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Spring 2010 Newsletter

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BASE (Burton Amateur Stage Entertainers) are now in final rehearsal for this year’s panto “Dick Whittington” which will be held at “Burton Brewhouse Arts Centre” from Tuesday 16th February – Saturday 20th February 2010 each evening at 7.30p.m. and with matinees on Thursday and Saturday afternoons at 2.30p.m.

Turn again Whittington, Lord Mayor of London, where the dream becomes reality with Dick and his trusted friend Tommy the cat but on the way, there is a lot of fun from Sarah the Cook, The romance is provided by Alice Fitzwarren watched over by Alderman Fitzwarren with wonderful comedy provided by Captain and Mate. Will good overcome evil with Fairy Tinkle v Queen Rat? Will they ever be freed from the shores of Morocco by the Sultan to return for the wedding of Dick and Alice

Come along and find out with this well established company and all be big children for a few hours with “It’s behind you”

Full of adventure, romance, comedy and all those traditional ingredients you expect to see in pantomime with colourful costumes, excellent dancers all add up for that fun night out on a cold February evening.

This years chosen charity will be the “The Donna Louise Trust.

Seats available for all performances by calling the box office on (01283) 508100

BOOK EARLY AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

Tickets £8.50– Concessions £7.50

FAMILY TICKETS £27 (2 Adults & 2 Children) available Tuesday to Thursday.

Thanks to Chris Knight for info and pic.

Just to confirm that the submission dates for the 10th Small Pictures and Art work Exhibition are indeed the 4th/5th/6th March 2010. From 10am—5pm at the Brewhouse. As published.

An earlier versions of the application form contained an inconsistency as 2 sets of dates were included. This has now been amended and is reflected in the forms currently available to download.

CLICK HERE for details.

Arts East Staffs are proud to announce that James Mays’s unique Plasticine Garden is now a permanent feature in East Staffordshire.

Principal Arts Manager, Rachel Huyton, requested ownership of it following its departure from Sudbury Hall in Derbyshire earlier this year.

The aim is to link the garden to creative workshops within Cultural Services, encouraging families to learn how to “play” again through a series of plasticine workshops led by local artists and link the garden to ESBC events such as Burton in Bloom and the Gardening Olympics.

The garden will be on display on the first floor of the Octagon Shopping Centre in Burton from Saturday, February 6th, 2010 and is supported by the Burton Town Centre management team.

Paradise in Plasticine was originally conceived by James May, who is most famous for presenting Top Gear, as part of his BBC2 series James May’s Toy Stories in collaboration with Plum Pictures. The original concept was to create an original garden out of plasticine and bring this “old fashioned” play activity back into people’s lives.

Many members of the community were involved such as the Chelsea Pensioners, Jane Asher’s Catering Team, exclusive Japanese restaurateurs and Jane McAdam Freud, daughter of artist Lucian Freud, who is the grandson of Sigmund Freud, sculpted the bust of William Harbutt, art teacher, the inventor of plasticine in 1897.

William wanted non-drying clay for use by his sculpture students. Although the exact composition is a secret, Plasticine is composed of calcium salts, petroleum jelly, and long-chain aliphatic acids.

The original Plasticine was grey, but the product initially sold to the public came in four colours. It was soon available in a wide variety of bright colours.

The Harbutt company promoted Plasticine as a children’s toy by producing modelling kits in association with companies responsible for popular children’s characters such as Noddy, the Mr. Men and Paddington Bear.

James’s garden was entered into the Chelsea Flower Show and although questions were raised as to “why flowers were being entered that were not real”, it did win the People’s Choice.

The first creative workshop – Love for a Hundred Years – will take place at the Octagon Shopping Centre on Saturday, February 13th from 10.00am to 4.00pm.

Visitors are invited to come and make their own handmade, beautifully crafted plasticine rose especially for Valentine’s Day. Local artists will be available to guide you through the process so you can make your own unique rose as a special gift that will last forever.

