillan p66 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
Shakespeare Company p100
In All The World p101
n The Crash of The Elysium n Close Act Pi-Leau p79 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80
Punchdrunk p94
Museums & Heritage
Dance
Comedy
Family
Key
24 June daily diary

n Pacitti Company: On Landguard
Point A film about home p56 n The Itch of the Golden Nit p57 n Tim Minchin Eden Project Comedy p45 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
Monday 25 June
london
n Simn Bolvar Symphony
scotland
n CROW Handspring p88 n Made in China Get Stuff n Twelfth Night Royal
Break Free p91 Shakespeare Company p104 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens) p69 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Nefs p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
wales
Orchestra of Venezuela p69 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
wales
n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob
Evans and macrobert Mikey and Addie p90
wales
n Chris Tally Evans Turning n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38

north of england
Sunday 24 June
uk wide
n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38

north of england
Points p56
n BBC Radio 1s Hackney

Weekend 2012 p64
london

Absurd Person Singular p88 n The International Student Drama Festival p94 n The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak p104
midlands
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n The International Student Drama n The Rest is Silence
midlands
Service p90 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n West End Live p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Simn Bolvar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela p69 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Nefs p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
n Gatz Elevator Repair
dreamthinkspeak p104
n Festival Of Chaos
n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38

north of england
Absurd Person Singular p88 n The International Student Drama Festival p94
midlands
The Bacchae p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101
south of england
n Festival Of Chaos

In All The World p101 of dance p52
Blood Wedding p89
n Stans Cafe Of All The People n Spill A playground

south of england
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like n The Crash of The Elysium

an Angel p88 Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like n The Crash of The Elysium n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40 Punchdrunk p94 an Angel p88
n Festival Of Chaos
n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
wales
Pop-up Cafe p79 Bird Yarns p35
The Bacchae p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101
south of england
Wednesday 27 June
london
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 Tuesday 26 June

london
Thursday 28 June
london

Company p88 n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38
north of england
n The International Student Drama n A Hansel of Film Shetland to

Southampton and back p54
midlands
Festival p94
n Stans Cafe Of All The People n The Voyage p83

south of england
Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80
Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n en route p89 n Made in China Get Stuff Break Free p91 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n Rain of Poems p85 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68
Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair Service p90 n Made in China Get Stuff Break Free p91 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
n Before Your Very Eyes Campo n CROW Handspring p88 n DruidMurphy n en route p89 n Made in China Get Stuff n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad n The Dark Side of Love Renato n The Tempest Royal
Rocha p103 Shakespeare Company p104 Shakespeare Company p104 Pourazari p95 Iraqi Theatre Company p102 Break Free p91 Plays by Tom Murphy p89 and Gob Squad p88
n Twelfth Night Royal
n Unfinished Dream Hamid n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65
Key
daily diary 30 June

n Philharmonia Orchestra /
Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens) p69 n The Genius of Hitchcock: The Pleasure Garden p57 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch gua p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
Friday 29 June
london
midlands
n A Soldier in Every Son An
n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling

Venus p38
scotland
n Before Your Very Eyes Campo
wales
n Skewered Snails Ramesh
Meyyappan p93 n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38

northern ireland
n NI Opera Shorts p67

north of england
Absurd Person Singular p88 n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n The International Student Drama Festival p94 n The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak p104 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
and Gob Squad p88 n CROW Handspring p88 n DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair Service p90 n Made in China Get Stuff Break Free p91 n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92 n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad Iraqi Theatre Company p102 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n Back2Black Festival hosted by and featuring Gilberto Gil p63 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n The Genius of Hitchcock: The Pleasure Garden p57 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch gua p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Blood Wedding p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Spill A playground of dance p52
uk wide
Things Unspoken p35
Evans and macrobert Mikey and Addie p90 n Big Dance 2012 Edinburgh p47
wales
n The Crash of The Elysium n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40 Punchdrunk p94
n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Busk on the Usk p64

northern ireland
n Land of Giants p91 n NI Opera Shorts p67

north of england
Saturday 30 June
london
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n The Giant and the Bear p94 n The International Student n The Rest is Silence
Drama Festival p94 dreamthinkspeak p104 and Let Them Sing p66 and Let Them Sing p37 Absurd Person Singular p88
n Before Your Very Eyes Campo n CROW Handspring p88 n DruidMurphy n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair
Plays by Tom Murphy p89 and Gob Squad p88
n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Helen Petts Throw Them Up

midlands
n Festival Of Chaos n Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding p89
The Bacchae p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
wales

northern ireland
n NI Opera Shorts p67

north of england
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like
an Angel p88 n The Crash of The Elysium Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
Absurd Person Singular p88 n In a Pickle Oily Cart p100 n The Giant and the Bear p94 n The International Student Drama Festival p94 n The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak p104 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
Service p90 n Made in China Get Stuff Break Free p91 n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92 n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad Iraqi Theatre Company p102 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n The World Famous Silo D p83 n Back2Black Festival hosted by and featuring Gilberto Gil p63 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n The Itch of the Golden Nit p57 n Big Dance 2012 Sampled Taster Workshops p49 n Big Dance 2012 Tomorrows Men p50 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Blood Wedding p89 n Festival Of Chaos The Bacchae p89 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Spill A playground of dance p52 n After Gold p33
south of england

Punchdrunk p94
n Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)
and Embaixadores da Alegria (Brazil) p79 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n The British Paraorchestra p69
n Museums & Heritage n Film, Broadcast & Digital n Dance n Comedy
Family
Key
1 July daily diary

n The Itch of the Golden
Nit p57 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 1 July
london
Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n The British Paraorchestra p69 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49
n Big Dance 2012 The Big

Dance Spiegeltent p49
n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited

Global Alchemy p40
Tuesday 3 July
london
Wednesday 4 July
london
n Gatz Elevator Repair n Made in China Get Stuff n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92 n The Dark Side of Love Renato
Break Free p91 Service p90
Monday 2 July
london
n CROW Handspring p88 n en route p89 n Made in China Get Stuff n The Comedy Of Errors Royal n The Dark Side of Love Renato n Baaba Maal hosts n Philharmonia Orchestra / n Ring Round the World English n SECRETS Hidden London Like n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
Things Unspoken p35
scotland
n CROW Handspring p88 n Made in China Get Stuff
Break Free p91
n CROW Handspring p88 n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair

A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100 n Made in China Get Stuff Break Free p91 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65 n Gilberto Gil with the London Symphony Orchestra p65 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35
scotland
Rocha p103 n Unfinished Dream Hamid Pourazari p95 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n Back2Black Festival hosted by and featuring Gilberto Gil p63 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens) p69 n Big Dance 2012 Greenwich World Cultural Festival p49 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo p52 n Ha Ha Hackney: Maggie, Maggie Give us a Wave The Comedy of the Thatcher Years p44 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
Break Free p91 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Streetwise Opera With One Voice p69 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo p52 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35
Shakespeare Company p103 Rocha p103
n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
Service p90
Africa Utopia p63
Universe of Sound p59
Pocket Opera Company p68 a Fish out of Water p51
scotland
wales

north of england
wales

north of england
Evans and macrobert Mikey and Addie p90 n Big Dance 2012 Edinburgh p47
wales
Absurd Person Singular p88 n The Giant and the Bear p94 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
Absurd Person Singular p88 n The Giant and the Bear p94 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
wales

north of england

north of england
n The Giant and the Bear p94 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up
and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
In All The World p101 n Spill A playground of dance p52 n After Gold p33
south of england
n Stans Cafe Of All The People
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n After Gold p33
south of england
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Poor Trash of Venice p103 n After Gold p33
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n The Giant and the Bear p94 n West Side Story p105 n Spill A playground n Helen Petts Throw Them Up
midlands
Absurd Person Singular p88
of dance p52
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Ring Round The World English
Pocket Opera Company p68 an Angel p88
an Angel p88 n The Crash of The Elysium Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Poor Trash of Venice p103 n After Gold p33
Key
daily diary 7 July

