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world class music

Aldeburgh WorldOrchestra

Experience a truly international

musical event as the Aldeburgh World

Orchestra brings together conductor, Sir

Mark Elder and 119 o the most talented

young musicians aged 1829 rom across

the globe.

Created or the London 2012 Festival

the Aldeburgh World Orchestra will

perorm some o the most thrillingmusic o the last 100 years, including

a new commission. The orchestra will

perorm in Suolk and then, ater a

short European Tour, at the BBC Proms.

In addition to the concerts there will

be a series o installations created by

young people using audio and video

ootage given to them by members

o the orchestra. There has also been

a new ensemble created o the most

talented young musicians rom the East

o England. The whole programme will

be celebrated when the installations are

opened on 22 July and the Orchestra,

Ensemble and the young people rom

the Suolk based Exchanging Worlds

groups will perorm.

This programme builds on Aldeburgh

Musics unrivalled reputation as an

international centre or developing

musical talent through the Britten-

Pears Young Artist Programme.

Aeuh Wo Ochesa

20 Ju & 22 Ju

Snape Maltings, Snape, Suolk

Exchanin Wos Insaaions

20 Juen o Au

Snape Maltings, Snape, Suolk

Exchanin Wos Enseme

22 JuBritten Studio, Snape, Suolk

www.aldeburgh.co.uk

Funded by Legacy Trust UK

A London 2012 Festival event

Photo: Some of the Musicians recruited to the

Aldeburgh World Orchestra met at this years

Britten-Pears Orchestras Easter course.

Credit: Rob Marison

Welcome to the CulturalOlympiad and London 2012Festival in the East of England

Youre invited to celebrate the London 2012

Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer

with the culmination o the Cultural Olympiad.

It is the largest cultural celebration in the

history o the modern Olympic and Paralympic

Movements. The past our years have already

seen more than 18 million people all over the

UK participating in or attending over 9,000

perormances and more than 8,000 workshops

as part o Cultural Olympiad. Now is your chance

to be part o this once-in-a-lietime experience.

We are proud that the programme across the

East combines both local and global themes

and celebrates our heritage as well as our

international connections. From Legacy Trust

UK and Arts Council supported classical music

at Aldeburgh to regional carnival celebrations,and rom extraordinary exhibitions to outdoor

arts experiences such as Robert Wilsons

Walking, it oers something or everyone

this spectacular summer.

Visit www.risingtothechallengeeast.co.uk

to nd out more and here is a favour o

whats on near you

Join in thenational

celebration thissummer theressomething foreveryone

Arts Council England is

proud to be a principal

under o the Cultural

Olympiad and the London

2012 Festival the nale

o the Cultural Olympiad.

Cover: clockwise rom top let

Photo: The Crash of the Elysium.

Credit: Tristram Kento

Photo: How Like an Angel,

Circa and I Fagolini. Credit:

Norolk & Norwich Festival

Photo: Sparks Will Fly, Essex

County Council and Chelmsford

CouncilCredit: Paul Tait

Photo: The Search for Immortality

Tomb Treasures of Han China.

Credit: Fitzwilliam Museum,Cambridge

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On Landguard PointPacitti Companys On Landguard Pointis the East o England

Artists Taking the Lead commission the UK Arts Councils fagship

programme or the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Inspired by the

regions culture and history, the project explores the places we call

home and how we think about these.

artists taking the lead

A Peoples Peculiar

Pacitti Company has been gathering

stories about the East o England since

2011. A new permanent exhibition

presents these tales. From these stories

205 symbols, representing the character

and history o the region, were selected

and handcrated into silver charms. The

symbols are also presented in a digital

and interactive way in the exhibition

and online where you can even add

your own entry.

Open now

Abbots Hall,

Museum o East Anglian Lie,

Stowmarket

www.onlandguardpoint.com

www.eastanglianlie.org.uk

Photo: On Landguard Point

Credit: Pacitti Company

On Landguard Pointhas created a lm

about home. Perormance, prose, myth,music and stunning visuals eature

alongside contributions rom people

across the region. It will show at selected

cinemas and venues across the East.

