All events in October
Little Gem
Tue 5 - Sat 9 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
The multi-award winning hit of the 2008 Dublin Fringe Festival about three generations of Irish women.
Such Is Life
Tue 5 & Wed 6 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Dance
Mobius Dance present an exploration of the happenings of everyday, flipped on its head!
The Halle
Tue 5 Oct 2010 8pm
Classical Music
We are delighted to open our 2010-2011 season with the award-winning Hallé under the direction of their Music Director, Sir Mark Elder.
Beth Nielsen Chapman
Fri 8 Oct 2010 8pm
Music
Acclaimed singer/songwriter Beth Nielsen Chapman with a selection of new material from her latest album Back To Love as well as some of the ...
Havana Rakatan
Fri 15 & Sat 16 Oct 2010 8pm
Dance
From the sexy, spontaneous rumba to the slick footwork of the cha-cha-cha, this is a show that's guaranteed to get heads nodding and feet ta...
Variety in the Campus
Sat 16 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
A unique, ensemble vaudeville show packed full of heart stopping stunts and classic comedy.
Frisky and Mannish - The College Years
Sun 24 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
Following their critically acclaimed, smash-hit debut School of Pop, F&M are back.
Bonnie and Clyde
Tue 26 & Wed 27 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
The story of two young hopefuls struggling for something more in an era that gave rise to the American Dream.
Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio
Tue 26 Oct 2010 8pm
Classical Music
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra was recently awarded the distinction of being renamed the Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra of Moscow Radio...
The Illusionist (PG)
Fri 1 - Tue 5 Oct
Film
As cheeky, boisterous and witty as it is delicately drawn and beauteous to behold, Sylvain Chomet’s second feature film is a winner on eve...
Micky Flanagan
Sun 3 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
Micky Flanagan hits the road performing the best of his last two Edinburgh shows. It’s not just time to go out, it’s time to go Out Out.
Rashomon (12A)
Wed 6 & Thu 7 Oct
Film
Brimming with action while incisively examining the nature of truth, Rashomon is perhaps the finest film ever to investigate the philosophy ...
Tamara Drewe (15)
Fri 8 - Sun 17 Oct
Film
Based on Posy Simmonds’ beloved graphic novel of the same name this wittily modern take on the romantic English pastoral is a far cry from...
Lindsay Seers - It has to be this way2 & Piranesi's Prisons Opening Party
Fri 8 Oct 2010 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Visual Arts
Join us at a a free preview of our new exhibitions.
Ben Clempson / Paul Van Ryan & the Late Knights
Fri 8 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Music
Some of the best independent and emerging musicians from in and around the Midlands.
Family Art Club: Drawing with Light
Sat 9 Oct 2010 1pm-2.30pm
Visual Arts
Join in and explore drawing with light, experiment with torches, collage and colour to create your own live installations and performances.
Family Film: The Illusionist (PG)
Sat 9 Oct 2010 1.30pm
Film
A wonderful film for the whole family to enjoy.
Met Opera Live: Das Rheingold
Sat 9 Oct 2010 6pm
Classical Music
The Met Opera bring a selection from their award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to Warwick Arts Centre.
Twelve Wild Ducks
Sun 10 Oct 2010 3pm
Family
Multistory bring their customary magic with a blend of live music, magical word-weaving and engaging physicality.
Winter's Bone (15)
Sun 10 - Thu 14 Oct
Film
This enigmatic thriller follows 17-year-old Ree Jolly on a desperate quest to save the family home after her drug-dealing father skips bail.
Polar Bear
Sun 10 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Music
Known for their genre-bending approach to music, Polar Bear draw on everything from hip hop to metal, but have their roots firmly in jazz.
UOW Symphony Orchestra, Wind Orchestra, Brass Band, MTW & Big Band: A Night at the Musicals
Tue 12 Oct 2010 7pm
Classical Music
Kick off the Autumn season with an evening of classics from an array of musicals.
