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Box office: 01524 594151

www.lancasterarts.org

Lost in Translation Circus: The Hogwallops11am & 5pm. Saturday 13 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Tickets: £8-£6

Thrillingly spectacular circus skills blend seamlessly withphysical comedy, clowning, juggling, theatrical storytellingand slapstick in this colourful, loud and funnydramatisation of the domestic adventures of a chaotic,dysfunctional family of misfits.

The Hogwallops family constantly bicker, scheme and playpractical jokes on each other. Their crazy home resemblesan adventure playground where the ordinary inevitablybecomes extraordinary! With an original live score this is atreat for the eyes and ears with thrills, gasps, laughs anddrama - plenty for both adults and children to enjoy.

55mins. 5yrs+

Unicorn & FilskitTheatre: Breaking the Ice11am & 2pm. Tuesday 16 February Nuffield Theatre. Tickets: £8-£6

Join Team Polar Bear or Team Husky and find new friends.

Have you heard the incredible true story of a wild polar bearwho made friends with a Husky? Be part of Team Polar Bearor Team Husky and watch as the animals learn to playtogether. Then get involved in the fun yourself by interactingwith projected images that mirror your movements.

40mins + 15mins play time. 2-5yrs & families

Messy Noisy GalleryFor families with children aged 0-5 years.

Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at PeterScott Gallery, Lancaster University.

Sat. 30 JanuaryNew Year Messy Play - sticky, glittery, painty, gluey,crafty fun!

Sat. 27 FebruaryThe Gingerbread Man - ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’…take part in our mini-musical drama.

Sat. 19 MarchBunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easteregg hunt!

Details

Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15amTickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free)Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pmTickets: FREE but reservation essential

Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.org

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imitating the dog: The Train Nuffield Theatre (Various) 21 – 25 JanuaryGob Squad: 3 Day Masterclass Lancaster Arts 2 – 4 FebruaryProto-type Theater: A Machine they’re Secretly Building Nuffield Theatre 7pm. 2 FebruaryOwen Jones: The Politics of Hope Dukes Theatre 8pm. 3 FebruaryTania El Khoury: Gardens Speak The Auditorium, The Storey (Various) 3 – 6 FebruaryForced Entertainment: The Notebook Dukes Theatre 7.45pm. 4 FebruaryAction Hero: Extraordinary Rendition The Reading Room, The Storey (Various) 4 – 6 FebruarySarah Vanhee: Oblivion The Gallery, The Storey (Various) 4 – 6 February Day of Questions 1 The Storey 11am – 6pm. 6 FebruaryAndy Smith: The Preston Bill The Auditorium, The Storey 8pm. 9 FebruarySeason Butler: Happiness Forgets The Auditorium, The Storey 8pm. 12 FebruaryDay of Questions 2 The Storey 11am – 6pm. 20 FebruaryIgor and Moreno: Idiot-Syncrasy Nuffield Theatre 8pm. 23 February

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Escher String Quartet Great Hall 7.30pm. 4 FebruaryChetham’s Symphony Orchestra Great Hall 7.30pm. 18 FebruaryPioneers of Percussion Nuffield Theatre 7.30pm. 25 FebruaryHaffner Orchestra Great Hall 7.30pm. 27 FebruaryLiebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Great Hall 7.30pm. 3 MarchKathryn Stott (Piano) Great Hall 7.30pm. 17 MarchUniversity of Lancaster Music Society Great Hall 7.30pm. 19 March

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New Year Messy Play Peter Scott Gallery 10am. 30 JanuaryLost in Translation Circus: The Hogwallops Nuffield Theatre 11am & 5pm. 13 FebruaryUnicorn & Filskit Theatre: Breaking the Ice Nuffield Theatre 11am & 2pm. 16 February Noisy Gallery: The Gingerbread Man Peter Scott Gallery 10am & 11.15am. 27 FebruaryMessy Gallery: Bunny Bonanza Peter Scott Gallery 10am. 19 March

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TO BOOK TICKETS

The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.orgVISIT: lancasterarts.orgEMAIL: boxoffice@lancasterarts.orgCALL: 01524 594151 (Tue-Fri from 12 Jan 2016)

Purchasing tickets in person?Our box office is only staffed within the Peter Scott Gallery between Tuesday – Friday from 12noon – 2pm and from90mins before the start of the published performance. At all other times please call or email ahead if you wish to buy aticket in person.

