London 2012 Festival

London 2012 Festival
Ofcial guide 21 June to 9 September

Inside the guide
5 Have a fabulous Festival
6 The Directors cut
Director Ruth Mackenzie
gives a taste of the
Festival programme
8 Where will you be
on 21 June?
Four sensational performances
taking place on opening day
12 The unforgettable
summer of 2012
Once-in-a-lifetime experiences
18 The great art escape
Find something amazing
happening near you
20 Free London
Cultural experiences
across the city
22 Artists who change the world
Astonishing bodies of work
from Hitchcock to Hirst
24 Swing into action
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
Art, Design & Exhibitions
32 Objects to inspire
Thomas Heatherwick designs
33 Event listings
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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.
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
Principal Funders of the London 2012 Festival
Supporters of the London 2012 Festival
Find more information at london2012.com/festival 3
Comedy
43 Playing it for laughs
Stephen Fry curates at
the Criterion Theatre
44 Event listings
Dance
46 Power and beauty
Dance inspired by
extraordinary places
47 Event listings
Film, Broadcast & Digital
53 New lms
Four new commissions by
exciting UK lm-makers
54 Event listings
Museums & Heritage
58 Magnicent feats
Artefacts of Games history,
including how the medals
were forged
59 Event listings
Music
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
Outdoor & Carnival
78 Tricks of the light
Fell runners illuminate the
landscape in Edinburgh
79 Event listings
Poetry & Storytelling
84 A world of words
The Poetry Parnassus festival
85 Event listings
Theatre & Performance
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
Daily Diary
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 Ofcial London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Poster
Display page 39
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Tinie Tempah,
BBC Radio 1s Hackney
Weekend 2012 page 64
Outdoor and Carnival
page 78
W
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 lm, youll nd something you
can get involved in.

Plan your Festival
Inside youll nd 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
Ofce 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
There are millions of opportunities to take
part in the London 2012 Festival, many
completely free heres how to nd
something youll love
Have a
fabulous
Festival
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 nd
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 rst 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
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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, lm 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 ghting
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
ve 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
nale, 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!
IF WE GET THE FESTIVAL RIGHT,
PEOPLE WILL REMEMBER 2012 NOT
JUST FOR AMAZING SPORT, BUT
FOR UNFORGETTABLE ART AS WELL
RUTH MACKENZIE LONDON 2012 FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
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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.
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: proling 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 ow
BT River of Music: six stages
with artists from ve
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
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
21 June?
A stunningly choreographed,
large-scale rework 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
The London 2012 Festival starts on
a high with four thrilling events lined
up for the opening day
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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 lling the air
with rhythmic drumbeats from their
unique fusion of reworks and
percussion work.
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
1. On the Night Shift
Lakes Alive, Bowness-on-Windermere
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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 reworks
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
reworks to nish the evening.
The Big Concert, page 69
Ill have butteries 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
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.
2. The Big Concert
Raploch, Stirling
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
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
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
It feels a lot better doing
things for other people than
doing things for yourself
Jude Law, Peace One Day Ambassador
As ambassador for Peace One
Day, theres only one place youll
nd 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 rst major event
to take place in the former army
barracks, and the echoes of the
soldiers marching will be pushed
rmly 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
lmmaker Jeremy Gilley back in
1999, with the aim of establishing
an annual day of global ceasere
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
4. Weltethos
Jonathan Harvey
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
3. Peace One Day
Global Truce
Countdown Concert
Derry/Londonderry
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The unforgettable
summer of
2012
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
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
Daredevil stunts over London
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 inuences.
Albarns musical ensemble,
featuring traditional instruments
including an oldEnglish lute, joins
him on stage adding Elizabethan
air to the orchestral score.
Damon Albarns Dr Dee,
page 65
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.
Albarn makes use of his
innate gift for melody and
brilliance in mixing genres
Magical opera by Albarn
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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
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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More than a thousand
artists from around the
world will take part in 72
Shakespeare productions
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
Shakespeares global
inuence 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
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AFRICAN FESTIVAL
Top: African art and
performance will
pervade the streets
ofManchester
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
Manchester meets Africa
The hot choreographer in
Berlin, Constanza Macras works for
the rst 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
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

Ensemble by Benin artist
Meschac Gaba
Magical beings
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
Its being staged in a former
warehouse in Birmingham and will
feature astring quartet streamed
live fromfour ying helicopters. The
much-anticipated world premiere
ofKarlheinz Stockhausens
Mittwoch aus Licht promises to be
a musical and theatrical revelation.
The most signicant 20th-century
composer of electronic music,
Stockhausen regarded Mittwoch
ashis masterpiece. He is reputed
tohave prayed daily for its rst
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 rst time all six parts of the
opera have been staged together.
Mittwoch aus Licht / Wednesday
from Light, page 69
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The great
art escape
Who says drama has to be
conned 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
Belfast
Land of Giants:
Northern Irelands
largest-ever outdoor
arts event. p80, 81
LLandow, Wales
Y Storm: Welsh translation of
Shakespeares The Tempest with
live music and magic. p105
Ilkley
Jez Colborne Irresistible:
Open-air choral symphony by the
Bradford musician. p66
Valtos, Isle of Lewis
Peace Camp: Love-poetry-
inspired encampments on
the coast. p85
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Speed of Light:
Runners in
glowing suits
light up Arthurs
Seat at night.
p81
Borders
Forest Pitch:
Football matches
in the middle of
the woods. p36
Windermere
On The Night
Shift: Pyrotechnics
and percussion by
the lakeside.
p80
Ripon
How Like an
Angel: Aerial
circus skills in the
countrys nest
cathedrals. p88
Aldeburgh
Aldeburgh World
Orchestra:
Musicians from across
the globe form an
orchestra. p63
Stonehenge
Fire Garden: The
monument
transformed into
aglowing fairytale
environment. p79
Bexhill
Hang On A Minute Lads:
A full-size coach dangles
off De La Warr Pavilion.
p40
Telford
Kurt Hentschlger
CORE: Digital
projections at
Ironbridge Gorge.
p38
Bristol
See No Evil: Street artist Inkie
creates Europes largest street
art festival. p40
Hadrians Wall
Connecting Light: art that pulses
messages along the length of the
wall. p59
London
Mark Rylance in pop-up
Shakespeare all around the
capital. p95
Nottingham and
Birmingham
Mandala: 3D architectural
projection is fused with South
Asian dance and music p80
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The capital will be zzing 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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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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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
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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
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
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

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
Big Dance
City-wide
Dancing in the streets and
the parks, palaces, museums,
and libraries from performers
and the public.
p47
M
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Big Dance
3. Tracey Emin:
She Lay Down
Deep Beneath
The Sea
Emin explores
love, sex and
romanticism at
the Turner
Contemporary
Gallery in her
home town of
Margate. Works
on erotic subjects
by Emin, JMW
Turner and
Auguste Rodin
will be presented
together for the
rst time.
Page 42
2. Jubilation:
The Music of
George
Benjamin
Virtuoso concerts
drawing together
a great range of
Benjamins music.
It centres on the
Philharmonia
Orchestras
performance of
Jubilation, his
1985 work for
orchestra, mixed
childrens group
and choir,
conducted by the
composer.
Page 66
1. Damien Hirst
An insight into
Hirsts work at
Tate Modern.
More than 70
works will
provide a survey
of the 25 years
this inuential
and controversial
artist has been in
the public eye.
Page 36
6. The Genius of
Hitchcock
The BFI National
Archive has
restored a series
of Alfred
Hitchcocks silent
masterpieces to
their former glory.
Musical
luminaries such
as Nitin
Sawhney and
Soweto Kinch
have written new
scores, which will
be performed
live at Festival
screenings.
Page 57
4. Tanztheater
Wuppertal Pina
Bausch
Sadlers Wells
and the Barbican
are staging
a major
retrospective of
choreographer
Pina Bausch. The
season features
10 works (seven
UK premieres),
each created at
the invitation of
a global city and
exploring a
different location.
Page 52
5. DruidMurphy
Three plays by
Tom Murphy tell
the epic story of
Irish immigration
from 1846 to
1980. The Tony
Award-winning
Druid Theatre
Company
performs the
plays over the
course of three
evenings or in an
entire cycle on
one day.
Page 89
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change the
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The Festival has invited rare collections of work from great
gures of contemporary art, music, theatre, lm, comedy
and dance, giving unparalleled insights into their art
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Queens of
TV Comedy
Joyce Grenfell,
Hattie Jacques
and Diana Dors
are among the
icons honoured
in this ve-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
10. Happy Days
Beckett Festival
The worlds rst
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
8. Yoko Ono
The Serpentine
Gallerys
exhibition
examines Onos
huge impact on
contemporary
art, music,
lm 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
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This ambitious
exhibition
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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
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.
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Ayckbourn
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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
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Ayckbourn play
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Swing
into
action
27 July is the rst 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
O
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 amplication. 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 reects 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
To sign up to ring a bell,
go to allthebells.com...
...and youll get an
exclusive free Martin
Creed ringtone
Some other ways you can join in
Get involved!
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
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,
ashmobs and competitions, and if
you need to catch your breath you
can also take in breathtaking
performances and lm 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
B
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.
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
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Unmissable
Unlimited
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
ipside 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 nally 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
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
S
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 rst 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 rst 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
rst started to explore the use of her
crutches on stage.
Within two years her rst
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-afrming spectacle, and ME
took a Herald Angel award at the
2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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
It can only enrich all artforms
if they are open to different
lived experiences
Claire Cunningham
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 rst 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
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 red
thousands of blooms (above),
tailoring each to its location.
Cummins hopes his work will
help make art as accessible as
the owers 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
All Unlimited commissions
will be showcased at the
Southbank Centre, London,
31 August 9 September,
during the Paralympic Games
Hot tickets:
Unlimited
C
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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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
The kids
are alright
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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.
Great events for and by children
Hot tickets
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. Multi-
talented 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
Toys on the run
A festival of stories
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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
How to book tickets
There are millions of opportunities to get involved in the London 2012
Festival. Heres how to nd 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
ofce 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
ofce for each event will provide
more specic access details.
Event listings
You can search for events in this
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BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012: Jay-Z (page 64)
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Pina Bausch (page 52)
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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
Art,
Design &
Exhibitions
The largest commission
of all, the Orbit by Anish
Kapoor (page 42),
towers above the
Olympic Stadium
OBJECTS
TO INSPIRE
The rst 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
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Tino Sehgal
Turbine Hall
Tate Modern,
London
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
sunower 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.
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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
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de
Meuron Serpentine Gallery
Pavilion 2012
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
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
Anthony McCall Column
A vertical, spinning column of cloud rising
from the surface of Wirral Waters, visible
across the North West and beyond. FREE
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
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
Art in the Park Carsten Nicolai
Ifo spectrum
A colourful representation of the ve 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
Merseyside is the site for Anthony McCalls Column, a vertical cloud stretching as high as the eye can see
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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
Art in the Park History Trees
Ackroyd & Harvey
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
Art in the Park Keith Wilson
Steles (Waterworks)
These striking installations evoking nautical way-
markers in vivid colours connect the parkland
with the river owing through it.
From 27 July
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.
From 27 July
Art in the Park Winning
Words
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
Arthur Bispo do Rosrio
Azul dos Ventos
Explore the work of this visionary artist
who continues to inuence Brazilian
art and whose global reputation continues
to grow. FREE
13 August 30 September
V&A, London
www.vam.ac.uk
020 7907 7073
Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett
The lm 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
028 6634 2806
Arthur Bispo
do Rosrio
V&A, London
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 rst
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 therst major
show of hiswork in the
UK, shared with the
So Paulo Biennial. Jeff Koonss car from BMW Art Cars, a collection of cars with bodywork designs by world-renowned artists
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Cape Farewell Sea Change:
Things Unseen
New solo work by visual artist Anne Bevan
on the invisible life of the sea. FREE
Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
www.capefarewell.com/seachange
Things Unspoken
New work by visual artists Anne Bevan
and Andrea Roe exploring human and
animal behaviour, natural history and the
environment. FREE
24 May 13 July
Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
www.rbs.org.uk/whats-on
020 7373 8615
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
01870 603 970
21 June 24 June
An Tobar, Isle of Mull
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
7 August 28 August
Shetland Museum, Shetland
01595 695 057
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
21 June 24 June
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 rst 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
21 June 23 September
National Portrait Gallery, London
www.npg.org.uk
020 7306 0055
Britain Creates 2012: Fashion
+ Art Collusion
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
BT Road to 2012
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
www.npg.org.uk
020 7306 0055
Bird Yarns
Artist Deirdre Nelson and Mulls knitters create a
ock of lost Arctic terns, then provide a welcome
of food, music and poetry. FREE
Hebridean tiger moths studied during Cape Farewells boat expedition across the Scottish Islands
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DASH Arts M21
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
Southbank Centre, London
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Design Stories The Architecture
behind 2012
Films, images, models and a new 14m mural
showcase the design stories behind Londons
newest architectural landmarks. FREE
Royal Institute of British Architects, London
www.architecture.com
020 7307 3694
Douglas Gordon The End of
Civilisation
A piano burns in this epic lm 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
Caroline Bowditch Leaving
Limbo Landing
Experience performance artist and
disabled dance-maker Bowditchs
new collaborative installation. Aspart
of Unlimited. FREE
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
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
Abandon Normal Devices Festival, across the
North West
www.andfestival.org.uk
Damien Hirst
The rst 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
Damien Hirst continues to divide opinion about his works, which have become iconic symbols of Britart
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
Ei Arakawa
New commission by the award-winning, New
York-based Japanese artist. FREE
24 July 29 July
Tate Modern Oil Tanks, London
020 7887 8888
Exploratory Laboratory
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
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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23 June 26 August
FACT, Liverpool
www.fact.co.uk
0151 707 4464
Humble Market-Place
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
International Architecture and
Design Showcase
A series of international exhibitions and
installations. FREE
Embassies and Cultural Institutions, London
www.britishcouncil.org/london2012
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
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
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
25 June 9 September
Poplar Baths, William Morris Gallery,
billboard sites across London
www.friezefoundation.org/projects-east
Government Art Collection
at the Whitechapel Gallery
Highlights from this world-class collection
of British art are shown in a public gallery
for the rst time in its 113-year history. FREE
21 June 2 September
Whitechapel Gallery, London
www.whitechapelgallery.org
020 7522 7888
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
Heatherwick Studio
Designing The Extraordinary
The rst 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
Helen Petts Throw Them Up and
Let Them Sing
Digital lm 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
0844 847 9910
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
Frieze
Projects
East
Popping up across
the UK
Frieze are based in East