Political Mother
Tue 12 & Wed 13 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Dance
Hofesh Shechter's highly anticipated new work, Political Mother
Artist's Walk & Talk
Wed 13 Oct 2010 1pm & 3pm
Visual Arts
After a walk around part of campus with the artist, drawing in the 21st century will be discussed in an open seminar.
NT Live: A Disappearing Number
Thu 14 Oct 2010 6.45pm
Theatre
Complicite's A Disappearing Number is broadcast as part of the National Theatre Live season.
Tuning Out with Radio Z
Thu 14 - Sat 16 Oct 2010 7pm
Theatre
An extraordinary theatrical experience that is improvised afresh each night both for you and by you. It will never be repeated.
Philharmonia Orchestra
Thu 14 Oct 2010 8pm
Classical Music
Our first visit from the Philharmonia this season will be conducted by the distinguished Vladimir Ashkenazy, with a mixed programme of Scand...
Film Talk: Kurosawa
Sat 16 Oct, 11am-3.30pm
Film
This film talk by Alexander Jacoby, writer and lecturer on Japanese film focuses on the work of acclaimed Japanese director Akira Kurosawa
Family Art Club: Stories in Print
Sat 16 Oct 2010 1pm - 2.30pm
Visual Arts
Illustrate your own weird and wonderful stories using a variety of techniques.
Arthur Smith
Sun 17 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
A vigorous account of the peculiar business of being alive from that Grumpy Old Man Arthur Smith
Jason Cook - The End (Part 1)
Sun 17 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
Award winning and critically acclaimed comic Jason Cook presents his brand new show - The End (Part 1).
Breathless (PG)
Mon 18 & Tue 19 Oct
Film
This classic film is being re-released to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Look Club
Tue 19 Oct 2010 5.30pm
Visual Arts
Each term, curators and specialists will look at a group of works in the University Art Collection in depth.
The Author
Tue 19 - Sat 23 Oct 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
Tim Crouch's new play is about the harm carried out in the name of art. It's a story of hope, violence, togetherness and exploitation.
Ian McMillan
Wed 20 Oct 2010 7.15pm
Spoken Word/Literature
Ian is currently touring with his acclaimed verse autobiography Talking Myself Home.
Michael Nyman Band
Wed 20 Oct 2010 8pm
Music
This evening we are lucky enough to see Michael Nyman as a composer, pianist and filmmaker.
FREE Lunchtime concert: Ginaute Gataveckaite, piano
Thu 21 Oct 2010 1.10pm
Classical Music
Ginaute Gataveckaite, piano
Small Worlds
Fri 22 Oct 2010 9.45am, 11.15am & 1.15pm; Sat 23 Oct 10am, 11.30am, 1.30pm & 3pm
Family
Step inside the small world of Mimika Theatre's white canvas dome and into an enchanting world...
Antonio Forcione
Fri 22 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Music
Hailed as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the acoustic guitar’, award-winning Forcione is considered one of the most charismatic and inventive perf...
Stewart Lee: Vegetable Stew
Fri 22 Oct 2010 8pm
Comedy
Stewart Lee presents a vegetable stew of brand new work.
Mr Nice (18)
Fri 22 - Thu 28 Oct
Film
Howard Marks is a legend. International drug trafficker, secret spy, natural born charmer.
Family Art Club: Surreal Sculptures & Structures
Sat 23 Oct 2010 1pm - 2.30pm
Visual Arts
Create crazy sculptures amd bizarre structures with everyday materials.
Met Opera Live: Boris Godunov
Sat 23 Oct 2010 5pm
Classical Music
The Met Opera bring a selection from their award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to Warwick Arts Centre.
Stewart Francis
Sun 24 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
Back by popular demand with his tour de force of a show: Tour de Francis.
Metropolis (PG)
Mon 25 & Tue 26 Oct
Film
Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece now with 25 minutes of lost footage.