south of england midlands wales
Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n After Gold p33
south of england
n Chris Tally Evans Turning
n non zero one youll see [me n Shake the Dust Apples & n The Dark Side of Love Renato n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65 n Philharmonia Orchestra / n The Itch of the Golden n Big Dance 2012 Dance n Big Dance 2012 The Making n Big Youth Dance Weekend 2012 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving n SECRETS Hidden London Like n Britain Creates 2012:
Things Unspoken p35 a Fish out of Water p51 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Limbo Landing p50 London p50 Space Performance p50 Fields p49 Nit p57 Universe of Sound p59 Rocha p103 Snakes p93 sailing in antarctica] p92
Points p56 n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38

north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n The Giant and the Bear p94 n The Sacred Truce n West Side Story p105 n Spill A playground
Ursula Rani Sarma p94 Absurd Person Singular p88
Thursday 5 July
london
n CROW Handspring p88 n en route p89 n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100 n Shake the Dust Apples & Snakes p93 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens) p69 n Urban Classic p69 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
of dance p52 n Douglas Gordon The End of Civilisation p56 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
Friday 6 July
london
wales

north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n The Giant and the Bear p94 n West Side Story p105 n Spill A playground
of dance p52 n Douglas Gordon The End of Civilisation p56 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
Service p90 n Macbeth : Leila and Ben A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100 n non zero one youll see [me sailing in antarctica] p92 n Shake the Dust Apples & Snakes p93 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Christian Lindberg Dawn at Galamanta p65 n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n Ring Round the World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35 n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling Venus p38
scotland
n CROW Handspring p88 n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n I, Cinna (The Poet) Tim Crouch p100 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101
south of england

scotland
n Big Dance 2012 Aberdeen

Dance Hunt p48
wales
Punchdrunk p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Walk The Plank Sparks Will Fly p83 n Big Dance 2012 Hat Fair p48 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms
of Dreams p42
north of england
Roadshow Improbable p89 Making Triangles p40
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n The Giant and the Bear p94 n West Side Story p105 n Big Dance 2012 DAZL n Big Dance 2012 The Big n Spill A playground n Helen Petts Throw Them Up
midlands
Marathon p47 T Dance p50
Saturday 7 July
uk wide
n Big Dance 2012 Big Dance

Shorts p55
london
of dance p52
n CROW Handspring p88 n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
Service p90 A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Games Time p90
Family
Key
8 July daily diary

scotland
Shakespeare Company p100 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Itch of the Golden Nit p57 n Big Dance 2012 Camp p47
south of england
n Big Dance 2012 Aberdeen

Dance Hunt p48
wales
n Britain Creates 2012:
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35
scotland

Things Unspoken p35

scotland
Fashion + Art Collusion p35
n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman

Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
north of england

Screen Big Dance p49
wales
n Chariots of Fire p56 n Big Dance 2012 The Big

wales
n The Crash of The Elysium n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Big Dance 2012 at The Big n Big Dance 2012 n Big Dance 2012 The Big n Big Dance 2012 Woking
Dance Spiegeltent p49 World p50 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 Hat Fair p48 Weekend p47 Punchdrunk p94
n The Giant and the Bear p94 n Spill A playground

north of england
of Dreams p42
northern ireland
of dance p52 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
Making Triangles p40

In All The World p101 n Big Dance 2012 Camp p47
south of england
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
n Oscar Muoz Draw Down

the Walls p39
north of england
n The Crash of The Elysium n Carnival Crossroads East n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n The Caucus Race p83 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to n Big Dance 2012 at The Big n Big Dance 2012 Norfolk Long n Big Dance 2012 Hat n Big Dance 2012 The Big
Fair p48 Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 Dance p47 Weekend p47 Southampton and back p54 Bound p79 Punchdrunk p94
n Festival Of Chaos Hedda
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Helen Petts Throw Them Up

midlands
Sunday 8 July
uk wide

Shorts p55
london
Gabler p90 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101
south of england
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to n Big Dance 2012 The Big n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Dance Spiegeltent p49 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 Southampton and back p54
Service p90 n non zero one youll see [me sailing in antarctica] p92 n Shake the Dust Apples & Snakes p93 n The Dark Side of Love Renato Rocha p103 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Universe of Sound p59 n The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens) p69 n Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Horniman Museum p48 n Big Dance 2012 30 Years of Style p48 n Big Youth Dance Weekend 2012 London p50 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Wiesenland p52 n Ha Ha Hackney: Homo of Comedy Gay Extravaganza 2012! p44 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101
south of england
n Compagnie Carabosse Fire n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Big Dance 2012 The Big n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Dance Spiegeltent p49 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 Garden at Stonehenge p79
Tuesday 10 July
uk wide
Monday 9 July
uk wide

Shorts p55
london

Shorts p55
london
n en route p89 n non zero one youll see [me n Rio Occupation London p82 n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis Congo Square p66 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Big Dance 2012 in the Baylis p47 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 sailing in antarctica] p92
Wednesday 11 July
uk wide
n non zero one youll see [me
sailing in antarctica] p92 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Jubilation: A celebration of the Music of George Benjamin p66 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Wiesenland p52

Shorts p55
london
n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair

Service p90
Key
daily diary 13 July

sailing in antarctica] p92 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n The Royal Opera The Trojans (Les Troyens) p69 n Big Dance 2012 in the Baylis p47 n Big Dance 2012 Dancing Voices p49 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35
scotland
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
midlands
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance n Britain Creates 2012:

Things Unspoken p35 TooMortal p52 Fashion + Art Collusion p35
Thursday 12 July
uk wide

Shorts p55
london
Gabler p90 n King John Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Pilot Night Royal Shakespeare Company and Pilot p102 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england

scotland

wales
of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Compagnie Carabosse Fire n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to
Southampton and back p54 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard Point A film about home p56 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 Garden at Stonehenge p79
n en route p89 n non zero one youll see [me n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Otello The Royal Opera p102 n Ring Round The World English
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Big Dance 2012 New Adventures Curtain Raiser p49 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unspoken p35
scotland

wales
sailing in antarctica] p92

the Walls p39
north of england

northern ireland
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Bee Detective Tin Bath Theatre n Devoted and Disgruntled
Company p88 Roadshow Improbable p89 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
n Oscar Muoz Draw Down the

Walls p39
north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Devoted and Disgruntled

Absurd Person Singular p88 Roadshow Improbable p89 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37
midlands
Friday 13 July
uk wide

wales

Shorts p55
london
A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands

northern ireland
n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Eliza Carthy Welcome Songs p65 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england

the Walls p39
north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
Surprises p88 A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 Absurd Person Singular p88
n Compagnie Carabosse Fire
Garden at Stonehenge p79 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Big Dance 2012 The Big Dance Spiegeltent p49
Service p90 n non zero one youll see [me sailing in antarctica] p92 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n BBC Prom 1 p72 n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis Abyssinian Mass p66 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n The Genius of Hitchcock: The Ring p57 n Big Dance 2012 U.Dance p48 n Big Dance 2012 New Adventures Curtain Raiser p49 n Big Dance 2012 Still Moving p49 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Open Stages Showcase p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Big Dance 2012 WE Dance Festival p50 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard n Big Dance 2012 The Big
Dance Spiegeltent p49 Point A film about home p56
Family
Key
14 July daily diary

Saturday 14 July
uk wide

Shorts p55
london
A Bloody History Artistes, Producteurs, Associs p100 n Remaking Shakespeare p102 n Big Dance 2012 on the Beach p48 n Big Dance 2012 Darlington Big Street Dance p49 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n Big Dance 2012
U.Dance p48 n Big Dance 2012 Walk p48 n Big Dance 2012 Brazil Day p48 n Big Dance 2012 Footfall p49 n Big Dance 2012 Still Moving p49 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35
scotland
n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti)

