Shoreditch Town Hall Arts Brochure - Sept-Dec 2014

JANUARY - JULY 2014www.shoreditchtownhall.com @ShoreditchTH

AUTUMN 2014

welcomeWe want Shoreditch Town Hall to

be a vibrant home for original and adventurous artists and audiences.

We’re a non-traditional performance space – there is no or very little fixed infrastructure in our spaces – and we aim to make journeys through and around our building with the quality and varied character of our rooms a vital part of the experience. We want to encourage greater exploration and experimentation from artists and creatives, supporting the development of new performance, with our spaces themselves being reinvented or becoming an integral part of the work. And we want to give audiences surprising, transformational and unique experiences, ones they can’t have anywhere else – with work sometimes complete or often in development. Explore and enjoy.

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SEASON at a glance

Stowaway 9 & 10 October

Longwave 5 - 8 November

Hoke’s Bluff 18 - 29 November

OCTOBERWed 1 Max & Ivan and Friends! 4

Thu 2 Free Gig: Garance and the Mitochondries + StevieRay Latham 19

Thu 2, 9, 16, 21, 28 Raquel Greenberg: Argentine Tango Workshop & Dancing 21

Fri 3 Free Gig: The Swing Ninjas 19

Sat 4, 11 Marawa The Amazing: Hula-Hooping Classes 21

Mon 6 Town Hall Tea Dance (& Beginners’ Dance Class) 21

Thu 9 & Fri 10 Oscar Mike: A Day in the Life of Someone Else (work-in-progress) 15

Thu 9 & Fri 10 Analogue: Stowaway 5

Thu 16 Free Gig: Bouche + Doolally Tap 19

Fri 17 The Wardrobe Ensemble (work-in-progress) 15

Fri 17 Kandinsky: Dog Show (work-in-progress) 16

Fri 17 Free Gig: AK/DK 20

Sat 18 Free Gig: Ma Polaine’s Great Decline + Ramshackle Union Band 20

Mon 27 Complicite: Performance Skills Workshop 22

Tue 28 Analogue: Devising Workshop - Creatively Staging Stories 22

Wed 29 Marawa The Amazing: Half Term Hoop Stars 22

Fri 31 The Death of King Arthur by Simon Armitage (work-in-progress) 16

Fri 31 Indeedy Musical Bingo: Halloween Spooktacular 6

NOVEMBERSat 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Marawa The Amazing: Hula-Hooping Classes 21

Mon 3 Town Hall Tea Dance (& Beginners’ Dance Class) 21

Wed 5 Max & Ivan and Friends! 4

Wed 5 - Sat 8 Chris Goode & Company: Longwave 7

Thu 6, 13, 20, 27 Raquel Greenberg: Argentine Tango Workshop & Dancing 21

Fri 7 & Sat 8 Chris Goode & Company Masterclass 23

Tue 11 - Sat 15 Town Hall Tales 8

Thu 13 - Fri 14 Gillie Kleiman & Sara Lindström: A Lyrical Dance Concert 9

Tue 18 - Sat 29 Action Hero: Hoke’s Bluff 10-11

DECEMBERWed 3 Max & Ivan and Friends! 4

Thu 4, 11 Raquel Greenberg: Argentine Tango Workshop & Dancing 21

Fri 5 - Sun 7 Spitalfields Music: Tales From The Ditch 12

Sat 13, 20 Marawa The Amazing: Hula-Hooping Classes 21

Sat 6 & Sun 7 Sarah Punshon and Maths on Toast: We’re Stuck! 16

Sat 6 & Sun 7 Gillie Kleiman: Performing Leisure Masterclass 23

Mon 8 A Festive Town Hall Tea Dance (& Beginners’ Dance Class) 21

Mon 8 A Festive Night of Swing with The Shirt Tail Stompers 13

Fri 12 - Wed 24 Nigel & Louise’s Basement Grotto 14

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MAX & IVAN AND FRIENDS!dates: Wed 1 October, Wed 5 November & Wed 3 Decembertimes: 8pmtickets: £8 (+ Booking Fee)running time: 60 minsage guide: 16+

Edinburgh Comedy Award Winners Max & Ivan bring their sketch and character comedy night (Time Out Critics’ Choice) to Shoreditch Town Hall for three nights only. Friends include Late Night Gimp Fight, James Acaster, Lazy Susan, Gemma Whelan, Massive Dad and the 2014 Edinburgh Comedy Award winner, John Kearns.