There are additional Q&A sessions

with Robert Pacitti on 21 and 23 June.

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21 Jun

Ipswich Film Theatre, Suolk

23 Jun

Harwich Electric Palace, Essex

1215 Ju

BAFTA Tent, Latitude Festival,

Southwold, Suolk

17 Ju

Watord Palace Theatre, Hertordshire

2 Sep

Cinema City Norwich, Norolk

9 Sep

Arts Picturehouse, Cambridgeshire

www.onlandguardpoint.com


Photo: On Landguard Point

Credit: Pacitti Company

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Carnival CrossroadsEast Bound

The UK Centre or Carnival Arts has

brought together perormers and

artists rom ve communities

(Southend-On-Sea, Norwich, Luton,

Ipswich and Cambridge) to work with

nationally renowned carnival artists.

Together they have exchanged ideas,

designs and creative techniques that

make carnivals a success.Carnival Crossroads will culminate in

a 500 strong parade with people rom

across the East o England perorming at

the Luton International Carnival as part

o the Love Luton 2012 Festival.

An exhibition will showcase highlights

o the extensive Carnival Crossroads

programme. This will include ootage and

photos rom the event as well as props.

Caniva Cossoas Paae: 8 Ju

Luton town centre

Exhiiion: 224 Au

UK Centre or Carnival Arts

www.carnivalarts.org.uk



outdoor spectaculars

Sparks will FlySparks will Flyis a cultural estival in

Essex or everyone to celebrate the 2012

Games. More than 100,000 people will

enjoy playing a part in this county-wide

spectacle. You can join them at the events

which take place in Essex throughout the

summer. The three-month celebration

will culminate in a large scale pyrotechnic

perormance in Hylands Park on 6 July.

Carnival andOutdoor EventsGet right to the heart o celebrations with

a series o events and parades. You can

learn more about how carnivals are planned,

designed and created and play your own part

in an outdoor extravaganza during our Cultural

Olympiad celebrations.

MayJu

Across Essex

www.sparkswillfy.org.uk


Photo: Sparks will Fly, Essex County Council

and Chelmsford Council

Credit: Paul Tait

oto: Carnival Crossroads

edit: Pax Nindi, UK Centre or

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Treasures of China

This exhibition presents more than 70

treasures rom Nanjing Museum in China.

The historic objects explore the rise o

Imperial China. Travel in time rom the

earliest tombs to the reign o the Last

Emperor a journey that spans 4,500

years o Chinese history. Treasures of

China is being co-curated by students

rom The Gilberd School in Essex.

30 Jun6 Jan 2013

Colchester Castle

www.cimuseums.org.uk


Photo: Cicada on Jade Leaf

Credit: Nanjing Museum, project made possible

by Essex County Council and Jiangsu ProvincialGovernment in China

EasternExchangesShowcaseWeekend

Devised by young

people, this weekend

brings a series o public

events, workshops and

interventions around the

theme o Skin together.

The showcase will include

an artists installation in

the Castle Gardens.

2122 JuNorwich Castle Museum

and Art Gallery

www.museums.norolk.gov.uk

The Search

for Immortality:Tomb Treasuresof Han China

Discover the secrets o ancient Chinas

2,000-year-old tombs at the most

important exhibition o royal treasures

ever seen outside China. More than 350

jade, gold and ceramic items reveal the

hidden world o the tombs and create

a remarkable display o East Asian

antiquity in the East o England.

5 May11 Nov

The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

www.tombtreasuresohanchina.org


Around theWorld inEighty Objects

Celebrate Lutons diversity

with this exhibition based

on the international

characteristics o local

collections. There are over

100 recognised languages

spoken in Luton and this

also refects the many

countries competing in the

London 2012 Olympic and

Paralympic Games.

3 Ju9 Sep

Wardown Park Museum

www.wardownparkmuseum.com

Stories of the WorldDiscover some o the worlds greatest hidden treasures brought

to the East o England as part o the London 2012 Festival.

