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Sep – Dec 2015
THEATRE ART MUSIC CHILDREN’S TALKS
WELCOME‘that was the pearl of great price, the one f ield that had treasure in it.‘
R.S. Thomas’ poem The Bright Field encourages us not to hurry through life to an imagined future but rather to take the time to turn aside to notice the ‘pearl of great price’ that might be right before our eyes. This term’s Arts offerings hope to help us to be able to do that, and it is no accident that the exhibition, which borrows Thomas’ title, encourages us to consider our relationship between the landscapes we inhabit and our own selves. We are delighted to welcome our resident Artist, Rosemary Powell, who hopes to construct a piece of collaborative art involving the whole Tonbridge community, whilst the community exhibition Diversity which opens the year reminds us of how varied life can be in Tonbridge. We are delighted to continue our showings of NT Live which began in the summer of 2015, with the much awaited performance of Benedict Cumberbatch as Hamlet, following acclaimed productions of Coriolanus and The Beaux Stratagem. On the stage before us we welcome back the Propeller Company for a production of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, whilst the music events will follow a series of Shakespeare-inspired concerts exploring different genres. The heady days of McEnroe and Borg may be fading in the memory of some, but the era of bad losers and angst are wittily recreated by Jamie Wood in his successful show Beating McEnroe whilst the theatre season finishes with the eagerly anticipated school production of Hamlet. For younger lovers of drama we have a fantastic programme: those aged 3+ will want to come and see Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie and The Snow Dragon early in term before preparing for the Christmas celebration with Blunderbus’ production of Santa’s Little Helper.
We are also privileged to be welcoming a wide range of speakers from Costa poetry prizewinning poet Jonathan Edwards, to Cambridge Fellow Dr Mark Wormald looking at the work of Ted Hughes. Photographer Gina Glover, multi media artist Jessica Rayner and Social Scientist Geof Rayner will discuss their new book The Metabolic Landscape and Tonbridge’s own Toby Duncan will reflect on the development of his ideas and practice, with particular reference to the works in the exhibition The Bright Field.
Sitting in the middle of the hottest July day on record, it is difficult to foresee how one will feel in December by which stage the current programme outlined in the ensuing pages will be over. However, the Arts committee is confident that the content will help to maintain a sense of summer optimism in the minds of audiences and that there is variety and innovation aplenty to cater for a wide range of tastes.
JOHN BLEAKLEYCHAIR OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE
BOX OFFICE01732 304241
ONLINE BOOKING
www.tonbridgearts.com
/emforstertheatre
@emftheatre
The Box Office is open 10am – 2.30pm Monday – Friday (term time only) and one hour before our shows.
Tickets can be reserved for up to five days or, the day before the performance after which they will be released for sale.
For group bookings, terms and conditions and further enquiries please check our website or contact the Box Office.
When you book your tickets via the Box Office please let us know if you have any additional requirements which would make your visit more enjoyable.
Cover: Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie
PLEASE NOTE:
There is no parking available on the school site. Parking is available at Tonbridge School Centre or in nearby town car parks or on local roads.
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SEPTEMBERTHURS 3RD
NT LIVE SCREENING
THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM
EMF Theatre
7.00pm
FRI 11TH – FRI 25TH
DIVERSITY
Tunnel Gallery
MON 14TH
POCKET MERCHANT
EMF Theatre
7.30pm
SAT 19TH – SUN 15TH NOV
THE BRIGHT FIELD EXHIBITION
OBS Galley
MON 21ST
BEATING MCENROE
EMF Theatre
7.30pm
THURS 24TH
NT LIVE SCREENING
CORIOLANUS
EMF Theatre
7.00pm
THURS 24TH
JONATHAN EDWARDS
EMF Studio
7.00pm
TUES 29TH
THE METABOLIC LANDSCAPE
Cawthorne Lecture Theatre
7.30pm
OCTOBERSUN 4TH
MUSIC! HARK!
SONG
Big School
8.15pm
TUES 6TH
MARVELLOUS IMAGINARY MENAGERIE
EMF Theatre
7.30pm
FRI 9TH
LOWER SIXTH MUSIC SCHOLARS’ CONCERT
Recital Room
7.30pm
THURS 15TH
NT LIVE SCREENING
HAMLET
EMF Theatre
7.00pm
SAT 25TH
THE SNOW DRAGON
EMF Theatre
11am and 3pm
NOVEMBERTUES 3RD
TOBY DUNCAN
Cawthorne Lecture Theatre
7.30pm
FRI 6TH
MUSIC! HARK!
OPERA AND MUSICAL THEATRE
Big School
7.30pm
SUN 15TH
MUSIC! HARK!