PRAISE FOR MAX & IVAN:

THE GUARDIAN

THE TIMES

THE SUNDAY TIMES

THE INDEPENDENT

THE TELEGRAPH

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TIME OUT

METRO

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BRITISH THEATRE GUIDE


ANALOGUESTOWAWAYLONDON PREMIERE

By Hannah Barker and Lewis Hetherington

dates: Thu 9 & Fri 10 Octobertimes: 7.30pmtickets: £11running time: 60 mins

Commissioned by and produced in association with New Wolsey Theatre.Supported by Arts Council England, Creative Scotland and the British Council.Developed at Traverse Theatre, Shoreditch Town Hall and National Theatre Studio.

A Boeing 777 begins its descent towards Heathrow. The wheels unfold out of the belly of the plane. The frozen body of a stowaway is tipped out and cuts through the clear morning sky.

In the car park of B&Q, Andy looks up. Something is falling out of the sky. A man crash-lands on the ground in front of him. Stowaway is a story about a man from India who finds himself far from home and adrift from everything he knows. It is the story of an extraordinary journey in search of an impossible future.

Stowaway is the brand new show from two-time Fringe First winners and “bright young things of British Theatre” (Observer), Analogue.


INDEEDY MUSICAL BINGO: HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULARdates: Fri 31 Octobertimes: 9pmtickets: £15 advance, £20 on the door (+ Booking Fee)

Leave it to an American to bring the best Halloween party ever to Londoners!Join Jess Indeedy and the Indeedy Inc. crew for a spine-tingling night of bingo, music, fancy dress, and spooky party games. Sip witches brew from our Haunted Bar. Play our famous Indeedy Musical Bingo, featuring a special edition Halloween Round. Dance in the moonlight until the wee hours to your favourite killer tunes!

BIG PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR THE

BEST COSTUMES!


house PRESENT CHRIS GOODE & COMPANY

LONGWAVEdates: Wed 5 - Sat 8 Novembertimes: 7.30pmtickets: £11running time: 80 minsage guide: 12+

Two scientists, stranded in the middle of nowhere. Living together in a run-down shed. Working together to try and make sense of the strange and hostile world that surrounds them. Playing games and making music to help pass the time. Nothing for company but an old wireless.

But as the radio waves begin to rise up around them, will they sink or swim?

Performed entirely without dialogue by Tom Lyall and Jamie Wood, and created by writer/director Chris Goode, Longwave is a seductively bleak comedy with a tender heart.

“THIS WORDLESS AND HIGHLY ELOQUENT

PIECE REELS YOU IN UNTIL THERE IS NO

SURRENDER…”THE GUARDIAN


LANDSKY & SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

TOWN HALL TALESMIGRATIONdates: Public Open Day Sat 15 November (Schools only activity Tue – Fri)times: 10.30am – 4.30pm Drop Intickets: £2 - £5

Town Hall Tales, a project to get children reading for pleasure, will return for 2014 alongside more schools than ever, and a new artistic partner, Half Moon Theatre, who will perform two plays for the children on this year’s theme of Migration.

Local children will have the opportunity to meet with top children’s authors, receive books to read and enjoy a host of reading-themed activities including Half Moon’s poetry-based shows A Roo In My Suitcase and One Way Ticket. Four days of fabulous literary fun for school groups will climax on Saturday with a tremendous public display of bookish festivities open to all with a mystery star performance in the afternoon.