Photo: Christa Holka

Welcome to Lancaster Arts' brochure for Spring 2016.

During this special Art & Politics Season, we bringinternational culture to the heart of Lancaster,returning to The Storey for our inaugural Festival ofQuestions from 2nd to the 20th of February.Through talks, panel discussions and participatoryevents, ‘FestQ’ will add context to our Springprogramme where an exciting cluster ofpresentations have been chosen to reflect thepolitical, economic and cultural questions of ourtime.

Do join us to explore how culture can frame ourconversations and help us make sense of the world.Invited commentators like Melissa Benn and OwenJones, and those with real-life experience togetherwith you, our patrons I’m sure will make for a richand inspiring three weeks in February.

Alongside FestQ, we continue to offer innovativeTheatre, Physical Theatre, Circus, Dance and Musicfor Spring 2016, with something for all ages and allinterests within these pages.

We look forward to seeing you.

With best wishes,Jamie EastmanDirector

Price A Web Saver: Adults £13. Under 26 & Students: £9Standard: Adults: £15. Under 26 & Students: £11Supporters: £11.

Price BWeb Saver: Adults £8. Under 26 & Students: £5Standard: Adults: £9. Under 26 & Students: £6Supporters: £5.

FREE TICKETS are available to Under 26 Supportersbut these are limited and may only be available forcertain performances.

Tuesday 2 – Saturday 20 FebruaryVarious Locationswww.lancasterarts.org/festqFestival of Questions is an innovative and engaging series ofpublic-facing talks, panels and cultural projects, seeking toexplore the social, economic, political and cultural climate ofour time. Featuring academics, thinkers, writers and brightsparks from across the political spectrum, 'FestQ' speakersinclude Melissa Benn, Alvin Carpio, David Goodhart, SarfrazManzoor, Owen Jones and David Kynaston.

As well as keynote lectures, many events event during thefestival are prompted by a question, such as:

‘Do Young People Stand a Chance in Modern Britain?’‘Is the Internet Good for Feminism?’‘The War in Syria: How Should the World Respond?’

Listed in this brochure are projects from the world ofperformance taking place during FestQ. For a completeschedule of all talks and events and to buy tickets please seethe Lancaster Arts website. ‘Free’ fringe FestQ events willalso be listed at /festq and on our facebook page.

Other FestQ highlights include: Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope (Fest Q keynote)Wednesday 3 February, 8pm, The Dukes, Lancaster

Melissa Benn, David Kynaston & more Saturday 6 February (Day of Questions 1) 11am – 6pm, The Storey, Lancaster

'People Pavilion' by Laurence Payot & Ailie Rutherfordwith Lancaster University students Saturday 6 February1pm - 5pm, Market Square the Lancaster streets thereafterFree

Alvin Carpio, Sarfraz Manzoor & moreSaturday 20 February (Day of Questions 2) 11am – 6pm, The Storey, Lancaster

#FestQ #myquestionis

Festival of Questions

[?]Sarah Vanhee:OblivionThursday 4 – Saturday 6 February 5pm (Thursday) 7pm (Friday & Saturday)The Gallery, The Storey. Ticket price BWhen does your trash stop being your trash? Ayear’s worth of real and virtual trash -everything that Belgian artist Sarah Vanhee wouldhave normally discarded during 12 months of livingand working - comes back. A moving exploration ofconsumer loyalty, western values and our ongoingdenial of the waste we create.

150mins. 14yrs+

Proto-typeTheater: A Machine They’reSecretly Building7pm. Tuesday 2 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Ticket price AFrom what might be a news desk, an office, abedroom, a bunker under a mountain or a theatre,two people speak up, speak out, blow the whistleand lift the veil on the insidious machine ofsurveillance.

60mins. 14yrs+

Action Hero:ExtraordinaryRenditionThursday 4 - Saturday 6 February (Times via website) Ticket price BThe Reading Room, The Storey How does culture become a weapon of war? Whatconnects a Britney Spears song to a global network ofsecret prisons? Enter a cabin built from the samematerials as the temporary detention facility atGuantanamo Bay, with the internal dimensions of adetainee’s cell. Extraordinary Rendition uses video,sound and live performance to interrogate thecolonisation that begins with the battle for hearts andminds. A solo experience. 15mins. 14yrs+

ForcedEntertainment:The Notebook7.45pm. Thursday 4 FebruaryThe Dukes Theatre. Ticket price ABased on the award winning novel by Ágota Kristófand set during WW2, The Notebook tells the story of apair of twin brothers evacuated to their impoverishedgrandmother’s farm in order to shelter from theconflict. These unnamed children are social outsiders,mavericks who survive and understand the world by aharsh private code. As the war deepens, the brothersare slowly revealed as struggling moralists, trying tolive by consistent principles in a Central Europecrumbling into cruelty and opportunism.