ORGAN AND BRASS
Chapel
8.15pm
WED 18TH
HUNTING FOR TED HUGHES
Cawthorne Lecture Theatre
7.30pm
FRI 20TH
MUSIC! HARK!
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Chapel
7.30pm
SAT 21ST
BEETHOVEN CONCERT
Chapel
7.30pm
TUES 24TH – SAT 28TH
HAMLET
EMF Theatre
24th 2.30pm, all others 7.30pm
DECEMBERFRI 4TH
CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR
EMF Theatre
7.30pm
SAT 5TH, SUN 6TH, SAT 12TH
AND SUN 13TH
LUSTRE 15
OBS Gallery
12-4pm
TUES 8TH
NT LIVE SCREENING
JANE EYRE
EMF Theatre
7.00pm
SAT 12TH – MON 14TH
SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER
EMF Theatre
12th – 3pm13th – 10.30am and 2.30pm14th – 10.30am and 2.00pm
THEATRE ART MUSIC CHILDREN’S TALKS
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Thursday 3rd September
NT LIVE SCREENING SIMON GODWIN (MAN AND SUPERMAN) DIRECTS GEORGE FARQUHAR’S WILD COMEDY OF LOVE AND CASH.
The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money.
But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.
Fri 11th September – Fri 25th September
DIVERSITYOPEN GALLERY FRIDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER 6.30 – 8PM
An exhibition of students’ work from local schools and colleges from the West Kent Art Federation. The exhibition will showcase students’ work from Early Years & Foundation and Key Stages 1-5 and will be an opportunity to reflect on the breadth and diversity of work from this large group of different schools.
THEATRE ART
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EMF THEATRE 7.00pm £14, £12 con.For school booking (1 free for every 10 booked) contact Helen on 01732 304241 TUNNEL GALLERY All welcome
Sat 19th September – Sun 15th November
THE BRIGHT FIELD EXHIBITIONOPEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 12-4PM & MON-FRIDAY FOR BOOKED GROUPS
The Bright Field explores contemporary responses to landscape through the practice of a painter, photographer, ceramicist, sculptor, multimedia artist and filmmaker. The exhibition investigates our relationship to our physical environment and landscape as a location for narrative and meaning; ideas explored include ecology, energy use, perception, memory and time. The artworks are linked by their relationship to the Romantic concept of the Sublime which has been re-imagined for a 21st century context.
Photo: Nobby C
lark
Monday 14th September
SHAKESPEARE’S THE MERCHANT OF VENICE POCKET-SIZEDIRECTED BY EDWARD HALL DESIGNED BY MICHAEL PAVELKA
Pocket Merchant, a condensed version of Propeller’s critically acclaimed 2009 production, brings one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays to life using the company’s unique revelatory style. Under the direction of Edward Hall, Propeller’s all-male cast brings Shakespeare’s text to life with its invigorating, engaging and often funny approach to the play. Pocket Merchant is an inspiring introduction not only to Shakespeare, but also to the very best of English theatre.
After a gripping hour you are invited into the performance space to question the actors about the play, acting, Shakespeare, in fact anything that comes to mind.
SUITABLE FOR 11 TO 80 YEARS PLUS. RUNNING TIME 1 HOUR, PLUS A 40 MINUTE TALKBACK.
THEATRE ART
Anthony Whishaw, Summer Field
8 9EMF THEATRE 7.30pm £8 OBS GALLERY Admission Free
Monday 21st September
BEATING McENROEBY JAMIE WOOD
Award winning, anarchic, art-clown, Jamie Wood.1981. Wimbledon. Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe face each
other across the net: the self-controlled champion and the impassioned upstart. An epic rivalry comes to a head. A six-year old boy watches and learns.
Beating McEnroe is a new solo show from award-winning theatre maker Jamie Wood about a pivotal moment. With the help of his audience, amongst vivid, surprising images, Jamie performs a cathartic ritual: recreating and reliving the last point of one fateful match until he is finally able to move on in his life.
Beating McEnroe was shortlisted for a Total Theatre Award for Innovation, Experimentation and Playing with Form in 2013, won the From Edinburgh with Love award from Oval house and in 2014 won Best Show at BE Festival as voted by the audience.
AGE GUIDELINE 12+
Thursday 24th September
NT LIVE SCREENING National Theatre Live’s 2013 broadcast of the Donmar Warehouse’s production of Coriolanus returns to cinemas by popular demand.
