Avenue 8 Programme

avenue

october 2013

Opening timesBuilding open Monday to Sunday: From 11am onwardsTelephone Bookings on Monday: From 10am to 9pmTicket office open Tuesday to Sunday: From 11am onwards

How to bookOnline - Get your seats online at avenue8.co.ukBy phone - Give us a call on 01638 673589In person - Come along to the Avenue 8 box office.

Where to find usJust off Downing Street, around the corner from the Grand Arcadia.Pembroke Street, Cambridge, CB2 3QY

Under 25s

OnlineFollow us on twitter @Avenue8Like us on facebook.com/avenue8

Get tickets for £5 on the door. Look out for this symbol in the programme for shows this applies to.

-25

Welcome to the October programme for Avenue 8. Term time has started, winter is coming, but we can brighten your day with our side-splitting comedy or world class theatre. Whether it’s outstanding dance performances or classic cinema screenings, we’ve got everything you’ll need to have a good October.

2 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Welcome to Cambridge’s new arts centre

Lunchtime Recitals Every Saturday 4Ed Sheeran 5th October 5NUS Student Sunday 6th October 6Front:Cover Exhibition 5th - 8th October 7The September Issue 7th - 8th October 7The Effect 8th - 11th October 8Hugh Hughes 10th October 9Crossing Points 11th October 9Of Monsters and Men 12th October 10Cool Runnings 12th - 14th October 11Mark Watson 14th October 12Eric Lampaert 15th October 12The Taming of the Shrew 16th - 18th October 13Cambridge Camera 17th - 22nd October 14Small Talk 18th October 14Rocky Horror Picture Show 19th October 15Metropolitan Opera New York 19th October 16Mystic Pizza 21st October 16Alt-J 22nd October 17The 39 Steps 23rd - 25th October 18Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer 23rd October 19Distortion 24th - 29th October 20Pina 24th - 26th October 21James Acaster 26th October 21Sing-A-Long-A-Sound Of Music 26th October 22Halloween Film Specials 27th - 29th October 23Room On A Broom 28th - 30th October 24National Theatre Live: Port 29th October 25Michael Kiwanuka 30th October 26Horrors on the Avenue 31st October 27Bill Bailey 1st November 28

3it’s right up your street

October at Avenue 8 Film Music Dance Theatre Comedy Visual Art Community

Valtie Nunn is a world class violinist. As well as playing for Leona Lewis, Ms. Nunn has been part of the ensemble for The Royal Variety Show and Strictly Come Dancing.

Enjoy beautiful music whilst lunching in our cafe. With brilliant homemade food and renowned musicians, you’re bound to have a good afternoon at Avenue 8.

Jose Albela is a solo Acoustic finger-style guitarist. He will be performing his own fusion of flamenco, blue and Celtic folk in a unique, captivating and heart warming performance.

12th: Jose Albela guitarist

price includes a lunch of freshly made baguettes, homemade cakes and a range of hot and cold drinks

5th: Valtie Nunnviolinist

The Cellists are a professional cello duo. They will be playing pieces by Vivaldi and Handel.

19th: The Cellists cello duo

Matt Child will ‘Fly You To The Moon’ when he performs beautiful classical Jazz numbers on the piano.

26th: Matt Childpianist

£8 each // £25 for all four

4 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Lunchtime Recitalsevery Saturday

at 12:30pm

With a number one album and two Brit awards under his belt, Ed Sheeran is

back on tour this Autumn . Ed performs beutiful songs in a fusion of pop, folk and hip hop. “The A Team”, “You Need Me,

I Don’t Need You” “Lego House” and “Drunk” are only a few of the brilliant

singles the 21 year old singer-songwriter relased last year. Ed Sheeran is a global phenomenon, winning the hearts of girls and the respect of guys with his honest

lyrics and unique melodies.

The 21 year old singer-songwriter sold over 1.2 million copies of his debut album ‘+’ and has a new album coming out in November this year.

