theatre in the mill - spring summer 2016 brochure

University of Bradford

spring/sUmmer 2016www.Bradford.ac.Uk/theatre

Illustration: Erin McGrath

dIaryspring/sUmmer 2016

FebruaryFriday 19th - Saturday 20th FebruaryIn The Vice Like Grip Of It - ivo

Friday 26th February Ham and Passion - deNada dance Theatre

MarchFriday 11th March They Live Next door - Ieva Kuniskis

Week beginning Monday 14th March(see our website for further details)rEMOTE [Bradford] - Coney

aprilSaturday 16th april What If I Told you - The Mayers Ensemble

Saturday 23rd april The Image in the Other (Open Space)

Thursday 28th aprilEden - displace yourself

MayFriday 13th May Tribute acts - TheatreStateFriday 20th May - Sunday 29th May Bradford Literature Festival Saturday 21st May Threshold - Schwa

JuneSaturday 11th JuneTransit - ZENdEH

Saturday 18th JuneFadoubleGOT - Jamal Gerald

JulyFriday 1st July - Saturday 2nd JulyLove, Bombs & apples - aIK Productions

Saturday 9th Julythe boiling sea - wolf kid theatre

New this seasonGet cheaper tickets when you buy in advance from www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre

Tickets at the discounted rate will be available to buy online until 4pm on the day of the performance.

Theatre in the Mill exists to support artists to develop new work and to put our audiences right at the heart of that development.

We aspire not to do work for people, but with them, to explore the stories of our community and the place in which we live, to start conversations about art and the world.

we do this in three ways:

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Open Space: a place for artists to play, explore and develop new ideas. a place to dream and think and a place to test with an audience.

TheaTre in The Mill cOMMiSSiOn: development commissions for artists whose work we love to create performances that can be toured.

ViSiTing WOrk: we host companies whose work adds to the conversation about what theatre is and what it can be.

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“A radical development space that puts audiences at the heart of the work” yorkshire Post

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Friday 19Th - SaTurday 20Th February, 7.30pM

in The Vice like grip OF iT ivo£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

you are watching a woman through the fourth wall of her home. The feed from the camera hidden in the lamp next to her is projected across her kitchen cabinets. When she speaks, her voice is caught by the microphone in her smartphone and amplified to you. She opens her laptop and an image of her face flickers across the room. you watch her type: 'I think I'm being watched...'

a new play exploring the relationship between citizens and the state in light of our knowledge of contemporary surveillance practices.

Friday 26Th February, 7.30pM

haM and paSSiOn denada dance TheaTre£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

deNada dance Theatre presents a gender-bending evening of seductive and provocative dance choreographed by Carlos Pons Guerra. Three short narrative works form this kitschy and filmic bill of contemporary dance with a very Spanish flavour - a true feast of meaty dance soaked in a salsa of passion.

From a dingy cabaret in Civil War Barcelona, where a drag artiste murders her fascist lover backstage, passing through a lustful duel of seduction between two machos, and ending with a divine apparition in a kitchen of 1950's Seville, ham and passion is an exhilarating, hilarious journey through the history and culture of modern Spain that promises to subvert the senses.

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Get cheAper tickets wheN you buy iN AdvANce from www.brAdford.Ac.uk/theAtre box office: 01274 233200 [email protected]

Friday 11Th March, 7.30pM

They liVe nexT dOOr ieVa kuniSkiS (work in progress)

TickeTS: £4

They live next door (working title) is a physical theatre duet for two older male dancers accompanied by live music. The work explores perceptions around maleness and masculinity and questions socially preconceived roles and relationships to reveal our common humanity underneath the labels. Ieva aims to open a dialogue with the audience about masculinity and femininity, and the shifting boundaries of gender roles in modern society.

Ieva (pronounced: yeah-va) Kuniskis is a Lithuanian choreographer based in London. She combines dance and theatre to create unique movement language and develop authentic characters to share stories about everyday life. She refrains from telling a clear linear story, creating instead emotive narratives, that audiences can empathise with.Supported by: Swindon dance, Pavilion dance, Theatre In The Mill and arts Council England.

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Week beginning MOnday 14Th March(further details to be announced online)

reMOTe [bradFOrd] cOney£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

We’re here to help you be more like people like you.

We’re here to help Bradford become the place you want.

We’re here to give you choice.

Coney (www.coneyhq.org) makes theatre in which you can play and take a meaningful part. reMOTe is a piece of sit-down interactive theatre in development, interrogating the politics of choice, the Uberisation of everything, and living in an immaterial world.

