juice festival 2012

Juice Festival 2012 | 26 October - 4 NovemberNewcastleGateshead’s festival for children and young people

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2012

NewcastleGateshead Initiative9th Floor, Baltic Place East, South Shore Road, Gateshead NE8 3AE

+44 (0)191 440 5720www.NewcastleGateshead.com

NewcastleGateshead Initiative produces and develops Juice Festival as part of its festivals and events programme

Produced/Funded by

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www.juicefestival.co.uk

JUICE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Access

Juice Festival events are designed to offer awelcoming experience for everyone. If you or anyof your friends or family have specific accessneeds, we will do our best to make events fullyaccessible. Wherever possible, please let thevenue you are attending know your requirementsat the point of booking, or in advance of the event.

During the festival there are some events which aim to be particularly welcoming for children and young people with disabilities and their families:

• Fish for a Wishat BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (p5)

• Lawnmowers Open House (p18)

• Sensory Spaces at BALTIC Centre for ContemporaryArt, as part of Happy Halloween Pumpkin Carving (p13)

• TIN Artsdance workshops at Dance City (p12)

In addition, Arts Connect is a programme run by NewcastleCity Council that links children and young people withdisabilities to inclusive arts and cultural activity. Thisservice is provided for families who live in Newcastle and if you would like advice about events to attend pleasecontact Emily Wilson (Arts Development Officer) on 0191 278 2961 or email [email protected]

If you live in Gateshead and have any questions about the accessibility of events please contact Hannah McKayin advance of the festival on 0191 433 6920 or [email protected]

Juice Festival welcomes everyone

Jess Green – JuiceFestival’sRoving PoetLook out for Jess Green atevents during Juice – she’ll be capturing the festivalatmosphere and crowdsourcing responses to events.Jess is an exciting youngspoken word artist and at theend of Juice she will be writing aspecially commissioned poemabout the festival. A film of Jessperforming the poem will be upon the website in November.

The Juice Festival Roving Poet project is commissioned in partnership with Apples and Snakes

www.applesandsnakes.org

Just Jam International - p6


Fri 26th Sat 27th Sun 28th Mon 29th Tues 30th Thurs 1st Fri 2nd Sat 3rd Sun 4thWed 31st

Oct Nov

I’m just saying - p4

Juice ArtJam II - p8

Futureland Now - p10

Inky PrintClub - p14

A SpookyNight at the Museum- p13

DancingGhouls and SpookySpectres - p12

Deadly Dragons at Seven Stories - p14

FestivalFinaleDragonsParade -p23

Teen TakeOver@ BALTIC- p19

Mongrel UK – Play in a week Diallo, 4d and Me - p10

Following the Sun - p18

Sparkle - p11

Truce - p20

The Big JuiceRead - p5

Young Tyneside Cinema Juiced! - Animation Workshops, Family Film Screenings, Tyneside All Nighter - p9

Imagined Planets - p16

Little Universe - p17

Boom Bloom Bang! Pow Wow Pattern! - p19

Indiana Jones and the ExtraChair! - p21

Hang Aerial - p12

Juice Festival Programme

Look out forJess Green –

Juice Festival’sRoving Poet!

Lawnmowers Open House - p18

Fish for a Wish (p5) and Dragon Steps (p15) - throughout the festival

Young Ranters - Them and Us - p20

Happy Halloween Pumpkin Carving - p13

© Cressida Cowell

NewcastleGateshead’s award-winning festival for children and youngpeople is back for the fifth year. Ledby NewcastleGateshead Initiativeand delivered in partnership withover 20 organisations, Juice bringsyou an action packed 10 days ofperformances, exhibitions,workshops, film screenings andspecial events, all presented in world-class venues and open air locationsacross Newcastle and Gateshead.

Hundreds of young people have been involvedin the preparations for Juice – from I’m JustSaying (p4) to Fish for a Wish (p5), through to Diallo, 4d and Me (p10) the festival providesa professional platform for the creative work of young people.

As well as creating work for the festival, youngpeople are involved in the delivery of manyevents and Behind the Scenes at Juice (p24)explains how this has grown and developed year on year.

We are proud to welcome fantastic regional,national and international artists to Juice and across the festival there are inspiring

opportunities for all ages – fromJust Jam (p6)and Art Jam (p8) in the opening weekendthrough to Sparkle (p11), Imagined Planets(p16) and Little Universe (p17), programmedspecially for younger children.

Throughout half term there are events forfamilies to try out new skills and have funtogether – from digital photography inFutureland Now (p10), experiencing the worldupside down in Hang Aerial (p12) to creating acommunity installation in Boom Bloom Bang!Pow Wow Pattern! (p19).