180mins. 16yrs+

Andy Smith: The Preston Bill8pm. Tuesday 9 FebruaryThe Auditorium, The Storey Ticket price AA story from The North. The story of a life. The story of our lives.

Award winning theatre maker Andy Smith tells atale of a man from a city in the north of England, andall that has happened here, there and everywhere inthe last 80 years.

60mins. 14yrs+

Season Butler:Happiness Forgets8pm. Friday 12 FebruaryThe Auditorium, The Storey Ticket price ARemember the good old days when everyone gotalong, when life was simple, when our televisionscreens protected us from sex, violence and thediscomfort of difference? Me neither. HappinessForgets interrogates the space between celebritiesand fans, credibility and doubt, comedy and tragedy.It’s about race, sex, nostalgia and the moment whenwe see something familiar in a whole new light

It's also about The Cosby Show - one of the mostpopular sitcoms in television history.

40mins. 14yrs+

imitating the dog:The TrainThursday 21 – Monday 25 January (Times via website)Nuffield Theatre. Ticket price AImagine a world that exists solely as a train. Imagineentering a terrible nightmare in which those who youassume are dead tell you what your future mightbring you. An audience of 12 listen throughheadphones and sit in a moving auditorium whichpans and tracks as it follows our heroine’s journeythrough a multimedia landscape that is bothbeautiful and disturbing.

40mins. 14yrs+

Igor and Moreno:Idiot-Syncrasy8pm. Tuesday 23 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Ticket price A We started with wanting to change the world with aperformance. We felt like idiots.

Then we danced a lot. We jumped. We called on thefolk traditions of Sardinia and the Basque Country.We sang. We jumped some more. We committed.

Now we promise to stick together. We promise topersevere. We promise to do our best.

60mins. Suitable for all ages

Gob Squad: Artist MasterclassTuesday 2 – Thursday 4 FebruaryLancaster Arts. Tickets: £40-£20This three-day workshop offers an insight intostrategies and methodologies employed by GobSquad when creating new work. The workshop willexplore the company's approach to using text, videoand site in creating touching, humorous andconfessional performance works which mix realitywith fiction. See /festq for more information.

Tania El Khoury:Gardens Speak Wednesday 3 - Saturday 6 February(Times via website)The Auditorium, The Storey. Ticket price BAn interactive sound installation containing the oralhistories of 10 ordinary people who have beenburied in Syrian gardens. Each narrative has beencarefully constructed with the friends and familymembers of the deceased to retell their stories asthey themselves would have recounted it. Anextraordinary piece of immersive theatre referencinghumanity and the Syrian conflict.

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Welcome to Lancaster Arts' brochure for Spring 2016.

During this special Art & Politics Season, we bringinternational culture to the heart of Lancaster,returning to The Storey for our inaugural Festival ofQuestions from 2nd to the 20th of February.Through talks, panel discussions and participatoryevents, ‘FestQ’ will add context to our Springprogramme where an exciting cluster ofpresentations have been chosen to reflect thepolitical, economic and cultural questions of ourtime.

Do join us to explore how culture can frame ourconversations and help us make sense of the world.Invited commentators like Melissa Benn and OwenJones, and those with real-life experience togetherwith you, our patrons I’m sure will make for a richand inspiring three weeks in February.

Alongside FestQ, we continue to offer innovativeTheatre, Physical Theatre, Circus, Dance and Musicfor Spring 2016, with something for all ages and allinterests within these pages.

We look forward to seeing you.

With best wishes,Jamie EastmanDirector

Price A Web Saver: Adults £13. Under 26 & Students: £9Standard: Adults: £15. Under 26 & Students: £11Supporters: £11.

Price BWeb Saver: Adults £8. Under 26 & Students: £5Standard: Adults: £9. Under 26 & Students: £6Supporters: £5.

