All events in June
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...
Sorry!
Sat 5 & Sun 6 Jun and Thu 10 – Sat 12 Jun 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
Footsbarn once again pitch their tent on our campus grounds to bring us a truly magical and entertaining summer theatrical experience
The Mermaid Princess
Sat 12 – Mon 14 Jun 2010, Sat 2pm & 7pm, Sun 3pm, Mon 10.30am
Theatre
Kismet will transport you from a shipwreck in the depths of the ocean to a prince’s castle, from a sea witch’s cavern to a cloud of sea ...
Apples
Mon 14 & Tue 15 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
The first stage adaptation of Richard Milward’s remarkable debut novel.
Petty Concerns of Luke Wright
Wed 16 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Spoken Word/Literature
Featuring some nipple-tweakingly awful teenage lyrics, sarcastic cricket commentators and an anti-plagiarism message from John Cooper Clarke
Ruby Turner
Sat 19 Jun 2010 7.30pm
Music
Blessed with a voice that has been likened to Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin, Ruby continues to win the hearts and minds of an ever growin...
Patrick Monahan
Sun 20 Jun 2010 3pm
Family
Award winning stand up has children and adults in stitches with his hilarious tales.
Decky Does A Bronco
Mon 21 – Sat 26 Jun 2010 7.30pm (No performance Friday)
Theatre
Created by Grid Iron, Decky Does a Bronco by Douglas Maxwell was a massive hit at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2000, winning a Scotsman ...
Fierce Interrobangs
Thu 24 – Sat 26 Jun 2010 11am-11pm
Visual Arts
Fierce Interrobangs are mash-ups of performance, experiments, enquiry, workshops, hot drinks, conversation and direct action.
Revanche (15)
Tue 1 – Thu 3 Jun
Film
An existential thriller and a quiet, character-driven rumination on fate and grief - the ninth feature from Austrian director Gotz Spielmann
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.
Return
Wed 2 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
Captivating rhythms and patterns of speech create an experience that feels at once like a film and a campfire story – shared and completed...
The Disappearance of Alice Creed (18)
Wed 2 & Thu 3 Jun
Film
This hotly-tipped low budget British thriller was the talk of the Toronto and London film festivals, and stars Gemma Arterton
It Came From PILOT
Thu 3 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
It Came From PILOT gives you the chance to see more of two original pieces, first premiered at PILOT, now that they have reached the next st...
The Kreutzer Sonata (18)
Fri 4 – Sun 6 Jun
Film
Based on a story that Tolstoy wrote in response to the titular Beethoven work, this is a gripping, grown-up dissection of a modern marriage.
The Bellows & Resurrection Men
Fri 4 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Music
The Bellows and Resurrection Men play as part of the Under the Radar series of gigs at Warwick Arts Centre
A Single Man (15)
Fri 4 – Sun 6 Jun, Wed 9 Jun
Film
Based on a novel by Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man is an affecting story of love and loneliness starring BAFTA winning Colin Firth
Space Hoppers
Sat 5 Jun 2010 1pm & 3pm, Sun 6 Jun 3pm
Family
Beautifully designed environments, performance, live music and poetry combined to create a magical experience for young children and their f...
The Plank (U)
Sat 5 Jun 2010 2pm
Film
Eric Sykes wrote and directed this classic, virtually dialogue-free comedy about two workmen, a plank of wood and the chaos they cause
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
Sorry! Food & Drink
Sat 5 & Sun 6 Jun and Thu 10 – Sat 12 Jun 2010 7.30pm
Theatre
Make an evening of your Footsbarn Theatre production
Tokyo Story (U)
Mon 7 & Tue 8 Jun
Film
A classic Ozu and one of cinema’s great masterpieces, Tokyo Story returns to the screen with a restored print.
City of War: The Story of John Rabe (15)
Mon 7 – Thu 10 Jun
Film
Florian Gallenberger's true story of 'China's Oskar Schindler',was the big winner of the 2009 German Film Awards
Rapid Eye Movement 2010
Tue 8 Jun 2010 6.30pm
Film
Our home grown film festival celebrates its 15th birthday!
Food, Inc (PG)
Wed 9 & Tue 10 Jun
Film
Another chance to see filmmaker Robert Kenner lifting the veil on the American food industry, with a Q&A with Geoff Andrews of the BBC Food ...
The Lady's Not For Burning
Wed 9 – Sat 12 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Theatre
The Lady's Not For Burning reads as both a challenge and parable for our own time
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (PG)
Fri 11 Jun 2010
Film
An overwhelmingly beautiful perspective on The Arabian Nights tales, introduced by Dr Erica Carter (Dept of German, UoW)
American: The Bill Hicks Story (18)
Fri 11 & Sat 12 Jun
Film
“lovingly assembled…this intimate tribute is highly watchable… One of the ‘Films You MUST See This Summer’ Total Film
Letter From An Unknown Woman (U)
Sat 12 & Sun 13 Jun
Film
The re-release of one of cinema’s most achingly poignant romances, plus Q&A
Vincere (15)
Sat 12 – Mon 14 Jun
Film
An unusual new perspective on the life of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from Italian film maestro Marco Bellocchio.