Inspired by a new exhibition at Seven Stories, thisyear we also have an outbreak of dragons acrossNewcastleGateshead – look out for Dragon Steps(p15) and don’t miss the very special DragonsParade (p22) on the NewcastleGatesheadQuayside at the end of the festival.

Whatever you chooseto come and see or do, everyone involved looks forward to giving you a special Juice Festival welcome this autumn half term. Enjoy!

Rachel Adam, Festival Director

© Cressida Cowell

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Welcome to Juice!


Access

Juice Festival events are designed to offer awelcoming experience for everyone. If you or anyof your friends or family have specific accessneeds, we will do our best to make events fullyaccessible. Wherever possible, please let thevenue you are attending know your requirementsat the point of booking, or in advance of the event.

During the festival there are some events which aim to be particularly welcoming for children and young people with disabilities and their families:

• Fish for a Wish at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art (p5)

• Lawnmowers Open House (p18)

• Sensory Spaces at BALTIC Centre for ContemporaryArt, as part of Happy Halloween Pumpkin Carving (p13)

• TIN Arts dance workshops at Dance City (p12)

In addition, Arts Connect is a programme run by NewcastleCity Council that links children and young people withdisabilities to inclusive arts and cultural activity. Thisservice is provided for families who live in Newcastle and if you would like advice about events to attend pleasecontact Emily Wilson (Arts Development Officer) on 0191 278 2961 or email [email protected]

If you live in Gateshead and have any questions about the accessibility of events please contact Hannah McKayin advance of the festival on 0191 433 6920 or [email protected]

Juice Festival welcomes everyone

Jess Green – JuiceFestival’sRoving PoetLook out for Jess Green atevents during Juice – she’ll be capturing the festivalatmosphere and crowdsourcing responses to events.Jess is an exciting youngspoken word artist and at theend of Juice she will be writing aspecially commissioned poemabout the festival. A film of Jessperforming the poem will be upon the website in November.

The Juice Festival Roving Poet project is commissioned in partnership with Apples and Snakes

www.applesandsnakes.org

Newcastle and Gateshead Librariesinvite you to meet ‘Stitch Head’ a trulyincredible, almost-human creation.

Join Blue Peter award-winning author GuyBass for fantastically hilarious, interactiveevents including readings from the StitchHead trilogy. Then visit Mad ProfessorErasmus in Castle Grotteskew to makeyour own fantastical creature, and stop by the ship of Captain Flashpowder topop your very own message in a bottle.

Fancy dress encouraged; we’d love to see lots of Mad Professors and Pirates!!

Where:BALTIC Centre for Contemporary ArtTickets: FreeInfo:0191 478 1810Gateshead

Where: Gateshead Central Library andNewcastle City LibraryTickets: Free, but ticketedBox office: 0191 433 8420 (Gateshead CentralLibrary) 0191 277 4100 (Newcastle City Library)Monument/Gateshead


Where: Live TheatreTickets: £8, £6 concessions / £20 family ticket (2 adults and 2 children)Box office: 0191 232 1232 or online at www.live.org.ukManors/Central Station

Vampire fantasies, dealing with parentalpressure over careers, and not knowingif your Facebook friends are who theysay they are. These are just some of thesubjects explored in 6 short plays by young people aged 12 and 13, from Excelsior Academy, Newcastle.

In a specially created production, these newplays are performed by professional actors and members of Live Theatre’s youth theatre.

The One and Lonely by Arif MilahChicken Pox Blues by Ellie PerryObsessive by Alex DowsonChewbacca Stole My Wife by Kieran SandersonMichaela’s Mistake by Chelsey CleminsonSuper Copperby Jordan Fowler

© Pete Williamson

From comedy to thriller, horror tofantasy, this is a theatre event tokeep you on the edge of your seat.


The Big Juice Read;Stitch Head: The Pirate’s EyeSat 27 Oct, 10am-12noon, Caedmon Hall,Gateshead Central Library2pm-4pm, Bewick Hall, Newcastle City LibraryFri 26 Oct - Sun 28 Oct

Fri 26 Oct, 10am (schools performance)Fri 26 Oct, 7.30pm (public performance plus post show discussion)Sat 27 Oct, 2pm (public performance)Sun 28 Oct, 7.30pm (public performance)Running time 90mins

Fish for a Wish

Explore the dreams and wishesof students from ThomasBewick School, Newcastle in thisinteractive exhibition createdespecially for Juice Festival.

With projections of water to play in, a shoal offishes, sounds to explore and messages inbottles, this is an exhibition that invites you tojump right in, sharing your dreams and wishes.