Eastern Exchanges reveals the secrets o Chinas ancient tombs,

celebrates Lutons diverse cultural history and tells the story o

China in the East.

China inthe East

This is a touring exhibition

with a dierence,

showcasing the rich Chinese

collections across museums

in the region. The precious

objects are brought to lie

by new media displays

created by young people.

7 Ju25 Sep

Epping Forest District

Museum

www.eppingorestdc.gov.uk/

chinaintheeast

5 Oc2 Jan 2013

Ipswich Town Hall

www.cimuseums.org.uk

Uni 16 Ma 2013

Hertord Museum

www.museums.norolk.gov.uk

Photo: China in the East

Credit: Courtesy o Epping

Forest District Museum

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Art in unusual placesLive Art Collective East is an artist-led organisation based in the East

o England. This summer they will deliver eight commissions as part

o the Cultural Olympiad. The projects refect an exciting array o

brand new collaborations, solo creations, community engagement

and site-specic work.

Find out more about all eight commissions at www.liveartcollectiveeast.com

and see ull listings at the back o this brochure.

Hopscotchto VictoryHelp set the world record

or the most people

playing hopscotch in

the same place, at the

same time. Inspired by

the London 2012 Games,

Richard DeDomenici

and Caroline Wright are

recruiting hundreds o

participants o all ages to

take part in this celebration

o hopping, stepping,

throwing and jumping.

30 Jun

Castle Park, Colchester

StandstillAmidst the renetic

excitement o the London

2012 Games, Abi Cunlie

invites you to slow

down, stand still, pause,

meander and breathe.

Experimenting with

sound and silence, ound

objects and glimpses

through windows, Abi will

create a space to capture

a moment or yoursel

inside a beach hut in

Brightlingsea.

12 & 89 SepBrightlingsea

Photo: Standstill, Live Art

Collective East

Credit: Lynn Bolton

Out of WaterA site-specic perormance

made or Holkham Beach

in Norolk as part o the

London 2012 Festival.

A group o singers and

swimmers look out

towards the horizon.

Is somebody lost at sea?

Created by Helen Paris and

Caroline Wright with a

new score by Jocelyn Pook,

stories o endeavour, o

swimming, o sinking

interweave with haunting

music in the early morning

light on one o Englandsmost glorious beaches.

2527 Au

Holkham Beach, Norolk


UnlimitedGlobal Alchemy

The results o a collaboration between

artist Rachel Gadsden and the South

Arican Bambanani artist-activist group,

this series o artworks oer visceral and

oten poetic perspectives on what it

means to experience disabling conditions

and to ght openly or lie in the ace o

social taboos.

Now coming to the UK or the rsttime this lie-arming and timely

collaboration is a celebration o survival

against the odds.

22 Jun18 Au

Museum o Archaeology and

Anthropology, Cambridge

www.unlimitedglobalalchemy.com


Photo: Bongiwe Mba

Credit: Rachel Gadsden

Godiva Awakes

Godiva Awakes is one o 12 commissions

in the UK Arts Councils fagship Cultural

Olympiad project, Artist Taking the

Lead. It has been made by mechanics,

artists, theatre makers, puppeteers and

engineers. Godiva is reborn in aluminium

and carbon bre. She will make her

journey rom Coventry to London

dressed in a coat crated by local artists

and undergarments designed by Zandra

Rhodes. Godiva Awakes is part o theArtists Taking the Lead public commissions

and is created by Imagineer Productions.

2 Au

St Georges Square Luton

3 Au

Birchwood Leisure Centre, Hateld

4 Au

Town Centre, Waltham Abbey

www.imagineerproductions.co.uk

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norolk & norwich estival commissions or the london 2012 estival

Robert Wilson:Walking

This major collaboration with visionary

director and artist Robert Wilson is Norolk

& Norwich Festivals landmark contribution

to the London 2012 celebrations. Wilson

works with Dutch visual artist Theun Mosk

and theatre maker Boukje Schweigman to

explore and redene our relationship with

the landscape.