The Red Shoes
Tue 26 - Sat 30 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
Adapted from Hans Christian Andersen, this freshly revived production of The Red Shoes is passionate, irreverent, funny and rude.
No Impact Man (15)
Sun 5 & Mon 6 Sep and Wed 27 & Thu 28 Oct
Film
A guilty New York liberal decides to practice what he preaches for one year, becoming a walking, bicycling, composting, tree-hugging, polar ...
Jackboots on Whitehall (12A)
Fri 29 Oct - Thu 4 Nov
Film
Winston Churchill hides out in lawless Scotland, as an all-star cast voices a radical alternative history of the Normandy landings.
New York, I Love You (15)
Fri 29 Oct - Wed 3 Nov
Film
Directed by an eclectic group of some of today’s most imaginative filmmakers,_New York, I Love You_ invites the audience into the intimat...
Family Film: Halloween Trick or Treat (PG)
Sat 30 Oct 2010 2pm
Film
A spooky selection of classic witches, monsters, ghosties and ghoulies.
La Dolce Vita (15)
Sat 30 & Sun 31 Oct
Film
By turns vibrant and despairing, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita is a soul-searching portrait of a celebrity-obsessed culture.
Greg Davies: Firing Cheeseballs at a Dog
Sun 31 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
The hotly anticipated solo show from Greg Davies.
Imogen Heap
Sun 31 Oct 2010 8pm
Music
Grammy nominated, multi-instrumentalist Imogen Heap returns in October.
The Girl Who Played With Fire (15)
Fri 1 - Fri 8 Oct
Film
Hot on the heels of _The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo_ comes the next in this trilogy, _The Girl Who Played With Fire_.
Rhod Gilbert & The Cat That Looked Like Nicholas Lyndhurst
Sun 23 Jan 2011 8pm
Comedy
The Welsh Wonder is back after sell out shows earlier in the year.
Lindsay Seers - It has to be this way2
Sat 9 Oct - Sat 11 Dec 2010 12pm - 9pm
Visual Arts
Within the gallery, a viewing chamber forms part of a sculptural installation housing a double-screen video projection and two monitor works...
Piranesi's Prisons
Sat 9 Oct - Sat 11 Dec 2010 12pm - 9pm
Visual Arts
Etchings by the 18th Century artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi
FREE Lunchtime Concert: Karina Lucas, mezzo-soprano and Dimitris Dekavallas, guitar
Thu 14 Oct 2010 1.10pm
Classical Music
FREE Lunchtime Concerts Thursday 1.10pm Ensemble Room, Music Centre in Warwick Arts Centre As well as supporting the student ense...
Made in Dagenham (15)
Fri 15 - Sun 24 Oct & Fri 29 Oct - Wed 3 Nov
Film
Starring the award-winning Sally Hawkins as Rita O’Grady who is the catalyst for the 1968 Ford Dagenham strike.
Frankie Boyle
Mon 18 Oct 2010 8pm
Comedy
Star of Mock the Week, and one of the hottest and most controversial comedians of the moment, is back on the road in 2010 with an all new li...
The Thrill Of It All
Tue 19 & Wed 20 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
Forced Entertainment return with a large cast on a big stage.
Collapse
Wed 20 & Thu 21 Oct
Film
Meet Michael Ruppert, he predicted the current financial crisis in his self-published newsletter, at a time when most Wall Street and Washin...
Ross Noble
Sat 23 Oct 2010 8pm
Comedy
Nonsensory Overload is Ross Noble back fresh from his sell out tour Down Under, not to mention his own TV show, doing what he does best; spi...
FREE Lunchtime Concert: Kudos Percussion Duo
Thu 28 Oct 2010 1.10pm
Classical Music
FREE Lunchtime Concerts Thursday 1.10pm Ensemble Room, Music Centre in Warwick Arts Centre As well as supporting the student ense...