Performance at 8pm in the main auditorium

5th October // £15


NUS are introducing a series of monthly Student Days in select venues around the UK and Avenue 8 are the proud hosts of the first one in Cambridge.

Come along and grab a ton of freebies, get discounts and coupons to your favourite stores and sign up to all the exciting clubs and societies going on in the city.

Once you’ve made your way through all the stalls of goodies, you can take your laptop to our cafe and get some work done while enjoying a lovely lunch. We’ll also be playing a mix of mellow music for you to relax to.

Have an NUS card? Bring it! You’ll get a load of exclusive offers from NUS.Have a laptop? Bring it! You can make the most of our free-wifi made accessible only to you students.

Doors open at 10am and close at 6pm.

Includes offers from:

6th October //completely and utterly freestudent sunday

6 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

front:cover5th - 8th October // free

Vogue has just had it’s 120 year old anniversary, which means 6,240 magazine covers. The photography of the famous names is an artform in itself, let alone the high fashion that they are clothed in.

In ‘front:cover’, you’ll see some of the most iconic Vogue covers as well as some exclusive behind-the-scenes images of some famous photoshoots.

“An amazing insight into the world of Vogue.”- The Times

“A splendid study of the forces and passions behind the world’s big-gest fashion magazine.”

- Empire Magazine

7th-8th October // see page 29 for prices and times

The September Issue is a documentary which focuses on Vogue editor Anna Wintour as she visits the annual Fashion Week shows, accepts or dismisses the latest creations of the biggest names

in fashion, works with the models, photographers, and writers who help bring her vision to the page, and labors with her staff to determine what the world’s fashionistas will be wearing for the next 12 months.


The Effect8th-11th October // £20

Love is double blind.

A clinical romance, and new play, by Lucy Prebble. This funny and moving drama explores the questions of sanity, neurology and the limits of medicine.

Director Rupert Goold reunites with designer Miriam Buether following their production of Earthquakes in London to deliver a vibrant theatrical exploration into the human brain via the heart.

Starring Tom Goodman - Hill, Anatasia Hile, Jonjo O’Neill and Billie Piper.Directed by Rupert GooldWriten by Lucy Prebble

Performance at 7:30pm in the main auditorium

-25

8 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Hugh Hughes10th October // £10

When Hugh Hughes returned to his childhood home in Llangefni to help his mum move house, a tapestry of memories from his past began to unfold.

Visit www.invisibletownstories.co.uk to discover the collection of memories - appearing as anything from short films, photographs, animations and maps, to diagrams, audio clips and poems.

Now they burst out of cyberspace as unpredictable and hilarious evenings of family stories. Due to the improvised nature of the show, no two performances are the same: the Hughes family will tell their stories for as long as you want to listen.

Crossing Points11th October // £12

SOUNDCLASH A fusion of contemporary, hip-hop, physical theatre, break dancing and parkour that creates a unique physical theatre piece. SIGNAL Unflinching and thrilling, this piece is danced to the stirring and imposing rhythms of Japanese Taiko drums.

MAYBE YES MAYBE, MAYBE NO MAYBE Completing the bill, another chance to see this sassy and hilarious classic.

CATCH Inspired by Magritte’s iconic painting The Son of Man creating an abstract, surreal world with intricate, dynamic and thought provoking choreography.

Performance at 8pm in the studio theatre

Phoenix Dance Theatre’s latest quadruple bill features four works from the past and present from as varied a set of dance makers you are

likely to see in the world of dance.

-25



Of Monsters and Men12th October // £15.40

Icelandic alternative folk sensation Of Monsters and Men have emerged as the breakthrough international act of 2012. Their debut album ‘My Head is an Animal’ is full of epic songs inspired by their amazing homeland, fairy tales and personal history.