You can experience sculpture andinstallations set against the backdrop o

Norolks sweeping scenery, creating a

unique artistic experience. The event will

encompass a stunning three-mile stretch

o the coastline with a display o sounds

and visual installations all contributing

to a thought-provoking contrast between

the perormance and the landscape.

Circa/I Fagiolini:How Like An Angel

Fusing Circas exhilarating brand o

contemporary circus with the exquisite

sound o I Fagiolinis singing, How Like An

Angelcelebrates the beauty and grandeur

o two o the Easts stunning cathedrals.

Join perormers and singers on a magical

journey o discovery around these sacred

spaces. Intensely beautiul music and

eats o astonishing acrobatics draw youdeep into a world o physical daring and

soaring sound, against a backdrop o

stunning architecture.

Australian company Circa are at the

oreront o reinventing circus, combining

traditional and re-imagined circus skills

with sound, light and projection. Circa

Director Yaron Litchitz collaborates or

the rst time with Robert Hollingworth,

Director o UK-based vocal ensemble I

Fagiolini, who have travelled worldwide

with their perormances o Renaissance

and contemporary music.

2628 Jun

Norwich Cathedral

23 Ju

Ely Cathedral

www.nnestival.org.uk


Photo: Circa

Credit: Charlotte Vogel

20 Au2 Sep

Holkham, near

Wells-next-the-Sea,

Norolk

www.nnestival.org.uk



Photo: Walking

Credit: Jemma Mickelburgh/Roel Dalhuisen,Norolk & Norwich Festival

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The Crash ofThe Elysium

Award-winning and internationally

acclaimed theatre pioneers Punchdrunk

create a live Doctor Who adventure. You

will be the stars o the 60-minute show.

The Crash of the Elysium premiered

at the 2011 Manchester International

Festival to great acclaim and will be

revived at the Ipswich Art Festival Ip-art

this summer or three weeks only. During

this time you can choose the kind o

show you want to take part in, selecting

rom school perormances suitable

or ages 812, amily perormance

suitable or ages 712, and ater darkperormances designed or age 13 and

older.

Advance booking strongly recommended

as capacity is strictly limited.

15 Jun8 Ju

Ipswich town centre

www.2012crash.co.uk


Photo: The Crash of The Elysium

Credit: Tristram Kenton

Big Dance2012Big Dance 2012 is the UKs

biggest ever celebration o dance.

Its designed to get everyone

involved including those who

already dance, people who want

to dance and those who just

want to soak up the atmosphere.

Events take place in both

traditional and unusual spaces

across the UK where you can

experience dance in all its orms.

HIgHlIgHtS INClUdE:

Big Dance 2012:IpswichA antastic ortnight o workshops

and perormances will be held at the

DanceEast Speigeltent in Christchurch

Park, including everything rom

childrens workshops to pilates, belly

dancing and street dance. You canalso enjoy cabaret and retro disco

and great perormances will also take

place at the Jerwood DanceHouse on

the waterront, including Flamenco

Express and The Demon Barbers.

114 Ju

Ipswich



Photo: Time Gentleman Please!

Credit: Demon Barbers

Time Gentleman Please!The Demon BarbersBig Dance Regional TourThe UKs No.1 Folk and Hip-Hop Dance

Extravaganza! Some o the UKs oldest

dance orms are brought bang up to

date as they collide with some o the

youngest, in an ast-paced new andinnovative show bringing together some

o the UKs top olk, clog, sword and

Morris dancers with their counterparts

rom the worlds o B-boying, popping,

krump and beatbox.

714 Ju

Various locations across the region

get dancingplay your part

www.bigdance2012.com

www.danceeast.co.uk



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somewhereto_

This nationwide project helps young

people nd the space they need to do

the things they love within sport, culture

and the arts. Get involved any time i you

are a young person who needs ree space

to pursue your passion, or a space-holder

who wishes to donate to the project.