Children with learning disabilities areparticularly welcome.

I’m Just Saying

For ages 11+

For ages 7+

ForFamilies

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Throughout the festival

FREE!


Just JamInternational

Join us to celebrate the 5th Just JamInternational event, which bringsworld-class breakers to Newcastlefor an explosive weekend of hip hopactivities. Everyone welcome.

Sat 27 Oct, Workshops

Breakin’ Beginners Workshop; 1pm-2.30pmled by BGirl AT

Poppin’ Workshop; 3.30pm-5.30pm led by Eugene Quiet

House Workshop; 1pm-3pm led by Babson from Wanted Posse

Hip Hop Workshop; 10.30am-12noon led by Simeon Qsyea from BirdGang

For full performance listings visit:www.justjamintl.comwww.dancecity.co.uk

With thanks to easyJet

Sat 27 - Sun 28 Oct

Discounts and packageprices available. Visitwww.dancecity.co.ukfor more informationand to book tickets.

Presented by Bad Taste Cru, Dance City and Juice Festival

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Where: Dance CityTickets:Workshops £10, Performances £8, Battle from £7Box office: 0191 261 0505Central Station


Jam and JuiceSat 27 Oct, 7pmA showcase of b-boys, b-girls and dancegroups from around the world. This year’sline-up brings together performances withother elements of hip hop culture includingturntablism, rapping and hip hop comedy.

International 1on1 Battle Sun 28 Oct, 2pm-5pm – preliminaries,6pm-8pm – finalsExpect to see an incredible show oftalent, skills, creativity and style – theabsolute definition of breaking. With a warm, welcoming vibe, everyone iswelcome, from families to first timers.

For ages 7+


Young Tyneside Cinema; Juiced!

Juice Art Jam IISat 27 Oct, from 10.30am

7+

For variousages from

08 09

Where: Co-Musica Arches, behind The Sage Gateshead Tickets: Free, see above for booking adviceBox office:The Sage Gateshead 0191 443 4661, www.thesagegateshead.orgGateshead


FREE!

Animation Workshop at TynesideCinema’s Pop-Up Film SchoolSat 27 – Sun 28 Oct, 10am-3pm

Calling all keen animators! Come along to a two day workshop in which you’ll make a shortanimated film in Tyneside Cinema’s Pop UpFilm School in Eldon Square. In the speciallydesigned studio space, you’ll be able to watchexamples and learn various techniques tocreate your own animated masterpieces!£40 per person (£20 concessions).Suitable for ages 13-15

Family Favourites Film SeasonMon 29 Oct - Fri 2 Nov, 10am everyday

A fabulous programme of family films chosen by the Young Tyneside Programmers. Plus, stick around afterwards for family fun, including face painting, games and fancydress competitions.

Rated U/PG. Tickets £3.20 (all ages). Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Adults will only be admitted to Children’s Film Club screenings when accompanying children. See www.tynesidecinema.co.uk for full film programme.Families

Tyneside All Nighter Sat 3 Nov, 10pm-10am

Stay up all night at Tyneside Cinema and takeyour pick from the programme of cult classicsput together by Young Tyneside Programmers.

Juice Goodybags given out to the first fivepeople to book for more than six films. Age 15+

Please check www.tynesidecinema.co.uk for ticket prices and full film programme.

Where: Tyneside Cinema and Pop Up FilmSchool, Eldon SquareTickets: Pre-booking required for Animationworkshop. Tickets for films can be booked through the Tyneside Cinema Box Office (please book in advance to avoid disappointment)Box office: 0845 217 9909Monument

Following the fantastic success oflast year’s Art Jam, come and jointop names in the UK Urban Art scene to re-spray the 320ft legal art wallbehind The Sage Gateshead.

Inspired by the theme of local myths, artists willcreate characters and background outlines onthe wall. During Art Jam, young people will bringthe wall to life with colour and creativity, workingalongside Girls on Top and GMC arts crews.

Pop along and see artists in action on the day!

Workshops (free but ticketed, pre-booking advised)

Introduction to Urban Art10.30am-11.30am, age 13+Led by The Sage Gateshead’s Artist inResidence, Toby Heaps, you’ll learn about can control, caps and colours!

Spray the Wall – Advanced Wall Spots11am-5pm (registration from 10.30am), age 16+For artists with a little more experience, book aspot on the wall for solo or team painting, whichmust follow the theme (limited places available,pre-booking essential for Spray the Wall).

Supported Spots11.30am-1pm and 2.30pm-4pm, age 13+A unique chance to work with an experiencedartist who will show you tricks of the trade.