‘The stirring folk-pop – massed vocals and energetic acoustic strumming’ Evening Standard

‘Of Monsters And Men are clearly capable of taking great risks, but they never lose their will to connect, to share something with the audience.’ Clash Magazine

Performance at 7:30pm in the main auditorium

10 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

12th - 14th October // see page 29 for prices and times

It’s been 20 years since the Disney classic about a Jamaican bobsled team hit our cinema screens. If you haven’t ever seen it, now is the chance!

Bring your friends along and enjoy the hilarious and moving story of Leon, Sanka, Junior and Yul competing in the Winter Olympics of 1988.

Screenings at: 12pm, 3pm and 7:30pm on Saturday 12th 12pm and 3pm on Sunday 13th 12pm, 3pm and 7:30pm on Monday 14th

Cool Runnings


Mark Watson14th October // £16

At 8pm in the main auditorium

Mark Watson was a victim of identity theft. Someone successfully posed

as him and took all his money. It made him think about the power of

the Internet, the nature of identity, the way to stop crime forever and live in a better world, and some other smaller

matters.

He has now finished thinking about these things and is ready to present

his findings, laced with a barrage of new jokes, stories, observations

and anecdotes, in his new show. May contain optional audience

interaction, games, improvisation and unaggressive banter.

Eric Lampaert15th October // £12

At 8pm in the studio theatre

Resembling the lovechild of Tim Burton and a hairy lampost, Eric

Lampaert has been described as ‘delightfully weird’ (Time Out) which

we think is pretty accurate. A set from Eric will never disappoint. He is an

energetic, excited, over exaggerated character who will keep you engaged

and entertained.

12 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

-25

The Taming of the Shrew15th - 16th October // £20

Performances at 7:30pm in the main auditorium

Charismatic and brash Petruchio of Verona is seeking his fortune through his abilities to gain the hand in marriage of a rich woman, and he’ll do anything.

Katharina and Bianca’s father, longing for his daughters to be married, is offering a generous dowry for his daughters’ hand, but not until Katharina is tamed and her wild and unruly ways put to bed.

Will the flamboyant Petruchio succeed in taming Katharina to a submissive life of domesticity?

With marvellous directing and overflowing talent on stage, The Taming Of The Shrew is a great way to spend your evening!

‘This intelligent and energetic production finds the tenderness in the text, and sends its audience home amused.’

-The Telegraph

‘A jolly evening.’-The Guardian

‘Inventive, funny, engaging and gloriously silly.’

- Daily Mail

-25


Small Talk18th October // £10


-25

14 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Cambridge Camera17th - 22nd October // free

Avenue 8 is hosting the first ever ‘Cambridge Camera’ exhibition and competition. We are encouraging people to take photos of all around Cambridge, capturing the unseen and the unnoticed beauty of the city. All participants welcome. Entries need to be submitted on our website by Saturday 5th October. In association with Cambridge Camera Club.

Antonia Grove, who has been described as a “modern dance goddess” embodies real-life American B-movie actresses, whose interviews are fed to her through earphones. In this truly original solo production, made in collaboration with Wendy Houstoun, our broken actress borders on disguise and derangement, in what is both a humorous and unnerving performance.

Small Talk is brave, compelling, funny and darkly disturbing.

At 7:30pm in the main auditorium

18th October // £10

Sing-A-Long-A


‘I would like, if I may, to take you on a strange journey.’

The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the Campest Cult Classic of all time and now you can enjoy it like never before. Now with Sing-a-long-a Rocky Horror, you get on-screen lyrics and all the favourite sing-a-long-a features, and it’s never been so much fun.

Your live host will lead you through a choral warm-up, judge the fancy dress competition and award prizes but it is YOU, the audience, who are the stars as you howl the night away!

Made in 1975 with Tim Curry as Frank ‘n’ Furter, Susan Sarandon as Janet, Richard O’Brien as Riff Raff and Meatloaf as Eddie, The Rocky Horror Picture Show is the craziest, most action-packed, romantic, scary Transylvanian party of all time.

Don’t forget to dress up if you want to win the prize!