The full programme and line-up will be announced soon. For more information about how you, or your school can get involved please contact [email protected] or visit www.landsky.org

Created by Landsky and Shoreditch Town Hall with support from Arts Council England.


GILLIE KLEIMAN & SARA LINDSTRÖMA LYRICAL DANCE CONCERT: A POP-MUSICAL CABARETChoreography, Original Performance, Design: Gillie Kleiman and Sara LindströmPerformers for 2014/15 Tour: Gillie Kleiman and Eleanor SikorskiProducer: Beckie DarlingtonAdditional Design: Susie Green

dates: Thu 13 & Fri 14 Novembertimes: 7.30pmtickets: £11running time: 90 mins (inc. interval)

A Lyrical Dance Concert was created in co-production with Dance4, with additional support from Dance City, Northern Stage, MDT (Stockholm), and Konstnärsnämnden (Sweden). Show development and the 2014/5 tour is supported by public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England. Additional tour support from Chisenhale Dance Space and Greenwich Dance.

A Lyrical Dance Concert is a party in a comedy double act in a cabaret show in a gig in an experimental dance performance. Number-by-ridiculous-number, the lyrics of chart hits past and present are danced out – stretched, turned, lifted and thrown. With joyful irreverence and serious fun, the show insists that pop music belongs to us and can do what we want it to do.

Get your glad-rags on, grab a drink and a pal, and giggle along with this mixed-up whirlwind of glamorous divas, guitar solos and gangster rappers…


“ACTION HERO GATHER ALL OF

AMERICA’S DEFINING ICONOGRAPHY, LOAD IT INTO A CANNON, AND BLAST THE LOT OVER

THE FLOOR” TOTAL THEATRE


ACTION HERO

HOKE’S BLUFFLONDON PREMIERE

dates: Tue 18 - Sat 29 November (not Sun/Mon)times: 7.30pmtickets: £11running time: 70 mins

Everything rests on this one free throw. On this one last shot. On this power play. On these last few seconds. Action Hero have got their game faces on. Bring it.With a nostalgic yearning for the simplicity of a world that never really existed, Hoke’s Bluff meets its audience on the bleachers and tells them an underdog story that’s been told a million times before. By shifting and rearranging the trite narratives of high school storylines and inspiring locker room speeches, Action Hero use hackneyed formulas and cheap sentimentality to find out what it means to be a winner (on the inside).

BSL interpreted performance: Fri 21 November

Co-produced by China Plate and Warwick Arts Centre. Co-commissioned by Bristol Old Vic Ferment. Funded by Arts Council England. Action Hero are supported by Theatre Bristol’s Company Producer.


SPITALFIELDS MUSIC & SHOREDITCH TOWN HALLTALES FROM THE DITCHdates: Fri 5 – Sun 7 Decembertimes: Fri 7pm, Sat & Sun 3.30pm & 7pmtickets: £12running time: 90 mins

‘The East End? It is a shocking place... an evil plexus of slums that hide human creeping things, where filthy men and women live on penn’orths of gin... where every citizen wears a black eye, and none ever combs his hair.’ – Arthur Morrison, ‘Tales Of Mean Streets.’Join Bafta winning writer and stand-up tour guide Alan Gilbey for an evening in The Ditch, the East End’s dodgiest dive bar, where Ronnie and Reggie are having a knees-up with Jack The Ripper and a man who looks a bit like an elephant. But beyond the whelks and the pearly buttons, in a maze of secret rooms below the streets of Shoreditch, other stories demand to be heard. Part celebration of East End history, part meditation on the area’s future, Tales from The Ditch brings together a large cast of local storytellers, historians and musicians to create an immersive maze of tales less told from London’s ‘little bit of rough.’

A site specific theatrical event commissioned by Spitalfields Music and Shoreditch Town Hall.


SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL & LONDON SWING DANCE SOCIETYA FESTIVE NIGHT OF SWINGWITH LIVE MUSIC FROM THE SHIRT TAIL STOMPERS

dates: Mon 8 Decembertimes: 7.15pm tickets: £8 advance, £10 on the door

Get your Christmas jive on and join us at Shoreditch Town Hall as London Swing Dance Society invite you to a night of swing dancing in the magnificent grandeur of the Assembly Hall, with live music from one of Europe’s best social dance bands, The Shirt Tail Stompers. Heavily influenced by Fats Waller, Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington and the old musical roots of New Orleans, The Shirt Tail Stompers will be playing live throughout the evening, interspersed with DJ sets from the UK’s biggest and longest running swing dance club, The London Swing Dance Society. There’ll even be a Beginners Lindy Hop Class to kick off the night as well as a fully licensed bar and maybe the odd mince pie or two. Doors and Bar Opens at 7.15pmBeginners Lindy Hop Class at 7.45pmLive Band and Dancing from 8.30pm Don’t miss out on this night of dance to welcome in the festive season.


Commissioned by Shoreditch Town Hall.

NIGEL BARRETT & LOUISE MARI AND SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL

NIGEL & LOUISE’S BASEMENT GROTTODAY TIMEdates: Fri 12 – Wed 24 December (not 15 & 22 Dec)times: From 10.30amtickets: Child: £10 + Booking Fee (includes up to

2 adult tickets) Hackney Resident: £8.50 + Booking Fee Group discounts available. running time: 60 mins (approx.)

LATE NIGHTSdates: Fri 12, Sat 13, Fri 19, Sat 20 Decembertimes: 8pm til latetickets: £10 + Booking Feeage guide: 18+

This summer Nigel and Louise found an Elf eating a cheese sandwich in the basement of Shoreditch Town Hall. He was on his break from Father Christmas’s toy workshop in The North Pole and thought he would come to London for lunch.

He showed them the secret magic portal he uses to travel between London and work and said they can use it to visit Father Christmas in the North Pole whenever they want and bring whoever they like along with them.

How exciting!

If you want to go to The North Pole and meet Father Christmas The Elf says the portal is open from 10.30am until 5.30pm and anyone is welcome, especially children.

On Friday and Saturday nights Nigel and Louise will open the portal for grown-ups to explore Christmas too, with guest curators including Christopher Brett Bailey and Rob Salmon.


OSCAR MIKEA DAY IN THE LIFE OF SOMEONE ELSEWORK-IN-PROGRESS

dates: Thu 9 & Fri 10 Octobertimes: Thu 6.30pm, Fri 4pmtickets: Free

Have you ever wondered what the world would look like through someone else’s eyes? Oscar Mike are a groundbreaking game-theatre company making shows for audiences who want to play. A Day in the Life of Someone Else is their upcoming project that combines theatre, personal testimony, a large-scale empathy experiment and an adventure into the mind of a stranger.

It will begin by working with a group of performers who live near here. They aren’t professional actors. They may have never stood on a stage before. They are people with the courage to admit that their lives are extra-ordinary. They are inviting you to walk a mile in their shoes.

In association with Shoreditch Town Hall, ARC, Stockton and Upstart. Supported by Arts Council England.

Supported by Shoreditch Town Hall and Arts Council England.

ARTISTIC RESIDENCIES

THE WARDROBE ENSEMBLEWORK-IN-PROGRESS

dates: Fri 17 Octobertimes: 4pmtickets: Free

The Wardrobe Ensemble is an emerging theatre company of 9 actors, musicians and devisors. Formed in 2011, their widely-acclaimed debut show, RIOT, about a riot that broke out at the opening of a Swedish furniture store in North London, has toured nationally and internationally and was part of the Limited Editions season at The Shed in September 2013. Their second show, 33, about the Chilean mining crisis, premiered at Bristol Old Vic and toured the UK in spring 2014.

The company will be resident in The Ditch throughout October, working on a new show that might be about sex but might be about something else entirely.


ARTISTIC RESIDENCIESCONTINUED

Commissioned by and developed at Shoreditch Town Hall. Supported using public funding by Arts Council England.