Shakespeare’s searing tragedy of political manipulation and revenge, Coriolanus features an Evening Standard Award-winning performance from Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers, War Horse (f ilm), BBC’s The Hollow Crown) in the title role, directed by the Donmar’s Artistic Director Josie Rourke.
When an old adversary threatens Rome, the city calls once more on her hero and defender: Coriolanus. But he has enemies at home too. Famine threatens the city, the citizens’ hunger swells to an appetite for change, and on returning from the field Coriolanus must confront the march of realpolitik and the voice of an angry people.
EMF THEATRE 7.00pm £14, £12 con.For school booking (1 free for every 10 booked) contact Helen on 01732 304241
Photo: Spencer Murphy
THEATRE THEATRE
10 EMF THEATRE 7.30pm £8 11
Thursday 24th September
JONATHAN EDWARDS –
POETRY READINGJonathan Edwards is a young poet from South Wales; his debut poetry collection My Family and Other Superheroes won the coveted Costa Poetry Prize and the Wales book of the Year Award.
Edwards’ poetry collection is a humorous account of life in the Welsh valleys that features surreal f lights of imagination. The collection was described as “joyous, brilliant and moving” by the Costa judges. He is an electric performer of his work; join him to hear poems that are funny, engaging and thought-provoking.
Tuesday 29th September
THE METABOLIC LANDSCAPE: A MEETING PLACE BETWEEN SCIENCE AND ARTOBS GALLERY WILL BE OPEN FROM 6.45PM FOR AN EVENING VIEWING OF THE BRIGHT FIELD EXHIBITION
Photographer Gina Glover, multi media artist Jessica Rayner and Social Scientist Geof Rayner discuss their new book The Metabolic Landscape. The work of Gina Glover and Jessica Rayner can be seen in The Bright Field exhibition in OBS Gallery.
The Metabolic Landscape is a beautifully illustrated, fascinating and engaging exploration of the unfolding relationship between energy and the landscape, and our interpretation of it. Through extraordinary photographs depicting the ways in which humankind has harnessed different forms of energy and a visual exploration of our relationship with energy sources, the authors navigate the disciplines of art, science and philosophy to propose that the earth is in a current state of metabolic distress due to our over consumption of energy.
13CAWTHORNE LECTURE THEATRE 7.30pm All welcome
TALKS TALKS
Gina Glover, Water held by the cold
12 EMF THEATRE 7.00pm £3, students Free
30th September – 10th December
THE TUNNEL RESIDENCY 2015Rosemarie Powell is a sculptor working from her studio on Ashdown Forest. Her origins lie in stone (marble and alabaster) and bronze, but she currently works mainly in black and white clay which she fires to varying temperatures to achieve authentic expression of material.
Her language is the abstract form. The integrity of the material consciousness of form and process constitute the mainstays of her practice.
Rosemarie will be Artist in Residence in the Tunnel Gallery during the Michaelmas term from the end of September. She sees this residency as an opportunity to explore further the connections Art brings between people and seeks to do so in two ways: in addition to sharing her thought and work processes with the students, Rosemarie will seek to explore further the possibilities of actively involving the Tonbridge School community in creating a sculpture installation, a project she terms ‘social sculpture’. Extending beyond the visible material to include the invisible (social) materials she will be addressing such questions as ‘What is sculpture/3D form? ’, ‘What does the concept of installation entail? ’, and ‘How might a blog enhance a project of this kind?’
Sunday 4th October
MUSIC! HARK!A SERIES OF SHAKESPEARE-INSPIRED CONCERTS EXPLORING DIFFERENT GENRES: SONGThe season starts with solo song settings sung by Tonbridge School students complimented by Vaughan Williams’ magical choral songs and Tudor Masterpieces performed by the newly formed Kent College/Tonbridge School Chamber Choir.
Song: Purcell If Music be the Food of LoveArne Under the Greenwood Tree Morley It was a Lover and his Lass Quilter Three Shakespeare Songs Schubert Hörch, hörch, die Lerch’;
An Sylvia; TrinkliedFinzi Let us Garlands BringVaughan Williams Shakespeare Songs
Music by Tallis, Byrd and GibbonsTonbridge School Students and KCTS Chamber Choir
ART MUSIC
14 TUNNEL GALLERY All welcome 15
BIG SCHOOL 8.15pm Free Please book through the Box Office
Tuesday 6th October
LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES PRESENT
MARVELLOUS IMAGINARY MENAGERIERoll up; roll up, for the most magnif ical, tremendible and fantasticulous experience in town! The caravan of curiosities and its crew of mysterious misfits have arrived to entertain, amuse and beguile.
Packed with puppets, music and magic and from the makers of The Terrible Infants and The Trench comes the world’s weirdest wonder emporium! And a cow that looks like Brian May.