Late Autumn (PG)
Mon 14 & Tue 15 Jun
Film
Late Autumn is one of Ozu’s most bittersweet movies, a half-comic drama about parenthood, ‘difficult’ children and marriage prospects....
Psycho (15)
Tue 15 & Wed 16 Jun
Film
This reissue marks the 50th anniversary of Hitchcock’s most notorious work. Cue the shower scene!
The Lion's Den (15)
Wed 16 & Thu 17 Jun
Film
From internationally acclaimed director Pablo Trapero comes a powerful and unflinching emotional drama, charting one mother’s struggle to ...
Lebanon (15)
Wed 16 & Thu 17 Jun
Film
Winner of the Leone d'Oro at the 66th Venice International Film Festival, the horrors of modern urban warfare are made all the more visceral...
Bob The Man on the Moon
Thu 17 - Sat 19 Jun 2010
Family
Travelling Light and Sixth Sense have teamed up to create a funny and delightful new show for young children and families
The Brothers Bloom (12A)
Fri 18 – Tue 22 Jun 2010
Film
Writer-director Rian Johnson initiates us into the world of the Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is what it seems.
Sex And The City 2 (15)
Fri 18 – Thu 24 Jun
Film
Escape the World Cup and join Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda as they take another bite out of the Big Apple in the sequel to the 2...
Saturday Art Club
Sat 19 Jun 2010 1pm-3pm
Visual Arts
The Mead Gallery's popular Saturday Art Club for familes
Coull Quartet
Sun 20 June 2010 3pm
Music
Fifth concert in the 2009 - 2010 Series featuring Garfield Jackson from the Endellion Quartet
Patrick Monahan
Sun 20 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
The brilliant Middlesbrough-Irish-Iranian comic is back on the road
Dylan Moran - New Stuff
Mon 21 Jun 8pm
Comedy
A rare opportunity to see stand-up work in progress from Dylan Moran.
The Happiest Girl In The World (15)
Wed 23 & Thu 24 Jun
Film
The latest find from Romania: an acerbic comedy about a young girl who wins a soft-drinks competition and finds that success comes with a ca...
Greenberg (15)
Fri 25 Jun - Thu 1 Jul
Film
Academy Award-nominated Noah Baumbach brings us the funny, touching and poignant story of two souls adrift in Los Angeles, trying to forge a...
Miles Jupp
Fri 25 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Comedy
The ever so posh comedian - host of Radio 7's Newsjack - comes to entertain us.
Kicks (15)
Fri 25 & Sat 26 Jun
Film
A markedly assured feature debut from Lindy Heymann, an intelligent and witty comment on modern celebrity culture.
Saturday Art Club
Sat 26 Jun 2010 1pm – 3pm
Visual Arts
The Mead Gallery's popular Saturday Art Club for familes
The Dark Crystal (PG)
Sat 26 Jun 2010 2pm
Film
The masterpiece of family cinema from Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Breakfast At Tiffany's (PG)
Sat 26 & Sun 27 Jun
Film
Truman Capote’s classic novella with Audrey Hepburn in her signature role of Holly Golightly.
Hide&Seek
Sat 26 Jun 2010 6pm - 10pm
Theatre
Join Hide&Seek for social games and playful experiences, where artists experiment with game design to create new ways of being together.
University of Warwick Big Band
Sat 26 Jun 2010 7.30pm
Music
*The University of Warwick Big Band* plays a wide range of music under the jazz umbrella, from traditional swing and blues to more modern fu...
UoW Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Concert
Sun 27 Jun 2010 4pm
Classical Music
The University of Warwick Symphony Orchestra presents two of Tchaikovsky's best-loved works
Four and four: two quartets in two halves
Sun 27 Jun 2010 7.45pm
Dance
An intriguing evening of dance and sound, performed by a group of outstanding contemporary performers.
NT Live: London Assurance
Mon 28 Jun 2010 6.45pm
Theatre
Broadcast live to Warwick Arts Centre theatre from London's National Theatre, starring Simon Russell Beale, Fiona Shaw, Mark Addy and Richar...
Cleo From 5 to 7 (PG)
Mon 28 & Tue 29 Jun
Film
A chronicle of the minutes of one woman's life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of vivid vérité and melodrama, featuring a score by M...
The Time That Remains (15)
Wed 30 Jun & Thu 1 Jul
Film
The story of a family through the lens of a satirical biographer, observing his family’s life through shadow-rimmed eyes.
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
Boys Dance in A Day
Thu 3 Jun 2010, Rehearsals 10am, Performance 7pm
Family
A day of dance - from warm up to performance in just one day.
Girls Dance in A Day
Fri 4 Jun 2010, Rehearsals 10am, Performance 7pm
Family
Following our Boys Dancing project, here's a chance for girls to get to grips with contemporary dance too.