2012 p37
Monday 16 July
uk wide
n The Royal Ballet

london
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52
n Terry Riley Sun Rings p69

wales
n Rio Occupation London p82 n BBC Prom 4 p72 n BBC Proms Chamber n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Music 1 p72 with Wynton Marsalis Afro-Cuban Fiesta p66 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Big Dance 2012 U.Dance p48 n The Royal Ballet Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35
wales
n en route p89 n Gatz Elevator Repair n non zero one youll see [me n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n BBC Prom 2 p72 n Jazz at Lincoln Center
sailing in antarctica] p92 Service p90
Essentially Ellington UK p66 n Traction curated by Gilles Peterson p69 n Big Dance 2012 U.Dance p48 n Big Dance 2012 Still Moving p49 n Big Dance 2012 Trafalgar Square p50 n SECRETS Hidden London Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52 n The Royal Ballet Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35
wales
Gabler p90 n Open Stages Showcase p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Big Dance 2012 WE Dance Festival p50 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
n Big Dance 2012 at Cardiff
Mela p47 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Bee Detective Tin Bath Theatre
Company p88 n Cakebook Britain p79 n The Alif Ensemble p69 n Big Dance 2012 Day Yorkshire p47 n Big Dance 2012 Live at the Bandstand p47 n Big Dance 2012 City Steps p48 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard n Big Dance 2012 Day
Brighton p47 Point A film about home p56
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms

of Dreams p42
north of england

northern ireland
Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Big Suffolk Dance Party 2012 p50 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Niet Normaal Difference on
Display p39
midlands
n Open Stages Showcase p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People

In All The World p101 n Spill A playground of dance p52
south of england
n A Soldier in Every Son
Sunday 15 July
uk wide

the Walls p39
north of england

Shorts p55
london
n Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)

sailing in antarctica] p92 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n BBC Prom 3 p72 n Otello The Royal Opera p102
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Bee Detective Tin Bath Theatre Company p88
Service p90
and Embaixadores da Alegria (Brazil) p79 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard Point A film about home p56 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33
An Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103
south of england
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like
an Angel p88
Key
daily diary 20 July

Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37
south of england
midlands
Tuesday 17 July
london
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert

n Festival Of Chaos Hedda n Richard III Royal Shakespeare n Stans Cafe Of All The People n The Tempest Royal
TooMortal p52 In All The World p101 Shakespeare Company p104 Company p102 Gabler p90
n en route p89 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Baaba Maal hosts
Wednesday 18 July
london
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance n Boyd & Evans Views p35

south of england
Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 5 p72 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Fase p50 n The Royal Ballet Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35
wales
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who n en route p89 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Baaba Maal hosts n BBC Prom 6 p72 n BBC Prom 7 p72 n Otello The Royal Opera p102 n Ring Round The World English n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker n Britain Creates 2012:
wales
Thursday 19 July
london
Fell Into A Book p88
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who
Africa Utopia p63
Pocket Opera Company p68 Fase p50
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman

northern ireland
n Oscar Muoz Draw Down the

Walls p39
north of england

north of england
Fell Into A Book p88 n en route p89 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 8 p72 n Desdemona p65 n Ring Round The World English Pocket Opera Company p68 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Fase p50 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35
scotland
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Peace Camp p81 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Friday 20 July
london
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who n en route p89 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Baaba Maal hosts n BBC Prom 9 p72 n Desdemona p65 n Ring Round The World English n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker n The Royal Ballet
Fase p50 Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52 The BP Exhibition p59 Pocket Opera Company p68 Africa Utopia p63 Fell Into A Book p88
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill

Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands

Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like an Angel p88 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n Peace Camp p81

wales
n Peace Camp p81 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman

northern ireland
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103
south of england
n Peace Camp p81

north of england
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like n Devoted and Disgruntled

an Angel p88 Roadshow Improbable p89
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35
n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012:
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like an Angel p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Peace Camp p81 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
n BT Road to 2012 p35

scotland
n Peace Camp p81

wales
n Torchbearers Mzansi n Peace Camp p81 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms
of Dreams p42 Making Triangles p40 Cymru p95
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80
Family
Key
21 July daily diary

northern ireland
n Peace Camp p81

north of england
n BBC Proms Saturday

Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like an Angel p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Peace Camp p81 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52 n Boyd & Evans Views p35
south of england
Matinee 1 p72 n BT River of Music Africa Stage p64 n BT River of Music Americas Stage p64 n BT River of Music Asia Stage p64 n BT River of Music Europe Stages p64 n BT River of Music Oceania Stage p64 n Otello The Royal Opera p102 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Genius of Hitchcock: The Lodger p57 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36
scotland
n The Comedy Of Errors Royal

Shakespeare Company p103 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance TooMortal p52 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Peace Camp p81 n NEST p39

north of england
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Peace Camp p81 n Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak & n Kurtag and Schubert p66 n Big Dance 2012 Immersion
Compagnie Ubi p82
n Peace Camp p81 n Big Dance 2012 Streets of n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Niet Normaal Difference on
Display p39
midlands
Brass p48
n Peace Camp p81 n Craig Coulthard Forest

Pitch p36
wales
Tent p47 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Open Stages Showcase p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist
response p41
south of england
Sunday 22 July
london
n Torchbearers Mzansi
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Peace Camp p81 n Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak & n Aldeburgh World Orchestra p63 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Compagnie Ubi p82
Cymru p95 n Peace Camp p81 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Peace Camp p81 n Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak n Aldeburgh World Orchestra p63 n Big Dance 2012 Immersion n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Tent p47 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Tyntesfield Takeover p42 & Compagnie Ubi p82
n Peace Camp p81 n NEST p66

north of england
Saturday 21 July
london

Fell Into A Book p88 n en route p89 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Rio London Carnival p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 10 p72
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Peace Camp p81 n Project Triangle p68 n Big Dance 2012 Streets of Brass p48 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
Fell Into A Book p88 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 11 p72 n BT River of Music Africa Stage p64 n BT River of Music Americas Stage p64 n BT River of Music Asia Stage p64 n BT River of Music Europe Stages p64 n BT River of Music Oceania Stage p64 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36
scotland
Monday 23 July
london
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who n Rio Occupation London p82 n Showtime Entertainment n Baaba Maal hosts n BBC Prom 12 p73 n BBC Proms Chamber n Shakespeare: Staging The World n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012:
The BP Exhibition p59 Music 2 p72 Africa Utopia p63 Everywhere p82 Fell Into A Book p88
Gabler p90 n Open Stages Showcase p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101
n Peace Camp p81

wales
n Peace Camp p81
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36
Key
daily diary 26 July

wales

northern ireland
n NEST p39
north of england
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Ei Arakawa p36 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
wales
n The Sacred Truce
south of england

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Big Dance 2012 Urban Moves p50 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n NEST p39
north of england

Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Big Dance 2012 Urban Moves p50 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
Ursula Rani Sarma p94 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 15 p73 n Plcido Domingos Operalia Winners p67 n Wynton Marsalis Swing Symphony (Symphony No 3) p69 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Ei Arakawa p36 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
wales

Thursday 26 July
london
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who n Playing the Games p92 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n Baaba Maal hosts n BBC Prom 16 p73 n BBC Prom 17 p73 n Wynton Marsalis Swing
The BP Exhibition p59 Africa Utopia p63 Everywhere p82 Northala p82 Fell Into A Book p88

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Shakespeare: Staging The World n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012:
Symphony (Symphony No 3) p69
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak &
Compagnie Ubi p82 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37
Gabler p90 n Henry V RSC Young Company p99 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n NEST p39
north of england

Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Big Dance 2012 Urban Moves p50 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Ei Arakawa p36 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland

Meyyappan p93
wales
Tuesday 24 July
london
n In Water Im Weightless n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who n Rio Occupation London p82 n Showtime Entertainment

Kaite OReilly p90
Everywhere p82 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 13 p73 n BBC Prom 14 p73 n Otello The Royal Opera p102 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n BMW Art Cars p35
Wednesday 25 July
london

Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
n NEST p39
north of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Julius Caesar Royal
Surprises p88 Shakespeare Company p100 Absurd Person Singular p88
Family
Key
27 July daily diary

n Helen Petts Throw Them Up
and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n Ei Arakawa p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
n SECRETS: Hidden London
south of england
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