London and, for the rst
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.
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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
Maria Thereza Alves Ballast
Seed Garden
A oating 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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Kurt Hentschlger CORE
Giant projections give glimpses into a weightless
world populated by humanoid gures, at
Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. FREE
23 March 30 September
Enginuity, Ironbridge Gorge, Telford
www.ironbridge.org.uk
01952 433424
Lucian Freud Portraits
A major exhibition focusing for the
rst time on 70 years of portraiture by
the great artist.
9 February 27 May
www.npg.org.uk
0844 248 5033
Lynette Wallworth
Rekindling Venus
Artist Lynette Wallworths immersive lm
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
020 8312 6608
A mysterious aeroplane from Spain turns into an artistic time capsule for Wales, in Marc Rees Adain Avion
Ofcial
London
2012
Olympic and
Paralympic
Poster
Display
Tate Britain, London
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 Oli,
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.
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Tate Britain, London
www.tate.org.uk/britain
020 7887 8888
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
020 7887 8888
Oscar Muoz Draw
Down the Walls
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
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
0151 702 5324
Oded Hirsch Liverpool
Biennial 2012
Artist Oded Hirsch presents a lift unexpectedly
bursting through the ground in Liverpool
ONE. FREE
Liverpool ONE, Liverpool
www.biennial.com
0845 220 2800
Ofcial London 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Poster Display
A free exhibition of the London 2012 Games
ofcial posters, including artists Bridget Riley,
Tracey Emin and Chris Oli. FREE
From 21 June
Floating Harbour (North side), Bristol
www.arnolni.org.uk
0117 917 2300
Martin Creed Work No 1197:
for three minutes
Join in at 8am as the UK celebrates the rst day
of the London 2012 Games with simultaneous
bell ringing all around the UK. FREE
27 July
UK Wide
www.allthebells.com
Maurice Orr The Screaming
Silence of the Wind
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
Flowereld Arts Centre, Portstewart
www.owereld.org
028 7083 1400
0844 847 9910
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
A unique collaboration between the National
Gallery and The Royal Ballet in response to
works by Titian. FREE
National Gallery, London
www.nationalgallery.org.uk
020 7747 2885
NEST
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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1 July 30 August
Althorp Estate, Northampton
www.althorp.com
01604 770107
0844 847 9910
Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy
Gadsden and the South African
Bambanani group present a lm 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
30 August FREE ticket required
The Bluecoat, Liverpool
www.dadafest.co.uk
0151 702 5324
31 August 9 September FREE
0844 847 9910
Paul Cummins The English
Flower Garden
Thousands of hand-thrown ceramic owers
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
01304 619 919
1 June 31 August
Castle Howard,
York
www.castlehoward.co.uk
01653 648333
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
01993 810530
Rachel Whiteread Whitechapel
Gallery Commission
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
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
Richard Long (Artist Rooms) and
Luke Fowler
Richard Long, one of Britains leading artists,
brings nature into the gallery; and a lm
exploring radical politics in the North by Luke
Fowler. FREE
23 June 4 October
The Hepworth Wakeeld, Wakeeld
www.hepworthwakeeld.org
01924 247360
Richard Wilson Hang on
a Minute Lads, Ive Got a
Great Idea
A full-sized replica coach, balanced
from the Pavilion roof, recreates the nal
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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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
01782 232323
Susan Philipsz Timeline
at the Edinburgh Art Festival
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.
Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh
www.edinburghartfestival.com
0131 226 6558
The Changing Room
Artists from the Arab World occupy an
underground gallery, a magic shop and an
ofce hub evoking the signs of change. FREE
Underground Gallery,
London Westminster Hub,
London Davenports Magic Shop
www.britishcouncil.org/london2012
Shezad Dawood
Piercing Brightness
An exhibition by the acclaimed artist,
including new lm, with vintage textile
paintings. FREE
Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk
01736 363715
The Exchange, Penzance
01736 363715
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.
Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
028 90330920
0844 847 9910
Rachel
Whiteread
Frieze
Whitechapel
Gallery, London
More than a century has

passed since it was rst
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 nd it
quite difcult to work with
computer-generated
images, she said. Im
a sculptor, I like to work
in three dimensions.
Tony Craggs Cass (page 42) outdoor sculptures on Exhibition Road, London and in Goodwood, West Sussex
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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
Hadrians Wall, Various Sites
www.hadrians-wall.org/festival.aspx
01434 322002
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
Yoko Ono To the Light
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
Yoko Ono Imagine Peace
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
Tracey Emin: She Lay Down Deep
Beneath the Sea
The rst 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
01843 233000
Tynteseld Takeover
somewhereto_ and the National Trust
showcase young artists talent with a
digital grafti light show projection and
live music. FREE ticket required
22 July
The National Trust Tynteseld, Bristol
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tynteseld
01275 461900
We Face Forward:
Art from West Africa Today
Manchesters main galleries join forces for the
rst time for a major exhibition of contemporary
art from West Africa. FREE
2 June 15 September
Gallery of Costume, Manchester
www.manchestergalleries.org
0161 245 7245
2 June 16 September
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
0161 275 7450
2 June 16 September
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
www.manchestergalleries.org
0161 235 8888
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
01824 704774
The Orbit
Anish Kapoors 115m-high visitor structure
dominates the Olympic Park, offering views
across the Stadium and London.
From 27 July
www.tickets.london2012.com
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
Pineapple Banqueting House,
Blackfriars Bridge, London
www.jellymongers.co.uk
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
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
020 7887 8888
Tony Cragg Cass
Sculpture Foundation
An exhibition in West Sussex of outdoor
sculptures by the British artist.
21 June 4 November
CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood
www.sculpture.org.uk
01243 538449
Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture
Foundation at Exhibition Road
Major new outdoor sculptures on show in
central London along with a number of indoor
works on display at different museums. FREE
Exhibition Road, London
www.exhibitionroad.com
020 7942 6973 Yoko Onos SMILE seeks to bring people together
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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
Comedy
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
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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Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin performs at the Eden Project
Comedy
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
0131 226 0026
BBC Radio 1s Fun and
Filth Cabaret
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
www.edfringe.com
BBC Three Comedy Marathon
A specially billed, anarchic, live, late-night
Comedy Marathon for BBC Three. FREE
ticket required.
3 27 August
Edinburgh Festival Fringe and BBC Three
www.edfringe.com
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
020 8985 2424
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
020 8985 2424
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.
Ha Ha
Hackney
Hackney Empire,
London
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 rst
took me to the Hackney
Empire. I was eight years
old and I washooked. This
is a truly magnicent
theatre Hackney without
the Empire is like sh
without chips. If you cant
join Barbara, BBC Three
transmits a special
celebration on 23 June.
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Trailblazers Britains Queens
of TV Comedy
A unique collaboration between BFI
Southbank and Hackney Empire
celebrating past and present comedy
divas of British television.
14, 21 and 28 August
BFI Southbank, London
www.b.org.uk/whatson/b_southbank
020 7928 3232
16 and 23 August
020 8985 2424
World-Beating Improv
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
Spasticus Channel 4
Channel 4s prank-lled 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
Tales of the Riverbank
Comedy Barge
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
Tim Minchin Eden Project
Comedy
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
01726 811 972
1 July
020 8985 2424
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
020 8985 2424
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
029 2063 6464
3 August 27 August
www.edfringe.com
0131 226 0026
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 rst 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 rst 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
The UKs biggest celebration of
dance, with thousands of events
taking place across the UK
Dance
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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 inuential German
choreographer, who died in
2009, toured the globe
creating dance-theatre works
commissioned by the cities she
visited. Now, for the rst 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 amboyant
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.
The humorous production
of Pina Bauschs Viktor
(page 52) takes its
inspiration from the city
of Rome and its
breathtaking imagery
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Dance
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 at The Big
Weekend
A dance marquee for events including
a Street-Morris-Molly dance-off, ceilidhs
and an iconic ashmob. FREE
7 July 8 July
Parkers Piece, Cambridge
Big Dance 2012 Camp
Watch an evening of dance lms in a
big-top tent, camp overnight then experience
performances across the site.
7 July 8 July
National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham
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
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
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
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
Big Dance 2012 Edinburgh
Have a go and watch professional, community,
school and youth groups at three city centre
sites. FREE
30 June 1 July
City Centre, Edinburgh
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
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
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
Big Dance 2012 Live at the
Bandstand
Five boys dance groups, one intergenerational
group and ve older peoples groups perform
with professional dancers. FREE
15 July
Abbey Grounds, Hexham
Big Street
Dance Day
Trafalgar Square,
London, and
UK Wide
On 14 July the entire

population of the UKis
invited to ll 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 agship
event for the Big Dance
programme, so get moving
and get involved.
These pages feature
onlya handful of
Big Dance events visit
to nd out how to get
involved near you.
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Dance
Big Dance 2012 Hat Fair
Site-specic performances, a mass dance for
all to join, participatory workshops and some
unexpected surprises. FREE
6 July 8 July
City Centre, Winchester
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
Big Dance 2012 Aberdeen
Dance Hunt
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
Big Dance 2012 Big Dance Shorts
Five brand-new short lms in association
with BAFTA screen on Channel 4. FREE
7 July 15 July
TV, UK wide
Big Dance 2012
Brazil Day
Experience the physical culture of Brazil with
Samba performances, Capoeira displays and
an outdoor screening of Rio. FREE
15 July
Wandsworth Park, London
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
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
Big Dance 2012 Picnic at
Horniman Museum
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
Big Dance 2012 Picnic at
Trinity Laban
Bring a picnic and experience dance and circus
performers, face painting, creative play areas
and interactive inclusive activities. FREE
23 June
Trinity Laban, London
Big Dance 2012 Streets of Brass
Live site-specic performances encompassing
dance and music from the Durham
community. FREE
21 July 22 July
Wharton Park, Durham
Big Dance 2012 U.Dance
The youth dance showcase features the premiere
of the rst-ever UK-wide youth dance company
with choreography by Hofesh Shechter.
13 July 16 July
Big Dance 2012 Walk
Site-specic dance in Oxleas Meadows with an
intergenerational cast of local people, signed
into British Sign Language. FREE
15 July
Oxleas Meadows, London
The
Royal Ballet
Metamorphosis:
Titian 2012
Royal Opera House,

London
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.
Wayne McGregor (below),
Resident Choreographer of
the Royal Ballet,
choreographs more than
100 dancers performing the
works at the Royal
Opera House.
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Dance
18 May
Big Dance Schools Pledge, UK Wide
Big Dance 2012 Still Moving
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
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
Big Dance 2012 The Big Screen
Big Dance
A week of workshops for all ages based on
dance in the movies, including daily lunchtime
performances, culminating in a ashmob. FREE
9 July 13 July
Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness
Big Dance 2012 Hidden Gems
A treasure hunt of hidden gems of dance and
music in unexpected spaces, inspired by the
hidden spaces around Spitalelds Market. FREE
23 June
Spitalelds, London
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
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
Big Dance 2012 Schools
Pledge
Schools in the UK and around the world
in a record-breaking dance event, featuring
Wayne McGregors choreography. FREE
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
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
Big Dance 2012 Dancing Voices
Hundreds of older dancers and singers
performing in a brand-new commission by
Natasha Gilmore.
11 July
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
Big Dance 2012 Footfall
A day of performances, lm screenings,
interactive installations and artists
talk all on the theme of walking. FREE
15 July
Siobhan Davies Studios, London
Big Dance 2012 Greenwich
World Cultural Festival
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
Big Dance 2012 will include classes, performances, ashmobs, lms, competitions and record attempts
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Dance
Big Dance 2012 Big Suffolk
Dance Party
A day-long celebration including classes,
workshops and performances by community
groups. FREE
14 July
Christchurch Park, Ipswich
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
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Fase
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
020 7887 8888
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
0844 847 9910
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.
14 July
Trafalgar Square, London
Big Dance 2012 Urban Moves
Live professional dance performance outdoors,
celebrating the cityscape and architecture of
Greater Manchester. FREE
23 July 25 July
Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester
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
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
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
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
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
Big Dance 2012
Trafalgar Square
Wayne McGregor directs a piece for more than
1,000 dancers in the nale of Big Dance 2012,
the UKs biggest dance celebration. FREE
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker at Tate Modern
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8 September
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
0844 847 9910
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
0844 847 9910
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
9 September
Nottingham Council House, Nottingham
www.sampad.org.uk
0121 446 3260
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.
Big Dance
2012
U.Dance
Southbank Centre,
London
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
rst 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.
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31 August
0844 847 9910
Michael Clark at Glasgow
Barrowland
Scotlands most signicant contemporary
choreographer, Michael Clark creates a
landmark dance event.
Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow
www.glasgow-barrowland.com
0141 552 4601
Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy
Rachel Gadsden, UK and South African artists
explore survival and resilience in the face of
chronic illness through performance and lm.
As part of Unlimited.
5 September
0844 847 9910
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
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
TooMortal
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
12 July 14 July
St Pancras Church, London
020 7089 6280
19 July 21 July
St Swithuns Church, Worcester
020 7089 6280
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Bausch Der Fensterputzer
Hong Kong, its vitality and street-life, inspired
this dance production, whose set features
a 20ft-high hill of red silk owers.
18 June 19 June
Sadlers Wells Theatre, London
www.sadlerswells.com
0844 412 4300
Bausch Bamboo Blues
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
Bausch Nefs
Travels in Turkey inspire sensuous and sumptuous
images plus an outstanding climax as the entire
company comes on stage.
24 June 25 June
0844 412 4300
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
5 June 8 July
Parks, across Humberside
www.dancexchange.org.uk/spill
0121 689 3170
Bausch Viktor
The city of Rome and its breathtaking imagery
inspire this humorous production, accompanied
by folk tunes and classical music.
6 June 7 June
0844 412 4300
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
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
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
0844 412 4300
Bausch Ten Chi
A series of postcards incorporating Japanese
dress, theatre, gestures, imagery and even a
horror lm.
15 June 16 June
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Bausch gua
Dance production inspired by Brazil and
its exuberant love of life, from acclaimed
choreographer Pina Bausch.
28 June 29 June
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Pina Bausch Palermo Palermo
A homage to Sicilys capital laced with
unexpected humour and grim undercurrents,
which subtly evokes the Maa and machismo.
1 July 2 July
0844 412 4300
Bausch Wiesenland
An exploration of longing and desire drawn
from Hungarian folklore, created following the
companys residency in Hungary.
8 July 9 July
0844 412 4300
The Royal Ballet
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
A unique collaboration between the National
Gallery and The Royal Ballet in response to
works by Titian.
14 July 20 July
www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
16 July, UK Wide
BP Summer Big Screens, cities across the UK
www.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens FREE
The Voyage
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
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch Wiesenland
Dance
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In a digital Festival programme
for a digital Games, youll nd
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
Film,
Broadcast
& Digital
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 lm 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
NEW FILMS
The London 2012 Festival,
BBC Films and Film4 have worked
together to commission four short
lms 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 tness
activities or simply actions such
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 lm-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
lm The Odyssey, the nal
commission in the series.
All four lms 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 lms
will be live-streamed to UK cinemas
and screened in the summer.
George Sargeant and
Noel Clarke in WHAT IF
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A Hansel of Film Shetland to
Southampton and back
Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams
present a relay of short lms created by
the public, starting in Shetland and
touring the UK.
www.hansel2012.org
10 June
Garrison Theatre, Shetland
www.hansel2012.org
01595 745555
14 June
Screen Machine, Ullapool
www.screenmachine.co.uk/locations/ullapool
0871 902 5750
16 June
University of the West of Scotland,
Ayr Campus, Ayrshire
www.uws.ac.uk
01292 886000
17 June
Isle of Whithorn Cinema
www.isleofwhithorn.com/islescreen.asp
01595 745555
20 June
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal
www.breweryarts.co.uk
01539 725133
24 June
The Maltings, Berwick-Upon-Tweed
www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/events
01289 330999
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
9 July
Kino Digital Cinema, Hawkhurst
www.kinodigital.co.uk
01580 754321
12 July
Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury
www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk
01722 321744
15 July
Harbour Lights Picturehouse,
Southampton
www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/
Harbour_Lights
0871 902 5733
28 July
Dogbite Studio, Falmouth
www.dogbitelmcrew.com/events
01595 745555
30 July
Electric Picturehouse, Gloucestershire
www.wottoneph.co.uk
01453 844401
31 July
Encounters at Watershed, Bristol
www.watershed.co.uk
0117 927 5100
2 August
The Scala, Prestatyn
www.scalaprestatyn.co.uk
01745 850197
4 August
Ucheldre, Anglesey
www.ucheldre.org
01407 763361
7 August
Black Box, Belfast
www.belfastlmfestival.org
028 9024 4400
12 August
The Filmhouse, Edinburgh
www.lmhousecinema.com
0131 228 2688
14 August
Woodend Barn, Banchory
www.woodendbarn.co.uk/FullListing
01330 825431
16 August
Halladale Community Hall, Highlands
and Islands, Scotland
www.shetlandboxofce.org
01595 745555

