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Contents...

1. Cinema

3. Music

6. Theatre

7. Comedy

10. Youth Arts Festival

11. Kids &Young People

13. Kids’ Club Cinema

15. Groups & Classes

17. Beat Magazine

18. Projects

19. Literary

20. Gallery

21. Bar/Private Hire/Membership

22. How to find us/Contact

Dan EastmondManaging Director

All details are correct at time of going to press.The Firestation reserves the right to modify orcancel any event if unforeseen circumstancesarise. If we cancel we shall inform you as soon aspossible and offer you a full refund.

At last, summer again! Here's to longhazy days, dazzling mornings andundoubtedly our best ever programmeof“musicfilmcomedytheatredanceart”(our newword,made easily enough).

Julian Cope (p4), Scanner (p4), ArthurBrown (p5), Amy's Ghost (p3), The

Scarecrow (p6), Will Hodgson (p8), Days of Last (p3), The YouthArts Festival (p10), Book Swaps (p19), cutting edge video art (p20)- and an extravagantly chockablock cinema programme whichsimply has to be enjoyed nomatter how balmy the summer evenings.

There's a curious time lag effect when I begin writing my little bitof hurraying, seeing as you may well be reading this four monthsafter my moment of word fishing and stone squeezing! I could tellyou how great our first weekend of glorious t-shirt weather was(aeroplane free too!), but by now the first kiss of summer couldwell be a just hazy, lazy memory. It's tempting to talk elections aswe're currently wading through a flood of promises, but if you'rereading this in midsummer you may have already decided that itwasn't worth the fuss anyway!

Hmm... OK, in that case allow me to briefly mention somethingguaranteed, whatever the date, to be warm and intoxicating,honest and reliable. Born midway through 2009, our new onlineproject Beat Magazine is fast turning into an essential dealer incultural insights, interviews and ideas. Expertly edited by Mel Gow,with authors pooled from around the region, Beat manages toimpress me every issue by joining the dots between all the myriadstrands of creative output that are happening right here and now.I seriously recommend checking it out (there's a sneak preview onpage 17) at www.beatmagazine.co.uk.

Good grief, we should be selling this stuff.. oh wait, we are! Hurray!Enjoy your summer.

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1May All tickets £7.25 £5.75 £4 Mem

Sun 02 8pm Sex, Drugs & Rock & Roll 2010 15Andy Serkis is mesmerising as the force of nature that was Ian Dury, inthis biopic telling the story of the punk hero who defied the cripplingeffects of polio to pen some of pop’s most potent lyrics.

Sun 09 8pm Precious 2010 15An overweight, illiterate teen from Harlem, pregnant with her secondchild, is invited to enrol in an alternative school which gives her a newdirection in life.

Sun 16 8pm Invictus 2009 12aClint Eastwood’s inspirational film starring Morgan Freeman as NelsonMandela. The newly elected President believes that the universallanguage of sport can bring people together in the wake of apartheid.

Sun 23 8pm A Single Man 2010 12aAstonishingly accomplished debut from designer Tom Ford, ‘A SingleMan’ tells the story of college professor George Falconer who loses hisway after the death of his partner, Jim.

Sun 30 8pm Crazy Heart 2009 15Jeff Bridges in Oscar winning form as ‘Brad’, a beat-up, broken-down,hard living country music singer, whose life begins to change when hemeets a journalist, Jean (Maggie Gyllenhaal).

June

Sun 06 8pm The Last Station 2010 15This love story set during the final year of the great Russian writerLeo Tolstoy’s life is about the difficulty of living with love and theimpossibility of living without it.

Sun 13 8pm Capitalism:A Love Story 2010 12aMichael Moore’s new documentary comes home to the issue he’s beenexamining throughout his career: the disastrous impact of corporatedominance on the everyday lives of Americans.

Sun 20 8pm Exit Through the Gift Shop 2010 15This teasing mockumentary about the infamous street artist Banksyand a crazed super-fan is a hilarious, revealing and very clever modern-day take on the Frankenstein tale.

Sun 27 8pm Girl with the Dragon Tattoo 2010 18Stieg Larsson’s blockbusting crime novels have finally been brought tothe big screen, with great success. Violent, visceral and gripping.Swedish (subtitles)


2 July

Sun 04 8pm The Scouting Book For Boys 2010 15An expertly constructed drama which explores the anxieties and fearsof being a teenager, but does not shy away from the occasional delightsthat being young can hold, a uniquely British coming of age film.

Sun 10 8pm Samson & Delilah 2010 15Set within a small Aboriginal community in a remote desert it tells thestory of Samson and his neighbour Delilah. When tragedy strikes thecouple flee to the city, where their profound love for one anotherbecomes central to their survival.

Sun 18 8pm The Father of My Children 2010 15Grégoire is a happily married father of three and an independent filmproducer. He reluctantly joins the family on an Italian holiday, but on hisreturn finds he can no longer maintain any sane work/life balance.Subtitled (French)

Sun 25 8pm The Infidel 2010 15Hilarious comedy from the pen of David Baddiel, in which a Spurs-supporting Muslim discovers that he was adopted at birth and that hisfather is actually a Jew.

August

Sun 01 8pm Whip It 2010 12aComedy drama directed by Drew Barrymore, ‘Whip It’ tells the story ofteenager Bliss Cavendar. Frustrated with her small-townTexas life, Blisssees a way to escape by trying out for a Roller Derby.