Stencil Workshop4.30pm-5.15pm and 5.15pm-6pm, age 13+Led by artist Mark Appleby, a chance to createyour own stencil design.

Clothing Customisation Workshops10.30am-11.15am and 1.15pm-2pm, age 7+Work with members of the Girls On Top Cru to add new style to your clothes. Materials and baseball caps provided, or bring your own trainers or t-shirt.

Drop-in events

Sketchbook SessionFrom 12noon, age 7+Pop in, have a doodle, add a panel to the Juice Art Jam comic and get some tips fromprofessional artists.

Film Screenings4pm-5pm, age 13+Street art documentaries screened in the MusicEducation Centre at The Sage Gateshead.


Futureland Now

Mon 29 Oct, 10am-4pmTues 30 Oct, 2pm-4pm

Mon 29 - Tues 30 Oct 10am, 11.30am, 2pmRunning time 40mins

Welcome aboard for asparkling adventure around The Islands ofObjects. Meet fantasticcreatures and keep a lookout for hidden treasure…

A gentle, interactive performance /play session for babies and youngchildren created by Alison McGowanand visual artist Tanya Axford;performed by Alison McGowan and Alex Finnegan of PuppetShip

Monday 29 October for 0 - 2yrsTuesday 30 October for 3 - 4yrs

Pre-booking essential 12 children’s places per session

A photography workshop for families

A workshop for families led by photographer andartist John Kippin, whose work is featured in theexhibition Futureland Now at The Laing Art Gallery.

Explore ways in which you can digitally alter a photograph to create your own piece of family artwork.

See your finished picture projected in the cafe atthe Laing Art Gallery and take a printed copy away.

No experience necessary and all equipment willbe provided. Please bring along a photograph ofa place that is special to your family.

www.laingartgallery.org.uk Limited places, pre-booking essential

Mon 29 Oct - Thurs 1 NovWorkshops run 10am-4pm each dayPerformance on Thurs 1 Nov at 6pm

Mongrel UK –Play in a weekDiallo, 4d and Me

SparkleFor ages14+

For ages 0-4

For ages8+

and their families

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Where:The Sage GatesheadTickets: Free, but ticketedBox Office: 0191 443 4661 Gateshead

Where: Laing Art GalleryTickets: £20 family ticket (up to 4 peopleincluding at least one adult)Box Office: 0191 211 2104 or [email protected] Monument

Where: Caedmon Hall, Gateshead Central LibraryTickets: £4 per childBox Office: 0191 433 6965 or online at www.gateshead.gov.uk/whatson Gateshead


Join members of Mongrel UK to create a musicalperformance, over four days of intensive workshops.The project is inspired by the 18th century paintingof Ayuba Suleiman Diallo –the earliest known Britishportrait of a freed slave – and the performance willcombine the comedy, integrity and ingenuity thataudiences have come to expect from the group.

Mongrel UK is an international group of youngpeople, with the majority aged 14 – 24yrs. Thegroup meets weekly at The Sage Gateshead andnew members are very welcome for this specialproject. No previous experience necessary.

Families and younger siblings welcome to theperformance. Participants will need to completea short consent form which they will be sentafter booking. There are limited places for thefour day workshop and pre-booking is essential.

www.thesagegateshead.org

FREE!

Join the Hang Aerial team for these specialfamily workshops. Hang upside down, tryout the trapeze, silks, cocoons and hoop,playing together and learning new skills,using specialist equipment at Dance City.

The tutors are all experienced aerialistsand dance teachers and will guide yousafely in this fun activity.

Workshops are for families, with amaximum ratio of one adult to twochildren. Children must be accompaniedby an adult throughout. Wear comfortableclothing, making sure you cover up yourarms and torso with a close fitting top.Don’t wear anything with zips or metal.

www.dancecity.co.uk

Tues 30 Oct10.30am-12noon for children aged 3-8yrs and their families1pm-3pm for children aged 8-13yrs and their families

A Spooky Night at the Museum

With spooky trails around the museum andHalloween themed craft activities this is theperfect way for young ghosts and ghouls to takeover the museum after hours. Who knows whatyou’ll meet in the dark corridors at night ...

Get dressed up and join in the fun, with specialprizes for imaginative costumes on the night.

www.discoverymuseum.org.uk

Wed 31 Oct, 4pm-6pm

Dress up in your best spookycostume and get carving creativelywith a team of professional artistsfrom BALTIC. There will be lots ofpumpkins available and you can also bring your own.

The event is free and open to all but during busy periods a timing system will operate.

