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Subject: Gulbenkian Newsletter - 2 Mar

Gulbenkian Newsletter
Theatre this week...
	Wed 2 Mar 7.45pm -  There will be a post show discussion on after Wed’s show Mark Thomas Extreme Rambling: Walking the Wall Following his sell-out nationwide show ‘The Manifesto’, award-winning comedian and activist Mark Thomas returns with his brand new show: THE WALL.  This is the story of 300 000 settlers; a 750 km wall; six arrests, one stoning; too much hummus and a simple question..."Can you ever get away from it all with a good walk?" Tickets £15 Encore!Gulbenkian & Concs £10 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Thur 3 Mar 7.45pm Thinking, Feeling, Doing: Three Imaginative Dance Works Three of the best emerging choreographers in the UK bring their imaginative, inspiring dance to the Gulbenkian. Hagit Yakira traces the exchange between the ties of childhood and family and becoming your own person in Sunday Morning; Maaikor draw on desert and arctic landscapes for their unique blend of dance and poetry; and Katia Lom's Elvis, I Love You proves that the King of Rock 'n Roll still knows how to swing! Tickets £12 Encore!Gulbenkian £10 GEN £7  Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Fri 4 Mar 7.45pm Elan Promotions Jazz at The Gulbenkian Pete Cater with The Back to Buddy Rich Big Band This is one big band that jazz fans will not want to miss. The music of Buddy Rich comes to life again with Pete Cater, a truly outstanding jazz drummer, driving this 15 piece Band at a blistering pace through a repertoire of Buddy Rich’s favourite recordings. Tickets £20 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Sat 5 Mar 2pm – SOLD OUT! Kippertie Theatre The Mole who knew it was none of his Business Did you do a poo on Mole's head? Well if not you - then who? Follow Mole's travels as he meets a variety of outlandish and amusing characters along the way.  Tickets £8 Encore!Gulbenkian £7 Friends & Family ticket £35 for 5 people  3+
Theatre next week...
	Mon 7 Mar 7.45pm Moon Fool in association with Trestle Unmasked present ill met by moonlight An inventive re-imagining of Shakespeare’s well-loved play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which, Titania, Oberon and Puck play out events from their past, hosting nightly revels in their attempt to woo audiences off the path and back into the woods.  Experience some of Shakespeare’s best loved characters with a unique and amplified twist. Tickets £13 Encore!Gulbenkian £11 GEN £7 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Wed 9-Fri 11 Mar 7.45pm T:24* A Midsummer Night’s Dream Seemingly simple love story, brings dazed lovers, bumbling players and angry fairies alike to the woods where the enchantment begins. Funny, beautiful and dreamlike; numerous talented T24 actors reinvent Shakespeare’s greatest comedy play for the Gulbenkian Stage. Tickets £8 GEN & Students £5.50 *Amateur
	Sat 12 Mar 7.45pm Kathryn Tickell Band The most widely acknowledged icon of Northumbrian music joins forces with some of the UK’s most talented young musicians to present a band full of excitement and vitality.  Kathryn is the foremost exponent of the Northumbrian pipes, playing with Sting, The Chieftains, The Penguin Café Orchestra, Evelyn Glennie, Andy Sheppard and many others. Tickets £16 Encore!Gulbenkian £14 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Mon 7 Mar 7.45pm Moon Fool in association with Trestle Unmasked present ill met by moonlight An inventive re-imagining of Shakespeare’s well-loved play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in which, Titania, Oberon and Puck play out events from their past, hosting nightly revels in their attempt to woo audiences off the path and back into the woods.  Experience some of Shakespeare’s best loved characters with a unique and amplified twist. Tickets £13 Encore!Gulbenkian £11 GEN £7 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
Coming soon...
	Mon 14 Mar 7.45pm New Shoes Theatre Hurried Steps By Dacia Maraini, Translated by Sharon Wood, Directed by Nicolette Kay The powerful, stark text was written in association with Amnesty International by Italy’s foremost playwright and advocate of women’s rights.    The performance is followed by a Q&A with the audience and panel of local fieldworkers.  Tickets Free and can be booked in advance. There will also be a collection for the local women’s refuge.
	Tue 15 Mar 8pm Chortle Student Comedy Award 2011 Who is Britain’s next top comedy star?  The search starts here with Chortle’s Student Comedy Award 2011.  Run by Britain’s leading website, the competition has previously featured the likes of The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird, Lloyd Langford from BBC1’s Ask Rhod Gilbert and Radio One’s Tom Deacon, among many other fast-rising stars of stand-up. What talent will we unearth this year?  Tickets £5 Students £4 This performance will be in the Cafe Bar.
	Wed 16 Mar 7.45pm Craig Campbell Live! How much could 'Ludo' the dog on my poster have in common with his namesake 'Ludwig van B'!? Compared to King Billy C's but in choosing between talking down the compliment’s obvious hyperbole with humility as a gentleman would, or flogging it relentlessly as a desperate egotist with a black hole for a soul would, I've chosen the latter. Come to my show, or I'll hurt the dog! Tickets £12 Encore!Gulbenkian £10 (16+) Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Sat 19 Mar 7.45pm Tom Wrigglesworth Nightmare Dream Wedding Following last year’s sell-out performances, he’s back with a brand new show.  Getting to the Church on-time should be straightforward.  Unless you’re embroiled in an ordeal you knew nothing about until you awoke.  How can a megalomaniac talk-show host, a common or garden drugs baron, and very special birthday girl possibly turn a nightmare into a dream? Tickets £12 Encore!Gulbenkian £10 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
	Mon 28 Mar 7.45pm China Plate Theatre with Warwick Arts Centre & mac You’re not like the other girls Chrissy Paris 1945. Christiane waits for a ticket to England that will reunite her with her fiancé. While she waits, this irrepressible mademoiselle recounts the love story between her - an eccentric, acutely-myopic Parisian - and a tongue-tied English teacher from Staffordshire. A tender, comic portrayal of one woman's experience of love and war. Tickets £13 Encore!Gulbenkian £11 Students £7 Evening Menu available-Click here to see the Menu
Look out for: Kasai Masai Saturday 19^th March, 7:30pm Plus African Dance Workshop Kasai Masai are a five-piece band led by Nickens Nkoso performing traditional passionate rhythms deep from the heart of Congo and Africa mixed with their own urban twist, beautiful lyrics of the region and rich, uplifting beats. Impossible to stay still to! Workshop 6:30pm, Concert 7:30pm - Adults £8, Concs £5, Students £3, Children FREE Tickets: Maidstone Tourist Information Centre, Town Hall, High Street, Maidstone, ME14 1TF - 01622 602169 Kent Music, Maidstone www.equatorfestival.com
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