POONAMALLEE PRODUCTIONS & SHOREDITCH TOWN HALLTHE DEATH OF KING ARTHURA WORKSHOP PRESENTATION OF A WORK-IN-PROGRESSBY SIMON ARMITAGE

Created by Tom Haines (London Snorkelling Team), Simon Reade (Private Peaceful), and Ferdy Roberts (Filter Theatre)


“You who are listeners and love to learn of the heroes of history and their awesome adventures, I’ll tell you a tale both noble and true of the royal ranks of the Round Table -Attend with your ears as this tale is told!” One acclaimed contemporary poet. One classic alliterative epic. Three impish theatrical explorers delving into the legend of the Once and Future King.

KANDINSKYDOG SHOWWORK-IN-PROGRESS


Four actors bring to life the strange community of dogs and their owners, centred around a London park in Autumn. All seems well until the pets start to die, one by one, in increasingly sinister circumstances.

Inspired by the true story of the Hong Kong Dog Serial Killer, Kandinsky’s new play explores the wild in the city.

“ESSENTIAL, ALBEIT DISTURBING VIEWING”

THE GUARDIAN (ON THE BIRD AND THE BEE)

Supported by Shoreditch Town Hall.


SARAH PUNSHON & MATHS ON TOASTWE’RE STUCK!WORK-IN-PROGRESS

dates: Sat 6 & Sun 7 Decembertimes: Sat 3pm & Sun 12pm & 3.30pmtickets: Freeage guide: 8+

Award-winning theatre-makers Sarah Punshon, Daniel Bye and Seiriol Davies present a brand new interactive adventure for family audiences.

They’ve teamed up with their friends at Maths on Toast to explore the terrors and joys of going wrong and getting stuck: in maths and in life. If you’ve ever made a stupid mistake or got totally stuck on a problem, they need you. Come and try out their adventure and let them know what you think so they can make it even bigger, sillier and more fun.

Warning: may include juggling. And pie.

Supported by Shoreditch Town Hall.

NON ZERO ONEWORK-IN-PROGRESS

non zero one will be developing their new piece of work at Shoreditch Town Hall from October 2014 - January 2015.

The interactive show explores ‘commitment’ and puts the individual at the heart of the experience. The work will premiere in early 2015 before embarking on a national and international tour. Watch out for opportunities to get involved in the development of the show throughout the various stages of the rehearsal process.

Commissioned by the Roundhouse and Salisbury Playhouse. Developed in partnership with Shoreditch Town Hall.

“GENTLY PROFOUND…

EFFECTIVE AND STRANGELY MOVING”

TIME OUT (ON YOU’LL SEE [ME SAILING IN

ANTARCTICA] - PICTURED)


Thu 2 OctGARANCE & THE MITOCHONDRIES + STEVIERAY LATHAM

Fri 3 OctTHE SWING NINJAS

Thu 16 OctBOUCHE + DOOLALLY TAP

Fri 17 OctAK/DK

Sat 18 OctMA POLAINE’S GREAT DECLINE + RAMSHACKLE UNION BAND

FREE LIVE GIGS


GARANCE & THE MITOCHONDRIES + STEVIERAY LATHAMdates: Thu 2 October times: doors 8.30pm, music from 9pm

Garance is a songwriter from rural France. Together with her band, a rag-tag ensemble of gifted rogues they make a beautiful, quirky and rickety musical family whose dirty tango, rock n roll and progressive gypsy stylings is perfect for The Ditch. Joining them is BBC Young Folk Award nominee StevieRay Latham, whose self-penned folk songs have earned comparisons with Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan.

THE SWING NINJASdates: Fri 3 Octobertimes: doors 8.30pm, music from 9pm

The Swing Ninjas quartet started out as a street band with two simple rules – no rehearsals, no set lists. Now they are performing around the world to massive crowds at festivals, clubs, parties and dance events. They are as comfortable playing to a Lindy Hopping dancing audience, as they are to a seated enthralled crowd – although people don’t remain seated for long.