‘playful, sly and ticklish’ Brian Logan, Camden People’s TheatreConey are funded by arts Council England as a National Portfolio Organisation.

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SaTurday 23rd april, 7.30pM

The iMage in The OTherTickeTS: £4

exploring dignity of difference

Seven artistsSeven religionsSix culturesFour art formsJoin us for a sharing and discussion of the second stage of our work in progress based on the book “The dignity of difference: How to avoid the Clash of Civilizations” by rabbi Jonathan Sacks. Through music, dance, literature and visual arts, the collaborating artists explore ideas such as common human values, making space for difference, the role of religion in conflict resolution and more.The first stage of this project was performed at Bradford Literature Festival in May 2015. collaborating artists:chirstella litras, david hamilton, inder ‘goldfinger’, Mike love, Musufing Whyles, rashmi Sudhir, Shanaz gulzar.

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SaTurday 16Th april, 7.30pM

WhaT iF i TOld yOuThe MayerS enSeMble in aSSOciaTiOn WiTh liTTleMighTy

(work in progress)

TickeTS: £4Pauline’s life hasn’t quite turned out how she planned. She’s going to summon up the ghosts of the past to help her figure it out.First up is Betsy. She was a black slave, who was subjected to medical experimentation in the 1840s.Then there’s J Marion Sims. He did the experimenting. He didn’t like using anaesthetic.Finally, there’s Pauline herself. Twenty-seven years ago, she was one of the first black British dancers to go to the rambert School.all three seem distant and different. But what if they’re not? What will they have to say to each other?Irreverent, funny and provocative, Pauline’s energising performance brings together theatre, movement and music to ask some big questions about the ways in which we’re different (or exactly the same).What if i Told you is supported by the West yorkshire Playhouse's Furnace artist development Programme

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ThurSday 28Th april, 7.30pM

eden diSplace yOurSelF£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

The year is 2044 and Earth is a lifeless wasteland. The only chance of survival is to be accepted into Eden, a city enclosed in a protective dome where the inhabitants are free from the dangers of the Outside but the promise of paradise may not be all that it seems.

eden follows two individuals, their emotional journey of social exclusion, and their struggle to survive in a world where there is little room for forgiveness. dynamic movement is fused with poetic text and woven throughout is a powerfully composed soundtrack.

Using satirical commentary and physical interpretation, displace yourself Theatre present parallels of the challenges surrounding homelessness and explore the social divides that exclude many communities.

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Friday 13Th May, 7.30pM

TribuTe acTSTheaTreSTaTe£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

Everyone wants their dad to be a hero. But what happens when your heroes let you down? Cheryl and Tess couldn’t remember the last proper conversation they had with their socialist dads. So they interviewed them. and filmed it.In Tribute acts, they use the footage to remember the good times; when they used to think that their dads were like Tony Blair, Bill Clinton and Pierce Brosnan. Now living as adults in the New Labour aftermath, Cheryl and Tess attempt to resurrect the lost father figures from their childhoods.Tribute acts is a hilarious and boldly honest exploration of father daughter relationships and whether our remembered pasts are in fact, a fiction.‘Raw theatrical brilliance... Gallacher and Seddon are gifted performers and the video interaction is beautifully stage-managed. It’s a brave, bold and fiercely realised work’

The Scotsman

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SaTurday 21ST May, 7.30pM

ThreShOldSchWa£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

Join musicians Peter Spafford, richard Ormrod and guest vocalist Jacqui Wicks for an evening of song that explores the possibilities of hospitality; from Homer to Budget Hotels.

Original songs, reworkings of classic texts and beautiful story-telling combine to make this an evening of warmth and contemplation of the meaning of welcome.

Come on in and stay a while. Take off your coat and put your feet up. There are stories to tell, songs to sing. a warm bed, a cup of tea and the comfort of strangers. Step over the threshold.

‘Sublime playing and tales to melt away the blues’ The Lux

‘An unforgettable evening that makes you respond to strangers in a new way’ a Firm of Poets

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Friday 20Th May - Sunday 29Th May

bradFOrd liTeraTure FeSTiVal(VariOuS VenueS, deTailS TO be annOunced)

after last year’s success, Bradford Literature Festival returns to Theatre in the Mill with its distinct, diverse and dynamic brand of programming. Celebrating the written and the spoken word in the broadest possible sense, the festival offers an exploration of race, faith and culture through a celebration of history, arts, music, theatre, ideas, conversations and of course books.