Meyyappan p93
wales

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Kaite OReilly p90
n NEST p39
north of england
Gathering and Ceremony of the Winds p79 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Battle for the Winds The
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Baaba Maal hosts Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 19 p73 n BBC Proms Saturday Matinee 2 p73 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Ei Arakawa p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
wales
n Battle for the Winds The Final n Diverse City Breathe p79 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Kurtag and Schubert p66 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Southampton and back p54 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 Battle p79
Sunday 29 July
london
n Playing the Games p92 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n Baaba Maal hosts n BBC Prom 20 p73 n BBC Prom 21 p73 n SECRETS: Hidden London The n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012:
of the Games p59 The BP Exhibition p59 Owl and the Pussycat p68 Africa Utopia p63 Everywhere p82 Northala p82 The Owl and the Pussycat p82

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Kaite OReilly p90
Friday 27 July
uk wide
n Martin Creed Work No 1197:
All the bells in a country rung as quickly and as loudly as possible for three minutes p66
Gabler p90 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n NEST p39
north of england
n Battle for the Winds The Search n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Eliza Carthy Welcome n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Songs p65 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33 n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti) 2012 p37 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 for Doldrums Lair p79
london
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who n Playing the Games p92 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n Baaba Maal hosts
Everywhere p82 Africa Utopia p63 n BBC Prom 18 p73 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 Northala p82 Fell Into A Book p88
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Ei Arakawa p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
wales
Saturday 28 July
london

Fell Into A Book p88 n Playing the Games p92 n Rio Occupation London p82
Aztec Trilogy Royal Shakespeare Company and Compaa Nacional de Teatro de Mxico p98 n Festival Of Chaos Hedda Gabler p90 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Stans Cafe Of All The People In All The World p101 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n NEST p39
north of england
n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Niet Normaal Difference on

Display p39 and Let Them Sing p37
Key
daily diary 2 August

midlands midlands midlands midlands

In All The World p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n Much Ado About Nothing
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41

south of england
n The Sacred Truce
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to
Southampton and back p54 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n Much Ado About Nothing n Twelfth Night Royal

Shakespeare Company p104 response p41
Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist

south of england
Ursula Rani Sarma p94 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Wilson Untrue Island p33
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40 Southampton and back p54
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40
Tuesday 31 July
london
Thursday 2 August
london
Monday 30 July
london
n Playing the Games p92 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 22 p73 n BBC Proms Chamber
Everywhere p82 Northala p82 The Owl and the Pussycat p82
n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment
Wednesday 1 August
london
n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment
Everywhere p82 Northala p82 The Owl and the Pussycat p82 End p90
n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment
Everywhere p82 Northala p82 The Owl and the Pussycat p82 End p90
Music 3 p73 n SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat p68 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
wales
n BBC Prom 23 p73 n BBC Prom 24 p74 n SECRETS: Hidden London The n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
wales
Owl and the Pussycat p68 The BP Exhibition p59 of the Games p59
n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 25 p74 n SECRETS: Hidden London The n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
wales
n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 26 p74 n SECRETS: Hidden London The n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
n In Water Im Weightless
n In Water Im Weightless n Richard La Trobe-Bateman

Kaite OReilly p90 Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
north of england
Kaite OReilly p90 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
north of england
n Skewered Snails Ramesh n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the

Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales

of Dreams p42
north of england
Meyyappan p93
Kaite OReilly p90
n The Sacred Truce
Ursula Rani Sarma p94 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
n In Water Im Weightless n A Hansel of Film Shetland to n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms
of Dreams p42 Making Triangles p40 Southampton and back p54 Kaite OReilly p90

Family
Key
3 August daily diary

north of england
n Prometheus Awakes Graeae

Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Theatre Company with La Fura dels Baus p92 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment

of Dreams p42
north of england
Kaite OReilly p90
n Much Ado About Nothing n The Tempest Royal
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales
Cabaret p44
Marathon p44
n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 30 p74 n BBC Prom 31 p74 n SECRETS: Hidden London The n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
midlands
Things Unseen p35
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 3 August
london
n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London
End p90
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n In Water Im Weightless n A Hansel of Film Shetland to n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
north of england
Kaite OReilly p90
Southampton and back p54
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales
Cabaret p44

Display p39
midlands
Marathon p44
Northala p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 27 p74 n SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat p68 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Global Alchemy p40
Things Unseen p35
Saturday 4 August
london
n Kids Week in the West
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth
Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45
End p90 n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n Rio Occupation London p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 28 p74 n BBC Prom 29 p74 n SECRETS: Hidden London The Owl and the Pussycat p68 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

north of england
n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms n Niet Normaal Difference on
Display p39
midlands
and Let Them Sing p37 of Dreams p42
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Kurtag and Schubert p66 n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40
n The Tempest Royal

response p41
south of england
Sunday 5 August
london
n Lone Twin The Boat n Treasures of China p59

Project p80
n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92

End p90
Key

Monday 6 August
london
Tuesday 7 August
london
n Troilus and Cressida Royal
north of england
n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London
End p90
n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London
End p90
Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

Display p39
midlands
Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 32 p74 n BBC Proms Chamber Music 4 p74 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 33 p74 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Global Alchemy p40
n Much Ado About Nothing n Troilus and Cressida Royal
Wednesday 8 August
london
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40 Surprises p88
Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales

north of england
n Y Storm Theatr Genedlaethol n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
northern ireland
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 34 p74 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Thursday 9 August
london

End p90
n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 35 p74 n BBC Prom 36 p74 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
Cymru p105

Display p39
midlands
n A Hansel of Film Shetland

to Southampton and back p54
north of england
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41 south of england n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59
midlands
wales
The BP Exhibition p59 of the Games p59
n Y Storm Theatr Genedlaethol n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42 Cymru p105
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
Ditty Boxes p35 Marathon p44 Cabaret p44
Family
Key

wales
n The Olympic Journey: The Story

of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Global Alchemy p40
northern ireland
n Benjamin Britten Noyes n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34

north of england
Fludde p64
n Coriolan/us National Theatre

Wales p98 n Y Storm Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru p105 n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
north of england
Saturday 11 August
london

Display p39
midlands
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth
Roadshow Improbable p89 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
wales
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

northern ireland
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 39 p75 n BBC Proms Saturday Matinee 3 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n A Midsummer Nights Dream (As n Much Ado About Nothing n Troilus and Cressida Royal
You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59 n Crystal Ball p36 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
Surprises p88 n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80 n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
n Benjamin Britten Noyes

Fludde p64
north of england
n 2008: Macbeth
Sunday 12 August
london
n World-Beating Improv p45 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Niet Normaal Difference on
Display p39
midlands
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth
TR Warszawa p100
n Kids Week in the West End p90 n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 40 p75 n BBC Prom 41 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42 of the Games p59 The BP Exhibition p59 Everywhere p82 Northala p82
Friday 10 August
london
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n Playing the Games p92 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Antonys Meltdown p63 n BBC Prom 37 p75 n BBC Prom 38 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59
n A Midsummer Nights Dream n Much Ado About Nothing n Troilus and Cressida Royal
(As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
wales
south of england


Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88
Key

scotland
p100
n 2008: Macbeth TR Warszawa n NVA Speed of Light p81 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to
n BBC Proms Chamber
Southampton and back p54 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Music 5 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Tuesday 14 August
london
midlands

End p90
n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 43 p75 n BBC Prom 44 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Trailblazers Britains Queens n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul
dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
south of england
n 2008: Macbeth
n Coriolan/us National Theatre n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms
of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Wales p98
TR Warszawa p100 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Everywhere p82
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
The BP Exhibition p59 of TV Comedy p45
Wednesday 15 August
london

End p90
n Meine faire Dame

north of england
Fludde p64
n Coriolan/us National Theatre n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Wales p98

Display p39
midlands
n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34

north of england

response p41
south of england
midlands
n Treasures of China p59 n Crystal Ball p36 Monday 13 August

london
Ein Sprachlabor Christoph Marthaler p91 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
n Tania Bruguera p93 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 45 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
The BP Exhibition p59 dos Ventos p34
n A Midsummer Nights Dream (As n Much Ado About Nothing