Please contact the Brewhouse for further details – 01283 508100

Thanks to Rachel Huyton for the info.

Arts East Staffs at The Brewhouse is organising a community event to raise funds to support the appeal to help the plight of all the people involved in the horrific disaster in Haiti.

 This human devastation cannot be quantified. But, people across the world are coming together and using their skills to help in any way they can. We want to be part of that worldwide team, using the skills of our artists and musicians to do the best we can to help support this appeal. Please come to support us and in turn support Haiti. Do something instead of nothing!!!! Proceeds will go towards the appeal.

Live Music and Performance:

The Dark Horses, DJ Mikey, Dust Collectors,Peter Robinson,Ed Robinson,The Slam Team, Rose Huyton, G Man and others

There will be an art auction of artist’s work:

Vitor Azevedo, David Webb, Heini Taskula, Ian Talbot, Janet Traynor, Julia Webster, Michael Law, Paul Challacombe, Natalie Hinchley, Paul Calderwood, Richard Aidley, Walt Shaw, Peter Eastaugh,Peter Richards, Keith Foster, Rosella Cottrell and others.

Delicious Food and Drinks available in the Bar/Bistro.

Brewhouse Arts Centre

Monday 1st February 5pm -10pm

£3 on the door

Thanks to Vitor Azevedo for the info & The US Navy for the public domain Haiti rescue photgraph.

BADAC are proud to announce their Arts Bursary Scheme 2010 for young people.

 If you are a youngster and have professional ambitions in the arts you may be eligible to apply for a BADAC Arts Bursary Award.

CLICK HERE for details of the 2010 scheme.

For over 20 years BADAC have been supporting youngsters to achieve their ambitions in the Arts.

A past BADAC Bursary winner Lucy Crowe has made her debut at the Royal Opera Covent Garden. Her former vocal teacher Coral Gould has kindly sent this backstage photo of Lucy following her first night appearance as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier.

Rupert Christiansen of the Daily Telegraph included the following in his review:-

“the most exciting element of the evening was the Sophie of the young British soprano Lucy Crowe, floating through the ecstasy of the Presentation of the Rose with silvery clarity and painting a totally plausible figure of a gauche, gold-digging minx. Here is an outstanding talent, and I only hope the Royal Opera will nurture it.”

If you would like to sponsor a bursary award and help a local youngster towards a career in the arts please CLICK HERE to contact BADAC.

Wed. 3rd. & Thurs. 4th. February

Burton College
Directing Showcase

Burton College showcase a range of plays chosen and directed by Year 2 National Diploma students and performed by Year 1 National Diploma students. The plays range from Saved by Edward Bond, Psychosis 4.48 by Sarah Kane, to Five Kinds of Silence by Shelagh Stephenson.
7.00pm £7 (£5 concessions) Auditorium

Saturday 13th. February

Storytelling in Bereavement Workshop with Janet Dowling

How do people come to terms with loss such as a bereavement? How can those working with them support the process of coming to terms with loss and moving on?  In this workshop you will explore the gentle yet powerful approach of working with stories, traditional and personal, to facilitate healing in loss.
Janet Dowling is a professional storyteller and trained psychiatric social worker, who uses these approaches in her therapeutic work. She has a private practice as a hypnotherapist & therapeutic storyteller, and works as a volunteer for Cruse Bereavement care. She continues to work as a professional storyteller in schools in London and the South East and for three years was the resident Therapeutic Storyteller at the Children’s Trust in Tadworth, Surrey. She was awarded a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship for storytelling with the dying and bereaved. She has delivered workshops in therapeutic storytelling in London, Leeds, Vancouver, Kuwait City and Nazareth.

9.30am – 3.30pm (short lunch break,bring packed lunch – drinks) £25

Suitable for anyone interested in the possibilities of working with story in the areas of bereavement, loss, with any age group. Whilst previous experience in one or more of these areas will be useful, it is not essential.