Sun 08 8pm Avatar 2D 2009 12aThe all-conquering epic from James Cameron, ‘Avatar’ tells the story ofan ex-Marine who finds himself in a war-zone on an alien planet.

Sun 15 8pm Lions Den (Leonara) 2008 15An award winning, powerful and unflinching emotional drama, chartingone mother’s struggle to raise her child in extraordinary circumstancesand her compelling fight for their survival and freedom. Subtitled(Spanish)

Sun 22 8pm Perrier’s Bounty 2010 15An all star cast lend weight to this Irish Indie. Michael owes money toDublin’s meanest gangster, so with a bounty on his head he flees tothe mountains.

Sun 29 Four Lions 2010 15Long-awaited feature film debut from creator of Brass Eye, Chris Morris,proving he is still the most incendiary figure working in British media.Four Lions follows four inept suicide bombers as they plan and executean attack on the London Marathon.


3....... essential new music every first Friday .......

Amy’s Ghost with support from The Hot BedsFri 07 May 8pm Basement £6

Ignition! In Association with Muhead.com continues on itsmission in bringing some of the very best in great musicyou may know and some you may not know toWindsor.

Describing themselves as “a hung-over Kate bush, hittingon Jeff Buckley, at an avant-guard drum and bass party”,Amy’s Ghost are one of the most exciting, original andvital prospects to have appeared on the Berkshire scene inrecent years. They return to The Firestation with supportfrom electro rockers, The Hot Beds.

Fri 04 June 8pm Basement £6

Headline Artist TBC see website for details

Ignition! In Association with Muhead.com continues on its mission in bringing some of the verybest in great music you may know and some you may not know toWindsor.

Ring The AlarmThu 13 May Fri 25 June Sat 31 July Sat 28August

8pm Basement £5

Hosted by the area’s finest purveyors of live Reggae -Upfront Band and promoted by DJ extraordinaire Sir Alan.Expect an ever changing line up of DJs, MCs, bands,Toastersand Selectors - on a journey through Reggae, Roots, RareGroove, Soul, Hip Hop and Dubstep.

Days of LastFri 14 May Fri 18 June Sat 03 July Fri 13August

8pm Basement

Over the past year, local promoter Kane Leighton-Pope hasbrought some of the biggest and loudest names in Hard RockN’Roll to The Firestation. Expect national and internationalnames sharing the stage with the very best in local talent.

The Firestations

New Monthly Night...


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Scanner, Borders, Unto the EdgesSat 22May 8pm Auditorium £12 GA £10 Conc £9 Mem

For the past 19 years Robin Rimbaud (AKA Scanner) has been atthe vanguard of the sonic arts movement. Internationallyacclaimed, his work is on permanent display in galleries acrossthe globe, his restless explorations of the experimental terrainhaving won him admiration from amongst others, Bjork, AphexTwin and Stockhausen.

This is a rare chance to experience a live audio/visual show from the reclusiveartist, which promises to be a wholly immersive marriage of complex symphony of sound andhypnotic, minimalist visuals.

Ian McNabbFri 28May 8pm Auditorium £12 GA £10 Conc £9 Mem

Nice he may be, but feted and critically lauded Liverpool singer-songwriter Ian McNabb can still tear the roof off, whether blastinginto his Neil Young-like epics or reprising classic Icicle Worksmaterial. After the 80s neo-psychedelia rockers disbanded, Ianworked withTheWild Swans and Ian Broudie’s fledgling Lightning

Seeds project, both co-writing onJollification and adding his deep, richand emotive voice to backing vocals.

Julian CopeSat 29May 8pm Auditorium

All tickets £17.50 (Standing & Seated)

Julian H. Cope is rock music’s ultimate maverick. Ex-Teardrop Explodessinger, archaeologist, author, musicologist, cosmic shaman and soloartist extraordinaire he is a one off, a ‘cultural irritant’ who has refusedany compromise throughout his legendary career. A force of natureand complex individual who defies categorisation, he is a true legendof the counter-culture. The Arch-Drude comes to The Firestation toplay some songs and talk about what ever is on his mind.

The Coal PortersFri 21May 8pm Basement £10 GA £9 Conc £8 Mem

Having been aptly described as “a cross between the Clashand Bill Monroe”, the Coal Porters describe themselves as“the world’s first alt-bluegrass band”.What we know is thatthey are fantastic fun with an energy that is contagious and

guaranteed to get everyoneon the floor moving.


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Sat 12 June 8pm - 2am Auditorium and Bar

£12 GA £11 Conc £10Mem

The 80’s are back! .. although in our mind they never really

went away :-) Blitz Remixed is our infamous and ultimate

club night that takesover the entire building, celebra

ting

all that was fantastic about the hedonistic birth of New

Romantic and NewWave Electro. Featuring two rooms of DJs,

live music from the fantastic Onetwo(OMD's Paul Humphreys and Propaganda's Claudia

Brücken), plus visuals and some very special 80

’s guests!

Presents Ana Silvera Fri 2 July 8pm Basement £6

2010 is set to be a seminal year for this highly original singer,songwriter and musician. Having just recorded her first studio albumin NYC and London, Ana’s ability to weave intense, poetical story-telling into hauntingly tender melodies creates a musical journeythat is widely tipped to go mainstream this year.

Fri 06August 8pm Basement Bar £6

Headline Artist TBC check website for details

Ignition! In Association with Muhead.com continues on its mission in bringing some of the verybest in great music you may know and some you may not know toWindsor.