17 August
Gable End Theatre, Orkney
www.hoyorkney.com
01595 743843
7 September
Mareel, Shetland
www.shetlandboxofce.org
01595 745555
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
A Room for London
Tune in to writers and musicians, including Michael
Ondaatje and tUnE-yArDs, creating work in a one-
bedroom installation. FREE
1 January 30 December
Digital UK Wide
www.aroomforlondon.co.uk
Asif Kapadia The Odyssey
The BAFTA-winning director returns to his
Hackney roots for his new lm, co-commissioned
with BBC Films and Film4.
24 June 9 September
Picturehouse cinemas, UK Wide
www.picturehouses.co.uk
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
BBC Imagine
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
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
Weekend 2012
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
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
BBC Shakespeare Henry IV
Part I and Part II
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
BBC Shakespeare Henry V
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 Julius Caesar
A lmed version of Gregory Dorans stage
production for the World Shakespeare Festival
set in modern Africa.
BBC Two, UK Wide
www.bbc.co.uk
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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BBC Shakespeare Richard II
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 Shakespeare
Shakespeare And Us
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
BBC Shakespeare
Shakespeares Restless World
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
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
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
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.
Lynne Ramsays lm The Swimmer
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6 July
Elan Valley Visitors Centre, Powys
www.elanvalley.org.uk/events
01597 810880
0844 847 9910
Documentary lm screening of Diverse Citys
breathtaking performance combining circus,
dance and cabaret on Weymouth beach.
0844 847 9910
Douglas Gordon The End
of Civilisation
A piano burns in this epic lm 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
Film Nation Shorts
Watch prize-winning movies by young lm-makers
online and in Olympic and Paralympic venues.
21 June 9 September
Online and on Live Sites, UK Wide
www.lmnation.org.uk
Joel Simon MACROPOLIS
Two misshapen toys escape their production-line
fate to seek new life in Joel Simons animated
lm. As part of Unlimited. FREE
Big Screen Live Site, City Hall, Belfast
www.ickerpix.com
0844 847 9910
Julien Temple Babylon/don
The London-born directors latest lm celebrates
the history and diversity of the UK capital.
BBC, UK Wide
www.bbc.co.uk
Big Dance 2012 Big Dance Shorts
Five brand-new short lms in association
with BAFTA screen on Channel 4.
7 July 15 July
Channel 4, UK wide
Britain In A Day
Produced by Ridley Scott and lmed by the
public, director Morgan Matthews presents
a denitive self-portrait of Britain today.
BBC, UK Wide
www.bbc.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
020 7620 6235
Channel 4 House Party
Channel 4 becomes the ultimate DJ
booth as the UK becomes a massive
nightclub for the nations rst live
broadcast DJ club night. FREE
24 August 26 August
Channel 4, UK Wide
www.channel4.com
Chariots of Fire
Gala screenings around the UK of the remastered
lm based on the true story of Olympic athletes
Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams.
10 July
Edinburgh International Film Festival
www.edlmfest.org.uk
0131 473 2099
From 13 July
In cinemas, UK Wide
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
Lynne Ramsay The Swimmer
A short poetic lm following a lone swimmer
through the waterways of Britain. Co-
commissioned with BBC Films and Film4.
24 June 9 September
Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide
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
Mike Leigh A Running Jump
The award-winning British lm-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
Pacitti Company: On Landguard
Point A lm about home
A feature lm 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
23 June
Harwich Electric Palace, Harwich
www.electricpalace.com
01255 553333
12 July 15 July
Latitude Festival, Southwold
www.latitudefestival.co.uk
0871 231 0846
Penny Woolcock One
Mile Away
The award-winning documentary maker
captures the moments two rival inner-city
gangs try to forge a truce.
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23 June 9 September
Picturehouse Cinemas, Cities UK Wide
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
We Play Expo: Emoto
Visualising Global Emotion
Digital displays and 3D sculpture by Moritz
Stefaner, Drew Hemment and Studio
NAND reveal the global response to
London 2012. FREE
Preston Guild 2012, Preston
www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
We Play Expo: Handprint
A large-scale interactive projection of thousands
of live handprints, controlled remotely online or
directly with smartphones. FREE
We Play Expo: Humble Market
Immersive live digital performance that connects
Brazil with UK audiences, between intense
spectacle and intimate encounter. FREE
We Play Expo: Digital Caravans
Travel to a networked digital performance
space created by a convoy of interactive
artists caravans. FREE
StoryCloud
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
Sue Austin Creating
the Spectacle
A lm of Austins surprising performance with
a self-propelled underwater wheelchair. FREE
0844 847 9910
The Genius of Hitchcock:
The Lodger
BFI presents this newly restored lm 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
The Pleasure Garden
BFI presents this newly restored lm 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
The Ring
BFI presents this newly restored lm with Soweto
Kinchs live jazz score performed by the Soweto
Kinch Band.
13 July
www.hackneyempire.co.uk
020 8985 2424
The Itch of the Golden Nit
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.
Ping Pong Never Too Old
For Gold
Pensioners from across the planet compete in the
World Over-80s Table Tennis Championships in
Inner Mongolia. FREE
3 July 15 September
www.pingponglm.co.uk
Shezad Dawood Piercing
Brightness
An exhibition by the acclaimed artist, including
new lm, with vintage textile paintings. FREE
Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance
01736 363715
The Exchange, Penzance
01736 363715
Simon Bolivar Orchestra
Livefrom Stirling
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
Simon McKeown Motion
Disabled Unlimited
Film and gaming technology uncovers beauty in
different types of Paralympic physical form and
movement in Simon McKeowns work.
0844 847 9910
Spasticus
Channel 4s prank-lled show made by a
disabled cast, with sketches often at the expense
of the non-disabled public!
Channel 4, UK Wide
www.channel4.com
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 rst 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.
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 nd
more events like these in Art, Design
& Exhibitions, Outdoor & Carnival,
and Theatre & Performance listings
Museums
& Heritage
The Olympic Journey:
The Story of the
Games; The London
2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games
Medals, (both page 59)
The Search for Immortality:
Tomb Treasures of Han China
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.tzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
01223 332 900
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
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
YesYesNo Connecting Light
New York artists YesYesNocreate a line of
lights for sendingmessages along Britains most
dramaticRoman frontier, Hadrians Wall. FREE
Hadrians Wall, Various Sites
www.hadrians-wall.org/festival.aspx
01434 322002
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Museums & Heritage
Compagnie Carabosse
Fire Garden at Stonehenge
The French outdoor wizards transform
Stonehenge into a ery 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
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
Live N Roar
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
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
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.
19 July 25 November
British Museum, London
www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx
020 7323 8181
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
The London 2012
Olympic and Paralympic
Games medals
Your chance to see the London 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic medals for the rst time,
with the story behind them. FREE
Until 9 September
020 7323 8181
The Olympic Journey: The Story
of the Games
A free exhibition telling the inspirational stories
of the Olympic Games, including material
from Lausannes Olympic Museum. FREE
28 July 12 August
www.theolympicjourney.co.uk
020 7304 4000
More than 350 tomb treasures from Han China on display in The Search for Immortality
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
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ASIA STAGE
BATTERSEA PARK
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 Emmy-
winning zither player Vn-nh V.
EUROPE STAGES
TRAFALGAR SQUARE &
SOMERSET HOUSE
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.
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.
AMERICAS STAGE TOWER OF LONDON
Scissor Sisters (above)

Disco divas Ana Matronic and
Jake Shears lead the glam-pop
stadium-llers 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.
For full details go to:
www.btriverofmusic.com
AFRICA STAGE
LONDON PLEASURE
GARDENS, DOCKLANDS
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.
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
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.
OCEANIA STAGE
OLD ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, GREENWICH
Green Fire Islands

The island cultures of Maori New
Zealand and Ireland are fused
in a stunning stage show of
music and dance.
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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
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.
R
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 American-
gothic chanteuse Lana Del Rey.
Young Londoners can
also develop media and arts
skills with the Radio 1 &
1Xtra Academy.
STELLAR LINE-UPS
Above: Producer-turned
frontman Labrinth.
Below: Rihannas
getting ready to blow
Hackney away
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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
6 September
Cardiff
7 September
Bristol
8 September
London
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
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
Antonys Meltdown
Antony Hegarty hand-picks his ideal festival,
inviting his favourite artists to play, perform
and exhibit their work.
1 August 12 August
0844 847 9910
Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia
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
0844 847 9910
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
Africa
Express

UK Tour
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!
See Plan B at BBC Radio 1s Hackney Weekend 2012
21 July 22 July
Somerset House, London
21 July 22 July
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.
21 July 22 July
Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London
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.
30 June
Various Venues, Newport
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Dean Rodney leads his singers in Heart n Soul
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
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
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
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
BT River of Music
Europe Stages
Cutting-edge work from across the
continent including Ben LOncle Soul,
Matthew Herbert and Kathryn Tickell.
Streetwise
Opera With
One Voice
Royal
Opera House,
London
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, lm 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.
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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
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Heart n Soul The Dean
Rodney Singers
Twenty-five songs created by Dean Rodney
with global musicians and performers using
pioneering digital technology. As part of
Unlimited. FREE
0844 847 9910
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
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
27 July
Weymouth Harbour, Weymouth
01803 847070
28 August
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury
01803 847070
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
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
Christian Lindberg
Dawn at Galamanta
Award-winning music and dance for the
City of London Festival.
6 July
Guildhall Great Hall, London
www.colf.org
0845 120 7502
Damon Albarns Dr Dee
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
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
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
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Heiner Goebbels Walden is the UK premiere of a Thoreau-inspired work
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23 June
Coventry Cathedral, Coventry
www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/50
024 7652 1200
Kurtag and Schubert
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
28 July
Charleston Barn, nr Firle
01273 709709
4 August
Alfriston Summer Music, St Andrews Church,
Alfriston
01273 709709
Live N Roar
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
Martin Creed Work No 1197:
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
NEST
A 500-strong choir and junkyard orchestra
perform Brian Irvines new score to accompany
the exhibition of personal memorabilia.
21 July
T13, Belfast
www.t13.tv/events
Jez Colborne Irresistible
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
National Theatre, Inside Out FREE
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/wts
020 7452 3000
8 September
Southbank Centre, London FREE
0844 847 9910
Jonathan Harveys Weltethos
Orchestra
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
Jubilation: The Music of
George Benjamin
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
0844 847 9910
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
Jubilee Concert City of
Birmingham Symphony
Orchestra, James MacMillan
Choral works including the first performance
of James MacMillans new work celebrating
Coventry Cathedrals Golden Jubilee.
Helen Petts Throw Them
Up and Let Them Sing
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
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
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
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
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Marsalis Congo Square
European premiere of Wynton Marsalis and
Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addys Congo
Square project.
10 July
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Essentially Ellington UK
The UK expression of Jazz at Lincoln
Centers Essentially Ellington high-school
programme, featuring 11 UK youth
orchestras.
14 July
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
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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
Plcido Domingos
Operalia Winners
The legendary tenor Plcido Domingo introduces
the very best of international young opera
singers, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
25 July
www.roh.org.uk
020 7304 4000
Pop-Up Music
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.facebook.com/london2012festival
Twitter @london2012fest
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
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
Peace One Day
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
Jubilee
Concert
Coventry Cathedral,
Coventry
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 rst 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.
Meet the top opera stars with Plcido Domingos Operalia Winners
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3 July 4 July
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
ringroundtheworld.org
01223 335184
10 July 20 July
The Broadway Theatre, Barking
020 8507 5610
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
Rokia Traor Donguili (song)
Collaborative concert of music created at
Traores Malian institute of music with UK and
African musicians, especially for this project.
22 June
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Rokia Traor Donke (dance)
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
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
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
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
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
2 September
Edinburgh Mela, Edinburgh
0117 929 1110
4 September
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
0117 929 1110
6 September
Curve, Leicester
0117 929 1110
7 September
0117 929 1110
9 September
Plymouth Mela, Plymouth
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
0844 4821 556
26 June 06 July
Pleasance Theatre, London
www.pleasance.co.uk
2 July 5 July
Comberton Village College, Cambridge
Wynton
Marsalis
Swing
Symphony
(Symphony
No 3)
Barbican Hall,
London
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.
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5 July
Waltham Forest Town Hall, London
www.walthamforestbig6.co.uk/events/
urban-symphony
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
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
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
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
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
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
The Royal Opera The Trojans
(Les Troyens)
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
www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
Traction curated by
Gilles Peterson
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
29 July 5 August
Various dates and locations, London
www.molpresents.com
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
0844 847 9910
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
0844 847 9910
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
Streetwise Opera
With One Voice
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
www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
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/our-
museums/riverside-museum
0141 287 2720
French musician Sbastien Tellier, part of Traction
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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
BBC Proms 2012
As part of the London
2012 Festival, the 118th
Prom season promises to
live long in the memory
T
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 rst performance. However,
at the end, with his back to the
audience, he was unable to
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 rst 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 conict.
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 nest
youth orchestras, and perfectly
emblematic of the London
2012 Festival themes of
peace and truce.
Daniel Barenboim
performs with the
West-Eastern Divan
Orchestra
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As part of the London
2012 Festival, the 118th
Proms season promises to
live long in the memory
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.
A selection of the top performances at the BBC Proms 2012
Hot tickets
PROMS TICKETS
Buy tickets online at www.bbc.
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PROM LIKE A PRO
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 benet 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 season-
ticket holders, but hundreds of
Day Promming tickets are
available at every concert
for people prepared to arrive
early on the day. To snafe
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 nd some people are a little
protective of their space. But
respect your fellow oor-llers
and youll make friends for life.
Shock of
the New
Royal Albert Hall,