Saturday 13th. February

Brewhouse Storytelling nights present
“Is Cupid Stupid?”
with Roisin Murray and Tales from the Bridge

Once again, Tales from the Bridge bring you a feast of stories to enjoy. For the first half, the floor is open – inviting anyone who wishes to share a story or spin a yarn. Come and tell, or sit back and enjoy the wealth of stories on offer. The second half features local storyteller Roisín Murray who has worked UK wide and overseas. Roisín asks Is Cupid Stupid? with this collection of tales from Scotland to the Arabian Nights. A girl offers kindness to the misfit, with an unexpected result, a merchant keeps his beloved bird caged. A child sacrifices himself to set his mother free and is repaid in an unusual way. So, what is love? It can make people act like fools or heroes, saints or sinners. Give yourself an early Valentine’s treat with candlelight and cake. Bring someone special or make some new friends.

7.30pm £6 (£4 concessions) Bar Event

Tues 16th. – Sat. 20th. February

Burton Amateur Stage Entertainers
present
“Dick Whittington”
Now in its 39th year the longest established panto company in Burton bring you a sparkling and fun filled version of the traditional pantomime tale of Dick Whittington. All the favourite characters are here – Tommy the Cat, Alice Fitzwarren, Sarah the Cook, King Rat, the Fairy of the Bells, and of course, Dick Whittington himself. BOOK EARLY AND AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT.

7.30pm each evening 2.30pm Thursday & Saturday matinees £8.50 (£7.50 concessions)
Family ticket £27 (2 adults & 2 children) available Tuesday to Thursday (includes Thursday matinee) Auditorium

www.base-panto.com

Friday 26th. February

Live ‘N’ Direct

A brand new artistic musical experience comes to the Brewhouse. You have the opportunity to showcase your talents for; singing, MCing, beatbox, poetry and everything inbetween. Just sign up for the open mic second half of the show. Hosted by MC Rukus (Poet, MC, Playwright, featured on the Baby J Remix of the Amy Winehouse track Valarie). Many special guests on the night.

7.30pm – 10.00pm £5
Please note tickets will NOT be available on the night. Bar Event

For more information or school concession enquiries contact: olu.oparindo@ntlworld.com

Thanks to Lynn Edwads for the info.

Mellows are in the final stages of rehearsals for their production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

The show is being presented at the Brewhouse Tue 19th-Sat 23rd Jan.

Stephen Duckham’s version of the classic Grimm’s fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is brought to life with music, comedy and all the magic of the Christmas Season. Enter the world of the beautiful Snow White as she makes seven new friends, yearns for true love and battles the evil intentions of the Wicked Queen. This is a timeless story for the young and the young at heart, told with all the merriment, frivolity and pantomime gusto we have come to expect at this special time of the year! Can good conquer evil? Can love save the day? Oh yes it can!

Mirror, mirror on the wall – which is the most exciting panto of them all?

7.30pm each evening, 2.30pm Saturday matinee

Tues eve, Wed eve, Sat matinee £8 Thurs to Sat evenings £9

Family/Small Group offer: Buy 4 tickets and get a 5th. one for free on all £8 tickets.

Brewhouse Box office tel. 01283 508100

Thanks to Mick Lovely for latest reheasal pics.

Details and downloadable application forms for the BADAC Tenth Biennial Small Picture and Artwork Exhibition have now been added to the website.

Saturday 20th. March – Saturday 10th. April 2010

 Just click the appropriate tab in the left hand page menu to view.

Title: Burton Photographic Society Exhibition
Location: Brewhouse
Description: Photography Exhibition
Burton Photographic Society Members

This is a small representation of work from the members and covers all aspects of photography, from darkroom to digital, nature to sport, landscape to portraiture. The Society meet every Thursday 7.30pm from May to September at the Priory Centre, Stretton. Our programme is varied and includes lectures, competitions, exhibitions and workshops.

For more details and a copy of the programme contact: Lucia Duckett 01283 740291 or visit www.burtonps.co.uk

Brewhouse Loft and Corner Studio
Start Date: 2010-01-09
End Date: 2010-03-06