London 2012 Festival Official Gudie

London 2012 Festival
Official guide 21 June to 9 September

Welcome
to the London 2012 Festival! When the UK won the bid for
the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, we promised that this
‘once in a lifetime’ event would include a great cultural programme
that could involve people nationwide. When we are asked why,
we go back to the example of Ancient Greece, where the Olympic
Games included artists as well as athletes. As recently as the
London 1948 Games, artists were awarded medals along with the
athletes. This Festival has invited artists from all over the world to
create amazing events from Shetland to Cornwall, from Enniskillen
to Edinburgh, from Hackney to Hadrian’s 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.
Inside the guide
5 Have a fabulous Festival
6 T he Director’s cut
Director Ruth Mackenzie
gives a taste of the
Seb Coe Tony Hall
Festival programme
Chair, London 2012 Chair, Cultural
Organising Committee Olympiad Board 8 here will you be
W
on 21 June?
Four sensational performances
taking place on opening day
The London 2012 Festival is only possible thanks to the exceptional 12 T he unforgettable
and generous support of our funders, sponsors and partners. We summer of 2012
are enormously grateful to the following: Once-in-a-lifetime experiences
18 The great art escape
Premier Partners of the London 2012 Festival
Find something amazing
happening near you
20 Free London
Cultural experiences
across the city
22 A
rtists who change the world
Astonishing bodies of work
Principal Funders of the London 2012 Festival
from Hitchcock to Hirst
24 S
wing into action
Ring a bell to give the
Games a rousing start
26 Unmissable Unlimited
Disabled artists take up
Supporters of the London 2012 Festival 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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Comedy Outdoor & Carnival
43 Playing it for laughs 78 Tricks of the light
Stephen Fry curates at Fell runners illuminate the
the Criterion Theatre landscape in Edinburgh
44 Event listings 79 Event listings
Dance Poetry & Storytelling

46 Power and beauty 84 A world of words
Dance inspired by The Poetry Parnassus festival
extraordinary places 85 Event listings
47 Event listings
Theatre & Performance
Film, Broadcast & Digital 87 Artist of the theatre
53 New films The great director Robert Wilson
Four new commissions by 87 Wine, madness and ecstasy
exciting UK film-makers Three classics celebrating the
54 Event listings Greek god Dionysus
87 In the limelight
Museums & Heritage Julie Walters at the
58 Magnificent feats National Theatre
Artefacts of Games history, 88 Event listings
including how the medals 96 All the world’s a stage
were forged A celebration of the world’s
59 Event listings playwright, plus event listings
Music Daily Diary

60 London’s great gig 106 Plan your Festival day by day
Performances along 134 The road to Rio
the Thames Passing the baton
62 Get in on the acts 138 Winning teamwork
Radio 1’s biggest-ever Meet our sponsors
free live music event
63 Event listings This page: Circa & I Fagiolini
– How Like an Angel page 88
70 BBC Proms 2012 Front cover: Rachel Whiteread, LOndOn 2O12
How to Prom, plus full Back cover: Tracey Emin, Birds 2012
The posters are part of the Official London
event listings 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Poster
Display page 39
Find more information at london2012.com/festival 3

Tinie Tempah,
BBC Radio 1’s Hackney
Weekend 2012 page 64
Outdoor and Carnival

page 78
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Have a
fabulous
Festival
There are millions of opportunities to take
part in the London 2012 Festival, many
completely free – here’s how to find
something you’ll love
W
ith thousands of have been created with families
performances and and young people in mind – you
events around the can also read about some of our
UK, the London events for children on page 28-29.
2012 Festival promises an exciting
summer of culture. It starts on The Festival on your
21 June and ends on 9 September, doorstep
the last day of the Paralympic The Festival is bringing the spirit of
Games. Whether you love dance, the Games to you, with thousands
music, comedy, theatre, fashion, art of events in every corner of the UK.
or film, you’ll find something you The Daily Diary is broken down by
can get involved in. nation and region, so you can find
something near you at a glance.
Plan your Festival You can also search for events
Inside you’ll find listings of all using your postcode or home town
London 2012 Festival events at london2012.com/festival.
taking place this summer – you
can read about the highlights, Get connected
browse events by artform category, We’ve crammed in as much as we
or check out what’s happening can, but there’s even more to come!
today in your area using the Daily We’ll be running some surprise
Diary – it’s up to you! Dive in and pop-up events during the Festival,
plan your festival. as well as offering plenty of
exclusive looks behind-the-scenes,
Hot tickets special ticket offers and
Many events in the Festival are free competitions – and our online
to attend, and these are clearly followers will be first to hear!
marked in the listings with a FREE Our website also includes more
symbol. For events where you need details on each Festival event,
to reserve or buy a ticket in including access information,
advance, we’ve given you the Box ticket prices, start times and video
Office details of each venue. See previews. So make sure you don’t
page 30 for more details on how miss out...
the listings work.
Visit us online at
Bring the kids london2012.com/festival
The Festival is all about getting Like us on Facebook:
involved – so why not bring the facebook.com/london2012festival
kids? The ‘family friendly’ symbol in Follow us on Twitter:
the listings shows those events that @london2012fest

‘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
F
rom Midsummer’s Day on 21 June to the last day of What can people do for free? The results are incredible, and
the London 2012 Games on 9 September, the London It is really important that everybody I know that disabled artists will
2012 Festival hopes to astonish and delight the UK gets the chance to take part in the be up there in the greatest hits
with an explosion of arts and creativity all over the London 2012 Festival, so we have of the London 2012 Festival.
country. There are more than 10 million free tickets and over 10 million FREE tickets and
opportunities to take part: Festival Director Ruth Mackenzie opportunities – all over the UK, not Can people be creative
invites you to join the fun. just in London. We have free and take part?
concerts, exhibitions and special We really want people to take part,
outdoor spectaculars at some of the to be creative themselves. With the
UK’s most beautiful landmarks – Big Dance, for example, we hope
How do you create a ‘once Stonehenge, the Tower of London, five million people will join us in
in a lifetime’ festival? Giant’s Causeway, Zaha Hadid’s dancing all around the UK. This
The Olympic and Paralympic new museum on the River Clyde, is the true spirit of the Cultural
Games come to our home country the shore of Cardiff Bay and places Olympiad – the formal name of the
once in a lifetime, and we faced near you. All free, but please check creative programme we have been
the challenge to deliver a London if you need to book in advance. It’s running since 2008 with the help of
2012 Festival just as amazing. We a great chance to experiment with 16 million people, building up to its
started by giving world-class artists something new, see artists or take finale, the London 2012 Festival.
the same chance as the athletes: to part for free in events you may
create once-in-a-lifetime special never experience again. What do you recommend?
events – the best from around the With thousands of events,
world working with the best of Have the Games inspired 10 million free tickets and
British. We asked arts centres and the artists? opportunities, comedy and TV stars,
creative leaders for their top ideas. Of course. Take the idea of world-famous musicians, top tips for
Then we chose the most exciting to Olympic Truce: in Ancient Greece, the stars of tomorrow, artists new
be in this showcase of brilliant all nations agreed to stop fighting and old from around the world and
musicians, comics, film stars, to listen to the artists and watch spectacular venues all over the UK,
museums, galleries, theatres, the athletes. The United Nations still where do I start? Only you can tell
dance companies, carnival makers, has a resolution before each us what was unforgettable – what
acrobats, poets and much, much Games, and this year we can will go down in history as the best
more. The stakes are high – the enjoy pop stars, musicians and event of 2012. We have worked
eyes of the world will be on us artists in all art forms inspired by with partners in communities all
this summer; but if we get the this theme of world peace. The over the UK and with festivals and
Festival right, people will Paralympic Games have inspired creators all over the world to make
remember 2012 not just for our funders to set up Unlimited, a a summer like no other. All that’s left
amazing moments of sport, but special programme to commission is for you to join us and, most
for unforgettable art as well. our best disabled and deaf artists. important of all, have great fun!
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The Director’s cut
A taste of Festival experiences that will live with you forever
Towering over the Acrobatic extremes Rocking the world The song king Helicopters in harmony
Olympic Park in the city Peace One Day’s Damon Albarn’s The world premiere of the
Anish Kapoor’s The Orbit: a Streb: Extreme Action: Global Truce Concert: Dr Dee: a new opera about opera that Stockhausen saw
115-metre high sculpture that Elizabeth Streb’s troupe from the heart of the Elizabethan magician. as his masterpiece,
will remain a monument to reimagines London’s Derry/Londonderry. Page 65 Mittwoch aus Licht.
the Games. landmarks. Page 67 Page 69
Page 42 Page 83 Illuminating the past
Let the music flow Compagnie Carabosse: Lighting the way
The world’s playwright Dancing the globe BT River of Music: six stages transforming Stonehenge Cardiff’s Paralympic Flame
The World Shakespeare Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina with artists from five into a Fire Garden. Festival: an exciting build-up
Festival: a celebration of Bausch: profiling 10 world continents beside iconic Page 79 to the opening of the
the great playwright’s cities in a celebration of the landmarks on the Paralympic Games.
impact on our lives. legendary choreographer. River Thames. Beethoven at the Proms Page 81
Page 96 Page 52 Page 64 Daniel Barenboim’s
West-Eastern Divan in A star of the Tate
Pushing boundaries Film legend’s The transformative a complete Beethoven Olafur Eliasson: the artist
Unlimited: this programme sporting short power of music symphonies cycle. who drew vast crowds with
spotlights the talents of deaf Mike Leigh’s A Running Jump: The Big Concert: young Page 72-73 The Weather Project
and disabled artists. a short film about love and players from Scotland and collaborates with
Page 26 sport in east London. Venezuela under the baton Heroines of comedy the Tate.
Page 56 of Gustavo Dudamel. Trailblazers: special Page 39
Three ways to Page 69 screenings in tribute to
appreciate Wilson Making ancient walls the funniest women of Surprises round
Robert Wilson in London, communicate Biggest-ever Radio 1 British television. the corner
Enniskillen and Norfolk. YesYesNo’s Connecting Light live music event Page 45 Pop-up performances:
Pages 65, 91, 93 pulses messages along the BBC Radio 1’s Hackney unexpected, one-off events
73 miles of Hadrian’s Wall. Weekend 2012: free to an showing the UK in
Page 59 audience of 100,000 a new light.
and broadcast.
Page 64
Stonehenge Fire Garden,

page 79

Where
will you
be on
21 June?
The London 2012 Festival starts on
a high with four thrilling events lined
up for the opening day
1. On the Night Shift

Lakes Alive, Bowness-on-Windermere
When the Olympic Flame comes to Part of the Lakes Alive season,
Lake Windermere on 21 June it will this free spectacular will be the
spark an evening of explosive world premiere of the company’s
sound and spectacle. new show On the Night Shift,
French pyrotechnic wizards Les which will include music and
Commandos Percu will be setting dance, and will feature specially
the sky ablaze and filling the air selected UK artists.
with rhythmic drumbeats from their
unique fusion of fireworks and Lakes Alive: Les Commandos Percu
percussion work. – On The Night Shift, page 80
‘A stunningly choreographed,
large-scale firework spectacular
underscored with furious,
elemental percussion and dance,
On the Night Shift explores
enlightenment versus obscurity,
destruction versus regeneration
and light versus darkness’
Julie Tait, Director, Lakes Alive
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2. The Big Concert
Raploch, Stirling
A small Scottish suburb may seem In a community of only of difference,’ says William,
like a strange place to make musical 3,000 people, the 450 children an 11-year-old cellist.
history, but on 21 June the children under 12 years old practise four
of Raploch will be conducted by nights a week. Everyone learns Musical fireworks
one of the greatest conductors in together, no one is turned El Sistema changed countless lives
the world, Gustavo Dudamel, away. The results, musically in Venezuela, none more than for
together with the Simón Bolívar and socially, are amazing. Dudamel, who rose to become the
Youth Orchestra from Venezuela, ‘Heaven knows what kind of hip youngest ever conductor of the Los
who travel the world with him. hop will come out of here,’ says Angeles Philharmonic. On 21 June
George Anderson, one of the Big he will lead a concert in the
Making a Big Noise Noise team. ‘What will these kids shadow of Stirling Castle for an
But the musical history started years do when they know how to audience of 8,000 people, which
ago, with the Big Noise project arrange a string quartet and put will show the musical talent of all
offering children in Raploch the samples on it and use beat boxes?’ the young people, Scottish and
chance to learn an orchestral For the children, rehearsing Venezuelan, with musical and real
musical instrument, working on the together has become a way fireworks to finish the evening.
same philosophy pioneered years of life. ‘It’s brought a lot of music
before by El Sistema in Venezuela. into Raploch and made a lot The Big Concert, page 69
‘I’ll have butterflies in my tummy but I’ll be jumping on my toes.

I’m always excited for concerts, but sometimes I’m really nervous
– and this one has 8,000 people’ William, 11, cello player
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3. Peace One Day
Global Truce
Countdown Concert
Derry/Londonderry
As ambassador for Peace One Global Truce 2012 campaign.
Day, there’s only one place you’ll Peace One Day was founded by
find actor Jude Law on 21 June – in filmmaker Jeremy Gilley back in
the heart of Derry/Londonderry’s 1999, with the aim of establishing
new cultural quarter. There, in the an annual day of global ceasefire
shadow of the sparkling new and non-violence on 21 September.
Peace Bridge, historic Ebrington Since then, the campaign has
Parade Ground will rock with the inspired action on Peace Day
hope of the Peace One Day throughout all sectors of society, in
Global Truce 2012 concert. every country of the world. And in
This will be the first major event 2007 and 2008, Gilley and Law
to take place in the former army travelled to Afghanistan to
barracks, and the echoes of the spearhead an initiative that has
soldiers marching will be pushed resulted in the vaccination against
firmly back in history as the walls polio of 4.5 million children due to
resonate with music from a Peace Day agreements.
star-studded line-up of artists. A second concert will take place
It’s the perfect location to inspire at London’s Wembley Arena on
reconciliation and change on the Peace Day 21 September 2012.
day that will mark the three-month
countdown to Peace Day 2012, Peace One Day,
the focus of Peace One Day’s page 67
‘It feels a lot better doing

things for other people than
doing things for yourself’
Jude Law, Peace One Day Ambassador
4. Weltethos –
Jonathan Harvey
Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Edward Gardner and Simon Halsey specially enlarged orchestra, pipe
raise their batons together for the organ, speaker and three choruses
UK premiere of Weltethos (Global in a deeply moving call for
Ethos). It was originally greater global understanding.
commissioned by Sir Simon Rattle City of Birmingham Symphony
for the Berlin Philharmonic
Orchestra. The six movements each
Orchestra, CBSO Chorus,
CBSO Youth Chorus &
‘Music has an important role to play
portray one of the world’s major
religions: Confucianism, Judaism,
Children’s Chorus.
in society because, in my opinion, it
Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and
Christianity. Two conductors will
Jonathan Harvey’s Weltethos
– City of Birmingham Symphony
is the most spiritual of all the arts’
harness the massed forces of the Orchestra, page 66 Jonathan Harvey, composer, Weltethos

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

his own opera Dr Dee this summer
‘Albarn makes use of his
at English National Opera. It is
directed by Rufus Norris and tells
innate gift for melody and
the story of the mysterious Dr Dee,
a spy (code number allegedly 007)
brilliance in mixing genres’
and mystic who lived hundreds of
years ago, and died on a secret
mission abroad. He was a regular
at Queen Elizabeth I’s court, and is
said to be the model for William
Shakespeare’s Prospero. Come to Cardiff on 27 August
For the music, Albarn makes use and follow the magical glow of the
of his innate gift for melody and lantern procession as the
brilliance in mixing genres. He Paralympic Flame is lit at Cardiff
explores his own English roots, and Bay. Surprise stars, community
adds aspects of grand opera and groups, Paralympians and a stage
Elizabethan masques to his pop of great performers come together
culture and world music influences. in a free spectacular to remember.
Albarn’s musical ensemble, The Welsh Flame then travels to
featuring traditional instruments Stoke Mandeville, to unite with
including an old English lute, joins Flames from England, Scotland
him on stage adding Elizabethan and Northern Ireland, and start the
flair to the orchestral score. final journey to the Opening
Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee, Ceremony of the London 2012
page 65 Paralympic Games.

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
Edinburgh’s celebrated Fringe
venue, The Pleasance, and
give them a deadline. What
could possibly go wrong?
Tales of the Riverbank Comedy
Barge, page 45
arge that laughs

The b
Peace Camp is just one of the

ways you can participate in the
London 2012 Festival – and
experience one of its most powerful
themes: the appeal for global truce.
Eight glowing encampments are
appearing simultaneously at
beautiful and remote coastal
locations around the UK – from
County Antrim to the tip of
Cornwall, from the Isle of Lewis to
the Sussex cliffs. A collaboration by
renowned director Deborah
Warner and actress Fiona Shaw,
the installations are designed to be
visited between dusk and dawn,
and feature the audible murmuring
of love poetry from within the tents.
You can contribute to Peace
Camp online by nominating your
favourite love poems, and submitting
your own message to create an
online anthology that celebrates our
rich poetic tradition.
Peace Camp, page 85 Love poetry around the coast
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6 free music stages
along the Thames
Incredible performers from

every one of the 205 nations taking
part in the London 2012 Games
are playing 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 by teaming
major artists with young musicians to
create unique collaborations. Six
stages, representing the world’s
major continents, will present two
days of live music, DJs and a party
atmosphere on Saturday 21 and
Sunday 22 July.
Artists include Scissor Sisters,
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
with Wynton Marsalis, Baaba
Maal, Angelique Kidjo, Zakir
Hussain, Andy Sheppard and
the Noisettes.
BT River of Music, page 60
Shakespear
e from all o
ver the wor
ld
Shakespeare’s global
influence is celebrated in the World
Shakespeare Festival. Produced by
the Royal Shakespeare Company,
it’s an unprecedented collaboration
with leading UK and international
arts organisations, and with Globe
to Globe, a major international
programme produced by
Shakespeare’s 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
More than a thousand
amateur companies the chance to
perform on the RSC’s stages in
artists from around the
Stratford-upon-Avon, while anyone world will take part in 72
can join in online through the digital
project My Shakespeare. Shakespeare productions
World Shakespeare Festival,
page 96. See also BBC
Shakespeare season, p55

Manchester meets Africa
West Africa in Manchester:

‘We face neither East nor West,
we face Forward,’ said Kwame
Nkrumah, the first President of
Ghana. His words are the
inspiration for a great festival of
West African contemporary art,
fashion, photography, video,
installations, music and more.
Manchester’s main galleries have
joined forces for the first time to
present this free city-wide exhibition,
which also offers children’s
storytelling, workshops and special
surprises such as a touring,
have-a-go-yourself art-bus modelled
on the flamboyant taxi-buses found african festival
in Senegal and Mali. Top: African art and
We Face Forward, page 42 performance will
pervade the streets
of Manchester
Ensemble by Benin artist

Meschac Gaba
Magical beings
A horse and waggon, Rolls
Royce and vintage motorcycle &
sidecar are just some of the modes
of transport the runners in Hansel of
Film will employ. In this wonderfully
wacky relay race, volunteers share
the route from Shetland to
Southampton and back, passing
on short films as their baton. The
handover points en route are venues
for the screenings of the films that
have been made by the public
all around the UK.
The hot choreographer in A Hansel of Film – Shetland to
Berlin, Constanza Macras works for Southampton and Back, page 54
the first time with National Theatre
Wales, taking brave audiences into
the darkness of the forest of North
Wales. For the unaware in Cardiff
town centre, billboards turn into
screens and the adventures in the
forest become dance videos on
a giant scale. Playing with dance
and immersive theatre, handheld
cameras capture scary rites of
passage to bring ancient Welsh
myths vividly alive. Once seen,
never forgotten!
Branches, page 88
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g quar tet in helicopters
Strin
It’s being staged in a former

warehouse in Birmingham and will
feature a string quartet streamed
live from four flying helicopters. The
much-anticipated world premiere
of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s
Mittwoch aus Licht promises to be
a musical and theatrical revelation.
The most significant 20th-century
composer of electronic music,
Stockhausen regarded Mittwoch
as his masterpiece. He is reputed
to have prayed daily for its first
complete performance in order to
spread its message of love and
collaboration through the central
characters Eve, Lucifer and
Michael. This production by
Birmingham Opera Company will
be the first time all six parts of the
opera have been staged together.
Mittwoch aus Licht / Wednesday
from Light, page 69
Fashion
& art co
llusion
UK fashion designers and artists

have come together to create
special one-off works of art inspired
by the Games. Britain Creates
2012: Fashion and Art Collusion
brings together an array of glittering
talent, including Giles Deacon and
Jeremy Deller, Paul Smith and
Charming Baker, Jonathan
Saunders (whose work is pictured,
left) and Jess Flood-Paddock,
Stephen Jones and Cerith Wyn
Evans, Hussein Chalayan and
Gavin Turk, Matthew Williamson
and Mark Titchner. The artists
are sewing, the fashion
designers are casting in
bronze; anything is possible.
Britain Creates 2012,
page 35

1
Valtos, Isle of Lewis
Peace Camp: Love-poetry-
inspired encampments on
the coast. p85
Giant’s Causeway
Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags:
The dramatic landscape
seen in a new light. p59
The great 4
art escape
Belfast
Land of Giants:
Northern Ireland’s 5
largest-ever outdoor
arts event. p80, 81
Who says drama has to be

confined to theatres and art trapped
in galleries? The Festival is setting
imaginative and original pieces free
to inhabit unusual and beautiful
locations across the nation
Ilkley
Jez Colborne – Irresistible:
Open-air choral symphony by the
Bradford musician. p66
LLandow, Wales
Y Storm: Welsh translation of
Shakespeare’s The Tempest with
live music and magic. p105
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Edinburgh
Speed of Light:
Runners in
glowing suits
light up Arthur’s
Seat at night.
p81
2 Hadrian’s Wall
Connecting Light: art that pulses
messages along the length of the
wall. p59
3
Borders
Forest Pitch:
Football matches
in the middle of
the woods. p36
Nottingham and
Birmingham
6 Mandala: 3D architectural
Ripon projection is fused with South
How Like an Asian dance and music p80
Angel: Aerial
7 circus skills in the
country’s finest
Windermere cathedrals. p88
On The Night
Shift: Pyrotechnics 8
and percussion by
the lakeside.
p80 9
11
London
12 11 Aldeburgh Mark Rylance in pop-up
Aldeburgh World Shakespeare all around the
Telford Orchestra: capital. p95
Kurt Hentschläger Musicians from across
– CORE: Digital the globe form an 13
projections at orchestra. p63
10 Ironbridge Gorge. Stonehenge
p38 Fire Garden: The
monument
transformed into
a glowing fairytale
15
environment. p79
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16
17
Bexhill
Hang On A Minute Lads:
A full-size coach dangles
off De La Warr Pavilion.
p40
Bristol
See No Evil: Street artist Inkie
creates Europe’s largest street
art festival. p40

Al fresco fun
Inside Out
National Theatre
Outdoor spectaculars and activities
for kids. p81
West End Live

Trafalgar Square
A star-spangled spectacular
featuring casts from every
West End musical.
p95
The Royal Ballet

Royal Opera House
The 2012 BP Summer Big Screen
relays a live performance of the
Royal Ballet’s Metamorphosis:
Titian. p52
SHOWTIME: Entertainment
Everywhere
Entertainment in all 33 London
Boroughs, including Theater
Tol/Akademi (pictured left). p83
Free London The capital will be fizzing with live arts events, festivals,
exhibitions and street art during the Festival – and dozens
of them are free. Here’s our pick of the best
at tack
Ar t
Serpentine Gallery
Pavilion 2012
Hyde Park
Powerhouse architectural art from Ai
Weiwei and Herzog & de Meuron.
p33
Rachel Whiteread façade

Whitechapel Gallery
You can admire Whiteread’s
beautiful new frieze from the street
(and the gallery’s free too). p40
Tate Modern Oil Tanks

Experience Tate’s dramatic new
performance space (pictured right)
with Fase (p50), Ei Arakawa (p36)
and Tania Bruguera (p93).
20
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 UK’s
biggest artists. p39
BT Road to 2012
National Portrait Gallery
Photos exhibition of the people
behind the Games, from unsung
heroes to athletes. p35
Get into t The Olympic Journey:
he Game The Story of the Games

Royal Opera House
s Treasures from the Olympic Museum

in Switzerland illustrate the history
of the Games.
p59
Music outdoors
Big Dance
City-wide
Dancing in the streets – and
the parks, palaces, museums,
and libraries – from performers
and the public.
p47
BBC Radio 1’s Hackney

Weekend 2012
Hackney Marshes
Megastars including Jay-Z
and Rihanna take the stage for
Radio 1’s 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
Big Dance
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
Secrets: Hidden London

City-wide
Discover another side of London,
along its canals (The Owl and the
Pussycat), in its lidos (Like a Fish Out
of Water), and on its hills (Northala
a secret Fields, pictured left). p82
shh ! I t’s The Pineapple Banqueting House

Blackfriars
S 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

1. 4.
Artists who
change the
world
The Festival has invited rare collections of work from great
figures of contemporary art, music, theatre, film, comedy
and dance, giving unparalleled insights into their art
3.
2.
5.
1. Damien Hirst 2. Jubilation: 3. Tracey Emin: 4. Tanztheater 5. DruidMurphy 6. The Genius of

An insight into The Music of She Lay Down Wuppertal Pina Three plays by Hitchcock
Hirst’s work at George Deep Beneath Bausch Tom Murphy tell The BFI National
Tate Modern. Benjamin The Sea Sadler’s Wells the epic story of Archive has
More than 70 Virtuoso concerts Emin explores and the Barbican Irish immigration restored a series
works will drawing together love, sex and are staging from 1846 to of Alfred
provide a survey a great range of romanticism at a major 1980. The Tony Hitchcock’s silent
of the 25 years Benjamin’s music. the Turner retrospective of Award-winning masterpieces to
this influential It centres on the Contemporary choreographer Druid Theatre their former glory.
and controversial Philharmonia Gallery in her Pina Bausch. The Company Musical
artist has been in Orchestra’s home town of season features performs the luminaries such
the public eye. performance of Margate. Works 10 works (seven plays over the as Nitin
Page 36 ‘Jubilation’, his on erotic subjects UK premieres), course of three Sawhney and
1985 work for by Emin, JMW each created at evenings or in an Soweto Kinch
orchestra, mixed Turner and the invitation of entire cycle on have written new
children’s group Auguste Rodin a global city and one day. scores, which will
and choir, will be presented exploring a Page 89 be performed
conducted by the together for the different location. live at Festival
composer. first time. Page 52 screenings.
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6. 8. 11.
9.
7. 12.
10.
7. Lucian Freud 8. Yoko Ono 9. David 10. Happy Days 11. Alan 12. Trailblazers
Portraits The Serpentine Hockney RA: Beckett Festival Ayckbourn – Britain’s
This ambitious Gallery’s A Bigger Picture The world’s first Alan Ayckbourn’s Queens of
exhibition exhibition Hockney is festival dedicated remarkable TV Comedy
David Hockney: “The arrival of spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire in 2011
compiles work regarded as one to the works of repertoire of Joyce Grenfell,

(twenty eleven) - 2 January, no.2” (One of a 52 part work) iPad drawing
examines Ono’s
Lucian Freud: “Reflection (self-portrait)”, 1985, private collection, Ireland
from the 70 huge impact on of the UK’s most Samuel Beckett plays for young Hattie Jacques
© The Lucian Freud Archive. Photo: Courtesy Lucian Freud Archive
years Freud was contemporary accomplished in Enniskillen. people is and Diana Dors
an active painter art, music, living artists. This Including work represented by are among the
before he died film and showcased by Antony Soho Theatre’s icons honoured
printed on paper 56 3/4 x 42 1/2" © David Hockney.
last year. The performance. It stunning Gormley, Atom production of The in this five-show
National Portrait includes her new landscapes Egoyan and Boy Who Fell retrospective of
Gallery has project SMILE, revealing Gavin Bryars. A into a Book. A women in TV
assembled more for which people Hockney’s native highlight will be double-bill of a comedy, which
than 100 upload images Yorkshire through Robert Wilson classic and new goes right up to
paintings from of themselves the seasons directing his solo Ayckbourn play the 80s. Each
galleries and smiling to create alongside earlier performance of will play in themed night will
collections all a global works. the masterpiece Chichester and be introduced by
over the world. anthology of Krapp’s Last Scarborough. one of today’s
Page 38 online portraits. Tape. Page 88 comedy stars.
Page 42 Page 91 Page 45

Swing O
n the morning of I’d like them to be involved. But
27 July the whole of I don’t think that a big bell is better
the UK will wake up than a small bell, so I want to make
with a joyous ringing in a piece of music that reflects that.
into
their ears. That’s the intention of That’s why it’s not a composition.
Turner Prize-winning artist Martin I don’t want people to play a
Creed, whose latest work, All The melody; I want a cacophony.’
Bells, is an open invitation for the
action
whole nation to ring whatever bell Sign up online
they have to hand, for three minutes Everyone planning to participate
between 8am and 8.03am, to can sign up at allthebells.com,
launch the opening day of the where they will be able to
London 2012 Games. download a special free ringtone
‘The sound of bells to herald a that the artist is creating.
big event is what bells were made ‘It’s not a phone pretending to be
27 July is the first day of the for,’ said Creed enthusiastically, a bell,’ said Creed. ‘I’m including
‘which is why I thought it would be actual samples from as many
London 2012 Games. And if artist good for the Games. And also different bells as possible –
Martin Creed has his way, it will because bells are one of the oldest
and loudest musical instruments,
including doorbells, cowbells
and big church bells.’
go off with a clang in one of with a sound that can carry for Creed initiated a smaller-scale
miles without amplification. The version of this project in the Italian
many Festival events that invite idea is to make a great big town of San Gimignano in 2000,
celebratory sound and that anyone when he invited the churches in the
you to be part of the art can take part, with a handbell or town to ring their bells. This time
bicycle bell or whatever, so that it’s the outcome of the Games version
totally democratic. I’m hoping that of All The Bells depends not just on
professional church bell-ringers engaging the interest of churches,
don’t feel that it’s being but on the maximum voluntary
disrespectful to their craft, because participation of an entire
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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.
Let’s dance!
Britain is experiencing a dance
epidemic. It’s the country’s 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 Festival’s
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 Get involved!
or otherwise shake their stuff. You can Some other ways you can join in
community: all of us. Is Creed join in classes, workshops, courses,
worried about that? flashmobs and competitions, and if
‘The piece will stand or fall you need to catch your breath you
StoryLab
on how many people take part can also take in breathtaking Children’s summer
on the day. And it is an invitation, performances and film screenings. creative fun sorted.
not a request. As I see it we’re p85
a bit like kids saying – hey, Be a record breaker
Radio 1 Academy
everyone, come and play this At 1pm on the day the Olympic Flame Learn business, arts, career
great game with us. It’s a strange arrives in the UK (18 May) thousands of and media skills in the run-up
project because to ring every schoolchildren all over the world will to BBC Radio 1’s Hackney
single bell in the country at the attempt to break the record for the Weekend 2012.
p60
same time is an impossibility. But largest simultaneous multi-venue dance.
that’s also why I like it, because At the time of going to press, Kids Week in the West End
it’s reaching for the impossible.’ the record is held by the Netherlands, Cool events and workshops
Martin Creed – Work No. 1197: with 264,188 people dancing in in central London.
p90
All the bells in a country rung as 1,472 locations.
quickly and as loudly as possible The record-breaking hopefuls will Tino Sehgal – The Turbine
for three minutes, page 66 be learning a routine by Wayne Hall Commission
McGregor, resident choreographer at People power propels this
major work.
the Royal Ballet, which they will dance p42
on the day to an original score by
Scanner and Joel Cadbury. World Record Improv!
To sign up to ring a bell, McGregor said: ‘Young dancers Head for Barnsley to take
part in this mass
go to allthebells.com... throughout Britain and in our partner improvisation event.
countries worldwide will share a p45
moment in time, dancing together
and in unison, sharing our passion
...and you’ll get an
for the artform we love.’
exclusive free Martin
Big Dance 2012, pages 47-50
Creed ringtone
To join in, visit bigdance2012.com

Unmissable
Unlimited
S
he’s got a gift for The Paralympic Games challenge disabled
self-expression and is
renowned for her balletic athletes to exceed their personal best. That’s
grace, but what makes
dancer and choreographer Claire why London 2012 Festival’s Unlimited
Cunningham so extraordinary is
that she never wanted to do it in
programme invites deaf and disabled artists to
the first place. ‘Not in the slightest,’ raise their game – and they certainly have
she admits from her Glasgow
home. ‘I was quite set on becoming
a singer and, within my heart of Claire is keen to share the credit. Festival, but she has also
hearts, music is still my first love.’ ‘I’ve been fortunate in having very choreographed a Festival piece
supportive people around me. Even for the international dance
Award-winning though I’m often on stage alone, company Candoco.
The way Claire tells it, she there’s a huge team behind ‘Ménage à Trois physically and
discovered dance in 2005 thanks anything that I make. It’s vital to technically is very big, and required
to the US choreographer Jess Curtis have that team behind you.’ working with a large team of
and the performance artist Bill designers, even though there are
Shannon. It was with them that she Rich collaborations only two of us on stage’, she says.
first started to explore the use of her The Unlimited initiative has been ‘The Candoco piece was the
crutches on stage. a key part of that team. ‘The rich flipside of that – 12 performers,
Within two years her first collaboration and the funding to but a very small creative team.’
show, Evolution, had been make things a bit bigger has been In just six years, Claire has
nominated for an award at the marvellous,’ Claire says. ‘Working achieved more than many dancers
2007 Dublin Fringe Festival. In her with the National Theatre of do. Does she think we are at a
next work, ME (Mobile/Evolution), Scotland has been fantastic. I’m point where disability and
Claire integrated her crutches as learning to work on a bigger scale mainstream arts are finally coming
fully into the performance as and there are people there to make together? ‘It can only enrich all
they are in her life. sure I’m not going to fall down. artforms if they are open to different
Turned into trapezes or used They’ve done it before and know lived experiences,’ she says. ‘If the
as props in intricate dance what the hazards are. To have work is of a high standard, there’s
manoeuvres, they propelled her access to that level of knowledge no longer any reason to think about
with an elegance and vigour that is very reassuring.’ it as “other”, except in the sense of
recalled both high-wire circus acts These new collaborations have it coming from other experiences.’
and ballet. It was a moving, led to Cunningham’s busiest year
life-affirming spectacle, and ME to date. Not only is she performing Candoco Unlimited, page 50
took a Herald Angel award at the her fourth work, Ménage à Trois, Ménage à Trois, page 50, 51
2009 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. as part of the London 2012
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‘It can only enrich all artforms
if they are open to different
lived experiences’
Claire Cunningham
Hot tickets:
Unlimited
All Unlimited commissions
will be showcased at the
Southbank Centre, London,
31 August – 9 September,
during the Paralympic Games
Diverse City – Breathe

The show opening the London
2012 sailing events has a cast
of 50 – some disabled.
Page 79
Jez Colborne and Mind the

Gap – Irresistible
Ilkley Moor provides a rugged
setting for Colborne’s unusual
choral symphony, which turns
the cacophony of sirens into
a work of musical beauty.
Page 66
Paul Cummins – The English

Flower Garden
The ceramics artist has fired
thousands of blooms (above),
tailoring each to its location.
Cummins hopes his work will
help make art as accessible as
the flowers he mimics.
Page 40
Sinéad O’Donnell – CAUTION

Communication is the key
to this venture, in which six
visual and performance
artists, collaborating across
four continents, explore
each other’s ideas.
Page 41
what is normal
anyWAY? Sue Austin – Creating
What is normal? Who the Spectacle
Performance artist Sue Austin
decides? The Dutch exhibition pushes a wheelchair to its limits
Niet Normaal: Difference on in this underwater spectacular.
Display questions the very Page 88
notion of normal by bringing
To read about the full
together unusual work by Unlimited programme, visit
artists such as Bob and london2012.com/festival
Roberta Smith, Christine
Borland, Ben Cove and
Aaron Williamson. When it
was first seen in Amsterdam,
weekend visitors were even
offered the chance to take
a DNA test to see how
‘normal’ they really are.
Niet Normaal, page 39

The kids
are alright
There are loads of ways for kids to get involved
in the London 2012 Festival, with a fantastic
variety of events to choose from. Don’t forget to
look for the family-friendly logo in the listings
ct or Who adventure
A Do
C
hildren all around the UK
can get involved with
this summer’s London
2012 Festival – whether
they’re 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 year’s 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 Doctor’s deadliest enemies. The
audience has one hour to save the
Doctor, his TARDIS and the world.
‘The audience are
As most of the Manchester
performances were just for children,
the heroes, and
we asked Jack Shorrock, aged 12,
from Lancashire, for his verdict. ‘At
it’s their mission’
the start I thought it was going to Felix Barrett
be a bit boring, but quickly realised
it was going to be one of the best
Artistic Director, Punchdrunk
things I’d ever been to. It was like
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A festival of stories
Toys on the run

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

How to book tickets
There are millions of opportunities to get involved in the London 2012
Festival. Here’s how to find something you’ll love
Booking tickets
Each event listing includes a Event listings
website address where you can
buy tickets or register for free tickets
Event title
where the event is marked ‘FREE
– ticket required’. If a listing says
A short description
the event is FREE you don’t need
of the event
to register for tickets in advance
– just turn up. Some events will
also give you the venue’s box The start and end
Box office – some venues
office phone number if you’d dates of the event
provide a phone number
prefer to book by phone. for booking tickets
If the event is marked
Access information
FREE, just turn up. If it The family-friendly icon
Festival events take place across
says ‘FREE – ticket highlights events created
the UK in a huge variety of venues,
required’, visit the website with families and children
and we aim to make the Festival
for details on how to in mind. Check the
accessible to all. The website or box
reserve a free ticket website for suitability
office for each event will provide
more specific access details.
Venue and city
Event listings Event website – visit
You can search for events in this for access and ticket
guide by their event category. Or information
use the Daily Diary, which is broken
down by region.
Event categories Daily Diary

Each category of event has its own
colour – look for the colour of your
desired category on the side of The Daily Diary lists
each listing page or next to the events day by day
You can then see which events
event name in the Daily Diary.
are taking place in each region
The title of the event – don’t forget some events are
Nations and regions
UK-wide, online or broadcast
We have divided the Daily Diary
into nations and regions to help you The coloured icon
find events near you. You can shows you the
use the search function at category of the
london2012.com/festival to event – there’s a key The page reference tells
find events using your at the bottom of each you where to look in the
postcode or home town. Diary page guide for more details
Languages
Where a performance is given in a
language other than English, this The family-friendly
has been indicated. Check the icon means the event
venue’s website for details of is particularly suitable
translation or surtitling. for families and
young people
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BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend 2012: Jay-Z (page 64)
Event
listings
Choose from thousands of
events and performances all
around the UK, in the
following categories
■ 32 Art, Design & Exhibitions

■ 43 Comedy
■ 46 Dance
■ 53 Film, Broadcast & Digital
■ 58 Museums & Heritage
■ 60 Music
■ 78 Outdoor & Carnival
■ 84 Poetry & Storytelling
■ 86 Theatre & Performance
All listings were correct at the time of going

to press. For the most up-to-date details
visit london2012.com/festival
Tanztheater Wuppertal
Pina Bausch (page 52)
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The largest commission
of all, the Orbit by Anish
Kapoor (page 42),
towers above the
Olympic Stadium
Art,
Design &
Exhibitions
objects Great artists from around the world
to inspire
The first major solo exhibition of have created new commissions,
the work of Thomas Heatherwick’s
design studio is held at the V&A.
installations, exhibitions, digital work
Feats of architecture, engineering and some pop-up surprises – many
and sculpture go on display with
prototypes, design drawings and of which can be enjoyed for free.
objects of inspiration. Founded in
1994, the Heatherwick Studio has
From Hans Peter Kuhn on the
received praise for its innovative Giant’s Causeway to Alex Katz in
and exciting designs. These
include the UK Pavilion (Seed St Ives, the artists have risen to the
Cathedral) at the Shanghai World
Expo 2010, the new design for
challenge of 2012 and its legacy
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
Modern’s Turbine Hall –
from helter-skelter slides to
millions of hand-crafted
sunflower seeds – but Tino
Sehgal doesn’t make
objects of any kind.
He prefers to construct
Merseyside is the site for Anthony McCall’s Column, a vertical cloud stretching as high as the eye can see a thought-provoking, and
often fun, social encounter.
After Gold East Float, Wirral Waters, Merseyside All Turbine Hall
Japanese artists create new works, including www.london2012.com/festival
commissions are free but
Atelier Bow-Wow’s straw towers and platforms
along the Olympic Torch Relay route. FREE are kept secret until they
Antony Gormley – a new work open. Tino Sehgal is
30 June – 5 July The sculptor presents a new work inspired famous for surprising
Various Venues, Loughborough by Waiting for Godot. Part of Happy Days:
www.arts.lboro.ac.uk/radar Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. FREE audiences – his recent
commissions for the
1 July – 27 August Guggenheim in New York
Ai Weiwei and Herzog & de The Grand Yard at Castle Coole, Enniskillen
Meuron – Serpentine Gallery www.happy-days-enniskillen.com
and Manchester
Pavilion 2012 028 6632 2690 International Festival
Artist Ai Weiwei and architects Herzog & showed the playful and
de Meuron mine the Serpentine’s lawn for
disturbing sides that make
archaeological inspiration. FREE Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise his work unforgettable.
1 June – 14 October Wilson – Untrue Island Page 42
Serpentine Gallery, London A collaborative cross art-form response to this
www.serpentinegallery.org important location and its history as a site for
020 7402 6075 military experiments during the Cold War.
8 July – 30 July
Alex Katz Orford Ness, Suffolk
Cool and seductive canvases, spanning the full www.commissionseast.org.uk
breadth of the Brooklyn-born artist’s career since
the 1950s.
Art in the Park – Carsten Nicolai
19 May – 23 September – Ifo spectrum
Tate St Ives, St Ives A colourful representation of the five Olympic
www.tate.org.uk/stives Rings as a dramatic, oscillating sound wave,
01736 796226 using the colour spectrum of a sunset.
From 27 July
Anthony McCall – Column Olympic Park, London
A vertical, spinning column of cloud rising www.london2012.com/olympic-park
from the surface of Wirral Waters, visible
across the North West and beyond. FREE
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Art in the Park – Grenville Davey From 27 July
– Inter Alia Olympic Park, London
The artist collaborates with local residents and www.london2012.com/olympic-park
the RCA on a series of personal interventions
along the Central Park bridge.
Art in the Park – Winning
From 27 July Words
Olympic Park, London A programme of permanent poems in the park
www.london2012.com/olympic-park includes specially commissioned works and
in the Athletes’ Village an existing favourite
nominated by the public.
Art in the Park – History Trees
– Ackroyd & Harvey From 27 July
Beautifully engraved bronze and stainless steel Olympic Park, London
rings are suspended in the crowns of three www.london2012.com/olympic-park
mature trees planted at the entrances into the
Park, capturing an archive of local history.
Arthur Bispo do Rosário
From 27 July – Azul dos Ventos
Olympic Park, London Explore the work of this visionary artist
www.london2012.com/olympic-park who continues to influence Brazilian
art and whose global reputation continues
to grow. FREE
Art in the Park – Keith Wilson
Arthur Bispo – Steles (Waterworks)
These striking installations evoking nautical way-
13 August – 30 September
V&A, London
do Rosário markers in vivid colours connect the parkland www.vam.ac.uk
• with the river flowing through it. 020 7907 7073
V&A, London From 27 July

Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett
• Olympic Park, London
www.london2012.com/olympic-park The film director pays tribute to Beckett
Bispo do Rosário, one of with this installation. Part of Happy Days:
Rio’s best-loved artists Enniskillen International Beckett Festival. FREE
(1911-1989), died without Art in the Park – Monica Bonvicini
– RUN 11 August – 27 August
ever considering himself Acting as a mirror by day and glowing by night, The Clinton Centre, Enniskillen
an artist. Diagnosed with three 9m-tall letters form a striking permanent www.happy-days-enniskillen.com
paranoid schizophrenia, artwork for the Copper Box. 028 6634 2806
he spent most of his life

after 1938 in institutions in
his native Brazil. His
creative work began
shortly after his first
hospital admission, when
he started to embroider
found fabrics with
Christian imagery and
poetry. Before long, his
work spread throughout
the hospital on everything
from asylum uniforms
to bed sheets.
This will be the first major

show of his work in the
UK, shared with the
São Paulo Biennial. Jeff Koons’s car from BMW Art Cars, a collection of cars with bodywork designs by world-renowned artists
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london2012.com/festival
BMW Art Cars

A collection of BMW bodywork designs by
artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol
and Jeff Koons. FREE – ticket required
20th July – 12 August

Car Park in central London
www.bmw-art-cars.de
Boyd & Evans – Views

The first major UK survey of Boyd & Evans’s
work, including penetrating landscapes of
the American Southwest. FREE
18 July – 2 September
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
0121 248 0708
BP Portrait Awards – Next

Generation
A series of events aimed at encouraging
young artists inspired by the free
BP Portrait Award exhibition.
FREE – ticket required
Hebridean tiger moths studied during Cape Farewell’s boat expedition across the Scottish Islands
21 June – 23 September
National Portrait Gallery, London
www.npg.org.uk 21 June – 24 June Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
020 7306 0055 An Tobar, Isle of Mull Things Unseen
www.capefarewell.com/seachange New solo work by visual artist Anne Bevan
on the invisible life of the sea. FREE
Britain Creates 2012: Fashion
+ Art Collusion Cape Farewell – Sea Change: 3 August – 16 September
Leading British fashion designers and artists Ditty Boxes Bonhoga Gallery, Shetland
including Hussein Chalayan, Giles Deacon and Sculptor John Cumming and furniture maker www.capefarewell.com/seachange
Jeremy Deller collaborate to celebrate London Cecil Tait collaborate on a travelling installation
2012. FREE based on hand-made sailors’ boxes. FREE
Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
6 July – 29 July 18 May – 28 May Things Unspoken
V&A, London SAMS Festival of the Sea, Oban New work by visual artists Anne Bevan
www.vam.ac.uk www.capefarewell.com/seachange and Andrea Roe exploring human and
020 7907 7073 animal behaviour, natural history and the
7 August – 28 August environment. FREE
Shetland Museum, Shetland
BT Road to 2012 www.capefarewell.com/seachange 24 May – 13 July
Portraits of the people behind London 2012 01595 695 057 Royal Society of British Sculptors, London
– from those staging the event to athletes like www.rbs.org.uk/whats-on
Ellie Simmonds, Phillips Idowu and Jessica 020 7373 8615
Ennis. FREE Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis
19 July – 23 September A collection of Gaelic poems from Rody Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
National Portrait Gallery, London Gorman inspired by Cape Farewell’s four-week Water Works
www.npg.org.uk expedition across the Hebrides in 2011. FREE A series of video works about water as a
020 7306 0055 resource developed and presented by Indian
18 May – 28 May environmental artist Atul Bhalla. FREE
SAMS Festival of the Sea, Oban
Cape Farewell – Sea Change: www.capefarewell.com/seachange 24 April – 4 June
Bird Yarns Taigh Chearsabhagh, North Uist
Artist Deirdre Nelson and Mull’s knitters create a 21 June – 24 June www.capefarewell.com/seachange
flock of lost Arctic terns, then provide a welcome An Tobar, Isle of Mull 01870 603 970
of food, music and poetry. FREE www.capefarewell.com/seachange
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Caroline Bowditch – Leaving
Limbo Landing
Experience performance artist and
disabled dance-maker Bowditch’s
new collaborative installation. As part
of Unlimited. FREE
Southbank Centre, London
www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Casa Brazil
An exhibition of the hottest talent in Brazilian
arts and design as part of Casa Brazil’s
cultural programme.
Somerset House, London
www.somersethouse.org.uk
020 7845 4600
Craig Coulthard – Forest Pitch

A forest in the Scottish Borders becomes home Damien Hirst continues to divide opinion about his works, which have become iconic symbols of Britart
to a full-size football pitch for two games only in
Coulthard’s arts project.
DASH Arts – M21 Edmund de Waal
21 July Disabled artists explore what it’s like to Ceramicist and best-selling author Edmund de
Clarilawmuir Plantation, near Selkirk live in middle England, from medieval to Waal exhibits a new series of works created for
www.forestpitch.org modern times. As part of Unlimited. FREE the opulent interiors of the Manor.
5 May – 6 May 20 April – 28 October

Crystal Ball The Priory Hall, Much Wenlock Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury
Nine new single-screen media works from Asian www.dasharts.org.uk www.waddesdon.org.uk/collection
and European artists, commissioned by Samsung 01296 653226
for the IOC collection. FREE 31 August – 9 September
11 August – 12 August www.southbankcentre.co.uk Ei Arakawa
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill 0844 847 9910 New commission by the award-winning, New
www.dlwp.com York-based Japanese artist. FREE
01424 229100
Design Stories – The Architecture 24 July – 29 July
29 August – 2 September behind 2012 Tate Modern – Oil Tanks, London
Abandon Normal Devices Festival, across the Films, images, models and a new 14m mural www.tate.org.uk/modern
North West showcase the design stories behind London’s 020 7887 8888
www.andfestival.org.uk newest architectural landmarks. FREE
25 June – 21 September Exploratory Laboratory

Damien Hirst Royal Institute of British Architects, London Artists meet scientists on the Jurassic Coast
The first substantial survey of the work of Damien www.architecture.com in a diverse range of new contemporary
Hirst, one of the most prominent British artists to 020 7307 3694 artworks installed in unusual locations. FREE
emerge in the 1990s.
4 April – 9 September Douglas Gordon – The End of Various Venues, Across Dorset
Tate Modern, London Civilisation www.exlab.org.uk
www.tate.org.uk/modern A piano burns in this epic film from the
020 7887 8888 celebrated Scottish artist, set against the stark
northern landscape. FREE – ticket required Frieze Projects East
New commissions of public art for east
5 July – 6 July London communities from artists including
Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne Gary Webb, Sarnath Banerjee and Anthea
www.greatnorthrunculture.org Hamilton. FREE
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25 June – 9 September 23 June – 26 August Frieze

Poplar Baths, William Morris Gallery,
billboard sites across London
FACT, Liverpool
www.fact.co.uk
Projects
www.friezefoundation.org/projects-east 0151 707 4464 East
•
Government Art Collection Humble Market-Place Popping up across
at the Whitechapel Gallery Immersive live digital performance that connects
Highlights from this world-class collection Brazil with UK audiences, between intense
the UK
of British art are shown in a public gallery spectacle and intimate encounter. FREE •
for the first time in its 113-year history. FREE Frieze are based in East
7 September – 9 September
21 June – 2 September Guildhall Square Clocktower, Derry London and, for the first
Whitechapel Gallery, London www.cityofculture2013.com time, they commission
www.whitechapelgallery.org artists including Sarnath
020 7522 7888
International Architecture and Banerjee (see below),
Design Showcase Anthea Hamilton and
Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags A series of international exhibitions and Gary Webb to create
Hans Peter Kuhn creates a dramatic new installations. FREE
exciting contemporary art
installation of patterns and codes for the
Giant’s Causeway. FREE 23 June – 23 September for their local communities.
Embassies and Cultural Institutions, London
20 August– 28 October www.britishcouncil.org/london2012 Jeremy Deller, also a local
Giant’s Causeway, County Antrim
www.london2012.com/festival east London artist, creates
Jeremy Deller – Sacrilege Sacrilege – a life-sized
The Turner Prize-winning artist presents his major replica of Stonehenge
Heatherwick Studio – new interactive artwork – a full-scale version of
Designing The Extraordinary Stonehenge as a bouncy castle. FREE
as a bouncy castle. It
The first major solo exhibition celebrating will pop up all over the UK
the work of one of Britain’s most inventive 21 June – 9 September and around London.
design studios. Various outdoor locations and dates, across
the UK
31 May – 30 September www.london2012.com/festival All free, these new
V&A, London works invite audiences
www.vam.ac.uk of all ages to have
020 7907 7073 John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti)
2012 fun discovering
A major new simulation by John Gerrard that contemporary art.
Helen Petts – Throw Them Up and looks at the exercise and representation of
Let Them Sing power. FREE
Digital film explores artist Kurt Schwitters’
escape from Nazi Germany and journey 6 July – 27 July
to the Lake District. As part of Unlimited. FREE Modern Art Oxford Offsite, Oxford
www.modernartoxford.org.uk
28 June – 18 August 01865 722733
Hatton Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne
www.twmuseums.org.uk/hatton
0191 222 6059 Jorge Macchi – Liverpool
Biennial 2012
31 August – 9 September Artist Jorge Macchi presents a full-sized
Southbank Centre, London shipping container absurdly and impossibly
www.southbankcentre.co.uk wedged inside Liverpool’s oldest art
0844 847 9910 gallery. FREE
8 September – 25 November
Humble Market – Trade Secrets Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Embark on a journey of discovery with www.biennial.com
interactive market stalls created by Zecora 0845 220 2800
Ura and artists Persis-Jade Maravala,
Alastair Eilbeck and James Bailey. FREE
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Official
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,
A mysterious aeroplane from Spain turns into an artistic time capsule for Wales, in Marc Rees’ Adain Avion
Anthea Hamilton, Howard
Hodgkin, Chris Ofili,
Bridget Riley and Rachel Kurt Hentschläger – CORE Marc Rees – Adain Avion
Whiteread interpreted the Giant projections give glimpses into a weightless A mobile art space made from the recycled
world populated by humanoid figures, at fuselage of a DC-9 airplane travels to
Olympic Games, and Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site. FREE locations across Wales.
Fiona Banner, Michael
Craig-Martin, Tracey Emin, 23 March – 30 September 24 June – 1 July FREE
Enginuity, Ironbridge Gorge, Telford National Waterfront Museum, Swansea
Gary Hume, Sarah Morris www.ironbridge.org.uk www.adainavion.org/swansea
and Bob and Roberta 01952 433424
Smith (see below) the 1 July – 7 July FREE
The Works, Ebbw Vale
Paralympic Games. All
Lucian Freud Portraits www.adainavion.org/ebbw-vale
their work is featured A major exhibition focusing – for the
in this free exhibition. first time – on 70 years of portraiture by 8 July – 14 July FREE
the great artist. Venue Cymru, Llandudno
www.adainavion.org/llandudno
9 February – 27 May
National Portrait Gallery, London 4 August – 11 August
www.npg.org.uk The National Eisteddfod of
0844 248 5033 Wales, Llandow
www.adainavion.org/llandow
Lynette Wallworth 12 August FREE

– Rekindling Venus St Fagans National History Museum, Cardiff
Artist Lynette Wallworth’s immersive film www.adainavion.org
celebrates a rare astronomical event, the
Transit of Venus.
Maria Thereza Alves – Ballast
7 June – 6 July Seed Garden
Peter Harrison Planetarium, Royal A floating Ballast Seed Garden on a
Observatory, London grain barge in Bristol Harbour, producing
www.rmg.co.uk/visit/planetarium-shows a living history of the city’s trade and
020 8312 6608 maritime traditions. FREE
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From 21 June Niet Normaal – Difference 21 June – 21 September

Floating Harbour (North side), Bristol on Display Tate Britain, London
www.arnolfini.org.uk Groundbreaking exhibition questioning what is www.tate.org.uk/britain
0117 917 2300 normal and who decides, as part of DaDaFest 020 7887 8888
2012. FREE
Martin Creed – Work No 1197: 13 July – 2 September Olafur Eliasson

All the bells in a country rung as The Bluecoat, Liverpool A major new commission from artist
quickly and as loudly as possible www.dadafest.co.uk Olafur Eliasson, whose previous work
for three minutes 0151 702 5324 includes the Weather Project at Tate
Join in at 8am as the UK celebrates the first day Modern. FREE – ticket required
of the London 2012 Games with simultaneous
bell ringing all around the UK. FREE Oded Hirsch – Liverpool Tate Modern, London
Biennial 2012 www.tate.org.uk/modern
27 July Artist Oded Hirsch presents a lift unexpectedly 020 7887 8888
UK Wide bursting through the ground in Liverpool
www.allthebells.com ONE. FREE
Oscar Muñoz – Draw
8 September – 25 November Down the Walls
Maurice Orr – The Screaming Liverpool ONE, Liverpool Colombian artist Muñoz explores the
Silence of the Wind www.biennial.com commonality of loss and remembrance at one of
Five sensory installation pieces inspired 0845 220 2800 Belfast’s most disputed interface walls. FREE
by the raw, barren landscapes of the visual
artist’s native Northern Ireland. 10 July – 17 July
As part of Unlimited. FREE Official London 2012 Olympic Flax St/Crumlin Rd Interface, Belfast
and Paralympic Poster Display www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
11 June – 3 August A free exhibition of the London 2012 Games’ 028 9033 0920
Great Hall Stormont, Belfast official posters, including artists Bridget Riley,
www.mauriceorr.co.uk Tracey Emin and Chris Ofili. FREE
028 9052 0700
6 August – 29 August
Flowerfield Arts Centre, Portstewart
www.flowerfield.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 Hentschläger’s work CORE, at Enginuity, Ironbridge, Telford
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Paul Cummins – The English 1 July – 30 August Rachel Whiteread – Whitechapel
Flower Garden Althorp Estate, Northampton Gallery Commission
Thousands of hand-thrown ceramic flowers www.althorp.com The British artist creates a new permanent work
made by artist Paul Cummins create a typically 01604 770107 of art for the historic facade of the Whitechapel
English garden. As part of Unlimited. Gallery. FREE
25 April – 27 May FREE Southbank Centre, London From 14 June
Chiswick House Gardens, London www.southbankcentre.co.uk Whitechapel Gallery, London
www.chgt.org.uk 0844 847 9910 www.whitechapelgallery.org
020 7522 7888
28 April – 27 May
The Secret Gardens of Sandwich, Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Sandwich Global Alchemy Richard La Trobe-Bateman
www.the-secretgardens.co.uk Gadsden and the South African – Making Triangles
01304 619 919 Bambanani group present a film and art Spanning 45 years of work, where
exhibition around human fragility, resilience structure, construction and materials are
1 June – 31 August and survival. As part of Unlimited. critical. FREE
Castle Howard,
York 21 June – 18 August FREE 7 July – 9 September
www.castlehoward.co.uk Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
01653 648333 Cambridge www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk
www.maa.cam.ac.uk 01824 704774
4 June – 26 August FREE 01223 333516
Cromwell Green, Houses of Parliament,
London 30 August FREE – ticket required Richard Long (Artist Rooms) and
www.parliament.uk/get-involved The Bluecoat, Liverpool Luke Fowler
www.dadafest.co.uk Richard Long, one of Britain’s leading artists,
5 June – 17 September 0151 702 5324 brings nature into the gallery; and a film
Blenheim Palace, Oxford exploring radical politics in the North by Luke
www.blenheimpalace.com 31 August – 9 September FREE Fowler. FREE
01993 810530 Southbank Centre, London
www.southbankcentre.co.uk 23 June – 4 October
0844 847 9910 The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield
www.hepworthwakefield.org
01924 247360
Richard Wilson – Hang on

a Minute Lads, I’ve Got a
Great Idea
A full-sized replica coach, balanced
from the Pavilion roof, recreates the final
scene of The Italian Job. FREE
7 July – 1 October
De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
www.dlwp.com/events
01424 229111
See No Evil
Street artist Inkie curates Europe’s largest
street art festival, with over 20 commissions on a
disused site in the heart of Bristol. FREE
Temple Meads and Temple Quay, Bristol
www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk
Rachel Gadsden’s Global Alchemy explores themes of human fragility and resilience
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Rachel
Whiteread
Frieze
•
Whitechapel
Gallery, London
•
More than a century has
passed since it was first
proposed. Now artist
Rachel Whiteread has
designed a frieze to
complete the front of the
Whitechapel Gallery. In
1901 a mosaic by Walter
Crane was planned, but
was deemed too pricey
and the gallery’s entrance
remained unadorned. That
was until the London 2012
Festival helped commission
the new work from the
Tony Cragg’s Cass (page 42) – outdoor sculptures on Exhibition Road, London and in Goodwood, West Sussex Turner Prize-winning artist.
The façade is inspired by
Shezad Dawood Staffordshire Hoard – artists’ the tree of life motif seen
– Piercing Brightness response elsewhere on the building.
An exhibition by the acclaimed artist, Specially commissioned artists’ response to the ‘There’s gold leaf on it –
including new film, with vintage textile largest collection of Anglo Saxon gold and silver
paintings. FREE metalwork ever found. FREE
it’s the most ostentatious
I’ve ever been,’ said
24 June – 29 September 21 July – 1 September Whiteread. To design the
Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, piece she worked on a
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk Stoke-on-Trent
01736 363715 www.stokemuseums.org.uk/pmag full-scale model. ‘I find it
01782 232323 quite difficult to work with
30 June – 15 September computer-generated
The Exchange, Penzance
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk Susan Philipsz – Timeline images,’ she said. ‘I’m
01736 363715 at the Edinburgh Art Festival a sculptor, I like to work
The Turner Prize-winner’s latest sound installation in three dimensions.’
follows a historic line through the city, and
Sinead O’Donnell – CAUTION responds to the famous 1pm gun. One of a
Belfast-based Sinead O’Donnell leads a series of commissions from Scottish artists.
showcase of work by disabled and deaf artists
from the USA, Peru, Canada, and Kurdistan-Iraq. 2 August – 2 September
As part of Unlimited. FREE Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh
www.edinburghartfestival.com
24 August – 29 September 0131 226 6558
Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast
www.goldenthreadgallery.co.uk
028 90330920 The Changing Room
Artists from the Arab World occupy an
31 August – 9 September underground gallery, a magic shop and an
Southbank Centre, London office hub evoking the signs of change. FREE
0844 847 9910 15 August – 30 September
Underground Gallery,
London Westminster Hub,
London Davenports Magic Shop
www.britishcouncil.org/london2012
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The Orbit Tracey Emin: She Lay Down Deep YesYesNo – Connecting Light
Anish Kapoor’s 115m-high visitor structure Beneath the Sea New York-based artists YesYesNo create
dominates the Olympic Park, offering views The first major exhibition by the celebrated British a line of lights for sending messages along
across the Stadium and London. artist in her home town, Margate, including work Britain’s most dramatic Roman frontier,
by Turner and Rodin. FREE Hadrian’s Wall. FREE
From 27 July
Olympic Park, London 24 May – 23 September 31 August – 1 September
www.tickets.london2012.com Turner Contemporary, Margate Hadrian’s Wall, Various Sites
www.turnercontemporary.org www.hadrians-wall.org/festival.aspx
01843 233000 01434 322002
The Pineapple Banqueting House
Bompas & Parr curate a culinary spectacle in
an extraordinary new piece of architecture, The Tyntesfield Takeover Yinka Shonibare
Pineapple, in the middle of the River Thames. FREE somewhereto_ and the National Trust The Royal Opera House unveils a new
showcase young artists’ talent with a public art commission. FREE
23 June – 23 September digital graffiti light show projection and
Pineapple Banqueting House, live music. FREE – ticket required From 21 June
Blackfriars Bridge, London Royal Opera House, London
www.jellymongers.co.uk 22 July www.roh.org.uk
The National Trust Tyntesfield, Bristol 020 7240 1200
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/tyntesfield
The World in London 01275 461900
Outdoor exhibition and website of over 200 Yoko Ono – To the Light
photographs of Londoners each born in one of A major retrospective of the conceptual artist,
the competing nations. FREE We Face Forward: featuring new and existing work plus large-scale
Art from West Africa Today project SMILE.
27 July – 12 August Manchester’s main galleries join forces for the
Victoria Park, London first time for a major exhibition of contemporary 19 June – 9 September
www.photonet.org.uk art from West Africa. FREE Serpentine Gallery, London
www.serpentinegallery.org
2 June – 15 September 020 7402 6075
Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Gallery of Costume, Manchester
Hall Commission www.manchestergalleries.org
An exciting new commission for the Turbine Hall 0161 245 7245 Yoko Ono – Imagine Peace
from the artist known for putting live encounters Translated into 24 world languages, the Imagine
at the centre of his work. FREE 2 June – 16 September Peace message will appear in a range of
Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester surprising locations across the UK. FREE
24 July – 28 October www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk
Tate Modern, London 0161 275 7450 21 June – 9 September
www.tate.org.uk/modern BBC Live Sites across the UK
020 7887 8888 2 June – 16 September www.artproductionfund.org
Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester
www.manchestergalleries.org
Tony Cragg – Cass 0161 235 8888
Sculpture Foundation
An exhibition in West Sussex of outdoor
sculptures by the British artist. Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
of Dreams
21 June – 4 November A major exhibition spanning 50 years of key
CASS Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood pieces from one of Britain’s leading designers,
www.sculpture.org.uk known for her art jewellery and scuplture. FREE
01243 538449
Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture www.ruthincraftcentre.org.uk
Foundation at Exhibition Road 01824 704774
Major new outdoor sculptures on show in
central London along with a number of indoor
works on display at different museums. FREE
1 September – 25 November
Exhibition Road, London
www.exhibitionroad.com
020 7942 6973 Yoko Ono’s SMILE seeks to bring people together
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Stephen Fry and friends
will be Playing the
Games at the Criterion
Theatre, London
playing it for column is nothing compared to

laughs ‘England shame’ or ‘hopeless
Stephen Fry is co-curating a major failure’. Sport is so unquestionable.
comedy and performance season A win is a win. A loss is a loss.
at London’s famous Criterion On the day the smallest hiccup
Theatre. We tracked him down (deep breath for a cliché) can
in New Zealand to ask whether make the difference between gold
sport can be a laughing matter. and nothing, let alone silver or
bronze. The arts are more
Playing the Games will subjective. Which doesn’t mean
give performers and that an inner sense of failure or
athletes the chance to quiz achievement is less real. Sport
one another in front of an and arts share the quality of being
audience. Who will be non-necessities. Food and shelter
more nervous? and warmth and education and
Comedy
I think it’s equal. I’ve sat watching healthcare are necessities. It is, of
cricket matches with rock stars and course, the extras that make life
ex-test players. The rock stars want worth living. You need bread to
to talk cricket and the cricketers exist, but wine to live. Art and
want to talk rock. It’s very common sport are the wine.
for actors, singers, whatever to be
Comedy takes on Olympic and less impressed by meeting those in Do you regret not being
Paralympic themes with the BBC’s their own profession than meeting
a sporting legend. I could barely
more sporty in your youth?
I do and I don’t. I am aware of the
Comedy marathon in Edinburgh, a speak when I was first introduced colossal disappointment that lies in
to Ian Botham. And jimmy White. wait for sporting heroes. By their
world-record improv attempt in Barnsley 30s in most sports, it’s all over. Like
and Tim minchin playing the home of What do sport and the arts
have in common, and
ballet dancers, their days of grace
and glory are fleeting. And yet
sustainability, Cornwall’s Eden Project. where do they diverge? there’s always a part of one that
We actors moan about being would give up all the security of a
There are two major retrospectives, from misunderstood and assassinated career like acting or writing – that
the British Film Institute (BFI) and the by critics. Although I’m completely
sensitive and absurd about it, I
should, in theory at least, richen
and deepen like good wine with
Hackney Empire, and more to come always have to remind myself that the years – for the experience of
a ‘Stephen Fry was disappointing that radiant burst of victory.
with pop-up gigs nationwide as…’ buried away in a small arts Playing the Games, page 45
43
Comedy
Ha Ha
Hackney
•
Hackney Empire,
London
•
There’s a lot to cram in to
this celebration of 111
years of comedy at the
theatre that has nurtured so
many of history’s greatest
comedians. Morecambe
and Wise, French and
Saunders, Charlie Chaplin
and Marie Lloyd all played
here, and many more of
today’s East End heroes.
Enjoy actor Ram John
Holder’s (pictured below)
performance in
Looking Black.
EastEnders queen Barbara Australian comedian and musician Tim Minchin performs at the Eden Project
Windsor MBE recalls:
‘Grandad Charlie Ellis first BBC Comedy Presents... Ha Ha Hackney: Homo of Comedy
took me to the Hackney Three weeks of live comedy from the BBC’s Gay Extravaganza 2012!
Empire. I was eight years purpose-built venue at the world’s biggest Britain’s top LGBT comics pay tribute and
comedy festival. Follow @bbccomedyprsnts celebrate over half a century of Gaiety.
old and I was hooked. This
for line-ups.
is a truly magnificent 8 July
theatre – Hackney without 3 August – 27 August Hackney Empire, London
the Empire is like fish Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson
www.edfringe.com 020 8985 2424
without chips.’ If you can’t 0131 226 0026
join Barbara, BBC Three
transmits a special Ha Ha Hackney:
BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Looking Black
celebration on 23 June. Filth Cabaret The artists you know and love from
Scott Mills and Nick Grimshaw return to the shows such as The Real McCoy,
Fringe with their Fun and Filth Cabaret show; The Posse, BiBi crew and
broadcast live on Radio 1 every day from the Desmond’s are back together for
BBC Bubble space. FREE – ticket required. a one-night spectacular.
3 August – 27 August 2 September

Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Hackney Empire, London
www.edfringe.com www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson
020 8985 2424
BBC Three Comedy Marathon

A specially billed, anarchic, live, late-night Ha Ha Hackney: Maggie, Maggie,
Comedy Marathon for BBC Three. FREE Give us a Wave – The Comedy of
– ticket required. the Thatcher Years
Top comedians take us through the Thatcher
3 – 27 August years and have a thing or two to say about
Edinburgh Festival Fringe and BBC Three today’s political scene.
www.edfringe.com
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1 July Spasticus – Channel 4 Trailblazers – Britain’s Queens

Hackney Empire, London Channel 4’s prank-filled show made by a of TV Comedy
www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson disabled cast, with sketches often at the expense A unique collaboration between BFI
020 8985 2424 of the non-disabled public. Southbank and Hackney Empire
celebrating past and present comedy
Channel 4 TV, UK Wide divas of British television.
Ha Ha Hackney: The Golden www.channel4.com
Years of Variety 14, 21 and 28 August
The Variety Club of Great Britain and Hackney BFI Southbank, London
Empire celebrate the post-war golden years Tales of the Riverbank www.bfi.org.uk/whatson/bfi_southbank
of entertainment. Comedy Barge 020 7928 3232
A Comedy Relay to the Edinburgh Festival on
9 September a canal boat. Live by web, mobile and digital 16 and 23 August
Hackney Empire, London platforms. And the odd gig. Hackney Empire, London
www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson www.hackneyempire.co.uk/whatson
020 8985 2424 1 July – 27 August 020 8985 2424
Through the waterways of England
and Scotland
Laurence Clark – Inspired www.pleasance.co.uk World-Beating Improv
Laurence Clark’s comedy show asks why London: 020 7609 1800 Neil Mullarkey from the Comedy Store
everyday activities are inspirational when they’re Players leads a hilarious attempt to create
done by disabled people. As part of Unlimited. a new world record.
Tim Minchin– Eden Project
26 June Comedy 10 August
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Australian comedian, composer and musician Building 21, Elsecar, Barnsley
www.wmc.org.uk Tim Minchin brings his own unique blend of www.barnsleylive.co.uk
029 2063 6464 musical comedy to Eden. 01226 740 203
3 August – 27 August 23 June

Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Eden Project, Cornwall
www.edfringe.com www.edenproject.com/sessions
0131 226 0026 01726 811 972
30 August
Dada Fest, Liverpool
www.dadafest.co.uk
7 September
Bloomsbury Theatre, London
www.thebloomsbury.com
020 7388 8822
Playing the Games

A West End first – two weeks of
comedy, new plays, Sunday concerts
and lunchtime platforms. Featuring
Stephen Fry and guests.
26 July – 12 August
Criterion Theatre, London
www.criterion-theatre.co.uk
020 7839 8811
Pop Up – Comedy
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The humorous production
of Pina Bausch’s Viktor
(page 52) takes its
inspiration from the city
of Rome and its
breathtaking imagery
Dance
Power and Modern’s brand-new performance
beauty space, the Oil Tanks, she recreates
One of the joys of dance is its one of her early works, Fase, set
sheer diversity of styles, which is to Steve Reich’s score.
mirrored by the range of talent Cut from a rather different cloth
The UK’s biggest celebration of appearing in the Festival’s is Scotland’s Michael Clark,
dance programme. whose angular deconstruction
dance, with thousands of events There’s an Olympian feel to the of ballet serves as a flamboyant
taking place across the UK works performed by Tanztheater
Wuppertal Pina Bausch (page 52).
counterpoint to De Keersmaeker.
Clark is a maverick talent,
The influential German unpredictable and frequently
choreographer, who died in brilliant. So expect the
2009, toured the globe unexpected when he unleashes
creating dance-theatre works his latest work at Glasgow
commissioned by the cities she Barrowland (page 51).
visited. Now, for the first time, Where Clark morphs ballet
London gathers them all together. and modern dance, Shobana
Jeyasingh unites classic Indian
Fase in the Tate dance with a contemporary
Belgium’s Anne Teresa De aesthetic. Adding further
Keersmaeker (page 50) has been interest, her company presents
at the forefront of global dance for her latest work in a brace of
three decades. For the Tate London churches.
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Dance Big Street

Dance Day
•
Big Dance 2012 at Cardiff Big Dance 2012 DAZL Trafalgar Square,
Mela
This multicultural celebration of dance and music
Marathon
Dance workshops and performances including
London, and
includes a world-record attempt for the largest information on careers in dance and concluding UK Wide
Bollywood dance performance. FREE with a mass-participation dance marathon. FREE
•
15 July 7 July On 14 July the entire
Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff South Leeds Youth Hub, Leeds population of the UK is
www.bigdance2012.com www.bigdance2012.com invited to fill streets and
public spaces with a
Big Dance 2012 at The Big Big Dance 2012 Edinburgh celebratory day of dance.
Weekend Have a go and watch professional, community, At London’s Trafalgar
A dance marquee for events including school and youth groups at three city centre
a Street-Morris-Molly dance-off, ceilidhs sites. FREE
Square you’ll see Wayne
and an iconic flashmob. FREE McGregor, resident
30 June – 1 July choreographer at the
7 July – 8 July City Centre, Edinburgh
Royal Ballet, bringing
Parkers Piece, Cambridge www.bigdance2012.com
www.bigdance2012.com together dance groups
from across the capital.
Big Dance 2012 Immersion This performance will
Big Dance 2012 Camp Tent
Watch an evening of dance films in a An inclusive participatory and performance feature 2,000 dancers
big-top tent, camp overnight then experience programme, presented in a Big Dance on multiple stages and
performances across the site. immersion tent. FREE giant screens.
7 July – 8 July 21 July – 22 July
National Water Sports Centre, Nottingham Gloucester Park, Gloucester Throughout the rest of the
www.bigdance2012.com www.bigdance2012.com country streets, squares
and parks will come alive
Big Dance 2012 Day Brighton Big Dance 2012 in the Baylis as communities come
A performance stage on the seafront hosts local A performance to highlight some of the together for the fun of
dance groups and offers open workshops, incredible dance that has been created and dance. It’s the flagship
including mass participation routines. FREE performed across north London for Big Dance.
event for the Big Dance
14 July 10 July – 11 July programme, so get moving
The Promenade, Brighton Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London and get involved.
www.bigdance2012.com www.bigdance2012.com
These pages feature

Big Dance 2012 Norfolk Long Big Dance 2012 Lancashire at the only a handful of
Dance Preston Guild
Big Dance events – visit
An afternoon of opportunities to take part in folk The premiere performance of the Lancashire Big
and traditional dance, including an amazingly Dance North West Link Up performance along www.bigdance2012.com
long Norfolk Long Dance. FREE with a mass-participation piece and more. FREE to find out how to get
involved near you.
8 July 23 June
St George’s Street, Norwich Preston Flag Market, Preston
Big Dance 2012 Day Big Dance 2012 Live at the

Yorkshire Bandstand
A day of dance celebration, featuring specially Five boys’ dance groups, one intergenerational
commissioned dance and talent from across group and five older people’s groups perform
Yorkshire. FREE with professional dancers. FREE
15 July 15 July
Millennium Square, Leeds Abbey Grounds, Hexham
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Dance
The Big Dance 2012 on the Beach Big Dance 2012 – Hat Fair
Royal Ballet Dance classes and mini-performances throughout
the day in the Spa Gardens ending with a mass
Site-specific performances, a mass dance for
all to join, participatory workshops and some
Metamorphosis: dance on the beach. FREE unexpected surprises. FREE
Titian 2012 14 July 6 July – 8 July

The Spa Promenade, Bridlington City Centre, Winchester
• www.bigdance2012.com www.bigdance2012.com
Royal Opera House,
London Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Big Dance 2012 – 30 Years
• Horniman Museum of Style
An afternoon of Morris dancing, maypole Hip-hop pioneers B Boy Pervez and DJ Billy
Titian was the greatest dancing and folk music aplenty to accompany Biznizz present a one-off celebration of breaking
painter of 16th-century the Mummers, Maypoles and Milkmaids in London. FREE
Venice, experimenting with exhibition. FREE
8 July
many styles throughout his 8 July Stratford Centre, London
distinguished career. Now, Horniman Museum, London www.bigdance2012.com
in a unique collaboration www.bigdance2012.com
with the National Gallery, Big Dance 2012 – Aberdeen
three of his most famous Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Dance Hunt
works, Diana and Actaeon, Trinity Laban A treasure hunt for dance across the city as
Bring a picnic and experience dance and circus audiences are invited to discover, watch and
The Death of Actaeon
performers, face painting, creative play areas participate in a variety of dance styles. FREE
and Diana and Callisto, and interactive inclusive activities. FREE
have inspired new ballets. 7 July – 8 July
23 June Across the city, Aberdeen
Trinity Laban, London www.bigdance2012.com
Wayne McGregor (below), www.bigdance2012.com
Resident Choreographer of
the Royal Ballet, Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance Shorts
Big Dance 2012 – Streets of Brass Five brand-new short films in association
choreographs more than Live site-specific performances encompassing with BAFTA screen on Channel 4. FREE
100 dancers performing the dance and music from the Durham
works at the Royal community. FREE 7 July – 15 July
TV, UK wide
Opera House.
21 July – 22 July www.bigdance2012.com
Page 52 Wharton Park, Durham
www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012
– Brazil Day
Big Dance 2012 U.Dance Experience the physical culture of Brazil with
The youth dance showcase features the premiere Samba performances, Capoeira displays and
of the first-ever UK-wide youth dance company an outdoor screening of Rio. FREE
with choreography by Hofesh Shechter.
15 July
13 July – 16 July Wandsworth Park, London
Southbank Centre, London www.bigdance2012.com
Big Dance 2012 – City Steps

Big Dance 2012 Walk Outdoor performance festival showcasing
Site-specific dance in Oxleas Meadows with an dance pieces by local and national artists,
intergenerational cast of local people, signed including participatory opportunities for all. FREE
into British Sign Language. FREE
15 July
15 July Hope Street, Liverpool
Oxleas Meadows, London www.bigdance2012.com
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Big Dance 2012 – Dance

Fields
East London Dance serves up a tasty
treat of ambitious outdoor dance productions,
including the premiere of Leaving Limbo
Landing. FREE
7 July
London Fields, London
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 Big Dance 2012 will include classes, performances, flashmobs, films, competitions and record attempts
Hundreds of older dancers and singers
performing in a brand-new commission by
Natasha Gilmore. Big Dance 2012 – Hidden Gems 18 May
A treasure hunt of hidden gems of dance and Big Dance Schools Pledge, UK Wide
11 July music in unexpected spaces, inspired by the www.bigdance2012.com
Southbank Centre, London hidden spaces around Spitalfields Market. FREE
23 June Big Dance 2012 – Still Moving
Spitalfields, London Large-scale projection of dance photographs by
Big Dance 2012 – Darlington Big www.bigdance2012.com south London photographers from sundown as
Street Dance part of the Watch this Space festival. FREE
Around 700 dancers will perform together
in Market Square and lead a further 2,000 Big Dance 2012 – New 13 July – 15 July
spectators in a mass dance. FREE Adventures Curtain Raiser National Theatre, London
Community dance groups share the stage www.bigdance2012.com
14 July in an evening inspired by the works of
Market Square, Darlington Matthew Bourne.
www.bigdance2012.com Big Dance 2012 – The Big Dance
12 July – 13 July Spiegeltent
Lilian Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Wells, London A two-week programme of dance
Big Dance 2012 – Footfall www.bigdance2012.com performances, workshops and events of
A day of performances, film screenings, many types of dance including salsa, swing
interactive installations and artists’ and belly dance.
talk all on the theme of walking. FREE Big Dance 2012 – Sampled
Taster Workshops 1 July – 14 July
15 July Taster workshops aimed at all ages and abilities, Christchurch Park, Ipswich
Siobhan Davies Studios, London taught by some of the very best dance artists www.bigdance2012.com
www.bigdance2012.com from across the country.
30 June Big Dance 2012 – The Big Screen

Big Dance 2012 – Greenwich Sadler’s Wells, London Big Dance
World Cultural Festival www.bigdance2012.com A week of workshops for all ages based on
A spectacular, international celebration of dance in the movies, including daily lunchtime
dance, music and circus in the beautiful performances, culminating in a flashmob. FREE
surroundings of Eltham Palace and Big Dance 2012 – Schools
Gardens. FREE Pledge 9 July – 13 July
Schools in the UK and around the world Eastgate Shopping Centre, Inverness
1 July in a record-breaking dance event, featuring www.bigdance2012.com
Eltham Palace & Gardens, London Wayne McGregor’s choreography. FREE
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Dance
Big Dance 2012 – The Big T 14 July Big Dance 2012 – Big Suffolk
Dance Trafalgar Square, London Dance Party
Participants from Doncaster communities come www.bigdance2012.com A day-long celebration including classes,
into the city centre for an open-air Big T dance workshops and performances by community
and performance. FREE groups. FREE
Big Dance 2012 – Urban Moves
7 July Live professional dance performance outdoors, 14 July
Town Square, Doncaster celebrating the cityscape and architecture of Christchurch Park, Ipswich
www.bigdance2012.com Greater Manchester. FREE www.bigdance2012.com
23 July – 25 July
Big Dance 2012 – The Making Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester Big Dance 2012 – Big Youth Dance
Space Performance www.bigdance2012.com Weekend London
Dancers from south London youth groups The outdoor amphitheatre hosts 1,000 youth
present a promenade performance at Morden dance performers from across London for two
Hall Park. FREE Big Dance 2012 – WE Dance days of dance performances. FREE
Festival
7 July A two-day festival of dance by and for 7 July – 8 July
Morden Hall Park, London those with learning disabilities with local The Scoop at More London, London
www.bigdance2012.com community dance groups and national www.bigdance2012.com
companies. FREE
Big Dance 2012 – Tomorrow’s 13 July – 14 July Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker

Men mac, Birmingham – Fase
An all-male, high-energy, athletic new www.bigdance2012.com The Flemish choreographer presents an
performance that fuses street dance, hip-hop, adaptation of Fase, her widely acclaimed 1982
contemporary dance and acrobatics. FREE performance set to the music of Steve Reich. FREE
Big Dance 2012 – Woking World
30 June A dance stage, pop-up performances by 17 July – 20 July
Canary Wharf, London professional artists and local youth groups, Tate Modern – Oil Tanks, London
www.bigdance2012.com and a tent for trying out different dance www.tate.org.uk/modern
styles. FREE 020 7887 8888
Big Dance 2012 7 July

– Trafalgar Square Woking Park, Woking Candoco Unlimited
Wayne McGregor directs a piece for more than www.bigdance2012.com Guest dancers from China and Brazil join
1,000 dancers in the finale of Big Dance 2012, Candoco for a double bill of new dance
the UK’s biggest dance celebration. FREE 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 Bowditch’s new multi-artform
collaborative work. As part of Unlimited. FREE
7 July
London Fields, London
www.eastlondondance.org
020 8276 1050
Claire Cunningham – Ménage

à Trois
A visually striking new piece of dance
theatre from the award-winning performer/
choreographer. As part of Unlimited.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker at Tate Modern
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8 September 31 August Big Dance

Southbank Centre, London Southbank Centre, London
www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.southbankcentre.co.uk 2012
0844 847 9910 0844 847 9910
U.Dance
•
David Toole and Lucy Hind
– The Impending Storm
Michael Clark at Glasgow
Barrowland
Southbank Centre,
A brand-new work created by UK-based David Scotland’s most significant contemporary London
Toole and Lucy Hind with South African dance
company Remix. As part of Unlimited.
choreographer, Michael Clark creates a
landmark dance event.
•
Choreographer Hofesh
1 May – 2 May 8 September – 9 September Shechter has made the
The Patrick Centre, Birmingham Hippodrome Glasgow Barrowland, Glasgow dance world sit up,
www.dancexchange.org.uk www.glasgow-barrowland.com
0844 338 5000 0141 552 4601
winning acclaim with his
intense mix of music, street
7 September – 8 September and modern dance.
Southbank Centre, London Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
www.southbankcentre.co.uk Global Alchemy
0844 847 9910 Rachel Gadsden, UK and South African artists Shechter used to be a
explore survival and resilience in the face of drummer in a rock band,
chronic illness through performance and film. but is now renowned for
Janice Parker – Private Dancer As part of Unlimited.
This experience draws the audience into an his raw, atmospheric
intimate and exciting world. As part of Unlimited. 5 September musical scores and bold
Southbank Centre, London choreography.
21 June – 23 June www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow 0844 847 9910
www.cca-glasgow.com This summer he directs the
0141 352 4900 U.Dance Ensemble – the
SECRETS: Hidden London first youth dance company
7 September – 9 September – Like a Fish out of Water
Southbank Centre, London A fusion of dance, water and fashion to of its kind – with young
www.southbankcentre.co.uk celebrate London’s historic lidos created by dancers from the UK aged
0844 847 9910 English National Ballet. FREE – ticket required between 16 and 21 years.
2 July – 7 July It will premiere at the Royal
Mandala Uxbridge Lido, London Festival Hall as part of
A spectacular outdoor event featuring a Youth Dance England’s
dazzling fusion of South Asian dance and music 9 July – 14 July
and stunning 3D projections. FREE Hampton Pool, London
U.Dance festival.
www.molpresents.com Page 48
7 September
Town Hall, Birmingham
www.sampad.org.uk Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
0121 446 3260 – TooMortal
Atmospheric new dance work for historic
9 September London churches. FREE – ticket required
Nottingham Council House, Nottingham
www.sampad.org.uk 28 June – 30 June
0121 446 3260 St Mary’s Old Church, London
www.danceumbrella.co.uk
020 7089 6280
Marc Brew Company
– Fusional Fragments 12 July – 14 July
Fusion of ballet and contemporary dance from St Pancras Church, London
Marc Brew, with music by Philip Sheppard and www.danceumbrella.co.uk
Evelyn Glennie. As part of Unlimited. 020 7089 6280
19 July – 21 July
St Swithun’s Church, Worcester
www.danceumbrella.co.uk
020 7089 6280
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Dance
Spill – A playground of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
dance Bausch – Água
A new outdoor production from Shaun Parker Dance production inspired by Brazil and
and Nick Wales combining dance with street its exuberant love of life, from acclaimed
gymnastics using playground equipment. FREE choreographer Pina Bausch.
3 May – 15 July 28 June – 29 June