Group bookings must be made 2 weeks inadvance (min 1 adult to 4 children) by [email protected] or call 0191 440 4919

Sensory SpacesThis year on Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 October, there will also be a Halloween themed room created by Sensory Spaces, who are specialists in inclusive, multi-sensoryarts and play activities. Children withdisabilities, and their families and friends, are particularly welcome.

For bookings or more information on Sensory Spaces please [email protected] direct line 0191 440 4924.Pre-booking advisable for Sensory Spaces only


Mon 29 Oct –Wed 31 Oct, 11am-4pm

Happy HalloweenPumpkin Carving

Dancing Ghouls andSpooky Spectres

Fun, engaging and inclusive danceworkshops for young people and theirfamilies, exploring the movement ofghostly ghouls and spooky spectresto get you in the Halloween mood.

The workshops will be led by a team ofdance practitioners with and without alearning disability. TIN Arts is an innovativecompany based in Durham, creating anddelivering participatory dance, arts andcultural activities for all ages and abilities.

The workshops are open to both disabledand non-disabled participants and their families.

No unaccompanied children

www.dancecity.co.uk

For under10s

with their families

For ages3-8&8-13

12 13

Hang AerialWorkshops

Where: Dance CityTickets: £8 adults and £5 childrenBox office: 0191 261 0505Central Station

Where: Discovery Museum Tickets: £5 per childBox Office: 0191 232 6789Central Station

Where: Dance CityTickets: Free, pre-booking advisedBox office: 0191 261 0505Central Station

For ages 4-7& 8+

Where: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary ArtTickets: FreeBox office: See contacts aboveGateshead


Drop into BALTIC this Halloween and help carve 1,500 pumpkins!

For under13s

with their families

FREE!

FREE!Wed 31 Oct10am-11am for children aged 4 - 7 yrs1.30pm-3pm for children aged 8 yrs+


Look out for DragonSteps in six JuiceFestival venues acrossOctober half term

Dragon Steps© Cressida Cowell

For ages 5-10

FREE!

Throughout the festival


Inky Print Club

Join artists from Northern Print fora dragon inspired print workshop,making flags that you can bringalong to the Dragons Parade at the end of Juice Festival.

ForFamilies

Where: Seven Stories, the National Centre for Children’s BooksTickets: Workshops free, admission charges applyInfo: 0845 271 0777Manors

Where: Northern Print & Gateshead Old Town HallTickets: £3 per child (cash only)Box Office: 0191 261 7000Manors/Gateshead

© Cressida Cowell

Join in with these fantastically fieryworkshops, developed and led by youngpeople aged 15 – 18yrs. Work as a familyto create dragon themed props to takealong to the Festival Finale DragonsParade and add to your costume tomake sure you really look the part.

To celebrate the launch of A Viking’s Guideto Deadly Dragons there will also be drop inactivities at Seven Stories throughout JuiceFestival. Fly down to the Creation Station fordragon-themed craft activities or curl up tolisten to tales of dragons from around theworld. And add your mark to an enormousdragon sculpture in the Artist’s Attic!

www.sevenstories.org.uk

Pre-booking essential for workshops.

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ForFamilies

Deadly Dragons at Seven StoriesFri 2 - Sat 3 Nov11am-12.30pm & 2pm-3.30pm

Jump in, follow the footsteps andfigure out the story. Visit the JuiceFestival website for a downloadablemap of the Dragon Steps locationsand look out for dragons – a fewhave hatched across the city!

Theatre company Stan’s Cafe has beencommissioned to create Dragon Steps,especially for this year’s Juice Festival workingwith three young artists; Mani, Marcus and Anna.

Dragon Steps can be found at: Dance CityDiscovery MuseumGreat North Museum: HancockNorthern StageBALTIC Centre for Contemporary ArtThe Sage Gateshead

Visit www.juicefestival.co.uk for venue opening times.

Stan’s Cafe is funded by Arts Council England

A do-it-yourself theatre puzzle for all the family

Wed 31 Oct10.30am-12.30pm, Northern Print1pm–3pm, Gateshead Old Town Hall

Little Universe

Thurs 1 Nov - Fri 2 Nov 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm Running time 20mins

From the biggest of galaxies to thesmallest things in the world, LittleUniverse reveals the patterns andmovements that set everything inmotion. Visually striking and playful,Fevered Sleep presents a brand newperformance for 3 to 5 year olds,created especially for the outdoors.

Fevered Sleep has an international reputation for making outstanding performances for littlepeople that explore really big ideas.

After the show make your very own ‘littleuniverse’ to take home with you.

Fevered Sleep’s work is produced in association with Fuel. Little Universe is a Small Wonders commission.