BOUCHE + DOOLALLY TAPdates: Thu 16 Octobertimes: doors 8.30pm, music from 9pm

Bouche is the melancholic musings of a double bass in the hands of a solemn songstress, made musically marvellous by her band of supersonic superstars. They are joined by Doolally Tap’s unique hot jazz blend of rambunctious rags, swinging blues and gorgeous melodies which recreates all the original frolicsome fun of the prohibition era, which has them a reputation as one of the finest New Orleans bands around.

FREE LIVE GIGS

To sign-up for emails about our regular programme of free live music, visit www.shoreditchtownhall.com or email [email protected]


FREE LIVE GIGS

AK/DKdates: Fri 17 Octobertimes: doors 8.30pm, music from 9pm

Following their performance as part of Nigel Barrett & Louise Mari’s sold out run of Party Skills for the End of the World, we are delighted to welcome back the amazing AK/DK.

“XFM XPOSURE TIPS FOR 2014” JOHN KENNEDY @XFM

Welcome to the wonderful world of AK/DK, where musical structure has been joyfully shattered and the pieces recombined into a unique, prismic, ever changing barrage of high energy sound and melody. With a reputation for raucous live shows, the sound they make from two drumkits, a bank of keyboards and a heap of enthusiasm is totally irresistable.

MA POLAINE’S GREAT DECLINE + RAMSHACKLE UNION BANDdates: Sat 18 Octobertimes: doors 8.30pm, music from 9pm

Taking inspiration from the jazz of Billie Holiday, delta blues of Howlin’ Wolf, genre sidestepping of Tom Waits and some good old fashioned life experience, Ma Polaine’s Great Decline return by popular demand along with one of the UK’s leading purveyors of old time folk and blues, Ramshackle Union Band; a harmony driven folk and blues four-piece with sumptuous vocals, bracing guitar, banjo, bass and drums.

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COMMUNITY EVENTS

MARAWA THE AMAZING’SHULA HOOPING CLASSESdates: Every Sat 6 September – Sat 20 Decembertimes: 2pm-3pmtickets: £11

Come and learn how to hoop like a circus star with Marawa’s Majorettes. The most fun way to exercise ever; this class will leave you exhausted! Learn how to engage your core whilst hooping – the most enjoyable way to a flat stomach. Hoops provided.

RAQUEL GREENBERG TANGO ACADEMYARGENTINE TANGO WORKSHOP & DANCINGdates: Every Thu from 4 September – 11 December times: 7pm-11pm tickets: various prices

Dancer, Master Instructor and Choreographer, Raquel Greenberg returns with her prestigious Argentine Tango workshops and classes for beginners, intermediate and advanced levels this autumn. After the class, dance the evening away with Raquel and guest practitioners on hand to give their expert advice.

For more information, see: www.raquel-tango.com

TOWN HALL TEA DANCEWITH MR WONDERFUL

dates: Mon 8 Sept, Mon 6 Oct, Mon 3 Nov, Mon 8 Dectimes: 1.30pm-4.30pm tickets: £4 pre-reserved, £5 on the door

Come and dance the afternoon away in the magnificent surroundings of the Assembly Hall, as the ever-popular Town Hall Tea Dance’s return following a summer hiatus. Join us for a cup of tea and a slice of cake, and relive those tea dance memories with entertainment provided by the aptly-named Mr Wonderful.

A Beginners’ Dance Class will take place from 12pm-1pm before every Tea Dance. Entry: £2 on the door.


HALF TERM WORKSHOPS

ANALOGUEDEVISING WORKSHOP: CREATIVELY STAGING STORIESdates: Tues 28 Octobertimes: 10.30am-5.30pm

tickets: £12 age guide: 16-18 years

A whirlwind tour through the key stages of the devising process, looking at visual, physical and textual ways of telling a story on stage. Explore practical ways of making new performance: finding the story, stimulating creative responses to it, exploring exciting approaches to staging, developing ideas into a workable storyboard and pulling it into a short performance.

