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Jerry Dammers' Spatial A.K.A Orchestra
Thu 4 Mar 2010 8pm
Music
A vivid, visual and theatrical gig from Jerry Dammers, founder of The Specials and 2 Tone records
Kodo Drummers
Fri 5 Mar 2010 8pm
Music
“if there is such a thing as perfection in music, Kodo comes as near to it as any group in the world” Boston Globe
Stan's Cafe: The Just Price of Flowers
Sat 6 Mar 2010 8.25pm
Theatre
With great clarity and humour, The Just Price of Flowers from Stan's Cafe illuminates the complex mechanisms that led to 2008’s financial ...
Grizzly Bear
Fri 12 Mar 2010 8pm
Music
The Brooklyn four-piece whose post-Radiohead sonic vistas have been blowing many a mind visit Warwick Arts Centre
Dirty Oil (cert tbc) Introduced by Neve Campbell
Mon 15 Mar
Film
This much anticipated feature documentary from Academy Award nominated director Leslie Iwerks goes deep behind-the-scenes into the strip-min...
Lemn Sissay
Mon 15 & Tue 16 Mar 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
Lemn Sissay continues the journey explored in his previous, award winning play Something Dark
Andrew Davies In Conversation
Tue 16 Mar 2010 5.45pm
Events
Award-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies speaking about his BAFTA-winning BBC TV series A Very Peculiar Practice
Evolutionary Moves
Wed 17 Mar 2010 7.30pm
Dance
An evening of invention and skill from some of the young dancers taking part in the Warwick Arts Centre Boys Dancing project
Superstition Mountain
Wed 17 – Fri 19 Mar 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
This once great Cornish family has lost everything, but there’s one faint glimmer of hope that might save them from disaster… a legendar...
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Wed 17 Mar 2010 8pm
Classical Music
Maxim Shostakovich conducts his father’s work in what is sure to be one of the most memorable musical evenings in the Butterworth Hall.
bahok
Fri 19 Mar 2010 7.30pm
Dance
Akram Khan once again joins forces with long-time collaborator and multi award-winning composer Nitin Sawhney for bahok
Portico Quartet
Sat 20 Mar 2010 8pm
Music
Mercury nominated Portico Quartet bring their dance friendly brand of hook-laden, post jazz to Warwick Arts Centre
Rory Bremner's Election Battlebus
Wed 24 Mar 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
As Britain gets ready to vote in the biggest election in a generation, the country’s top satirical impressionist takes to the road again f...
Unpopular Culture
Fri 22 Jan – Sat 13 Mar 2010
Visual Arts
Grayson Perry selects work from the Arts Council Collection, presented alongside new work made by him in response to the Collection.
The Lovely Bones (12A)
Fri 26 Feb – Thu 4 Mar
Film
Based on the critically acclaimed best-selling novel by Alice Sebold, and directed by Oscar winner Peter Jackson
UoW Wind Orchestra, Drumestra & Primary Schools
Mon 1 Mar 2010 7pm
Family
The University’s Wind Orchestra and Drumestra meet with young people from local primary and secondary schools in a celebration of music
Forever in Your Debt
Tue 2 & Wed 3 Mar 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
Stark, funny, absurd and anarchic, production combines straight-to-the-heart humanity with reckless musical abandon
Meeting Joe Strummer
Wed 3 & Thu 4 Mar 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
A passionate punk comedy about attitude, friendship and celebrity and a celebration of the man who set the agenda for a generation
Ludovico Einaudi
Wed 3 Mar 2010 8pm
Music
Ludovico Einaudi presents his new project Nightbook, which is a musical meditation on the transition between light and darkness, the known a...
Lunchtime Free Concerts
1.10pm
Classical Music
As well as supporting the student ensembles of the university, the Music Centre also runs a programme of professional lunchtime concerts
The Last Station (15)
Fri 30 Apr – Mon 3 May
Film
Helen Mirren wows critics and audiences in her new film The Last Station based on Leo Tolstoy's life
John Hegley
Fri 5 Mar 2010 7.30pm
Family
“Typically brilliant songs and stories about a Gallic small-town hero with a dog called Chirac.” The Guardian
Vijay Kishore & Al Britten
Fri 5 Mar 2010 7.45pm
Music
Vijay Kishore and Al Britten performas part of our Under the Radar series of gigs showcasing the best of local music talent
Bite Size: This Is Now
Sat 6 Mar 2010 12pm
Theatre
In 1983, Tom illegally taped the first ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ LP (side one) onto a C60 cassette. 25 years later he found it in...
Saturday Art Club
Sat 6 Mar 2010 1pm
Visual Arts
Get playful; with collage and create humorous postcards to send to your family and friends.
Bite Size: Eat Your Heart Out
Sat 6 Mar 2010 1.15pm
Theatre
In the last remaining corner of the human world, three cooks are summoned to create a celebratory meal using only the carcass of their once ...
Bite Size: The Woods
Sat 6 Mar 2010 2pm & 2.30pm
Theatre
In the lengthening shadows of the woods at dusk, a dark story unfolds. Your guide is Christie, a young woman trapped in the forest. She lead...
Bite Size: You're Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy
Sat 6 Mar 2010 3.05pm
Theatre
It’s 1945 and Christiane is embarking on a new life in England. Let her transport you through her Parisian childhood, her first trips to ...