Pre-booking is recommended for the 50 children’splaces closest to the performance space. Otherfamily members are welcome to stand justbehind the children’s area to watch the show.

Where: Saltwell Park (Brinkburn Gate entrance)Tickets: Free Box office: book online at www.gateshead.gov.ukor call 0191 433 6965Gateshead

www.juicefestival.co.ukJUICE FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

Tues 30 Oct, 11am and 2pmWed 31 Oct, 11amRunning time of performance one hour

Imagined Planets For ages4-7

with their families

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Where: The Sage GatesheadTickets: £7 adults, £3.50 childrenBox office: 0191 443 4661, pre-booking advised

Gateshead

Calling all intrepid space travellers!Come and join musicians from The Sage Gateshead as they blast off on a musical mission.Featuring out of this world songs and percussion, this interactivefamily concert will take you on an interplanetary adventureexploring amazing planets and themost fantastic terrain of all… theworld of children’s imaginations.

Suitable for children aged 4-7 but older and younger siblings welcome. Why not wear your best space suits?

You are invited to arrive 30 minutes before theshow starts for fun activities on the concourse.

www.thesagegateshead.org

FREE!

For ages 3-5

Created by Fevered Sleep

Thurs 1 Nov - Fri 2 Nov10am-12 noon and 1pm-3pm

Join leading textile artist MichaelBrennand-Wood to transform oneof the galleries at Shipley Art Gallery.

In your two hour workshop you’ll work with fabrics,paper, paint and thread to create 3D patternsinspired by the shapes of flowers. Over two daysall the pieces will come together to create a jointartwork in time for a celebration (with flowerpatterned cake) at 3pm on Friday 2 November.

No experience is needed and there will be ateam of friendly students from Newcastle

College on hand, to help you create this special Juice Festival art installation.

www.shipleyartgallery.org.uk

With thanks to Tyne and Wear MuseumsBusiness Partners and Coats Crafts


Teen Take Over @ BALTIC

Members of Blah Blah Blah (BALTIC’s teen panel) present this one off event just forteenagers, inspired by the theme of identity. Play with gaming technology, create your own T-shirt using freehand drawing techniques,listen to some DJ beats or pop in to a filmscreening – just a few ideas for an evening ofsurprises and a little splash of the unexpected.

www.balticmill.com

Fri 2 Nov, 5pm-7pm

For ages7+

with their families

Boom Bloom Bang! Pow Wow Pattern!

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In the lead up to Juice Festival children andyoung people from six countries will take partin a 24hour printing relay. Each group willhave 4 hours to create prints, inspired by themovement of planet earth, before they handover to young people in another time zone.

During Juice Festival the prints producedby students from Charles ThorpComprehensive School, Gateshead will be on display at Northern Print, along withphotographs of the other groups involvedin the project from around the world.

www.northernprint.org.uk

Where: Shipley Art Gallery Tickets: £2 per workshop participant First come first servedInfo: 0191 477 1495Gateshead

Where: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Tickets: Free - Drop in - no booking requiredBox office: 0191 4404 919Gateshead

Where: Northern PrintTickets: Free entry to exhibitionInfo: 0191 261 7000Manors


For ages14+

Tues 30 Oct - Sat 3 Nov12noon-4pm each day

Following the Sun

Thurs 1 Nov - Fri 2 Nov1.30pm-4pm

Lawnmowers groups ‘FoolEnsemble’ and ‘Beat This’welcome you to this specialopen house event.

With performances, music and dancing,plus time for you to learn skills in clown,mask and percussion, it’s an event not tobe missed.

Children and young people withdisabilities are particularly welcome.

www.thelawnmowers.co.uk

Lawnmowers Open House

For ages8+

Where: The Lawnmowers IndependentTheatre Company, GatesheadTickets: FreeInfo: 0191 478 9200Gateshead

Forall ages

FREE!


Young Ranters – Them and Us

Fri 2 Nov - Sat 3 Nov7pmRunning time 70 mins

Truce

What would you say if the worldwere listening?

In July, a team from Northern Stagetoured the North East in a vintagedouble-decker bus collectingstories while following the routeof the 2012 Olympic Torch relay.

Young performers, dancers and singersfrom Hexham, Durham and Tyneside takethese stories and transform them into an honest, charming and fun look at theworld, at this moment in our country’shistory. The evening will include shortperformances by each of the groups, plus ascreening of a new film by Northern Stars.

www.northernstage.co.uk

Indiana Jones and the Extra Chair!