Arthur BrownSat 17 July 8pm Auditorium £12 GA £10 Conc £9 Mem

Now in his 5th decade in the business, Arthur Brown first came toprominence in 1967 and has since gone on to be known the world overas The God Of Hellfire. Arthur is credited as a direct influence on manyhousehold names such as Iron Maiden, Alice Cooper and Peter Gabrieland has been covered by everyone from Ozzy Osbourne, Die Krupps,TheProdigy andTheWho.A living legend,Arthur is celebrating the re-releaseof his classic albums and aided by his band will re-visit old classics,choice covers and some unheard material.

....... essential new music every first Friday .......


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Scarecrow:A play for young children and their familiesSat 08May 4pm £7 £24 (Family Ticket 2 adults and 2 children)

From the creative team that brought you ‘The Gardener’, this tale of fun andfurrows is told using movement, puppetry, storytelling and live music. Thisis the story of a lonely scarecrow and a bunch of noisy crows.The scarecrowhates the crows.Well, that’s what you’d expect. But every time he chasesthem off they just keep coming back. The crows can take or leave thescarecrow. They’re too busy squabbling, eating and living their lives. All he

wants is to be left alone.We follow their relationship over a year, from theirbeginnings as enemies, to their eventual grudging friendship.

Keepers, by The Plasticine MenSat 15May 8pm £10 GA £9 Concs £8 Mem

Two hundred years ago, twenty-two miles out to sea, two men live and workin a wooden box fifteen feet across, seventy feet above the dark ocean…

Using little more than a ladder and a pair of creaky chairs, two performers anda musician conjure up the confines of the infamous Smalls Lighthouse, andthe remarkable true-story it guards.

A stormy tale of companionship and loss unfolds over the passing of days,and in the sweeping flashes of the lamp that the keepers tend each andevery night.

The Plasticine Men are a collective of theatre-smiths, scouring the land for stories that beg to betold onstage.They challenge themselves to simply create the extraordinary worlds that lurk on theedge of hearsay and history.

Reality VaccineThu 20May 8pm Basement £6

Medical research volunteers required at The Firestation’s operating room to be part of apsychological illusion test. The surreal Mentalist Doctor Ian Souch is about to commit surgery onyour mind! He will be assisted by his psychiatric nurse, Nikki Campbell. Come along and enjoymagic, suggestion and clever psychology and be prepared for your very thoughts to be laid bare. Bebrave, it will only hurt a little... In this exclusive preview of this Edinburgh-bound show.

Mac by Harold PinterThu 24 June 8pm £7 GA £6 Conc £5 Mem

Mac is an affectionate and humorous memoir of Pinter’s formativeexperience in Ireland when working withActor/ManagerAnew McMaster,during which time he fell in love with the language of Shakespearianperformance, a lifelong passion that had a direct influence on hiscelebrated work later in life.

Continuing our series of performances and readings with actor FintanMcKeown, exploring stripped down, close up stage craft intended toinspire ideas, debate and build a network of established and aspiringactors, playwrights, directors and enthusiasts.


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Thu 27 May Thu 24 June Thu 29 July Thu 26 August

8pm £9 GA £7.50 Conc £6.50 Mem

The Firestation’s celebrated monthly comedy club continues on the last Thursday of every month,cabaret style in the basement bar. Surprising, entertaining and constantly hilarious, Selah! D’Or hasthe very best in new talent share the stage with some of comedy’s most established names. Recentcomedians that have faced the legendary Selah! D’Or crowd include Isy Suttie, Jo Caufield, IanCognito and Earl Okin.

The Lunchtime Club - feat.Alfie Brown,Ivo Graham, Joe Lycett, Benjamin Partridgeand David MorganThu 03 June 8pm Basement Bar £9 GA £7.50 Conc £6.50Mem

Describing themselves as a bunch of "nice middle class boys", 'TheLunchtime Club' are all about articulate, self-deprecating comedy.The fivesome of Alfie Brown, Benjamin Partridge, Ivo Graham, JoeLycett and David Morgan are all accomplished comedians in their own

right and together they make an award winning combination which took Edinburgh by storm in2009 and looks set to do the same again in 2010!

The Petty Concerns of LukeWrightFri 11June 8pm Auditorium £10 GA £9 Conc £8Mem

LukeWright tackles ego, ambition and humility set againsta backdrop of grotty Travelodges and open mic London.Featuring some nipple-tweekingly awful teenage lyrics;sarcastic cricket commentators and the death of a very tightpair of jeans. Luke effortlessly mixes comedy and poetry ashe tries to look past his own inflated ego and find out whatreally matters. As a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’sSaturday Live and the writer of Channel 4’s criticallyacclaimed Seven Ages of Love, LukeWright is fast becomingone of the nation’s best loved poets, taking his darkly comicverse places other poetry doesn’t dare go.

‘Positively lifeenhancing as

well as hilarious’ - The Even

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ARGH! The Ups and Downs of Life as a Comic Book CreatorFri 16 July 8pm Auditorium

£10 GA £9 Conc £8 Mem

For over 30 years Tim Quinn worked for the world’s most famous comic book companies asscriptwriter, editor and illustrator, on everything from Beryl the Peril, Korky the Cat,Bunty, Desperate Dan, and the Bash Street Kids toSpider-Man and the Incredible Hulk. Hearhow Tim teamed up with legendary Queenguitarist Brian May to create a comic bookwithout pictures… See how the naughtiestcomic strip ever seen was produced in theMarvel Comics basement… Find out how thedaughter of Enid Blyton teamed up with theeditor of Spider-Man… What the bannedSpider-Man cover looked like and how Timsurvived being editor of Barbie’s comic book!The audience is invited to attend wearingcapes and masks. Suitable for boys and girlsfrom 9-150. (No nudity, swearing or violence -but please come anyway).