London
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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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 8
Once more popular than his Messiah, Handels
Judas Maccabaeus receives its rst Proms
performance with period-instrument punch.
19 July
Prom 9
Daniel Barenboim launches his Beethoven
symphony cycle at the beginning, with the First
and Second; plus Boulezs Drive 2.
20 July
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 10
Boulezs work for solo clarinet and its electronic
double appears in between Beethovens Fourth
and the mighty Third (Eroica).
21 July
Prom 11
Hit and myth: Antonio Pappano conducts his
Royal Opera forces in Berliozs celebrated
operatic epic The Trojans.
22 July
Proms Chamber Music 2
Choral group Tenebrae explores 400 years
of music evoking the bustle of Londons streets,
from Gibbons to the present day.
23 July
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
Prom 2
Reviving the original lm orchestrations for the
1964 lm of My Fair Lady, John Wilson returns
with his hand-picked orchestra.
14 July
Prom 3
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Debussys
enigmatic masterpiece, Pellas et Mlisande,
with his period-instrument orchestra.
15 July
Opera star Alice Coote plays the more intimate
concert arena in a recital of enchanting French
song, with pianist Julius Drake.
16 July
Prom 4
Exuberant orchestral colours guaranteed in
a transatlantic partnership of music colleges,
conducted by composer John Adams.
16 July
Prom 5
Lush Strauss favourites (Four Last Songs
and Also sprach Zarathustra) feature
alongside music by Finns Sibelius
and Saariaho.
17 July
Prom 6
Russian-born Kirill Gerstein is the
soloist in one of tonights two Russian
classics: Rachmaninovs romantic
Piano Concerto No. 2.
18 July
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French music from the court of Louis XIV
in a cross-Channel collaboration of music
conservatoires, under Sir Roger Norrington.
28 July
Prom 19
Tchaikovskys turbulent Pathtique Symphony
and Shostakovichs First Cello Concerto feature,
conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.
28 July
Prom 20
Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms
adventure, before a screening of A Matter
of Loaf and Death plus classical favourites.
29 July
Prom 21
Stravinskys iconic The Rite of Spring is the
highlight of the Aldeburgh World Orchestras
Prom under Sir Mark Elder.
29 July
Prom 12
Daniel Barenboim reaches the midpoint of his
Beethoven cycle, exploring Nature and Fate in
the Pastoral and Fifth symphonies.
23 July
Prom 13
Two more Beethoven symphonies frame Boulezs
Anthmes, for violin and electronics, under
Daniel Barenboims baton.
24 July
Prom 14
An eclectic late night featuring the ever-crusading
Kronos Quartet, with inuences from the USA,
Syria, the Balkans and Scandinavia.
24 July
Prom 15
Jir B elohlvek conducts works by two
Czech compatriots; Vadim Gluzman is the
soloist in Prokoevs Violin Concerto No. 1.
25 July
Prom 16
A Channel-crossing Prom featuring Elgars
sunny In the South plus classics of the French
repertoire under Thierry Fischer.
26 July
Prom 17
Pierre Boulez conducts his own iconic
Le marteau sans matre in a Late Night Prom with
members of the WestEastern Divan Orchestra.
26 July
Prom 18
Daniel Barenboims Beethoven cycle concludes
with the universal message of the Ninth, on the
opening day of the London Olympics.
27 July
The majestic Royal Albert Hall will host the majority of the BBC Proms concerts
Early music group LArpeggiata in
La Tarantella a lunchtime survey
of music designed to cure those bitten
by the tarantula.
30 July
Prom 22
Cowbells and marches are among
the typical evocative references in
Mahlers Seventh Symphony, conducted
by Gianandrea Noseda.
30 July
Prom 23
An all-British Prom including Vaughan
Williamss spacious Tallis Fantasia and
Waltons riotous choral Belshazzars Feast.
31 July
For more information:
www.bbc.co.uk/proms
0845 401 5040
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Prom 33
Bruckner (Sixth Symphony) and James
MacMillan (Credo), associated with religious
expression, are joined by Wagners
hymn to love.
7 August
Prom 34
Katia & Marielle Labque perform in a new
concerto; Semyon Bychkov also conducts
Schuberts Unnished and a Strauss tone-poem.
8 August
Prom 35
Finnish John Storgrds leads a Scandinavian-
themed Prom including Sibeliuss Symphonies
Nos. 3 & 6 and Griegs Piano Concerto.
9 August
Prom 36
Sir Mark Elder honours Ivor Novello the
tunesmith and matinee idol who dominated
Londons stage musicals in the 1930s
and 1940s.
9 August
Prom 30
Bob Chilcotts cantata The Angry Planet deploys
massed choirs and schoolchildren from across
London to voice an ecological theme.
5 August
Prom 31
Nicola Benedetti makes the rst of her three
Proms appearances in a Scottish-themed Prom,
performing Bruchs Scottish Fantasy.
5 August
Former and current BBC Radio 3 New
Generation Artists perform spirited
sonatas by Debussy and
Ravels delectable Piano Trio.
6 August
Prom 32
Part concert piece, part theatrical spectacle,
Bernsteins Mass is an unmissable rarity,
receiving its rst Proms performance.
6 August
Prom 24
Energetic sounds from Colombia both
traditional and modern from two leading
accordionists, joined by an enthusiastic band.
31 July
Prom 25
American David Robertson conducts two US
classics, including Barbers enduring Adagio,
as well as Tippetts A Child of Our Time.
1 August
Prom 26
One of the great choral classics of Western
classical music, Bachs Mass in B minor,
under Baroque specialist Harry Bicket.
2 August
Prom 27
Feted interpreter of the late Romantic
repertoire, Donald Runnicles conducts
Wagner and Bruckner, with his BBC
Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
3 August
Prom 28
JoAnn Falletta includes Chabriers festive
Espaa and a suite from Stravinskys
folk-tale ballet The Firebird in her Proms debut.
4 August
Prom 29
Curve-ball pieces from Varse and
Anna Meredith and Messiaens ecstatic
Turangalla Symphony from the National
Youth Orchestra.
4 August
BBC Proms 2012
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct the Berlin Philharmoniker in back-to-back Proms (page 77)
www.bbc.co.uk/proms
0845 401 5040
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Prom 37
Rebecca Evans and Alice Coote appear in
Elgars oratorio The Apostles with the Hall
under leading Elgarian Sir Mark Elder.
10 August
Prom 38
Late-night big band: a foot-tapping, wide-
ranging set from the National Youth Jazz
Orchestra, including Ellington and Wheeler.
10 August
Four British works from the past 45 years
by Birtwistle, Elias, Ferneyhough and Finnissy
performed by the Britten Sinfonia.
11 August
Prom 39
Berliozs grand Requiem makes full use
of the Royal Albert Halls cavernous
space, featuring massed choirs and
tenor Toby Spence.
11 August
Prom 40
Two national youth orchestras the Wind
Orchestra and Brass Band in an all-English
programme including Holst and Walton.
12 August
Prom 41
Schoenbergs epic Gurrelieder a medieval
love-tragedy couched in rich post-Romanticism
is conducted by Jir B elohlvek.
12 August
Nicola Benedetti and friends in lunchtime solo
and chamber music by Bach, Korngold
and Brahms.
13 August
BBC Prom 47
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 amplied
cactuses Cage was
not without a sense
of humour.
Prom 42
Two 20th-century classics, Bartks Concerto
for Orchestra and Prokoevs Romeo and Juliet
(suite), conducted by Susanna Mlkki.
13 August
Prom 43
Charles Dutoit conducts Saint-Sanss
bristling Piano Concerto No. 2, Deliuss
view of nocturnal Paris and Tchaikovskys
fateful Fifth.
14 August
Prom 44
Late-night modern classics: Ligetis
Pome symphonique for 100 metronomes,
plus Andriessen, Berio, Cage, Harvey
and Xenakis.
14 August
Prom 45
Dvorks popular New World Symphony,
written in the USA, plus old- and new-world
works by Copland, Ginastera and others.
15 August
Prom 46
A triple helping of differently powerful
symphonies by Vaughan Williams Andrew
Manze conducts the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth.
16 August
Prom 47
A Prom marking the centenary of John Cage
musics most irreverent experimenter: expect
cassette players and plucked cactuses.
17 August
Having led the Wallace & Gromit Prom,
Nicholas Collon returns for works by anniversary
composers Bainbridge, Goehr and Knussen.
18 August
Last Night
Celebrations
Parks across the UK
To be in with a chance of
getting a ticket for the
ag-waving esta that is
the Last Night of the Proms
youll have to attend ve
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 Ale Boe, the BBC
Concert Orchestra, ABBA
tribute band Bjorn Again
and the Gypsy Queens.
For more details on all, see
bbc.co.uk/proms.
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Prom 54
Tasmin Little has long been a passionate
ambassador for Deliuss Violin Concerto;
plus a new symphony by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies.
23 August
Prom 55
Brittens Peter Grimes, based in a Suffolk shing
village, transformed British opera. Edward
Gardner conducts his ENO forces.
24 August
Prom 56
Debussys music for the play The Martyrdom of
Saint Sebastian is the culmination of a
Prom including Knussens Third Symphony.
25 August
Prom 57
Wagners Prelude and Good Friday
Music from Parsifal and Bergs Violin
Concerto preface waltz-inspired works
by Strauss and Ravel.
26 August
Christine Schfer is the half-speaking half-singing
soloist in Schoenbergs Pierrot lunaire; plus a
Debussy chamber sonata.
27 August
Prom 58
A family-friendly global musical journey, with
popular classics from Delius, Falla and others,
plus Malian duo Amadou & Mariam.
27 August
Prom 59
John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the
composers who created the Broadway sound
with excerpts from favourite shows.
27 August
Prom 48
Russian Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovskys
Byron-inspired Manfred; Alice Coote is the
soloist in Mahlers wayfaring songs.
18 August
Prom 49
Gilbert & Sullivans The Yeomen of the Guard,
one of the duos grandest Savoy operas,
celebrates London in this Olympic year.
19 August
Current BBC Radio 3 New Generation
Artists the Escher Quartet perform Debussy
(in his 150th anniversary year) and
Hugh Wood.
20 August
Prom 50
A great Danish symphony (Nielsens Fifth) and
a Norwegian-inspired work by Delius, plus
Beethoven and Mozart, under Osmo Vnsk.
20 August
Prom 51
Andris Nelsons and the CBSO on rm ground
with a Glinka overture and Shostakovichs
dramatic Leningrad Symphony.
21 August
Prom 52
Few conductors are as steeped in the
Russian ballet repertoire as Valery
Gergiev he conducts the LSO in
Prokoevs Cinderella.
22 August
Prom 53
Celebrated vocal group I Fagiolini marks the
400th anniversary of Gabrielis death with a
reconstruction of his grand Magnicat.
22 August
BBC Proms 2012
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Prom 71
The St Louis Symphony makes its Proms debut,
featuring Beethovens Violin Concerto and
Gershwins jazzy An American in Paris.
4 September
Prom 72
John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China,
based on the US premiers 1972 Beijing visit,
and creating the docu-opera genre.
5 September
Prom 73
Bernard Haitink conducts the Vienna
Philharmonic in Beethovens Piano Concerto
No. 4 (with Murray Perahia) and
Bruckners Ninth.
6 September
Prom 74
Congolese street musicians Staff Benda Bilili and
Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji bring their own
pieces of Africa to the Proms.
6 September
Prom 75
Bernard Haitink pairs Haydns London Symphony
with Strausss An Alpine Symphony in his second
Prom with the Vienna Philharmonic.
7 September
Prom 76
The Last Night: this years musical celebration
brings Nicola Benedetti and Joseph Calleja,
plus John Williamss Olympic Fanfare.
8 September
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Prom 60
Mozarts comic opera in which the Count
receives his comeuppance, with Glyndebourne
forces under rising star Robin Ticciati.
28 August
Prom 61
Elgars First was a turning point in the British
symphony. Martyn Brabbins conducts it, as well
as Howellss Hymnus Paradisi.
29 August
Prom 62
Popular American choral composer Eric
Whitacre makes his Proms debut, as does
songwriter Imogen Heap: both bring new works.
29 August
Prom 63
The rst of two concerts by the Berliner
Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle; includes
works by Wagner, Debussy and Ravel.
30 August
Prom 64
Sir Simon Rattle returns with his Berlin super-
orchestra, for Brahmss Piano Concerto No. 2
and Lutosawskis Third Symphony.
31 August
Prom 65
A tribute to Belgian Gypsy guitarist Django
Reinhardt in a collaboration between guitarist
Martin Taylor and trumpeter/composer
Guy Barker.
31 August
Prom 66
The rst of two Bach recitals by
charismatic American organ virtuoso
Cameron Carpenter.
1 September
Prom 67
The Leipzig Gewandhaus one of Europes
most revered orchestras gives an all-
Mendelssohn Prom under Riccardo Chailly.
1 September
Prom 68
Cameron Carpenter brings his unique
personality to bear on a second Bach
recital including a special arrangement
of his own.
2 September
Prom 69
Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra pair Mahler
(the tragic Sixth Symphony) and
Messiaen in their second Prom.
2 September
Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy.
3 September
Prom 70
Marking 70 years of Desert Island
Discs, Kirsty Young introduces former
castaways from the programme and
their musical choices.
3 September
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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.
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.
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.
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
Outdoor
& Carnival
Edinburghs Speed
of Light is one of the
outdoor commissions
that blur the line
between art and
audience
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Outdoor & Carnival
Battle for the Winds The
Gathering and Ceremony
of the Winds
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
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
0117 902 9730
Battle for the Winds The
Final Battle
Dramatic culmination of this epic tale
dance, circus, ying, squibbing, re torches
and reworks. FREE
28 July
0117 902 9730
Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)
and Embaixadores da Alegria
(Brazil)
A new Rio-style oat 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
Cakebook Britain
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
Pop-up Cafe
Celebrity chef Oliver Rowe cooks local
produce in a pop-up cafe on
Tobermory beach.
21 June 24 June
Carnival Crossroads
East Bound
Celebrating the history and culture of ve
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
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
Compagnie Carabosse Fire
Garden at Stonehenge
The French outdoor wizards transform
Stonehenge into a ery fairytale landscape,
presented by the Salisbury International
Arts Festival.
10 July 12 July
Stonehenge, Salisbury
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
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
An explosive show as Les Commandos Percu blends musical rhythms and amazing reworks
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Outdoor & Carnival
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
Mandala
A spectacular outdoor event
featuring a dazzling fusion of South
Asian dance and music and stunning
3D projections. FREE
7 September
www.sampad.org.uk/special-projects
0121 446 3260
9 September
Nottingham Council House,
Nottingham
www.sampad.org.uk/special-projects
0121 446 3260
A bold fusion of South Asian dance, music and groundbreaking 3D projections in Mandala
2 June 3 June
Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
www.thelawnmowers.co.uk
24 August
0191 443 4661
25 August
Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne
www.twmuseums.org.uk
0191 232 6789
27 August
Metro Centre Precinct, Gateshead
Lawnmowers
Samba Ceilidh
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
0844 847 9910
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, reworks 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
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
Land of Giants
Northern Irelands largest outdoor arts event
fuses myth and history in a spectacle of
acrobatics, carnival, music and reworks.
30 June
Titanic Slipways, Belfast
www.landofgiants.info
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
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www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
27 August
Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff
Paralympic Flame
Lighting Ceremony
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
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
Pierre Sauvageot
Harmonic Fields