Parks across the West Midlands Barbican Theatre, London
www.dancexchange.org.uk/spill www.barbican.org.uk
0121 689 3170 020 7638 4141
5 June – 8 July
Parks, across Humberside Tanztheater Wuppertal
www.dancexchange.org.uk/spill Pina Bausch – Palermo Palermo
0121 689 3170 A homage to Sicily’s capital laced with
unexpected humour and grim undercurrents,
which subtly evokes the Mafia and machismo.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
Bausch – Viktor 1 July – 2 July
The city of Rome and its breathtaking imagery Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
inspire this humorous production, accompanied www.sadlerswells.com
by folk tunes and classical music. 0844 412 4300
6 June – 7 June
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
www.sadlerswells.com Bausch – Wiesenland
0844 412 4300 Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Wiesenland An exploration of longing and desire drawn
from Hungarian folklore, created following the
company’s residency in Hungary.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
Bausch – Nur Du Bausch – Der Fensterputzer 8 July – 9 July
One of Pina Bausch’s most ambitious and richly Hong Kong, its vitality and street-life, inspired Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
imaginative works, inspired by California and its this dance production, whose set features www.sadlerswells.com
obsession with beauty and perfection. a 20ft-high hill of red silk flowers. 0844 412 4300
9 June – 10 June 18 June – 19 June

Barbican Theatre, London Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London The Royal Ballet
www.barbican.org.uk www.sadlerswells.com – Metamorphosis: Titian 2012
020 7638 4141 0844 412 4300 A unique collaboration between the National
Gallery and The Royal Ballet in response to
works by Titian.
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina
Bausch ...Como el musguito en la Bausch – Bamboo Blues 14 July – 20 July
piedra, ay si, si, si... Dance, images and fabrics from India are the Royal Opera House, London
Created while visiting Chile with her 21-strong inspirations for this piece, which features a www.roh.org.uk
company, this is the last work completed by diversity of Indian music. 020 7240 1200
Pina Bausch.
21 June – 22 June 16 July, UK Wide
12 June – 13 June Barbican Theatre, London BP Summer Big Screens, cities across the UK
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London www.barbican.org.uk www.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens FREE
www.sadlerswells.com 020 7638 4141
0844 412 4300
The Voyage
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina An enormous ship is at the centre of this
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – Nefés free outdoor spectacular featuring dancers,
Bausch – Ten Chi Travels in Turkey inspire sensuous and sumptuous aerialists and musicians. FREE
A series of postcards incorporating Japanese images plus an outstanding climax as the entire
dress, theatre, gestures, imagery and even a company comes on stage. 21 June – 24 June
horror film. Town Hall Victoria Square, Birmingham
24 June – 25 June www.thevoyage.org.uk
15 June – 16 June Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London 0844 338 5000
Barbican Theatre, London www.sadlerswells.com
www.barbican.org.uk 0844 412 4300
020 7638 4141
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Film,
Broadcast
& Digital
In a digital Festival programme
for a digital Games, you’ll find
innovations such as The Space
by the BBC and Arts Council
England, which could transform
the way the arts work forever.
Then there’s Artangel’s A Room
for London, where artists play
in a boat on the Southbank Centre’s
roof. Elsewhere in the guide, look
out for new commissions including
YesYesNo’s Connecting Light
installation at Hadrian’s Wall George Sargeant and
Noel Clarke in WHAT IF
New films
The London 2012 Festival, as running down the road or artists ranging from Ralph Vaughan
BBC Films and Film4 have worked vaulting over a fence. Williams and Frederick Delius to
together to commission four short The La’s and Aphex Twin. Ramsay
films from some of the UK’s most WHAT IF (page 56) stars told Time Out: ‘It’s going to be
acclaimed directors. In keeping Noel Clarke (Kidulthood) and really free and unstructured,
with the spirit of the Festival, they showcases some of the UK’s completely different to Kevin.’
were given free rein to create the top free-running, skateboarding, BAFTA-winning film-maker, Asif
works they wanted to make. The BMXing and inline skating talent. Kapadia, is known for his gripping
brief was open, allowing the With urban art by Matthew Small, work such as Senna, the thrilling
directors the freedom to seek out the film is directed by Max and story of the Brazilian motor-racing
their own inspiration. Dania, whose background in legend. Kapadia returns to his
music videos shot them to roots in Hackney to make his new
A Running Jump (page 56), big-screen success in 2010 film The Odyssey, the final
from the legendary director Mike with StreetDance 3D. commission in the series.
Leigh, tells the story of a day in
the life of an east London family. The Swimmer (page 56), All four films will premiere at the
Almost every shot in this comedy directed by Lynne Ramsay (We Edinburgh International Film Festival
drama illustrates how sport is a Need to Talk About Kevin), follows on 24 June. The next day there will
part of everyday life – whether a lone swimmer through Britain’s be a screening and directors’ Q&A
through the grandfather’s football waterways and coastlines within at Hackney Picturehouse. The films
obsession, the mum’s fitness both rural and urban landscapes. will be live-streamed to UK cinemas
activities or simply actions such The powerful soundtrack features and screened in the summer.
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Film, Broadcast & Digital
A Hansel of Film – Shetland to 15 July AntiVJ and Adrian Utley
Southampton and back Harbour Lights Picturehouse, – Mail, Maps and Motion
Mark Kermode and Linda Ruth Williams Southampton Monumental large-scale live projection with
present a relay of short films created by www.picturehouses.co.uk/cinema/ a new score from Adrian Utley (Portishead).
the public, starting in Shetland and Harbour_Lights Produced by Watershed as part of See No Evil,
touring the UK. 0871 902 5733 Europe’s largest street art festival. FREE
www.hansel2012.org
28 July 17 August
10 June Dogbite Studio, Falmouth Temple Meads and Temple Quay, Bristol
Garrison Theatre, Shetland www.dogbitefilmcrew.com/events www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk
www.hansel2012.org 01595 745555
01595 745555
30 July A Room for London
14 June Electric Picturehouse, Gloucestershire Tune in to writers and musicians, including Michael
Screen Machine, Ullapool www.wottoneph.co.uk Ondaatje and tUnE-yArDs, creating work in a one-
www.screenmachine.co.uk/locations/ullapool 01453 844401 bedroom installation. FREE
0871 902 5750
31 July 1 January – 30 December
16 June Encounters at Watershed, Bristol Digital – UK Wide
University of the West of Scotland, www.watershed.co.uk www.aroomforlondon.co.uk
Ayr Campus, Ayrshire 0117 927 5100
www.uws.ac.uk
01292 886000 2 August Asif Kapadia – The Odyssey
The Scala, Prestatyn The BAFTA-winning director returns to his
17 June www.scalaprestatyn.co.uk Hackney roots for his new film, co-commissioned
Isle of Whithorn Cinema 01745 850197 with BBC Films and Film4.
www.isleofwhithorn.com/islescreen.asp
01595 745555 4 August 24 June – 9 September
Ucheldre, Anglesey Picturehouse cinemas, UK Wide
20 June www.ucheldre.org www.picturehouses.co.uk
Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal 01407 763361
www.breweryarts.co.uk
01539 725133 7 August BBC Comedy Presents...
Black Box, Belfast Three weeks of live comedy from the BBC’s
24 June www.belfastfilmfestival.org purpose-built venue at the world’s biggest
The Maltings, Berwick-Upon-Tweed 028 9024 4400 comedy festival, follow @bbccomedyprsnts for
www.maltingsberwick.co.uk/events line-up. FREE – ticket required
01289 330999 12 August
The Filmhouse, Edinburgh 3 – 27 August
28 June www.filmhousecinema.com BBC, UK Wide
The Mart Theatre, Skipton 0131 228 2688 www.bbc.co.uk
www.themarttheatre.org.uk
01756 706460 14 August
Woodend Barn, Banchory BBC Imagine
5 July www.woodendbarn.co.uk/FullListing Presented by Alan Yentob, Imagine will feature
Cambridge, venue to be announced 01330 825431 programmes connected to the London 2012
www.hansel2012.org Festival including contemporary art in Glasgow,
16 August Titian/Metamorphosis and Peter Brook.
8 July Halladale Community Hall, Highlands
Aldeburgh Cinema, Aldeburgh and Islands, Scotland BBC, UK Wide
www.aldeburghcinemanow.co.uk www.shetlandboxoffice.org www.bbc.co.uk
01728 452996 01595 745555
9 July 17 August BBC Proms

Kino Digital Cinema, Hawkhurst Gable End Theatre, Orkney Every concert broadcast live on BBC Radio 3
www.kinodigital.co.uk www.hoyorkney.com and in HD sound on the website. Selected
01580 754321 01595 743843 Proms are broadcast on BBC TV.
12 July 7 September 13 July – 8 September

Salisbury Arts Centre, Salisbury Mareel, Shetland BBC, UK Wide
www.salisburyartscentre.co.uk www.shetlandboxoffice.org www.bbc.co.uk/proms
01722 321744 01595 745555 0845 401 5040
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BBC Radio 1’s Hackney BBC Shakespeare – Richard II

Weekend 2012 Directed by Rupert Goold with Ben Whishaw
Tune in to Jay-Z, Tinie Tempah, Rihanna, Ed as the King, alongside Rory Kinnear, Patrick
Sheeran, Plan B and many more of the world’s Stewart, David Suchet, David Morrissey,
top acts on BBC Radio 1 and 1 Xtra and BBC3. Clemence Poesy, Lindsay Duncan and
James Purefoy.
23 June – 24 June
BBC, UK Wide BBC Two, UK Wide
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 www.bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio 1’s Fun and BBC Shakespeare

Filth Cabaret – Shakespeare And Us Lynne Ramsay’s film ‘The Swimmer’
Scott Mills & Nick Grimshaw return to the Simon Schama considers the role history plays
Fringe with their Fun and Filth Cabaret show; in Shakespeare’s drama and the impact that had
broadcast live on Radio 1 every day from on world literature. The Space
the BBC Bubble space.
BBC, UK Wide
•
3 August – 27 August www.bbc.co.uk A brand-new digital arts
BBC, UK Wide service from Arts Council
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1 England and the BBC will
BBC Shakespeare
– Shakespeare’s Restless World let everyone share the
BBC Shakespeare – Henry IV Neil MacGregor looks at the world through the excitement of the Festival,
Part I and Part II eyes of Shakespeare’s audience by exploring plus new programmes,
Jeremy Irons plays Henry IV alongside Tom objects from that turbulent period in a new series
Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale, Alun Armstrong, in partnership with the British Museum. celebrity critique, live
Niamh Cusack, Joe Armstrong, Michelle broadcast and much more.
Dockery and Maxine Peake; adapted and BBC Radio 4, UK Wide
directed by Richard Eyre. www.bbc.co.uk
The Space can be
BBC Two, UK wide accessed with a
www.bbc.co.uk BBC Shakespeare computer, tablet, mobile or
– Shakespeare Unlocked internet-connected TV.
BBC Learning in partnership with the RSC
BBC Shakespeare – Henry V launches a series of digital resources providing The service should ensure
Tom Hiddleston as King Henry V alongside unique insights into Shakespeare’s work and you don’t miss the
John Hurt, Julie Walters, Lambert Wilson, how it is performed. highlights of the London
Mélanie Thierry, Anton Lesser, Paterson Joseph
and Owen Teale: directed by award-winning BBC Online, UK Wide 2012 Festival even when
theatre director Thea Sharrock. www.bbc.co.uk you are at home.
BBC Two, UK wide

Visit http://TheSpace.org
www.bbc.co.uk BBC3 Comedy Gala
An unmissable cocktail of comedy recorded at for details and access
the iconic Hackney Empire with a stellar roster of to the channel.
BBC Shakespeare – Julius Caesar comedy stars and new local talent.
A filmed version of Gregory Doran’s stage
production for the World Shakespeare Festival 23 June
set in modern Africa. BBC, UK wide
BBC Two, UK Wide

www.bbc.co.uk BBC Three Comedy Marathon
A specially billed, anarchic, live, late-night
Comedy Marathon for BBC Three.
BBC Shakespeare – Off By
Heart Shakespeare 3 – 27 August
A national competition in partnership with the BBC, UK Wide
Royal Shakespeare Company for secondary www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree
school children to memorise and perform the
words of Shakespeare.
BBC Two, BBC Learning, UK Wide

www.bbc.co.uk
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Film, Broadcast & Digital
Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance Shorts 6 July Lynne Ramsay – The Swimmer
Five brand-new short films in association Elan Valley Visitors Centre, Powys A short poetic film following a lone swimmer
with BAFTA screen on Channel 4. www.elanvalley.org.uk/events through the waterways of Britain. Co-
01597 810880 commissioned with BBC Films and Film4.
7 July – 15 July
Channel 4, UK wide 31 August – 9 September 24 June – 9 September
www.bigdance2012.com Southbank Centre, London Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide
www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.picturehouses.co.uk
0844 847 9910
Britain In A Day
Produced by Ridley Scott and filmed by the Max Giwa and Dania
public, director Morgan Matthews presents Diverse City – Breathe Pasquini – What If
a definitive self-portrait of Britain today. Documentary film screening of Diverse City’s A young teen learns life lessons to a backdrop
breathtaking performance combining circus, of urban art and sports, directed by Max and
BBC, UK Wide dance and cabaret on Weymouth beach. Dania of Streetdance. Co-commissioned with
www.bbc.co.uk As part of Unlimited. FREE BBC Films and Film4.
31 August – 9 September 24 June – 9 September

Cape Farewell Scottish Islands Southbank Centre, London Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide
Project – Sea Change 2012 www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.picturehouses.co.uk
New climate-change-related work by over 0844 847 9910
30 UK and international artists created
after a four-week sailing expedition. FREE Mike Leigh – A Running Jump
Douglas Gordon – The End The award-winning British film-maker’s comedy
1 May – 30 September of Civilisation tackles all kinds of sport and second-hand cars,
Online, UK Wide A piano burns in this epic film from the and stars Eddie Marsan. Co-commissioned with
www.capefarewell.com/seachange celebrated Scottish artist, set against the stark BBC Films and Film4.
020 7620 6235 northern landscape. FREE – ticket required
5 July – 6 July Picturehouse Cinemas, UK Wide
Channel 4 House Party Tyne Theatre, Newcastle upon Tyne www.picturehouses.co.uk
Channel 4 becomes the ultimate DJ www.greatnorthrunculture.org
booth as the UK becomes a massive
nightclub for the nation’s first live Pacitti Company: On Landguard
broadcast DJ club night. FREE Film Nation Shorts Point – A film about home
Watch prize-winning movies by young film-makers A feature film about home, inspired by the
24 August – 26 August online – and in Olympic and Paralympic venues. histories, culture and mythology of the East
Channel 4, UK Wide of England, with music by Michael Nyman.
www.channel4.com 21 June – 9 September www.onlandguardpoint.com.
Online and on Live Sites, UK Wide
www.filmnation.org.uk 21 June
Chariots of Fire Ipswich Film Theatre, Ipswich
Gala screenings around the UK of the remastered www.iftt.co.uk
film based on the true story of Olympic athletes Joel Simon – MACROPOLIS 01473 433100
Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams. Two misshapen toys escape their production-line
fate to seek new life in Joel Simon’s animated 23 June
10 July film. As part of Unlimited. FREE Harwich Electric Palace, Harwich
Edinburgh International Film Festival www.electricpalace.com
www.edfilmfest.org.uk Big Screen Live Site, City Hall, Belfast 01255 553333
0131 473 2099 www.flickerpix.com
12 July – 15 July
From 13 July 31 August – 9 September Latitude Festival, Southwold
In cinemas, UK Wide Southbank Centre, London www.latitudefestival.co.uk
www.southbankcentre.co.uk 0871 231 0846
0844 847 9910
Chris Tally Evans – Turning Points
When did your life change? Chris Tally Evans’ Penny Woolcock – One
inspiring storytelling project featuring Sir Roger Julien Temple – Babylon/don Mile Away
Moore. As part of Unlimited. FREE The London-born director’s latest film celebrates The award-winning documentary maker
the history and diversity of the UK capital. captures the moments two rival inner-city
27 June gangs try to forge a truce.
Chapter, Cardiff BBC, UK Wide
www.chapter.org www.bbc.co.uk www.london2012.com/festival
029 2030 4400
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Ping Pong – Never Too Old StoryCloud 23 June – 9 September

For Gold Malorie Blackmann, Andy Stanton and leading Picturehouse Cinemas, Cities UK Wide
Pensioners from across the planet compete in the children’s writers join kids to create Discover’s www.picturehouses.co.uk
World Over-80s Table Tennis Championships in web app of new illustrated stories. FREE
Inner Mongolia. FREE 23 June
18 June – 9 September Picturehouse Clapham
3 July – 15 September Online, UK Wide The Little Theatre Cinema, Bath
www.pingpongfilm.co.uk www.storycloud.co.uk
30 June
Ritzy, Brixton, London
Shezad Dawood – Piercing Sue Austin – Creating Exeter Picturehouse, Exeter
Brightness the Spectacle
An exhibition by the acclaimed artist, including A film of Austin’s surprising performance with 7 July
new film, with vintage textile paintings. FREE a self-propelled underwater wheelchair. FREE Greenwich Picturehouse, London
Stratford-upon-Avon Picturehouse,
24 June – 29 September 31 August – 9 September Stratford-upon-Avon
Newlyn Art Gallery, Penzance Southbank Centre, London
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk www.southbankcentre.co.uk 21 July
01736 363715 0844 847 9910 Hackney Picturehouse, London
Cinema City, Norwich
The Exchange, Penzance The Genius of Hitchcock:
www.newlynartgallery.co.uk The Lodger We Play Expo: Emoto
01736 363715 BFI presents this newly restored film with Nitin – Visualising Global Emotion
Sawhney’s score performed live by the London Digital displays and 3D sculpture by Moritz
Symphony Orchestra and guest artists. Stefaner, Drew Hemment and Studio
Simon Bolivar Orchestra NAND reveal the global response to
– Live from Stirling 21 July London 2012. FREE
A special concert opening the London 2012 Barbican Hall, London
Festival in Scotland with Gustavo Dudamel and www.barbican.org.uk 7 September – 9 September
the Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of 020 7638 4141 Preston Guild 2012, Preston
Venezuela featuring the children from Big Noise. www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
21 June The Genius of Hitchcock:

BBC Radio Scotland The Pleasure Garden We Play Expo: Handprint
BFI presents this newly restored film with Daniel A large-scale interactive projection of thousands
Patrick Cohen’s score performed live by the of live handprints, controlled remotely online or
Simon McKeown – Motion Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble. directly with smartphones. FREE
Disabled Unlimited
Film and gaming technology uncovers beauty in 28 June – 29 June 7 September – 9 September
different types of Paralympic physical form and Wilton’s Music Hall, London Preston Guild 2012, Preston
movement in Simon McKeown’s work. www.wiltons.org.uk www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
As part of Unlimited. FREE 020 7702 2789
31 August – 9 September We Play Expo: Humble Market

Southbank Centre, London The Genius of Hitchcock: Immersive live digital performance that connects
www.southbankcentre.co.uk The Ring Brazil with UK audiences, between intense
0844 847 9910 BFI presents this newly restored film with Soweto spectacle and intimate encounter. FREE
Kinch’s live jazz score performed by the Soweto
Kinch Band. 7 September – 9 September
Spasticus Preston Guild 2012, Preston
Channel 4’s prank-filled show made by a 13 July www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
disabled cast, with sketches often at the expense Hackney Empire, London
of the non-disabled public! www.hackneyempire.co.uk
020 8985 2424 We Play Expo: Digital Caravans
Channel 4, UK Wide Travel to a networked digital performance
www.channel4.com space created by a convoy of interactive
The Itch of the Golden Nit artists’ caravans. FREE
Tate Movie Project presents an Aardman
animation inspired by kids, with the voices of 7 September – 9 September
David Walliams, Catherine Tate and Miranda Preston Guild 2012, Preston
Hart. Family workshops and screenings. www.nwfor2012.com/whatson/weplayexpo
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Museums Magnificent
feats
and audio. The exhibition runs for
the duration of the Games.
& Heritage
Exclusive artefacts are on display
in two free exhibitions that tell the Making medals
fascinating story of the Olympic If you’ve ever wondered how the
and Paralympic Games. medals for the Games are made,
then the British Museum’s The
Story of the Games London 2012 Olympic and
Museums and heritage organisations Treasures from the Olympic Paralympic Games Medals (page
Museum in Switzerland go on 59) has all the answers. Every
signed up enthusiastically to the display in London for the first time step of a medal’s life is explained,
Cultural Olympiad. Around the UK, in The Olympic Journey: The Story
of the Games (page 59).
from Rio Tinto mining the metal to
the studios of designers David
young people have curated Stories From its beginnings in Ancient
Greece, through Baron Pierre
Watkins and Lin Cheung. You can
even see how the medals were
of the World exhibitions and, in de Coubertin’s revival in the late produced by the Royal Mint.
19th century and onwards into Examples of the London 2012
Discovering Places, artists are London 2012, the Games’ Olympic and Paralympic victory
history is explored. medals are on display, alongside
showing heritage sites in new, The BP-sponsored exhibition a range of objects from the
unforgettable ways. You will find at London’s Royal Opera House
includes all of the Summer
19th-century Wenlock Olympian
Games that put them in context
more events like these in Art, Design Olympic medals since 1896 and
the Olympic torches since 1936.
with the Games of history.
You can also see medals from
& Exhibitions, Outdoor & Carnival, It also tells the stories of iconic the 1908 and 1948 London
Olympic athletes from the past Olympic Games and the 1960
and Theatre & Performance listings 100 years through photos, videos and 1984 Paralympic Games.
The Olympic Journey:

The Story of the
Games; The London
2012 Olympic and
Paralympic Games
Medals, (both page 59)

Museums & Heritage

Compagnie Carabosse
– Fire Garden at Stonehenge
The French outdoor wizards transform
Stonehenge into a fiery fairytale
landscape, presented by the Salisbury
International Arts Festival.
10 July – 12 July
Stonehenge, Salisbury
www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Golden Threads
Young curators take over Bradford’s
rich collection of textiles from all
around the world. FREE
19 May – 16 September More than 350 tomb treasures from Han China on display in The Search for Immortality
Bradford Industrial Museum, Bradford
www.bradfordmuseums.org
01274 435 900
19 July – 25 November The Search for Immortality:
British Museum, London Tomb Treasures of Han China
Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx The Fitzwilliam hosts more than 350 treasures
Hans Peter Kuhn creates a dramatic new 020 7323 8181 in jade, ceramic and gold, revealing the
installation of patterns and codes for the hidden world of China’s 2,000-year-old
Giant’s Causeway. FREE royal tombs. FREE
Shakespeare’s Stories,
20 August – 28 October in partnership with the 5 May – 11 November
Giants Causeway, County Antrim Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
www.london2012.com/festival Objects from the RSC, Shakespeare Birthplace www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Trust and the British Museum showcase 01223 332 900
Shakespeare’s work in a global context.
Live N Roar
Members of Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman Band 21 April – 21 December Treasures of China
and Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre premiere Three Sites, Stratford-upon-Avon Explore the rise of Imperial China – from the
a mariachi-style Axolotl Odyssey in the Darwin www.rsc.org.uk earliest tombs to the Last Emperor – when this
Centre Atrium. As part of Discovering Places. 0844 800 1110 stunning collection visits Colchester.
Natural History Museum, London 30 July 2012 – 7 January 2013

www.pestival.org/events The London 2012 Colchester Castle, Colchester
020 7942 5011 Olympic and Paralympic www.cimuseums.org.uk/whats-on.html
Games medals 01206 282939
Your chance to see the London 2012 Olympic
Philharmonia Orchestra / and Paralympic medals for the first time,
Universe of Sound with the story behind them. FREE World Stories – Young Voices
Conduct, play and step inside a virtual Young people design a new permanent
Philharmonia Orchestra: an interactive digital Until 9 September gallery for Brighton’s world art collection. FREE
installation based on Holst’s The Planets. FREE British Museum, London
www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx From 23 June
23 May – 8 July 020 7323 8181 Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Brighton
Science Museum, London www.brighton-hove-rpml.org.uk/museums
www.sciencemuseum.org.uk 0300 029 0900
0870 870 4868 The Olympic Journey: The Story
of the Games
A free exhibition telling the inspirational stories YesYesNo – Connecting Light
Shakespeare: Staging The World, of the Olympic Games, including material New York artists YesYesNo create a line of
The BP Exhibition from Lausanne’s Olympic Museum. FREE lights for sending messages along Britain’s most
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition dramatic Roman frontier, Hadrian’s Wall. FREE
on the world of Shakespeare, and the role 28 July – 12 August
London plays in his work. In collaboration with Royal Opera House, London 31 August – 1 September
the world-famous Royal Shakespeare Company. www.theolympicjourney.co.uk Hadrian’s Wall, Various Sites
020 7304 4000 www.hadrians-wall.org/festival.aspx
01434 322002
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London’s
great gig
On the weekend of 21 and
22 July, six stages along the
Thames host BT River of Music.
Each stage is dedicated to a
different continent, with artists from
each of the 205 countries
participating in the Games
performing. There are more than
160,000 tickets available – and
places are free. Here are just some
of the hundreds of artists taking part
For full details go to:

www.btriverofmusic.com
Asia Stage Europe Stages

Battersea Park Trafalgar Square &
Somerset House
•
Gong Linna (above)
•
The Chinese superstar melds the Mariza (above)
opulent music of her native land Portugal’s leading fado singer is a
with modern Western harmonies, global icon, seducing audiences
and produces elegant results. with her stage presence.
Americas Stage Tower of London
Zakir Hussain Ben L’Oncle Soul
The world’s greatest living tabla France’s young, hip Mr Motown is
•
player explores Scottish and guaranteed to deliver a Scissor Sisters (above) Wynton Marsalis and Jazz
Indian traditions with young party atmosphere. Disco divas Ana Matronic and at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Scottish musicians. Jake Shears lead the glam-pop One of the world’s great live acts
Kathryn Tickell stadium-fillers in a set featuring swings from New Orleans roots to
Kronos Quartet The charismatic Northumbrian tracks from The Magic Hour. bebop to modern jazz and back,
The eclectic string quartet piper curates a performance with all horns blazing.
performs with rubâb player with emerging and established Roberto Fonseca
Homayun Sakhi, and Emmy- folk musicians. The former Buena Vista Social
winning zither player Vân-Ánh Võ. Club pianist brings hot and sultry
Cuban music into the 21st century.
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Asia Stage
Battersea Park
Europe Stages
Trafalgar Square
& Somerset House
Americas Stage
Tower of London
Oceania Stage
Old Royal NavAL College, Greenwich
Africa Stage
London Pleasure Gardens, Docklands
Africa Stage
London Pleasure
Gardens, docklands
•
Angelique Kidjo (above)
Expect unbounded energy as the
Benin-born Grammy Award
winner performs the songs she’s
Oceania Stage written for the occasion, with the
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich Manchester World Voices Choir.
• Baaba Maal
Green Fire Islands The Barons Of Tang (above) Senegal’s musical statesman has a
The island cultures of Maori New Brimming with theatrical presence, gift for fusion, a global message
Zealand and Ireland are fused mixing folk, rock, punk and jazz, of hope and a great band.
in a stunning stage show of they work their audience into a
music and dance. dancing frenzy from the moment The Noisettes
they step on stage. The Noisettes lead a
collaboration that draws on their
lead singer’s Southern
African heritage.
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Get in on the acts
The world’s greatest music stars are lining up to take part in the London 2012 Festival
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 Cowell’s
protégé, producer-turned-frontman
Labrinth, Dubsteb heroes Nero and
Nigerian Afrobeat master D’Banj.
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 year’s Sound of
2012 winner Michael Kiwanuka,
last year’s 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.
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.
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Urban Classic
Leading producer Fazer and top
UK urban artists Ms Dynamite,
Skepta and Devlin share the stage
with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
It’s a unique mash-up of musical
cultures featuring massive hits and
stellar line-ups anthems in the making in a free
Above: Producer-turned concert in Waltham Forest.
frontman Labrinth. Page 69
Below: Rihanna’s
getting ready to blow And don’t miss Africa Express,
Hackney away page 63.
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Music
Africa
AntiVJ and Adrian Utley
– Mail, Maps and Motion Express
Monumental large-scale live projection
with a new score from Adrian Utley
•
(Portishead). Produced by Watershed UK Tour
as part of See No Evil, Europe’s largest •
street art festival. FREE
Africa Express began in
17 August 2006 when Damon
Temple Meads and Temple Quay, Albarn, Fatboy Slim and
Bristol
www.seenoevilbristol.co.uk
Martha Wainwright were
among artists going to Mali
to meet and play with the
Antony’s Meltdown likes of Salif Keita (below),
Antony Hegarty hand-picks his ideal festival,
inviting his favourite artists to play, perform Toumani Diabate and
and exhibit their work. Amadou & Mariam. Since
then, they’ve played a
Southbank Centre, London series of lauded concerts
www.southbankcentre.co.uk worldwide, the last of
0844 847 9910 which saw 130 artists
come together to perform
Baaba Maal hosts to 50,000 people on
See Plan B at BBC Radio 1’s Hackney Weekend 2012 Africa Utopia a beach in northern Spain.
A festival of debates, music, dance
and ideas spearheaded by Senegalese
Africa Express singer and human rights champion In September, a train full
Africa Express, famous for African / Western Baaba Maal. FREE of African and European
collaborations, present The Africa Express musicians travels through
– a train full of music traversing the UK. 3 July – 4 July, 17 July – 29 July
Southbank Centre, London the UK, stopping to play
3 September www.southbankcentre.co.uk impromptu gigs in
Middlesbrough 0844 847 9910 unexpected places. After
www.africaexpress.co.uk
a week of magic and
4 September Back2Black Festival – hosted by mayhem, the tour arrives in
Glasgow and featuring Gilberto Gil London with a united army
www.africaexpress.co.uk A three-day celebration of the African roots of
of musicians armed with
Brazilian music and culture in its first ever
6 September edition outside Rio de Janeiro. new music. All aboard the
Cardiff Africa Express!
www.africaexpress.co.uk 29 June – 1 July
Old Billingsgate, London
7 September www.barbican.org.uk
Bristol 020 7638 4141
www.africaexpress.co.uk
8 September Bandstand Marathon

London More than 500 bandstands and outdoor
www.africaexpress.co.uk performance spaces across the UK will
simultaneously come alive with music. FREE
Aldeburgh World Orchestra 9 September

Sir Mark Elder conducts a ‘world orchestra’ Bandstands, Parks and Open Spaces,
of young musicians in a programme including UK Wide
Britten, Stravinsky and Mahler. www.bandstandmarathon.org.uk
20 July and 22 July

Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh
www.aldeburgh.co.uk/events
01728 687110
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Streetwise Music
Opera – With
One Voice
• BBC Radio 1’s Hackney
Royal Weekend 2012
Tune in to Jay-Z, Rihanna, Ed Sheeran,
Opera House, Plan B and many more top acts.
FREE – ticket required.
London Tune in to BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra and BBC Three
•
23 June – 24 June
Streetwise Opera takes
Hackney Marshes, London
over the Royal Opera www.bbc.co.uk/radio1
House for one day with
300 performers who
Benjamin Britten
have all experienced – Noye’s Fludde
homelessness. During the NI Opera presents Benjamin Britten’s
day arts groups who work much-loved children’s opera in front of
the animal enclosures at Belfast Zoo.
with homeless people will
present a free, rolling 10 August – 19 August
programme of drama, Belfast Zoo, Belfast
www.belfastzoo.co.uk
poetry, film and song. In
028 9077 6277
the evening, performers
and audience will come
together to sing a newly BT River of Music
– Africa Stage
commissioned work by A breathtaking array of African talent including Dean Rodney leads his singers in Heart n Soul
composer Gavin Bryars. Angelique Kidjo, Baaba Maal, Staff Benda Bililli
and The Noisettes. FREE – ticket required
21 July – 22 July
Tony Hall, Chief Executive
21 July – 22 July Somerset House, London
of the Royal Opera House London Pleasure Gardens, London www.btriverofmusic.com
said: ‘I’m delighted to be www.btriverofmusic.com
21 July – 22 July
celebrating the creativity,
Trafalgar Square, London
participation and BT River of Music www.btriverofmusic.com
achievement of people – Americas Stage
who have experienced Scissor Sisters, Naturally 7, Wynton
Marsalis and Roberto Fonseca take part BT River of Music
homelessness and all the in a weekend of free music on stages – Oceania Stage
hardship that it brings.’ along the River Thames. FREE – ticket required Explore the ancient traditions and map the
Page 69 future with music from the indigenous peoples of
21 July – 22 July Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific.
Tower of London, London FREE – ticket required
21 July – 22 July
Old Royal Naval College Greenwich, London
BT River of Music www.btriverofmusic.com
– Asia Stage
A journey through Asia from China to Japan,
India to Pakistan via the Gulf states and the Silk Busk on the Usk
Road. FREE – ticket required A new music festival for Newport, produced
by Green Man Festival, this will be urban,
21 July – 22 July distinctive, online, on radio and in Newport.
Battersea Park, London FREE – ticket required
30 June
Various Venues, Newport
BT River of Music www.london2012.com/festival
– Europe Stages
Cutting-edge work from across the
continent including Ben L’Oncle Soul,
Matthew Herbert and Kathryn Tickell.
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Camille O’Sullivan and Feargal Eliza Carthy – Welcome Songs Gilberto Gil with the London
Murray – The Rape of Lucrece Eliza Carthy, Robert Hollingworth Symphony Orchestra
A compelling and provocative performance and I Fagiolini lead a major new An evening featuring new arrangements of
of Shakespeare’s tragic poem by the music project uniting communities for Gilberto Gil’s own songs, alongside music
internationally acclaimed singer. As part of a celebration in song. originating from, and influenced by, Brazil.
the World Shakespeare Festival.
11 July 4 July
22 August – 26 August Wenlock Priory, Much Wenlock Barbican Hall, London
Edinburgh International Festival, www.welcomesongs.co.uk www.barbican.org.uk
Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh 01803 847070 020 7638 4141
www.eif.co.uk/rapeoflucrece
0131 473 2000 27 July
Weymouth Harbour, Weymouth Heart n Soul – The Dean
www.welcomesongs.co.uk Rodney Singers
Christian Lindberg 01803 847070 Twenty-five songs created by Dean Rodney
– Dawn at Galamanta with global musicians and performers using
Award-winning music and dance for the 28 August pioneering digital technology. As part of
City of London Festival. Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury Unlimited. FREE
www.welcomesongs.co.uk
6 July 01803 847070 31 August – 9 September
Guildhall Great Hall, London Southbank Centre, London
www.colf.org www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0845 120 7502 Gavin Bryars Ensemble – The 0844 847 9910
Sinking of the Titanic & The
Beckett Songbook
Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee Bryars presents his most famous work Heiner Goebbels – Walden
Damon Albarn performs live in the London alongside a world premiere. Part of The UK premiere of a Thoreau-inspired work
premiere of his new opera inspired by the Happy Days: Enniskillen International about solitude and nature from one of the
Elizabethan mystic, directed by Rufus Norris. Beckett Festival. world’s leading creative artists.
25 June – 7 July 25 August 23 June

London Coliseum, London St Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen mac Birmingham, Birmingham
www.eno.org www.happy-days-enniskillen.com www.macarts.co.uk
0871 911 0200 0121 446 3232
Desdemona
Musician Rokia Traoré, novelist Toni
Morrison and director Peter Sellars come
together to create Desdemona. Part of the
World Shakespeare Festival.
19 July – 20 July
Barbican Hall, London
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Einstein on the Beach

Rare performances of the opera that
launched its director Robert Wilson
and composer Philip Glass to
international success.
4 May – 13 May
Barbican Theatre, London
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 4141
Heiner Goebbels – Walden is the UK premiere of a Thoreau-inspired work
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Music
Helen Petts – Throw Them Jez Colborne – Irresistible 23 June
Up and Let Them Sing The composer’s outdoor musical spectacular Coventry Cathedral, Coventry
Inspired by Kurt Schwitters’ poetry, combines warning sirens, choral music and www.coventrycathedral.org.uk/50
a concert of music from the soundtrack dramatic projections. As part of Unlimited. 024 7652 1200
for Helen Petts’ film, Throw Them Up
and Let Them Sing. As part of Unlimited. 21 June – 23 June
Cow and Calf, Ilkley Moor, Ilkley Kurtag and Schubert
30 June www.mind-the-gap.org.uk/irresistible Brighton Festival presents a series of chamber
The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead 01274 487390 recitals across East Sussex, each pairing the
www.thesagegateshead.org music of Kurtag and Schubert.
0191 443 4661 5 September – 6 September
National Theatre, Inside Out FREE 21 July
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/wts Montpelier Festival St Nicholas Church,
Jazz at Lincoln Center 020 7452 3000 Brighton
Orchestra with Wynton www.brightondome.org
Marsalis – Abyssinian Mass 8 September 01273 709709
A breathtaking concert crossing jazz history, Southbank Centre, London FREE
from spirituals to hard bop, featuring the www.southbankcentre.co.uk 28 July
Barbican Mass Choir. 0844 847 9910 Charleston Barn, nr Firle
www.brightondome.org
13 July 01273 709709
Barbican Hall, London Jonathan Harvey’s Weltethos
www.barbican.org.uk – City of Birmingham Symphony 4 August
020 7638 4141 Orchestra Alfriston Summer Music, St Andrew’s Church,
The UK premiere of an epic choral work from Alfriston
composer Jonathan Harvey for the opening night www.brightondome.org
Jazz at Lincoln Center of the London 2012 Festival. 01273 709709
Orchestra with Wynton
Marsalis – Afro-Cuban Fiesta 21 June
Afro-Cuban jazz and American big Symphony Hall, Birmingham Live N Roar
band jazz traditions meet in this www.thsh.co.uk Members of Bellowhead, Seth Lakeman Band
collaboration with percussionist Pedrito 0121 200 2000 and Booker Prize winner DBC Pierre premiere
Martinez and his group. a mariachi-style Axolotl Odyssey in the Darwin
Centre Atrium. As part of Discovering Places.
16 July Jubilation: The Music of
Barbican Hall, London George Benjamin Natural History Museum, London
www.barbican.org.uk A major retrospective of one of the world’s www.pestival.org/events
020 7638 4141 leading composers, featuring the London 020 7942 5011
Sinfonietta and the Philharmonia Orchestra,
with concerts, film and talks.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Martin Creed – Work No 1197:
Orchestra with Wynton 12 May – 13 May All the bells in a country rung as
Marsalis – Congo Square Southbank Centre, London quickly and as loudly as possible
European premiere of Wynton Marsalis’ and www.southbankcentre.co.uk for three minutes
Ghanaian drum master Yacub Addy’s Congo 0844 847 9910 Join in at 8am as the UK celebrates the first day
Square project. of the London 2012 Games with simultaneous
bell ringing all around the UK. FREE
10 July Jubilation: A celebration of the
Barbican Hall, London Music of George Benjamin 27 July
www.barbican.org.uk A live relay from Festival d’Aix-en-Provence All around the UK
020 7638 4141 of the new opera from George Benjamin, www.allthebells.com
Written on Skin.
Jazz at Lincoln Center 9 July NEST

– Essentially Ellington UK Institut Francais, London A 500-strong choir and junkyard orchestra
The UK expression of Jazz at Lincoln www.institut-francais.org.uk perform Brian Irvine’s new score to accompany
Center’s Essentially Ellington high-school the exhibition of personal memorabilia.
programme, featuring 11 UK youth FREE – ticket required
orchestras. Jubilee Concert – City of
Birmingham Symphony 21 July
14 July Orchestra, James MacMillan T13, Belfast
Barbican Hall, London Choral works including the first performance www.t13.tv/events
www.barbican.org.uk of James MacMillan’s new work celebrating
020 7638 4141 Coventry Cathedral’s Golden Jubilee.
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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. ‘It’s one
of the first hymns ever
written,’ he told the Daily
Telegraph. ‘It comes from
right back in the early
Meet the top opera stars with Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Winners Christian era, when
churchmen were thinking
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Bite-sized operas showcasing five Universe of Sound alongside the old psalms.’
Northern Irish composers with librettos Conduct, play and step inside a virtual
from such writers as Mark Ravenhill and Philharmonia Orchestra: an interactive digital
Frank McGuinness. installation based on Holst’s The Planets. FREE Coventry Cathedral
opened in 1952 with the
28 June – 30 June 23 May – 8 July commissioned War
The Mac, Belfast Science Museum, London
www.themaclive.com www.sciencemuseum.org.uk Requiem by Benjamin
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high expectations for
Peace One Day – Global Truce Plácido Domingo’s MacMillan’s choral work.
2012 Countdown Operalia Winners
A major concert in Northern Ireland for the first The legendary tenor Plácido Domingo introduces
night of the London 2012 Festival, featuring an the very best of international young opera
inspiring array of international artists hosted by singers, conducted by Antonio Pappano.
the actor Jude Law.
25 July
21 June Royal Opera House, London
The Parade Ground, Ebrington Barracks, www.roh.org.uk
Derry/Londonderry 020 7304 4000
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Pop-Up Music
Peace One Day Follow us on Twitter or Facebook to
A spectacular concert in London bringing the be among the first to hear about special
message of Peace Day to the world as the pop-up live music events during the Festival.
culmination of the Global Truce 2012 campaign.
21 September UK Wide
Wembley Arena, London www.london2012.com/festival
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Wynton Music
Marsalis’
Swing
Symphony Project Triangle 3 July – 4 July
(Symphony somewhere to and Burnley Council showcase the
north west’s young creative talent at the historic
West Road Concert Hall, Cambridge
ringroundtheworld.org
No 3) Weavers’ Triangle. FREE – ticket required 01223 335184
• 21 July 10 July – 20 July