Get in touch and look out or events and

showcase opportunities

OnoinAcross the East o England

www.somewhereto.com


Untrue Island:A Response toOrford Nessby Arnie Somogyi,Robert Macfarlane and

Jane & Louise Wilson

Writer Robert Macarlane, jazz musician

Arnie Somogyi and visual artists Jane

& Louise Wilson explore Orord Ness

through a series o site specic projects.The artists have responded individually

and collaboratively to this internationally

important nature reserve with its

ascinating and at times disturbing

history as a site or experimentation

during the Cold War.

830 Ju

Orord Ness, Suolk

www.commissionseast.org.uk


Summer ReadingChallenge

This summer you can be part o the

UKs biggest reading event or children.

Simply step into a Story Lab at your

local library and start an adventure o

the imagination that knows no limits.

Thousands o amilies rom all over the

country get involved in this annual

event so dont miss out.

14 Ju9 Sep

Various locations across the region

www.summerreadingchallenge.org.uk


spectacular summer

All the Bells

On Friday 27 July people will rise across

the UK to celebrate the day the London

2012 Games begin by taking part in Martin

Creeds Work No.1197: All the Bells in the

country rung as quickly and as loudly as

possible or three minutes at 8.12am.

27 Ju

Across the UK

www.allthebells.com


Photo:All the Bells

Credit: Chris Watt

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Pop-Up Cinemaat the Big WeekendCelebrate the arrival o the Olympic Torch

in Cambridge with eature lms, locally-

produced shorts and amily avourites.

78 Ju

Parkers Piece, Cambridge

Silents on the StreetsCelebrate the close o the London 2012

Festival and get set or the Cambridge

Film Festival with an evening o open-air

screenings in historic Cambridge

9 Sep

Magdalene Street, Cambridge

Saffron Screen on the GreenA night o lm or all the amily,

including a new eature, short lms

and rare archive ootage showcasing

Saron Walden rom days gone by.

8 Sep

Saron Walden Common

Photo: Screen Team Audience Fitzwilliam Museum

Credit: Tom Catchesides

Screen TeamCambridge Film Trust and their Screen Team initiative presents

stunning cinema screenings in unusual places this summer. The Screen

Team is an innovative events and training programme which has

inspired young people rom across the region to take part behind the

scenes and screens presenting these special events.

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Hansel of FilmA Hansel o Film Shetland to

Southampton and Back is a series o

short lms screenings that celebrate the

London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

Games. Each has been made by

members o the public across the UK.

7 Ju

Cambridge

8 Ju

Aldeburgh

www.hansel2012.org



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torch & paralympic torch

Olympic Torch Relay andParalympic Flame CelebrationsWelcome the London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay and Paralympic Flame

Celebrations as they pass through the region in July and August.

www.london2012.com/games/olympic-torch-relay/

PEtErbOrOUgH

A choir o 500 residents will accompany

white winged gures rom Close Actasthey carry the fame.

3 Ju

Embankment, Peterborough

www.peterborough.gov.uk

NOrWICH

Perormance groups will entertain

along the route and the Pulse project

will provide audio and visual evening

entertainment.

4 Ju

Chapelelds Gardens, Norwich

www.norwich.gov.uk/Events

IPSWICH

Two new commissions organised jointly

by DanceEast and Aldeburgh Music willset the scene or the Torch to arrive.

5 Ju

Christchurch Park, Ipswich

www.ipswich.gov.uk

CHElMSfOrd

The Olympic Torch celebration will have

a spectacular nish with the Sparks willFlynale.

6 Ju

Hylands Park, Chelmsord

www.chelmsord.gov.uk

CAMbrIdgE

A spectacular carnival-style procession

brings the our-month community arts

project,A Field for Dreams, to an end.

7 Ju

Parkers Piece, Cambridge

www.cambridge.gov.uk/olympics

lUtON

A procession o 500 people in the

Carnival Crossroads parade and the Love

Luton Festival will welcome the Torch.