Live Screening: RigolettoAt 7:30pm in the studio theatre

19th October // £8.50

Mystic Pizza21st October // see page 29 for

prices and times

16 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Director Michael Mayer has placed his new production of Verdi’s towering tragedy in Las Vegas in 1960-an ideal setting for this eternal conflict of depravity and innocence.In this production, inspired by the antics of the Rat Pack, Piotr Beczala is the womanizing Duke of Mantua, with Željko Lucic as his tragic sidekick, Rigoletto. Diana Damrau is Rigoletto’s daughter-and their victim. Michele Mariotti conducts.

It’s been 25 years since Julia Roberts starred in her first classic rom-com Mystic Pizza but she’s still going strong! Mystic Pizza is about three girls coming of age as the work in a pizza parlour in Conneticut.

∆ alt-j ∆At 8pm in the studio theatre

22nd October // £13

The Cambridge based band, Alt-J received widespread praise and critical acclaim for their debut album ‘An Awesome Wave’.

It is difficult to place Alt-J in any genre, with comparisons being drawn to many bands including Radiohead and Foals, and styles like ‘folk-step’ being branded around. One thing is for sure: this

band are carving out their own unique niche in todays music scene. Probably most easily described simply as ‘guitar music’, Alt-J make clever and well written songs, with pop sensibilities and more cultural references than you can shake a stick at.

Don’t miss the chance to see this band while you can!


At 7:30pm in the main auditorium23rd - 25th October // £27

18 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Direct from the West End, Broadway and 25 countries around the globe comes ‘a joyous version of the Alfred Hitchcock classic’ (Sunday Times) spy thriller, The 39 Steps, brilliantly and hilariously recreated as the smash hit Olivier Award Winning Best New Comedy.

This blissfully funny show follows the incredible adventures of our handsome hero Richard Hannay, complete with stiff-upper-lip, British gung-ho and pencil moustache as he encounters dastardly murders, double-crossing secret agents, and, of course, devastatingly beautiful women.

This wonderfully inventive and gripping comedy thriller features four fearless actors, playing 139 roles in 100 minutes of fast-paced fun and thrilling action.

‘Clever, very funny, imaginative and brilliantly acted’

- The Guardian

‘Dizzyingly entertaining’ ‘Theatrical gold’-Telegraph - Stephan Fry

The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer is a multi award-winning one-man micro-epic puppet show that melds technolo-gy and multimedia into a touching story of enduring love and the end of the world.

The seas have risen, billions have died and those who are left live on farms atop skyscrapers, atop mountains. The scientists have tried everything. Floating islands sank, space probes found nothing, and the giant sponges, visible from the moon, are now rotting icons of failure. Now science and humanity are turning to the oceans themselves. A last ditch effort to save the human race requires journeying down through the mysterious depths of the deep blue sea to find a new place for us to live.

Alvin Sputnik, who has just lost his wife, accepts this perilous mission so that he may to follow her soul down to the underworld so that they can be together again once more.

Created and performed by Tim Watts, who employs an unique blend of mime, puppetry, live and recorded music, and animation to present an exploration of the next and oldest frontier: the deep blue sea.

Alvin Sputnik:Deep Sea Explorer23rd October // £8Performance at 7:30pm in the studio theatre

-25


Distortion24th - 29th October // free

Photo manipulation surrounds us. From ghost photos to airbrushed images in a magazine, we are constantly absorbing and accepting what we see.

Distortion is a photography exhibition that challenges these views and shows the creative and sinister side of photo manipulation.

20 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Pina24th - 26th October //see page 29 for prices and times

German choreographer Pina Bausch has long been regarded as one of the leading figures in modern dance, with a visceral, challenging style that won her international acclaim. Although Bausch died in 2009, her personality emerges through performances of her work and reminiscences and tributes from colleagues and friends.