Wil Hodgson‘A Faceful of Doner -A Punk Folk Story’.

Fri 23 July 8pm Auditorium

£10 GA £9 Conc £8 Mem

Wil Hodgson is quickly becomingestablished as the most original newcomedian on the circuit. Described by TheList as ‘..frantically hilarious,’ he is a highlyarticulate comic whose material tendstowards autobiography rather than straightobservation and this former skinhead, punkand professional wrestler regales us withtales of anti fascism, small town prejudiceand his passions for ‘the big women’ andcare bears.

‘Hodgson is a huge comic talent..good fun..and his persona is fascinating.’ **** - METRO


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Mark Allen’s Go SlowJames Sherwood - One Man And His PianoFri 30 July 8pm Basement Bar £9 GA £7.50 Conc £6.50 Mem

Mark Allen’s new show comes off the back of a string of criticalhits at consecutive Edinburgh Fringe Festivals: Quite Good Britain,Mob Logic, and Pet Project, each show enjoyed sell-out runs,before variously going on to be performed at the Brighton,Manchester and Leicester comedy festivals. He hopes this onewill too.

Brilliant musical comedy fromthe man who created theRadio 4 topical panel show 'IGuess That's Why They CallIt The News' and writer ofthe News Quiz, Look AwayNow, and a Sony Award-winning series of The NowShow. A musical comedyrevelation.

Anything For A Tenor:Iraq And I and Madame Galina New ForcesSweetheart, an Iestyn Edwards Double BillFri 27August 8pm Auditorium £9 GA £8 Conc £7 Mem

Outrageous, hilarious, and simply beautiful, Iestyn Edwards’performances of Anything for a Tenor: Iraq and I, andMadame Galina New Forces Sweetheart are coming todelight us this summer. Iestyn not only has the voice of anangel and a wicked sense of humour, but he does a meanpirouette. Thinking he’d be singing for the Navy in London,Iestin once approached Combined Services Entertainment foran audition. Now he’s just back from his third stint inAfghanistan, having started with Iraq. Championed by JoannaLumley, who chose his recording of Tom Bowling for her DesertIsland Disks, Iestyn as Madama Galina has had his own Channel4 series, appeared on Sky Arts’ Ballet Boyz, Janet Street-Porterfor TalkBack and in the Olivier Award winning West End showC’est Barbican.


YOUTH ARTS FESTIVAL

The action-packed week will be bursting witharts opportunities

for all ages and interests, ranging from the Friday night music

gig, triple bill theatre, cinema screenings, dance performances,

school exhibitions, workshops and parent and child classes.

The Firestation will be supporting and mentoring young peopleto programme and run the week. Roles include front of house,stagemanagement, project management, marketing and workingwith the touring performance groups.

The Firestation Youth Arts Festival provides a platform foryoung people to experience and celebrate the arts in an excitingand contemporary creative environment.

After last year’s storming week, showcasing some of the best youthdance, theatre, music and film from across the region, The FirestationCentre for Arts & Culture hosts it’s second Youth Arts Festival fromthe 5th to 11th of July. The festival brings students and young peopletogether under one roof to run (or dance, act, debate, paint or film!)creatively wild in the Firestation TAKE OVER!

if you are interested in getting involved or want to findout more please contact: Elaine on 01753 866 865 [email protected].

Check out the Firestation website for more information about timetable, events

and performances programmed for the week. www.firestationartscentre.com.

05 - 11 JULY


Film In A DaySat 29 May, 26 June, 31 July, 28 August

1pm - 4.30pm 7 to 12 years £20 £15 siblings

Price includes one copy of your film per family

Film InA Day is a fun and practical class for you to pickup the camera and get filming, acting, directing ANDediting! Invite your family and friends to see your filmin our cinema at the end of the day at 4.15pm.

Firestarters Youth TheatreEvery Monday & Tuesday from 4pm

The Firestarters Youth Theatre is all about focusing on the morecreative aspect of performing. It is hosted by EverydayTheatre whohave been running workshops and teaching drama inWindsor for the past six years.Our classes are dedicated to creativity - we never work on a play we haven’t written ourselves andour kids will never perform something that isn’t entirely unique to them. Each and every weekstudents from the Monkeys right up to the Youth Theatre are encouraged to devise and performoriginal material, make new friends, and generally have a brilliant time. Anyone is welcome to comeand give it a go and your first class is always free.

Monkeys (Years 3&4) Monday 4pm - 5pm £50 per termDreamers (Years 5&6) Monday 5.15pm - 6.15pm £50 per termPerformers (Years 7&8) Monday 6.30pm - 8pm £75 per term

Perfecters (Years 9&10) Tuesday 4pm - 6pm £100 per termFirestarters (Years 11-13) Tuesday 6pm - 8pm £100 per term

Contact: 01753 866 865 or [email protected]

KraftWerks!Saturdays 10.30am - 12pm 3* - 10years £6 extra siblings £4

A fun packing, gob smacking, paint splatting, fabric painting, foot tapping,clay thwacking morning of arts, crafts,music and performance for those

of you who, after a whole week, still have ideas to explore and energy to burn!

Kraft Werks! is a unique class that offers children the chance to explore all sides of their creativeselves in a fun and often chaotic environment that they relish!