For ages10+

For ages13+

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Where: Northern StageTickets: £5Box office: 0191 230 5151Haymarket

Where: The Sage GatesheadTickets: FREEInfo: 0191 443 4661Gateshead

Where: Live TheatreTickets: £8, £6 concessions, £20 family ticket (2 adults, 2 children)Box office: 0191 232 1232, Pre booking required, limited availability Manors


Every family dinner needs a hero...

Relating to your relations isn’t alwayseasy, and it’s often on those rareoccasions when everyone sits down toeat together that things really kick off.

Simon Mole’s one-man show is asensory explosion that combinesspoken word theatre, riotousadventure, laughs a-plenty and tasty culinary delights.

Working with a group of teenage writers fromNew Writing North, Simon and director PeaderKirk take spoken word performance in anexciting new direction.

The writers will serve food with poeticmemories and perform their own originalfamily-themed writing as they host andwelcome the audience to this special event.

Written, performed and presented by SimonMole in association with Apples and Snakes, NewWriting North, Live Theatre and Juice Festival.Developed in association with Apples andSnakes and The Albany, Deptford. Funded by theNational Lottery through Arts Council England.

Sat 3 Nov1pm and 6pm

For ages16+

As part of BBC Radio 3’s FreeThinking Festival young peoplerespond to the theme, Themand Us, in pop-up events at The Sage Gateshead.

Visit bbc.co.uk/freethinking to find outhow you can catch what’s going on andjoin in the bigger Free Thinking debate.

‘Them and Us’ – what does this mean to you?

Delivered in partnership byJuice Festivaland Bridge North East.

Fri 2 Nov - Sun 4 Nov

Festival Finale:


Dragons ParadeWe only left the dragon eggs alone for amoment – honest! Now they’ve gone andhatched and dragons are running around the city causing chaos!

Children – we need you! Help us find and train the baby dragons, and deliver them safely back to theirdragon family. Watch them sail away down the river as dusk falls.

Make a dragon, get dressed up and celebrate the endof the festival in style, with live music from youngmusicians from The Sage Gateshead.

With thanks to River Escapes.

© Cressida Cowell

ForFamilies

FREE!

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Where: Baltic Square, Gateshead QuaysTickets: Free, no booking requiredGateshead


Created by Unfolding Theatre

Sun 4 Nov: Gather on Baltic Square from 3.45pm


“I have really enjoyed writing articles forThe Journal. To be given the opportunityto work with and receive feedbackfrom professional journalists is sospecial. My confidence in my writinghas improved loads and I’m really keento keep writing and have even startedsome creative writing now too.” Terri-Leigh Riley, age 17

Press Gang This year we have worked with 28 youngpeople aged 15-24 in Press Gang, a projectdelivered with New Writing North. The grouphave taken part in reviewing master classes,with journalists from regional and nationalmedia. They have written articles about Juice Festival events for The Journal’s Culture Magazine and for blogs and websites and will be reviewing eventsthroughout the festival.

Northern Stars DocumentaryNorthern Stars young film makers are making a series of short ‘episodes’ documenting sixprojects in the lead up to Juice. Watch the filmsat www.facebook.com/JuiceFestival.NG from October. www.tynesidecinema.co.uk/www.madebynorthernstars.com/academy

Juice Festival presents inspiring eventscreated by, for and with children andyoung people. Behind the scenesthere are also lots of other ways inwhich young people get involved, both in the months leading up to Juice and during the 10 day festival itself:

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VolunteersOver 50 young people are involved in eventmanagement and front of house roles at events across the festival – look out for them in their distinctive blue Juice Festival t-shirtsand say hello.

Behind the Scenes for Teens New to this year’s festival we are also working with a small group of schools andfestival partners to offer a ‘behind the scenes’experience, with backstage tours and staffinterviews to help guide young people on career paths into the arts and cultural sector.

Arts Award Young people are achieving ArtsAward through their involvement inJuice and the whole festival is packed

full of opportunities that young people can puttowards Arts Award. Juice Festival is an ArtsAward Supporter.

Schools workshops Several hundred children and young peoplefrom schools and colleges are involved inprojects that feed directly into the JuiceFestival programme; all working with artists to create work that has a professional platformwithin the festival.

Dragon Game Development Newcastle City Learning Centre is working with a group of young people aged 14 and 15yrs to create a digital game for children aged 6yrs+, inspired by the dragons that are running loose across the festival.