A sensory experience on the Dorset coast of
Portland, Harmonic Fields is an ensemble of
500 instruments played by the wind. FREE
South West Coast Path, Portland
www.insideoutdorset.co.uk/events-2012-
harmonic-elds
B-Side Multimedia
Arts Festival
Explore the ipside of the coast enjoy
misguided tours, underwater performances,
new music, art, lm, and much more.
27 July 12 August
Multiple Sites and Venues, Weymouth
www.b-side.org.uk
01305 459440
Multiple Sites and Venues, Portland
www.b-side.org.uk
01305 459440
National Theatre Watch this
Space Commissions
Free street theatre, with music and mayhem,
divas and daredevils, circus and dance, re,
fury, fun and frivolity.
1 June 9 September
National Theatre Inside Out, London
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
Night of Festivals 2012
The UK debut of Haitian group Rara Lakay,
sculptures by Atis Rezistans, a carnival
procession and lm programme. FREE
22 June
Old Market Square, Nottingham
www.nightoffestivals.com
0116 261 6882
NVA Speed of Light
Join hundreds of walkers to create an
extraordinary human artwork illuminating
Arthurs Seat.
Arthurs Seat, Edinburgh
www.eif.co.uk/speedoight
0131 473 2000
Paralympic Flame Festival
Watch Paralympic sport demonstrations,
enjoy a live stage show with rising stars and join
in lighting the way to the Paralympic Games.
25 August
City Hall, Belfast
26 August
Inverleith Park, Edinburgh
Land Of
Giants
Titanic Slipways,
Belfast
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.
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Outdoor & Carnival
2 July 7 July
Uxbridge Lido, London
www.molpresents.com
9 July 14 July
Hampton Pool, London
www.molpresents.com
Northala
Red Earth take to the hills with a site-specic
installation of giant wooden sculptures, building
to a ame-themed nale. Presented by Mayor of
London. FREE
25 July 28 August
Northala Fields, London
www.molpresents.com
Nothing Is Set In Stone
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
Terry Jones and Anne Dudley present a
comic oating opera that will travel Londons
waterways, produced by ROH2, Royal Opera
House. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE
29 July 5 August
www.molpresents.com
SHOWTIME: Entertainment
Everywhere
Touring programme of live performance, lm and
visual art events in shopping centres, parks and
squares across London. Presented by Mayor of
London. FREE
21 July 9 September
www.molpresents.com
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
Rio Occupation London
Thirty Rio artists join forces with 30 London
artists for 30 days.
6 July 4 August
Various venues, London
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-festival-
programme.html
01908 280 800
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
www.molpresents.com
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
One Hackney
Festival
Hackney, London
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 nish in
Clissold Park will be a big
party with awesome live
performances. Expect steel
pans and samba, oats
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.
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Outdoor & Carnival
The Garden Graeae and
Strange Fruit
Gravity-defying outdoor theatre in three stories of
love, consequence and hope. FREE
0844 847 9910
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
The World Famous Silo D
A site-specic 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
Walk The Plank Sparks
Will Fly
A spectacular open-air performance mixing
reworks, dance, music and special effects to
welcome the Olympic Torch.
6 July
Hylands Park, Chelmsford
www.chelmsford.gov.uk
01245 605 500
SHOWTIME:
99 Tiny Games
99 highly infectious, site-specic games will reach
every London borough to ll the city with play. Hunt
out them all! FREE
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
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 Barking Bathhouse
CREATE commissions Something & Sons spa
pavillion, with bar serving healthy cocktails
under a canopy of growing cucumbers.
Barking, London
www.createlondon.org
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
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 nest 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
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Simon Armitage and
other experts selected
poets based on public
recommendations
A WORLD
OF WORDS
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
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
Poets from five continents gather at Londons
Southbank Centre for Poetry Parnassus
Poetry &
Storytelling
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
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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
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
Writing Britain: Wastelands
to Wonderlands
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
Wastelands to Wonderlands examines the way British landscapes appear in literary works
Poetry & Storytelling
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
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
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
0844 847 9910
Rain of Poems
Poems from more than 200 Olympic Nations
will rain down on visitors. FREE
26 June
0844 847 9910
Rochesters Ripping
Story Loom
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
Shake the Dust
Apples & Snakes
Nationwide poetry slams culminate in
a grand nal at Londons Southbank
Centre for this celebration of young
peoples voices.
5 July 8 July
0844 847 9910
StoryCloud
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
StoryLab: Summer Reading
Challenge 2012
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/summer-
reading-challenge
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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
Theatre &
Performance
ARTIST OF
THE THEATRE
Director Robert Wilson turned 70
last year. Hesa legendary gure
in New Yorks theatre scene, and
one ofthe very few artists who
actually ts 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 ve 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 nds 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.
IN THE LIMELIGHT
Julie Walters returns to the
National Theatre for the rst time
in over a decade for The Last
ofthe Haussmans, by rst-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
Left: Einstein on the
Beach at the Barbican.
Right: The Festival of
Chaos, Northampton;
Julie Walters at the
National Theatre, London
WINE, MADNESS
AND ECSTASY
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 stied ambition
and self-destruction.
Festival of Chaos, page 89
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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
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
www.cft.org.uk
01243 781312
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
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
23 June 24 June
www.wmc.org.uk
029 2063 6464
13 July 15 July
Alnwick Garden, Northumberland
www.alnwickgarden.com
01665 511852
Southbank Centre, London FREE
0844 847 9910
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
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.
Wepre Park, Connahs Quay
www.nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson
02920 353070
Circa & I Fagiolini
How Like an Angel
A promenade performance of aerial
circus skills and live song in some of the
UKs nest cathedrals.
26 June 28 June
Norwich Cathedral, Norwich
www.nnfestival.org.uk
01603 218300
2 July 3 July
Ely Cathedral, Ely
16 July 17 July
Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
18 July 19 July
The Cathedral Church of St Peter and
St Wilfred, Ripon
Creating the Spectacle
Sue Austin
A self-propelled underwater wheelchair is
just part of Sue Austins surprising and
unexpected performance. As part of Unlimited.
Osprey Leisure Centre, Portland
www.wearefreewheeling.org.uk
01305 824378
CROW Handspring UK
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
Circa & I
Fagiolini
How Like
An
Angel
Cathedrals
UK Wide
An illuminated gure
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
rst performed in Australia
earlier this year. It now
nds 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 awe-
inspiring work that critics
describe as breathtaking,
beautiful and moving.
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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
Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding
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
01604 624811
20 June 30 June
Hampstead Theatre, London
www.hampsteadtheatre.com
020 7722 9301
18 August 25 August
Oxford Playhouse, Oxford
www.oxfordplayhouse.com
01865 305305
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
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
30 June 1 July
The Tobacco Factory, Bristol
www.tobaccofactory.com
0117 902 0344
7 July
Pontio with National Theatre, Wales
www.pontio.co.uk
01248 382828
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
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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27 June 6 July
Various Cities Scotland
In Water Im Weightless
Kaite OReilly
A fusion of dance, words and attitude,
exploring the poetry of human difference.
26 July 4 August
www.wmc.org.uk
029 2063 6464
0844 847 9910
KidsWeek in the West End
KidsWeek lasts a month in 2012 with events,
super theatre workshops and free tickets to
Londons best shows.
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
Imaginate: Andy Cannon
and Mull Theatre
Scota-land
A new world-class production from one of
Scotlands nest creators of theatre for
children and young people.
Various Cities Scotland
Imaginate: Andy Manley,
Rob Evans and macrobert
Mikey and Addie
A new production from two of Scotlands
nest creators of theatre for children
and young people.
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
01604 624811
Games Time
Spectacular community celebration with online
games, dance and breathtaking costumes, plus
pyrotechnics from Walk the Plank. FREE
9 June
Southelds Park, Loughborough
www.gamestime.org.uk
7 July
Delapre Park, Northampton
22 September
Darley Park, Derby
Games Time combines music, dance, video, reworks and community performers
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Mad Gyms and Kitchens
Bobby Baker
Surprises galore as performance artist
Bobby Baker explores the wonderful
world of well-being. As part of Unlimited.
0844 847 9910
Made In China
Get Stuff Break Free
A funny and moving parable of
consumerism, disconnection and ickering
hope. Set in a secret location at the National.
25 June 4 July
020 7452 3000
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
1 August 31 August
West End Theatres, London
www.kidsweek.co.uk
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
Land of Giants
Northern Irelands largest outdoor arts event
fuses myth and history in a spectacle of
acrobatics, carnival, music and reworks.
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.
23 August 28 August
Hall, Royal Highland Centre
www.eif.co.uk/folespoir
0131 473 2000
Meine faire Dame is a delightful deconstruction of the musical My Fair Lady
Gatz
Noel Coward
Theatre, London
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
ofce, where a man
discovers a copy of the
novel in a Rolodex and
begins to read it.
One by one, his 12 ofce
work-mates assume the
parts of characters in a
marathon read-through of
the book that takes up to
eight hours, with breaks.
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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
non zero one youll see
[me sailing in antarctica]
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
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
Playing the Games
A West End rst 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
Prometheus Awakes Graeae
Theatre Company with
La Fura dels Baus
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
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
www.hackneyempire.co.uk
020 8985 2424
Snails and Ketchup is a dark comic tale following a boy who escapes his brutal home
Rimini
Protokoll
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.
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Tania Bruguera
New commission by the Cuban
installation and performance artist. FREE
31 July 16 August
020 7887 8888
Tarot Drome Marisa Carnesky
This immersive promenade theatre
show brings to life the characters of
Tarot cards to give the audience live,
3D readings.
Old Vic Tunnels, London
www.oldvictunnels.com
020 7993 7420
The Coming Storm
Forced Entertainment
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
2 August
The Byre Theatre, St Andrews
www.byretheatre.com
01334 475 000
6 September
0844 847 9910
Snails and Ketchup
Ramesh Meyyappan
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
Stumble danceCircus
Box of Frogs
A poignant and funny exploration
of passion and disappointment in
Stumble danceCircuss bipolar show
with a difference. As part of Unlimited.
0844 847 9910
Rio Occupation London
Thirty Rio artists join forces with 30
London artists for 30 days.
6 July 4 August
Various venues, London
Robert Wilson Walking
A unique walk through the North Norfolk coast
with visual and sound installations created by
artists including director Robert Wilson.
Holkham, nr Wells-next-Sea
Shake the Dust
Apples & Snakes
Nationwide poetry slams culminate in a grand
nal at Londons Southbank Centre for this
celebration of young peoples voices.
5 July 8 July
0844 847 9910
Silviu Purc aretes
Gullivers Travels
World premiere of visionary director
Silviu Purc aretes version of Swifts political
satire. In Romanian with English supertitles.
17 August 20 August
Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
www.eif.co.uk/gulliver
0131 473 2000
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
28 June
www.wmc.org.uk
029 2063 6464
26 July 27 July
Platform Theatre, Glasgow
www.conux.co.uk
0141 276 9696
Creating the Spectacle by Sue Austin: a self-propelled underwater wheelchair is just part of her performance
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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.
1 June 9 September
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 ve UK regions.
6 July
Stoke Regent Theatre, Stoke
www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
0844 871 7648
25 July
Richmond Theatre, London
0844 871 7648
29 July
Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
0844 871 7648
31 July
Empire, Liverpool
0844 871 7648
24 August
Empire, Sunderland
0844 871 7648
1 September
Theatre Royal, Glasgow
0844 871 7648
The Ugly Spirit Fittings
Fittings engaging and thought-provoking
performance takes a peek into the backstage
world of Siamese twins Jessie and Bessie.
23 May 25 May
Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
www.arenatheatre.info
0844 847 9910
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
Shefeld Hallam University, Shefeld
www.nsdf.org.uk
22 June 30 June
The University of Shefeld, Shefeld
www.nsdf.org.uk
22 June
The Crucible, Shefeld
www.nsdf.org.uk
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
020 7452 3000
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 Curious Incident of
the Dog in the Night-Time
National Theatre
A rich, theatrical exploration of Mark Haddons
touching and bleakly humorous novel, directed
by Marianne Elliott.
From 24 July
Cottesloe, National Theatre, London
020 7452 3000
The Giant and the Bear
Unlimited Theatre
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
The Sacred Truce Project offers non-professional theatre-makers the chance to shape the creation of a new work
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West End Live
The star-studded casts of every West End musical
together for the rst time ever at Londons glitziest
free entertainment festival. FREE
23 June 24 June
www.westendlive.co.uk
What You Will: Pop Up
Shakespeare
Moments of Shakespearean wonder surprise
and delight London, with a cast led by award-
winning actor and director Mark Rylance. FREE
Popping up around London
You Me Bum Bum Train
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
Torchbearers Mzansi Cymru
A cross-cultural saga inspired by the lming of
Zulu, linking the South Wales Valleys with Cape
Town, South Africa.
20 July 21 July
www.wmc.org.uk
029 2063 6464
Unnished Dream
Hamid Pourazari
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
020 8688 9291
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.
Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
020 8534 0310
You Me Bum Bum Train: Be propelled through a maze of live scenes, such as coaching an American football team
Gullivers
Travels
Kings Theatre,
Edinburgh
Romanian theatre director