Barbican Hall, The Weavers’ Triangle, Burnley The Broadway Theatre, Barking
www.weaverstriangle.co.uk ringroundtheworld.org
London 020 8507 5610
•
Red Baraat
Sir Simon Rattle and Asian Arts Agency present the seriously hot, Rokia Traoré – Damou (dream)
Wynton Marsalis (pictured New York-based bhangra, funk, dhol ‘n’ brass An intimate evening of acoustic music
below) work together for outfit for their debut UK tour. and words derived from West African
storytelling traditions.
the London premiere of this 1 September
great piece for which Fusion Asia Festival, South Hill Park, Bracknell 18 June
classical and jazz www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat Wilton’s Music Hall, London
0117 929 1110 www.barbican.org.uk
orchestras combine.
020 7638 4141
2 September
Wynton Marsalis is a giant Edinburgh Mela, Edinburgh
of the jazz world, whose www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat Rokia Traoré – Donguili (song)
0117 929 1110 Collaborative concert of music created at
residencies in London have Traore’s Malian institute of music with UK and
inspired young people in 4 September African musicians, especially for this project.
local communities as well Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat 22 June
as great classical 0117 929 1110 Barbican Hall, London
orchestras and jazz www.barbican.org.uk
musicians. His Swing 6 September 020 7638 4141
Curve, Leicester
Symphony is the highlight
www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat
of his 2012 residency with 0117 929 1110 Rokia Traoré – Donke (dance)
his celebrated players from The final gig of the trilogy includes music from
New York, but expect to 7 September Traore’s forthcoming album with African and
Town Hall, Birmingham European musicians in an intimate venue.
see him pop up playing www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat
and teaching in local 0117 929 1110 23 June
communities as well as on Village Underground, London
9 September www.barbican.org.uk
the stage of the Barbican Plymouth Mela, Plymouth 020 7638 4141
Concert Hall. www.asianartsagency.co.uk/redbaraat
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Secrets: Hidden London
– Nothing Is Set In Stone
Ring Round The World – English Interact with sonic artist Mira Calix’s immersive
Pocket Opera Company stone and sound sculpture at Fairlop Waters
A children’s opera featuring a cast of several nature reserve. FREE
thousand and stories from more than 220
countries around the world. 21 June – 9 September
Fairlop Waters, Barkingside, London
21 June – 22 June www.molpresents.com
Rose Theatre, Kingston
0844 4821 556 SECRETS: Hidden London
– The Owl and the Pussycat
26 June – 06 July Terry Jones and Anne Dudley create a
Pleasance Theatre, London comic floating opera that will travel London’s
www.pleasance.co.uk waterways, produced by ROH2,
Royal Opera House. FREE
2 July – 5 July
Comberton Village College, Cambridge
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29 July – 5 August The Alif Ensemble

Various dates and locations, London The outstanding oud player Khyam Allami
www.molpresents.com brings together Arab musicians for acoustic and
electronic sets of inspiring new music.
Simon Allen – Resonance at the 15 July

Still Point of Change Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Premiere performance of Simon Allen’s new www.liverpoolphil.com
audio-visual song-cycle. As part of Unlimited. 0151 709 3789
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Southbank Centre, London The Big Concert – Gustavo
www.southbankcentre.co.uk Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar
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Venezuela
A spectacular outdoor concert by Gustavo
Simón Bolívar Symphony Dudamel, his 140-strong orchestra and the
Orchestra of Venezuela children of Big Noise Raploch.
Following their Scotland visit, concerts
and the chance to find out more about 21 June
the orchestra and pioneering El Sistema Old School Field, Raploch, Stirling
programme behind it. makeabignoise.org.uk
23 June – 26 June
Southbank Centre, London The British Paraorchestra
www.southbankcentre.co.uk Charles Hazlewood’s music festival
0844 847 9910 features the world premiere of the UK’s French musician Sébastien Tellier, part of Traction
first-ever orchestra for musicians with disabilities.
Stockhausen – Mittwoch aus Licht 30 June – 1 July 5 July

The world premiere of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury Waltham Forest Town Hall, London
epic opera Wednesday from Light, featuring four www.orchestrainafield.com www.walthamforestbig6.co.uk/events/
helicopters and more than 160 performers. 0844 888 9991 urban-symphony
Argyle Works, Birmingham The Royal Opera – The Trojans We Face Forward – A West
www.birminghamopera.org.uk (Les Troyens) African Party
A rare chance to hear Berlioz’s monumental After the arrival of the Olympic Flame,
opera, which returns to the Royal Opera House Manchester continues the party with a
Streetwise Opera in an epic new production by David McVicar. performance by music stars from West Africa.
– With One Voice
Artists from the UK and abroad who have 25 June – 11 July 23 June
experienced homelessness take over the Royal Royal Opera House, London The Printworks, Manchester
Opera House for a night of film and music. www.roh.org.uk www.theprintworks.com
020 7240 1200
2 July
Royal Opera House, London Wynton Marsalis’ Swing
www.roh.org.uk Traction curated by Symphony (Symphony No 3)
020 7240 1200 Gilles Peterson Sir Simon Rattle conducts the UK
Eurostar presents a one-day festival curated by premiere featuring Marsalis, the
Gilles Peterson, featuring music and performance Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Terry Riley – Sun Rings collaborations from across Europe. Artists include and London Symphony Orchestra.
A musical journey through Zaha Brandt Brauer Frick and Sébastien Tellier.
Hadid’s new Riverside Museum builds 25 July – 26 July
to an outdoor performance of Terry Riley’s 14 July Barbican Hall, London
work by the Kronos Quartet. Granary Square, London www.barbican.org.uk
www.eurostartraction.com 020 7638 4141
15 July
Riverside Museum, Glasgow
www.glasgowlife.org.uk/museums/our- Urban Classic
museums/riverside-museum Musical cultures meet as the BBC Symphony
0141 287 2720 Orchestra works with top urban artists
including Ms Dynamite, Skepta, Devlin
and Fazer. FREE – ticket required
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BBC Proms 2012
The world’s 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 world’s greatest artists and
orchestras, new commissions, record youth participation
and a celebration of music that changed the world
hear the wild applause, so the
soprano soloist had to turn him
gently around so he could
acknowledge his success.
As well as being associated
with the Games, Ode to Joy is
the anthem for the European
Union. It was also performed
at the fall of the Berlin Wall in
T
he BBC Proms has been 1989, associating it with peace
a highlight of London among nations.
summers for 117 years. The concerts will also feature
From 13 July to 8 major works by Pierre Boulez and
As part of the London September, there will be at mark the first time a non-BBC
2012 Festival, the 118th least one Prom concert every orchestra has been resident
Prom season promises to day at South Kensington’s at the Proms. Beethoven’s
live long in the memory
majestic Royal Albert Hall. revolutionary works changed
Beautiful Cadogan Hall the history of music, as those of
nearby will host a series of Proms Pierre Boulez have done, making
Chamber Music concerts. And the his music a perfect partner to the
Daniel Barenboim Proms Plus series, which includes Beethoven symphonies.
performs with the talks, family events and more,
West-Eastern Divan will expand upon the musical The West-Eastern
Orchestra
themes of the programme. Divan Orchestra
All the Proms will be broadcast Performing the Beethoven cycle
live on BBC Radio 3, and many will be the West-Eastern Divan
will also be screened on BBC Orchestra, an unique ensemble
One, BBC Two and BBC Four. that has forged collaboration
out of conflict.
Beethoven’s Ninth and the Back in 1999, Israeli-Argentine
inspirational Ode to Joy conductor Daniel Barenboim
On 27 July, the opening day of and Palestinian-American writer
the London 2012 Olympic Edward Said had a vision:
Games, the West-Eastern Divan to promote understanding
Orchestra will be performing between the young people of
Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at their countries through music.
the culmination of a mighty They formed the West-Eastern
Beethoven symphony cycle. Divan Orchestra, the name
The symphony contains the taken from a set of poems
famous Ode to Joy, which has by Goethe. Young orchestral
been played at the opening players from Israel, Palestine
ceremonies of the Olympic and and other Middle Eastern
Paralympic Games. countries came together on
Beethoven wove his deepest neutral ground in Spain to make
beliefs into his Ninth Symphony – music together, away from
the themes of peace, freedom and a politically charged situation.
universal brotherhood, including More than a decade on, the
Friedrich Schiller’s great poem. West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Despite being profoundly deaf, is one of the world’s finest
Beethoven was the conductor at youth orchestras, and perfectly
the first performance. However, emblematic of the London
at the end, with his back to the 2012 Festival themes of
audience, he was unable to peace and truce.
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Prom like a pro
Standard tickets to the BBC Proms
are very reasonably priced (even
As part of the London box seats are within the reach
2012 Festival, the 118th of the less wealthy), but the great
Proms season promises to
live long in the memory tradition of Promming ensures
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– albeit without the benefit of
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Hot tickets or up in the highest gallery, where
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A selection of the top performances at the BBC Proms 2012 (largely because you’re not in
public view). Some Promming
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national youth Set in the Tower of BBC Proms 73 & 75 early on the day. To snaffle
orchestras appear in London, this G&S with Bernard Haitink, one, join the queue outside the
a Proms season with opera has never had a with the Vienna
a strong focus on complete performance Philharmonic
Royal Albert Hall at least two
youth. In this concert, at the Proms. This is Orchestra, for hours before the start of the
Messiaen’s ecstatic one of several great more world-class performance (or 30 minutes
Turangalîla Symphony London tributes in the excellence. for Late Night Proms) and be
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respect your fellow floor-fillers
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its 70th birthday,
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Shock of BBC Proms 2012
the New
•
Royal Albert Hall, Prom 1 Prom 7
London Four conductors pass the baton in an all-English Handel’s resplendent Water Music suites and
First Night featuring works by Turnage, Elgar, Music for the Royal Fireworks get an upsized
• Delius and Tippett. French period-instrument treatment. Free
The Proms 2012 sees an – ticket required
impressive 27 new 13 July
Royal Albert Hall, London 18 July
commissions. From Royal Albert Hall, London
Mark-Anthony Turnage’s
orchestral world premiere Prom 2
in Prom 1 to Nicole Lizée’s Reviving the original film orchestrations for the Prom 8
1964 film of My Fair Lady, John Wilson returns Once more popular than his Messiah, Handel’s
Golden Age of the with his hand-picked orchestra. Judas Maccabaeus receives its first Proms
Radiophonic Workshop performance – with period-instrument punch.
(Fibre-Optic Flowers) 14 July
played by the Kronos Royal Albert Hall, London
Quartet, and a new
Olympic Fanfare from Prom 3
Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts Debussy’s Prom 9
James MacMillan, the
enigmatic masterpiece, Pelléas et Mélisande, Daniel Barenboim launches his Beethoven
BBC has exceeded with his period-instrument orchestra. symphony cycle at the beginning, with the First
expectations. and Second; plus Boulez’s Dérive 2.
15 July
World premieres might not Royal Albert Hall, London
necessarily mean new
compositions. In fact the Proms Chamber Music 1
Opera star Alice Coote plays the more intimate Proms Saturday Matinee 1
UK premieres this year concert arena in a recital of enchanting French A new arrangement of Bach’s supreme
include work by classical song, with pianist Julius Drake. The Art of Fugue, intended to recreate Bach’s
geniuses Gabrieli and own informal Leipzig coffee-house concerts.
16 July
Mendelssohn. And for
Cadogan Hall, London 21 July
those looking for Cadogan Hall, London
something different, the
commissions also include Prom 4
Exuberant orchestral colours guaranteed in Prom 10
10 short pieces for the a transatlantic partnership of music colleges, Boulez’s work for solo clarinet and its electronic
Music Walk around South conducted by composer John Adams. double appears in between Beethoven’s Fourth
Kensington, inspired by and the mighty Third (Eroica).
16 July
composer John Cage and Royal Albert Hall, London 21 July
available for download Royal Albert Hall, London
via the Proms website.
Prom 5
Lush Strauss favourites (Four Last Songs Prom 11
and Also sprach Zarathustra) feature Hit and myth: Antonio Pappano conducts his
alongside music by Finns Sibelius Royal Opera forces in Berlioz’s celebrated
and Saariaho. operatic epic The Trojans.
17 July 22 July
Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 6 Proms Chamber Music 2

Russian-born Kirill Gerstein is the Choral group Tenebrae explores 400 years
soloist in one of tonight’s two Russian of music evoking the bustle of London’s streets,
classics: Rachmaninov’s romantic from Gibbons to the present day.
Piano Concerto No. 2.
23 July
18 July Cadogan Hall, London
Royal Albert Hall, London
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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 Boulez’s
Anthèmes, for violin and electronics, under
Daniel Barenboim’s baton.
24 July
Prom 14
An eclectic late night featuring the ever-crusading
Kronos Quartet, with influences from the USA,
Syria, the Balkans and Scandinavia.
24 July
The majestic Royal Albert Hall will host the majority of the BBC Proms concerts
Prom 15
Jiří Bělohlávek conducts works by two Proms Saturday Matinee 2 Proms Chamber Music 3
Czech compatriots; Vadim Gluzman is the French music from the court of Louis XIV Early music group L’Arpeggiata in
soloist in Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1. in a cross-Channel collaboration of music La Tarantella – a lunchtime survey
conservatoires, under Sir Roger Norrington. of music designed to cure those bitten
25 July by the tarantula.
Cadogan Hall, London 30 July
Cadogan Hall, London
Prom 16
A Channel-crossing Prom featuring Elgar’s Prom 19
sunny In the South plus classics of the French Tchaikovsky’s turbulent Pathétique Symphony Prom 22
repertoire under Thierry Fischer. and Shostakovich’s First Cello Concerto feature, Cowbells and marches are among
conducted by Thomas Dausgaard. the typical evocative references in
26 July Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, conducted
Royal Albert Hall, London 28 July by Gianandrea Noseda.
30 July
Prom 17 Royal Albert Hall, London
Pierre Boulez conducts his own iconic Prom 20
Le marteau sans maître in a Late Night Prom with Wallace & Gromit appear in a new Proms
members of the West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. adventure, before a screening of A Matter Prom 23
of Loaf and Death – plus classical favourites. An all-British Prom including Vaughan
26 July Williams’s spacious Tallis Fantasia and
Royal Albert Hall, London 29 July Walton’s riotous choral Belshazzar’s Feast.
31 July
Prom 18 Royal Albert Hall, London
Daniel Barenboim’s Beethoven cycle concludes Prom 21
with the universal message of the Ninth, on the Stravinsky’s iconic The Rite of Spring is the
opening day of the London Olympics. highlight of the Aldeburgh World Orchestra’s
Prom under Sir Mark Elder.
27 July
Royal Albert Hall, London 29 July For more information:
www.bbc.co.uk/proms
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Prom 24
Energetic sounds from Colombia – both
traditional and modern – from two leading
accordionists, joined by an enthusiastic band.
31 July
Prom 25
American David Robertson conducts two US
classics, including Barber’s enduring Adagio,
as well as Tippett’s A Child of Our Time.
1 August
Prom 26
One of the great choral classics of Western
classical music, Bach’s Mass in B minor,
under Baroque specialist Harry Bicket.
2 August
Sir Simon Rattle will conduct the Berlin Philharmoniker in back-to-back Proms (page 77)
Prom 27
Feted interpreter of the late Romantic Prom 30 Prom 33
repertoire, Donald Runnicles conducts Bob Chilcott’s cantata The Angry Planet deploys Bruckner (Sixth Symphony) and James
Wagner and Bruckner, with his BBC massed choirs and schoolchildren from across MacMillan (Credo), associated with religious
Scottish Symphony Orchestra. London to voice an ecological theme. expression, are joined by Wagner’s
hymn to love.
3 August 5 August
Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London 7 August
Prom 28 Prom 31
JoAnn Falletta includes Chabrier’s festive Nicola Benedetti makes the first of her three Prom 34
España and a suite from Stravinsky’s Proms appearances in a Scottish-themed Prom, Katia & Marielle Labèque perform in a new
folk-tale ballet The Firebird in her Proms debut. performing Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. concerto; Semyon Bychkov also conducts
Schubert’s ‘Unfinished’ and a Strauss tone-poem.
4 August 5 August
Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London 8 August
Prom 29 Proms Chamber Music 4

Curve-ball pieces from Varèse and Former and current BBC Radio 3 New Prom 35
Anna Meredith and Messiaen’s ecstatic Generation Artists perform spirited Finnish John Storgårds leads a Scandinavian-
Turangalîla Symphony from the National sonatas by Debussy and themed Prom including Sibelius’s Symphonies
Youth Orchestra. Ravel’s delectable Piano Trio. Nos. 3 & 6 and Grieg’s Piano Concerto.
4 August 6 August 9 August

Royal Albert Hall, London Cadogan Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 32 Prom 36
Part concert piece, part theatrical spectacle, Sir Mark Elder honours Ivor Novello – the
Bernstein’s Mass is an unmissable rarity, tunesmith and matinee idol who dominated
receiving its first Proms performance. London’s stage musicals in the 1930s
For more information: and 1940s.
6 August
www.bbc.co.uk/proms Royal Albert Hall, London 9 August
0845 401 5040 Royal Albert Hall, London
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•
Royal Albert Hall,
Prom 37 Prom 42
London
Rebecca Evans and Alice Coote appear in Two 20th-century classics, Bartók’s Concerto •
Elgar’s oratorio The Apostles with the Hallé for Orchestra and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet The Proms marks the
under leading Elgarian Sir Mark Elder. (suite), conducted by Susanna Mälkki.
centenary of the radical
10 August 13 August US composer John Cage
Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London (1912-1992), one of
music’s most original
Prom 38 Prom 43 minds, with a concert of
Late-night big band: a foot-tapping, wide- Charles Dutoit conducts Saint-Saëns’s 10 of his works conducted
ranging set from the National Youth Jazz bristling Piano Concerto No. 2, Delius’s
by Ilan Volkov. They will
Orchestra, including Ellington and Wheeler. view of nocturnal Paris and Tchaikovsky’s
fateful Fifth. be performed by the
10 August Exaudi choir and the BBC
Royal Albert Hall, London 14 August Scottish Symphony
Orchestra. Most of the
Proms Saturday Matinee 3 pieces come from Cage’s
Four British works from the past 45 years – Prom 44 post-war career, when he
by Birtwistle, Elias, Ferneyhough and Finnissy – Late-night modern classics: Ligeti’s
performed by the Britten Sinfonia. Poème symphonique for 100 metronomes,
composed by following
plus Andriessen, Berio, Cage, Harvey the directions of a pair of
11 August and Xenakis. dice. This, he said, freed
the composer from
14 August
Royal Albert Hall, London subjectivity.
Prom 39
Berlioz’s grand Requiem makes full use The main work is the
of the Royal Albert Hall’s cavernous Prom 45
space, featuring massed choirs and Dvořák’s popular ‘New World’ Symphony, Concerto for Prepared
tenor Toby Spence. written in the USA, plus old- and new-world Piano by John Tilbury.
works by Copland, Ginastera and others. There’s also Winter Music
11 August
Royal Albert Hall, London 15 August
with Atlas Eclipticalis,
Royal Albert Hall, London which turns constellations
into notes, for random
Prom 40 pianists. These two works
Two national youth orchestras – the Wind Prom 46
Orchestra and Brass Band – in an all-English A triple helping of differently powerful are traditionally played
programme including Holst and Walton. symphonies by Vaughan Williams – Andrew simultaneously. The last
Manze conducts the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth. item is for amplified
12 August
Royal Albert Hall, London 16 August cactuses – Cage was
Royal Albert Hall, London not without a sense
of humour.
Prom 41
Schoenberg’s epic Gurrelieder – a medieval Prom 47
love-tragedy couched in rich post-Romanticism A Prom marking the centenary of John Cage
– is conducted by Jiří Bělohlávek. – music’s most irreverent experimenter: expect
cassette players and plucked cactuses.
12 August
Proms Chamber Music 5

Nicola Benedetti and friends in lunchtime solo Proms Saturday Matinee 4
and chamber music by Bach, Korngold Having led the Wallace & Gromit Prom,
and Brahms. Nicholas Collon returns for works by anniversary
composers Bainbridge, Goehr and Knussen.
13 August
Cadogan Hall, London 18 August
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Prom 48 Prom 54
Russian Vladimir Jurowski conducts Tchaikovsky’s Tasmin Little has long been a passionate
Byron-inspired Manfred; Alice Coote is the ambassador for Delius’s Violin Concerto;
soloist in Mahler’s wayfaring songs. plus a new symphony by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies.
18 August
Prom 49
Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Yeomen of the Guard, Prom 55
one of the duo’s grandest Savoy operas, Britten’s Peter Grimes, based in a Suffolk fishing
celebrates London in this Olympic year. village, transformed British opera. Edward
Gardner conducts his ENO forces.
19 August
Proms Chamber Music 6

Current BBC Radio 3 New Generation Prom 56
Artists the Escher Quartet perform Debussy Debussy’s music for the play The Martyrdom of
(in his 150th anniversary year) and Saint Sebastian is the culmination of a
Last Night Hugh Wood. Prom including Knussen’s Third Symphony.
Celebrations 20 August 25 August
• Cadogan Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London
Parks across the UK
• Prom 50 Prom 57
To be in with a chance of A great Danish symphony (Nielsen’s Fifth) and Wagner’s Prelude and Good Friday
a Norwegian-inspired work by Delius, plus Music from Parsifal and Berg’s Violin
getting a ticket for the
Beethoven and Mozart, under Osmo Vänskä. Concerto preface waltz-inspired works
flag-waving fiesta that is by Strauss and Ravel.
the Last Night of the Proms 20 August
you’ll have to attend five Royal Albert Hall, London 26 August
other Proms, or get lucky
in the ballot. But, wherever Prom 51
you are, you can tune in to Andris Nelsons and the CBSO on firm ground Proms Chamber Music 7
with a Glinka overture and Shostakovich’s Christine Schäfer is the half-speaking half-singing
the Last Night celebrations dramatic Leningrad Symphony. soloist in Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire; plus a
on BBC TV and BBC Debussy chamber sonata.
Radio. You can also take 21 August
part in events at venues in
all four nations of the UK,
where live performances Prom 52
will be combined with Few conductors are as steeped in the Prom 58
Russian ballet repertoire as Valery A family-friendly global musical journey, with
big-screen links to the Gergiev – he conducts the LSO in popular classics from Delius, Falla and others,
Royal Albert Hall. Prokofiev’s Cinderella. plus Malian duo Amadou & Mariam.
22 August 27 August
The London version, Proms Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London
in the Park in Hyde Park,
includes performances by
Prom 53 Prom 59
tenor Alfie Boe, the BBC
Celebrated vocal group I Fagiolini marks the John Wilson and his orchestra pay tribute to the
Concert Orchestra, ABBA 400th anniversary of Gabrieli’s death with a composers who created the Broadway sound
tribute band Bjorn Again reconstruction of his grand Magnificat. – with excerpts from favourite shows.
and the Gypsy Queens.
22 August 27 August
For more details on all, see Royal Albert Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London
bbc.co.uk/proms.
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Prom 65 Prom 71
A tribute to Belgian Gypsy guitarist Django The St Louis Symphony makes its Proms debut,
Reinhardt in a collaboration between guitarist featuring Beethoven’s Violin Concerto and
Martin Taylor and trumpeter/composer Gershwin’s jazzy An American in Paris.
Guy Barker.
4 September
31 August Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 72
Prom 66 John Adams conducts his own Nixon in China,
The first of two Bach recitals by based on the US premier’s 1972 Beijing visit,
charismatic American organ virtuoso and creating the docu-opera genre.
Cameron Carpenter.
5 September
1 September Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 73
Prom 67 Bernard Haitink conducts the Vienna
The Leipzig Gewandhaus – one of Europe’s Philharmonic in Beethoven’s Piano Concerto
Prom 60 most revered orchestras – gives an all- No. 4 (with Murray Perahia) and
Mozart’s comic opera in which the Count Mendelssohn Prom under Riccardo Chailly. Bruckner’s Ninth.
receives his comeuppance, with Glyndebourne
forces under rising star Robin Ticciati. 1 September 6 September
28 August
Prom 68 Prom 74
Cameron Carpenter brings his unique Congolese street musicians Staff Benda Bilili and
Prom 61 personality to bear on a second Bach Congolese-Belgo rapper Baloji bring their own
Elgar’s First was a turning point in the British recital – including a special arrangement pieces of Africa to the Proms.
symphony. Martyn Brabbins conducts it, as well of his own.
as Howells’s Hymnus Paradisi. 6 September
2 September Royal Albert Hall, London
Prom 75
Prom 69 Bernard Haitink pairs Haydn’s London Symphony
Prom 62 Riccardo Chailly and the Leipzig with Strauss’s An Alpine Symphony in his second
Popular American choral composer Eric Gewandhaus Orchestra pair Mahler Prom with the Vienna Philharmonic.
Whitacre makes his Proms debut, as does (the tragic Sixth Symphony) and
songwriter Imogen Heap: both bring new works. Messiaen in their second Prom. 7 September
29 August 2 September
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The Last Night: this year’s musical celebration
Prom 63 Proms Chamber Music 8 brings Nicola Benedetti and Joseph Calleja,
The first of two concerts by the Berliner Pierre-Laurent Aimard plays Debussy. plus John Williams’s Olympic Fanfare.
Philharmoniker under Sir Simon Rattle; includes
works by Wagner, Debussy and Ravel. 3 September 8 September
Cadogan Hall, London Royal Albert Hall, London
30 August
Prom 70
Marking 70 years of Desert Island
Prom 64 Discs, Kirsty Young introduces former
Sir Simon Rattle returns with his Berlin super- castaways from the programme and
orchestra, for Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 their musical choices.
and Lutosławski’s Third Symphony. For more information:
3 September
www.bbc.co.uk/proms
Royal Albert Hall, London 0845 401 5040
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Outdoor
Edinburgh’s Speed
of Light is one of the
outdoor commissions
that blur the line
& Carnival
between art and
audience
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
Tricks of The project is a choreographed Angus is a keen runner himself,

the light walk/run, with audience members but this is not his only reason
Art and sport come together contributing by carrying lights that for adding runners to this vista.
in a streak of mesmerising light, illuminate the terrain. The project ‘All of NVA’s landscape events
as endurance runners and runs from 9 August to 1 September, have focused on how perception
spectators illuminate Edinburgh’s and every performance will be changes as you move through
dramatic nighttime scenery, different, depending on the a location and how the public
as part of the Edinburgh participants, the weather and completes the work by moving
International Festival. the landscape. through it. Runners seen at distance
lose their human-ness. This led me
Speed Of Light Changing perceptions to ponder on the shape of different
The view from Arthur’s Seat in Angus Farquhar, Creative Director physical phenomena on a micro
Edinburgh is mesmerising by day of NVA, the company responsible and macro scale within the known
and even more so at night. for the work, has wanted to create universe, rather than what they (the
Add to this hundreds of runners art on Arthur’s Seat since 1987. runners) were in actuality.’
in specially designed light suits, ‘At night the eye begins to play
and it’s clear why NVA – Speed tricks and at times you aren’t sure
Of Light (page 81) will be a if something is close or far away,
highlight of the Festival. massive or small.’
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Outdoor & Carnival

Battle for the Winds – The Cakebook Britain Close Act – Pi-Leau
Gathering and Ceremony Build your favourite building or landmark out Spectacular water-themed street theatre
of the Winds of cake to form a giant edible UK map for this from Dutch company Close Act, presented
Seven processions of Wind Gatherers celebration of favourite places and spaces. in association with GDIF, MSL Projects and
arrive on magical vehicles bringing the Hastings Borough Council. FREE
winds from the South West to the 15 July
sailing events. FREE Saltwell Park, Gateshead 23 June
www.cakebook.org Stade Open Space, Hastings
26 July www.hastings.gov.uk/stadesaturdays
Weymouth Beach, Weymouth
www.battleforthewinds.com Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
0117 902 9730 Pop-up Cafe Compagnie Carabosse – Fire
Celebrity chef Oliver Rowe cooks local Garden at Stonehenge
produce in a pop-up cafe on The French outdoor wizards transform
Battle for the Winds – The Search Tobermory beach. Stonehenge into a fiery fairytale landscape,
for Doldrum’s Lair presented by the Salisbury International
Come to Doldrum’s Lair if you dare! Interactive 21 June – 24 June Arts Festival.
performance and installation at Portland High An Tobar, Isle of Mull
Angle Battery. FREE www.capefarewell.com/seachange 10 July – 12 July
Stonehenge, Salisbury
27 July www.salisburyfestival.co.uk
Portland High Angle Battery, Portland Carnival Crossroads
www.battleforthewinds.com East Bound
0117 902 9730 Celebrating the history and culture of five Diverse City – Breathe
towns in Eastern England through the global Circus, dance and cabaret combine in
art of carnival. FREE Diverse City’s breathtaking performance
Battle for the Winds – The on Weymouth beach. Part of Battle for the
Final Battle 8 July Winds. As part of Unlimited. FREE
Dramatic culmination of this epic tale – UK Centre for Carnival Arts, Luton
dance, circus, flying, squibbing, fire torches www.carnivalarts.org.uk/ 28 July
and fireworks. FREE CarnivalCrossroadsEastBound.aspx Weymouth Beach, Weymouth
01582 437100 www.battleforthewinds.com
28 July
Weymouth Beach, Weymouth
www.battleforthewinds.com
0117 902 9730
Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)

and Embaixadores da Alegria
(Brazil)
A new Rio-style float and bateria based on
the theme of St George created with disabled
and non-disabled carnival artists from the UK
and Brazil.
30 June
Simeon Street Recreation Ground,
Isle of Wight. As part of Isle of Wight’s Arts
Parade
www.btpcarnival.co.uk/blue_touch_paper_
home
01403 215 216
15 July
Horsham Park, Horsham
As part of Sparks in the Park Carnival
www.btpcarnival.co.uk/blue_touch_paper_
home
01403 215 216
An explosive show as Les Commandos Percu blends musical rhythms and amazing fireworks
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Family Feast
Local chefs work with families to prepare a
fantastic feast celebrating London 2012 in Sure
Start Children’s Centres.
Sure Start Centres and venues across the UK
www.lovebritishfood.co.uk/family-feasts
Générik Vapeur – Waterlitz

A giant scarecrow made from shipping
containers, fireworks and aerial stunts mix in an
explosive piece of street theatre. FREE
8 September
Out There Festival, St George’s 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
Various outdoor locations and dates, across
the UK A bold fusion of South Asian dance, music and groundbreaking 3D projections in Mandala
www.london2012.com/festival
2 June – 3 June Lone Twin – The Boat Project

Lakes Alive: Les Commandos Leazes Park, Newcastle upon Tyne The boat created from donated wooden objects
Percu – On The Night Shift www.thelawnmowers.co.uk sails the south coast, stopping off for music,
A dazzling new show by the French percussion discussion and art events. FREE
and pyrotechnic wizards follows the arrival of 24 August
the Olympic Torch at Lake Windermere. FREE The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead 23 June – 11 August
www.thesagegateshead.org Venues in the south of England
21 June 0191 443 4661 www.theboatproject.com
The Glebe, Bowness-on-Windermere
www.lakesalive.org/our-events 25 August
Discovery Museum, Newcastle Upon Tyne Mandala
www.twmuseums.org.uk A spectacular outdoor event
Land of Giants 0191 232 6789 featuring a dazzling fusion of South
Northern Ireland’s largest outdoor arts event Asian dance and music and stunning
fuses myth and history in a spectacle of 27 August 3D projections. FREE
acrobatics, carnival, music and fireworks. Metro Centre Precinct, Gateshead
www.thelawnmowers.co.uk 7 September
30 June Town Hall, Birmingham
Titanic Slipways, Belfast www.sampad.org.uk/special-projects
www.landofgiants.info Lawnmowers 0121 446 3260
– Samba Ceilidh
Part of Boomba Down the Tyne, this celebration 9 September
Lawnmowers – Boomba fuses the culture of North East Brazil and North Nottingham Council House,
Down the Tyne East England. As part of Unlimited. FREE Nottingham
Lawnmowers’ large-scale extravaganza on the www.sampad.org.uk/special-projects
Tyne celebrates cultural links between 2 September 0121 446 3260
England and Brazil. As part of Unlimited. FREE Southbank Centre, London
18 May 0844 847 9910
Lawnmowers Independent Theatre Company,
Gateshead
www.thelawnmowers.co.uk
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Land Of
B-Side Multimedia
Arts Festival
www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
Giants
Explore the flipside of the coast – enjoy 27 August •
misguided tours, underwater performances, Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff
new music, art, film, and much more. www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
Titanic Slipways,
Belfast
Multiple Sites and Venues, Weymouth Paralympic Flame •
www.b-side.org.uk Lighting Ceremony Land of Giants is the
01305 459440 Join in the celebrations as the four UK Flames largest outdoor arts event
are combined to create the London 2012
ever to be staged in
29 August – 9 September Paralympic Flame at the spiritual home of
Multiple Sites and Venues, Portland the Paralympic Movement. FREE Northern Ireland.
www.b-side.org.uk The show is inspired by
01305 459440 28 August mythic and metaphorical
Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury
www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay giants from Northern
National Theatre – Watch this Ireland’s history – ancient
Space Commissions and modern. In particular
Free street theatre, with music and mayhem, Peace Camp
divas and daredevils, circus and dance, fire, Deborah Warner’s outdoor installation, created Finn McCool, the giant
fury, fun and frivolity. with Fiona Shaw, celebrates love poetry and the said to have made Giant’s
extraordinary UK coastline. FREE Causeway; Gulliver,
National Theatre Inside Out, London 19 July – 22 July
whose features are said to
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Cemaes Bay, Anglesey be outlined in the hills
020 7452 3000 around Belfast; Samson
White Park Bay, County Antrim
and Goliath, two cranes
Night of Festivals 2012 Mussenden Temple and Downhill Demesne, that have dominated
The UK debut of Haitian group Rara Lakay, County Londonderry Belfast’s skyline for the
sculptures by Atis Rezistans, a carnival past 40 years; and the
procession and film programme. FREE Fort Fiddes, Aberdeenshire
Titanic, with her less
22 June Valtos/Bhaltos, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides famous sister ship, the
Old Market Square, Nottingham Olympic.
www.nightoffestivals.com Dunstanburgh Castle, Craster,
0116 261 6882 Northumberland
The 20,000-capacity event
Cuckmere Haven, near Seven Sisters, Sussex includes acrobatics, aerial
NVA – Speed of Light dance, carnival, circus,
Join hundreds of walkers to create an Godrevy, North Cornwall
extraordinary human artwork illuminating music, multimedia
Arthur’s Seat. Please check website for further details. and pyrotechnics.
www.peacecamp2012.com
Edinburgh International Festival,
Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh Pierre Sauvageot
www.eif.co.uk/speedoflight – Harmonic Fields
0131 473 2000 A sensory experience on the Dorset coast of
Portland, Harmonic Fields is an ensemble of
500 instruments played by the wind. FREE
Paralympic Flame Festival
Watch Paralympic sport demonstrations, 31 August – 9 September
enjoy a live stage show with rising stars and join South West Coast Path, Portland
in lighting the way to the Paralympic Games. www.insideoutdorset.co.uk/events-2012-
FREE – ticket required harmonic-fields
25 August
City Hall, Belfast
www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay
26 August
Inverleith Park, Edinburgh
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One Hackney Outdoor & Carnival
Festival
•
Hackney, London Rio – London Carnival 2 July – 7 July
• UK and Rio carnival artists create a Rio-style Uxbridge Lido, London
street parade to celebrate the Olympic Flame www.molpresents.com
Hackney’s Kingsland Road
and the start of the Paralymic Games. FREE
may date back to Roman 9 July – 14 July
times, but it will never have 21 July Hampton Pool, London
seen a party like the one As part of One Hackney Festival, www.molpresents.com
London
it’s hosting on 21 July. On www.hackney.gov.uk
that date, the Olympic SECRETS: Hidden London
Torch Relay arrives in the 26 July & 27 August – Northala
As part of Notting Hill Carnival, Red Earth take to the hills with a site-specific
Olympic host borough, London installation of giant wooden sculptures, building
heading north up www.london2012.com/festival to a flame-themed finale. Presented by Mayor of
Kingsland Road and then London. FREE
west into Stoke Newington
Rio Occupation London 25 July – 28 August
Church Street. Thirty Rio artists join forces with 30 London Northala Fields, London
artists for 30 days. www.molpresents.com
Time to party
6 July – 4 August
The relay will be fêted with Various venues, London SECRETS: Hidden London
a carnival parade en www.london2012.com/festival – Nothing Is Set In Stone
route, and the finish in Interact with sonic artist Mira Calix’s
immersive stone and sound sculpture at
Clissold Park will be a big Rouge – Phare Ponleu Selpak Fairlop Waters nature reserve. Presented by
party with awesome live & Compagnie Ubi Mayor of London. FREE
performances. Expect steel IF: Milton Keynes presents a premiere of a
dramatic and daring blend of circus arts, 21 June – 9 September
pans and samba, floats
acrobatics and music from a pioneering Fairlop Waters, Barkingside, London
and feathers, laid on by Cambodian company. www.molpresents.com
carnival and community
groups across the 20 July – 23 July
Theatre Tent, Campbell Park, SECRETS: Hidden London
borough. In keeping with Milton Keynes – The Owl and the Pussycat
the Olympic and www.ifmiltonkeynes.org/2012-festival- Terry Jones and Anne Dudley present a
Paralympic theme, special programme.html comic floating opera that will travel London’s
01908 280 800 waterways, produced by ROH2, Royal Opera
guests from Brazil will be House. Presented by Mayor of London. FREE
bringing an advance taste
of the Rio 2016 Games. SECRETS: Hidden London 29 July – 5 August
– Cemeteries Various dates and locations, London
Unearth London’s Victorian gothic www.molpresents.com
cemeteries in a series of illuminating trails,
produced by Museum of London and
Creatmosphere. Presented by Mayor of SHOWTIME: Entertainment
London. FREE Everywhere
Touring programme of live performance, film and
21 June – 9 September visual art events in shopping centres, parks and
Various dates and locations, London squares across London. Presented by Mayor of
www.molpresents.com London. FREE
SECRETS: Hidden London Various dates and locations, London
– Like a Fish out of Water www.molpresents.com
A fusion of dance, water and fashion to
celebrate London’s historic lidos created by
English National Ballet. Presented by
Mayor of London. FREE – ticket required
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SHOWTIME:
Arcadia – Lords of Lightning
Charged, primed and ready to go, two
gladiators wrestle four million volts of raw
power in this electrifying live show. FREE
SHOWTIME:
Bash Street – CLIFFHANGER!
A love-sick waiter gets caught up in a prison
escape in this live family show inspired by
Buster Keaton’s silent movie. FREE
SHOWTIME:
Close Act – Saurus
The biggest beasts that ever walked the earth
return with a deafening roar. And they’re hungry. Outdoor performance specialists Walk the Plank promise a spectacular show the whole family can enjoy
Get ready to be scared! FREE
SHOWTIME: SHOWTIME: The Garden – Graeae and