“The children involved in our project were blownaway by the scale of theevent they had helpedcreate. I don’t think they’dbeen able to imagine howbig it would be in advance.”Teacher, 2011 festival


“Volunteering for Juice Festivalwas an amazing experience! Notonly did I get to make loads ofcontacts in the industry but I also got to work in some of the city’s best cultural venues. Iwould do it again in a heartbeat”.Alex Prentice, Volunteer 2011

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Credits & Thanks

“With thanks to the following organisations who as partners have made this year’s Juice Festivalpossible. With special thanks to everyone who has contributed to the festival’s Delivery Group and to all the festival’s funders and supporters” Carol Bell, Head of Culture and Major Events, NewcastleGateshead Initiative

Partners• Apples and Snakes • BALTIC Centre forContemporary Art • Bridge North East• Dance City • Gateshead ArtsDevelopment Team• Gateshead Library • Lawnmowers TheatreCompany • Live Theatre• New Writing North • Newcastle ArtsDevelopment Team • Newcastle CityLearning Centre • Newcastle Library • Northern Print • Northern Stage • Seven Stories • The Sage Gateshead

• Tyne and Wear Archivesand Museums (ShipleyArt Gallery, Laing ArtGallery, DiscoveryMuseum, Great NorthMuseum: Hancock) • Tyneside Cinema

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Press Gang PartnersThe Crack, NarcMagazine, StudentReview, The Good Review

Children, YoungPeople and Artists With thanks to all thechildren, young people,schools and artists who havemade work for the festival

Juice Festival Steering GroupCarol Bell, Kate Edwards,Bill Griffiths, JeanneHale, Karolynne Hart,Katherine Zeserson

NewcastleGatesheadInitiativeCarol Bell, Vikki Leaney,Maddie Maughan, David Brookbanks, Carmel Lawless, JasonYip, Peter Leatherland, Ian Thomas, Dezra Riley

Freelance FestivalTeamDirector: Rachel AdamProducer and ProjectsManager: Claire NewtonAssistant: Laura Cresser

Image CreditsCressida Cowell, Dan Brady, GraemeBraidwood, LindsayDuncanson, RichardKenworthy, KeithPattison, NorthernPrint, Peter Atkinson,Pete Fry

Juice Festivalbrochure designSolution Group

Special Thanks toFenwick, River EscapesHotel Partner: ThistleHotel, NewcastleTravel Partner:easyJet

Whilst every care has been taken in the accuracy of this guide, the publisher is not liable forany errors or omissions which may inadvertently occur. All information in the publication issubject to change. Details are correct at time of going to print in September 2012.

Juice 2012Venue List

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art / Baltic SquareSouth Shore RoadGatesheadNE8 3BA0191 478 1810Map Ref – G6

Dance CityTemple StreetNewcastle upon TyneNE1 4BR0191 261 0505Map Ref – B5

Discovery MuseumBlandford SquareNewcastle upon TyneNE1 4JA0191 232 6789Map Ref – A6

Gateshead Central Library /Caedmon HallPrince Consort RoadGatesheadNE8 4LN0191 433 3000Map Ref – off map

Gateshead Old Town HallWest StreetGatesheadNE8 1HE0191 433 6916Map Ref – F7

Great NorthMuseum: HancockBarras BridgeNewcastle upon TyneNE2 4PT0191 222 6765Map Ref – D1

Laing Art GalleryNew Bridge StreetNewcastle upon TyneNE1 8AJ0191 232 7734Map Ref – E4

LawnmowersTheatre Co.Swinburne HouseSwinburne StreetGatesheadNE8 1AXMap Ref – F7

Live Theatre Broad ChareQuaysideNewcastle upon TyneNE1 3DQ0191 232 1232Map Ref – F5

Newcastle CityLibraryCharles Avison BuildingNew Bridge Street West Newcastle upon TyneNE1 8AX0845 002 0336Map Ref – D4

Northern PrintStepney BankOuseburn ValleyNewcastle upon TyneNE1 2NP0191 261 7000Map Ref – H3

Northern Stage Barras BridgeNewcastle upon TyneNE1 7RH0191 230 5151Map Ref – D2

The SageGateshead St Mary’s SquareGateshead QuaysGateshead, NE8 2JR Map ref – F6

Saltwell ParkEast Park RoadGatesheadNE9 5AXMap Ref – off map

Seven StoriesThe Centre for Children’s Books30 Lime StreetOuseburn ValleyNewcastle upon TyneNE1 2PQ0845 271 0777 ext 715Map Ref – H4

Shipley Art GalleryPrince Consort RoadGatesheadNE8 2JR0191 443 4661Map Ref – off map(see F9)

Tyneside Cinema10 Pilgrim StreetNewcastle upon TyneNE1 6QG0845 217 9909Map Ref – D4

Too small? Go to www.juicefestival.co.uk for a larger version of this map, or pick one up for free from the Visitor Information Centre on Market Street, Newcastle.

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