Baby BotticellisTuesdays 10.00 - 11.00 £4 extra siblings £2.50 Basement Studio

Get messy at The Firestation's great parent and child art class! Splatterpainting, clay modelling, group painting and lots of fun, Baby Botticellisis a relaxed and fun environment for kids and their parents to getcreative, make a mess, and not get told off!

Contact:Ali Clarke on 07971 007647

*Parents must accompany under 5s

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SOTA Sunday Stage SchoolDance, Singing & Drama for 3 - 18 year olds

Sun 25 April - Sun 11 July (Half Term: Sun 30 May & Sun 06 June

10.00am - 1.15pm

SOTA Seeds provides 3-5 year olds with a fun, all round introduction toperforming arts through dance, singing and drama. Moving tomusic, playingpercussive instruments, role play with puppets and singing together.

Classes for 3 - 5 year olds 10am - 10.45am £70 per 10 week term

SOTA Sunday Stage School enables 6-18 year olds to develop skills in dance,singing and drama in a creative and stimulating environment. Working in three age groups, pupils

rotate between three workshops lead by professionally trained workshop leaders, who areexperienced teachers and professional performers in their field. The emphasis is on fun throughconfidence building, skills development and creative expression.

Classes for 6 - 18 year olds: 10.15am - 1.15pm, £220 per 10 week term

SOTA offers FREE sample sessions for all classes. Book online at www.sota.uk.comCall 0845 37 198 38 or email [email protected]

4Motion Youth Classes & 4MDTYouth Co.4Motion youth classes aim to have fun with dance, theatre,music and film, developing original ideas and creative minds.Classes focus on developing a range of contemporary dancetechniques, fitness, choreography and performance skills in afun and friendly environment.

Tuesdays starting 27 April 10 weeks £60 per term Basement Studio

Sparks 5 to 8 years 4.30pm - 5.20pmFlames 9 to 12 years 5.30pm - 6.30pmBlaze 13 to 15 years 6.40pm - 7.40pm

4MDT is an award winning Youth Dance Company, winning first place for Best Choreography in theSouth East Dance for Life event, July 2009. Company dancers work intensively each week to developtraditional and original dance techniques, including physical theatre, contact improvisation andcontemporary dance skills. 4MDT also collaborate with other mediums such as dance on film, musiccomposition and site’s specific work to create totally original and thought provoking performances.

Wednesdays starting 28 April 10 weeks £80 per term The Auditorium

4MDTYouth Co. 16 - 21 years 5.45pm - 7.30pm

Contact: Elaine on 07792 859254


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May

Sat 01 pm The Princess and the Frog 2009 UDisney’s latest hit-fairytale, set in Jazz-era New Orleans, tells the taleof Tiana and her fateful kiss with a frog prince who desperately wantsto be human again.

Sat 08 1pm Chicken Little 2005 UAfter ruining his reputation with the town, a courageous chicken mustcome to the rescue of his fellow citizens when aliens start an invasion.Breathtaking action from this Disney animation.

Sat 15 1pm Peter Pan 2003 PGWendy Darling mesmerises her brothers every night with bedtime talesof swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook, when Peter Pan fliesinto their nursery one night and leads through the night’s sky toNeverland they become part of the tale themselves.

Sat 22 May 1pm Speed Racer 2009 PGSuper-stylised family adventure about a driver forced to fight for hisfamily’s honour on the racetrack.

Sat 29 1pm Flushed Away 2006 UAnimated adventure where an uptown rat gets flushed down the toiletfrom his penthouse apartment, ending in the sewers of London, wherehe has to learn a whole new and different way of life.

June

Sat 05 1pm Beauty and The Beast 1991 UClassic Disney animation, a opulent retelling of the much loved tale.

Sat 12 1pm The Iron Giant 1999 UA young boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that aparanoid government agent wants to destroy,magical fantasy from themind of poet Ted Hughes.

Adults £5.00 Children £2.50FREEWith Advantage Cardor Members: 1 Adult + 2 Children


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June (continued)

Sat 19 1pm The Jungle Book 1967 UThe classic Disney film tells the story of a young boy Mowgli who wasraised by animals in the jungle.

Sat 26 1pm Astro Boy 2009In futuristic Metro City, Astro Boy is a young robot with incrediblepowers and even more incredible adventures.

July

Sat 03 1pm Kung Fu Panda 2008 UIn theValley of Peace, Po the Panda finds himself chosen as the DragonWarrior despite the fact that he is obese and a complete novice atmartial arts.

Sat 10 1pm The Spy Next Door 2010 PGJackie Chan stars as Bob Ho, an undercover CIA agent who decides it’stime to settle down with his girlfriend, Gillian, but he has to win overher kids first.

Sat 17 1pm Percy Jackson and the Lightening Thief 2010 PGHigh school student Percy Jackson is in a bit of bother… with the godsof Mount Olympus. So much so, that they step out of his Greekmythology textbooks and into his life. It seems that someone has stolenZeus’ lightning bolt and Percy is the prime suspect.

Sat 24 1pm Alice inWonderland 2D 2010 PGFrom Walt Disney Pictures, Tim Burton directs an epic fantasyadventure, adding a magical, imaginative twist to this classic story.

Sat 31 1pm The Little Mermaid 1989 UAnother classic Disney animation: A mermaid princess makes a faustianbargain with an unscrupulous seahag in order to meet a human princeon land.