Gandini – Smashed 99 Tiny Games Strange Fruit
Light-hearted and mischievous, involving a 99 highly infectious, site-specific games will reach Gravity-defying outdoor theatre in three stories of
seductive frisson of nine jugglers, one hundred every London borough to fill the city with play. Hunt love, consequence and hope. FREE
apples and heaps of invention. FREE out them all! FREE
6 September – 9 September
SHOWTIME: Southbank Centre, London
Leandre – Chez Leandre Streb: Extreme Action www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Wonderfully inventive performance from one of – One Extraordinary Day 0844 847 9910
the world’s best street clowns. No two shows Visionary choreographer Elizabeth Streb is set
are ever the same! FREE to thrill London with a day of daredevil surprise
events never to be forgotten. Presented by The Voyage
SHOWTIME: Mayor of London. FREE A ship is at the centre of this outdoor spectacular
Les Grooms – Fanfare Tout Terrain featuring dancers, aerialists and musicians. FREE
A joyous mix of music and comedy in which you Various locations, London
could even be part of the performance. FREE www.london2012.com/festival 21 June – 24 June
Town Hall Victoria Square,
SHOWTIME: Birmingham
Lyrix Organix – Relay Sunday Fiesta – World Event www.thevoyage.org.uk
A live event featuring the finest poets, Young Artists 2012 0844 338 5000
beatboxers, hip hop and freestyle in an original With artists from across the world, including
live experience like no other. FREE Brazil, Cuba and Mexico, culminating in the
South Asian Mandala performance. FREE The World Famous – Silo D
SHOWTIME: A site-specific pyrotechnic show
Marc Brew Company – Nocturne 9 September animating the architecture of Silo D,
– And So To Bed Old Market Square, Nottingham a unique piece of London’s industrial
An intimate dance that explores tender www.worldeventyoungartists.com heritage. FREE
moments shared at bedtime, with exhausted
embraces and near misses in the night. FREE 30 June
The Barking Bathhouse London Pleasure Gardens, London
SHOWTIME: CREATE commissions Something & Son’s spa www.londonpleasuregardens.com
Red Poppy Ladies’ Percussion pavillion, with bar serving healthy cocktails 020 7387 1203
Relive the best of the Beijing Olympic Opening under a canopy of growing cucumbers.
Ceremony in a spell-binding show from China’s
all-female percussion band. FREE Barking, London Walk The Plank – Sparks
www.createlondon.org Will Fly
SHOWTIME: A spectacular open-air performance mixing
Upswing – Loved Up fireworks, dance, music and special effects to
A light-hearted, fast-paced fusion of aerial The Caucus Race welcome the Olympic Torch.
bungee dance and hip hop exploring modern Join Alice and other Wonderland characters in
love and urban relationships. FREE the famous race where everybody wins! FREE 6 July
Hylands Park, Chelmsford
8 July www.chelmsford.gov.uk
Merton Fields, Oxford 01245 605 500
www.storymuseum.org.uk/the-story-museum
01865 790050
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Poetry &
Storytelling
Poets from five continents gather at London’s
Southbank Centre for Poetry Parnassus
A world in the World Record Anthology. festive download Storycloud (page

of words ‘Southbank Centre’s Poetry storytelling 85) with new, beautifully
The largest poetry festival in the Parnassus draws inspiration Have fun creating, writing illustrated stories and do
UK brings together 205 poets, from Mount Parnassus in Greece and reading stories if you even better yourself.
one from each of the 205 nations – one of poetry’s spiritual and are under 12. Look out for special events
competing in the Games. Each mythical heartlands. It is the home In your local library, join at places including the British
writer will present a poem in of the lyricist Orpheus and the in free with the 2012 Library, National Theatre,
their native language. dwelling place of the poetic Summer Reading Challenge the Story Museum Oxford
The week-long project features Muses,’ said Armitage. ‘My (page 85). Kids sign up free and more. Watch out for
readings, talks and performances hunch is that this will be the and receive a sticker-filled surprise guest stars popping
and is led by the Southbank biggest poetry event ever. activity book with exciting up all over the UK.
Centre’s Artistic Director Jude Kelly It will be a monumental poetic creative challenges. Or StoryLab, page 85
and Artist in Residence Simon happening worthy of the
Armitage. The 205 poems spirit of the Games themselves.
will be presented together Poetry Parnassus, page 85
Simon Armitage and

other experts selected
poets based on public
recommendations
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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
0844 847 9910
Peace Camp
Deborah Warner’s 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, Wastelands to Wonderlands examines the way British landscapes appear in literary works
Northumberland
Cuckmere Haven, near Seven Sisters, Sussex
Godrevy, North Cornwall
Please check website for further details Shake the Dust The Edinburgh Writers’
www.peacecamp2012.com – Apples & Snakes Conference at Edinburgh
Nationwide poetry slams culminate in International Book Festival
a grand final at London’s Southbank Edinburgh International Book Festival and
Poetry Parnassus Centre for this celebration of young the British Council host leading Scottish and
The UK’s largest poetry festival brings together people’s voices. international writers in debate.
poets and spoken-word artists, with all
competing Olympic nations represented. FREE 5 July – 8 July Festival runs from 11 August – 27 August
Southbank Centre, London Edinburgh International Book Festival,
26 June – 1 July www.southbankcentre.co.uk Edinburgh
Southbank Centre, London 0844 847 9910 www.edbookfest.co.uk
www.southbankcentre.co.uk 0845 373 5888
0844 847 9910
StoryCloud
Malorie Blackman, Andy Stanton and leading World Poems on the Underground
Rain of Poems children’s writers join kids to create Discover’s Poets from around the world feature in the
Poems from more than 200 Olympic Nations web app of new illustrated stories. FREE much-loved Poems on the Underground. FREE
will rain down on visitors. FREE
14 July – 9 September 21 June – 9 September
26 June UK wide digital London Underground, London
Southbank Centre, London www.storycloud.co.uk
0844 847 9910 Writing Britain: Wastelands
StoryLab: Summer Reading to Wonderlands
Challenge 2012 An exhibition exploring how British
Rochester’s Ripping Be part of the UK’s biggest books event for writers from Chaucer to Hanif Kureishi have
Story Loom children and get kids reading during the helped to shape our understanding of place.
Exciting events, workshops and story reading to holidays. FREE
celebrate the launch of a magical machine that 11 May – 25 September
makes stories come alive. FREE 1 July – 10 September British Library, London
UK Wide www.bl.uk/writingbritain
21 June – 9 September www.readingagency.org.uk/children/summer- 01937 546060
The Story Museum, Oxford reading-challenge
www.storymuseum.org.uk
01865 790050
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Theatre &
Performance
Shakespeare is centre stage in the theatre line-up.
But he has to share the spotlight with new works
created for the Festival as well as showcases
for great writers such as Samuel Beckett and
Alan Ayckbourn. Cate Blanchett, Julie Walters,
Mark Rylance, Simon Russell Beale, Jonathan
Slinger and Meera Syal all feature in one of
the most ambitious international programmes
the UK has seen – with something for
everyone from the age of two upwards
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Artist of continuously for about five hours shadowy opposite in Krapp’s Last
the theatre – the audience are free to come Tape. Samuel Beckett’s deeply
Director Robert Wilson turned 70 and go as they wish. atmospheric 1958 play takes place
last year. He’s a legendary figure Rather than a straightforward in a single room. An old man listens
in New York’s theatre scene, and biography of the physicist, it to recordings of his more youthful
one of the very few artists who presents a visually striking voice, which summons both wry
actually fits the description: sequence of recurring images: nostalgia and bitter regret. It also
‘renaissance man’. a train, a trial, a building and features a rare appearance from
Wilson has brought an a spaceship. This allows the Wilson as an actor.
architect’s eye to theatrical audience to make their own Page 91
spectacle, a dancer’s precision connections with their knowledge
to stage movement and a of Einstein and his work. In Walking
philosopher’s intelligence to text Wilson’s words, ‘We all know Wilson’s new project, Walking,
and language. His ambitious and stories about him. We come to promises to be a characteristically
adventurous work reaches beyond the theatre sharing something, unusual experience. He leaves the
the typical stage experience, as so in a sense there was no theatre for the North Norfolk
these three Festival projects need to tell a story.’ Instead, coast, where participants will be
aptly demonstrate. the piece is dominated by led through a landscape dotted
dancers, mesmerising music, with sculptural forms that highlight
Einstein on the Beach and dream-like texts by the our relationship with nature.
This is the monumental work that writer Christopher Knowles. Page 93
made both Wilson’s and Philip Page 65
Glass’s names in 1976. Nominally These three events are the
an opera, it does away with Krapp’s Last Tape perfect illustration of the range
many theatrical conventions. The multi-disciplinary nature of of Wilson’s talent and the
For example, the work runs Einstein on the Beach finds its continuing inspiration of his work.
wine, madness in the limelight

and ecstasy Julie Walters returns to the
A season of three classics will be National Theatre for the first time
aiming to revive the forgotten in over a decade for The Last
power of Dionysus, the Greek god of the Haussmans, by first-time
of wine-making, ritual madness playwright Stephen Beresford.
and ecstasy. He is also known as A touching comedy that
Bacchus by the Romans. explores the art of growing old
It will begin with Euripides’ The disgracefully, the play is set in a
Bacchae, performed in the print Devon village and revolves
hall of the Northampton Chronicle around Judy Haussman (Walters),
& Echo – perfect for the subject of a 1960s hippy chick who turned
a civilisation teetering on the on, tuned in and dropped out of
edge. Back at Northampton’s smart society decades ago.
Royal and Derngate Theatre, an The Last of the Haussmans,
adaptation of Lorca’s poetic page 94
tragedy Blood Wedding will share
a cast and run in rotation.
Rounding off the season will be
Left: Einstein on the
Beach at the Barbican.
the European premiere of Andrew
Right: The Festival of Upton’s 2006 Broadway
Chaos, Northampton; adaptation of Hedda Gabler,
Julie Walters at the Ibsen’s classic of stifled ambition
National Theatre, London
and self-destruction.
Festival of Chaos, page 89
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Alan Ayckbourn Double Bill: Absurd Branches – National
Person Singular and Surprises Theatre Wales
The world-renowned British playwright directs his A Cardiff hen party is transported to a North
newest work alongside a well-loved classic. Wales forest in this dance performance
installation from Berlin theatre star
8 June – 28 July Constanza Macras.
Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough
www.sjt.uk.com 5 September – 15 September
01723 370541 Wepre Park, Connah’s Quay
www.nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson
8 August – 8 September 02920 353070
Minerva Theatre, Chichester
www.cft.org.uk
01243 781312 Circa & I Fagiolini
– How Like an Angel
A promenade performance of aerial
Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy circus skills and live song in some of the
Circa & I Who Fell Into A Book UK’s finest cathedrals.
Fagiolini – An out of this world detective adventure in which
avid reader Kevin chases Rockfast Slim through 26 June – 28 June
How Like every book on the shelf. Norwich Cathedral, Norwich
An Angel 18 July – 28 July

www.nnfestival.org.uk
01603 218300
• Soho Theatre, London
www.sohotheatre.com 2 July – 3 July
Cathedrals 020 7478 0100 Ely Cathedral, Ely
UK Wide www.nnfestival.org.uk
• Bee Detective – Tin 16 July – 17 July

An illuminated figure Bath Theatre Company Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester
A spectacle with animation, vibrations and waggle www.nnfestival.org.uk
appears to hover in the dancing for young audiences. As part of Unlimited.
vaulted nave of an ancient 18 July – 19 July
English cathedral. Strains 5 May – 7 May The Cathedral Church of St Peter and
St Nicholas Rest Gardens, Brighton St Wilfred, Ripon
of sacred music rise into
www.brightonfestival.org www.nnfestival.org.uk
the celestial space. How 01273 709709
like an angel, indeed.
23 June – 24 June Creating the Spectacle
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff – Sue Austin
This collaboration www.wmc.org.uk A self-propelled underwater wheelchair is
between Australian circus 029 2063 6464 just part of Sue Austin’s surprising and
company Circa and British unexpected performance. As part of Unlimited.
13 July – 15 July
ensemble I Fagiolini was Alnwick Garden, Northumberland 29 August – 1 September
first performed in Australia www.alnwickgarden.com Osprey Leisure Centre, Portland
earlier this year. It now 01665 511852 www.wearefreewheeling.org.uk
01305 824378
finds itself in four of the
UK’s most beautiful Southbank Centre, London FREE
cathedrals. Circa teams www.southbankcentre.co.uk CROW – Handspring UK
acrobatics with sound, 0844 847 9910 Award-winning Handspring Puppet
Company UK give Ted Hughes’
light and projection. It is CROW poems new life, co-commissioned
complemented by an Before Your Very Eyes by the Royal Borough of Greenwich,
I Fagiolini soundscape – Campo and Gob Squad as part of Greenwich + Docklands
Seven young actors, locked inside a room of International Festival.
delicately grafted from one-way mirrors, peer into the future and back at
centuries of sacred music. their recent past. As part of LIFT. 18 June – 7 July
The result is an awe- The Borough Hall at Greenwich Dance,
28 June – 30 June Greenwich
inspiring work that critics
Unicorn Theatre, London www.greenwichdance.org.uk
describe as breathtaking, www.liftfestival.com 020 8293 9741
beautiful and moving. 020 7645 0560
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Devoted and Disgruntled 20 June – 30 June Festival Of Chaos – The Bacchae

Roadshow – Improbable Hampstead Theatre, London A startling new version of Euripides’ Greek
A nationwide conversation – in real-time www.hampsteadtheatre.com tragedy opens this trilogy of plays and explores
and online – inspired by theatre in 2012 020 7722 9301 a society on the cusp of revolution.
and beyond.
18 August – 25 August 18 May – 30 June
21 June – 22 June Oxford Playhouse, Oxford Northampton Chronicle & Echo’s Printing Press
The Curve, Leicester www.oxfordplayhouse.com Rooms, Northampton
www.curveonline.co.uk 01865 305305 www.royalandderngate.co.uk
01162 423560 01604 624811
30 June – 1 July en route

The Tobacco Factory, Bristol A love song to the city, a journey with MP3 Festival Of Chaos
www.tobaccofactory.com players and mobile phones. Part of CREATE. – Blood Wedding
0117 902 0344 Award-winning playwright Tommy Murphy
26 June – 21 July brings his trademark wit and irreverence to
7 July Theatre Royal Stratford East, London Lorca’s poetic tragedy of thwarted love.
Pontio with National Theatre, Wales www.stratfordeast.com
www.pontio.co.uk 020 8534 0310 25 May – 30 June
01248 382828 Royal & Derngate, Northampton
www.royalandderngate.co.uk
11 July 01604 624811
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
Enniskillen International Beckett Festival,
Enniskillen
www.happy-days-enniskillen.com
028 6632 2690
5 September
Preston Guild, Preston
www.prestonguild2012.com
01772 253731
8 September
Eden Court with Trigger, Inverness
www.eden-court.co.uk
DruidMurphy
– Plays by Tom Murphy
The story of Irish emigration – those who went
and those who were left behind. Directed by
Garry Hynes.
CROW is a performance of Ted Hughes’s poems, which are among the most powerful of the past 50 years
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Games Time combines music, dance, video, fireworks and community performers
Festival Of Chaos – Hedda Gabler Gatz – Elevator Repair Service 27 June – 6 July
First seen on Broadway, this new production Fresh from a sell-out Broadway run, a Various Cities Scotland
of Ibsen’s classic drama receives its European spellbinding, word-for-word staging of Scott www.london2012.com/festival
premiere in Northampton. Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, as part of LIFT.
6 July – 28 July 8 June – 15 July In Water I’m Weightless

Royal & Derngate, Northampton Noel Coward Theatre, London – Kaite O’Reilly
www.royalandderngate.co.uk www.gatzlondon.com A fusion of dance, words and attitude,
01604 624811 0844 482 5140 exploring the poetry of human difference.
As part of Unlimited.
Games Time Imaginate: Andy Cannon 26 July – 4 August

Spectacular community celebration with online and Mull Theatre Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
games, dance and breathtaking costumes, plus – Scota-land www.wmc.org.uk
pyrotechnics from Walk the Plank. FREE A new world-class production from one of 029 2063 6464
Scotland’s finest creators of theatre for
9 June children and young people. 31 August – 1 September
Southfields Park, Loughborough Southbank Centre, London
www.gamestime.org.uk 27 August – 7 September www.southbankcentre.co.uk
Various Cities Scotland 0844 847 9910
7 July www.london2012.com/festival
Delapre Park, Northampton
www.gamestime.org.uk KidsWeek in the West End
Imaginate: Andy Manley, KidsWeek lasts a month in 2012 with events,
22 September Rob Evans and macrobert super theatre workshops and free tickets to
Darley Park, Derby – Mikey and Addie London’s best shows.
www.gamestime.org.uk A new production from two of Scotland’s
finest creators of theatre for children
and young people.
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1 August – 31 August Mad Gyms and Kitchens

West End Theatres, London – Bobby Baker
www.kidsweek.co.uk Surprises galore as performance artist
Bobby Baker explores the wonderful
world of well-being. As part of Unlimited.
Krapp’s Last Tape – Robert Wilson
The international theatre icon directs and stars 31 August – 7 September
in Samuel Beckett’s solo masterpiece. UK and Southbank Centre, London
Irish Premiere. Part of Happy Days: Enniskillen www.southbankcentre.co.uk
International Beckett Festival. 0844 847 9910
Ardhowen Theatre, Enniskillen Made In China
www.ardhowentheatre.com – Get Stuff Break Free
028 6632 5440 A funny and moving parable of
consumerism, disconnection and flickering
hope. Set in a secret location at the National.
Land of Giants
Northern Ireland’s largest outdoor arts event 25 June – 4 July
fuses myth and history in a spectacle of National Theatre Inside Out, London
acrobatics, carnival, music and fireworks. www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
30 June
Titanic Slipways, Belfast
www.landofgiants.info Meine faire Dame Gatz
– Ein Sprachlabor – Christoph
Marthaler •
Les Naufragés du Fol Espoir Set in a modern language lab, acclaimed
Noel Coward
(Aurores) – Ariane Mnouchkine director Christoph Marthaler’s (loose) version of
A rare chance to see the breathtaking My Fair Lady is a delight. Theatre, London
scale and audacity of the legendary
director’s spectacular fantasy. In English 14 August – 19 August
•
and French. Edinburgh International Festival, Lowland This highly acclaimed
Hall, Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh reworking of The Great
23 August – 28 August www.eif.co.uk/fairedame Gatsby was an
Edinburgh International Festival, Lowland 0131 473 2000
Hall, Royal Highland Centre off-Broadway smash
www.eif.co.uk/folespoir in New York. It’s brought
0131 473 2000 to London by its creator,
the experimental theatre
company Elevator
Repair Service.
The production is not an

adaptation of the book,
but a complete reading of
the text. It opens in an
office, where a man
discovers a copy of the
novel in a Rolodex and
begins to read it.
One by one, his 12 office

work-mates assume the
parts of characters in a
marathon read-through of
the book that takes up to
Meine faire Dame is a delightful deconstruction of the musical My Fair Lady eight hours, with breaks.
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No. 30 Nigeria House 26 July – 12 August
– Theatre Royal Stratford East Criterion Theatre, London
Thirty emerging Nigerian artists create www.criterion-theatre.co.uk
new commissioned work in a celebration 020 7839 8811
of art and creativity.
27 July – 12 August Prometheus Awakes – Graeae

Theatre Royal Stratford East, Theatre Company with
London La Fura dels Baus
www.stratfordeast.com Epic outdoor spectacular led by disabled
artists. Commissioned by GDIF & SIRF,
supported by the Royal Borough of Greenwich
non zero one – you’ll see and Stockton Borough Council. FREE
[me sailing in antarctica]
A large table awaits you – a space where you 22 June
can picture things. But can anyone ever see the Royal Museums Greenwich, London
way you do? www.festival.org
6 July – 15 July 2 August

National Theatre Inside Out, London Stockton Town Centre, Stockton
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk www.sirf.co.uk
020 7452 3000 01642 528130
Out of Water Rimini Protokoll 100% London

Dawn at Holkham Beach. The singers What does London look like? See the faces
are out of breath. The swimmers are out behind the statistics when 100 real people
of their depth. A rescue mission unfolds. share their stories on stage. Presented by
Hackney Empire and LIFT.
Holkham Beach, Norfolk 29 June – 1 July
Rimini www.liveartcollectiveeast.com/out-of-water
01603 630 000
Hackney Empire, London
www.hackneyempire.co.uk
Protokoll 020 8985 2424
• Playing the Games

Hackney Empire, A West End first – two weeks of comedy, new
plays, Sunday concerts and lunchtime platforms.
London Featuring Stephen Fry and guests.
•
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. Snails and Ketchup is a dark comic tale following a boy who escapes his brutal home
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Rio Occupation London

Thirty Rio artists join forces with 30
London artists for 30 days.
6 July – 4 August
Various venues, London
www.london2012.com/festival
Robert Wilson – Walking

A unique walk through the North Norfolk coast
with visual and sound installations created by
artists including director Robert Wilson.
Holkham, nr Wells-next-Sea
www.nnfestival.org.uk
Shake the Dust

– Apples & Snakes
Nationwide poetry slams culminate in a grand
final at London’s Southbank Centre for this
celebration of young people’s voices.
5 July – 8 July
www.southbankcentre.co.uk Creating the Spectacle by Sue Austin: a self-propelled underwater wheelchair is just part of her performance
0844 847 9910
2 August Tania Bruguera

Silviu Purcǎrete’s The Byre Theatre, St Andrews New commission by the Cuban
Gulliver’s Travels www.byretheatre.com installation and performance artist. FREE
World premiere of visionary director 01334 475 000
Silviu Purcǎrete’s version of Swift’s political 31 July – 16 August
satire. In Romanian with English supertitles. 6 September Tate Modern Oil Tanks, London
Southbank Centre, London www.tate.org.uk/modern
17 August – 20 August www.southbankcentre.co.uk 020 7887 8888
Edinburgh International Festival, 0844 847 9910
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh
www.eif.co.uk/gulliver Tarot Drome – Marisa Carnesky
0131 473 2000 Snails and Ketchup This immersive promenade theatre
– Ramesh Meyyappan show brings to life the characters of
Ramesh Meyyappan’s darkly comic tale, Tarot cards to give the audience live,
Skewered Snails inspired by Italo Calvino, follows a son who 3D readings.
– Ramesh Meyyappan escapes his brutal home. As part of Unlimited.
A dynamic circus-theatre production of Italo 5 September – 30 September
Calvino’s The Baron in the Trees from Ramesh 1 May – 2 May Old Vic Tunnels, London
Meyyappan. As part of Unlimited. The Tron, Glasgow www.oldvictunnels.com
www.tron.co.uk 020 7993 7420
18 June – 19 June 0141 552 4267
Macrobert, Stirling
www.macrobert.org The Coming Storm
01786 466666 Stumble danceCircus – Forced Entertainment
– Box of Frogs Audience expectations exploded in this darkly
28 June A poignant and funny exploration comic tale. UK premiere, as part of LIFT.
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff of passion and disappointment in
www.wmc.org.uk Stumble danceCircus’s bipolar show 19 June – 23 June
029 2063 6464 with a difference. As part of Unlimited. Battersea Arts Centre, London
www.bac.org.uk
26 July – 27 July 2 September – 3 September 020 7223 2223
Platform Theatre, Glasgow Southbank Centre, London
www.conflux.co.uk www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0141 276 9696 0844 847 9910
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The Pop-Up Workshop
– National Theatre
The art of theatre revealed. Props and puppetry,
combat and costumes, wigs and wounds. Plus
shows for young audiences.
National Theatre Inside Out, London
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
020 7452 3000
The Sacred Truce Project

– Ursula Rani Sarma
The nationally acclaimed playwright’s new play
directed by Kully Thiarai performed by young
people from five UK regions.
6 July
Stoke Regent Theatre, Stoke
www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
0844 871 7648
25 July
Richmond Theatre, London
The Sacred Truce Project offers non-professional theatre-makers the chance to shape the creation of a new work www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
0844 871 7648
The Crash of The Elysium The International Student 29 July

– Punchdrunk Drama Festival Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes
A spectacular, live Doctor Who adventure See future stars in hand-picked shows from www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
in which the audience becomes the star of countries around the world including Japan, 0844 871 7648
the show. Georgia, Zimbabwe, Germany and Palestine.
31 July
15 June – 8 July 22 June – 30 June Empire, Liverpool
Ipswich Town Centre, Ipswich Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
www.2012crash.co.uk www.nsdf.org.uk 0844 871 7648
01473 295900
22 June – 30 June 24 August
The University of Sheffield, Sheffield Empire, Sunderland
The Curious Incident of www.nsdf.org.uk www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
the Dog in the Night-Time 0844 871 7648
– National Theatre 22 June
A rich, theatrical exploration of Mark Haddon’s The Crucible, Sheffield 1 September
touching and bleakly humorous novel, directed www.nsdf.org.uk Theatre Royal, Glasgow
by Marianne Elliott. www.atgcreativelearning.co.uk
0844 871 7648
From 24 July The Last of the Haussmans
Cottesloe, National Theatre, London – National Theatre
www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Julie Walters appears in Stephen Beresford’s The Ugly Spirit – Fittings
020 7452 3000 new play – a funny, touching and at times Fittings’ engaging and thought-provoking
savage portrait of a family that’s losing its grip. performance takes a peek into the backstage
world of Siamese twins Jessie and Bessie.
The Giant and the Bear From 12 June As part of Unlimited.
– Unlimited Theatre Lyttelton, National Theatre, London
Join the Giant’s travelling circus on Quarry Hill www.nationaltheatre.org.uk 23 May – 25 May
and create your own adventure, with performers, 020 7452 3000 Arena Theatre, Wolverhampton
games designers and circus artists. www.arenatheatre.info
29 June – 8 July 1 September – 3 September

West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds Southbank Centre, London
www.wyp.org.uk www.southbankcentre.co.uk
0113 213 7700 0844 847 9910
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Torchbearers – Mzansi Cymru West End Live

A cross-cultural saga inspired by the filming of The star-studded casts of every West End musical
Zulu, linking the South Wales Valleys with Cape together for the first time ever at London’s glitziest
Town, South Africa. free entertainment festival. FREE
20 July – 21 July 23 June – 24 June

Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Trafalgar Square, London
www.wmc.org.uk www.westendlive.co.uk
029 2063 6464
What You Will: Pop Up

Unfinished Dream Shakespeare
– Hamid Pourazari Moments of Shakespearean wonder surprise
In a Croydon car park, Iran’s most exciting and delight London, with a cast led by award-
theatre director reveals hidden, moving winning actor and director Mark Rylance. FREE
stories of refugees and local residents,
as part of LIFT. 28 August – 9 September
Popping up around London’
21 June – 1 July www.london2012.com/festival
A Car Park, Croydon
www.liftfestival.com
020 8688 9291 You Me Bum Bum Train
You are the sole audience member in an
exhilarating adventure through a maze of
Wah! Wah! Girls scenes featuring over 200 performers. Gulliver’s
A contemporary British Bollywood musical of
love against the odds in London’s East End with 20 June – 26 August
Travels
a spellbinding mix of dance and song. Canary Wharf, London •
www.barbican.org.uk
6 September – 29 September 020 7638 4141 King’s Theatre,
Theatre Royal Stratford East, London
www.stratfordeast.com
Edinburgh
020 8534 0310 •
Romanian theatre director
Silviu Purcǎrete brings the
world premiere of his
production of Jonathan
Swift’s classic satire to the
Edinburgh International
Festival. Performing such
a well-known tale on its
home ground is a brave
choice, but Purcǎrete has
never shied away from
a challenge. His last
Edinburgh production, of
Goethe’s 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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All the H
alf of the world’s Living heritage
schoolchildren study It is not just theatres that are
Shakespeare. At any getting in on the act. The British
one time his plays are Museum presents Shakespeare:
world’s
being performed in every corner Staging The World, the BP
of the planet. This year, our Exhibition. A great array of maps,
celebration of Shakespeare as prints, paintings, tapestries, arms
the world’s playwright is taken and armoury, manuscripts, coins,
a stage
to new heights with the World medals and other intriguing
Shakespeare Festival. objects that are all connected
The Royal Shakespeare to and by the world of
Company is contributing a dozen Shakespeare’s theatre.
new productions. Some reflect the
rich mix of cultures within British Small-screen Shakespeare
society, some are co-productions The Royal Shakespeare Company
with international companies, and is working with BBC Television to
This celebration of Shakespeare as the some explore non-theatre. broadcast Gregory Doran’s stage
Performances and events will production of Julius Caesar. The
world’s playwright is produced by the take place in more than 25 UK BBC’s Shakespeare Unlocked
Royal Shakespeare Company in an venues, including Newcastle,
Gateshead, South Wales,
Season also includes online
resources about Shakespeare’s
unprecedented collaboration with leading Birmingham and Edinburgh. The work and the return of British
Open Stages project gives Museum Director Neil McGregor
UK and international arts organisations, amateur companies the chance to to Radio 4 for Shakespeare’s
perform on the Royal Shakespeare Restless World.
and with Globe to Globe, a major Company’s stages in Stratford- The BBC also presents four new
international programme produced by upon-Avon. Anyone can join
in online through the digital
made-for-TV films of the history
plays: Richard II, Henry IV parts I
Shakespeare’s Globe project My Shakespeare. and II and Henry V. They are shot
Meanwhile, Globe to Globe in historic locations including
presents all 37 of Shakespeare’s Pembroke Castle and St David’s
plays in a six-week marathon. Cathedral in Wales. The casts
Each play is performed by a include Ben Whishaw, Jeremy
leading theatre company from Irons and Tom Hiddleston as the
a different country, speaking Kings, with Patrick Stewart, David
Shakespeare’s words in their own Morrissey, Rory Kinnear, Simon
language. From Titus Andronicus Russell Beale, Julie Walters and
in Cantonese to Othello in hip hop, Lindsay Duncan playing other
the season offers an extraordinary major characters.
voyage of discovery.
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Being Beatrice
Meera Syal’s Shakespeare
debut sees her playing feisty
Beatrice in Much Ado About Hot tickets
Nothing, transposed by director Just a few of the visionary interpretations
Iqbal Khan to an Indian setting you won’t want to miss
What attracts you to the
character of Beatrice? Love’s Labour’s Lost Troilus and Cressida
She’s an intoxicating mix of The first ever full Acclaimed New York
quicksilver wit and layers of performance of a company The Wooster
Shakespeare play in Group joins forces
armour, charming yet challenging, British Sign Language, with the RSC for
apparently carefree yet nursing produced by Deafinitely an experimental,
a damaged heart. It’s her Theatre to build a multimedia approach
contradictions that are the bridge between deaf to Shakespeare’s
and hearing worlds. tragedy of love, war
challenge and the attraction. Page 100 and politics.
Page 104
The production is set in Romeo and Juliet
India, but in which era? in Baghdad Timon of Athens
The Iraqi Theatre Nicholas Hytner’s
Very much in the present. Iqbal company presents National Theatre
feels strongly that we need to a moving, Arabic- production stars Simon
see modern India on stage. language Romeo and Russell Beale as the
He says in terms of spirit, Juliet, seen through the Athenian gentleman
lens of the Sunni-Shia who foolishly gives
flux and energy, it feels very sectarian conflict. away all his money and
like Elizabethan England. Page 102 swears vengeance
on those who
What themes does the Coriolan/us abandon him.
National Theatre Wales Page 104
Indian setting highlight? presents a multimedia
This is a play about division production re-imagined King Lear
between the sexes, and the plot for an age obsessed Jonathan Pryce takes the
hinges around the defamation with celebrity culture title role in a production
and addicted to 24-hour directed by Michael
of a young woman’s reputation in news. It includes outside Attenborough for the
a male world. The attack on Hero broadcasts from the small, intimate space of
reads like an honour killing. It’s battlefield and speeches the Almeida stage.
a world where families live together delivered to camera. Page 100
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cheek-by-jowl in joint households Julius Caesar
with servants. A world where 2008: Macbeth Julius Caesar is a
marriage is still discussed and This Polish production, corrupt modern-day
decided through family set in today’s Middle African dictator who
East, is stark in its must be assassinated.
connections, and where unmarried interpretation but lush in But who will replace
women of a certain age face its use of fireworks, him? A new production
discrimination or unspoken pity. video and sound art. of the great political
Many of Shakespeare’s plots Page 100 thriller by RSC Artistic
Director designate
could have come straight from Gregory Doran
a Bollywood film. Page 100
world firsts
Clockwise from top
right: Venus & Adonis
from Cape Town;
Tunisian Macbeth;
Meera Syal as Beatrice;
Afghanistan company
Roy-e-Sabs / Dari
Persian present The
Comedy of Errors; Two
Roses for Richard III by
Brazil’s Companhia
BufoMecanica
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Globe Theatre & Performance
to Globe World Shakespeare Festival
•
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream 26 May – 27 May
Globe, London (As You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov Shakespeare’s Globe, London
A world premiere for one of the most original www.shakespearesglobe.com
• Russian directorial voices of his generation’s 020 7401 9919
Globe to Globe is a version of Shakespeare’s magical play.
programme of multi-lingual In Russian with supertitles.
As You Like It – Globe to Globe
Shakespeare productions 10 August – 18 August A wildly imaginative production from the
from all over the planet. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Marjanishvili Theatre, one of Georgia’s most
Over six weeks, 37 Stratford-upon-Avon revered theatre companies. In Georgian.
www.rsc.org.uk
international companies 0844 800 1110 18 May – 19 May
will put on every Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Shakespeare play in 24 August – 26 August www.shakespearesglobe.com
King’s Theatre, Edinburgh 020 7401 9919
different languages, at
www.eif.co.uk/midsummer
Shakespeare’s Globe in 0131 473 2000
London, a re-creation of Cesario
the original theatre. A new play for ages seven-plus about
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Shakespeare’s children and their adventures
– Globe to Globe with Wattle, Daub and the Higgler family.
Roy-e-Sabs theatre group Exhilarating eastern adaptation of Shakespeare’s
leaves war-torn inventive and glittering comedy from South 22 August – 25 August
Korea’s Yohanza Theatre Company. In Korean. National Theatre Inside Out, London
Afghanistan for the first www.nationaltheatre.org.uk
time to perform a taboo- 30 April – 1 May 020 7452 3000
busting, mixed-sex Shakespeare’s Globe, London
www.shakespearesglobe.com
production of The Comedy
020 7401 9919 Coriolan/us – National
of Errors (p103). The Theatre Wales
world’s youngest country, The story of Coriolanus re-imagined
South Sudan, brings a A Soldier in Every Son – An Aztec in an era of celebrity culture.
Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
theatre company to the UK Company and Compañía 9 August – 18 August
for the first time, staging Nacional de Teatro de México Secret location in South Wales
Cymbeline (p98). The A new, epic political thriller inspired by www.nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson
Shakespeare and based on true events 029 2035 3070
National Theatre of China chronicled in the Aztec codices.
makes its UK premiere
performing Richard III 29 June – 28 July Coriolanus – Globe to Globe
Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon Japan’s award-winning Chiten company present
(p102).
www.rsc.org.uk a contemporary production under the direction
0844 800 1110 of Motoi Miura. In Japanese.
21 May – 22 May
All’s Well That Ends Well Shakespeare’s Globe, London
– Globe to Globe www.shakespearesglobe.com
India’s Arpana bring live music and dance to 020 7401 9919
Shakespeare’s bittersweet comedy. In Gujarati.
23 May – 24 May Cymbeline – Globe to Globe

Shakespeare’s Globe, London The South Sudan Theatre Company presents the
www.shakespearesglobe.com first ever adaptation of Shakespeare in Arabic.
020 7401 9919
2 May – 3 May
Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Antony & Cleopatra – Globe www.shakespearesglobe.com
to Globe 020 7401 9919
Two of Turkey’s biggest stars, Haluk Bilginer and
Zerrin Tekindor, play Shakespeare’s lovers in this
production from Oyun Atölyesi. In Turkish. Cymbeline – Yukio Ninagawa
Yukio Ninagawa brings Shakespeare’s romance
tragedy to the Barbican stage. In Japanese.
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29 May – 2 June
Barbican Theatre, London
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 8891
Desdemona
Musician Rokia Traoré, novelist Toni Morrison
and director Peter Sellars come together to
create Desdemona.
19 July – 20 July
Barbican Hall, London
www.barbican.org.uk
020 7638 8891
Falstaff – The Royal Opera

Verdi’s last masterpiece receives a lavish new
production for Covent Garden under director
Robert Carsen.
15 May – 30 May
Royal Opera House, London Part of Globe to Globe, the National Theatre of China presents Richard III in Mandarin (p102)
www.roh.org.uk
020 7304 4000
Henry IV Part 2 – Globe to Globe 11 May – 13 May
30 May Shakespeare’s elegiac masterpiece Shakespeare’s Globe, London
BP Summer Big Screens, Cities across the UK einvented by Argentina’s Ruben Szuchmacher. www.shakespearesglobe.com
www.roh.org.uk/bpbigscreens FREE In Argentine Spanish. 020 7401 9919
020 7304 4000
15 May – 16 May
Shakespeare’s Globe, London Henry VI Part 2 – Globe to Globe
Forests – Calixto Bieito www.shakespearesglobe.com The second part of a major new Balkan
The Catalan theatre legend directs this original 020 7401 9919 trilogy from the National Theatre of Albania.
play inspired by Shakespeare’s references to In Albanian.
forests. In Catalan.
Henry V – Globe to Globe 12 May – 13 May
31 August – 15 September A Shakespeare’s Globe production of Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Old Rep Theatre, Birmingham Shakespeare’s masterpiece of the turbulence www.shakespearesglobe.com
www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/whats-on of war and the art of peace. 020 7401 9919
0121 236 4455
8 June – 26 August
Shakespeare’s Globe, London Henry VI Part 3 – Globe to Globe
Hamlet – Globe to Globe www.shakespearesglobe.com The final part of a major new Balkan trilogy
Perhaps the most celebrated Shakespearean 020 7401 9919 from the National Theatre of Bitola, Macedonia.
production of our age, from Meno Fortas In Macedonian.
directed by Eimuntas Nekrosius. In Lithuanian.
Henry V – RSC Young Company 12 May – 13 May
2 June – 3 June The RSC’s Young Company close their two-year Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Shakespeare’s Globe, London programme with this performance, from a www.shakespearesglobe.com
www.shakespearesglobe.com creative team including UK-Iraqi rapper Lowkey. 020 7401 9919
020 7401 9919
24 July
Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon Henry VIII – Globe to Globe
Henry IV Part 1 – Globe to Globe www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on Spain’s premier young classical company,
Mexico’s Compañia Nacional de Teatro in 0844 800 1110 Rakatá re-imagine Shakespeare’s play
Shakespeare’s play of madness and mayhem. from a Spanish perspective. In Castilian
In Mexican Spanish. Spanish.
Henry VI Part 1 – Globe to Globe
14 May – 15 May The first part of a major new Balkan trilogy 29 May – 30 May
Shakespeare’s Globe, London from the National Theatre Belgrade, Serbia. Shakespeare’s Globe, London
www.shakespearesglobe.com In Serbian. www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919 020 7401 9919
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World Shakespeare Festival
I, Cinna (The Poet) 8 August – 15 September King Lear – Almeida Theatre

– Tim Crouch Noel Coward Theatre, London Michael Attenborough directs Shakespeare’s
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar told through the www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk tragedy, starring Jonathan Pryce.
eyes of a jiggling fool for ages 11-plus, directed 0844 482 5141
by Tim Crouch. 31 August – 3 November
BBC Four, UK Wide Almeida Theatre, London
13 June – 6 July www.bbc.co.uk www.almeida.co.uk/events
Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon 020 7359 4404
www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110 King John – Globe to Globe
A powerful and restless take on peace and war King Lear – Globe to Globe
2 July FREE from Armenia’s Gabriel Sundukyan National Dynamic underground theatre group Belarus
Streamed UK Wide Academic Theatre. In Armenian. Free Theatre return to the UK with Shakespeare’s
www.rsc.org.uk/cinna cruellest tragedy. In Belarusian.
16 May – 17 May
Shakespeare’s Globe, London 17 May – 18 May
In A Pickle – Oily Cart www.shakespearesglobe.com Shakespeare’s Globe, London
A journey for children aged two to four through 020 7401 9919 www.shakespearesglobe.com
Shakespeare’s landscapes. 020 7401 9919
23 May – 17 June King John – Royal Shakespeare

Swan Room, Stratford-Upon-Avon Company Love’s Labour’s Lost
www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on The Royal Shakespeare Company presents King – Globe to Globe
0844 800 1110 John at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon. The UK’s Deafinitely Theatre present the first ever
full production of a Shakespeare play. In British
19 June – 23 June 6 April – 15 September Sign Language.
Stratford Circus, London Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
www.stratford-circus.com www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on 22 May – 23 May
0844 357 2625 0844 800 1110 Shakespeare’s Globe, London
27 June – 30 June 020 7401 9919
Northern Stage, Newcastle
www.northernstage.co.uk
0191 230 5151 2008: Macbeth – TR Warszawa
Set in a contemporary Middle Eastern conflict,
Shakespeare’s play becomes highly physical,
Julius Caesar – Globe to Globe filmic theatre. In Polish with supertitles.
Where else but Rome for the setting of this
contemporary production from Italy’s I Termini 11 August – 18 August
Company? In Italian. Edinburgh International Festival, Lowland
Hall, Royal Highland Centre
1 May – 2 May www.eif.co.uk/macbeth
Shakespeare’s Globe, London 0131 473 2000
020 7401 9919
Macbeth: Leila and Ben
– A Bloody History – Artistes,
Julius Caesar – Royal Producteurs, Associés
Shakespeare Company A Tunisian Macbeth investigating how
Shakespeare’s great political thriller finds modern-day Arab leaders use and
modern African echoes in RSC’s Artistic Director perpetuate power. In Arabic.
Designate Gregory Doran’s production.
4 July – 7 July
28 May – 7 July Riverside Studios, London – as part of LIFT
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, www.liftfestival.com
Stratford-upon-Avon 020 8237 1111
0844 800 1110 12 July – 14 July
19 July – 28 July www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on
Theatre Royal Newcastle 0191 230 5151
www.theatreroyal.co.uk
0844 811 2121
In a Pickle: intriguing visuals and textures
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New
Inspirations
•
Shakespeare has inspired
countless works, and the
Festival premieres classics
in the making.
Desdemona (p99) is
a beyond-the-grave
conversation between
Othello’s murdered wife
and her African nurse,
Barbary. It’s a major
collaboration between
Malian singer-songwriter
Rokia Traoré, Nobel
Prize-winning novelist Toni
Grzegorz Jarzyna’s retelling of 2008: Macbeth sets Shakespeare’s classic in a contemporary conflict Morrison (pictured below)
and opera director
Macbeth – Globe to Globe 26 July – 15 September
Peter Sellars.
Transvestites, addicts and gangsters collide in The Courtyard Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
Teatr im. Kochanowskiego’s sharply modern www.rsc.org.uk Controversial Catalan
production. In Polish. 0844 800 1110
theatre and opera director
8 May – 10 May Calixto Bieito has created
Shakespeare’s Globe, London Of All The People In All The World Forests (p99), inspired by
www.shakespearesglobe.com – Stan’s Cafe the many forests, imagined
020 7401 9919 A playful and at times politically charged
installation by theatre company Stan’s and real, that populate
Cafe.FREE Shakespeare’s work. Bieito
Measure For Measure has been dubbed the
– Globe to Globe 14 April – 29 July
Vakhtangov Theatre, the company at the heart PACCAR Room, Royal Shakespeare Theatre,
Quentin Tarantino of
of the Moscow stage, with Shakespeare’s Stratford-upon-Avon opera. He describes
agonised problem play. In Russian. www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on Forests as a Dante-esque
0844 800 1110
journey through life,
24 April – 25 April
Shakespeare’s Globe, London paradise, hell, truth and
www.shakespearesglobe.com Off By Heart Shakespeare lies – it’s bound
020 7401 9919 A national competition in partnership with the to push boundaries.
Royal Shakespeare Company for secondary-
school children to memorise and perform the
Much Ado About Nothing words of Shakespeare.
– Globe to Globe
A bittersweet new production from France’s BBC Two, BBC Learning, UK Wide
Compagnie Hypermobile set in a tense Italian www.bbc.co.uk
restaurant. In French.
1 June – 2 June Open Stages Showcase

Shakespeare’s Globe, London The Royal Shakespeare Company has invited
www.shakespearesglobe.com a selection of some of the most exciting amateur
020 7401 9919 productions to perform Shakespeare at its home
in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Much Ado About Nothing 13 July – 22 July

– Royal Shakespeare Company Royal Shakespeare Theatre,
The Royal Shakespeare Company presents Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare’s comedy of love, transposed www.rsc.org.uk
to an Indian setting. 0844 800 1110
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Open Stages Theatre & Performance
Showcase World Shakespeare Festival
•
Stratford-upon-Avon Otello – The Royal Opera 4 May – 5 May
• Elijah Moshinsky’s masterly production first seen Shakespeare’s Globe, London
in 1987 provides the frame for Verdi’s 1887 www.shakespearesglobe.com
Open Stages at the Royal
tragic opera. 020 7401 9919
Shakespeare Theatre
points the spotlight on 12 July – 24 July 7 May
great actors and creative Royal Opera House, London Oxfam GB, Oxford
www.roh.org.uk www.creationtheatre.co.uk
teams who do not earn 020 7240 1200 01865 766266
their living in the theatre,
but who bring to their
Othello – Globe to Globe Richard III – Globe to Globe
communities a talent and A fresh urban take on Shakespeare’s tragedy This trailblazing production marks the National
passion that can equal the from the Q Brothers, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre of China’s first visit to the UK. In Mandarin.
best. The World Theater and Richard Jordan Productions.
Performed in hip hop. 28 April – 29 April
Shakespeare Festival will
showcase the brilliance of 5 May – 6 May www.shakespearesglobe.com
these unpaid stars to a Shakespeare’s Globe, London 020 7401 9919
larger audience. www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919
Richard III – Royal
West Side Shakespeare Company
Story Pericles – Globe to Globe
Wild wanderings around the Mediterranean
Shakespeare’s brilliant expose of this
infamous monarch.
• from the National Theatre of Greece. In Greek.
Gateshead 26 April – 27 April
22 March – 15 September
Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
• Shakespeare’s Globe, London www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
Will Tuckett, a star of the www.shakespearesglobe.com 0844 800 1110
020 7401 9919
Royal Ballet, is directing
and choreographing great Romeo & Juliet – Globe to Globe
young performers at the Pilot Night – Royal Shakespeare A thrilling mix of circus, music, dance and
Company and Pilot folk culture from Brazil’s Grupo Galpão.
Sage Gateshead (pictured
Commissioned responses to Shakespeare In Brazilian Portuguese.
below). The musical is especially for the World Shakespeare Festival.
inspired by Romeo & Juliet, A glorious mix of comic, touching and 19 May – 20 May
extraordinary performances. Shakespeare’s Globe, London
but uses a gang war in
20th century New York as 12 July 020 7401 9919
its backdrop, with a score The Courtyard Theatre,
by Bernstein. Expect Stratford-Upon-Avon
www.rsc.org.uk Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad
daring dance and doomed 0844 800 1110 – Iraqi Theatre Company
love in a true classic. A new Romeo and Juliet infused with Iraq’s
traditions of poetry, music and ritual. In Arabic.
Remaking Shakespeare
A one-day conference which will feature talks, 26 April – 5 May
workshops and presentations. Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
14 July 0844 800 1110
www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on 28 June – 30 June
0191 230 5151 Riverside Studios, London
www.liftfestival.com
020 8237 1111
Richard II – Globe to Globe
Dynamic, direct storytelling from the Palestinian
company behind The Gaza Monologues, Ashtar Shakespeare Unlocked
Theatre. In Palestinian Arabic. BBC Learning and the Royal Shakespeare
Company present a series of digital resources
providing unique insights into Shakespeare’s
work and how it is performed.
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The Dark Side of Love

– Renato Rocha
The Brazilian director and his cast of London
teenagers create an intense and atmospheric
exploration of young love in the Dorfman Hub
beneath the Roundhouse. As part of LIFT.
26 June – 8 July
Roundhouse Dorfman Hub, London
www.roundhouse.org.uk
0844 482 8008
The Merchant of Venice

– Globe to Globe
The vivacious Hebrew-language Habima’s
production of Shakespeare’s controversial
masterpiece.
28 May – 29 May
020 7401 9919
The Merry Wives of Windsor