COMPLICITEPERFORMANCE SKILLS WORKSHOPdates: Mon 27 Octobertimes: 10.30am-5.30pm

tickets: £12age guide: 15-18 years

A practical workshop for young people, exploring the physical skills that underpin Complicite’s work. Taking in movement, rhythm, space, games, improvisations, the ensemble and the relationship with the audience, this workshop will give you a peek into the Complicite rehearsal room.

MARAWA THE AMAZINGHALF TERM HOOP STARSdates: Wed 29 Octobertimes: 2.30pm-4pm

tickets: £8age guide: 8-12 years

Come learn to hoop with Marawa’s Majorettes! Learn tricks to impress all your friends, including how to spin up to 10 hoops at once! These super hoopers will have you spinning in no time! No previous experience required; hoops provided.


Make sure you don’t miss out on the latest news, theatre & community events and offers, as they’re announced throughout the year. Sign-up to receive our regular email newsletters at www.shoreditchtownhall.com/newsletter or email [email protected] now.

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MASTERCLASSES

CHRIS GOODE & COMPANY MASTERCLASSLED BY CHRIS GOODE AND JAMIE WOOD

dates: Fri 7 & Sat 8 Novembertimes: 10.30am-5.30pmtickets: £60 (2 day course)

To coincide with Chris Goode & Company’s only London performances of Longwave, this masterclass takes as its departure point the show’s framing as a ‘play without words’, to create an exploratory space for working without spoken text and with the different kinds of absence that might imply.

In a two-day masterclass for theatre and performance makers of all stripes, led by director Chris Goode and performer Jamie Wood, we’ll play with the unspoken and the unspeakable, with the fringes of silence and the edges of utterance; with the moments where words fail, where language eludes us, where there’s nothing left to be said.

GILLIE KLEIMAN MASTERCLASSPERFORMING LEISURE

dates: Sat 6 & Sun 7 Decembertimes: 10.30am-5.30pmtickets: £50 (2 day course)

This workshop will investigate the links between practices of pleasure and leisure to processes of performance-making; it is about the connections between personal and professional lives, between recreation and work, between enjoying and having other people enjoy.

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HIRING THE TOWN HALL

One of East London’s most popular events venues, the Town Hall offers eight diverse dry hire spaces.

From the magnificent grandeur of the 500 capacity Assembly Hall, to the architecturally significant Council Chamber or warren of atmospheric basement spaces, the Town Hall is the ideal venue for conferences, dinners and product launches, weddings, exhibitions and private parties.

With both blue-chip and community-based clients, Shoreditch Town Hall is a characterful events venue which just oozes East End charm.

To enquire about hiring the Town Hall, please contact the Events Team on 020 7739 6716 or email [email protected].


THE CLOVE CLUB

Telephone reservations: 020 7729 6496Online reservations: www.thecloveclub.com

Shoreditch Town Hall is home to one of the UK’s finest restaurants, The Clove Club. Opened in March 2013 as part of the development of the venue, it was recently awarded 2nd best restaurant in the UK in the National Restaurant Awards, and 87th in the World in the 2014 ‘50 Best’.

Bringing together the talents of Isaac McHale, Daniel Willis and Johnny Smith – The Clove Club was one of the most eagerly anticipated openings of 2013. Comprising of two rooms, the restaurant serves an ambitious five course menu, featuring interesting and often overlooked British ingredients and produce, while the bar is more lively – with the option to pop in for a drink, or stay for a selection of smaller plates.

Pre-booking is advised, with reservations available online at www.thecloveclub.com or over the phone on 020 7729 6496.

Bar reservations can only be made by telephone. The reservations line is open from 10am until late.