August

Sat 07 1pm HowTo Train Your Dragon 2D 2010 PGAnimated comedy adventure telling the hilarious story of HiccupHorrendous Haddock III, a youngViking prince.As part of a tribal initiation,Hiccup is sent to hunt down the fiercest dragon in the kingdom.

Sat 14 1pm Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang 2010 UEmma Thompson returns as the magical nanny in ‘Nanny McPhee andthe Big Bang’, a hilarious and heart-warming story that will enchantboth adults and children alike.

Sat 21 1pm The Last Song 2010 PGA rebellious girl who is sent to live with her estranged father for thesummer, they learn to reconnect through a shared love of music.

Sat 28 1pm Arthur and The Invisibles 2006 UTen-year-oldArthur, in a bid to save his grandfather’s house from beingdemolished, goes looking for hidden treasure. With the help of a magickey, a telescope, and the power of a full moon.


No Handbags Theatre CompanyEvery Thursday from 06 May 10am - 3.30pm

No Handbags creates visually striking performance basedexperiences. The company of performers with learningdisabilities aims to challenge traditional perceptions oftheatre and explore non conventional methods.

Contact: Nikki or Matt on 01753 866 865

Sing OutFridays from 14 May 6pm - 7pm £4

A hairbrush holding, loud and lively singing group for absolutelyeveryone, singing your way from ABBA to Queen to U2 and evenhaving a go at song writing and 3 part harmonies! The Sing Outgroup meets up at the Firestation every Friday evening at the endof a long week to relax, de-stress and Sing Out!

Starlight DanceEveryWednesday - Cuban Salsa!

All levels 8pm Social Dancing/Practice 9pm £7.50 GA £7Advantage Card

Starlight Dance company continues to provide authentic Latin dance tuitionfor adults, suitable for beginners and more advanced dancers, taking in Salsa,Merengue and Bachata. Tuition by Miguel Ramirez professional dancer andchoreographer from the Dominican Republic.

Next 6 week beginner’s course starts 23 June £35

Contact:ZoeRamirez on07929168886www.starlightdancecompany.com

Windsor Photographic SocietyEvery Monday from 03 May 8pm - 10pm Basement Studio

TheWindsor Photographic Society is one of the largest photographic societies in the UK.

Members enjoy a friendly atmosphere with a varied and stimulating programme of practical help,creative sessions, speakers, competitions, and social evenings.

Contact:AdamTrewartha on 01753 833077

Life DrawingSunday for 6 weeks from 18 April (except bank holidays)

5.30pm - 7.30pm £12 per session/£66 per 6 sessions

This class provides a relaxed opportunity to explore life drawing and develop a more intuitiveresponse to the model. The class will be facilitated by Sue Diffey, a professional artist who willinspire and guide you, as you develop and nurture your life drawing skills. All abilities welcome.Maximum class size 12 people, materials not supplied.

EveryFriday6-7pm£3 per

session

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Tango For BeginnersSundays for 6 weeks from Sunday 09 May

8pm - 9:15pm £45 for 6 weeks or £9 on a drop in basis.

EdwardTattersfield has recently returned toWindsor after dancing for various years inArgentina. Hewill be at the Firestation for this six week beginner’s course covering the basics of Argentineantango. His classes are fun and friendly and no partner is required. All welcome, more info atwww.edwardtattersfield.com.

Making Rings - Introduction to Silver JewelleryThu 03 June 10.30am - 12.30pm £10

Learn how to size a ring, saw, file, solder and polish silver and leave with your own, hand made silverring. Maximum class size 12 people, suitable for age 16 years and above.

Creative PaintingWednesdays for 6 weeks from 21 April

10.00am - 11.30am £42 for 6 week course, maximum class size 20 people

If you've long since felt the urge to grab a brush and palette, buthave never had the time or if you simply want to develop your skillsin a friendly and sociable class, then Creative Painting is certainlyfor you. Learning drawing and painting techniques in your chosenmedium (acrylic,watercolour, pastel, inks), be inspired, exploreideas and have lots of fun. Materials not supplied.

Graffiti ArtWorkshopSat 29 May & Sat 19 June

2pm - 3.30pm £12 maximum class size 20 people

Come join the Soulful Gallery and learn how to create your veryown piece of Graffiti Art. Learn the basics of how to design yourname or ‘tag’, create an outline and produce a full colour pieceworking with Molotow paint pens. No drawing or paintingexpertise required. Suitable for 7 years and above.

Contact: Lorna Clarke 07752 391330

Introduction to ImprovisationMondays for 6 weeks from 26 April 8.15pm - 9.30pm

£48 6 weeks / £10 per session

Back by popular demand!As a first-time dabbler in unscripted theatre, Introduction to Improvisationwill nurture your skills in a supportive atmosphere. Based on the four pillars of dramaticperformance: story, character, theme, and style, experienced improver/teacher Anastasia Lainas-Hayward will guide you through this improv workshop to introduce these basic performance skillsand help develop team dynamic and trust. No previous theatre experience needed, just a willingnessto try something new.


Beat is a magazine dedicated to showcasing and feeding into the cultural life of Windsor and the surrounding region.

Beat provides a platform for the artists, writers, dancers, photographers, musicians and filmmakers living and working in the region, talks to their audience and promotes a broad spectrum of cultural activity and debate.

www.beatmagazine.co.uk

On 2nd April 2008 explorer Ed Stafford began his 4000-mile quest to be the first person to walk the Amazon River from its source, near the Pacific coast in Peru, to its mouth at theAtlantic Ocean in Brazil.