‘The beauty of Wenders’s film is that his imagery and gaze on Bausch’s work has the same essential, uncluttered and wryly funny quality as the work itself.’-Time Out

James Acaster26th October // £10At 8pm in the studio theatre

Winning over critics and fans alike, James Acaster has earned himself a reputation as one of the

most hotly tipped acts of 2012. Effortlessly confident, James’s

appreciation for the whimsy and detail of everyday life are a breath of fresh air. His laid back

style, playful wit and appetite for the unconventional make for an evening of hilarity, and a night in

his company is a treat to behold.

-25


26th October // £15At 7:30pm in the main auditorium

22 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Have you ever been to a film musical and had the uncontrollable urge to burst into song?

Do you muse over the endless tailoring opportunities for chintz curtains?

Have you always wondered what it would be like to wear a wimple?

Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music is your chance to test your vocal range with several hundred other assorted nuns, Von Trapp family members and Julie Andrews look-a-likes.

The evening begins with a live show in which your host will lead you through a vocal warm-up, judge the fancy dress competition and award the prizes. Costumes are not compulsory but they are highly recommended and you will be amazed at the inventiveness on display.

“One of the funniest and most extraordinary evenings of my life” - The Independent

Halloween Film Specials27th - 29th October // see page 29 for prices and times

Halloween27th October

Evil Dead29th October

The Blair Witch Project28th October

Five friends go up to a cabin in the woods, where they find unspeakable evil lurking in the forest. They find a tome called the “Naturan Demanto”, Book of the Dead, and the taped translation of the text. Once the tape is played, the evil is released.

Can They Be Stopped?


A psychotic murderer institutionalized since childhood for the murder of his sister, escapes and stalks a bookish teenage girl and her friends while his doctor chases him through the streets.

Everyone is entitled to one good scare!

Three film students go missing after traveling into the woods of Maryland to make a documentary about the local Blair Witch legend leaving only their footage behind.

Everything you’ve heard is true.

Room On A Broom28th - 30th October // £10 adults, £8 children

Performances at 1pm in the studio theatre

‘A truly theatrical feast that leaves both adults and children fully entertained’-The List

The witch and her cat are flying happily on their broomstick – until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand.

A helpful dog, bird and frog find the witch’s lost things, and they all hop on the broom for a ride. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and – CRACK – the broom snaps in two!

When a hungry dragon appears, who will save the poor witch? And will there ever be room on the broom for everyone?

Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up (and their grown-ups), adapted from the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.

24 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

National Theatre Live: PortScreened LIVE from London

Stockport, 1988. It’s midnight. Rachel, eleven, and Billy, six, wait in the car in agitated excitement. Their mother is at her wits’ end and about to leave them for good. Their father, drunk in the flat above, has locked the door. It’s a pivotal moment, the beginning of a thirteen-year odyssey for two kids, largely abandoned and growing up in the deprived suburban shadows of Manchester.

A richly colourful portrait of a town with the everyday writ large, Simon Stephens’ Port is a celebration of the human spirit as Rachel, through sheer courage and despite an economic and political climate that pushes her into the very margins, looks to the future and opts for love and life and for something better.

29th October // £8Performances at 1pm in the main auditorium

“Simon Stephens is wonderful, his plays have such a big heart.” -Laura Wade, playwright

“His writing is so detailed, so psy-chologically rich, so daring in terms of his emotion.” -Marianne Elliot, director


Michael Kiwanuka17th October // £15

Performances at 7:30pm in the main auditorium

Winner of BBC’s Sound of 2012.

This Ugandan-Brit’s stirring voice and guitar chops won him the top spot on BBC’s Sound of 2012 list. Kiwanuka’s love of rock bands like Nirvana and Radiohead originally led him to a career as a session guitarist. But once others heard his Otis Redding-inspried crooning, it became clear he deserved the spotlight.

Performing songs from his album Home Again, Kiwanuka’s smooth voice and beautiful guitar playing will make you forget your mid-week worries.

If Michael’s music was a meal, he says it would be, ‘A massive burger with bacon and cheese on it.’ Sounds delicious.

26 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Horrors on the Avenue31st October // £20

Takes place at 7:30pm Meet in the foyer

Get ready for a night of scares and thrills.