Bite Size: New Macho / Bryony Kimmings Double Bill
Sat 6 Mar 2010 4.20pm
Theatre
Two performances for Bite Size from New Macho and Bryony Kimmings
Bite Size: Ten Minute Tasters
Sat 6 Mar 2010 5.40pm
Theatre
Four glimpses into new pieces being created in the West Midlands
Bite Size: Al Bowlly's Croon Manifesto
Sat 6 Mar 2010 7.25pm
Theatre
Roll up the carpet and push back the chairs. Untied Artists in collaboration with The Gramophone Party bring you a rip-roaring evening of mu...
Sean Lock
Sat 6 Mar 2010 8pm
Comedy
The star of BBC2’s QI and team captain on Channel 4’s 8 Out Of 10 Cats returns to Warwick Arts Centre with his new show.
How Cold My Toes
Sun 7 Mar 2010 3pm
Family
A fun-filled magical journey through the seasons, from the seed-sprouting vitality of spring all the way to the frosty frozen fingers of win...
UoW Chamber Choir: St John's Passion
Sun 7 Mar 2010 4pm
Classical Music
Sit back, relax and enjoy a wonderful afternoon of music-making from the University’s Chamber Choir and Orchestra.
Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up
Sun 7 Mar 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
Jo Caulfield returns to Warwick Arts Centre as part of a UK tour
Departures (12A)
Mon 8 & Tue 9 Mar
Film
The Academy Award Winner of Best Foreign Language Film last year is a story of love, of discovery, of revelation and of the transcending hum...
The Forest
Wed 10 – Sat 13 Mar 2010, Wed – Fri 10.30am & 1.30pm, Sat 11am & 2pm
Family
“Fevered Sleep offers a lesson in how companies creating work for the very young are producing some truly sensational theatre.” The Guar...
The Hurt Locker (15)
Tue 4 - Wed 6 May
Film
Multi award-winning - a riveting, suspenseful portrait of the courage under fire of the military’s unrecognised heroes
Tim Vine
Thu 11 Mar 2010 8pm
Comedy
King of the one-liner and star of BBC1’s Not Going Out tours the country with his brand new stand-up show with support from John Archer.
Capitalism: A Love Story (12A)
Fri 12 – Thu 18 Mar
Film
With both humour and outrage, Michael Moore’s Capitalism: A Love Story explores a taboo question: What is the price that America pays for ...
MICMACS (12A)
Fri 12 – Thu 18 Mar
Film
The latest dazzlingly cinematic outing from the award winning director of Amelie and Delicatessen
Close Up Film Talk: Michael Deeley - Cancelled
Sat 13 Mar 11am – 3.30pm
Film
Oscar winning movie producer Michael Deeley in conversation. Includes a screening of Bladerunner: The Final Cut.
UoW Symphony Orchestra & Chorus: Aida
Sun 14 Mar 2010 4pm
Family
With a plethora of Verdi’s familiar melodies, rousing choruses aplenty and an exceptional line-up of soloists, this promises to be a perfo...
John Bishop
Sun 14 Mar 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
A second date for John Bishop's - Elvis Has Left The Building tour.
Claire Martin & Gareth Williams Trio
Sun 14 Mar 2010 7.45pm
Music
One of the outstanding jazz voices of her generation returns to Warwick Arts Centre
The Charley Boorman Show
Tue 16 March 2010 8pm
Events
The Actor, Adventurer and Author takes a break from travelling the world, to travel the UK with a brand new live show.
Chloe (15)
Fri 19 – Thu 25 Mar
Film
A sexually charged melodrama starring Julianne Moore as a distrustful wife who deliberately leads flirtatious husband Liam Neeson into tempt...
Dave Gorman's Sit Down Pedal, Pedal Stop and Stand-Up
Fri 19 Mar 2010 8pm
Comedy
Comedian Dave Gorman returns due to popular demand
A Closed Book (15)
Fri 19 – Sun 21 Mar
Film
Academy Award nominee Tom Conti and Daryl Hannah are at their thrilling best in this twisted tale of murderous revenge, dark secrets and psy...
The Ballet Shoes (PG)
Sat 20 Mar 2pm
Film
Based on the novel by Noel Streatfield and set in Thirties London, Ballet Shoes tells the exhilarating tale of orphans Pauline, Petrova and ...
The Headless Woman (12A)
Mon 22 & Tue 23 Mar
Film
A mysterious and intriguing tale of a woman who may have killed someone or something while driving on dirt road
She, a Chinese (18)
Wed 24 & Thu 25 Mar
Film
A fresh and imaginative cross-cultural story about an enigmatic young woman's search for herself and a place to belong.
It's Complicated (15)
Fri 26 – Tue 30 Mar
Film
Meryl Streep provides another excellent comic turn in It's Complicated, a screwball comedy updated for lovers of a more mature vintage.
44 Inch Chest (18)
Fri 26 – Mon 29 Mar
Film
A provocative, outrageously profane and surprisingly tender film amidst an explosion of unbridled testosterone.
Hamlet
Sat 27 Mar 2010 5pm
Film
The Met Opera bring a selection from their award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to Warwick Arts Centre
Brothers (15)
Tue 30 Mar – Thu 1 Apr
Film
Directed by Jim Sheridan, Brothers is based on Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish film Brodre, and takes inspiration from Homer's epic poem The Odys...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (U)
Wed 31 Mar & Thu 1 Apr
Film
Marilyn Monroe and Jane Russell star in this new digital print of the warm, funny, dazzlingly stylish Technicolour musical.