‘If Roald Dahl and Tim Burton had ever met and decided to open a travelling circus, the result might have been something close to Les Enfants Terribles’ superb storybook world of The Marvellous Imaginary Menagerie’ — EDINBURGH SPOTLIGHT
AGE GUIDELINE 6+
CHILDREN’S
Academy Award® nominee Benedict Cumberbatch (BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game, Frankenstein at the National Theatre) takes on the title role of Shakespeare’s great tragedy.
Directed by Lyndsey Turner (Posh, Chimerica) and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, National Theatre Live will broadcast this eagerly awaited production live to cinemas.
As a country arms itself for war, a family tears itself apart. Forced to avenge his father’s death but paralysed by the task ahead, Hamlet rages against the impossibility of his predicament, threatening both his sanity and the security of the state.
SONIA FRIEDMAN PRODUCTIONS
HAMLET
Thursday 15th October
NT LIVE SCREENING
THEATRE
MUSIC
Friday 9th October
LOWER SIXTH MUSIC SCHOLARS’ CONCERTDo come and listen to a varied recital of solo repertoire given on instruments including violin, double bass, horn and bassoon, performed by our Lower Sixth Music Scholars. There will be drinks served in the interval.
1716 EMF THEATRE 7.30pm £12, £10 con.EMF THEATRE 7.00pm £14, £12 con.
For school booking (1 free for every 10 booked) contact Helen on 01732 304241
RECITAL ROOM 7.30pm FREE(no need to book in advance)
Sunday 25th October
TALL STORIES PRESENTS
THE SNOW DRAGON Billy has everything a young goat could need – and more besides. On New Year’s Eve, Billy’s parents tell him about the legendary Snow Dragon, who will bring him even more goodies during the night.
But when Billy bumps into some wolves in the woods, New Year’s Day seems a long way off. Find out how Billy escapes – and whether the Snow Dragon will bring him a present. Has Billy been naughty or nice?
Story-telling, comedy and songs create a magical, mysterious world for everyone aged 3 and up, from the company that brought you The Gruffalo and Room on the Broom.
‘If you are a kid, if you have kids, if you ever were a kid, go and see The Snow Dragon.’ — THREE WEEKS HHHHH
Tuesday 3rd November
TOBY DUNCAN –
NEPHELOCOCCYGIA; SEEING SHAPES IN CLOUDS OBS GALLERY WILL BE OPEN FROM 6.45PM FOR AN EVENING VIEWING OF THE BRIGHT FIELD EXHIBITION
Toby Duncan is an artist and Art Teacher at Tonbridge School. He creates ceramics that are intensely physical, lavishly made, yet intimate objects. Part painting and part sculpture, they allude to a myriad of references including food, weather, geological specimens, microscopic structures and the patterns in deep space.
During this evening he will show slides of his work and discuss the development of his ideas and practice, with particular reference to the works in the exhibition The Bright Field. He will explain ‘why art doesn’t need a title’ and why you should trust your own interpretations of what you see.
CHILDREN’S TALKS
Toby Duncan, mico
18 19EMF THEATRE Two shows – 11am and 3pm £8 CAWTHORNE LECTURE THEATRE 7.30pm All Welcome
Friday 6th November
MUSIC! HARK!OPERA & MUSICAL THEATRE
Our second vocal programme focuses on music for stage, ranging from Verdi to Bernstein and drawing on the additional talents of the School’s vocal department and students from local schools.
Extracts from:Verdi Macbeth, Falstaff & OthelloGounod Romeo and JulietBritten A Midsummer Night’s DreamPurcell The Fairy QueenPorter Kiss me KateBernstein West Side Story
Staff & Students from Tonbridge School and Old Tonbridgians
Sunday 15th November
MUSIC! HARK!ORGAN AND BRASS
Brass Music of Shakespeare’s time by composers who wrote for The Globe will be combined with organ transcriptions of more familiar film, ballet and incidental music in the Allan Bunney Concert.
Walton Richard IIIProkofiev Romeo and Juliet before DepartingMendelssohn Scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Music by Byrd, Holborn, Farnaby & CoperarioStaff & Students from Tonbridge School
MUSIC MUSIC
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BIG SCHOOL 7.30pm Free Please book through the Box Office
CHAPEL 8.15pm Free Please book through the Box Office
Wednesday 18th November
HUNTING FOR TED HUGHES – A TALK BY DR MARK WORMALDDr Wormald, fellow of Pembroke College Cambridge, offers new insights into the poetry of one of the twentieth century’s finest, yet most controversial, poets, drawing on personal recollection and research into Hughes’s engagement with farming and fishing, as well as his more esoteric views and influences, to challenge accepted conventions on the poet’s life and work.