Romeo & Juliet – Globe to Globe. Grupo Galpão’s carnivalesque version contains circus, music and dance – Globe to Globe
Bitter Pill and Theatre Company Kenya’s high-
spirited celebration of the wit and independence
23 April – 31 December 30 May – 31 May of African women. In Swahili.
BBC Online, UK Wide Shakespeare’s Globe, London
www.bbc.co.uk www.shakespearesglobe.com 25 April – 26 April
020 7401 9919 Shakespeare’s Globe, London
Shakespeare’s Stories, 7 June 020 7401 9919
in partnership with the Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust www.creationtheatre.co.uk
Objects from the RSC, Shakespeare Birthplace 01865 766 266 The Poor Trash of Venice
Trust and the British Museum showcase Teachers mentored by RSC artists direct
Shakespeare’s work in a global context. 8 June Shakespeare’s Venice plays with different
Hatfield House, Hatfield primary and secondary-school classes
21 April – 21 December www.hatfield-house.co.uk performing together.
Three sites, Stratford-upon-Avon 01707 287010
www.rsc.org.uk 3 July – 4 July
0844 800 1110 Royal Shakespeare Theatre,
The Comedy Of Errors – Royal Stratford-upon-Avon
Shakespeare Company www.rsc.org.uk/education
Shakespeare: Staging The World Shakespeare’s joyful comedy of mistaken identity 0844 800 113
The BP Exhibition directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi, founder of
The British Museum is staging a major exhibition Palestinian theatre company ShiberHur.
on the world of Shakespeare, in collaboration The Rape of Lucrece – Camille
with the Royal Shakespeare Company. 16 March – 6 October O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray
Royal Shakespeare Theatre, A compelling and provocative performance of
19 July – 25 November Stratford-upon-Avon Shakespeare’s tragic poem by the internationally
British Museum, London www.rsc.org.uk acclaimed singer.
www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on.aspx 0844 800 1110
020 7323 8181 22 August – 26 August
1 June – 4 July Edinburgh International Festival, Royal Lyceum
Roundhouse Main Space, London Theatre, Edinburgh
The Comedy of Errors www.roundhouse.org.uk www.eif.co.uk/rapeoflucrece
– Globe to Globe 0844 482 8008 0131 473 2000
Afghanistan’s groundbreaking Roy-e-Sabs leave
Kabul for the first time with this production. In
Dari Persian.
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World Shakespeare Festival
The Rest is Silence The Tempest – Royal Titus Andronicus – Globe to Globe
– dreamthinkspeak Shakespeare Company Shakespeare’s grisliest play re-imagined in an
Performance, film and installation interweave A search for retribution develops into a energetic new version from Hong Kong’s Tang
in a specially designed structure for this journey of acceptance and compassion in Shu-wing Theatre Studio. In Cantonese.
ambitious new, dreamlike interpretation. Shakespeare’s final play, directed by David Farr.
3 May – 4 May
2 May – 8 June 30 March – 7 October Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Malthouse Estate, Brighton Royal Shakespeare Theatre, www.shakespearesglobe.com
www.brightonfestival.org Stratford-upon-Avon 020 7401 9919
01273 709709 www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
0844 800 1110
12 June – 23 June Troilus and Cressida
Riverside Studios, London 9 June – 5 July – Globe to Globe
www.liftfestival.com Roundhouse, London New Zealand’s Ngakau Toa open
020 8237 1111 www.roundhouse.org.uk Shakespeare’s heartbreaking take on love amid
0844 482 8008 war with a fearsome haka. In Maori.
26 June – 30 June
Northern Stage, Newcastle 23 April – 24 April
www.northernstage.co.uk/whats-on The Two Gentlemen of Verona Shakespeare’s Globe, London
0191 230 5151 – Globe to Globe www.shakespearesglobe.com
A two-man Zimbabwean riot of love, friendship and 020 7401 9919
betrayal from Two Gents Productions. In Shona.
The Taming of the Shrew
– Globe to Globe 9 May – 10 May Troilus and Cressida – Royal
An energetic, colourful production from Shakespeare’s Globe, London Shakespeare Company and
Pakistan’s Theatre Wallay starring Nadia www.shakespearesglobe.com The Wooster Group
Jamil. In Urdu. 020 7401 9919 Rupert Goold and Elizabeth LeCompte
co-direct a groundbreaking, multi-media
21 May – 22 May collaboration between the RSC and The
North Wall Arts Centre, Oxford The Winter’s Tale Wooster Group.
www.thenorthwall.org – Globe to Globe
01865 319450 A magical new production from Nigeria’s 3 August – 18 August
unparalleled Renegade Theatre, informed by Swan Theatre, Stratford-Upon-Avon
25 May – 26 May Yoruba folk tales. In Yoruba. www.rsc.org.uk/whats-on
Shakespeare’s Globe, London 0844 800 1110
www.shakespearesglobe.com 24 May – 25 May
020 7401 9919 Shakespeare’s Globe, London
www.shakespearesglobe.com Twelfth Night
29 May 020 7401 9919 – Globe to Globe
Clifton Park, Rotherham A vibrant production of the comic classic from Atul
www.shakespearesglobe.com Kumar’s Company Theatre, Mumbai. In Hindi.
Timon of Athens
30 May Simon Russell Beale takes the title role in 27 April – 28 April
Kala Sangam, Bradford Shakespeare’s strange fable of conspicuous Shakespeare’s Globe, London
www.shakespearesglobe.com consumption, debt and ruin. www.shakespearesglobe.com
020 7401 9919 020 7401 9919
From 10 July
31 May Olivier, National Theatre, London
Old Market Gallery, Rotherham www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Twelfth Night – Royal
www.shakespearesglobe.com 020 7452 3000 Shakespeare Company
David Farr directs Shakespeare’s comedy
of mistaken identity in Stratford-upon-Avon
The Tempest – Globe to Globe Timon of Athens – Globe to Globe and London.
Bangladesh’s pioneering Dhaka Theatre tackle Germany’s Bremer Shakespeare Company’s
The Tempest in one of London’s most widely bold and wild take on the perfect play for our 8 March – 6 October
spoken languages. In Bangla. times. In German. Royal Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon
7 May – 8 May 31 May – 1 June 0844 800 1110
Shakespeare’s Globe, London Shakespeare’s Globe, London
www.shakespearesglobe.com www.shakespearesglobe.com 5 June – 5 July
020 7401 9919 020 7401 9919 Roundhouse Main Space, London
0844 482 8008
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What
Country
Friends Is
This?
•
Royal Shakespeare
Theatre, Stratford-
upon-Avon and
Roundhouse, London
•
Shakespeare’s trio of
shipwreck plays, The
Comedy of Errors (page
103), Twelfth Night (page
104) and The Tempest
(page 104) are a few of
the playwright’s most
powerful and poignant
works. Now Associate
RSC Director David Farr
and the specially formed
ensemble What Country
Friends Is This? are taking
Venus and Adonis – Globe to Globe: song and dance brings Shakespeare’s narrative poem to life
on the entire epic trilogy.
Two Roses for Richard III West Side Story Even though the
– Companhia Bufomecânica A full-scale production of Leonard Bernstein’s
plays were written years
A breathtaking fusion of theatre and circus West Side Story with bold, new choreography
inspired by Shakespeare’s history plays by Will Tuckett. apart, Farr sees synergy
from Brazil’s Companhia Bufomecânica. between them. ‘The
In Portuguese. 4 July – 7 July similarities of themes and
The Sage Gateshead, Gateshead
7 May – 12 May www.thesagegateshead.org preoccupations, and even
The Courtyard Theatre, 0191 443 4661 language and character
Stratford-Upon-Avon are remarkable,’ he
0844 800 1110 Worlds Together
said. ‘The whole thing
– Education Conference should feel like a
18 May – 23 May A major international forum challenging and wonderful voyage.’
Roundhouse Main Space, exploring the place of Shakespeare and the arts
London in young people’s lives across the world.
0844 482 8008 6 September – 8 September
Tate Modern, London
www.rsc.org.uk/education
Venus and Adonis 0844 800 1113
– Globe to Globe
South Africa’s Isango Ensemble presents a
carnival version of Shakespeare’s great narrative Y Storm – Theatr
poem. In IsiZulu, IsiXhosa, SeSotho, Setswana, Genedlaethol Cymru
Afrikaans and South African English. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s production of
Shakespeare’s The Tempest, taking place at
21 April – 22 April the National Eisteddfod of Wales. In Welsh.
www.shakespearesglobe.com 7 August – 11 August
020 7401 9919 National Eisteddfod of Wales,
Vale of Glamorgan
www.eisteddfod.org.uk
0845 409 0800
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Daily diary
Walk the Plank: Sparks
Will Fly, page 83
Plan your Festival by region and artform.

Simply follow the page number for more
details in the main listings
long-running events
Long-running events, many of them happening throughout the festival, are listed
on this page. Follow the page number to get full details in the main listings
uk wide n Yinka Shonibare p42

n Shakespeare Unlocked p103 n Yoko Ono – To the Light p42
n StoryLab: Summer Reading
Challenge p85 northern ireland
n BBC Proms p54 n Antony Gormley
n A Room for London p54 – A New Work p33
n Asif Kapadia – The Odyssey p54 n Maurice Orr – The Screaming
n Cape Farewell Scottish Islands Silence of the Wind p39
Project – Sea Change 2012 p56
n Film Nation Shorts Online p56 north of england
n Lynne Ramsay n Golden Threads p59
– The Swimmer p56 n Anthony McCall – Column p33
n Max Giwa and Dania Pasquini n Humble Market
– What If p56 – Trade Secrets p37
n Mike Leigh – A Running Jump p56 n Paul Cummins – The English
n StoryCloud p57 Flower Garden p40
n Tales of the Riverbank n Richard Long (Artist Rooms) Terry Riley – Sun Rings,
Comedy Barge p45 and Luke Fowler p40 page 69
n Art in the Park p33 n We Face Forward: Art from
n Yoko Ono – Imagine Peace p42 West Africa Today p42
london midlands
n The Pop-up Workshop p94 n Shakespeare’s Stories,
n National Theatre – Watch This in partnership with the
Space Commissions p81 Shakespeare Birthplace Trust p103
n SECRETS: Hidden London n Kurt Hentschläger – CORE p38
– Nothing Is Set In Stone p68 n Paul Cummins – The English
n Writing Britain: Wastelands Flower Garden p40
to Wonderlands p85
n The London 2012 Olympic and south of england
Paralympic Games medals p59 n Rochester’s Ripping
n Ai Weiwei & Herzog and Story Loom p85
de Meuron – Serpentine Gallery n The Search for Immortality:
Pavilion 2012 p33 Tomb Treasures of Han China p59
n BP Portrait Awards n World Stories
– Next Generation p35 – Young Voices p59
n Damien Hirst p36 n Alex Katz p33
n Design Stories – The n Edmund de Waal p36
Architecture behind 2012 p36 n Maria Thereza Alves
n Frieze Projects East p37 – Ballast Seed Garden p39
n Government Art Collection n Paul Cummins – The English
at the Whitechapel Gallery p37 Flower Garden p40
n Heatherwick Studio n Richard Wilson – Hang On
– Designing The Extraordinary p37 A Minute Lads, I’ve Got
n Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p39 A Great Idea p40
n Official London 2012 Olympic n Shezad Dawood
and Paralympic Poster Display p39 – Piercing Brightness p57
n Paul Cummins n Tony Cragg – Cass
– The English Flower Garden p40 Sculpture Foundation p42
n Rachel Whiteread – Whitechapel n Tracey Emin: She Lay Down
Gallery Commission p40 Deep Beneath the Sea p42
Key Family n Theatre & Performance n Poetry & Storytelling n Outdoor & Carnival n Music
21-23 June
Thursday 21 June n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Simón Bolívar Symphony
Company p102 Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35 Orchestra of Venezuela p69
london n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n The Itch of the Golden
n CROW – Handspring p88 In All The World p101 north of england Nit p57
n DruidMurphy n The Voyage p83 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Trinity
– Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Jonathan Harvey’s Weltethos – Absurd Person Singular p88 Laban p48
n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100 – City of Birmingham Symphony n The International Student Drama n Big Dance 2012 – Hidden
n The Coming Storm – Forced Orchestra p66 Festival p94 Gems p49
Entertainment p93 n Spill – A playground n Jez Colborne – Irresistible p66 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n The Rest is Silence of dance p52 Things Unspoken p35
– dreamthinkspeak p104 midlands n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling
n The Tempest – Royal south of england n Devoted and Disgruntled Venus p38
Shakespeare Company p104 n The Crash of The Elysium Roadshow – Improbable p89
n Twelfth Night – Royal – Punchdrunk p94 n Festival Of Chaos scotland
Shakespeare Company p104 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard – The Bacchae p89 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n Unfinished Dream – Hamid Point – A film about home p56 n Julius Caesar – Royal Pop-up Cafe p79
Pourazari p95 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Shakespeare Company p100 n Janice Parker – Private
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Global Alchemy p40 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare Dancer p51
n Philharmonia Orchestra / Company p102 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
Universe of Sound p59 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People Bird Yarns p35
n Ring Round The World – English Friday 22 June In All The World p101 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Night of Festivals 2012 p81 Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35
n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina london n The Voyage p83
Bausch – Bamboo Blues p52 n CROW – Handspring p88 n Spill – A playground wales
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n DruidMurphy of dance p52 n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre
Things Unspoken p35 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 Company p88
n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling n Gatz – Elevator Repair south of england
Venus p38 Service p90 n The Crash of The Elysium north of england
n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100 – Punchdrunk p94 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
scotland n Prometheus Awakes n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: – Graeae Theatre Company with La Global Alchemy p40 n The International Student Drama
Pop-up Cafe p79 Fura dels Baus p92 Festival p94
n The Big Concert – Gustavo n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Jez Colborne – Irresistible p66
Dudamel and the Simón Bolívar Shakespeare Company p103 Saturday 23 June n We Face Forward – A West
Symphony Orchestra n The Coming Storm – Forced African Party p69
of Venezuela p69 Entertainment p93 uk wide n Big Dance 2012 Lancashire at
n Janice Parker n The Rest is Silence n BBC Radio 1’s Hackney the Preston Guild p47
– Private Dancer p51 – dreamthinkspeak p104 Weekend 2012 p64
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Unfinished Dream n BBC3 Comedy Gala p55 midlands
Bird Yarns p35 – Hamid Pourazari p95 n Festival Of Chaos
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 london – Blood Wedding p89
Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35 n Philharmonia Orchestra / n CROW – Handspring p88 n Festival Of Chaos
Universe of Sound p59 n DruidMurphy – The Bacchae p89
northern ireland n Ring Round The World – English – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Julius Caesar – Royal
n Peace One Day – Global Truce Pocket Opera Company p68 n Gatz – Elevator Repair Shakespeare Company p100
2012 Countdown p67 n Rokia Traoré – Donguili Service p90 n King John – Royal Shakespeare
(song) p68 n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100 Company p100
north of england n Big Dance 2012 – Dancing n The Coming Storm – Forced n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Streets p49 Entertainment p93 In All The World p101
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina n The Rest is Silence n The Voyage p83
n Lakes Alive: Les Commandos Bausch – Bamboo Blues p52 – dreamthinkspeak p104 n Heiner Goebbels – Walden p65
Percu – On The Nightshift p80 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n The Tempest – Royal n Jubilee Concert – City of
n Jez Colborne – Irresistible p66 Things Unspoken p35 Shakespeare Company p104 Birmingham Symphony Orchestra,
n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling n Twelfth Night – Royal James MacMillan p66
midlands Venus p38 Shakespeare Company p104 n Spill – A playground
n Devoted and Disgruntled n Unfinished Dream – Hamid of dance p52
Roadshow – Improbable p89 scotland Pourazari p95
n Festival Of Chaos n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n West End Live p95 south of england
– Blood Wedding p89 Pop-up Cafe p79 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n The Crash of The Elysium
n Festival Of Chaos n Janice Parker n Philharmonia Orchestra / – Punchdrunk p94
– The Bacchae p89 – Private Dancer p51 Universe of Sound p59 n Close Act – Pi-Leau p79
n Julius Caesar – Royal n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Rokia Traoré – Donke n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
Shakespeare Company p100 Bird Yarns p35 (dance) p68
Museums & Heritage Film, Broadcast & Digital Dance Comedy Art, Design & Exhibitions Family Key
24 June daily diary
n Pacitti Company: On Landguard Monday 25 June n Simón Bolívar Symphony scotland

Point – A film about home p56 Orchestra of Venezuela p69 n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob
n The Itch of the Golden london n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Evans and macrobert – Mikey and
Nit p57 n CROW – Handspring p88 Things Unspoken p35 Addie p90
n Tim Minchin – Eden Project n Made in China – Get Stuff n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling
Comedy p45 Break Free p91 Venus p38 wales
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Twelfth Night – Royal n Chris Tally Evans – Turning
Global Alchemy p40 Shakespeare Company p104 wales Points p56
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
Sunday 24 June n Philharmonia Orchestra / north of england
Universe of Sound p59 north of england n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
uk wide n The Royal Opera – The Trojans n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill – Absurd Person Singular p88
n BBC Radio 1’s Hackney (Les Troyens) p69 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100
Weekend 2012 p64 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina n The International Student n The International Student Drama
Bausch – Nefés p52 Drama Festival p94 Festival p94
london n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n The Rest is Silence n The Rest is Silence
n Gatz – Elevator Repair Things Unspoken p35 – dreamthinkspeak p104 – dreamthinkspeak p104
Service p90 n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling
n Unfinished Dream – Hamid Venus p38 midlands midlands
Pourazari p95 n Festival Of Chaos n Festival Of Chaos
n West End Live p95 wales – The Bacchae p89 – Blood Wedding p89
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n Julius Caesar – Royal n Julius Caesar – Royal
n Philharmonia Orchestra / Shakespeare Company p100 Shakespeare Company p100
Universe of Sound p59 north of england n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
n Simón Bolívar Symphony n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill In All The World p101 In All The World p101
Orchestra of Venezuela p69 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Spill – A playground
n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina n The International Student Drama south of england of dance p52
Bausch – Nefés p52 Festival p94 n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: an Angel p88 south of england
Things Unspoken p35 midlands n The Crash of The Elysium n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like
n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling n Festival Of Chaos – Punchdrunk p94 an Angel p88
Venus p38 – The Bacchae p89 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n The Crash of The Elysium
n Julius Caesar – Royal n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited – Punchdrunk p94
scotland Shakespeare Company p100 Global Alchemy p40 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Pop-up Cafe p79 In All The World p101 Global Alchemy p40
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Wednesday 27 June
Bird Yarns p35 south of england
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 london Thursday 28 June
Na Fir Chlis/Aurora Borealis p35 n CROW – Handspring p88
n DruidMurphy london
wales Tuesday 26 June – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Before Your Very Eyes – Campo
n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre n en route p89 and Gob Squad p88
Company p88 london n Gatz – Elevator Repair n CROW – Handspring p88
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n CROW – Handspring p88 Service p90 n DruidMurphy
n DruidMurphy n Made in China – Get Stuff – Plays by Tom Murphy p89
north of england – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 Break Free p91 n en route p89
n The International Student Drama n en route p89 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Made in China – Get Stuff
Festival p94 n Made in China – Get Stuff Shakespeare Company p103 Break Free p91
n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to Break Free p91 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad –
Southampton and back p54 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato Rocha p103 Iraqi Theatre Company p102
Rocha p103 n Poetry Parnassus p85 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato
midlands n The Tempest – Royal n Philharmonia Orchestra / Rocha p103
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People Shakespeare Company p104 Universe of Sound p59 n The Tempest – Royal
In All The World p101 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Ring Round the World – English Shakespeare Company p104
n The Voyage p83 n Poetry Parnassus p85 Pocket Opera Company p68 n Twelfth Night – Royal
n Rain of Poems p85 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Shakespeare Company p104
south of england n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65 Things Unspoken p35 n Unfinished Dream – Hamid
n The Crash of The Elysium n Philharmonia Orchestra / n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling Pourazari p95
– Punchdrunk p94 Universe of Sound p59 Venus p38 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Ring Round the World – English n Poetry Parnassus p85
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65
daily diary 30 June
n Philharmonia Orchestra / Friday 29 June midlands n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:

Universe of Sound p59 n A Soldier in Every Son – An Things Unspoken p35
n Ring Round the World – English london Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Before Your Very Eyes – Campo Company and Compañía Nacional Venus p38
n The Royal Opera – The Trojans and Gob Squad p88 de Teatro de México p98
(Les Troyens) p69 n CROW – Handspring p88 n Festival Of Chaos scotland
n The Genius of Hitchcock: The n DruidMurphy – Blood Wedding p89 n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob
Pleasure Garden p57 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Julius Caesar – Royal Evans and macrobert – Mikey and
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – n en route p89 Shakespeare Company p100 Addie p90
TooMortal p52 n Gatz – Elevator Repair Service p90 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Big Dance 2012
n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina n Made in China – Get Stuff In All The World p101 Edinburgh p47
Bausch – Água p52 Break Free p91 n Spill – A playground
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92 of dance p52 wales
Things Unspoken p35 n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad – n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling Iraqi Theatre Company p102 uk wide n Busk on the Usk p64
Venus p38 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n The Crash of The Elysium
Shakespeare Company p103 – Punchdrunk p94
scotland n The Dark Side of Love – Renato n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 northern ireland
n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob Rocha p103 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Land of Giants p91
Evans and macrobert – Mikey and n Unfinished Dream – Hamid Global Alchemy p40 n NI Opera Shorts p67
Addie p90 Pourazari p95
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 north of england
wales n Poetry Parnassus p85 Saturday 30 June n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Skewered Snails – Ramesh n Back2Black Festival – hosted by – Absurd Person Singular p88
Meyyappan p93 and featuring Gilberto Gil p63 london n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65 n Before Your Very Eyes – Campo n The Giant and the Bear p94
n Philharmonia Orchestra / and Gob Squad p88 n The International Student
northern ireland Universe of Sound p59 n CROW – Handspring p88 Drama Festival p94
n NI Opera Shorts p67 n Ring Round the World – English n DruidMurphy n The Rest is Silence
Pocket Opera Company p68 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 – dreamthinkspeak p104
north of england n The Genius of Hitchcock: The n en route p89 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Pleasure Garden p57 n Gatz – Elevator Repair and Let Them Sing p66
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – Service p90 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100 TooMortal p52 n Made in China – Get Stuff and Let Them Sing p37
n The International Student n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Break Free p91
Drama Festival p94 Bausch – Água p52 n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92 midlands
n The Rest is Silence n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Romeo and Juliet in Baghdad – n A Soldier in Every Son – An
– dreamthinkspeak p104 Things Unspoken p35 Iraqi Theatre Company p102 Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling n The Dark Side of Love – Renato Company and Compañía Nacional
Southampton and back p54 Venus p38 Rocha p103 de Teatro de México p98
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n The Tempest – Royal n Festival Of Chaos
and Let Them Sing p37 scotland Shakespeare Company p104 – Blood Wedding p89
n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob n Twelfth Night – Royal n Festival Of Chaos
midlands Evans and macrobert – Mikey and Shakespeare Company p104 – The Bacchae p89
n Festival Of Chaos Addie p90 n Unfinished Dream – Hamid n Julius Caesar – Royal
– Blood Wedding p89 Pourazari p95 Shakespeare Company p100
n Festival Of Chaos wales n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
– The Bacchae p89 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n Poetry Parnassus p85 In All The World p101
n Julius Caesar – Royal n The World Famous – Silo D p83 n Spill – A playground
Shakespeare Company p100 northern ireland n Back2Black Festival – hosted by of dance p52
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n NI Opera Shorts p67 and featuring Gilberto Gil p63 n After Gold p33
In All The World p101 n Philharmonia Orchestra /
n Spill – A playground north of england Universe of Sound p59 south of england
of dance p52 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n The Itch of the Golden n Devoted and Disgruntled
– Absurd Person Singular p88 Nit p57 Roadshow – Improbable p89
south of england n In a Pickle – Oily Cart p100 n Big Dance 2012 – Sampled n The Crash of The Elysium
n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like n The Giant and the Bear p94 Taster Workshops p49 – Punchdrunk p94
an Angel p88 n The International Student Drama n Big Dance 2012 – Tomorrow’s n Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK)
n The Crash of The Elysium Festival p94 Men p50 and Embaixadores da Alegria
– Punchdrunk p94 n The Rest is Silence n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – (Brazil) p79
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 – dreamthinkspeak p104 TooMortal p52 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n The British Paraorchestra p69
Global Alchemy p40 and Let Them Sing p37
n Museums & Heritage n Film, Broadcast & Digital n Dance n Comedy Art, Design & Exhibitions Family Key
1 July daily diary
n The Itch of the Golden n The Crash of The Elysium n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Nit p57 – Punchdrunk p94 Dance Spiegeltent p49 Global Alchemy p40
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
Global Alchemy p40 n The British Paraorchestra p69
n Big Dance 2012 – The Big Tuesday 3 July Wednesday 4 July
Dance Spiegeltent p49
Sunday 1 July london london
n CROW – Handspring p88 n CROW – Handspring p88
london Monday 2 July n en route p89 n en route p89
n Gatz – Elevator Repair n Made in China – Get Stuff n Gatz – Elevator Repair
Service p90 london Break Free p91 Service p90
n Made in China – Get Stuff n CROW – Handspring p88 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
Break Free p91 n Made in China – Get Stuff Shakespeare Company p103 – A Bloody History – Artistes,
n Rimini Protokoll 100% London p92 Break Free p91 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato Producteurs, Associés p100
n The Dark Side of Love – Renato n The Tempest – Royal Rocha p103 n Made in China – Get Stuff Break
Rocha p103 Shakespeare Company p104 n Baaba Maal hosts Free p91
n Unfinished Dream – Hamid n Philharmonia Orchestra / Africa Utopia p63 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal
Pourazari p95 Universe of Sound p59 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Shakespeare Company p103
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Ring Round the World – English Universe of Sound p59 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato
n Poetry Parnassus p85 Pocket Opera Company p68 n Ring Round the World – English Rocha p103
n Back2Black Festival – hosted by n Streetwise Opera – With One Pocket Opera Company p68 n Baaba Maal hosts
and featuring Gilberto Gil p63 Voice p69 n SECRETS Hidden London – Like Africa Utopia p63
n Philharmonia Orchestra / n SECRETS Hidden London – Like a Fish out of Water p51 n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65
Universe of Sound p59 a Fish out of Water p51 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Gilberto Gil with the London
n The Royal Opera – The Trojans n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Things Unspoken p35 Symphony Orchestra p65
(Les Troyens) p69 Bausch – Palermo Palermo p52 n Philharmonia Orchestra /
n Big Dance 2012 – Greenwich n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: scotland Universe of Sound p59
World Cultural Festival p49 Things Unspoken p35 n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob n Ring Round the World – English
n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Evans and macrobert – Mikey and Pocket Opera Company p68
Bausch – Palermo Palermo p52 Addie p90 n SECRETS Hidden London – Like
n Ha Ha Hackney: Maggie, scotland a Fish out of Water p51
Maggie Give us a Wave – The n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob wales n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
Comedy of the Thatcher Years p44 Evans and macrobert – Mikey and n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 Things Unspoken p35
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Addie p90
Things Unspoken p35 north of england scotland
n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling wales n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob
Venus p38 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 – Absurd Person Singular p88 Evans and macrobert – Mikey and
n The Giant and the Bear p94 Addie p90
scotland north of england n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill and Let Them Sing p37 wales
Evans and macrobert – Mikey and – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
Addie p90 n The Giant and the Bear p94 midlands
n Big Dance 2012 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n A Soldier in Every Son – An north of england
Edinburgh p47 and Let Them Sing p37 Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Company and Compañía Nacional – Absurd Person Singular p88
wales midlands de Teatro de México p98 n The Giant and the Bear p94
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n A Soldier in Every Son – An n Julius Caesar – Royal n West Side Story p105
Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare Shakespeare Company p100 n Spill – A playground
north of england Company and Compañía Nacional n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People of dance p52
n The Giant and the Bear p94 de Teatro de México p98 In All The World p101 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Julius Caesar – Royal n The Poor Trash of Venice p103 and Let Them Sing p37
and Let Them Sing p37 Shakespeare Company p100 n After Gold p33
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People midlands
midlands In All The World p101 south of england n A Soldier in Every Son – An
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n After Gold p33 n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
In All The World p101 an Angel p88 Company and Compañía Nacional
n Spill – A playground south of england n The Crash of The Elysium de Teatro de México p98
of dance p52 n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like – Punchdrunk p94 n Julius Caesar – Royal
n After Gold p33 an Angel p88 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Shakespeare Company p100
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Ring Round The World – English n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
south of england n Ring Round The World – English Pocket Opera Company p68 In All The World p101
n Devoted and Disgruntled Pocket Opera Company p68 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n The Poor Trash of Venice p103
Roadshow – Improbable p89 Dance Spiegeltent p49 n After Gold p33
daily diary 7 July
south of england midlands wales n non zero one you’ll see [me
n The Crash of The Elysium n A Soldier in Every Son – An n Chris Tally Evans – Turning sailing in antarctica] p92
– Punchdrunk p94 Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare Points p56 n Shake the Dust – Apples &
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Company and Compañía Nacional n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 Snakes p93
n Ring Round The World – English de Teatro de México p98 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Julius Caesar – Royal north of england Rocha p103
n Big Dance 2012 – The Big Shakespeare Company p100 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Rio Occupation London p82
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited In All The World p101 n The Giant and the Bear p94 n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65
Global Alchemy p40 n After Gold p33 n The Sacred Truce n Philharmonia Orchestra /
– Ursula Rani Sarma p94 Universe of Sound p59
south of england n West Side Story p105 n The Itch of the Golden
Thursday 5 July n The Crash of The Elysium n Spill – A playground Nit p57
– Punchdrunk p94 of dance p52 n Big Dance 2012 – Dance
london n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Douglas Gordon – The End of Fields p49
n CROW – Handspring p88 n Ring Round The World – English Civilisation p56 n Big Dance 2012 – The Making
n en route p89 Pocket Opera Company p68 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Space Performance p50
n Macbeth : Leila and Ben n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to and Let Them Sing p37 n Big Youth Dance Weekend 2012
– A Bloody History – Artistes, Southampton and back p54 London p50
Producteurs, Associés p100 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big midlands n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving
n Shake the Dust – Apples & Dance Spiegeltent p49 n A Soldier in Every Son – An Limbo Landing p50
Snakes p93 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare n SECRETS Hidden London – Like
n The Dark Side of Love – Renato Global Alchemy p40 Company and Compañía Nacional a Fish out of Water p51
Rocha p103 de Teatro de México p98 n Britain Creates 2012:
n The Tempest – Royal n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda Fashion + Art Collusion p35
Shakespeare Company p104 Friday 6 July Gabler p90 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n Twelfth Night – Royal n I, Cinna (The Poet) – Tim Things Unspoken p35
Shakespeare Company p104 london Crouch p100
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n CROW – Handspring p88 n Julius Caesar – Royal scotland
n Philharmonia Orchestra / n en route p89 Shakespeare Company p100 n Big Dance 2012 – Aberdeen
Universe of Sound p59 n Gatz – Elevator Repair n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People Dance Hunt p48
n Ring Round the World – English Service p90 In All The World p101
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Macbeth : Leila and Ben wales
n The Royal Opera – The Trojans – A Bloody History – Artistes, south of england n Devoted and Disgruntled
(Les Troyens) p69 Producteurs, Associés p100 n The Crash of The Elysium Roadshow – Improbable p89
n Urban Classic p69 n non zero one you’ll see [me – Punchdrunk p94 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n SECRETS Hidden London – Like sailing in antarctica] p92 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
a Fish out of Water p51 n Shake the Dust – Apples & n Walk The Plank – Sparks – Making Triangles p40
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Snakes p93 Will Fly p83 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
Things Unspoken p35 n The Dark Side of Love – Renato n Big Dance 2012 of Dreams p42
n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling Rocha p103 – Hat Fair p48
Venus p38 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big north of england
n Rio Occupation London p82 Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
scotland n Christian Lindberg – Dawn at n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob Galamanta p65 2012 p37 n The Giant and the Bear p94
Evans and macrobert – Mikey and n Damon Albarn’s Dr Dee p65 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n West Side Story p105
Addie p90 n Philharmonia Orchestra / Global Alchemy p40 n Big Dance 2012 DAZL
Universe of Sound p59 Marathon p47
wales n Ring Round the World – English n Big Dance 2012 – The Big
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 Pocket Opera Company p68 Saturday 7 July T Dance p50
n SECRETS Hidden London – Like n Spill – A playground
north of england a Fish out of Water p51 uk wide of dance p52
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Britain Creates 2012: n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
– Absurd Person Singular p88 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Shorts p55 and Let Them Sing p37
n The Giant and the Bear p94 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n West Side Story p105 Things Unspoken p35 london midlands
n Spill – A playground n Lynette Wallworth – Rekindling n CROW – Handspring p88 n A Soldier in Every Son – An
of dance p52 Venus p38 n en route p89 Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
n Douglas Gordon – The End of n Gatz – Elevator Repair Company and Compañía Nacional
Civilisation p56 scotland Service p90 de Teatro de México p98
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Imaginate: Andy Manley, Rob n Macbeth : Leila and Ben n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
and Let Them Sing p37 Evans and macrobert – Mikey and – A Bloody History – Artistes, Gabler p90
Addie p90 Producteurs, Associés p100 n Games Time p90
8 July daily diary
n Julius Caesar – Royal scotland n Britain Creates 2012: n Britain Creates 2012:
Shakespeare Company p100 n Big Dance 2012 – Aberdeen Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Fashion + Art Collusion p35
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People Dance Hunt p48 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
In All The World p101 Things Unspoken p35 Things Unspoken p35
n The Itch of the Golden wales
Nit p57 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 scotland scotland
n Big Dance 2012 Camp p47 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n Chariots of Fire p56
– Making Triangles p40 Screen Big Dance p49 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big
south of england n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms Screen Big Dance p49
n The Crash of The Elysium of Dreams p42 wales
– Punchdrunk p94 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 wales
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 north of england n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n Big Dance 2012 at The Big n The Giant and the Bear p94 – Making Triangles p40 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Weekend p47 n Spill – A playground n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms – Making Triangles p40
n Big Dance 2012 of dance p52 of Dreams p42 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
– Hat Fair p48 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up of Dreams p42
n Big Dance 2012 – The Big and Let Them Sing p37 north of england
Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill northern ireland
n Big Dance 2012 – Woking midlands – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Oscar Muñoz – Draw Down
World p50 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up the Walls p39
n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) In All The World p101 and Let Them Sing p37
2012 p37 n Big Dance 2012 Camp p47 north of england
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited midlands n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Global Alchemy p40 south of england n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda – Absurd Person Singular p88
n The Crash of The Elysium Gabler p90 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
– Punchdrunk p94 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare and Let Them Sing p37
Sunday 8 July n Carnival Crossroads East Company p102
Bound p79 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People midlands
uk wide n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 In All The World p101 n A Soldier in Every Son – An
n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance n The Caucus Race p83 Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
Shorts p55 n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to south of england Company and Compañía Nacional
Southampton and back p54 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 de Teatro de México p98
london n Big Dance 2012 at The Big n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
n Gatz – Elevator Repair Weekend p47 Southampton and back p54 Gabler p90
Service p90 n Big Dance 2012 Norfolk Long n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
n non zero one you’ll see [me Dance p47 Dance Spiegeltent p49 In All The World p101
sailing in antarctica] p92 n Big Dance 2012 – Hat n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
n Shake the Dust – Apples & Fair p48 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise south of england
Snakes p93 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big Wilson Untrue Island p33 n Compagnie Carabosse – Fire
n The Dark Side of Love – Renato Dance Spiegeltent p49 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) Garden at Stonehenge p79
Rocha p103 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert 2012 p37 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Big Dance 2012 – The Big
n Rio Occupation London p82 Wilson Untrue Island p33 Dance Spiegeltent p49
n Philharmonia Orchestra / n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) Tuesday 10 July n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
Universe of Sound p59 2012 p37 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise
n The Royal Opera – The Trojans uk wide Wilson Untrue Island p33
(Les Troyens) p69 n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti)
n Big Dance 2012 Picnic at Monday 9 July Shorts p55 2012 p37
Horniman Museum p48 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
n Big Dance 2012 – 30 Years of uk wide london Global Alchemy p40
Style p48 n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance n en route p89
n Big Youth Dance Weekend 2012 Shorts p55 n non zero one you’ll see [me
London p50 sailing in antarctica] p92 Wednesday 11 July
n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina london n Rio Occupation London p82
Bausch – Wiesenland p52 n non zero one you’ll see [me n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra uk wide
n Ha Ha Hackney: sailing in antarctica] p92 with Wynton Marsalis – Congo n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance
Homo of Comedy Gay n Rio Occupation London p82 Square p66 Shorts p55
Extravaganza 2012! p44 n Jubilation: A celebration of the n Ring Round The World – English
n Britain Creates 2012: Music of George Benjamin p66 Pocket Opera Company p68 london
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n SECRETS Hidden London – Like n Big Dance 2012 in the n en route p89
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: a Fish out of Water p51 Baylis p47 n Gatz – Elevator Repair
Things Unspoken p35 n Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina n SECRETS Hidden London – Like Service p90
Bausch – Wiesenland p52 a Fish out of Water p51
daily diary 13 July
n non zero one you’ll see [me n Arnie Somogyi, Robert midlands n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
sailing in antarctica] p92 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda – TooMortal p52
n Rio Occupation London p82 Wilson Untrue Island p33 Gabler p90 n Britain Creates 2012:
n Ring Round The World – English n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n King John – Royal Shakespeare Fashion + Art Collusion p35
Pocket Opera Company p68 2012 p37 Company p100 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n The Royal Opera – The Trojans n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Pilot Night – Royal Shakespeare Things Unspoken p35
(Les Troyens) p69 Global Alchemy p40 Company and Pilot p102
n Big Dance 2012 in the n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People scotland
Baylis p47 In All The World p101 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big
n Big Dance 2012 – Dancing Thursday 12 July n Twelfth Night – Royal Screen Big Dance p49
Voices p49 Shakespeare Company p104
n SECRETS Hidden London – Like uk wide n Spill – A playground wales
a Fish out of Water p51 n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance of dance p52 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n Britain Creates 2012: Shorts p55 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 south of england – Making Triangles p40
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: london n Compagnie Carabosse – Fire n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
Things Unspoken p35 n en route p89 Garden at Stonehenge p79 of Dreams p42
n non zero one you’ll see [me n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
scotland sailing in antarctica] p92 n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to northern ireland
n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Southampton and back p54 n Oscar Muñoz – Draw Down
Screen Big Dance p49 n Rio Occupation London p82 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard the Walls p39
n Otello – The Royal Opera p102 Point – A film about home p56
wales n Ring Round The World – English n Big Dance 2012 – The Big north of england
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 Pocket Opera Company p68 Dance Spiegeltent p49 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Big Dance 2012 – New n Arnie Somogyi, Robert – Absurd Person Singular p88
– Making Triangles p40 Adventures Curtain Raiser p49 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n SECRETS Hidden London – Like Wilson Untrue Island p33 – Surprises p88
of Dreams p42 a Fish out of Water p51 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – 2012 p37 Company p88
northern ireland TooMortal p52 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Devoted and Disgruntled
n Oscar Muñoz – Draw Down the n Britain Creates 2012: Global Alchemy p40 Roadshow – Improbable p89
Walls p39 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n Macbeth : Leila and Ben
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: – A Bloody History – Artistes,
north of england Things Unspoken p35 Friday 13 July Producteurs, Associés p100
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
– Absurd Person Singular p88 scotland uk wide and Let Them Sing p37
n Devoted and Disgruntled n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance n Niet Normaal – Difference on
Roadshow – Improbable p89 Screen Big Dance p49 Shorts p55 Display p39
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
and Let Them Sing p37 wales london midlands
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n en route p89 n A Soldier in Every Son – An
midlands n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Gatz – Elevator Repair Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
n A Soldier in Every Son – An – Making Triangles p40 Service p90 Company and Compañía Nacional
Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n non zero one you’ll see [me de Teatro de México p98
Company and Compañía Nacional of Dreams p42 sailing in antarctica] p92 n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
de Teatro de México p98 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Gabler p90
n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda northern ireland n Rio Occupation London p82 n Open Stages Showcase p101
Gabler p90 n Oscar Muñoz – Draw Down n BBC Prom 1 p72 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People the Walls p39 n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra In All The World p101
In All The World p101 with Wynton Marsalis – Abyssinian n The Tempest – Royal
n Eliza Carthy – Welcome north of england Mass p66 Shakespeare Company p104
Songs p65 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Ring Round The World – English n Big Dance 2012 – WE Dance
n Spill – A playground – Absurd Person Singular p88 Pocket Opera Company p68 Festival p50
of dance p52 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n The Genius of Hitchcock: n Spill – A playground
– Surprises p88 The Ring p57 of dance p52
south of england n Macbeth : Leila and Ben n Big Dance 2012
n Compagnie Carabosse – Fire – A Bloody History – Artistes, U.Dance p48 south of england
Garden at Stonehenge p79 Producteurs, Associés p100 n Big Dance 2012 – New n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Adventures Curtain Raiser p49 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard
n Big Dance 2012 – The Big and Let Them Sing p37 n Big Dance 2012 – Still Point – A film about home p56
Dance Spiegeltent p49 Moving p49 n Big Dance 2012 – The Big
n SECRETS Hidden London – Like Dance Spiegeltent p49
a Fish out of Water p51
14 July daily diary
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n Macbeth : Leila and Ben n Big Dance 2012 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti)
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise – A Bloody History – Artistes, U.Dance p48 2012 p37
Wilson Untrue Island p33 Producteurs, Associés p100 n Big Dance 2012 Walk p48
n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n Remaking Shakespeare p102 n Big Dance 2012
2012 p37 n Big Dance 2012 – Brazil Day p48 Monday 16 July
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited on the Beach p48 n Big Dance 2012
Global Alchemy p40 n Big Dance 2012 – Darlington Big – Footfall p49 uk wide
Street Dance p49 n Big Dance 2012 – Still n The Royal Ballet
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Moving p49 – Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52
Saturday 14 July and Let Them Sing p37 n Britain Creates 2012:
n Niet Normaal – Difference on Fashion + Art Collusion p35 london
uk wide Display p39 n Rio Occupation London p82
n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance scotland n BBC Prom 4 p72
Shorts p55 midlands n Terry Riley – Sun Rings p69 n BBC Proms Chamber
n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda Music 1 p72
london Gabler p90 wales n Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
n en route p89 n Open Stages Showcase p101 n Big Dance 2012 at Cardiff with Wynton Marsalis – Afro-Cuban
n Gatz – Elevator Repair n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare Mela p47 Fiesta p66
Service p90 Company p102 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Ring Round The World – English
n non zero one you’ll see [me n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People – Making Triangles p40 Pocket Opera Company p68
sailing in antarctica] p92 In All The World p101 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Big Dance 2012
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n The Tempest – Royal of Dreams p42 U.Dance p48
n Rio Occupation London p82 Shakespeare Company p104 n The Royal Ballet
n BBC Prom 2 p72 n Big Dance 2012 – WE Dance north of england – Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52
n Jazz at Lincoln Center Festival p50 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Britain Creates 2012:
– Essentially Ellington UK p66 n Spill – A playground – Absurd Person Singular p88 Fashion + Art Collusion p35
n Traction curated by Gilles of dance p52 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Peterson p69 – Surprises p88 wales
n Big Dance 2012 south of england n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
U.Dance p48 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Company p88 – Making Triangles p40
n Big Dance 2012 – Still n Pacitti Company: On Landguard n Cakebook Britain p79 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
Moving p49 Point – A film about home p56 n The Alif Ensemble p69 of Dreams p42
n Big Dance 2012 – Trafalgar n Big Dance 2012 Day n Big Dance 2012 Day
Square p50 Brighton p47 Yorkshire p47 north of england
n SECRETS Hidden London – Like n Big Dance 2012 – The Big n Big Dance 2012 Live at the n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
a Fish out of Water p51 Dance Spiegeltent p49 Bandstand p47 – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – n Big Suffolk Dance Party n Big Dance 2012 – City n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
TooMortal p52 2012 p50 Steps p48 – Surprises p88
n The Royal Ballet – n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise and Let Them Sing p37 and Let Them Sing p37
n Britain Creates 2012: Wilson Untrue Island p33 n Niet Normaal – Difference n Niet Normaal – Difference on
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) on Display p39 Display p39
2012 p37
wales n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited midlands midlands
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 Global Alchemy p40 n Open Stages Showcase p101 n A Soldier in Every Son
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People – An Aztec Trilogy – Royal
– Making Triangles p40 In All The World p101 Shakespeare Company and
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms Sunday 15 July n Spill – A playground Compañía Nacional de Teatro de
of Dreams p42 of dance p52 México p98
uk wide n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
northern ireland n Big Dance 2012 – Big Dance south of england Gabler p90
n Oscar Muñoz – Draw Down Shorts p55 n Blue Touch Paper Carnival (UK) n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
the Walls p39 and Embaixadores da Alegria In All The World p101
london (Brazil) p79 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal
north of england n Gatz – Elevator Repair n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Shakespeare Company p103
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Service p90 n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n non zero one you’ll see [me Southampton and back p54 south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill sailing in antarctica] p92 n Pacitti Company: On Landguard n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
– Surprises p88 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Point – A film about home p56 n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like
n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre n Rio Occupation London p82 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert an Angel p88
Company p88 n BBC Prom 3 p72 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise
n Otello – The Royal Opera p102 Wilson Untrue Island p33
daily diary 20 July
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n Arnie Somogyi, Robert south of england midlands

Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
Wilson Untrue Island p33 Wilson Untrue Island p33 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Gabler p90
n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare
2012 p37 2012 p37 Wilson Untrue Island p33 Company p102
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
Global Alchemy p40 2012 p37 In All The World p101
Tuesday 17 July n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n The Tempest – Royal
Global Alchemy p40 Shakespeare Company p104
london Wednesday 18 July n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance –
n en route p89 TooMortal p52
n Rio Occupation London p82 london Thursday 19 July n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n Baaba Maal hosts n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who
Africa Utopia p63 Fell Into A Book p88 london south of england
n BBC Prom 5 p72 n en route p89 n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
n Ring Round The World – English n Rio Occupation London p82 Fell Into A Book p88 n Peace Camp p81
Pocket Opera Company p68 n Baaba Maal hosts n en route p89 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Africa Utopia p63 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise
– Fase p50 n BBC Prom 6 p72 n Rio Occupation London p82 Wilson Untrue Island p33
n The Royal Ballet n BBC Prom 7 p72 n Baaba Maal hosts n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti)
– Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52 n Otello – The Royal Opera p102 Africa Utopia p63 2012 p37
n Britain Creates 2012: n Ring Round The World – English n BBC Prom 8 p72 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Pocket Opera Company p68 n Desdemona p65 Global Alchemy p40
n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker n Ring Round The World – English
wales – Fase p50 Pocket Opera Company p68
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Britain Creates 2012: n Shakespeare: Staging The World Friday 20 July
– Making Triangles p40 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 The BP Exhibition p59
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker london
of Dreams p42 wales – Fase p50 n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Britain Creates 2012: Fell Into A Book p88
northern ireland – Making Triangles p40 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n en route p89
n Oscar Muñoz – Draw Down the n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n BT Road to 2012 p35 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
Walls p39 of Dreams p42 n Rio Occupation London p82
scotland n Baaba Maal hosts
north of england north of england n Peace Camp p81 Africa Utopia p63
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n BBC Prom 9 p72
– Absurd Person Singular p88 – Absurd Person Singular p88 wales n Desdemona p65
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Peace Camp p81 n Ring Round The World – English
– Surprises p88 – Surprises p88 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Pocket Opera Company p68
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like – Making Triangles p40 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
and Let Them Sing p37 an Angel p88 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms The BP Exhibition p59
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up of Dreams p42 n Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Display p39 and Let Them Sing p37 – Fase p50
n Niet Normaal – Difference northern ireland n The Royal Ballet
midlands on Display p39 n Peace Camp p81 – Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 p52
n A Soldier in Every Son – An n BMW Art Cars p35
Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare midlands north of england n Britain Creates 2012:
Company and Compañía Nacional n A Soldier in Every Son – An n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Fashion + Art Collusion p35
de Teatro de México p98 Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare – Absurd Person Singular p88 n BT Road to 2012 p35
n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda Company and Compañía Nacional n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Gabler p90 de Teatro de México p98 – Surprises p88 scotland
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like n Peace Camp p81
In All The World p101 Gabler p90 an Angel p88
n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Julius Caesar – Royal wales
Shakespeare Company p103 In All The World p101 Shakespeare Company p100 n Torchbearers – Mzansi
n Twelfth Night – Royal n Peace Camp p81 Cymru p95
south of england Shakespeare Company p104 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Peace Camp p81
n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 and Let Them Sing p37 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
an Angel p88 n Niet Normaal – Difference on – Making Triangles p40
n Devoted and Disgruntled Display p39 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
Roadshow – Improbable p89 of Dreams p42
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
21 July daily diary
northern ireland n BBC Proms Saturday n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
n Peace Camp p81 Matinee 1 p72 Shakespeare Company p103 – Making Triangles p40
n BT River of Music – Africa n Twelfth Night – Royal n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
north of england Stage p64 Shakespeare Company p104 of Dreams p42
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n BT River of Music – Americas n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance –
– Absurd Person Singular p88 Stage p64 TooMortal p52 northern ireland
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n BT River of Music – Asia n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Peace Camp p81
– Surprises p88 Stage p64 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n NEST p39
n Circa & I Fagiolini – How Like n BT River of Music – Europe response p41
an Angel p88 Stages p64 north of england
n Julius Caesar – Royal n BT River of Music – Oceania south of england n Peace Camp p81
Shakespeare Company p100 Stage p64 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Big Dance 2012 Streets of
n Peace Camp p81 n Otello – The Royal Opera p102 n Peace Camp p81 Brass p48
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Rouge – Phare Ponleu Selpak & n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
and Let Them Sing p37 The BP Exhibition p59 Compagnie Ubi p82 and Let Them Sing p37
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n The Genius of Hitchcock: n Kurtag and Schubert p66 n Niet Normaal – Difference on
Display p39 The Lodger p57 n Big Dance 2012 Immersion Display p39
n BMW Art Cars p35 Tent p47
midlands n Britain Creates 2012: n Arnie Somogyi, Robert midlands
n A Soldier in Every Son – An Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Open Stages Showcase p101
Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare n BT Road to 2012 p35 Wilson Untrue Island p33 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People
Company and Compañía Nacional n Casa Brazil p36 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) In All The World p101
de Teatro de México p98 2012 p37 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda scotland n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
Gabler p90 n Peace Camp p81 Global Alchemy p40 response p41
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Craig Coulthard – Forest
In All The World p101 Pitch p36 south of england
n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal Sunday 22 July n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
Shakespeare Company p103 wales n Peace Camp p81
n Shobana Jeyasingh Dance – n Torchbearers – Mzansi london n Rouge – Phare Ponleu Selpak
TooMortal p52 Cymru p95 n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who & Compagnie Ubi p82
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Peace Camp p81 Fell Into A Book p88 n Aldeburgh World Orchestra p63
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Big Dance 2012 Immersion
south of england – Making Triangles p40 n Rio Occupation London p82 Tent p47
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Showtime – Entertainment n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
n Peace Camp p81 of Dreams p42 Everywhere p82 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise
n Rouge – Phare Ponleu Selpak & n Baaba Maal hosts Wilson Untrue Island p33
Compagnie Ubi p82 northern ireland Africa Utopia p63 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti)
n Aldeburgh World Orchestra p63 n Peace Camp p81 n BBC Prom 11 p72 2012 p37
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n NEST p66 n BT River of Music – Africa n Tyntesfield Takeover p42
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Stage p64
Wilson Untrue Island p33 north of england n BT River of Music – Americas
n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Stage p64 Monday 23 July
2012 p37 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n BT River of Music – Asia
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Stage p64 london
Global Alchemy p40 – Surprises p88 n BT River of Music – Europe n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who
n Julius Caesar – Royal Stages p64 Fell Into A Book p88
Shakespeare Company p100 n BT River of Music – Oceania n Rio Occupation London p82
Saturday 21 July n Peace Camp p81 Stage p64 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Project Triangle p68 n Shakespeare: Staging The World Everywhere p82
london n Big Dance 2012 Streets The BP Exhibition p59 n Baaba Maal hosts
n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who of Brass p48 n BMW Art Cars p35 Africa Utopia p63
Fell Into A Book p88 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Britain Creates 2012: n BBC Prom 12 p73
n en route p89 and Let Them Sing p37 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n BBC Proms Chamber
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Niet Normaal – Difference on n BT Road to 2012 p35 Music 2 p72
n Rio Occupation London p82 Display p39 n Casa Brazil p36 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Rio – London Carnival p82 The BP Exhibition p59
n Showtime – Entertainment midlands scotland n BMW Art Cars p35
Everywhere p82 n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda n Peace Camp p81 n Britain Creates 2012:
n Baaba Maal hosts Gabler p90 Fashion + Art Collusion p35
Africa Utopia p63 n Open Stages Showcase p101 wales n BT Road to 2012 p35
n BBC Prom 10 p72 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Peace Camp p81 n Casa Brazil p36
In All The World p101
daily diary 26 July
wales n Britain Creates 2012: n The Sacred Truce south of england

n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Fashion + Art Collusion p35 – Ursula Rani Sarma p94 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
– Making Triangles p40 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Casa Brazil p36 n Rio Occupation London p82 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise
of Dreams p42 n Ei Arakawa p36 n SECRETS: Hidden London Wilson Untrue Island p33
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall – Northala p82 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti)
northern ireland Commission p42 n Showtime – Entertainment 2012 p37
n NEST p39 Everywhere p82 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
wales n Baaba Maal hosts Global Alchemy p40
north of england n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Africa Utopia p63
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill – Making Triangles p40 n BBC Prom 15 p73
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Plácido Domingo’s Operalia Thursday 26 July
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill of Dreams p42 Winners p67
– Surprises p88 n Wynton Marsalis’ Swing london
n Julius Caesar – Royal northern ireland Symphony (Symphony No 3) p69 n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who
Shakespeare Company p100 n NEST p39 n Shakespeare: Staging The World Fell Into A Book p88
n Big Dance 2012 – Urban The BP Exhibition p59 n Playing the Games p92
Moves p50 north of england n BMW Art Cars p35 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Britain Creates 2012: n Rio Occupation London p82
and Let Them Sing p37 – Absurd Person Singular p88 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n BT Road to 2012 p35 – Northala p82
Display p39 – Surprises p88 n Casa Brazil p36 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Julius Caesar – Royal n Ei Arakawa p36 Everywhere p82
midlands Shakespeare Company p100 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Baaba Maal hosts
n A Soldier in Every Son – An n Big Dance 2012 – Urban Commission p42 Africa Utopia p63
Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare Moves p50 n BBC Prom 16 p73
Company and Compañía Nacional n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up wales n BBC Prom 17 p73
de Teatro de México p98 and Let Them Sing p37 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Wynton Marsalis’ Swing
n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda n Niet Normaal – Difference on – Making Triangles p40 Symphony (Symphony No 3) p69
Gabler p90 Display p39 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People of Dreams p42 The BP Exhibition p59
In All The World p101 midlands n BMW Art Cars p35
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda northern ireland n Britain Creates 2012:
response p41 Gabler p90 n NEST p39 Fashion + Art Collusion p35
n Henry V – RSC Young n BT Road to 2012 p35
south of england Company p99 north of england n Casa Brazil p36
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Ei Arakawa p36
n Rouge – Phare Ponleu Selpak & Company p102 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
Compagnie Ubi p82 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Commission p42
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert In All The World p101 – Surprises p88
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n The Tempest – Royal n Julius Caesar – Royal scotland
Wilson Untrue Island p33 Shakespeare Company p104 Shakespeare Company p100 n Skewered Snails – Ramesh
n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Big Dance 2012 – Urban Meyyappan p93
2012 p37 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist Moves p50
response p41 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up wales
and Let Them Sing p37 n In Water I’m Weightless
Tuesday 24 July south of england n Niet Normaal – Difference on – Kaite O’Reilly p90
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Display p39 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
london n Arnie Somogyi, Robert – Making Triangles p40
n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who Macfarlane and Jane & Louise midlands n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
Fell Into A Book p88 Wilson Untrue Island p33 n A Soldier in Every Son – An of Dreams p42
n Rio Occupation London p82 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare
n Showtime – Entertainment 2012 p37 Company and Compañía Nacional northern ireland
Everywhere p82 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited de Teatro de México p98 n NEST p39
n Baaba Maal hosts Global Alchemy p40 n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
Africa Utopia p63 Gabler p90 north of england
n BBC Prom 13 p73 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n BBC Prom 14 p73 Wednesday 25 July In All The World p101 – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Otello – The Royal Opera p102 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Shakespeare: Staging The World london Shakespeare Company p103 – Surprises p88
The BP Exhibition p59 n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Julius Caesar – Royal
n BMW Art Cars p35 Fell Into A Book p88 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist Shakespeare Company p100
response p41
27 July daily diary
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Ei Arakawa p36 n SECRETS: Hidden London south of england
and Let Them Sing p37 n The World in London p42 – Northala p82 n Battle for the Winds – The Final
n Niet Normaal – Difference n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Showtime – Entertainment Battle p79
on Display p39 Commission p42 Everywhere p82 n Diverse City – Breathe p79
n Baaba Maal hosts n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
midlands scotland Africa Utopia p63 n Kurtag and Schubert p66
n A Soldier in Every Son – An n Skewered Snails – Ramesh n BBC Prom 19 p73 n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to
Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare Meyyappan p93 n BBC Proms Saturday Southampton and back p54
Company and Compañía Nacional Matinee 2 p73 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert
de Teatro de México p98 wales n Shakespeare: Staging The World Macfarlane and Jane & Louise
n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda n In Water I’m Weightless The BP Exhibition p59 Wilson Untrue Island p33
Gabler p90 – Kaite O’Reilly p90 n The Olympic Journey: The Story n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
n Much Ado About Nothing – n Richard La Trobe-Bateman of the Games p59 Global Alchemy p40
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 – Making Triangles p40 n BMW Art Cars p35
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Britain Creates 2012:
In All The World p101 of Dreams p42 Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Sunday 29 July
n Twelfth Night – Royal n BT Road to 2012 p35
Shakespeare Company p104 northern ireland n Casa Brazil p36 london
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n NEST p39 n Ei Arakawa p36 n Playing the Games p92
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n The World in London p42 n Rio Occupation London p82
response p41 north of england n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Commission p42 – Northala p82
south of england – Absurd Person Singular p88 n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Battle for the Winds – The n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill wales – The Owl and the Pussycat p82
Gathering and Ceremony of the – Surprises p88 n In Water I’m Weightless n Showtime – Entertainment
Winds p79 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up – Kaite O’Reilly p90 Everywhere p82
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 and Let Them Sing p37 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Baaba Maal hosts
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n Niet Normaal – Difference on – Making Triangles p40 Africa Utopia p63
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Display p39 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n BBC Prom 20 p73
Wilson Untrue Island p33 of Dreams p42 n BBC Prom 21 p73
n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) midlands n SECRETS: Hidden London – The
2012 p37 n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda northern ireland Owl and the Pussycat p68
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Gabler p90 n NEST p39 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
Global Alchemy p40 n Much Ado About Nothing – The BP Exhibition p59
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 north of england n The Olympic Journey: The Story
n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill of the Games p59
Friday 27 July In All The World p101 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n BMW Art Cars p35
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Britain Creates 2012:
uk wide n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist – Surprises p88 Fashion + Art Collusion p35
n Martin Creed – Work No 1197: response p41 n Julius Caesar – Royal n BT Road to 2012 p35
All the bells in a country rung as Shakespeare Company p100 n Casa Brazil p36
quickly and as loudly as possible for south of england n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Ei Arakawa p36
three minutes p66 n Battle for the Winds – The Search and Let Them Sing p37 n The World in London p42
for Doldrum’s Lair p79 n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
london n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Display p39 Commission p42
n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who n Eliza Carthy – Welcome
Fell Into A Book p88 Songs p65 midlands wales
n Playing the Games p92 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n A Soldier in Every Son – An n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
n Rio Occupation London p82 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise Aztec Trilogy – Royal Shakespeare – Making Triangles p40
n SECRETS: Hidden London Wilson Untrue Island p33 Company and Compañía Nacional n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
– Northala p82 n John Gerrard – Exercise (Djibouti) de Teatro de México p98 of Dreams p42
n Showtime – Entertainment 2012 p37 n Festival Of Chaos – Hedda
Everywhere p82 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Gabler p90 northern ireland
n Baaba Maal hosts Global Alchemy p40 n Much Ado About Nothing – n NEST p39
Africa Utopia p63 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n BBC Prom 18 p73 n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People north of england
n Shakespeare: Staging The World Saturday 28 July In All The World p101 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
The BP Exhibition p59 n The Tempest – Royal and Let Them Sing p37
n BMW Art Cars p35 london Shakespeare Company p104 n Niet Normaal – Difference on
n Britain Creates 2012: n Alan Ayckbourn – The Boy Who n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 Display p39
Fashion + Art Collusion p35 Fell Into A Book p88 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Playing the Games p92 response p41
n Casa Brazil p36 n Rio Occupation London p82
daily diary 2 August
midlands midlands midlands midlands

n Stan’s Cafe – Of All The People n Much Ado About Nothing – n Much Ado About Nothing – n Much Ado About Nothing –
In All The World p101 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Twelfth Night – Royal n Twelfth Night – Royal
Shakespeare Company p103 response p41 Shakespeare Company p104 Shakespeare Company p104
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist south of england n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
response p41 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 response p41 response p41
n Treasures of China p59
south of england n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to south of england south of england
n The Sacred Truce Southampton and back p54 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
– Ursula Rani Sarma p94 n Arnie Somogyi, Robert n Treasures of China p59 n Treasures of China p59
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
n Arnie Somogyi, Robert Wilson Untrue Island p33 Southampton and back p54 Global Alchemy p40
Macfarlane and Jane & Louise n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Wilson Untrue Island p33 Global Alchemy p40
Tuesday 31 July Thursday 2 August
Monday 30 July london Wednesday 1 August london

n Playing the Games p92 n Kids Week in the West
london n Tania Bruguera p93 london End p90
n Playing the Games p92 n aMAZEme p85 n Kids Week in the West n Playing the Games p92
n Rio Occupation London p82 n Rio Occupation London p82 End p90 n Tania Bruguera p93
n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Playing the Games p92 n aMAZEme p85
– Northala p82 – Northala p82 n Tania Bruguera p93 n Rio Occupation London p82
n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n aMAZEme p85 n SECRETS: Hidden London
– The Owl and the Pussycat p82 – The Owl and the Pussycat p82 n Rio Occupation London p82 – Northala p82
n Showtime – Entertainment n Showtime – Entertainment n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London
Everywhere p82 Everywhere p82 – Northala p82 – The Owl and the Pussycat p82
n BBC Prom 22 p73 n BBC Prom 23 p73 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Showtime – Entertainment
n BBC Proms Chamber n BBC Prom 24 p74 – The Owl and the Pussycat p82 Everywhere p82
Music 3 p73 n SECRETS: Hidden London – The n Showtime – Entertainment n Antony’s Meltdown p63
n SECRETS: Hidden London – The Owl and the Pussycat p68 Everywhere p82 n BBC Prom 26 p74
Owl and the Pussycat p68 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n SECRETS: Hidden London – The
n Shakespeare: Staging The World The BP Exhibition p59 n BBC Prom 25 p74 Owl and the Pussycat p68
The BP Exhibition p59 n The Olympic Journey: The Story n SECRETS: Hidden London – The n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n The Olympic Journey: The Story of the Games p59 Owl and the Pussycat p68 The BP Exhibition p59
of the Games p59 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story
n BMW Art Cars p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 The BP Exhibition p59 of the Games p59
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35
n Casa Brazil p36 n The World in London p42 of the Games p59 n BT Road to 2012 p35
n The World in London p42 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n BMW Art Cars p35 n Casa Brazil p36
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Commission p42 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n The World in London p42
Commission p42 n Casa Brazil p36 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
wales n The World in London p42 Commission p42
wales n In Water I’m Weightless n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n In Water I’m Weightless – Kaite O’Reilly p90 Commission p42 scotland
– Kaite O’Reilly p90 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Skewered Snails – Ramesh
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman – Making Triangles p40 wales Meyyappan p93
– Making Triangles p40 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n In Water I’m Weightless n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms of Dreams p42 – Kaite O’Reilly p90 Edinburgh Art Festival p41
of Dreams p42 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
north of england – Making Triangles p40 wales
north of england n The Sacred Truce n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n In Water I’m Weightless
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up – Ursula Rani Sarma p94 of Dreams p42 – Kaite O’Reilly p90
and Let Them Sing p37 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to
n Niet Normaal – Difference on and Let Them Sing p37 north of england Southampton and back p54
Display p39 n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Display p39 and Let Them Sing p37 – Making Triangles p40
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
Display p39 of Dreams p42
3 August daily diary
north of england n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Tania Bruguera p93
n Prometheus Awakes – Graeae Things Unseen p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n aMAZEme p85
Theatre Company with La Fura dels n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n The World in London p42 n SECRETS: Hidden London
Baus p92 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall – Northala p82
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Commission p42 n SECRETS: Hidden London
and Let Them Sing p37 wales – The Owl and the Pussycat p82
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n In Water I’m Weightless scotland n Showtime – Entertainment
Display p39 – Kaite O’Reilly p90 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 Everywhere p82
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n Antony’s Meltdown p63
midlands – Making Triangles p40 Cabaret p44 n BBC Prom 30 p74
n Much Ado About Nothing – n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n BBC Three Comedy n BBC Prom 31 p74
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 of Dreams p42 Marathon p44 n SECRETS: Hidden London – The
n The Tempest – Royal n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 Owl and the Pussycat p68
Shakespeare Company p104 north of england n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Things Unseen p35 The BP Exhibition p59
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist and Let Them Sing p37 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n The Olympic Journey: The Story
response p41 n Niet Normaal – Difference on Edinburgh Art Festival p41 of the Games p59
Display p39 n BMW Art Cars p35
south of england wales n BT Road to 2012 p35
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 midlands n In Water I’m Weightless n Casa Brazil p36
n Treasures of China p59 n Much Ado About Nothing – – Kaite O’Reilly p90 n The World in London p42
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
Global Alchemy p40 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal Southampton and back p54 Commission p42
Shakespeare Company p103 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n Troilus and Cressida – Royal n Richard La Trobe-Bateman scotland
Friday 3 August Shakespeare Company and The – Making Triangles p40 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
Wooster Group p104 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth
london n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 of Dreams p42 Cabaret p44
n Kids Week in the West n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n BBC Three Comedy
End p90 response p41 north of england Marathon p44
n Playing the Games p92 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45
n Tania Bruguera p93 south of england and Let Them Sing p37 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n aMAZEme p85 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n Niet Normaal – Difference on Things Unseen p35
n Rio Occupation London p82 n Treasures of China p59 Display p39 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
n SECRETS: Hidden London n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Edinburgh Art Festival p41
– Northala p82 Global Alchemy p40 midlands
n SECRETS: Hidden London n Much Ado About Nothing – wales
– The Owl and the Pussycat Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38
n Showtime – Entertainment Saturday 4 August n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Everywhere p82 Shakespeare Company p103 – Making Triangles p40
n Antony’s Meltdown p63 london n Troilus and Cressida – Royal
n BBC Prom 27 p74 n Kids Week in the West Shakespeare Company and The north of england
n SECRETS: Hidden London – The End p90 Wooster Group p104 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
Owl and the Pussycat p68 n Playing the Games p92 n Twelfth Night – Royal and Let Them Sing p37
n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Tania Bruguera p93 Shakespeare Company p104 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
The BP Exhibition p59 n aMAZEme p85 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 of Dreams p42
n The Olympic Journey: The Story n Rio Occupation London p82 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Niet Normaal – Difference on
of the Games p59 n SECRETS: Hidden London response p41 Display p39
n BMW Art Cars p35 – Northala p82
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n SECRETS: Hidden London south of england midlands
n Casa Brazil p36 – The Owl and the Pussycat p82 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 n The Tempest – Royal
n The World in London p42 n Showtime – Entertainment n Kurtag and Schubert p66 Shakespeare Company p104
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Everywhere p82 n Treasures of China p59 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
Commission p42 n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n BBC Prom 28 p74 Global Alchemy p40 response p41
scotland n BBC Prom 29 p74
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n SECRETS: Hidden London – The south of england
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Owl and the Pussycat p68 Sunday 5 August n Lone Twin – The Boat
Cabaret p44 n Shakespeare: Staging The World Project p80
n BBC Three Comedy The BP Exhibition p59 london n Treasures of China p59
Marathon p44 n The Olympic Journey: The Story n Kids Week in the West
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 of the Games p59 End p90
n BMW Art Cars p35 n Playing the Games p92
Monday 6 August Tuesday 7 August n Troilus and Cressida – Royal north of england
Shakespeare Company and The n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
london london Wooster Group p104 and Let Them Sing p37
n Kids Week in the West n Kids Week in the West n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Niet Normaal – Difference on
End p90 End p90 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist Display p39
n Playing the Games p92 n Playing the Games p92 response p41
n Tania Bruguera p93 n Tania Bruguera p93 midlands
n aMAZEme p85 n aMAZEme p85 south of england n Much Ado About Nothing –
n SECRETS: Hidden London n SECRETS: Hidden London n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
– Northala p82 – Northala p82 n Treasures of China p59 n Troilus and Cressida – Royal
n Showtime – Entertainment n Showtime – Entertainment n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Shakespeare Company and The
Everywhere p82 Everywhere p82 Global Alchemy p40 Wooster Group p104
n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n BBC Prom 32 p74 n BBC Prom 33 p74 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n BBC Proms Chamber n Shakespeare: Staging The World Wednesday 8 August response p41
Music 4 p74 The BP Exhibition p59
n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Olympic Journey: The Story london south of england
The BP Exhibition p59 of the Games p59 n Julius Caesar – Royal n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n The Olympic Journey: The Story n BMW Art Cars p35 Shakespeare Company p100 – Surprises p88
of the Games p59 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Kids Week in the West n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
n BMW Art Cars p35 n Casa Brazil p36 End p90 n Treasures of China p59
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n The World in London p42 n Playing the Games p92 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
n Casa Brazil p36 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Tania Bruguera p93 Global Alchemy p40
n The World in London p42 Commission p42 n aMAZEme p85
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n SECRETS: Hidden London
Commission p42 scotland – Northala p82 Thursday 9 August
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Showtime – Entertainment
scotland n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Everywhere p82 london
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 Cabaret p44 n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n Julius Caesar – Royal
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n BBC Three Comedy n BBC Prom 34 p74 Shakespeare Company p100
Cabaret p44 Marathon p44 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Kids Week in the West
n BBC Three Comedy n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 The BP Exhibition p59 End p90
Marathon p44 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n The Olympic Journey: The Story n Playing the Games p92
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 Ditty Boxes p35 of the Games p59 n Tania Bruguera p93
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BMW Art Cars p35 n aMAZEme p85
Things Unseen p35 Things Unseen p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Casa Brazil p36 – Northala p82
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n The World in London p42 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Everywhere p82
wales wales Commission p42 n Antony’s Meltdown p63
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n Y Storm – Theatr Genedlaethol n BBC Prom 35 p74
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Cymru p105 scotland n BBC Prom 36 p74
– Making Triangles p40 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth The BP Exhibition p59
of Dreams p42 – Making Triangles p40 Cabaret p44 n The Olympic Journey: The Story
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n BBC Three Comedy of the Games p59
north of england of Dreams p42 Marathon p44 n BMW Art Cars p35
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n BT Road to 2012 p35
and Let Them Sing p37 northern ireland n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Casa Brazil p36
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n A Hansel of Film – Shetland Ditty Boxes p35 n The World in London p42
Display p39 to Southampton and back p54 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
Things Unseen p35 Commission p42
midlands north of england n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
n Much Ado About Nothing – n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Edinburgh Art Festival p41 scotland
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 and Let Them Sing p37 n NVA – Speed of Light p81
n Troilus and Cressida – Royal n Niet Normaal – Difference on wales n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
Shakespeare Company and The Display p39 n Y Storm – Theatr Genedlaethol n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth
Wooster Group p104 Cymru p105 Cabaret p44
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist midlands n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n BBC Three Comedy
response p41 south of england n Much Ado About Nothing – n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Marathon p44
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 – Making Triangles p40 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45
n Treasures of China p59 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
of Dreams p42 Ditty Boxes p35
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n The Olympic Journey: The Story n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 northern ireland
Things Unseen p35 of the Games p59 n Treasures of China p59 n Benjamin Britten – Noye’s
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BMW Art Cars p35 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Fludde p64
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n BT Road to 2012 p35 Global Alchemy p40 n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34
n Casa Brazil p36
wales n The World in London p42 north of england
n Coriolan/us – National Theatre n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Saturday 11 August n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
Wales p98 Commission p42 and Let Them Sing p37
n Y Storm – Theatr Genedlaethol london n Niet Normaal – Difference on
Cymru p105 scotland n Julius Caesar – Royal Display p39
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 Shakespeare Company p100
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Kids Week in the West midlands
– Making Triangles p40 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth End p90 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms Cabaret p44 n Playing the Games p92 You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98
of Dreams p42 n BBC Three Comedy n Tania Bruguera p93 n Much Ado About Nothing –
Marathon p44 n aMAZEme p85 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
north of england n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Troilus and Cressida – Royal
n Devoted and Disgruntled n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: – Northala p82 Shakespeare Company and The
Roadshow – Improbable p89 Ditty Boxes p35 n Showtime – Entertainment Wooster Group p104
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Everywhere p82 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
and Let Them Sing p37 Things Unseen p35 n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BBC Prom 39 p75 response p41
Display p39 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n BBC Proms Saturday
Matinee 3 p75 south of england
midlands wales n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Much Ado About Nothing – n Coriolan/us – National Theatre The BP Exhibition p59 – Absurd Person Singular p88
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Wales p98 n The Olympic Journey: The Story n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Troilus and Cressida – Royal n Y Storm – Theatr Genedlaethol of the Games p59 – Surprises p88
Shakespeare Company and The Cymru p105 n BMW Art Cars p35 n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80
Wooster Group p104 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Treasures of China p59
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Casa Brazil p36 n Crystal Ball p36
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist – Making Triangles p40 n The World in London p42 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
response p41 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Global Alchemy p40
of Dreams p42 Commission p42
south of england
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill northern ireland scotland Sunday 12 August
– Surprises p88 n Benjamin Britten – Noye’s n 2008: Macbeth
n Lone Twin – The Boat Project p80 Fludde p64 – TR Warszawa p100 london
n Treasures of China p59 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n Kids Week in the West End p90
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited north of england n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
Global Alchemy p40 n World-Beating Improv p45 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n Playing the Games p92
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Cabaret p44 n Tania Bruguera p93
and Let Them Sing p37 n BBC Three Comedy n aMAZEme p85
Friday 10 August n Niet Normaal – Difference on Marathon p44 n SECRETS: Hidden London
Display p39 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 – Northala p82
london n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Showtime – Entertainment
n Julius Caesar – Royal midlands Ditty Boxes p35 Everywhere p82
Shakespeare Company p100 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Antony’s Meltdown p63
n Kids Week in the West (As You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 Things Unseen p35 n BBC Prom 40 p75
End p90 n Much Ado About Nothing – n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BBC Prom 41 p75
n Playing the Games p92 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Tania Bruguera p93 n Troilus and Cressida – Royal The BP Exhibition p59
n aMAZEme p85 Shakespeare Company and The wales n The Olympic Journey: The Story
n SECRETS: Hidden London Wooster Group p104 n Coriolan/us – National Theatre of the Games p59
– Northala p82 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 Wales p98 n BMW Art Cars p35
n Showtime – Entertainment n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Y Storm – Theatr Genedlaethol n BT Road to 2012 p35
Everywhere p82 response p41 Cymru p105 n Casa Brazil p36
n Antony’s Meltdown p63 n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 n The World in London p42
n BBC Prom 37 p75 south of england n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n BBC Prom 38 p75 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill – Making Triangles p40 Commission p42
n Shakespeare: Staging The World – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
The BP Exhibition p59 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill of Dreams p42
– Surprises p88
scotland n BBC Proms Chamber Tuesday 14 August midlands

n 2008: Macbeth – TR Warszawa Music 5 p75 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As
p100 n Shakespeare: Staging The World london You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98
n NVA – Speed of Light p81 The BP Exhibition p59 n Julius Caesar – Royal n Much Ado About Nothing –
n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul Shakespeare Company p100 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
Southampton and back p54 dos Ventos p34 n Kids Week in the West n Troilus and Cressida – Royal
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BT Road to 2012 p35 End p90 Shakespeare Company and The
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n Casa Brazil p36 n Tania Bruguera p93 Wooster Group p104
Cabaret p44 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n aMAZEme p85 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n BBC Three Comedy Commission p42 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
Marathon p44 – Northala p82 response p41
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 scotland n Showtime – Entertainment
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n 2008: Macbeth Everywhere p82 south of england
Ditty Boxes p35 – TR Warszawa p100 n BBC Prom 43 p75 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n BBC Prom 44 p75 – Absurd Person Singular p88
Things Unseen p35 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth The BP Exhibition p59 – Surprises p88
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Cabaret p44 n Trailblazers – Britain’s Queens n Treasures of China p59
n BBC Three Comedy of TV Comedy p45 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
wales Marathon p44 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul Global Alchemy p40
n Coriolan/us – National Theatre n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 dos Ventos p34
Wales p98 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BT Road to 2012 p35
n Marc Rees – Adain Avion p38 Ditty Boxes p35 n Casa Brazil p36 Wednesday 15 August
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
– Making Triangles p40 Things Unseen p35 Commission p42 london
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Julius Caesar – Royal
of Dreams p42 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 scotland Shakespeare Company p100
n Meine faire Dame n Kids Week in the West
northern ireland wales – Ein Sprachlabor – Christoph End p90
n Benjamin Britten – Noye’s n Coriolan/us – National Theatre Marthaler p91 n Tania Bruguera p93
Fludde p64 Wales p98 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n aMAZEme p85
– Making Triangles p40 Southampton and back p54 n SECRETS: Hidden London
north of england n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 – Northala p82
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up of Dreams p42 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n Showtime – Entertainment
and Let Them Sing p37 Cabaret p44 Everywhere p82
n Niet Normaal – Difference on northern ireland n BBC Three Comedy n BBC Prom 45 p75
Display p39 n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 Marathon p44 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 The BP Exhibition p59
midlands north of england n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Ditty Boxes p35 dos Ventos p34
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist and Let Them Sing p37 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BT Road to 2012 p35
response p41 n Niet Normaal – Difference on Things Unseen p35 n Casa Brazil p36
Display p39 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n The Changing Room p41
south of england Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n Treasures of China p59 midlands Commission p42
n Crystal Ball p36 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As wales
You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 n Coriolan/us – National Theatre scotland
n Much Ado About Nothing – Wales p98 n 2008: Macbeth
Monday 13 August Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman – TR Warszawa p100
n Troilus and Cressida – Royal – Making Triangles p40 n Meine faire Dame
london Shakespeare Company and The n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms – Ein Sprachlabor
n Julius Caesar – Royal Wooster Group p104 of Dreams p42 – Christoph Marthaler p91
Shakespeare Company p100 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n Kids Week in the West response p41 northern ireland n NVA – Speed of Light p81
End p90 n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
n Tania Bruguera p93 south of england n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth
n aMAZEme p85 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill north of england Cabaret p44
n SECRETS: Hidden London – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n BBC Three Comedy
– Northala p82 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill and Let Them Sing p37 Marathon p44
n Showtime – Entertainment – Surprises p88 n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45
Everywhere p82 n Treasures of China p59 Display p39 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n BBC Prom 42 p75 Ditty Boxes p35
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34
Things Unseen p35 dos Ventos p34 Global Alchemy p40
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BT Road to 2012 p35 n See No Evil p40 north of england
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Casa Brazil p36 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
n The Changing Room p41 and Let Them Sing p37
wales n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Friday 17 August n Niet Normaal – Difference on
n Coriolan/us – National Theatre Commission p42 Display p39
Wales p98 london
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman scotland n Julius Caesar – Royal midlands
– Making Triangles p40 n 2008: Macbeth Shakespeare Company p100 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms – TR Warszawa p100 n Kids Week in the West You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98
of Dreams p42 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 End p90 n Much Ado About Nothing –
n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to n aMAZEme p85 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
northern ireland Southampton and back p54 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Troilus and Cressida – Royal
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 – Northala p82 Shakespeare Company and The
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n Showtime – Entertainment Wooster Group p104
north of england Cabaret p44 Everywhere p82 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n BBC Three Comedy n BBC Prom 47 p75 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
and Let Them Sing p37 Marathon p44 n Shakespeare: Staging The World response p41
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 The BP Exhibition p59
Display p39 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul south of england
Ditty Boxes p35 dos Ventos p34 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
midlands n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BT Road to 2012 p35 – Absurd Person Singular p88
n A Midsummer Night’s Dream Things Unseen p35 n Casa Brazil p36 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
(As You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n The Changing Room p41 – Surprises p88
n Much Ado About Nothing – Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n AntiVJ and Adrian Utley – Mail,
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Commission p42 Maps and Motion p63
n Troilus and Cressida – Royal wales n Treasures of China p59
Shakespeare Company and The n Coriolan/us – National Theatre scotland n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Wooster Group p104 Wales p98 n 2008: Macbeth Global Alchemy p40
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman – TR Warszawa p100 n See No Evil p40
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist – Making Triangles p40 n Meine faire Dame
response p41 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms – Ein Sprachlabor – Christoph
of Dreams p42 Marthaler p91 Saturday 18 August
south of england n Silviu Pucarete’s Gulliver’s
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill northern ireland Travels p93 london
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n Julius Caesar – Royal
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n A Hansel of Film – Shetland to Shakespeare Company p100
– Surprises p88 north of england Southampton and back p54 n Kids Week in the West
n Treasures of China p59 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 End p90
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited and Let Them Sing p37 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
Global Alchemy p40 n Niet Normaal – Difference on Cabaret p44 n aMAZEme p85
Display p39 n BBC Three Comedy n SECRETS: Hidden London
Marathon p44 – Northala p82
Thursday 16 August midlands n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n Showtime – Entertainment
n A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Everywhere p82
london You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 Ditty Boxes p35 n BBC Prom 48 p76
n Julius Caesar – Royal n Much Ado About Nothing – n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BBC Proms Saturday
Shakespeare Company p100 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Things Unseen p35 Matinee 4 p75
n Kids Week in the West n Troilus and Cressida – Royal n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Shakespeare: Staging The World
End p90 Shakespeare Company and The Edinburgh Art Festival p41 The BP Exhibition p59
n Tania Bruguera p93 Wooster Group p104 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 wales dos Ventos p34
n aMAZEme p85 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Coriolan/us – National Theatre n BT Road to 2012 p35
n SECRETS: Hidden London response p41 Wales p98 n Casa Brazil p36
– Northala p82 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n The Changing Room p41
n Showtime – Entertainment south of england – Making Triangles p40 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
Everywhere p82 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms Commission p42
n BBC Prom 46 p75 – Absurd Person Singular p88 of Dreams p42
n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill scotland
The BP Exhibition p59 – Surprises p88 northern ireland n 2008: Macbeth
n Trailblazers – Britain’s Queens of n Treasures of China p59 n Benjamin Britten – Noye’s – TR Warszawa p100
TV Comedy p45 Fludde p64
n Meine faire Dame Sunday 19 August south of england midlands