8 Ju

Popes Meadow, Luton

www.luton.gov.uk/2012estival

Photo: East Meets West 2008, Walk the Plank

Credit: Essex County Council

Paralympic FlameCelebrations

The Paralympic Flame celebrations will

see the whole o the UK celebrate the

positive impact o human endeavour.

Four separate fames will be lit in

London, Greater Belast, Edinburgh

and Cardi beore they are united to

create the Paralympic Flame at Stoke

Mandeville. There will be Paralympic fame

celebrations in every county in the Easto England and people are encouraged

to develop their own lantern celebrations

too.

2428 Au

Various

www.london2012.com/paralympic-torch-relay

www.london2012.com/get-involved/local-leaders/

lantern-estival

HIgHlIgHtS INClUdE:

Suffolk ParalympicFlame Celebrations

Suolk will host the Paralympic Flamein Needham Market on 24 August with

a amily ocussed community celebration

eaturing a range o artist-led workshops,

sports activities, stilt walkers, tightrope

walkers, entertainers and impromptu

perormances all themed around the

London 2012 Paralympic Games.

24 Au

Needham Lake, Needham Market

www.ruralartssuolk.org.uk or

www.midsuolk.gov.uk

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We have not been able to list all the

projects happening this summer inthis brochure. A ull listings o what is

happening in the East o England can be

ound at www.isinohechaeneeas.

co.uk/caena

While every eort has been made to

ensure the accuracy o these listings please

check details with each venue whenplanning your visits.

You can also access a lot o this summers

cultural activity on The Space, a new way

to access and experience all o the arts

or ree. Available on computer, tablet,smartphone and connected TV, The Space

invites you to take part in the biggest

summer o arts the UK has ever seen,

whenever you want it and whereveryou happen to be. www.hespace.o

The London 2012 Creative Programmeror the East o England is Liz Hughes.

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Aou he Cuua Oympia an lonon 2012 fesiva

The London 2012 Cultural Olympiad is the largest cultural celebration in the history o the modern

Olympic and Paralympic Movements. Spread over our years, it is designed to give everyone in the

UK a chance to be part o London 2012 and inspire creativity across all orms o culture, especially

among young people. The culmination o the Cultural Olympiad is the London 2012 Festival, a

spectacular 12-week nationwide celebration bringing together leading artists rom across the

world with the very best rom the UK, running rom 21 June until 9 September 2012. For more

details on the programme visit www.onon2012.com/esiva

Arts Council England

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As Counci Enan, May 2012

As Counci Enan is proud to be aPrincipal Funder and supporter o the

Cultural Olympiad and London 2012 Festival.

The Arts Council champions, develops and

invests in artistic and cultural experiences

that enrich peoples lives. We support a range

o activities across the arts, museums and

libraries - rom theatre to digital art, reading

to dance, music to literature, and crats tocollections.

leacy tus UK is delighted to be a Principal

Funder o the Cultural Olympiad and London

2012 Festival and unds cultural, sporting

and educational projects in communities

across the UK that are inspired by London

2012. Legacy Trust UK supports a wide range

o activities rom street art to volunteering,

music to animation, school sports to dance

and digital art to estivals.

the Oympic loey disiuo is proudto be a Principal Funder o the Cultural

Olympiad and is supporting a number o

the major projects and events which will

be part o the Cultural Olympiad and its

culmination, the London 2012 Festival.

bP is delighted to be a Premier Partner o theLondon 2012 Cultural Olympiad. Building on its 30

year support o the arts, BP is working with its arts

partners, the Royal Opera House, British Museum,

National Portrait Gallery and Tate Britain, to

help involve millions o people in the Cultural

Olympiad and its nale, the London 2012 Festival.

bt is proud to be a Premier Partner o theLondon 2012 Cultural Olympiad and to be

enabling millions o people to have a antastic

London 2012 experience through music and art

events. BT River o Music welcomes the world to

London with a once-in-a-lietime weekend o

ree music at landmarks along the River

Thames. And the National Portrait

Gallery/BT Road to 2012 project

celebrates those who are

collectively making the

London 2012 Olympicand Paralympic

Games happen.

Premier Partners o the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad

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