Friday 20th November
MUSIC! HARK!SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
The season concludes with an orchestral concert featuring old favourites by Prokofiev and Mendelssohn, a mesmeric Michael Nyman score and Walton’s spectacular music for Olivier’s film version of Henry V.
Prokofiev Movements from Romeo and JulietMendelssohn Nocturne & Wedding March from
A Midsummer Night’s DreamMichael Nyman Suite from Prospero’s BooksWalton Henry V Suite
Tonbridge School Symphony Orchestra
TALKS MUSIC
22 23CAWTHORNE LECTURE THEATRE 7.30pm All WelcomeCHAPEL 7.30pm Free
Please book through the Box Office
Saturday 21 November 2015
TONBRIDGE PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL CONCERTTONBRIDGE SCHOOL CHAPEL AT 7.30 PM
Beethoven Concert:Leonora Overture No.3
Ah! Perfido, Soloist: Helena DixMissa Solemnis
Music Director: Matthew Willis
Tickets: £15 Adult, £12 Senior, £7 Studentwww.tonphil.org.uk Box Office: 01732 304241
Tue 24th November – Sat 28th November
TONBRIDGE SCHOOL PRESENTS
HAMLETThe King of Denmark is dead. His brother, Claudius, has quickly married the widowed queen and taken the throne. The dead king’s ghost reveals foul play. Hamlet swears vengeance.
Hamlet has challenged actors and captivated audiences for over 400 years. This abridged production explores the intensity and intimate complexity of the Danish court; a family torn apart by murder, mistrust, and revenge.
THEATRE
25EMF THEATRE 24th 2.30pm, all others 7.30pm £5, £1 con.
Friday 4th December
CHRISTMAS SPECTACULARAn informal programme of festive music and other favourites. Performers include Tonbridge School’s Big Bands, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, School Orchestra and the newly formed joint Kent College/Tonbridge School Chamber Choirs.
Sat 5th , Sun 6th, Sat 12th and Sun 13th December
LUSTRE 15Building on the success of last year’s exhibition, Lustre 15 is a selling show of high quality work by artists from the South East. It will be an opportunity to browse and buy ceramics, painting, photography, print, sculpture and textiles that will make ideal Christmas presents for the discerning art lover.
MUSIC ART
Elaine Thompson, Time Flies
26 27EMF THEATRE 7.30pm £5 OBS GALLERY 12-4pm All Welcome
Saturday 12th – Mon 14th December
BLUNDERBUS PRESENTS
SANTA’S LITTLE HELPERWRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY BILL DAVIES, WITH MUSIC AND LYRICS BY FRANK GOODHIND. ILLUSTRATIONS BY MARY HALL
Young Albert Tuttle is nearly 7 years old, – far too old to believe in Santa! How does a big fat man wearing bright red pyjamas fit down the chimney, anyway?
But, Albert is in for a big surprise. For, as he sleeps on Christmas Eve, a big fat man wearing bright red pyjamas tumbles down his chimney like a roly-poly pudding. It’s Santa – he’s come for Albert’s help!
This delightful new show comes to life with an irresistible blend of music, puppetry and high energy storytelling.
With lots of laughs, music and plenty of opportunities to join in along the way, this is the perfect treat for Christmas. Oh, and the chance to meet Santa himself !
Little people aged 3-7 will love this heart-warming tale, but big people will have lots of fun, too. This is a funny, festive adventure with a very happy ending. Guaranteed to have your spirits flying higher than Rudolph!
Image ©
Mary H
all
CHILDREN’S
Tuesday 8th December
NT LIVE SCREENING Almost 170 years on, Charlotte Brontë’s story of the trailblazing Jane is as inspiring as ever. This bold and dynamic production uncovers one woman’s fight for freedom and fulfilment on her own terms.
From her beginnings as a destitute orphan, Jane Eyre’s spirited heroine faces life’s obstacles head-on, surviving poverty, injustice and the discovery of bitter betrayal before taking the ultimate decision to follow her heart.
This acclaimed re-imagining of Brontë’s masterpiece was first staged by Bristol Old Vic last year, when the story was performed over two evenings. Director Sally Cookson now brings her celebrated production to the National, presented as a single, exhilarating performance.
THEATRE
28EMF THEATRE 7.00pm £14, £12 con.
For school booking (1 free for every 10 booked) contact Helen on 01732 304241EMF THEATRE 12th – 3pm, 13th – 10.30am and 2.30pm, £8
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