All events in May
Kevin Johansen & Liniers
Sat 1 May 2010 7.45pm
Music
Kevin Johansen's acclaimed live collaboration with mouth-accordion playing cartoonist Liniers and his amazing overhead projector.
Twelfth Night
Tue 4 - Fri 7 May 2010
Theatre
Carl Heap returns with the National Theatre to direct their touring production of Twelfth Night especially made for younger audiences
Kursk
Tue 4 - Sat 8 May 2010 7.45pm, Thu matinee 1.30pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm
Theatre
An insight into the lives of submariners, fathoms below the icy seas.
Rokia Traore
Fri 7 May 2010 8pm
Music
The adventurous African artist brings her guitar-driven bluesy sounds to Warwick Arts Centre, with soon-to-be indie stars Sweet Billy Pilgri...
Ruby Wax - Losing It?
Sat 8 May 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
Told with wit, humour and a lot of heart, this is Ruby at her belting best – when she’s losing it! With musician Judith Owen. In support...
The Marriage of Figaro
Wed 12 & Thu 13 May 2010 7.30pm
Classical Music
An elegant, period costume production of one of the world’s most popular operas from English Touring Opera
Echoa
Sat 22 May 2010 2pm Theatre £12.50 (£8.50)
Theatre
International performance that embraces dance, theatre and powerful physical movement.
Britain's Got Bhangra
Tue 25 May - Sat 5 Jun 2010, 7.30pm, Sat & Sun 2.30pm
Theatre
Charting the rise of British Bhangra in the UK from the sequin clad 80s through to the R ‘n’ B fusion of the present day. A twinkling ni...
Armida
Sat 1 May 2010 6pm
Film
The Met Opera bring a selection from their award-winning series of live, high-definition performance transmissions to Warwick Arts Centre
Sweet Nothings
Tue 27 Apr – Sat 1 May 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
Controversial theatre-maker Luc Bondy directs David Harrower's new adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's 'Liebelei'. Adultery, passion, deceptio...
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
I Am Love (15)
Fri 30 Apr - Mon 3 May
Film
Tilda Swinton gives a stunning performance as the central muse of a tale about the irresistible draw of forbidden passion and the bitterswee...
Russell Kane's Fakespeare
Sun 2 May 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
Following a complete sell out run at this years Edinburgh Fringe Russell Kane brings us his celebrated blank verse bonanza
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
Perrier's Bounty (15)
Tue 4 – Thu 6 May
Film
Set in contemporary Dublin this is a fast paced comedy-thriller featuring three unlikely fugitives on the run from gangsters.
Juan Gabriel Vasquez
Wed 5 May 5.30pm
Spoken Word/Literature
Latin American writer Juan Gabriel Vasquez in conversation with translator Anne McClean.
An Evening With Gervase Phinn
Wed 5 May 2010 8pm
Spoken Word/Literature
Gervase Phinn shares his hilarious tales of life as a schools inspector in the Yorkshire Dales
The Ghost (15)
Fri 7 – Thu 13 May
Film
An adaptation of the Robert Harris novel The Ghost, directed by Roman Polanski
It's A Wonderful Afterlife (12A)
Fri 7 – Thu 13 May
Film
With nods to Frank Capra, ghost stories, murder mysteries, and screwball comedies, Gurinder Chadha whips up an irreverent caper about the pr...
Saturday Art Club
Sat 8 May 2010 1pm – 3pm
Visual Arts
The Mead Gallery's popular Saturday Art Club for familes
City of Coventry Youth Orchestra
Sat 8 May 2010 7.30pm
Classical Music
The City of Coventry Youth Orchestra perform with a massed choir of Primary School Children
Murray Lachlan Young
Sun 9 May 2010 3pm
Family
A hilarious and positive route to showing children that poetry can be fun, thought provoking and occasionally quite cool.
Stewart Francis
Sun 24 Oct 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
Back by popular demand with his tour de force of a show: Tour de Francis.
Murray Lachlan Young
Sun 9 May 2010 7.45pm
Spoken Word/Literature
One of the UK’s foremost performance poets and resident poet at the Glastonbury Festival leads us down a deeply amusing road to many stra...
Don Pasquale
Tue 11 & Fri 14 May 2010 7.30pm
Classical Music
A comedy with zest, cream and an Italian accent in a new production by English Touring Opera
Daisy Cutter
Wed 12 – Sat 15 May 2010 7.45pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm
Theatre
A powerful new play presented by Freshblood Theatre as they spend another day waiting, wondering if it will be their last.
Life During Wartime (15)
Fri 14 – Thu 20 May
Film
Cult filmmaker Todd Solondz returns to the terrain of sexual desire in American suburbia
The Infidel (15)
Fri 14 – Wed 19 May
Film
Omid Djalili stars in David Baddiel's comedy of ethnic proportions.
Ponyo (U)
Sat 15 May 2010 2pm
Film
The latest film from the internationally acclaimed Studio Ghibli (Spirited Away, Howl’s Moving Castle)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Sat 15 May 2010 7.30pm
Classical Music
ETO’s hugely successful production of Britten's masterpiece returns
Finding Leaves For Soup
Sun 16 May 2010 2.30pm & 4.30pm
Family
A delightful intimate performance for the under fives using words taken from stories created by nursery and reception children
John Law’s Art of Sound Trio
Mon 17 May 2010 7.45pm
Music
Pianist John Law has been a world-class improviser at the sharper end of British jazz for years, but this new trio immediately puts him into...