Read more on www.beatmagazine.co.uk

“The world’s traditional weights and measures are amongst the few remaining living links we still have with our most distant ancestors – from the pre-literate tribesmen who would measure the height of their livestock with the width of their hands to the invaders from Rome who counted out their marches in thousand-pace units, the mille passus, our mile – And I cannot for the life of me

understand how abolishing all of this in favour of a made-up system designed for tidy-minded bureaucrats is anything but the most shocking and ignorant cultural vandalism”.

by Melanie Gow Read more on www.beatmagazine.co.uk

Ed Stafford’s long walk into history

Warwick Cairns – The Interview

by Hannah Masters-Waage


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Educational & CommunityWorkThe Firestation works closely with local schools, collegesand community organisations to establish and developcreative projects in partnership with teachers, artists andstudents.

The Firestation manages a series of educational andcommunity programmes throughout the year includingtheArtist in Residence Programme in place at theWindsorBoys’ School and the four local Middle Schools, TwilightINSET courses for teachers, support staff and artists, andworkshop opportunities for students to work with ourprofessional touring companies.

Socks Off - engaging boys in danceA day dedicated to boys dance at The Firestation Centre for Arts and Culture,Windsor

Fri 25 June 2010

Teachers INSET session 9.30am - 12.30pm

A fun, creative, interactive INSET session for teachers, lead by Zoie Golding from FuzzyLogic DanceCompany. You will gain an insight into what tools and creative ideas can help you to develop andmaintain sustainable boys dance within your primary or secondary school setting.

FuzzyLogic Dance Company successfully pushes the boundaries of male dance through a uniquestyle of high tempo and energetic contact work fused with exciting narrative contemporary dance.

FREE to teachers in the Royal Borough ofWindsor and Maidenhead, £45 for other teachers

Teacher & Pupil IntensiveWorkshop 1.00pm - 3.30pm

An exciting opportunity for local teachers and their pupils to work and learn together in an intensive,physical and fun way.

Working with Zoie Golding participants will use a range of different stimulus and creative techniquesto develop energetic contact movement material. Not forgetting a great opportunity to see someof the youth company members perform.

FREE to teachers and their pupils in the Royal Borough ofWindsor and Maidenhead

Please note that numbers to both sessions are limited, so book early.

The RBWM Dance NetworkThe RBWM Dance Network is a partnership programme betweenWindsor, Maidenhead and AscotSchool Sports Partnership and 4Motion DanceTheatre Company.The network is an opportunity forteachers, artists and those engaged with dance in schools to meet once a term to discuss, share andplan dance opportunities. Join us this term for another practical workshop where you will gain moreideas for dance lessons,music and choreography. For more information please contact Elaine Maceyon the below contacts.


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For more information about The Firestation’s Education and Community Programme, or todiscuss future partnership projects please contact Elaine Macey, Education and Participation

Manager on 01753 866 865 or [email protected].

Firestation Book SwapThur 20 May, 17 June, 15 July 7:45pm £5 GA

A literary event with a difference.

Novelist Marie Phillips, author of Gods Behaving Badly and publisherScott Pack host an evening of conversation and banter with a crackingline-up of guest writers.

Don't expect the polite, reserved atmosphere you would normally findat a literary gathering – The Book Swap is irreverent, entertaining and

slightly chaotic.You won’t hear boring speeches, the same old questions or authors readingfrom their latest book - but you could witness almost anything else.

Audience members are required to bring an unwanted book along with them which they will havean opportunity to swap for a different on one on the night. No one leaves empty handed.

Check the Firestation website or call our box office for full detailsof our exciting, upcoming Literary Events

"Certainly a literary event with a difference... I

wouldn't be at all surprised if the

Book Swap evening doesn't become the popular

way to mix books, writers and

the reading public." - Robert McCrum, Guardian

The tWindsor Project is a community arts project run by The Firestation Centre for Arts & Culture,encouraging the whole town to share their thoughts, feelings and activities online.

Whether you're popping out to the shops, falling in love, out with friends, having an argument ormusing on the finer points of life, The tWindsor Project needs to know!

Join us in creating a unique portrait of the region made from the personal experiences of it's residents.

Visit The tWindsor Project via The Firestation website or www.twitter.com/twindsorproject


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For exhibition information email [email protected]

Soulful GalleryMon 17 May - Sat 26 June 2010 1st Birthday Bash Sat 29May

Soulful Gallery is a collective of local contemporary artists whose work blendsstreet art, graphic design, photography, illustration and animation. Its aim is tomake new and innovative artwork and artists more accessible by providingquality and affordable art that is fresh, innovative and unique. This exhibitionshowcases original paintings and limited editions prints from four artists -Chang204, Koze, Matt Latchford and Amonamission.

Central to the Soulful philosophy is providing a nurturing environment forartists of the future and engaging young people in art. So if you’re a buddingartist do join them for Graffiti ArtWorkshops on the 29th May and 19th June.

Gordon R Brown and Katherine JonesMon 28 June 2010 - Sat 07 August 2010

Gordon is interested in the awkward relationship between us and the naturalworld. This fascination surfaces in his playful paintings depicting scenes of asurreal nature with various otherworldly characters of bird box men, strangeanimals in the forest and the odd appearance of Darwin.

Katherine works with traditional forms of printmaking in conjunctionwith drawing and watercolour. Her work follows today’s sensitivitytowards issues of protection and security using a recurring house shape,subverted structurally and contextually to simultaneously implynurture, protection and suffocation. Her interest in the disparitybetween different versions of ancient stories, where repetition andimperfect reproduction has confused the original message also plays aprimary role in the work’s conception.