FREE TICKETS are available to Under 26 Supportersbut these are limited and may only be available forcertain performances.

Tuesday 2 – Saturday 20 FebruaryVarious Locationswww.lancasterarts.org/festqFestival of Questions is an innovative and engaging series ofpublic-facing talks, panels and cultural projects, seeking toexplore the social, economic, political and cultural climate ofour time. Featuring academics, thinkers, writers and brightsparks from across the political spectrum, 'FestQ' speakersinclude Melissa Benn, Alvin Carpio, David Goodhart, SarfrazManzoor, Owen Jones and David Kynaston.

As well as keynote lectures, many events event during thefestival are prompted by a question, such as:

‘Do Young People Stand a Chance in Modern Britain?’‘Is the Internet Good for Feminism?’‘The War in Syria: How Should the World Respond?’

Listed in this brochure are projects from the world ofperformance taking place during FestQ. For a completeschedule of all talks and events and to buy tickets please seethe Lancaster Arts website. ‘Free’ fringe FestQ events willalso be listed at /festq and on our facebook page.

Other FestQ highlights include: Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope (Fest Q keynote)Wednesday 3 February, 8pm, The Dukes, Lancaster

Melissa Benn, David Kynaston & more Saturday 6 February (Day of Questions 1) 11am – 6pm, The Storey, Lancaster

'People Pavilion' by Laurence Payot & Ailie Rutherfordwith Lancaster University students Saturday 6 February1pm - 5pm, Market Square the Lancaster streets thereafterFree

Alvin Carpio, Sarfraz Manzoor & moreSaturday 20 February (Day of Questions 2) 11am – 6pm, The Storey, Lancaster

#FestQ #myquestionis

Festival of Questions

[?]Sarah Vanhee:OblivionThursday 4 – Saturday 6 February 5pm (Thursday) 7pm (Friday & Saturday)The Gallery, The Storey. Ticket price BWhen does your trash stop being your trash? Ayear’s worth of real and virtual trash -everything that Belgian artist Sarah Vanhee wouldhave normally discarded during 12 months of livingand working - comes back. A moving exploration ofconsumer loyalty, western values and our ongoingdenial of the waste we create.

150mins. 14yrs+

Proto-typeTheater: A Machine They’reSecretly Building7pm. Tuesday 2 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Ticket price AFrom what might be a news desk, an office, abedroom, a bunker under a mountain or a theatre,two people speak up, speak out, blow the whistleand lift the veil on the insidious machine ofsurveillance.

60mins. 14yrs+

Action Hero:ExtraordinaryRenditionThursday 4 - Saturday 6 February (Times via website) Ticket price BThe Reading Room, The Storey How does culture become a weapon of war? Whatconnects a Britney Spears song to a global network ofsecret prisons? Enter a cabin built from the samematerials as the temporary detention facility atGuantanamo Bay, with the internal dimensions of adetainee’s cell. Extraordinary Rendition uses video,sound and live performance to interrogate thecolonisation that begins with the battle for hearts andminds. A solo experience. 15mins. 14yrs+

ForcedEntertainment:The Notebook7.45pm. Thursday 4 FebruaryThe Dukes Theatre. Ticket price ABased on the award winning novel by Ágota Kristófand set during WW2, The Notebook tells the story of apair of twin brothers evacuated to their impoverishedgrandmother’s farm in order to shelter from theconflict. These unnamed children are social outsiders,mavericks who survive and understand the world by aharsh private code. As the war deepens, the brothersare slowly revealed as struggling moralists, trying tolive by consistent principles in a Central Europecrumbling into cruelty and opportunism.

180mins. 16yrs+

Andy Smith: The Preston Bill8pm. Tuesday 9 FebruaryThe Auditorium, The Storey Ticket price AA story from The North. The story of a life. The story of our lives.

Award winning theatre maker Andy Smith tells atale of a man from a city in the north of England, andall that has happened here, there and everywhere inthe last 80 years.

60mins. 14yrs+

Season Butler:Happiness Forgets8pm. Friday 12 FebruaryThe Auditorium, The Storey Ticket price ARemember the good old days when everyone gotalong, when life was simple, when our televisionscreens protected us from sex, violence and thediscomfort of difference? Me neither. HappinessForgets interrogates the space between celebritiesand fans, credibility and doubt, comedy and tragedy.It’s about race, sex, nostalgia and the moment whenwe see something familiar in a whole new light

It's also about The Cosby Show - one of the mostpopular sitcoms in television history.