– Ein Sprachlabor – Christoph n Treasures of China p59 n Much Ado About Nothing –
Marthaler p91 london n See No Evil p40 Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Silviu Pucarete’s Gulliver’s n Kids Week in the West n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
Travels p93 End p90 response p41
n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Monday 20 August
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n aMAZEme p85 south of england
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n SECRETS: Hidden London london n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Cabaret p44 – Northala p82 n Julius Caesar – Royal – Absurd Person Singular p88
n BBC Three Comedy n Showtime – Entertainment Shakespeare Company p100 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Marathon p44 Everywhere p82 n Kids Week in the West – Surprises p88
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n BBC Prom 49 p76 End p90 n DruidMurphy
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Shakespeare: Staging The World n aMAZEme p85 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89
Ditty Boxes p35 The BP Exhibition p59 n SECRETS: Hidden London n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul – Northala p82 n Treasures of China p59
Things Unseen p35 dos Ventos p34 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BT Road to 2012 p35 Everywhere p82
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Casa Brazil p36 n BBC Prom 50 p76 Tuesday 21 August
n The Changing Room p41 n BBC Proms Chamber
wales n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Music 6 p76 london
n Coriolan/us – National Theatre Commission p42 n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Julius Caesar – Royal
Wales p98 The BP Exhibition p59 Shakespeare Company p100
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman scotland n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n Kids Week in the West
– Making Triangles p40 n Meine faire Dame dos Ventos p34 End p90
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms – Ein Sprachlabor – Christoph n BT Road to 2012 p35 n aMAZEme p85
of Dreams p42 Marthaler p91 n Casa Brazil p36 n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Silviu Pucarete’s Gulliver’s n The Changing Room p41 – Northala p82
northern ireland Travels p93 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Showtime – Entertainment
n Benjamin Britten – Noye’s n NVA – Speed of Light p81 Commission p42 Everywhere p82
Fludde p64 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n BBC Prom 51 p76
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth scotland n Shakespeare: Staging The World
Cabaret p44 n Silviu Pucarete’s Gulliver’s The BP Exhibition p59
north of england n BBC Three Comedy Travels p93 n Trailblazers – Britain’s Queens of
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Marathon p44 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 TV Comedy p45
and Let Them Sing p37 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth dos Ventos p34
Display p39 Ditty Boxes p35 Cabaret p44 n BT Road to 2012 p35
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n BBC Three Comedy n Casa Brazil p36
midlands Things Unseen p35 Marathon p44 n The Changing Room p41
n A Midsummer Night’s Dream (As n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Commission p42
n Much Ado About Nothing – Ditty Boxes p35
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 wales n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: scotland
n Troilus and Cressida – Royal n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Things Unseen p35 n NVA – Speed of Light p81
Shakespeare Company and The – Making Triangles p40 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
Wooster Group p104 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 of Dreams p42 Cabaret p44
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist wales n BBC Three Comedy
response p41 northern ireland n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Marathon p44
n Benjamin Britten – Noye’s – Making Triangles p40 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45
south of england Fludde p64 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 of Dreams p42 Ditty Boxes p35
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill north of england northern ireland Things Unseen p35
– Surprises p88 n Niet Normaal – Difference on n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
n DruidMurphy Display p39 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 Edinburgh Art Festival p41
– Plays by Tom Murphy p89
n Treasures of China p59 midlands north of england wales
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Niet Normaal – Difference n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
Global Alchemy p40 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist on Display p39 – Making Triangles p40
n See No Evil p40 response p41 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
of Dreams p42
northern ireland n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Trailblazers – Britain’s Queens n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 Ditty Boxes p35 of TV Comedy p45 n Treasures of China p59
n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
Things Unseen p35 dos Ventos p34
north of england n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BT Road to 2012 p35 Friday 24 August
n Niet Normaal – Difference Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Casa Brazil p36
on Display p39 n The Changing Room p41 uk wide
wales n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Channel 4 House Party p56
midlands n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Commission p42
n Much Ado About Nothing – – Making Triangles p40 london
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms scotland n Cesario p98
n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare of Dreams p42 n Les Naufragés Du Fol Espoir n Julius Caesar – Royal
Company p102 (Aurores) – Ariane Mnouchkine p91 Shakespeare Company p100
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 northern ireland n The Rape of Lucrece – Camille n Kids Week in the West
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray p103 End p90
response p41 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n aMAZEme p85
south of england north of england n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n SECRETS: Hidden London
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Niet Normaal – Difference Cabaret p44 – Northala p82
– Absurd Person Singular p88 on Display p39 n BBC Three Comedy n Showtime – Entertainment
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Marathon p44 Everywhere p82
– Surprises p88 midlands n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n BBC Prom 55 p76
n DruidMurphy n King John – Royal Shakespeare n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Shakespeare: Staging The World
– Plays by Tom Murphy p89 Company p100 Ditty Boxes p35 The BP Exhibition p59
n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 n Much Ado About Nothing – n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
n Treasures of China p59 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Things Unseen p35 dos Ventos p34
n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n BT Road to 2012 p35
Company p102 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 n Casa Brazil p36
Wednesday 22 August n Stockhausen – Mittwoch n The Changing Room p41
aus Licht p69 wales n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
london n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Commission p42
n Cesario p98 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist – Making Triangles p40
n Julius Caesar – Royal response p41 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms scotland
Shakespeare Company p100 of Dreams p42 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream
n Kids Week in the West south of england (As You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98
End p90 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill northern ireland n Les Naufragés Du Fol Espoir
n aMAZEme p85 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 (Aurores) – Ariane Mnouchkine p91
n SECRETS: Hidden London n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n The Rape of Lucrece – Camille
– Northala p82 – Surprises p88 O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray p103
n Showtime – Entertainment n DruidMurphy north of england n NVA – Speed of Light p81
Everywhere p82 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Niet Normaal – Difference n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
n BBC Prom 52 p76 n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 on Display p39 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth
n BBC Prom 53 p76 n Treasures of China p59 Cabaret p44
n Shakespeare: Staging The World midlands n BBC Three Comedy
The BP Exhibition p59 n Much Ado About Nothing – Marathon p44
n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul Thursday 23 August Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45
dos Ventos p34 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n BT Road to 2012 p35 london Company p102 Ditty Boxes p35
n Casa Brazil p36 n Cesario p98 n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n The Changing Room p41 n Julius Caesar – Royal Shakespeare Company p103 Things Unseen p35
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Shakespeare Company p100 n Stockhausen – Mittwoch n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
Commission p42 n Kids Week in the West aus Licht p69 Edinburgh Art Festival p41
End p90 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
scotland n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist wales
n The Rape of Lucrece – Camille n aMAZEme p85 response p41 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray p103 n SECRETS: Hidden London – Making Triangles p40
n NVA – Speed of Light p81 – Northala p82 south of england n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Showtime – Entertainment n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill of Dreams p42
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth Everywhere p82 – Absurd Person Singular p88
Cabaret p44 n BBC Prom 54 p76 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill northern ireland
n BBC Three Comedy n Shakespeare: Staging The World – Surprises p88 n Devoted and Disgruntled
Marathon p44 The BP Exhibition p59 n DruidMurphy Roadshow – Improbable p89
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89
n Krapp’s Last Tape – Robert n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist wales
Wilson p91 Commission p42 response p41 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
n The Sacred Truce – Making Triangles p40
– Ursula Rani Sarma p94 scotland south of england n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill of Dreams p42
n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 (As You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Sinead O’Donnell n Les Naufragés Du Fol Espoir n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill northern ireland
– CAUTION p41 (Aurores) – Ariane Mnouchkine p91 – Surprises p88 n Krapp’s Last Tape – Robert
n The Rape of Lucrece – Camille n DruidMurphy Wilson p91
north of england O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray p103 – Plays by Tom Murphy p89 n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34
n Lawnmowers – Boomba Down n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n Out of Water p92 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37
the Tyne p80 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
n Niet Normaal – Difference n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n Treasures of China p59 north of england
on Display p39 Cabaret p44 n Niet Normaal – Difference
n BBC Three Comedy on Display p39
midlands Marathon p44 Sunday 26 August
n King John – Royal Shakespeare n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 midlands
Company p100 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: uk wide n Twelfth Night – Royal
n Much Ado About Nothing – Ditty Boxes p35 n Channel 4 House Party p56 Shakespeare Company p104
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n Twelfth Night – Royal Things Unseen p35 london n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
Shakespeare Company p104 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Kids Week in the West response p41
n Stockhausen – Mittwoch Edinburgh Art Festival p41 End p90
aus Licht p69 n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 south of england
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 wales n Rio – London Carnival p82 n Out of Water p92
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n SECRETS: Hidden London n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
response p41 – Making Triangles p40 – Northala p82 n Treasures of China p59
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Showtime – Entertainment
south of england of Dreams p42 Everywhere p82
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n BBC Prom 57 p76 Monday 27 August
– Absurd Person Singular p88 northern ireland n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Devoted and Disgruntled The BP Exhibition p59 london
– Surprises p88 Roadshow – Improbable p89 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n Julius Caesar – Royal
n DruidMurphy n Krapp’s Last Tape – Robert dos Ventos p34 Shakespeare Company p100
– Plays by Tom Murphy p89 Wilson p91 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Kids Week in the West
n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 n Paralympic Flame n Casa Brazil p36 End p90
n Treasures of China p59 Festival p81 n The Changing Room p41 n Rio – London Carnival p82
n Gavin Bryars Ensemble n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n SECRETS: Hidden London
– The Sinking of the Titanic Commission p42 – Northala p82
Saturday 25 August & The Beckett Songbook p65 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 scotland Everywhere p82
uk wide n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n A Midsummer Night’s Dream n BBC Prom 58 p76
n Channel 4 House Party p56 n Sinead O’Donnell (As You Like It) – Dmitry Krymov p98 n BBC Prom 59 p76
– CAUTION p41 n The Rape of Lucrece – Camille n BBC Proms Chamber
london O’Sullivan and Feargal Murray p103 Music 7 p76
n Cesario p98 north of england n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Julius Caesar – Royal n Lawnmowers – Boomba Down n Paralympic Flame The BP Exhibition p59
Shakespeare Company p100 the Tyne p80 Festival p81 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
n Kids Week in the West n Niet Normaal – Difference n BBC Comedy Presents... p44 dos Ventos p34
End p90 on Display p39 n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n BT Road to 2012 p35
n You Me Bum Bum Train p95 Cabaret p44 n Casa Brazil p36
n SECRETS: Hidden London midlands n BBC Three Comedy n The Changing Room p41
– Northala p82 n King John – Royal Shakespeare Marathon p44 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n Showtime – Entertainment Company p100 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 Commission p42
Everywhere p82 n Much Ado About Nothing – n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n BBC Prom 56 p76 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Ditty Boxes p35 scotland
n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
The BP Exhibition p59 Company p102 Things Unseen p35 Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90
n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Les Naufragés Du Fol Espoir
dos Ventos p34 Shakespeare Company p103 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 (Aurores) – Ariane Mnouchkine p91
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Stockhausen – Mittwoch n NVA – Speed of Light p81
n Casa Brazil p36 aus Licht p69 n BBC Comedy Presents... p44
n The Changing Room p41 n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
n BBC Radio 1’s Fun and Filth n SECRETS: Hidden London n Paralympic Flame Lighting n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal
Cabaret p44 – Northala p82 Ceremony p81 Shakespeare Company p103
n BBC Three Comedy n Showtime – Entertainment n Eliza Carthy – Welcome n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
Marathon p44 Everywhere p82 Songs p65 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n BBC Prom 60 p77 n Treasures of China p59 response p41
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Shakespeare: Staging The World
Ditty Boxes p35 The BP Exhibition p59 south of england
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Trailblazers – Britain’s Queens of Wednesday 29 August n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Things Unseen p35 TV Comedy p45 – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul london n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 dos Ventos p34 n Julius Caesar – Royal – Surprises p88
n BT Road to 2012 p35 Shakespeare Company p100 n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
wales n Casa Brazil p36 n Kids Week in the West n Sue Austin – Creating the
n Paralympic Flame n The Changing Room p41 End p90 Spectacle p88
Festival p81 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n What You Will: Pop Up n Treasures of China p59
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Commission p42 Shakespeare p95
– Making Triangles p40 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms scotland Everywhere p82 Thursday 30 August
of Dreams p42 n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n BBC Prom 61 p77
Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 n BBC Prom 62 p77 london
northern ireland n Les Naufragés Du Fol Espoir n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Julius Caesar – Royal
n Krapp’s Last Tape – Robert (Aurores) – Ariane Mnouchkine p91 The BP Exhibition p59 Shakespeare Company p100
Wilson p91 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n Kids Week in the West
n Atom Egoyan – Steenbeckett p34 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: dos Ventos p34 End p90
n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 Ditty Boxes p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n What You Will: Pop Up
n Sinead O’Donnell n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Casa Brazil p36 Shakespeare p95
– CAUTION p41 Things Unseen p35 n The Changing Room p41 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Everywhere p82
north of england Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Commission p42 n BBC Prom 63 p77
n Lawnmowers – Boomba Down n Shakespeare: Staging The World
the Tyne p80 wales scotland The BP Exhibition p59
n Niet Normaal – Difference n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
on Display p39 – Making Triangles p40 Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 dos Ventos p34
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n BT Road to 2012 p35
midlands of Dreams p42 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Casa Brazil p36
n Much Ado About Nothing – Things Unseen p35 n The Changing Room p41
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 northern ireland n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Commission p42
Company p102 n Sinead O’Donnell
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 – CAUTION p41 wales scotland
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
response p41 north of england – Making Triangles p40 Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90
n Niet Normaal – Difference n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n NVA – Speed of Light p81
south of england on Display p39 of Dreams p42 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Things Unseen p35
– Absurd Person Singular p88 midlands n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n King John – Royal Shakespeare northern ireland Edinburgh Art Festival p41
– Surprises p88 Company p100 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37
n Out of Water p92 n Much Ado About Nothing – n Sinead O’Donnell wales
n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 – CAUTION p41 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
n Treasures of China p59 n The Tempest – Royal – Making Triangles p40
Shakespeare Company p104 north of england n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Crystal Ball p36 of Dreams p42
Tuesday 28 August n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Niet Normaal – Difference
response p41 on Display p39 northern ireland
london n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37
n Julius Caesar – Royal south of england midlands n Sinead O’Donnell
Shakespeare Company p100 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n King John – Royal Shakespeare – CAUTION p41
n Kids Week in the West – Absurd Person Singular p88 Company p100
End p90 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Much Ado About Nothing – north of england
n What You Will: Pop Up – Surprises p88 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45
Shakespeare p95 n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Crystal Ball p36
Company p102
daily diary 1 September
n Niet Normaal – Difference n Marc Brew Company – Fusional south of england n The Changing Room p41
on Display p39 Fragments p51 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul – Absurd Person Singular p88 Commission p42
Global Alchemy p40 dos Ventos p34 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture
n BT Road to 2012 p35 – Surprises p88 Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
midlands n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
n King John – Royal Shakespeare Limbo Landing p36 n Sue Austin – Creating the scotland
Company p100 n Casa Brazil p36 Spectacle p88 n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
n Much Ado About Nothing – n DASH Arts – M21 p36 n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Fields p81 n The Sacred Truce
n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal and Let Them Sing p37 n Treasures of China p59 – Ursula Rani Sarma p94
Shakespeare Company p103 n Maurice Orr – The Screaming n NVA – Speed of Light p81
n Twelfth Night – Royal Silence of the Wind p39 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
Shakespeare Company p104 n Paul Cummins – The English Saturday 1 September Things Unseen p35
n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 Flower Garden p40 n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the
n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited london Edinburgh Art Festival p41
response p41 Global Alchemy p40 n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre
nSinead O’Donnell Company p88 wales
south of england – CAUTION p41 n In Water I’m Weightless n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n The Changing Room p41 – Kaite O’Reilly p90 – Making Triangles p40
– Absurd Person Singular p88 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n Julius Caesar – Royal n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Commission p42 Shakespeare Company p100 of Dreams p42
– Surprises p88 n King Lear – Almeida
n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 scotland Theatre p100 northern ireland
n Sue Austin – Creating the n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Mad Gyms and Kitchens n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37
Spectacle p88 Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 – Bobby Baker p91 n Sinead O’Donnell
n Treasures of China p59 n NVA – Speed of Light p81 n The Ugly Spirit – Fittings p94 – CAUTION p41
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n What You Will: Pop Up
Things Unseen p35 Shakespeare p95 north of england
Friday 31 August n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Showtime – Entertainment n YesYesNo – Connecting Light p59
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Everywhere p82 n Crystal Ball p36
london n BBC Prom 66 p77 n Niet Normaal – Difference
n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre wales n BBC Prom 67 p77 on Display p39
Company p88 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney
n In Water I’m Weightless – Making Triangles p40 Singers p65 midlands
– Kaite O’Reilly p90 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99
n Julius Caesar – Royal of Dreams p42 The BP Exhibition p59 n Much Ado About Nothing –
Shakespeare Company p100 n Chris Tally Evans – Turning Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Kids Week in the West northern ireland Points p56 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare
End p90 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Diverse City – Breathe p56 Company p102
n King Lear – Almeida n Sinead O’Donnell n Joel Simon n The Tempest – Royal
Theatre p100 – CAUTION p41 – MACROPOLIS p56 Shakespeare Company p104
n Mad Gyms and Kitchens n Simon McKeown – Motion n Twelfth Night – Royal
– Bobby Baker p91 north of england Disabled Unlimited p57 Shakespeare Company p104
n What You Will: Pop Up n YesYesNo – Connecting Light p59 n Sue Austin – Creating the n Boyd & Evans – Views p35
Shakespeare p95 n Crystal Ball p36 Spectacle p57 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist
n Showtime – Entertainment n Niet Normaal – Difference n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul response p41
Everywhere p82 on Display p39 dos Ventos p34
n BBC Prom 64 p77 n BT Road to 2012 p35 south of england
n BBC Prom 65 p77 midlands n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99 Limbo Landing p36 – Absurd Person Singular p88
Singers p65 n Much Ado About Nothing – n Casa Brazil p36 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Shakespeare: Staging The World Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n DASH Arts – M21 p36 – Surprises p88
The BP Exhibition p59 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Robert Wilson – Walking p93
n Chris Tally Evans – Turning Company p102 and Let Them Sing p37 n Sue Austin – Creating the
Points p56 n Twelfth Night – Royal n Maurice Orr – The Screaming Spectacle p88
n Diverse City – Breathe p56 Shakespeare Company p104 Silence of the Wind p39 n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic
n Joel Simon n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 n Paul Cummins – The English Fields p81
– MACROPOLIS p56 n Staffordshire Hoard – an artist Flower Garden p40 n Red Baraat p68
n Simon McKeown – Motion response p41 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Treasures of China p59
Disabled Unlimited p57 Global Alchemy p40
n Sue Austin – Creating the nSinead O’Donnell
Spectacle p57 – CAUTION p41
2 September daily diary
Sunday 2 September n Susan Philipsz Timeline at the n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving Tuesday 4 September
Edinburgh Art Festival p41 Limbo Landing p36
london n Casa Brazil p36 london
n Bee Detective – Tin Bath Theatre wales n DASH Arts – M21 p36 n Julius Caesar – Royal
Company p88 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Shakespeare Company p100
n Mad Gyms and Kitchens – Making Triangles p40 and Let Them Sing p37 n King Lear – Almeida
– Bobby Baker p91 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Maurice Orr – The Screaming Theatre p100
n Stumble danceCircus – Box of Dreams p42 Silence of the Wind p39 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens
of Frogs p93 n Paul Cummins – The English – Bobby Baker p91
n The Ugly Spirit – Fittings p94 northern ireland Flower Garden p40 n What You Will: Pop Up
n What You Will: Pop Up n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Shakespeare p95
Shakespeare p95 Global Alchemy p40 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Lawnmowers – Samba north of england nSinead O’Donnell Everywhere p82
Ceilidh p80 n Crystal Ball p36 – CAUTION p41 n BBC Prom 71 p77
n Showtime – Entertainment n Niet Normaal – Difference n The Changing Room p41 n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney
Everywhere p82 on Display p39 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Singers p65
n BBC Prom 68 p77 Commission p42 n Simon Allen – Resonance at the
n BBC Prom 69 p77 midlands n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture Still Point of Change p69
n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
Singers p65 Shakespeare Company p103 The BP Exhibition p59
n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Boyd & Evans – Views p35 scotland n Chris Tally Evans – Turning
The BP Exhibition p59 n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and Points p56
n Chris Tally Evans – Turning south of england Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 n Diverse City – Breathe p56
Points p56 n Robert Wilson – Walking p93 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Joel Simon
n Diverse City – Breathe p56 n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic Things Unseen p35 – MACROPOLIS p56
n Joel Simon Fields p81 n Simon McKeown – Motion
– MACROPOLIS p56 n Treasures of China p59 wales Disabled Unlimited p57
n Simon McKeown – Motion n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Sue Austin – Creating the
Disabled Unlimited p57 – Making Triangles p40 Spectacle p57
n Sue Austin – Creating the Monday 3 September n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
Spectacle p57 of Dreams p42 dos Ventos p34
n Ha Ha Hackney: Looking london n BT Road to 2012 p35
Black p44 n Julius Caesar – Royal northern ireland n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving
n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul Shakespeare Company p100 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 Limbo Landing p36
dos Ventos p34 n King Lear – Almeida n Sinead O’Donnell n Casa Brazil p36
n BT Road to 2012 p35 Theatre p100 – CAUTION p41 n DASH Arts – M21 p36
n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving n Stumble danceCircus – Box n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up
Limbo Landing p36 of Frogs p93 north of england and Let Them Sing p37
n Casa Brazil p36 n The Ugly Spirit – Fittings p94 n Africa Express p63 n Maurice Orr – The Screaming
n DASH Arts – M21 p36 n What You Will: Pop Up Silence of the Wind p39
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up Shakespeare p95 midlands n Paul Cummins – The English
and Let Them Sing p37 n Showtime – Entertainment n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99 Flower Garden p40
n Maurice Orr – The Screaming Everywhere p82 n King John – Royal Shakespeare n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited
Silence of the Wind p39 n BBC Prom 70 p77 Company p100 Global Alchemy p40
n Paul Cummins – The English n BBC Proms Chamber n Much Ado About Nothing – nSinead O’Donnell
Flower Garden p40 Music 8 p77 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 – CAUTION p41
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney n The Changing Room p41
Global Alchemy p40 Singers p65 south of england n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall
n Sinead O’Donnell n Shakespeare: Staging The World n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Commission p42
– CAUTION p41 The BP Exhibition p59 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture
n The Changing Room p41 n Chris Tally Evans – Turning n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Foundation at Exhibition Road p42
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Points p56 – Surprises p88
Commission p42 n Diverse City – Breathe p56 n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic scotland
n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture n Joel Simon Fields p81 n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 – MACROPOLIS p56 n Treasures of China p59 Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90
n Simon McKeown – Motion n Africa Express p63
scotland Disabled Unlimited p57 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n Sue Austin – Creating the Things Unseen p35
Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 Spectacle p57
n Red Baraat p68 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul northern ireland
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: dos Ventos p34 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37
Things Unseen p35 n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Sinead O’Donnell
– CAUTION p41
wales n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving Thursday 6 September scotland

n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Limbo Landing p36 n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and
– Making Triangles p40 n Casa Brazil p36 london Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n DASH Arts – M21 p36 n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change:
of Dreams p42 n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Julius Caesar – Royal Things Unseen p35
and Let Them Sing p37 Shakespeare Company p100
north of england n Maurice Orr – The Screaming n King Lear – Almeida wales
n Red Baraat p68 Silence of the Wind p39 Theatre p100 n Branches – National Theatre
n Paul Cummins – The English n Mad Gyms and Kitchens Wales p88
midlands Flower Garden p40 – Bobby Baker p91 n Africa Express p63
n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99 n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Skewered Snails – Ramesh n Richard La Trobe-Bateman
n Much Ado About Nothing – Global Alchemy p40 Meyyappan p93 – Making Triangles p40
Royal Shakespeare Company p101 nSinead O’Donnell n The Garden – Graeae and n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms
n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare – CAUTION p41 Strange Fruit p83 of Dreams p42
Company p102 n The Changing Room p41 n Wah! Wah! Girls p95
n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n What You Will: Pop Up northern ireland
Shakespeare Company p103 Commission p42 Shakespeare p95 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37
n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture n Worlds Together – Education n Sinead O’Donnell
south of england Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 Conference p105 – CAUTION p41
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Showtime – Entertainment
– Absurd Person Singular p88 scotland Everywhere p82 midlands
n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n BBC Prom 73 p77 n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99
– Surprises p88 Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 n BBC Prom 74 p77 n Much Ado About Nothing –
n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney Royal Shakespeare Company p101
Fields p81 Things Unseen p35 Singers p65 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare
n Treasures of China p59 n Jez Colborne – Irresistible p66 Company p102
wales n Shakespeare: Staging The World n The Tempest – Royal
n Branches – National Theatre The BP Exhibition p59 Shakespeare Company p104
Wednesday 5 September Wales p88 n Chris Tally Evans – Turning n Twelfth Night – Royal
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman Points p56 Shakespeare Company p104
london – Making Triangles p40 n Diverse City – Breathe p56 n Red Baraat p68
n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n Joel Simon
n Julius Caesar – Royal of Dreams p42 – MACROPOLIS p56 south of england
Shakespeare Company p100 n Simon McKeown – Motion n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n King Lear – Almeida northern ireland Disabled Unlimited p57 – Absurd Person Singular p88
Theatre p100 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Sue Austin – Creating n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Mad Gyms and Kitchens n Sinead O’Donnell the Spectacle p57 – Surprises p88
– Bobby Baker p91 – CAUTION p41 n Candoco Unlimited p50 n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic
n What You Will: Pop Up n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul Fields p81
Shakespeare p95 north of england dos Ventos p34 n Treasures of China p59
n Showtime – Entertainment n Devoted and Disgruntled n BT Road to 2012 p35
Everywhere p82 Roadshow – Improbable p89 n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving
n BBC Prom 72 p77 Limbo Landing p36 Friday 7 September
n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney midlands n Casa Brazil p36
Singers p65 n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99 n DASH Arts – M21 p36 london
n Jez Colborne – Irresistible p66 n King John – Royal Shakespeare n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93
n Shakespeare: Staging The World Company p100 and Let Them Sing p37 n Julius Caesar – Royal
The BP Exhibition p59 n Much Ado About Nothing – n Maurice Orr – The Screaming Shakespeare Company p100
n Chris Tally Evans – Turning Royal Shakespeare Company p101 Silence of the Wind p39 n King Lear – Almeida
oints p56 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare n Paul Cummins – The English Theatre p100
n Diverse City – Breathe p56 Company p102 Flower Garden p40 n Mad Gyms and Kitchens
n Joel Simon n Twelfth Night – Royal n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited – Bobby Baker p91
– MACROPOLIS p56 Shakespeare Company p104 Global Alchemy p40 n The Garden – Graeae and
n Simon McKeown – Motion n Sinead O’Donnell Strange Fruit p83
Disabled Unlimited p57 south of england – CAUTION p41 n Wah! Wah! Girls p95
n Sue Austin – Creating the n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n The Changing Room p41 n What You Will: Pop Up
Spectacle p57 – Absurd Person Singular p88 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Shakespeare p95
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill Commission p42 n Worlds Together – Education
Global Alchemy p51 – Surprises p88 n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture Conference p105
n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 n Showtime – Entertainment
dos Ventos p34 Fields p81 Everywhere p82
n BT Road to 2012 p35 n Treasures of China p59 n BBC Prom 75 p77
8 September daily diary
n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney north of england n Sue Austin – Creating the n We Play Expo: Humble
Singers p65 n We Play Expo: Digital Spectacle p57 Market p57
n Shakespeare: Staging The World Caravans p57 n Claire Cunningham – Ménage à
The BP Exhibition p59 n We Play Expo: Emoto Trois p50 midlands
n Chris Tally Evans – Turning – Visualising Global Emotion p57 n David Toole and Lucy Hind n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99
Points p56 n We Play Expo: Handprint p57 – The Impending Storm p51 n King John – Royal Shakespeare
n Diverse City – Breathe p56 n We Play Expo: Humble n Janice Parker – Private Company p100
n Joel Simon Market p57 Dancer p51 n Much Ado About Nothing –
– MACROPOLIS p56 n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul Royal Shakespeare Company p101
n Simon McKeown – Motion midlands dos Ventos p34 n Richard III – Royal Shakespeare
Disabled Unlimited p57 n Forests – Calixto Bieito p99 n BT Road to 2012 p35 Company p102
n Sue Austin – Creating the n King John – Royal Shakespeare n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving n The Comedy Of Errors – Royal
Spectacle p57 Company p100 Limbo Landing p36 Shakespeare Company p103
n David Toole and Lucy Hind n Much Ado About Nothing – n Casa Brazil p36
– The Impending Storm p51 Royal Shakespeare Company p101 n DASH Arts – M21 p36 south of england
n Janice Parker – Private n The Tempest – Royal n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
Dancer p51 Shakespeare Company p104 and Let Them Sing p37 – Absurd Person Singular p88
n Laurence Clark – Inspired p45 n Mandala p80 n Maurice Orr – The Screaming n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill
n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul n Red Baraat p68 Silence of the Wind p39 – Surprises p88
dos Ventos p34 n Paul Cummins – The English n Générik Vapeur
n BT Road to 2012 p35 south of england Flower Garden p40 – Waterlitz p80
n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic
Limbo Landing p36 – Absurd Person Singular p88 Global Alchemy p40 Fields p81
n Casa Brazil p36 n Alan Ayckbourn – Double Bill nSinead O’Donnell n Treasures of China p59
n DASH Arts – M21 p36 – Surprises p88 – CAUTION p41
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic n The Changing Room p41
and Let Them Sing p37 Fields p81 n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Sunday 9 September
n Maurice Orr – The Screaming n Africa Express p63 Commission p42
Silence of the Wind p39 n Treasures of China p59 n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture uk wide
n Paul Cummins – The English Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 n Bandstand Marathon p63
Flower Garden p40
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited Saturday 8 September scotland london
Global Alchemy p40 n Devoted and Disgruntled n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93
n Sinead O’Donnell london Roadshow – Improbable p89 n The Garden – Graeae
– CAUTION p41 n Carnesky Tarot Drome p93 n Michael Clark at Glasgow and Strange Fruit p83
n The Changing Room p41 n Julius Caesar – Royal Barrowland p51 n What You Will: Pop Up
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall Shakespeare Company p100 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: Shakespeare p95
Commission p42 n King Lear – Almeida Things Unseen p35 n Showtime – Entertainment
n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture Theatre p100 Everywhere p82
Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 n The Garden – Graeae and wales n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney
Strange Fruit p83 n Branches – National Theatre Singers p65
scotland n Wah! Wah! Girls p95 Wales p88 n Shakespeare: Staging The World
n Imaginate: Andy Cannon and n What You Will: Pop Up n Richard La Trobe-Bateman The BP Exhibition p59
Mull Theatre – Scota-land p90 Shakespeare p95 – Making Triangles p40 n Chris Tally Evans – Turning
n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Worlds Together – Education n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms Points p56
Things Unseen p35 Conference p105 of Dreams p42 n Diverse City – Breathe p56
n A Hansel of Film – Shetland n Showtime – Entertainment n Joel Simon
to Southampton and back p54 Everywhere p82 northern ireland – MACROPOLIS p56
n Africa Express p63 n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Simon McKeown – Motion
wales n BBC Prom 76 p77 n Humble Market-Place p37 Disabled Unlimited p57
n Branches – National Theatre n Heart n Soul – The Dean Rodney n Sinead O’Donnell n Sue Austin – Creating
Wales p88 Singers p65 – CAUTION p41 the Spectacle p57
n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Jez Colborne – Irresistible p66 n Janice Parker – Private
– Making Triangles p40 n Shakespeare: Staging The World north of england Dancer p51
n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms The BP Exhibition p59 n Jorge Macchi – Liverpool n Ha Ha Hackney: The Golden
of Dreams p42 n Chris Tally Evans – Turning Biennial 2012 p37 Years of Variety p45
Points p56 n Oded Hirsch – Liverpool n Arthur Bispo do Rosário – Azul
northern ireland n Diverse City – Breathe p56 Biennial 2012 p39 dos Ventos p34
n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Joel Simon n We Play Expo: Digital n BT Road to 2012 p35
n Humble Market-Place p37 – MACROPOLIS p56 Caravans p57 n Caroline Bowditch – Leaving
n Sinead O’Donnell n Simon McKeown – Motion n We Play Expo: Emoto – Limbo Landing p36
– CAUTION p41 Disabled Unlimited p57 Visualising Global Emotion p57 n DASH Arts – M21 p36
n We Play Expo: Handprint p57
northern ireland midlands
n Helen Petts – Throw Them Up scotland
and Let Them Sing p37 n Michael Clark at Glasgow n Hans Peter Kuhn – Flags p37 n Twelfth Night – Royal
n Maurice Orr – The Screaming Barrowland p51 n Humble Market-Place p37 Shakespeare Company p104
Silence of the Wind p39 n Cape Farewell – Sea Change: n Mandala p80
n Paul Cummins – The English Things Unseen p35 north of england n Sunday Fiesta World Event
Flower Garden p40 n Jorge Macchi – Liverpool Young Artists 2012 p83
n Rachel Gadsden – Unlimited wales Biennial 2012 p37
Global Alchemy p40 n Richard La Trobe-Bateman n Oded Hirsch – Liverpool south of england
nSinead O’Donnell – Making Triangles p40 Biennial 2012 p39 n Pierre Sauvageot – Harmonic
– CAUTION p41 n Wendy Ramshaw – Rooms n We Play Expo: Digital Fields p81
n The Changing Room p41 of Dreams p42 Caravans p57 n Red Baraat p68
n Tino Sehgal – The Turbine Hall n We Play Expo: Emoto n Treasures of China p59
Commission p42 – Visualising Global Emotion p57
n Tony Cragg – Cass Sculpture n We Play Expo: Handprint p57
Foundation at Exhibition Road p42 n We Play Expo: Humble
Market p57
Einstein on the Beach, page 65
The road
to Rio
The London 2012 Festival closes on 9 September. But
that won’t be the end of the story. It should leave great
artistic commissions, great memories, opportunities for
new audiences, even new jobs, and more
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 Kapoor’s largest ever
artwork, will remain as a visitor
attraction in the Olympic Park. Joint adventures
Rachel Whiteread’s new façade for When organisers started on the
the Whitechapel Gallery is an Festival journey in 2008 they
enduring monument in stone for all aimed to make a lasting difference.
to see; and anybody who bought They wanted to encourage both
an official poster for the Games will tourists and UK residents to
have their own artwork at home. experience the country’s cultural
The artistic legacy is not simply riches and inspire people to come
about the number of new works to cultural events for the first time.
created, but also about great They also aimed to bring culture
images and memories for all of us. into the centre of the Olympic and
Tweet your thoughts and share your Paralympic Games.
experiences on the Festival website This has been achieved by
and you will help create a unique creating innovative partnerships:
collection of memories of a summer public funders and private
that will be like no other. 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
Cate Blanchett’s
will outlive the Festival. Legacy Trust
unforgettable
UK, BP and Arts Council England,
performance in Big &
Small at the Barbican, for example, are using the event as
co-commissioned by a springboard for 1,000 young
Sydney, Paris, Vienna, unemployed people in the Host
the Ruhr and the Boroughs to get jobs in the arts
London 2012 Festival over the next few years.
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Goodbye, London
The next UK city in the cultural
limelight is Derry/Londonderry,
UK City of Culture 2013. A joint
programme with the London 2012
Festival will help show off
Derry/Londonderry’s creative
invention into 2013 and beyond.
In 2014 the Commonwealth
Games will give Scottish arts a
chance to shine. London 2012
organisers have been working
with Scottish partners on artistic
projects starting in 2012 and
building up to 2014.
Welcome Rio
In 2016, Rio de Janiero, Brazil,
hosts the next Olympic and
Paralympic Games, and for many
artists from Brazil and the UK, the
artistic journey starts in the London
2012 Festival.
In Rio Occupations London, 30
Rio artists burst on to the streets of
the capital for an exuberant 30-day
residency of art, music, dance,
theatre, film and poetry. Brazilian
legend Gilberto Gil and his friends
inspire young UK musicians in
Back2Black, and great carnival
artists work together for the first time
from the Isle of Wight to Tyneside.
This includes the world’s 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’ – that’s goodnight,
and good luck.

Thanks to
Cultural Olympiad
board members
Lord Hall CBE (Chairman) Sir Nicholas Kenyon CBE Nicholas Snowman
Nick Allott Neil MacGregor OM Mark Thompson
Jackie Brock-Doyle Dugald Mackie
Alan Davey Munira Mirza Observers
Vikki Heywood Bill Morris LVO Nick Cady (Secretary)
Jude Kelly OBE Greg Nugent Roger Mosey
Sir Nicholas Serota Dame Janet Paraskeva DBE
Cultural Olympiad and

London 2012 Festival team
Chris Adams Tessa Gordziejko Su Moore

Stephanie Akinyelure Tuesday Gutierrez John Mortlock
Omer Ali Fran Hegyi Wahome Muchiri
Leonie Bell Jo Hemmant Sarah Naisby
Chenine Bhathena Nigel Hinds Geraldine Oakley
Erica Bolton Liz Hughes Alex Poots
Paul Brookes Claire Hutchinson Kendrah Potts
Francesca Canty Will Hutchinson Martin Sainsbury
Louise Champion Elizabeth Kaye Sandip Sarai
Louise Chantal Paul Kaynes Sally Shaw
Symi Cheema Debbi Lander Justine Simons
Jennifer Crook Caterina Loriggio Cian Smyth
Richard Crowe Anna Lowe Eckhard Thiemann
Nick Dodds Ruth Mackenzie OBE Jenny Waldman
Martin Duncan Kathryn Martindale Scott Walker
Lorna Fulton Andrea Mattis Margherita Watt
Hadrian Garrard Sir Brian McMaster Lisa Westcott Wilkins
Laia Gasch Nathalie Meghriche Gwyn Williams
Sarah Goodfellow Paul Woodmansey
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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 d’Aki; 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;
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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
Léger; Clay McBride; Marc Marnie; Sergio Martins; Alan McAteer; Martin McKeown; Kois
Miah; Monika Ritterhaus/BBC; Museu Bispo do Rosário/ Rodrigo Lopes; National Theatre of
China; Yoko Ono with her installation_Sky Ladders Photo by Stephan Crasneanscki/©Yoko
Ono; Kate Pattison; Keith Pattison; Isabel Pinto; Xiao Quan; Reuters; Rex Features; Monika
Ritterhaus; Kevin Ryan; Thomas von Salomon; Pete Schiazza; Coalbrookdale by night, by
Philippe Jacques. De Loutherbourg, 1801 © Science Museum/Science and Society Picture
Library; Judith Schlosser; Science & Society Picture Library; Herman Sorgeloos; Takahiro
Watanabe; Finlay MacKay_Evil Stella by Ayomide Jawoniyi/The Itch of The Golden Nit/
Tate Movie Project/Tate, 2011; Tino Sehgal courtesy of Andrew Dunkley/Tate Photography;
Sandra Then; Lisa Tomasetti; Mathieu Tonetti; Alison Turnbull; Luke Varley; Charlotte Vogel;
Dave Warren; Chris Watt; Rachel Whiteread; Karen Wright; Daniella Zalcman.
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Huge thanks again to our great funding
partners, sponsors and supporters
Premier Partners of the London 2012 Festival
Principal Funders of the London 2012 Festival
Supporters of the London 2012 Festival
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Winning T
he Cultural Olympiad has to be part of London 2012.
already created many New collaborations include the
partnerships and a real Olympic Journey: Story of the
teamwork
legacy. Frequently, this Games with the Olympic Museum
is due to the involvement of our and the Royal Opera House. The
funders and sponsors. They have partnership with the Royal Opera
created new projects, worked with House also enables the BP Summer
local communities and made Big Screens, bringing the magic of
a lasting impact. live opera and ballet to audiences
The Cultural Olympiad and London The Itch of the Golden Nit
is a perfect, and award-winning,
across the UK. The National Portrait
Gallery’s Next Generation
2012 Festival have been made possible example. The film was brought
together by Tate and the creative
programme offers opportunities
for young people to engage
by the investment of organisations across magic of Aardman Animation, with portraiture through the BP
with funding from Legacy Trust UK Portrait Award. The Shakespeare:
the UK. Here, we’d like to say thank you and BP. The film has since won staging the world exhibition at
a BAFTA award – a true sign the British Museum is going to
to our Premier Partners and Principal Funders of a remarkable partnership. be a hit of the summer, and is
part of BP’s wider support of
Long-term partnerships the World Shakespeare Festival.
Premier Partners of the London 2012 Festival BP’s involvement with the Cultural www.bp.com/london2012festival
Olympiad began in 2009 with
London 2012 Open Weekend. Share amazing experiences
In excess of three million people BT is the official communications
participated in more than 3,000 services partner of London 2012,
arts, culture and sports events over helping to share all the sporting
three years of the project. action with a global audience, but
Building on its 30-year support it understands that the Games are
Principal Funders of the London 2012 Festival for arts and culture in the UK, BP about more than just sport. BT is
is working with its four longstanding bringing people together to share
arts partners – and introducing new amazing experiences this summer.
collaborations – to help deliver more Launched in 2009, BT’s Road to
events that will inspire everyone 2012 project with the National
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Opposite page:
BT Road to 2012
(page 35). This page
clockwise from top
left: Land of Giants
(page 80); The Itch of
the Golden Nit (page
57); Simon McKeown
– Motion Disabled
Unlimited (page 57);
The Rest is Silence
– dreamthinkspeak
(page 104)
Portrait Gallery is creating 100 from Unlimited, the largest-ever The OLD is also supporting
new photographic portraits that tell programme of ambitious work by many of the flagship Festival
the stories of the people behind the disabled and deaf artists, and projects, including the World
Games from the bid phase, through Stories of the World, where 1,500 Shakespeare Festival, Fire
venue construction, to the athletes young people were recruited as Garden, Peace Camp and the
aiming for a place in the British curators, and Artists taking the lead, Unlimited commissions. www.
Olympic and Paralympic teams. a series of 12 artist commissions olympiclotterydistributor.org.uk
BT is supporting the re-release of across the nation.
the digitally restored version of the Arts Council England’s support Lasting legacy
British film classic Chariots of Fire in will bring great art to more people, Legacy Trust UK was set up in
cinemas across the UK this July. inspire new audiences, put artists 2007 to leave a lasting cultural
BT River of Music, also supported on an international stage, and legacy from the London 2012
by the Olympic Lottery Distributor generate new partnerships and Games by funding a wide
and Arts Council England, will collaborations. The powerful range of cultural, sporting and
welcome the world to London legacy will continue long educational activities across the
with a weekend of free live music after the Games. UK. So far more than 7 million
from across the globe, giving www.artscouncil.org.uk people have connected with
people a fantastic and free these projects.
London 2012 experience. World-class events Many of Legacy Trust UK’s
www.btlondon2012.co.uk As well as providing National projects are part of the London
The Itch of The Golden Nit, Tate Movie Project, © Tate, 2011
Lottery funding to the infrastructure 2012 Festival, including On the

Nationwide programme of the London 2012 Games, the Night Shift, which will mark the
Arts Council England is the national Olympic Lottery Distributor has 21 June opening night at Lake
Evil Stella drawn by Ayomide Jawoniyi, aged 8
development agency for the arts in supported world-class events across Windermere; Speed of Light,
England and their largest public the UK through its involvement in which will illuminate Arthur’s Seat
funder. It believes great art and the Cultural Olympiad and the in Edinburgh, and Land of Giants,
culture inspires us, brings us London 2012 Festival. which is celebrating Northern
together and teaches us about Its support for Film Nation is an Ireland’s heritage.
ourselves and the world around outstanding example of this. Over Legacy Trust UK will continue
us. Its investment has helped the past two years, Film Nation to deliver a lasting legacy for
shape a spectacular, nationwide Shorts has enabled hundreds of communities across the UK long
programme of thousands of arts young people across the UK to get after the Games have ended.
and cultural events. Projects range actively involved in film making. www.legacytrustuk.org

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London 2012 Festival

Official guide 21 June to 9 September

Art, Design & Exhibitions

Dance Poetry & Storytelling

Music Daily Diary

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Outdoor and Carnival

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Stonehenge Fire Garden,

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1. On the Night Shift

‘I’ll have butterflies in my tummy but I’ll be jumping on my toes.

‘It feels a lot better doing

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Damon Albarn is performing in

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Take a group of comics, a barge

arge that laughs

Peace Camp is just one of the

Incredible performers from

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West Africa in Manchester:

Ensemble by Benin artist

It’s being staged in a former

UK fashion designers and artists

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Who says drama has to be

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West End Live

The Royal Ballet

Rachel Whiteread façade

Tate Modern Oil Tanks

Olympic and Paralympic Posters

Get into t The Olympic Journey:

he Game The Story of the Games

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BBC Radio 1’s Hackney

Secrets: Hidden London

a secret Fields, pictured left). p82

shh ! I t’s The Pineapple Banqueting House

Streb Extreme Action

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1. Damien Hirst 2. Jubilation: 3. Tracey Emin: 4. Tanztheater 5. DruidMurphy 6. The Genius of

compiles work regarded as one to the works of repertoire of Joyce Grenfell,

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Diverse City – Breathe

Jez Colborne and Mind the

Paul Cummins – The English

Sinéad O’Donnell – CAUTION

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Toys on the run

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Event categories Daily Diary

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