Exit Through The Gift Shop (15)
Mon 23 & Tue 24 Aug 2010
Film
The first film by the globally renowned, and highly elusive, graffiti artist, Banksy
Michael Clark: come, been and gone
Tue 18 & Wed 19 May 2010 7.30pm
Dance
Inspired by Michael Clark's admiration for the music of rock's holy trinity, David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed.
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra
Tue 18 May 2010 8pm
Classical Music
A treat to close this celebratory Concert Series season, complete with Philip Glass' Violin Concerto.
Daniel Kitson: 66a Church Road
Wed 19 – Fri 21 May 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
Astonishing images of crumbling beauty and battered grandeur will emerge from time beaten suitcases, telling a funny, sad and truly nostalgi...
In The Land of The Free (15)
Thu 20 May, 6.30pm
Film
A documentary, narrated by Samuel L Jackson, that investigates the possible wrongful murder conviction of three black Louisianans
Dawson, Island 10 ( tbc)
Fri 21 May, 6.30pm
Film
Chile’s submission for this year’s best foreign language film Academy Award.
Hairy Bikers' Big Night Out
Fri 21 May 2010 8pm
Events
Join TV's The Hairy Bikers for an evening of cooking, chatting and laughs.
Four Lions (15)
Fri 21 – Thu 27 May and Fri 23 - Sun 25 Jul
Film
The story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dream of glory to the breaking point.
Saturday Art Club
Sat 22 May 2010 1pm – 3pm
Visual Arts
The Mead Gallery's popular Saturday Art Club for familes
Lourdes (U)
Sat 22 – Mon 24 May
Film
This gem from a former assistant to Michael Haneke centres on a group of visitors to France's famous site of pilgrimage
Si Hayden & Jama
Sat 22 May 2010 7.45pm
Music
Si Hayden and Jama play as part of the Under the Radar series of gigs at Warwick Arts Centre
Coull Quartet
Sun 23 May 2010 3pm
Classical Music
Fourth concert in the 2009 - 2010 Series featuring Ivo-Jan van der Werff, viola
Katy Brand
Sun 23 May 2010 7.30pm
Comedy
Join the British Comedy Award Winner and star of ITV2's Katy Brand's Big Ass Show for an evening of anarchic comedy, celebrity satire, music...
Christy Moore with Declan Sinnott
Mon 24 May 2010 8pm
Music
Legendary Christy Moore performs as part of a major UK tour with musician and record producer, Declan Sinnott
BAFTA Shorts 2010
Tue 25 May, 6.30pm
Film
The 2010 Orange British Academy Film Awards nominated short films.
Crying With Laughter (18)
Wed 26 & Thu 27 May
Film
A powerfully redemptive and darkly comedic revenge thriller set against the vicious world of stand-up comedy.
La Chiusa's 'The Wild Party'
Wed 26 – Sat 29 May 2010 7.45pm, Sat matinee 2.30pm
Theatre
La Chiusa’s The Wild Party serves as a reminder of the fragility of life and the dangers of greed and desire
Jimmy Carr
Wed 26 May 2010 8pm
Comedy
A heady mix of artistic integrity, loyalty and avarice has put Jimmy back on the road.
Alice in Wonderland (PG)
Fri 28 – Mon 31 May & Sat 5 Jun
Film
From visionary director Tim Burton comes this magical and imaginative twist on some of the most beloved stories of all time
Nightwatching (18)
Fri 20 & Sat 21 Aug 2010
Film
This drama about Rembrandt is Peter Greenaway's best film since Prospero's Books
La Danse (PG)
Sat 29 May, Mon 31 May & Wed 2 Jun 2010
Film
Documentary master director Frederick Wiseman's latest film eloquently follows the rehearsals and performances of seven ballets.
Paul Merton's Impro Chums
Sat 29 May 2010 8pm
Comedy
Paul Merton, one of the country's funniest and best-loved performers, sets out in Spring 2010 on a brand new UK-wide tour with his world ren...
Music was my First Love
Sun 30 May 2010 7.30pm
Music
An unforgettable evening of popular music performed by The Midland Voice Choir and Orchestra
Andrew Maxwell
Sun 30 May 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
Edinburgh Comedy Award and Time Out Award nominee Andrew Maxwell is one of the most talented stand-up comedians in the UK
PRIVATE VIEW/JAGUAR PROJECT
Sat 1 – Sat 29 May 2010 / Noon - 9pm Mon - Sat
Visual Arts
Artist Miguel Palma finds a 1963 Jaguar Mark X car in Lisbon and traces its roots in Coventry, UK
Destination
Sat 1 May – Sat 29 May 2010 / Noon - 9pm Mon - Sat
Visual Arts
This is a rare opportunity to see University Art Collection works, new and old, displayed together.
Mead Gallery Exhibition Tour
Thu 13 May 2010 5.30pm
Visual Arts
Join the exhibition curator, _Elizabeth Dooley_, for a tour of *Destination* and discover more about the University Art Collection.
Reginald D Hunter
Sat 6 Nov 2010 8pm
Comedy
Reginald D Hunter returns with a brand new show in 2010 following his triumphant sell out appearance at Warwick Arts Centre last October
Traverse Me
Sat 29 May – Sat 3 Jul 2010 10am - 6pm, Mon - Sat
Visual Arts
See the University campus differently, courtesy of artist Jeremy Wood, and GPS
Journeys into the Disregarded
Sat 29 May 2010 – Sat 3 Jul 2010 10am - 6pm, Mon - Sat
Visual Arts
Lorsen Camps invites us to discover the beauty found in the ordinariness of life