Silviu Purc arete brings the
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 arete has
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.
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H
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 reect 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 Stratford-
upon-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 lms 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.

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
All the
worlds
a stage
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
Loves Labours Lost
The rst ever full
performance of a
Shakespeare play in
British Sign Language,
produced by Deanitely
Theatre to build a
bridge between deaf
and hearing worlds.
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Romeo and Juliet
in Baghdad
The Iraqi Theatre
company presents
a moving, Arabic-
language Romeo and
Juliet, seen through the
lens of the Sunni-Shia
sectarian conict.
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
battleeld and speeches
delivered to camera.
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2008: Macbeth
This Polish production,
set in todays Middle
East, is stark in its
interpretation but lush in
its use of reworks,
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.
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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.
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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
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Hot tickets
Just a few of the visionary interpretations
you wont want to miss
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,
ux 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 lm.
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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
24 August 26 August
Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
www.eif.co.uk/midsummer
0131 473 2000
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 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
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
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.
26 May 27 May
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
020 7401 9919
Cesario
A new play for ages seven-plus about
Shakespeares children and their adventures
with Wattle, Daub and the Higgler family.
22 August 25 August
020 7452 3000
Coriolan/us National
Theatre Wales
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
020 7401 9919
Cymbeline Globe to Globe
The South Sudan Theatre Company presents the
rst ever adaptation of Shakespeare in Arabic.
2 May 3 May
020 7401 9919
Cymbeline Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa brings Shakespeares romance
tragedy to the Barbican stage. In Japanese.
Globe
to Globe
Shakespeares
Globe, London
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 rst
time to perform a taboo-
busting, mixed-sex
production of The Comedy
of Errors (p103). The
worlds youngest country,
South Sudan, brings a
theatre company to the UK
for the rst time, staging
Cymbeline (p98). The
National Theatre of China
makes its UK premiere
performing Richard III
(p102).
World Shakespeare Festival
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Henry IV Part 2 Globe to Globe
Shakespeares elegiac masterpiece
einvented by Argentinas Ruben Szuchmacher.
In Argentine Spanish.
15 May 16 May
020 7401 9919
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
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
www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
Henry VI Part 1 Globe to Globe
The rst part of a major new Balkan trilogy
from the National Theatre Belgrade, Serbia.
In Serbian.
11 May 13 May
020 7401 9919
The second part of a major new Balkan
trilogy from the National Theatre of Albania.
In Albanian.
12 May 13 May
020 7401 9919
The nal part of a major new Balkan trilogy
from the National Theatre of Bitola, Macedonia.
In Macedonian.
12 May 13 May
020 7401 9919
Henry VIII Globe to Globe
Spains premier young classical company,
Rakat re-imagine Shakespeares play
from a Spanish perspective. In Castilian
Spanish.
29 May 30 May
020 7401 9919
Part of Globe to Globe, the National Theatre of China presents Richard III in Mandarin (p102)
29 May 2 June
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
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
www.roh.org.uk
020 7304 4000
30 May
BP Summer Big Screens, Cities across the UK
www.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens FREE
020 7304 4000
Forests Calixto Bieito
The Catalan theatre legend directs this original
play inspired by Shakespeares references to
forests. In Catalan.
Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham
www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on
0121 236 4455
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
020 7401 9919
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
020 7401 9919
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Noel Coward Theatre, London
www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk
0844 482 5141
BBC Four, UK Wide
www.bbc.co.uk
King John Globe to Globe
A powerful and restless take on peace and war
from Armenias Gabriel Sundukyan National
Academic Theatre. In Armenian.
16 May 17 May
020 7401 9919
King John Royal Shakespeare
Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents King
John at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon.
6 April 15 September
0844 800 1110
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
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
020 7401 9919
Loves Labours Lost
Globe to Globe
The UKs Deanitely Theatre present the rst ever
full production of a Shakespeare play. In British
Sign Language.
22 May 23 May
020 7401 9919
2008: Macbeth TR Warszawa
Set in a contemporary Middle Eastern conict,
Shakespeares play becomes highly physical,
lmic theatre. In Polish with supertitles.
11 August 18 August
Hall, Royal Highland Centre
www.eif.co.uk/macbeth
0131 473 2000
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.
4 July 7 July
Riverside Studios, London as part of LIFT
020 8237 1111
12 July 14 July
Northern Stage, Newcastle
www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on
0191 230 5151
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
0844 800 1110
2 July FREE
Streamed UK Wide
www.rsc.org.uk/cinna
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
0844 800 1110
19 June 23 June
Stratford Circus, London
www.stratford-circus.com
0844 357 2625
27 June 30 June
www.northernstage.co.uk
0191 230 5151
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
020 7401 9919
Julius Caesar Royal
Shakespeare Company
Shakespeares great political thriller nds
modern African echoes in RSCs Artistic Director
Designate Gregory Dorans production.
28 May 7 July
Stratford-upon-Avon
0844 800 1110
19 July 28 July
Theatre Royal Newcastle
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
0844 811 2121
In a Pickle: intriguing visuals and textures
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Macbeth Globe to Globe
Transvestites, addicts and gangsters collide in
Teatr im. Kochanowskiegos sharply modern
production. In Polish.
8 May 10 May
020 7401 9919
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
020 7401 9919
Much Ado About Nothing
Globe to Globe
A bittersweet new production from Frances
Compagnie Hypermobile set in a tense Italian
restaurant. In French.
1 June 2 June
020 7401 9919
Much Ado About Nothing
Royal Shakespeare Company
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents
Shakespeares comedy of love, transposed
to an Indian setting.
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
14 April 29 July
PACCAR Room, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon
0844 800 1110
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
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
Stratford-upon-Avon
www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
Grzegorz Jarzynas retelling of 2008: Macbeth sets Shakespeares classic in a contemporary conict
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.
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4 May 5 May
020 7401 9919
7 May
Oxfam GB, Oxford
www.creationtheatre.co.uk
01865 766266
Richard III Globe to Globe
This trailblazing production marks the National
Theatre of Chinas rst visit to the UK. In Mandarin.
28 April 29 April
020 7401 9919
Richard III Royal
Shakespeare Company
Shakespeares brilliant expose of this
infamous monarch.
22 March 15 September
0844 800 1110
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
020 7401 9919
Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad
Iraqi Theatre Company
A new Romeo and Juliet infused with Iraqs
traditions of poetry, music and ritual. In Arabic.
26 April 5 May
0844 800 1110
28 June 30 June
Riverside Studios, London
020 8237 1111
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.
Otello The Royal Opera
Elijah Moshinskys masterly production rst seen
in 1987 provides the frame for Verdis 1887
tragic opera.
12 July 24 July
www.roh.org.uk
020 7240 1200
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
020 7401 9919
Pericles Globe to Globe
Wild wanderings around the Mediterranean
from the National Theatre of Greece. In Greek.
26 April 27 April
020 7401 9919
Pilot Night Royal Shakespeare
Company and Pilot
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
Remaking Shakespeare
A one-day conference which will feature talks,
workshops and presentations.
14 July
0191 230 5151
Richard II Globe to Globe
Dynamic, direct storytelling from the Palestinian
company behind The Gaza Monologues, Ashtar
Theatre. In Palestinian Arabic.
Open Stages
Showcase
Stratford-upon-Avon
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.
West Side
Story
Gateshead
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.
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BBC Online, UK Wide
www.bbc.co.uk
Shakespeares Stories,
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Objects from the RSC, Shakespeare Birthplace
Trust and the British Museum showcase
Shakespeares work in a global context.
Three sites, Stratford-upon-Avon
www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
Shakespeare: Staging The World
The BP Exhibition
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition
on the world of Shakespeare, in collaboration
with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
19 July 25 November
020 7323 8181
The Comedy of Errors
Globe to Globe
Afghanistans groundbreaking Roy-e-Sabs leave
Kabul for the rst time with this production. In
Dari Persian.
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
020 7401 9919
The Merry Wives of Windsor
Globe to Globe
Bitter Pill and Theatre Company Kenyas high-
spirited celebration of the wit and independence
of African women. In Swahili.
25 April 26 April
020 7401 9919
The Poor Trash of Venice
Teachers mentored by RSC artists direct
Shakespeares Venice plays with different
primary and secondary-school classes
performing together.
3 July 4 July
Stratford-upon-Avon
www.rsc.org.uk/education
0844 800 113
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/rapeoucrece
0131 473 2000
30 May 31 May
020 7401 9919
7 June
Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
www.creationtheatre.co.uk
01865 766 266
8 June
Hateld House, Hateld
www.hateld-house.co.uk
01707 287010
The Comedy Of Errors Royal
Shakespeare Company
Shakespeares joyful comedy of mistaken identity
directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, founder of
Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur.
16 March 6 October
Stratford-upon-Avon
www.rsc.org.uk
0844 800 1110
1 June 4 July
Roundhouse Main Space, London
0844 482 8008
103
Romeo & Juliet Globe to Globe. Grupo Galpos carnivalesque version contains circus, music and dance
104
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
020 7401 9919
Troilus and Cressida
Globe to Globe
New Zealands Ngakau Toa open
Shakespeares heartbreaking take on love amid
war with a fearsome haka. In Maori.
23 April 24 April
020 7401 9919
Troilus and Cressida Royal
Shakespeare Company and
The Wooster Group
Rupert Goold and Elizabeth LeCompte
co-direct a groundbreaking, multi-media
collaboration between the RSC and The
Wooster Group.
3 August 18 August
0844 800 1110
Twelfth Night
Globe to Globe
A vibrant production of the comic classic from Atul
Kumars Company Theatre, Mumbai. In Hindi.
27 April 28 April
020 7401 9919
Twelfth Night Royal
Shakespeare Company
David Farr directs Shakespeares comedy
of mistaken identity in Stratford-upon-Avon
and London.
8 March 6 October
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
0844 800 1110
5 June 5 July
Roundhouse Main Space, London
0844 482 8008
The Tempest Royal
Shakespeare Company
A search for retribution develops into a
journey of acceptance and compassion in
Shakespeares nal play, directed by David Farr.
30 March 7 October
Stratford-upon-Avon
0844 800 1110
9 June 5 July
Roundhouse, London
0844 482 8008
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Globe to Globe
A two-man Zimbabwean riot of love, friendship and
betrayal from Two Gents Productions. In Shona.
9 May 10 May
020 7401 9919
The Winters Tale
Globe to Globe
A magical new production from Nigerias
unparalleled Renegade Theatre, informed by
Yoruba folk tales. In Yoruba.
24 May 25 May
020 7401 9919
Timon of Athens
Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in
Shakespeares strange fable of conspicuous
consumption, debt and ruin.
From 10 July
Olivier, National Theatre, London
020 7452 3000
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
020 7401 9919
The Rest is Silence
dreamthinkspeak
Performance, lm 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
12 June 23 June
Riverside Studios, London
020 8237 1111
26 June 30 June
0191 230 5151
The Taming of the Shrew
Globe to Globe
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
25 May 26 May
020 7401 9919
29 May
Clifton Park, Rotherham
30 May
Kala Sangam, Bradford
020 7401 9919
31 May
Old Market Gallery, Rotherham
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
020 7401 9919
104
105
West Side Story
A full-scale production of Leonard Bernsteins
West Side Story with bold, new choreography
by Will Tuckett.
4 July 7 July
0191 443 4661
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.
Tate Modern, London
www.rsc.org.uk/education
0844 800 1113
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
Two Roses for Richard III
Companhia Bufomecnica
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
0844 800 1110
18 May 23 May
Roundhouse Main Space,
London
0844 482 8008
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
020 7401 9919
Venus and Adonis Globe to Globe: song and dance brings Shakespeares narrative poem to life
What
Country
Friends Is
This?
Royal Shakespeare
Theatre, Stratford-
upon-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.
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.
105
Key Family nTheatre & Performance nPoetry & Storytelling nOutdoor & Carnival nMusic
UK WIDE
n Shakespeare Unlocked p103
n StoryLab: Summer Reading
Challenge p85
n BBC Proms p54
n A Room for London p54
n Asif Kapadia The Odyssey p54
n Cape Farewell Scottish Islands
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 The Pop-up Workshop p94
n National Theatre Watch This
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 Ofcial London 2012 Olympic
and Paralympic Poster Display p39
n Paul Cummins
The English Flower Garden p40
n Rachel Whiteread Whitechapel
Gallery Commission p40
n Yinka Shonibare p42
n Yoko Ono To the Light p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Antony Gormley
A New Work p33
n Maurice Orr The Screaming
Silence of the Wind p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Golden Threads p59
n Anthony McCall Column p33
n Humble Market
Trade Secrets p37
n Paul Cummins The English
Flower Garden p40
n Richard Long (Artist Rooms)
and Luke Fowler p40
n We Face Forward: Art from
West Africa Today p42
MIDLANDS
n Shakespeares Stories,
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust p103
n Kurt Hentschlger CORE p38
Flower Garden p40
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Rochesters Ripping
Story Loom p85
n The Search for Immortality:
Tomb Treasures of Han China p59
n World Stories
Young Voices p59
n Alex Katz p33
n Edmund de Waal p36
n Maria Thereza Alves
Ballast Seed Garden p39
Flower Garden p40
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
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Walk the Plank: Sparks
Will Fly, page 83
Terry Riley Sun Rings,
page 69
Museums & Heritage Film, Broadcast & Digital Dance Comedy Art, Design & Exhibitions Family Key
21-23 June
n Simn Bolvar Symphony
Orchestra of Venezuela p69
n The Itch of the Golden
Nit p57
n Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Trinity
Laban p48
n Big Dance 2012 Hidden
Gems p49
n Cape Farewell Sea Change:
Things Unspoken p35
n Lynette Wallworth Rekindling
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Pop-up Cafe p79
n Janice Parker Private
Dancer p51
Bird Yarns p35
Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35
WALES
n Bee Detective Tin Bath Theatre
Company p88
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill
Absurd Person Singular p88
n The International Student Drama
Festival p94
n Jez Colborne Irresistible p66
n We Face Forward A West
African Party p69
n Big Dance 2012 Lancashire at
the Preston Guild p47
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding p89
n Festival Of Chaos
The Bacchae p89
n Julius Caesar Royal
Shakespeare Company p100
n King John Royal Shakespeare
Company p100
n Stans Cafe Of All The People
In All The World p101
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
n The Crash of The Elysium
Punchdrunk p94
n Close Act Pi-Leau p79
n Lone Twin The Boat Project p80
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Festival p94
MIDLANDS
n Devoted and Disgruntled
Roadshow Improbable p89
n Festival Of Chaos
The Bacchae p89
n Richard III Royal Shakespeare
Company p102
n Night of Festivals 2012 p81
n The Voyage p83
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
n Rachel Gadsden Unlimited
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 23 June
UK WIDE
n BBC Radio 1s Hackney
Weekend 2012 p64
n BBC3 Comedy Gala p55
LONDON
n CROW Handspring p88
n DruidMurphy
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
n Twelfth Night Royal
n Unnished 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
Company p102
n The Voyage p83
n Jonathan Harveys Weltethos
Orchestra p66
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
n Pacitti Company: On Landguard
Point A lm about home p56
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 22 June
LONDON
n DruidMurphy
Service p90
n Prometheus Awakes
Graeae Theatre Company with La
Fura dels Baus p92
n The Comedy Of Errors Royal
Entertainment p93
n Unnished Dream
Hamid Pourazari p95
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
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Pop-up Cafe p79
n Janice Parker
Private Dancer p51
Bird Yarns p35
Thursday 21 June
LONDON
n DruidMurphy
Entertainment p93
n The Tempest Royal
Pourazari p95
Bausch Bamboo Blues p52
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Pop-up Cafe p79
n The Big Concert Gustavo
Dudamel and the Simn Bolvar
Symphony Orchestra
of Venezuela p69
n Janice Parker
Private Dancer p51
Bird Yarns p35
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Peace One Day Global Truce
2012 Countdown p67
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Lakes Alive: Les Commandos
Percu On The Nightshift p80
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding p89
n Festival Of Chaos
The Bacchae p89
24 June daily diary
SCOTLAND
n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob
Evans and macrobert Mikey and
Addie p90
WALES
n Chris Tally Evans Turning
Points p56
n Marc Rees Adain Avion p38
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Festival p94
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding p89
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Circa & I Fagiolini How Like
an Angel p88
Punchdrunk p94
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 28 June
LONDON
n Before Your Very Eyes Campo
and Gob Squad p88
n DruidMurphy
n en route p89
n Made in China Get Stuff
Break Free p91
n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad
Iraqi Theatre Company p102
n The Dark Side of Love Renato
Rocha p103
n The Tempest Royal
Pourazari p95
n Poetry Parnassus p85
n Damon Albarns Dr Dee p65
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
WALES
n Laurence Clark Inspired p45
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n The International Student
Drama Festival p94
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
The Bacchae p89
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
an Angel p88
Punchdrunk p94
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 27 June
LONDON
n DruidMurphy
n en route p89
Service p90
Break Free p91
Rocha p103
n Ring Round the World English
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
Monday 25 June
LONDON
Break Free p91
n The Royal Opera The Trojans
(Les Troyens) p69
Bausch Nefs p52
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
WALES
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Festival p94
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
The Bacchae p89
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Tuesday 26 June
LONDON
n DruidMurphy
n en route p89
Break Free p91
Rocha p103
n The Tempest Royal
n Rain of Poems p85
Nit p57
n Tim Minchin Eden Project
Comedy p45
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 24 June
UK WIDE
n BBC Radio 1s Hackney
Weekend 2012 p64
LONDON
Service p90
Pourazari p95
n West End Live p95
Bausch Nefs p52
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Pop-up Cafe p79
Bird Yarns p35
WALES
Company p88
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Festival p94
n A Hansel of Film Shetland to
Southampton and back p54
MIDLANDS
n The Voyage p83
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
nMuseums & Heritage nFilm, Broadcast & Digital nDance nComedy Art, Design & Exhibitions Family Key
daily diary 30 June
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
n Big Dance 2012
Edinburgh p47
WALES
nBusk on the Usk p64
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Land of Giants p91
n NI Opera Shorts p67
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n The Giant and the Bear p94
Drama Festival p94
n Helen Petts Throw Them Up
and Let Them Sing p66
MIDLANDS
n A Soldier in Every Son An
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
of dance p52
n After Gold p33
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
n Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)
(Brazil) p79
n The British Paraorchestra p69
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding p89
of dance p52
UK WIDE
Punchdrunk p94
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 30 June
LONDON
and Gob Squad p88
n DruidMurphy
n en route p89
Service p90
Break Free p91
n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92
Rocha p103
n The Tempest Royal
Pourazari p95
n The World Famous Silo D p83
n Back2Black Festival hosted by
and featuring Gilberto Gil p63
Nit p57
n Big Dance 2012 Sampled
Taster Workshops p49
n Big Dance 2012 Tomorrows
Men p50
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
TooMortal p52
Friday 29 June
LONDON
and Gob Squad p88
n DruidMurphy
n en route p89
n Gatz Elevator Repair Service p90
Break Free p91
Rocha p103
Pourazari p95
n The Genius of Hitchcock: The
Pleasure Garden p57
TooMortal p52
Bausch gua p52
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
WALES
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Festival p94
(Les Troyens) p69
n The Genius of Hitchcock: The
Pleasure Garden p57
TooMortal p52
Bausch gua p52
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
WALES
n Skewered Snails Ramesh
Meyyappan p93
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Drama Festival p94
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos
Blood Wedding p89
n Festival Of Chaos
The Bacchae p89
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
an Angel p88
Punchdrunk p94
Global Alchemy p40
1 July daily diary
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 4 July
LONDON
n en route p89
Service p90
n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
Producteurs, Associs p100
n Made in China Get Stuff Break
Free p91
Rocha p103
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n Gilberto Gil with the London
Symphony Orchestra p65
n SECRETS Hidden London Like
a Fish out of Water p51
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
WALES
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n West Side Story p105
of dance p52
MIDLANDS
n The Poor Trash of Venice p103
n After Gold p33
n Big Dance 2012 The Big
Dance Spiegeltent p49
Tuesday 3 July
LONDON
n en route p89
Break Free p91
Rocha p103
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
WALES
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
n The Poor Trash of Venice p103
n After Gold p33
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
an Angel p88
Punchdrunk p94
Punchdrunk p94
n The British Paraorchestra p69
Monday 2 July
LONDON
Break Free p91
n The Tempest Royal
n Streetwise Opera With One
Voice p69
Bausch Palermo Palermo p52
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
WALES
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
n After Gold p33
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
an Angel p88
Nit p57
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 1 July
LONDON
Service p90
Break Free p91
Rocha p103
Pourazari p95
(Les Troyens) p69
n Big Dance 2012 Greenwich
World Cultural Festival p49
Bausch Palermo Palermo p52
n Ha Ha Hackney: Maggie,
Maggie Give us a Wave The
Comedy of the Thatcher Years p44
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
n Big Dance 2012
Edinburgh p47
WALES

NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
of dance p52
n After Gold p33
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
daily diary 7 July
n non zero one youll see [me
sailing in antarctica] p92
n Shake the Dust Apples &
Snakes p93
Rocha p103
n Rio Occupation London p82
Nit p57
n Big Dance 2012 Dance
Fields p49
n Big Dance 2012 The Making
Space Performance p50
n Big Youth Dance Weekend 2012
London p50
n Caroline Bowditch Leaving
Limbo Landing p50
n Britain Creates 2012:
Fashion + Art Collusion p35
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
n Big Dance 2012 Aberdeen
Dance Hunt p48
WALES
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Making Triangles p40
n Wendy Ramshaw Rooms
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Big Dance 2012 DAZL
Marathon p47
T Dance p50
of dance p52
MIDLANDS
n Festival Of Chaos Hedda
Gabler p90
n Games Time p90
WALES
Points p56
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n The Sacred Truce
Ursula Rani Sarma p94
of dance p52
n Douglas Gordon The End of
Civilisation p56
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
n I, Cinna (The Poet) Tim
Crouch p100
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
n Walk The Plank Sparks
Will Fly p83
n Big Dance 2012
Hat Fair p48
n John Gerrard Exercise (Djibouti)
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 7 July
UK WIDE
n Big Dance 2012 Big Dance
Shorts p55
LONDON
n en route p89
Service p90
MIDLANDS
n After Gold p33
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 6 July
LONDON
n en route p89
Service p90
Snakes p93
Rocha p103
n Christian Lindberg Dawn at
Galamanta p65
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 5 July
LONDON
n en route p89
Snakes p93
Rocha p103
n The Tempest Royal
(Les Troyens) p69
n Urban Classic p69
Things Unspoken p35
Venus p38
SCOTLAND
Addie p90
WALES
NORTH OF ENGLAND
of dance p52
n Douglas Gordon The End of
Civilisation p56
8 July daily diary
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
n Chariots of Fire p56
Screen Big Dance p49
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Oscar Muoz Draw Down
the Walls p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Compagnie Carabosse Fire
Garden at Stonehenge p79
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Wilson Untrue Island p33
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 11 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
n en route p89
Service p90
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
Company p102
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
2012 p37
Tuesday 10 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
n en route p89
n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis Congo
Square p66
n Big Dance 2012 in the
Baylis p47
SCOTLAND
n Big Dance 2012 Aberdeen
Dance Hunt p48
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
of dance p52
MIDLANDS
n Big Dance 2012 Camp p47
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
n Carnival Crossroads East
Bound p79
n The Caucus Race p83
n Big Dance 2012 at The Big
Weekend p47
n Big Dance 2012 Norfolk Long
Dance p47
n Big Dance 2012 Hat
Fair p48
2012 p37
Monday 9 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
n Jubilation: A celebration of the
Music of George Benjamin p66
Bausch Wiesenland p52
Nit p57
n Big Dance 2012 Camp p47
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Punchdrunk p94
n Big Dance 2012 at The Big
Weekend p47
n Big Dance 2012
Hat Fair p48
n Big Dance 2012 Woking
World p50
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 8 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
Service p90
Snakes p93
Rocha p103
(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
Bausch Wiesenland p52
n Ha Ha Hackney:
Homo of Comedy Gay
Extravaganza 2012! p44
Things Unspoken p35
daily diary 13 July
TooMortal p52
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
the Walls p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Company p88
n Niet Normaal Difference on
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
n Open Stages Showcase p101
n The Tempest Royal
n Big Dance 2012 WE Dance
Festival p50
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
Company p100
n Pilot Night Royal Shakespeare
Company and Pilot p102
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 13 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
n en route p89
Service p90
n BBC Prom 1 p72
with Wynton Marsalis Abyssinian
Mass p66
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
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 12 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
n en route p89
n Otello The Royal Opera p102
n Big Dance 2012 New
Adventures Curtain Raiser p49
TooMortal p52
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
the Walls p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
(Les Troyens) p69
n Big Dance 2012 in the
Baylis p47
n Big Dance 2012 Dancing
Voices p49
Things Unspoken p35
SCOTLAND
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Oscar Muoz Draw Down the
Walls p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
n Eliza Carthy Welcome
Songs p65
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
14 July daily diary
2012 p37
Monday 16 July
UK WIDE
n The Royal Ballet
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52
LONDON
n BBC Prom 4 p72
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 1 p72
with Wynton Marsalis Afro-Cuban
Fiesta p66
n Big Dance 2012
U.Dance p48
n The Royal Ballet
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n A Soldier in Every Son
An Aztec Trilogy Royal
Shakespeare Company and
Compaa Nacional de Teatro de
Mxico p98
Gabler p90
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
an Angel p88
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
Moving p49
SCOTLAND
n Terry Riley Sun Rings p69
WALES
n Big Dance 2012 at Cardiff
Mela p47
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
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 Niet Normaal Difference
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)
(Brazil) p79
n Remaking Shakespeare p102
n Big Dance 2012
on the Beach p48
n Big Dance 2012 Darlington Big
Street Dance p49
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
Company p102
n The Tempest Royal
n Big Dance 2012 WE Dance
Festival p50
of dance p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Big Dance 2012 Day
Brighton p47
n Big Suffolk Dance Party
2012 p50
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 15 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
Service p90
n BBC Prom 3 p72
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 14 July
UK WIDE
Shorts p55
LONDON
n en route p89
Service p90
n BBC Prom 2 p72
n Jazz at Lincoln Center
Essentially Ellington UK p66
n Traction curated by Gilles
Peterson p69
n Big Dance 2012
U.Dance p48
Moving p49
n Big Dance 2012 Trafalgar
Square p50
TooMortal p52
n The Royal Ballet
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
the Walls p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Company p88
daily diary 20 July
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
Company p102
n The Tempest Royal
TooMortal p52
n Boyd & Evans Views p35
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Peace Camp p81
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 20 July
LONDON
n Alan Ayckbourn The Boy Who
Fell Into A Book p88
n en route p89
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 9 p72
n Desdemona p65
n Shakespeare: Staging The World
The BP Exhibition p59
n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Fase p50
n The Royal Ballet
n BMW Art Cars p35
n BT Road to 2012 p35
SCOTLAND
n Peace Camp p81
WALES
n Torchbearers Mzansi
Cymru p95
n Peace Camp p81
of Dreams p42
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 19 July
LONDON
n en route p89
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 8 p72
n Desdemona p65
Fase p50
SCOTLAND
n Peace Camp p81
WALES
n Peace Camp p81
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Peace Camp p81
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
an Angel p88
n Peace Camp p81
Display p39
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 18 July
LONDON
n en route p89
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 6 p72
n BBC Prom 7 p72
Fase p50
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
an Angel p88
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
2012 p37
Tuesday 17 July
LONDON
n en route p89
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 5 p72
Fase p50
n The Royal Ballet
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Oscar Muoz Draw Down the
Walls p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
an Angel p88
21 July daily diary
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Peace Camp p81
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Peace Camp p81
n Big Dance 2012 Streets of
Brass p48
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n Staffordshire Hoard an artist
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Peace Camp p81
n Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak
& Compagnie Ubi p82
n Aldeburgh World Orchestra p63
n Big Dance 2012 Immersion
Tent p47
2012 p37
n Tynteseld Takeover p42
Monday 23 July
LONDON
n Showtime Entertainment
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 12 p73
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 2 p72
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
TooMortal p52
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Peace Camp p81
n Rouge Phare Ponleu Selpak &
Compagnie Ubi p82
n Kurtag and Schubert p66
n Big Dance 2012 Immersion
Tent p47
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 22 July
LONDON
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 BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
SCOTLAND
n Peace Camp p81
WALES
n Peace Camp p81
n BBC Proms Saturday
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 The Genius of Hitchcock:
The Lodger p57
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
SCOTLAND
n Peace Camp p81
n Craig Coulthard Forest
Pitch p36
WALES
n Torchbearers Mzansi
Cymru p95
n Peace Camp p81
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Peace Camp p81
n NEST p66
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n Peace Camp p81
n Project Triangle p68
n Big Dance 2012 Streets
of Brass p48
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Peace Camp p81
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
an Angel p88
n Peace Camp p81
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
TooMortal p52
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Peace Camp p81
Compagnie Ubi p82
n Aldeburgh World Orchestra p63
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 21 July
LONDON
n en route p89
n Rio London Carnival p82
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 10 p72
daily diary 26 July
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 26 July
LONDON
n Playing the Games p92
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 16 p73
n BBC Prom 17 p73
n Wynton Marsalis Swing
Symphony (Symphony No 3) p69
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
n Ei Arakawa p36
n Tino Sehgal The Turbine Hall
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Meyyappan p93
WALES
n In Water Im Weightless
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n The Sacred Truce
Northala p82
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 BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
n Ei Arakawa p36
Commission p42
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n Big Dance 2012 Urban
Moves p50
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
response p41
n Casa Brazil p36
n Ei Arakawa p36
Commission p42
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Moves p50
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
n Henry V RSC Young
Company p99
Company p102
n The Tempest Royal
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 25 July
LONDON
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Moves p50
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Compagnie Ubi p82
2012 p37
Tuesday 24 July
LONDON
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 13 p73
n BBC Prom 14 p73
n BMW Art Cars p35
27 July daily diary
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Battle for the Winds The Final
Battle p79
n Diverse City Breathe p79
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 29 July
LONDON
Northala p82
nSECRETS: Hidden London
The Owl and the Pussycat p82
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 20 p73
n BBC Prom 21 p73
n SECRETS: Hidden London The
Owl and the Pussycat p68
n The Olympic Journey: The Story
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
n Ei Arakawa p36
n The World in London p42
Commission p42
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 19 p73
Matinee 2 p73
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
n Ei Arakawa p36
Commission p42
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
n Much Ado About Nothing
Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n The Tempest Royal
response p41
n Ei Arakawa p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Meyyappan p93
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n NEST p39
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Battle for the Winds The Search
for Doldrums Lair p79
Songs p65
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 28 July
LONDON
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Gabler p90
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Battle for the Winds The
Gathering and Ceremony of the
Winds p79
2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 27 July
UK WIDE
n Martin Creed Work No 1197:
quickly and as loudly as possible for
three minutes p66
LONDON
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n Baaba Maal hosts
Africa Utopia p63
n BBC Prom 18 p73
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
daily diary 2 August
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Treasures of China p59
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 2 August
LONDON
n Kids Week in the West
End p90
n Tania Bruguera p93
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n Antonys Meltdown p63
n BBC Prom 26 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Meyyappan p93
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
Edinburgh Art Festival p41
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 1 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 25 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Tuesday 31 July
LONDON
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 23 p73
n BBC Prom 24 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n The Sacred Truce
Display p39
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n The Sacred Truce
Monday 30 July
LONDON
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 22 p73
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 3 p73
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
3 August daily diary
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 30 p74
n BBC Prom 31 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
n BBC Radio 1s Fun and Filth
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Things Unseen p35
WALES
NORTH OF ENGLAND
of Dreams p42
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n The Tempest Royal
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Lone Twin The Boat
Project p80
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n Troilus and Cressida Royal
Shakespeare Company and The
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 5 August
LONDON
End p90
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Kaite OReilly p90
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 4 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 28 p74
n BBC Prom 29 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Prometheus Awakes Graeae
Theatre Company with La Fura dels
Baus p92
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n The Tempest Royal
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 3 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 27 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 9 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 35 p74
n BBC Prom 36 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n NVA Speed of Light p81
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 8 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 34 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
n Y Storm Theatr Genedlaethol
Cymru p105
of Dreams p42
Tuesday 7 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 33 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Cymru p105
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n A Hansel of Film Shetland
to Southampton and back p54
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Monday 6 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 32 p74
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 4 p74
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41 SOUTH OF ENGLAND
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Benjamin Britten Noyes
Fludde p64
n Atom Egoyan Steenbeckett p34
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n A Midsummer Nights Dream (As
You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n Crystal Ball p36
Global Alchemy p40
Sunday 12 August
LONDON
n Kids Week in the West End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 40 p75
n BBC Prom 41 p75
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
Global Alchemy p40
Saturday 11 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 39 p75
Matinee 3 p75
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
n Coriolan/us National Theatre
Wales p98
Cymru p105
of Dreams p42
of the Games p59
n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
Cymru p105
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Fludde p64
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n World-Beating Improv p45
Display p39
MIDLANDS
n A Midsummer Nights Dream
(As You Like It) Dmitry Krymov p98
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
Cymru p105
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Global Alchemy p40
Friday 10 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 37 p75
n BBC Prom 38 p75
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Global Alchemy p40
Wednesday 15 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 45 p75
n Arthur Bispo do Rosrio Azul
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
n The Changing Room p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
n Meine faire Dame
Ein Sprachlabor
Christoph Marthaler p91
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Tuesday 14 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 43 p75
n BBC Prom 44 p75
n Trailblazers Britains Queens
of TV Comedy p45
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Meine faire Dame
Marthaler p91
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 5 p75
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth TR Warszawa
p100
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Fludde p64
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Crystal Ball p36
Monday 13 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 42 p75
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n AntiVJ and Adrian Utley Mail,
Maps and Motion p63
Global Alchemy p40
n See No Evil p40
Saturday 18 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 48 p76
Matinee 4 p75
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
Global Alchemy p40
n See No Evil p40
Friday 17 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 47 p75
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
n Meine faire Dame
Marthaler p91
n Silviu Pucaretes Gullivers
Travels p93
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Fludde p64
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n 2008: Macbeth
TR Warszawa p100
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Global Alchemy p40
Thursday 16 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 46 p75
n Trailblazers Britains Queens of
TV Comedy p45
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
n Robert Wilson Walking p93
Tuesday 21 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 51 p76
TV Comedy p45
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n See No Evil p40
Monday 20 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 50 p76
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 6 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Travels p93
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Hans Peter Kuhn Flags p37
NORTH OF ENGLAND
on Display p39
Sunday 19 August
LONDON
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 49 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Meine faire Dame
Marthaler p91
Travels p93
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Fludde p64
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
response p41
n Meine faire Dame
Marthaler p91
Travels p93
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p98
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Fludde p64
NORTH OF ENGLAND
Display p39
MIDLANDS
Wooster Group p104
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
Global Alchemy p40
n See No Evil p40
Friday 24 August
UK WIDE
n Channel 4 House Party p56
LONDON
n Cesario p98
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 55 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Les Naufrags Du Fol Espoir
(Aurores) Ariane Mnouchkine p91
n The Rape of Lucrece Camille
OSullivan and Feargal Murray p103
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Trailblazers Britains Queens
of TV Comedy p45
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p102
n Stockhausen Mittwoch
aus Licht p69
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p100
Company p102
aus Licht p69
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
Thursday 23 August
LONDON
n Cesario p98
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 54 p76
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p102
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
Wednesday 22 August
LONDON
n Cesario p98
End p90
n aMAZEme p85
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 52 p76
n BBC Prom 53 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Krapps Last Tape Robert
Wilson p91
NORTH OF ENGLAND
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
n Out of Water p92
Monday 27 August
LONDON
End p90
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 58 p76
n BBC Prom 59 p76
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 7 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
Mull Theatre Scota-land p90
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
n Out of Water p92
Sunday 26 August
UK WIDE
LONDON
End p90
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 57 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Paralympic Flame
Festival p81
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Wilson p91
n Paralympic Flame
Festival p81
n Gavin Bryars Ensemble
The Sinking of the Titanic
& The Beckett Songbook p65
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Lawnmowers Boomba Down
the Tyne p80
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p100
Company p102
aus Licht p69
Wilson p91
n The Sacred Truce
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
the Tyne p80
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p100
aus Licht p69
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n DruidMurphy
Saturday 25 August
UK WIDE
LONDON
n Cesario p98
End p90
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 56 p76
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n Sue Austin Creating the
Spectacle p88
Thursday 30 August
LONDON
End p90
n What You Will: Pop Up
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 63 p77
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Crystal Ball p36
n Paralympic Flame Lighting
Ceremony p81
Songs p65
Wednesday 29 August
LONDON
End p90
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 61 p77
n BBC Prom 62 p77
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Crystal Ball p36
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p100
Company p102
Northala p82
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 60 p77
TV Comedy p45
dos Ventos p34
n Casa Brazil p36
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p100
n The Tempest Royal
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Cabaret p44
n BBC Three Comedy
Marathon p44
Ditty Boxes p35
Things Unseen p35
WALES
n Paralympic Flame
Festival p81
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
Wilson p91
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
the Tyne p80
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p102
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n Out of Water p92
Tuesday 28 August
LONDON
End p90
Shakespeare p95
daily diary 1 September
Commission p42
n Tony Cragg Cass Sculpture
Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
SCOTLAND
n The Sacred Truce
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n YesYesNo Connecting Light p59
n Crystal Ball p36
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
n Forests Calixto Bieito p99
Company p102
n The Tempest Royal
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Spectacle p88
n Pierre Sauvageot Harmonic
Fields p81
n Red Baraat p68
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Spectacle p88
Fields p81
Saturday 1 September
LONDON
Company p88
Kaite OReilly p90
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
n Mad Gyms and Kitchens
Bobby Baker p91
n The Ugly Spirit Fittings p94
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 66 p77
n BBC Prom 67 p77
n Heart n Soul The Dean Rodney
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
n Simon McKeown Motion
Disabled Unlimited p57
Spectacle p57
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
n Marc Brew Company Fusional
Fragments p51
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n YesYesNo Connecting Light p59
n Crystal Ball p36
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
Company p102
response p41
on Display p39
Global Alchemy p40
MIDLANDS
Company p100
response p41
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Spectacle p88
Friday 31 August
LONDON
Company p88
Kaite OReilly p90
End p90
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
Bobby Baker p91
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 64 p77
n BBC Prom 65 p77
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
2 September daily diary
Tuesday 4 September
LONDON
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
Bobby Baker p91
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 71 p77
Singers p65
n Simon Allen Resonance at the
Still Point of Change p69
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Africa Express p63
Things Unseen p35
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
Company p100
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Fields p81
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Crystal Ball p36
on Display p39
MIDLANDS
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Fields p81
Monday 3 September