You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

Wales p98 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n 2008: Macbeth
n Meine faire Dame
TR Warszawa p100 Ein Sprachlabor Christoph Marthaler p91
End p90 n Tania Bruguera p93 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 42 p75

north of england

Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Treasures of China p59
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
Ditty Boxes p35 Marathon p44 Cabaret p44

Family
Key

wales
n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul

dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited

Global Alchemy p40 n See No Evil p40

north of england

Display p39
midlands

northern ireland
Friday 17 August
london
n 2008: Macbeth

north of england

Display p39
midlands
n A Midsummer Nights Dream n Much Ado About Nothing n Troilus and Cressida Royal
(As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
TR Warszawa p100 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 47 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n AntiVJ and Adrian Utley Mail, n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited n See No Evil p40
Global Alchemy p40 Maps and Motion p63 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
south of england

northern ireland
n 2008: Macbeth

Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40

north of england
midlands
Thursday 16 August
london
n A Midsummer Nights Dream (As

You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Troilus and Cressida Royal Shakespeare Company and The Wooster Group p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england

End p90
n Tania Bruguera p93 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London
TR Warszawa p100 n Meine faire Dame Ein Sprachlabor Christoph Marthaler p91 n Silviu Pucaretes Gullivers Travels p93 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Saturday 18 August
london

End p90
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 48 p76 n BBC Proms Saturday n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
Everywhere p82 Matinee 4 p75
n Coriolan/us National Theatre n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 46 p75 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Trailblazers Britains Queens of TV Comedy p45
Wales p98

Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Treasures of China p59

Fludde p64
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
Key

n Meine faire Dame
Ein Sprachlabor Christoph Marthaler p91 n Silviu Pucaretes Gullivers Travels p93 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Sunday 19 August
london
south of england
midlands
n Treasures of China p59 n See No Evil p40 Monday 20 August

london

response p41
n Kids Week in the West n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London
End p90
n Staffordshire Hoard an artist

south of england

northern ireland
Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 49 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n DruidMurphy

Surprises p88 Plays by Tom Murphy p89 Absurd Person Singular p88
n Meine faire Dame
Fludde p64 n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34

north of england
midlands
Ein Sprachlabor Christoph Marthaler p91 n Silviu Pucaretes Gullivers Travels p93 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 50 p76 n BBC Proms Chamber Music 6 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59 Tuesday 21 August

london

End p90
n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 51 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Trailblazers Britains Queens of n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n Silviu Pucaretes Gullivers
south of england

northern ireland
Travels p93 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
The BP Exhibition p59 TV Comedy p45 dos Ventos p34
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales
Cabaret p44

north of england

Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Treasures of China p59 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 n See No Evil p40
Fludde p64

northern ireland
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
n Niet Normaal Difference on

Display p39
midlands
n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34 n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37

north of england
Things Unseen p35

response p41
n Niet Normaal Difference

on Display p39

of Dreams p42 Making Triangles p40
Family
Key

northern ireland

north of england

Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
n Trailblazers Britains Queens

on Display p39
midlands

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
of TV Comedy p45 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59 Friday 24 August

uk wide
n Channel 4 House Party p56

london
n Les Naufrags Du Fol Espoir

north of england
n The Rape of Lucrece Camille n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy
Cabaret p44 Marathon p44
(Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine p91 OSullivan and Feargal Murray p103
n Cesario p98 n Julius Caesar Royal

End p90
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59

on Display p39
midlands
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 55 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
n King John Royal Shakespeare n Much Ado About Nothing

Company p102 aus Licht p69 Company p100 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales
Everywhere p82
Ditty Boxes p35
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare n Stockhausen Mittwoch n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist
response p41
south of england
Things Unseen p35
Wednesday 22 August
london
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 52 p76 n BBC Prom 53 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland

northern ireland
n A Midsummer Nights Dream n Les Naufrags Du Fol Espoir
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n DruidMurphy

Surprises p88 Plays by Tom Murphy p89 Absurd Person Singular p88
(As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 (Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine p91 OSullivan and Feargal Murray p103

north of england
n The Rape of Lucrece Camille n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy
Cabaret p44 Marathon p44
n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59 Thursday 23 August

london

on Display p39
midlands
n The Rape of Lucrece Camille
OSullivan and Feargal Murray p103 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 54 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Stockhausen Mittwoch aus Licht p69 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35

of Dreams p42
northern ireland

Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy p89
Key

n Krapps Last Tape Robert
Wilson p91 n The Sacred Truce Ursula Rani Sarma p94 n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34 n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Sinead ODonnell CAUTION p41
north of england
n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall

Commission p42
scotland
n Staffordshire Hoard an artist

response p41
south of england
wales

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n A Midsummer Nights Dream
n Lawnmowers Boomba Down n Niet Normaal Difference

on Display p39
midlands
the Tyne p80
n King John Royal Shakespeare
Company p100 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Stockhausen Mittwoch aus Licht p69 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
(As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 n Les Naufrags Du Fol Espoir (Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine p91 n The Rape of Lucrece Camille OSullivan and Feargal Murray p103 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Out of Water p92 n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59
n Krapps Last Tape Robert n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34 n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37
north of england
Wilson p91

on Display p39
midlands
Sunday 26 August
uk wide

london

response p41
south of england

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n DruidMurphy Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59
Saturday 25 August
uk wide

london
Roadshow Improbable p89 n Krapps Last Tape Robert Wilson p91 n Paralympic Flame Festival p81 n Gavin Bryars Ensemble The Sinking of the Titanic & The Beckett Songbook p65 n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34 n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Sinead ODonnell CAUTION p41
north of england
End p90 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Rio London Carnival p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 57 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Out of Water p92 n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59 Monday 27 August
london

End p90
n Rio London Carnival p82 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 58 p76 n BBC Prom 59 p76 n BBC Proms Chamber n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
Northala p82
n A Midsummer Nights Dream
Everywhere p82
n The Rape of Lucrece Camille n NVA Speed of Light p81 n Paralympic Flame
(As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98 OSullivan and Feargal Murray p103
Music 7 p76
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n SECRETS: Hidden London Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 56 p76 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41
n Lawnmowers Boomba Down

the Tyne p80 n Niet Normaal Difference on Display p39
midlands
n King John Royal Shakespeare n Much Ado About Nothing

Company p100 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare

Company p102 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Stockhausen Mittwoch aus Licht p69 n Boyd & Evans Views p35
Festival p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth Cabaret p44 n BBC Three Comedy Marathon p44 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Les Naufrags Du Fol Espoir

Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 (Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine p91
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
Family
Key

n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth
wales
n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Paralympic Flame
Festival p81 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Northala p82 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 60 p77 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Trailblazers Britains Queens of TV Comedy p45 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Paralympic Flame Lighting

Ceremony p81 n Eliza Carthy Welcome Songs p65 n Treasures of China p59
n The Comedy Of Errors Royal n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist
response p41
south of england
Wednesday 29 August
london
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Sue Austin Creating the n Treasures of China p59 Thursday 30 August
london
Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 Spectacle p88
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Les Naufrags Du Fol Espoir

Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 (Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine p91 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Ditty Boxes p35 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales
n Krapps Last Tape Robert
Wilson p91 n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34 n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Sinead ODonnell CAUTION p41
north of england
n Lawnmowers Boomba Down n Niet Normaal Difference

on Display p39
midlands
Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 61 p77 n BBC Prom 62 p77 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland

End p90

Shakespeare p95 Everywhere p82
n What You Will: Pop Up n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 63 p77 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
scotland
the Tyne p80

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n NVA Speed of Light p81 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 Things Unseen p35
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Sinead ODonnell

CAUTION p41
north of england

on Display p39
midlands
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n NVA Speed of Light p81 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
Things Unseen p35 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Mull Theatre Scota-land p90
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Out of Water p92 n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Treasures of China p59
Tuesday 28 August
london
Company p100 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n The Tempest Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
northern ireland

CAUTION p41
north of england
wales

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Crystal Ball p36 n Niet Normaal Difference

on Display p39
midlands

End p90

Shakespeare p95
n What You Will: Pop Up
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Robert Wilson Walking p93