Theatre company DreamThinkSpeak come to Avenue 8 this Halloween and bring a night of terror with them in a promenade theatre format.

Like being scared? Like getting involved? Then this is the night for you

Walk around Avenue 8 on Halloween night!


Bill Bailey1st November // £25

Performance at 8pm in the main auditorium

28 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

“He’s a genius, full stop. Calling this Swiftian satirist, versatile multi-instrumentalist and gifted actor merely a comic genius is like calling

Michelangelo a house painter.” - The West Australian

Bill Bailey had Doubts about the modern world, but these have now grown into Qualms. He will be channeling these feelings of Unease and Apprehension, with the help of Religious Dubstep, his folk bouzouki, Horntallica, a re-appraisal of some of the world¹s greatest works of art and perhaps a dub version of Downton Abbey. He looks at the Consequences of Lies, the Unending Search for the Higgs and the Hiding Skills of Dentists. Bill tries to confront his Cluster-Qualm of living in a Time of Spectacular Ignorance, and Rare Planetary Alignment that may be part of the Mayan End of Days prophecy. Come savour this Broth of Anxiety with Bill Bailey Qualmpeddler.

This show has the all classic Bill Bailey elements, trademark musical mash-ups, multi-lingual riffs, films, songs, philosophizing and silliness on a grand scale… plus one amazing owl.

“A LAUGH OUT LOUD show.”

- The Telegraph

“The abundance of ideas is a real treat.”- The Guardian


The September IssueMonday 7th and Tuesday 8th Oct5:30pm and 9pm

Saturday 12th Oct12pm, 3pm and 7:30pm

Sunday 13th Oct12pm and 3pm

Monday 14th Oct12pm, 3pm and 7:30pm

Ticket PricesAdults - £7.50 (Weekdays) // £8 (Weekends)Concessions (Students, OAPs, Disabled) - £5 (Weekdays) // £6 (Weekends)Under 16s - £4.50 (Weekdays) // £5.75 (Weekends)

Film Times and Prices

Cool Runnings

Mystic PizzaMonday 21st Oct5:30pm and 9pm

Sunday 27th Oct9pm

Monday 28th Oct9pm

Tuesday 29th Oct9pm

Thursday 24th Oct12pm and 7:30pm

Friday 25th Oct12pm and 7:30pmSaturday 26th Oct

12pm

PinaHalloween

Blair Witch Project

Evil Dead

Supported by

30 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

Lunchtime Recitals Every SaturdayEd Sheeran 5th OctoberNUS Student Sunday 6th OctoberFront:Cover Exhibition 5th - 8th OctoberThe September Issue 7th - 8th OctoberThe Effect 8th - 11th OctoberHugh Hughes 10th OctoberCrossing Points 11th OctoberOf Monsters and Men 12th OctoberCool Runnings 12th - 14th OctoberMark Watson 14th OctoberEric Lampaert 15th OctoberThe Taming of the Shrew 16th - 18th OctoberCambridge Camera 17th - 22nd OctoberSmall Talk 18th OctoberRocky Horror Picture Show 19th OctoberMetropolitan Opera New York 19th OctoberMystic Pizza 21st OctoberAlt-J 22nd OctoberThe 39 Steps 23rd - 25th OctoberAlvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer 23rd OctoberDistortion 24th - 29th OctoberPina 24th - 26th OctoberJames Acaster 26th OctoberSing-A-Long-A-Sound Of Music 26th OctoberHalloween Film Specials 27th - 29th OctoberRoom On A Broom 28th - 30th OctoberNational Theatre Live: Port 29th OctoberMichael Kiwanuka 30th OctoberHorrors on the Avenue 31st OctoberBill Bailey 1st November

32 avenue8.co.uk // 01638 673589

October at Avenue 8 Film Music Dance Theatre Comedy Visual Art Community

Avenue 8 Programme

Documents

Transcript of Avenue 8 Programme