Save the dates: Friday 20th to Sunday 29th May 2016.

www.bradfordliteraturefestival.co.uk @Bradfordlitfestwww.facebook.com/bradfordlitfest

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In association with

SaTurday 11Th June, 7.30pM

TranSiT Zendeh£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

conflict wounds us all.Two strangers are stranded in an airport. It is the 4th July 1988, the day after the downing of Iran air Flight 655 by the US Navy.She is a student, a dual-national, trapped between two cultures. He is a professor, older but not wiser, with a narrow academic view of the political landscape.Together they explore the temporary relationships that we make; the difference between the world and the academic’s perception of it; the impact of conflict beyond the borders of the countries involved.ZENdEH is a national and international touring theatre company based in Newcastle whose mission is to independently analyse and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs through eclectic original productions, workshops and training. Illustration: Erin McGrath.

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SaTurday 18Th June, 7.30pM

FadOublegOTJaMal gerald (work in progress)

TickeTS: £4

Inspired by a personal homophobic experience, this autobiographical performance focuses on the ups and downs of pride and self-loathing, and finding a place where you shouldn’t be afraid to celebrate your individuality.

Jamal Gerald develops the courage to tell his story of how he learned to embrace everything thrown his way and how to wear labels without shame.

Suitable for over 16s (contains strong language, references to sex and drug use). Supported by Contact, Theatre in the Mill, CaST and The Writing Squad.



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SaTurday 9Th July, 7.30pM

The bOiling SeaWOlF kid TheaTre(work in progress)

TickeTS: £4

wolf kid theatre company’s first show sets out to explore difference, commonality, magic and revolution. a group of artists from different backgrounds explore how we are both divided and brought together by race, gender, class, ability, age and sexuality amongst other things that may and may not define us.

Part rehearsed and part improvised, things that could happen include: dancing, incanting, story-telling, music, silence, breathing, leaping, laughing, making offerings, asking questions, telling truths, calling on gods, creating a theatrical hex on the Tory Government.

What does it mean to be different from one another?What do we have in common? What sort of magic might we each be capable of? a work in progress sharing of an anarchic, visual and sensitive show that will try to do something genuinely exciting, beautiful and political.


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Friday 1ST July - SaTurday 2nd July, 7.30pM

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lOVe, bOMbS & appleS WriTTen by haSSan addulraZZak. perFOrMed by aSiF khan.£9/£7/liMiTed STudenT OFFer: £4

love, bombs and apples is the comic and poignant new play from award winning playwright Hassan addulrazzak (Baghdad Wedding, The Prophet) - a tale of four men, each from different parts of the globe, all experiencing a moment of revelation.a Palestinian actor learns there is more to English girls than pure sex appeal. a Pakistani-born terror suspect figures out what is wrong with his first novel. a British youth suspects all is not what it seems with his object of desire. a New yorker asks his girlfriend for a sexual favour at the worst possible time.

This one man play is extremely funny with a sharp cutting edge for today's multi-cultural Britain.

‘A truly exceptional performance.’ London Theatre

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Produced by Turtle Key arts.

behind The SceneSas part of their association with Theatre in the Mill, Northern Lines have commissioned Helen Wilkinson, former participant and their first associate practitioner, to spend her youth and community placement from Bradford College engaging with a group of young roma women from across our city. The project combines youth work principles with forum theatre techniques to encourage and explore the narrative of the group whilst identifying and empowering a group of cultural ambassadors. Marking the end of this stage of the project will be a celebration event with a creative sharing of the findings performed by the group, followed by a discussion/Q&a.

THEaTrE IN THE MILLUniversity of BradfordOff Shearbridge roadBradfordBd7 1dP

BOx OFFICEBuy online: www.bradford.ac.uk/theatre01274 [email protected]

Postcode for sat navs - Bd7 1Nx - this will take you to Bombay Stores on Shearbridge road - we’re opposite, down a side road into the University campus.

CONCESSIONSavailable to full-time students, state pensioners, registered disabled people and their carers, unemployed people and children under 16.

dISaBLEd ParKING & aCCESSTheatre in the Mill is wheelchair-accessible with a lift to the main auditorium on the first floor. We have two disabled parking spaces nearby.

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Image credit: david Holmes

geT cheaper TickeTS When yOu buy in adVance FrOM WWW.bradFOrd.ac.uk/TheaTre discounted tickets will be for sale online until 4pm on the day of the performance.

bOx OFFice: 01274 233200 eMail: [email protected]: @braduniartsFacebOOk: www.facebook.com/theatreinthemill

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