CAUTION p41
north of england
Company p100 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102
n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Crystal Ball p36
Key
daily diary 1 September

on Display p39 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40
midlands
Company p100 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
south of england
Absurd Person Singular p88 n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill Surprises p88 n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p88 n Treasures of China p59
Fragments p51 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 nSinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42
scotland
n Marc Brew Company Fusional
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Sue Austin Creating the
Spectacle p88 n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic Fields p81 n Treasures of China p59 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture
scotland
Commission p42
Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n The Sacred Truce

Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 Ursula Rani Sarma p94 Things Unseen p35
Saturday 1 September
london
n NVA Speed of Light p81 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
wales

Kaite OReilly p90 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n King Lear Almeida Theatre p100 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens Bobby Baker p91 n The Ugly Spirit Fittings p94 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 66 p77 n BBC Prom 67 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 nSinead ODonnell CAUTION p41
n In Water Im Weightless
Company p88

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
Friday 31 August
london
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 n NVA Speed of Light p81 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the Edinburgh Art Festival p41
wales

CAUTION p41
north of england
n YesYesNo Connecting Light p59 n Crystal Ball p36 n Niet Normaal Difference
on Display p39
midlands
Company p88 n In Water Im Weightless Kaite OReilly p90 n Julius Caesar Royal Shakespeare Company p100 n Kids Week in the West End p90 n King Lear Almeida Theatre p100 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens Bobby Baker p91 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 64 p77 n BBC Prom 65 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
n Forests Calixto Bieito p99 n Much Ado About Nothing

Company p102

CAUTION p41
north of england
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare n The Tempest Royal

Shakespeare Company p104 Shakespeare Company p104 response p41
n YesYesNo Connecting Light p59 n Crystal Ball p36 n Niet Normaal Difference
on Display p39
midlands

south of england

Company p102
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Sue Austin Creating the n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic n Red Baraat p68 n Treasures of China p59
Fields p81 Spectacle p88 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare n Twelfth Night Royal

Shakespeare Company p104 n Boyd & Evans Views p35 n Staffordshire Hoard an artist response p41
Family
Key
2 September daily diary

Sunday 2 September
london
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the

wales
Company p88 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens Bobby Baker p91 n Stumble danceCircus Box of Frogs p93 n The Ugly Spirit Fittings p94 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Lawnmowers Samba Ceilidh p80 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 68 p77 n BBC Prom 69 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57 n Ha Ha Hackney: Looking Black p44 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 n Sinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland

northern ireland
n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37

north of england
n Crystal Ball p36 n Niet Normaal Difference

on Display p39
midlands
n The Comedy Of Errors Royal n Boyd & Evans Views p35

south of england
Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 nSinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland
n Caroline Bowditch Leaving
Tuesday 4 September
london
n Julius Caesar Royal n King Lear Almeida

Theatre p100 Bobby Baker p91 Shakespeare p95 Everywhere p82 Singers p65
n Mad Gyms and Kitchens n What You Will: Pop Up n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 71 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney n Simon Allen Resonance at the n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Chris Tally Evans Turning n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon n Simon McKeown Motion n Sue Austin Creating the n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up n Maurice Orr The Screaming n Paul Cummins The English n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland
Still Point of Change p69 The BP Exhibition p59 Points p56
n Robert Wilson Walking p93 n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic

Fields p81 n Treasures of China p59
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35
wales
MACROPOLIS p56

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Disabled Unlimited p57 Spectacle p57
Monday 3 September
london
dos Ventos p34
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 n Red Baraat p68 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35
Shakespeare Company p100 n King Lear Almeida Theatre p100 n Stumble danceCircus Box of Frogs p93 n The Ugly Spirit Fittings p94 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 70 p77 n BBC Proms Chamber Music 8 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35

CAUTION p41
north of england
Limbo Landing p36
n Africa Express p63

midlands
Silence of the Wind p39 Flower Garden p40
n Forests Calixto Bieito p99 n King John Royal Shakespeare n Much Ado About Nothing
south of england
Company p100
nSinead ODonnell
Global Alchemy p40
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic
Fields p81 n Treasures of China p59 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Africa Express p63 n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
Things Unseen p35
northern ireland
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90

CAUTION p41
Key

wales

north of england
n Red Baraat p68

midlands
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n The Comedy Of Errors Royal Shakespeare Company p103
south of england

Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic Fields p81 n Treasures of China p59
Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 nSinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland
n Caroline Bowditch Leaving
Thursday 6 September
london
scotland
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Cape Farewell Sea Change:

Things Unseen p35
wales
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Julius Caesar Royal
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35
wales
Wednesday 5 September
london
n Branches National Theatre

northern ireland
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Julius Caesar Royal
Shakespeare Company p100 n King Lear Almeida Theatre p100 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens Bobby Baker p91 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 72 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning oints p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p51 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35

CAUTION p41
north of england

midlands
n Forests Calixto Bieito p99 n King John Royal Shakespeare
Company p100 n Much Ado About Nothing Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard III Royal Shakespeare Company p102 n Twelfth Night Royal Shakespeare Company p104
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic n Treasures of China p59
Fields p81 Surprises p88 Absurd Person Singular p88
Shakespeare Company p100 n King Lear Almeida Theatre p100 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens Bobby Baker p91 n Skewered Snails Ramesh Meyyappan p93 n The Garden Graeae and Strange Fruit p83 n Wah! Wah! Girls p95 n What You Will: Pop Up Shakespeare p95 n Worlds Together Education Conference p105 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 73 p77 n BBC Prom 74 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57 n Candoco Unlimited p50 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 n Sinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
n Branches National Theatre n Africa Express p63 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms
of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Wales p88

CAUTION p41
midlands

Company p102
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare n The Tempest Royal

Shakespeare Company p104 Shakespeare Company p104
n Twelfth Night Royal n Red Baraat p68
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic n Treasures of China p59 Friday 7 September
london
Fields p81
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Julius Caesar Royal n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100 Bobby Baker p91 Strange Fruit p83 Shakespeare Company p100
n Mad Gyms and Kitchens n The Garden Graeae and n Wah! Wah! Girls p95 n What You Will: Pop Up n Worlds Together Education n Showtime Entertainment n BBC Prom 75 p77
Everywhere p82 Conference p105 Shakespeare p95
Family
Key
8 September daily diary

n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney
north of england
Singers p65 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57 n Sue Austin Creating the Spectacle p57 n David Toole and Lucy Hind The Impending Storm p51 n Janice Parker Private Dancer p51 n Laurence Clark Inspired p45 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 n Sinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland
n We Play Expo: Digital
Caravans p57 n We Play Expo: Emoto Visualising Global Emotion p57 n We Play Expo: Handprint p57 n We Play Expo: Humble Market p57
midlands
n Forests Calixto Bieito p99 n King John Royal Shakespeare n Much Ado About Nothing n The Tempest Royal
Shakespeare Company p104 n Mandala p80 n Red Baraat p68
south of england
Company p100
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic n Africa Express p63 n Treasures of China p59 Saturday 8 September
london
Absurd Person Singular p88 Surprises p88 Fields p81
Spectacle p57 n Claire Cunningham Mnage Trois p50 n David Toole and Lucy Hind The Impending Storm p51 n Janice Parker Private Dancer p51 n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul dos Ventos p34 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving Limbo Landing p36 n Casa Brazil p36 n DASH Arts M21 p36 n Helen Petts Throw Them Up and Let Them Sing p37 n Maurice Orr The Screaming Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 nSinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland
n Sue Austin Creating the
n We Play Expo: Humble