LONDON
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
n Stumble danceCircus Box
of Frogs p93
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 70 p77
n BBC Proms Chamber
Music 8 p77
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
dos Ventos p34
Sunday 2 September
LONDON
Company p88
Bobby Baker p91
n Stumble danceCircus Box
of Frogs p93
Shakespeare p95
n Lawnmowers Samba
Ceilidh p80
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 68 p77
n BBC Prom 69 p77
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
n Ha Ha Hackney: Looking
Black p44
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Red Baraat p68
Things Unseen p35
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
WALES
n Branches National Theatre
Wales p88
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
MIDLANDS
Company p102
n The Tempest Royal
n Red Baraat p68
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Fields p81
Friday 7 September
LONDON
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
Bobby Baker p91
n The Garden Graeae and
Strange Fruit p83
n Wah! Wah! Girls p95
Shakespeare p95
n Worlds Together Education
Conference p105
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 75 p77
Thursday 6 September
LONDON
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
Bobby Baker p91
Meyyappan p93
Strange Fruit p83
Shakespeare p95
Conference p105
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 73 p77
n BBC Prom 74 p77
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
n Sue Austin Creating
the Spectacle p57
n Candoco Unlimited p50
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p88
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
MIDLANDS
Company p100
Company p102
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Fields p81
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Red Baraat p68
MIDLANDS
Company p102
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Fields p81
Wednesday 5 September
LONDON
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
Bobby Baker p91
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 72 p77
Singers p65
oints p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
Global Alchemy p51
dos Ventos p34
8 September daily diary
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
n David Toole and Lucy Hind
The Impending Storm p51
Dancer p51
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
Things Unseen p35
n A Hansel of Film Shetland
to Southampton and back p54
WALES
Wales p88
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Humble Market-Place p37
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
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
Company p100
n The Tempest Royal
n Mandala p80
n Red Baraat p68
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
Fields p81
Saturday 8 September
LONDON
n King Lear Almeida
Theatre p100
Strange Fruit p83
Shakespeare p95
Conference p105
Everywhere p82
n BBC Prom 76 p77
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
Spectacle p57
n Claire Cunningham Mnage
Trois p50
n David Toole and Lucy Hind
The Impending Storm p51
Dancer p51
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n Casa Brazil p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Michael Clark at Glasgow
Barrowland p51
Things Unseen p35
WALES
Wales p88
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
n Sinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Jorge Macchi Liverpool
Biennial 2012 p37
n Oded Hirsch Liverpool
Biennial 2012 p39
Caravans p57
Market p57
MIDLANDS
Company p100
Company p102
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Surprises p88
n Gnrik Vapeur
Waterlitz p80
Fields p81
Sunday 9 September
UK WIDE
n Bandstand Marathon p63
LONDON
n The Garden Graeae
and Strange Fruit p83
Shakespeare p95
Everywhere p82
Singers p65
Points p56
n Joel Simon
MACROPOLIS p56
n Sue Austin Creating
the Spectacle p57
Dancer p51
n Ha Ha Hackney: The Golden
Years of Variety p45
dos Ventos p34
Limbo Landing p36
n DASH Arts M21 p36
Flower Garden p40
Global Alchemy p40
nSinead ODonnell
CAUTION p41
Commission p42
SCOTLAND
n Michael Clark at Glasgow
Barrowland p51
Things Unseen p35
WALES
of Dreams p42
NORTHERN IRELAND
NORTH OF ENGLAND
n Jorge Macchi Liverpool
Biennial 2012 p37
n Oded Hirsch Liverpool
Biennial 2012 p39
Caravans p57
Market p57
MIDLANDS
n Mandala p80
n Sunday Fiesta World Event
Young Artists 2012 p83
SOUTH OF ENGLAND
Fields p81
n Red Baraat p68
Einstein on the Beach, page 65
134
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
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 rst 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.
W
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 ofcial 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
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, lm and poetry. Brazilian
legend Gilberto Gil and his friends
inspire young UK musicians in
Back2Black, and great carnival
artists work together for the rst 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.
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
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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.
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
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Huge thanks again to our great funding
partners, sponsors and supporters
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Supporters of the London 2012 Festival
138
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
Winning
teamwork
T
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 lm was brought
together by Tate and the creative
magic of Aardman Animation,
with funding from Legacy Trust UK
and BP. The lm 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 ofcial 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
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 lm 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 lm making.
The OLD is also supporting
manyof the agship 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
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)
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