Martina Lindqvist and Tim SullivanMon 09 August 2010 - Sat 18 September 2010

Jerwood Photography Prize 2008 Winner Martina Lindqvist's project AThousand Little Suns is influenced by an interest in spatial psychology,

and more precisely the emotive effects of landscapes and forestedwilder land. It takes a contemplative look at the northernlandscapes of Ostrobothnia in central Finland, which during theautumn and winter months should be shrouded by an impenetrabledarkness, but instead finds itself lit by a thousand glowing lights.The lights are neither natural nor intentional, but a by-product of anarmada of industrial sized greenhouses scattered around the area,changing it into something weird and alien—something that seemsimpossible to the rational mind.

Video and PerformanceOn the Micro Gallery screen we show a changing programme of video works, performance art andanimation. Highlights this season include the work of Marianna and Daniel O’Reilly, Roger Perkins,Dan Arnold, Joyce Treasure, Meta Drcar and Dori Deng.

Selected pieceswill be shown in theAuditorium. Checkwebsite formore details on video andperformance.


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BarDrop into our relaxed and friendly bars anytimefrom 10am every day [except Sundays 11am]to sample some of our delicious food, grab adrink or maybe enjoy an indulgent cappuccinowhilst surfing the web.

Our upper and lower bars house a regularprogramme of vibey music nights from ourresident DJs as well as showcasing our monthlyexhibitions.

Private HireOurAuditorium, Basement Studio, IT Studio &bars are all superbly equipped and available forprivate hire individually or as a whole.Whetheryou need a meeting space, a venue for yourpresentation, IT facilities or just want to throwa great party, we have the perfect solution foryou, right in the heart ofWindsor.

Our bars serve a great range of hot and cold food,teas& coffees,drinks and cocktails all day andourstaff are always happy to help you devise a preordered, pay as you go or canapés menu.

We also have a range of partner restaurantsand caterers to offer as an alternative.

Private Film &Wii NightsHire out our Cinema exclusively just for youand your friends to watch your favourite filmsor indulge in the ultimateWii experience!

Great for parties of all ages. Need drinks andfood served right to your seat?We do that too!

Call us on 01753 866 865or email: [email protected] discuss what you need or to book.

MembershipFirestation Membership is a great way tosupport your arts centre and get loads ofdiscounts and exclusive offers. Our membersenjoy many immediate benefits:

An invitation to the launch of the seasonJoin us and celebrate at our exclusive membersonly event at the launch of each new season andreceive a hot off the press brochure for thefollowing season and a chance to chat with usand other members about what’s coming up.

Exclusive booking period for each seasonFor up to two weeks following the launch of theseason, tickets are available only to members -giving you the opportunity to purchase the sameseats for all performances.

Discount on all season performancesUp to 20% discount on each performance. Joinnow and start saving!

Discount at The Firestation BarBy showing your membership card, you willreceive a 10% discount on your meals at our bar.

Discounts with our partner restaurants & shopsWe are building a hot list of local restaurants,shops and organizations happy to offer furtherdiscounts to Firestation Members. Check websitefor up to date list.

PricingOur Membership prices are as follows:

Firestation Membership £25.00

with Concession £20.00

Family Membership £37.50

All memberships are valid for 12 months fromthe time of purchase.

How to join:To get your Firestation Membership please visitour website and fill out the short registrationform or call us on 01753 866 865.


Getting Here...The Firestation centre for arts and culture is housed inThe Old Court,Windsor's old Firestation, Magistrates Court& Police Station.You'll find us on the corner of St Leonards Road & St Marks Road, look for the big red fire doorsand red railings.

On Foot & BikeFromWindsor Castle, go straight down Peascod Street until you reach the Criterion & Crosses Corner pubs atthe traffic lights. Go straight across and keep heading down, past East Berkshire College on your right, youshould be able to see us, all red and shiny, on the right side of the road.

By TrainWe are a fifteen minute walk fromWindsor & Eton Riverside Station or ten minutes fromWindsor CentralStation.

By BusThe Firestation is well served by buses to and fromWindsor, Slough, Bracknell and the surrounding area. Routes71, 191, 200, 701 & 702 either go right by us or very near by.

By CarThe Firestation is within easy reach of theM4 (Jct 6) andM40 (Jct 2).We have a number of inexpensive short staybays opposite The Firestation offering discounts for Advantage Card holders.A parking space at the rear of thebuilding is available for Disabled Badge holders plus a limited number of spaces are kindly made available tous from 7pm (please check on arrival). Nearest multi-storey car park is situated 5 minutes away on the cornerof Victoria Road and Alexandra Road.

Access...The Auditorium and Upper Bar are accessible by wheelchair and there is a designated disabled parking spaceand access ramp at the rear of the building.

Opening Times...10am to Midnight Monday to Saturday - 11am to 11pm Sunday

Box Office...You can purchase tickets for all of our events and some classes:• on-line at www.firestationartscentre.com • in person during our opening hours • by phone on 01753 866 865• email enquiries to [email protected]

The FirestationCentre for Arts & Culture

St. Leonards Road,Windsor, Berkshire SL4 3BLT: 01753 866 865 E: [email protected] www.firestationartscentre.com

www.facebook.com/pages/The-Firestation/12420303565www.myspace.com/thefirestationartscentre

New events are being added regularly so please check our website often for latest details


the firestation programme, may-aug 2010

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