Market p57
midlands
n Forests Calixto Bieito p99 n King John Royal Shakespeare n Much Ado About Nothing
Company p102 Company p100 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare n The Comedy Of Errors Royal

south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill n Gnrik Vapeur n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic n Treasures of China p59 Sunday 9 September
uk wide
Waterlitz p80 Fields p81
n Bandstand Marathon p63

london
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Julius Caesar Royal n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100 Strange Fruit p83 Shakespeare Company p100
Roadshow Improbable p89 n Michael Clark at Glasgow Barrowland p51 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35
wales
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n The Garden Graeae n What You Will: Pop Up n Showtime Entertainment n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Chris Tally Evans Turning n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon n Simon McKeown Motion n Sue Austin Creating n Janice Parker Private n Ha Ha Hackney: The Golden n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Caroline Bowditch Leaving n DASH Arts M21 p36
Limbo Landing p36 dos Ventos p34 Years of Variety p45 Dancer p51 the Spectacle p57 Disabled Unlimited p57 MACROPOLIS p56 Points p56 The BP Exhibition p59 Singers p65 Everywhere p82 Shakespeare p95 and Strange Fruit p83
n The Garden Graeae and n Wah! Wah! Girls p95 n What You Will: Pop Up
n Branches National Theatre

northern ireland
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35 n A Hansel of Film Shetland to Southampton and back p54
wales
n Branches National Theatre n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms

of Dreams p42
northern ireland
Wales p88
n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Humble Market-Place p37 n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Shakespeare p95 n Worlds Together Education Conference p105 n Showtime Entertainment Everywhere p82 n Africa Express p63 n BBC Prom 76 p77 n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney Singers p65 n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66 n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n Chris Tally Evans Turning Points p56 n Diverse City Breathe p56 n Joel Simon MACROPOLIS p56 n Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited p57
n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Humble Market-Place p37 n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
north of england
n Jorge Macchi Liverpool n Oded Hirsch Liverpool n We Play Expo: Digital n We Play Expo: Emoto
Caravans p57 Visualising Global Emotion p57 n We Play Expo: Handprint p57 Biennial 2012 p39 Biennial 2012 p37
Key

Silence of the Wind p39 n Paul Cummins The English Flower Garden p40 n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited Global Alchemy p40 nSinead ODonnell CAUTION p41 n The Changing Room p41 n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
scotland northern ireland midlands
n Maurice Orr The Screaming
n Michael Clark at Glasgow
Barrowland p51 n Cape Farewell Sea Change: Things Unseen p35

wales
n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37 n Humble Market-Place p37

north of england
n Jorge Macchi Liverpool
n Mandala p80 n Sunday Fiesta World Event

Young Artists 2012 p83
south of england
Biennial 2012 p37 n Oded Hirsch Liverpool Biennial 2012 p39 n We Play Expo: Digital Caravans p57 n We Play Expo: Emoto Visualising Global Emotion p57 n We Play Expo: Handprint p57 n We Play Expo: Humble Market p57
n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic n Red Baraat p68 n Treasures of China p59

Fields p81
Einstein on the Beach, page 65
Family
Key
The road to Rio

The London 2012 Festival closes on 9 September. But that wont be the end of the story. It should leave great artistic commissions, great memories, opportunities for new audiences, even new jobs, and more
orld Peace Day is 21 September, when artists from the London 2012 Festival will hand over the inspiration of the Olympic Truce to artists working towards Rio 2016. New commissions from the London 2012 Festival will go on tour with organisations from all over the world. Great pieces such as the Orbit, Anish Kapoors largest ever artwork, will remain as a visitor attraction in the Olympic Park. Rachel Whitereads new faade for the Whitechapel Gallery is an enduring monument in stone for all to see; and anybody who bought an official poster for the Games will have their own artwork at home. The artistic legacy is not simply about the number of new works created, but also about great images and memories for all of us. Tweet your thoughts and share your experiences on the Festival website and you will help create a unique collection of memories of a summer that will be like no other.
Cate Blanchetts unforgettable performance in Big & Small at the Barbican, co-commissioned by Sydney, Paris, Vienna, the Ruhr and the London 2012 Festival
Joint adventures When organisers started on the Festival journey in 2008 they aimed to make a lasting difference. They wanted to encourage both tourists and UK residents to experience the countrys cultural riches and inspire people to come to cultural events for the first time. They also aimed to bring culture into the centre of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This has been achieved by creating innovative partnerships: public funders and private sponsors; arts organisations; broadcasters such as the BBC and Channel 4; cities and communities whose residents normally sit at opposite ends of sports stadia. The fruits of these partnerships will outlive the Festival. Legacy Trust UK, BP and Arts Council England, for example, are using the event as a springboard for 1,000 young unemployed people in the Host Boroughs to get jobs in the arts over the next few years.
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Goodbye, London The next UK city in the cultural limelight is Derry/Londonderry, UK City of Culture 2013. A joint programme with the London 2012 Festival will help show off Derry/Londonderrys creative invention into 2013 and beyond. In 2014 the Commonwealth Games will give Scottish arts a chance to shine. London 2012 organisers have been working with Scottish partners on artistic projects starting in 2012 and building up to 2014. Welcome Rio In 2016, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, hosts the next Olympic and Paralympic Games, and for many artists from Brazil and the UK, the artistic journey starts in the London 2012 Festival. In Rio Occupations London, 30 Rio artists burst on to the streets of the capital for an exuberant 30-day residency of art, music, dance, theatre, film and poetry. Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil and his friends inspire young UK musicians in Back2Black, and great carnival artists work together for the first time from the Isle of Wight to Tyneside. This includes the worlds leading disabled carnival troupe from Rio, inspiring UK carnival audiences and artists in 2012 and looking forward to 2016. So London 2012 is delighted to wish Rio 2016 boa noite e boa sorte thats goodnight, and good luck.
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Thanks to
Cultural Olympiad board members
Lord Hall CBE (Chairman) Nick Allott Jackie Brock-Doyle Alan Davey Vikki Heywood Jude Kelly OBE Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE Neil MacGregor OM Dugald Mackie Munira Mirza Bill Morris LVO Greg Nugent Sir Nicholas Serota Nicholas Snowman Mark Thompson Observers Nick Cady (Secretary) Roger Mosey Dame Janet Paraskeva DBE
Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival team