Dinner: Monday – Saturday

Restaurant: 6pm – 10pm Bar: 6pm – 10.30pm

Lunch: Tuesday – Saturday 12pm – 2.30pm

“THE WONDERKIND SPAWN OF ST JOHN

AND NOMA” AA GILL,

SUNDAY TIMES

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INFORMATIONONLINE BOOKINGwww.shoreditchtownhall.comOur online box office facility allows you to book your tickets 24-hours a day. Booking fees do not apply unless stated. The Town Hall does not currently operate an in-house Box Office, so telephone bookings are not available unless otherwise stated.

SEATING PLANSShoreditch Town Hall operate performances in a number of spaces and seating formats. All tickets are sold on a General Admission basis, with no allocation of specific seats available unless otherwise specified. If you have any questions about the seating provided at any specific event, please contact the administration line on 020 7739 6176 or email [email protected].

TERMS• Tickets are non-refundable except in the

case of a cancelled event.

• In the case of a sold out show, if we are able to resell a ticket, we will refund any returns subject to a 10% administration charge.

• All ticket prices are inclusive of booking fees unless otherwise stated.

• Registered disabled patrons are eligible to receive a free ticket for their companion. Please contact the Town Hall directly on 020 7739 6176 to discuss individual requirements prior to the event.

• All young people under the age of 16 must be accompanied by a paying adult.

EMAIL SIGN-UP Shoreditch Town Hall Trust is committed to complying with the Data Protection Act (1998) and to upholding the principles of good information handling practice.

To sign up to receive regular email newsletters, including offers, news regarding forthcoming events and information about hiring the Town Hall, go to the website or email [email protected]

VOLUNTEERINGWhether it be working Front of House, serving tea and coffee at one of our events, distributing flyers or helping with the odd maintenance job, your interests and skills are important to us. If you are interested in gaining some new skills, meeting people, undertaking training opportunities or you simply have some time on your hands, please drop us an email at [email protected] for more information about volunteering at Shoreditch Town Hall.

ACCESS• We need to make hirers and audiences

aware that as a Grade II listed building which is still developing as a venue, some areas have very limited accessibility for anyone with mobility impairments. We have a lift from pavement level to the ground floor of the building, allowing for access to the Council Chamber, Mayors Parlour and accessible toilet.

• There is limited access to the Assembly Hall via 32 broad steps, with two landings and continuous bannisters. People with lesser mobility impairments may find them relatively easy to climb. A mechanical stairclimber is available for the Assembly Hall steps, which is only suitable for certain wheelchairs. We need to advise that this is a far from satisfactory means of climbing and that some wheelchair users may not be happy using this equipment.

• The Committee Rooms are accessible via 28 steps, with two landings and continuous bannisters.

• We ask audiences to check and confirm individual requirements prior to any event.

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INFORMATION HOW TO FIND USADDRESS

Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street, London EC1V 9LT Administration: 020 7739 6176 [email protected]

UNDERGROUND

The nearest underground station to Shoreditch Town Hall is Old Street, on the Northern Line. Old Street station is a five minute walk along Old Street itself. When you arrive at Old Street, exit through Exit 2 and head directly down Old Street towards the white tower, above the Town Hall. You can also get to the Town Hall from London Liverpool Street and Moorgate, which are each approximately 15 – 20 minutes’ walk away.

OVERGROUND

The nearest overground train station to the Town Hall is Shoreditch High Street or Hoxton. Each is approx 5 – 10 minutes’ walk away.

BUSES

A number of London Buses go via Old Street, which makes the Town Hall extremely accessible via bus. Buses stopping nearby include numbers: 26, 35, 47, 48, 55, 67, 78, 135, 149, 242 and 243.

PARKING

Shoreditch Town Hall does not have designated parking areas for clients or visitors to the Town Hall. There are a number of car parks nearby, including an NCP on Great Eastern Street.

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SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGES FUNDING AND SUPPORT FROM:

Arts Council, England, Hackney Borough Council, The Linbury Trust, Foyle Foundation, Biffa Award, Cockayne - Grants For The Arts & The London Community Foundation


SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL380 Old StreetLondon, EC1V [email protected]: 020 7739 6176

Shoreditch Town Hall Arts Brochure - Sept-Dec 2014

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