Chris Adams Stephanie Akinyelure Omer Ali Leonie Bell Chenine Bhathena Erica Bolton Paul Brookes Francesca Canty Louise Champion Louise Chantal Symi Cheema Jennifer Crook Richard Crowe Nick Dodds Martin Duncan Lorna Fulton Hadrian Garrard Laia Gasch Sarah Goodfellow Tessa Gordziejko Tuesday Gutierrez Fran Hegyi Jo Hemmant Nigel Hinds Liz Hughes Claire Hutchinson Will Hutchinson Elizabeth Kaye Paul Kaynes Debbi Lander Caterina Loriggio Anna Lowe Ruth Mackenzie OBE Kathryn Martindale Andrea Mattis Sir Brian McMaster Nathalie Meghriche Su Moore John Mortlock Wahome Muchiri Sarah Naisby Geraldine Oakley Alex Poots Kendrah Potts Martin Sainsbury Sandip Sarai Sally Shaw Justine Simons Cian Smyth Eckhard Thiemann Jenny Waldman Scott Walker Margherita Watt Lisa Westcott Wilkins Gwyn Williams Paul Woodmansey
Published under licence from London 2012 by Haymarket Network, Teddington Studios, Broom Road, Teddington, Middlesex TW11 9BE, UK. Telephone +44 (0)20 8267 5000. Reprinting in whole or in part is forbidden except with prior permission of the publisher. Due care is taken to ensure that the content of this guide is fully accurate, but the publisher and printer cannot accept liability for errors or omissions. Views expressed by the contributors are not necessarily shared by LOCOG. All rights reserved. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. A company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at One Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LN and registered number 05267819. Brochure photography All images are their respective owners and may not be reproduced without permission. There are many beautiful images in this guide. A huge thank you to all of our partners and the photographers who have provided imagery. Full details of all the images in this guide can be found on the London 2012 Festival website: london2012.com/festival/about Photographers Maarten van den Abeele; Loulou dAki; Alamy; Simon Annand; Sven Arnstein; Thomas Aurin; Iwan Baan; Tito, Sarnath Banerjee, 2008, Courtesy Project 88; Jim Banks; Mark Barton; Chris Christodoulou/BBC; Xavier Boymond; Kate Brooks; Cactus Images; Angela Caitlin; Richard Campbell; Gustavo Campos; Chris Christodoulou; Corbis; Tony Cragg Tongue in Cheek, 2002 Tony Cragg Courtesy the artist and Cass Sculpture Foundation; Peter Dibdin; Lorcan Doherty; Jillian Edelstein; Stephen Emerson; Tracey Emin, Sex 1 25-11-07 Sydney Courtesy Tracey Emin Studio; Detlef Erler; Northala Fields, ForM Associates; Shirlaine Forrest; Elliott Franks; Jon Furniss; Rachel Gadsden; Philip Gatward; Getty Images; Angelos Giotopoulos; Hugo Glendinning; Jason Hawkes; Peter Saville_Hayes Davidson_Herzog and de Meuron; Andy Hollingworth; Adrian Houston; Lucie Jansch; Joshua Jordan; Daniel Saint Lger; Clay McBride; Marc Marnie; Sergio Martins; Alan McAteer; Martin McKeown; Kois Miah; Monika Ritterhaus/BBC; Museu Bispo do Rosrio/ Rodrigo Lopes; National Theatre of China; Yoko Ono with her installation_Sky Ladders Photo by Stephan Crasneanscki/Yoko Ono; Kate Pattison; Keith Pattison; Isabel Pinto; Xiao Quan; Reuters; Rex Features; Monika Ritterhaus; Kevin Ryan; Thomas von Salomon; Pete Schiazza; Coalbrookdale by night, by Philippe Jacques. De Loutherbourg, 1801 Science Museum/Science and Society Picture Library; Judith Schlosser; Science & Society Picture Library; Herman Sorgeloos; Takahiro Watanabe; Finlay MacKay_Evil Stella by Ayomide Jawoniyi/The Itch of The Golden Nit/ Tate Movie Project/Tate, 2011; Tino Sehgal courtesy of Andrew Dunkley/Tate Photography; Sandra Then; Lisa Tomasetti; Mathieu Tonetti; Alison Turnbull; Luke Varley; Charlotte Vogel; Dave Warren; Chris Watt; Rachel Whiteread; Karen Wright; Daniella Zalcman.
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Huge thanks again to our great funding partners, sponsors and supporters
Premier Partners of the London 2012 Festival
Supporters of the London 2012 Festival
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Winning T teamwork
The Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival have been made possible by the investment of organisations across the UK. Here, wed like to say thank you to our Premier Partners and Principal Funders
Premier Partners of the London 2012 Festival
he Cultural Olympiad has already created many partnerships and a real legacy. Frequently, this is due to the involvement of our funders and sponsors. They have created new projects, worked with local communities and made a lasting impact. The Itch of the Golden Nit is a perfect, and award-winning, example. The film was brought together by Tate and the creative magic of Aardman Animation, with funding from Legacy Trust UK and BP. The film has since won a BAFTA award a true sign of a remarkable partnership. Long-term partnerships BPs involvement with the Cultural Olympiad began in 2009 with London 2012 Open Weekend. In excess of three million people participated in more than 3,000 arts, culture and sports events over three years of the project. Building on its 30-year support for arts and culture in the UK, BP is working with its four longstanding arts partners and introducing new collaborations to help deliver more events that will inspire everyone
to be part of London 2012. New collaborations include the Olympic Journey: Story of the Games with the Olympic Museum and the Royal Opera House. The partnership with the Royal Opera House also enables the BP Summer Big Screens, bringing the magic of live opera and ballet to audiences across the UK. The National Portrait Gallerys Next Generation programme offers opportunities for young people to engage with portraiture through the BP Portrait Award. The Shakespeare: staging the world exhibition at the British Museum is going to be a hit of the summer, and is part of BPs wider support of the World Shakespeare Festival. www.bp.com/london2012festival Share amazing experiences BT is the official communications services partner of London 2012, helping to share all the sporting action with a global audience, but it understands that the Games are about more than just sport. BT is bringing people together to share amazing experiences this summer. Launched in 2009, BTs Road to 2012 project with the National
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Opposite page: BT Road to 2012 (page 35). This page clockwise from top left: Land of Giants (page 80); The Itch of the Golden Nit (page 57); Simon McKeown Motion Disabled Unlimited (page 57); The Rest is Silence dreamthinkspeak (page 104)
Evil Stella drawn by Ayomide Jawoniyi, aged 8 The Itch of The Golden Nit, Tate Movie Project, Tate, 2011
Portrait Gallery is creating 100 new photographic portraits that tell the stories of the people behind the Games from the bid phase, through venue construction, to the athletes aiming for a place in the British Olympic and Paralympic teams. BT is supporting the re-release of the digitally restored version of the British film classic Chariots of Fire in cinemas across the UK this July. BT River of Music, also supported by the Olympic Lottery Distributor and Arts Council England, will welcome the world to London with a weekend of free live music from across the globe, giving people a fantastic and free London 2012 experience. www.btlondon2012.co.uk Nationwide programme Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England and their largest public funder. It believes great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. Its investment has helped shape a spectacular, nationwide programme of thousands of arts and cultural events. Projects range
from Unlimited, the largest-ever programme of ambitious work by disabled and deaf artists, and Stories of the World, where 1,500 young people were recruited as curators, and Artists taking the lead, a series of 12 artist commissions across the nation. Arts Council Englands support will bring great art to more people, inspire new audiences, put artists on an international stage, and generate new partnerships and collaborations. The powerful legacy will continue long after the Games. www.artscouncil.org.uk World-class events As well as providing National Lottery funding to the infrastructure of the London 2012 Games, the Olympic Lottery Distributor has supported world-class events across the UK through its involvement in the Cultural Olympiad and the London 2012 Festival. Its support for Film Nation is an outstanding example of this. Over the past two years, Film Nation Shorts has enabled hundreds of young people across the UK to get actively involved in film making.
The OLD is also supporting manyof the flagship Festival projects, including the World Shakespeare Festival, Fire Garden, Peace Camp and the Unlimited commissions. www. olympiclotterydistributor.org.uk Lasting legacy Legacy Trust UK was set up in 2007 to leave a lasting cultural legacy from the London 2012 Games by funding a wide rangeofcultural, sporting and educational activities across the UK.So far more than 7 million people have connected with theseprojects. Many of Legacy Trust UKs projects are part of the London 2012 Festival, including On the Night Shift, which will mark the 21June opening night at Lake Windermere; Speed of Light, whichwill illuminate Arthurs Seat inEdinburgh, and Land of Giants, which is celebrating Northern Irelands heritage. Legacy Trust UK will continue to deliver a lasting legacy for communities across the UK long after the Games have ended. www.legacytrustuk.org Find more information at london2012.com/festival
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London 2012 Festival

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Seb Coe Chair, London 2012 Organising Committee

Tony Hall Chair, Cultural Olympiad Board

Principal Funders of the London 2012 Festival

Supporters of the London 2012 Festival

Art, Design & Exhibitions

32 Objects to inspire Thomas Heatherwick designs 33 Event listings

Outdoor & Carnival

Poetry & Storytelling

84 A world of words The Poetry Parnassus festival 85 Event listings

Film, Broadcast & Digital

Theatre & Performance

53 New films Four new commissions by exciting UK film-makers 54 Event listings

Museums & Heritage

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Tinie Tempah, BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012 page 64

Outdoor and Carnival page 78

Have a fabulous Festival

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The Directors cut

Stonehenge Fire Garden, page 79

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Where will you be on

Lakes Alive, Bowness-on-Windermere

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2. the Big Concert

3. Peace One Day Global truce Countdown Concert

Jude Law, Peace One Day Ambassador

4. Weltethos Jonathan Harvey

Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Daredevil stunts over London

the unforgettable summer of

Magical opera by Albarn

arge that laughs The b

Love poetry around the coast

6 free music stages

along the Thames

Shakespear e from all o ver the wor ld

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Manchester meets Africa

Ensemble by Benin artist Meschac Gaba

ters g quartet in helicop Strin

Fashion & art co llusion

the great art escape

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Get into t he Game s

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artists who change the world

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Swing into action

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Hot tickets: Unlimited

what is norMal anyway?

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the kids are alright

ture ctor Who adven A Do

The audience are the heroes, and its their mission

Toys on the run

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How to book tickets

Event website visit for access and ticket information

BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012: Jay-Z (page 64)