40mins. 14yrs+

imitating the dog:The TrainThursday 21 – Monday 25 January (Times via website)Nuffield Theatre. Ticket price AImagine a world that exists solely as a train. Imagineentering a terrible nightmare in which those who youassume are dead tell you what your future mightbring you. An audience of 12 listen throughheadphones and sit in a moving auditorium whichpans and tracks as it follows our heroine’s journeythrough a multimedia landscape that is bothbeautiful and disturbing.

40mins. 14yrs+

Igor and Moreno:Idiot-Syncrasy8pm. Tuesday 23 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Ticket price A We started with wanting to change the world with aperformance. We felt like idiots.

Then we danced a lot. We jumped. We called on thefolk traditions of Sardinia and the Basque Country.We sang. We jumped some more. We committed.

Now we promise to stick together. We promise topersevere. We promise to do our best.

60mins. Suitable for all ages

Gob Squad: Artist MasterclassTuesday 2 – Thursday 4 FebruaryLancaster Arts. Tickets: £40-£20This three-day workshop offers an insight intostrategies and methodologies employed by GobSquad when creating new work. The workshop willexplore the company's approach to using text, videoand site in creating touching, humorous andconfessional performance works which mix realitywith fiction. See /festq for more information.

Tania El Khoury:Gardens Speak Wednesday 3 - Saturday 6 February(Times via website)The Auditorium, The Storey. Ticket price BAn interactive sound installation containing the oralhistories of 10 ordinary people who have beenburied in Syrian gardens. Each narrative has beencarefully constructed with the friends and familymembers of the deceased to retell their stories asthey themselves would have recounted it. Anextraordinary piece of immersive theatre referencinghumanity and the Syrian conflict.

40mins. 14yrs+

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Box office: 01524 594151

www.lancasterarts.org

Lost in Translation Circus: The Hogwallops11am & 5pm. Saturday 13 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Tickets: £8-£6

Thrillingly spectacular circus skills blend seamlessly withphysical comedy, clowning, juggling, theatrical storytellingand slapstick in this colourful, loud and funnydramatisation of the domestic adventures of a chaotic,dysfunctional family of misfits.

The Hogwallops family constantly bicker, scheme and playpractical jokes on each other. Their crazy home resemblesan adventure playground where the ordinary inevitablybecomes extraordinary! With an original live score this is atreat for the eyes and ears with thrills, gasps, laughs anddrama - plenty for both adults and children to enjoy.

55mins. 5yrs+

Unicorn & FilskitTheatre: Breaking the Ice11am & 2pm. Tuesday 16 February Nuffield Theatre. Tickets: £8-£6

Join Team Polar Bear or Team Husky and find new friends.

Have you heard the incredible true story of a wild polar bearwho made friends with a Husky? Be part of Team Polar Bearor Team Husky and watch as the animals learn to playtogether. Then get involved in the fun yourself by interactingwith projected images that mirror your movements.

40mins + 15mins play time. 2-5yrs & families

Messy Noisy GalleryFor families with children aged 0-5 years.

Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at PeterScott Gallery, Lancaster University.

Sat. 30 JanuaryNew Year Messy Play - sticky, glittery, painty, gluey,crafty fun!

Sat. 27 FebruaryThe Gingerbread Man - ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’…take part in our mini-musical drama.

Sat. 19 MarchBunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easteregg hunt!

Details

Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15amTickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free)Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pmTickets: FREE but reservation essential

Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.org

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imitating the dog: The Train Nuffield Theatre (Various) 21 – 25 JanuaryGob Squad: 3 Day Masterclass Lancaster Arts 2 – 4 FebruaryProto-type Theater: A Machine they’re Secretly Building Nuffield Theatre 7pm. 2 FebruaryOwen Jones: The Politics of Hope Dukes Theatre 8pm. 3 FebruaryTania El Khoury: Gardens Speak The Auditorium, The Storey (Various) 3 – 6 FebruaryForced Entertainment: The Notebook Dukes Theatre 7.45pm. 4 FebruaryAction Hero: Extraordinary Rendition The Reading Room, The Storey (Various) 4 – 6 FebruarySarah Vanhee: Oblivion The Gallery, The Storey (Various) 4 – 6 February Day of Questions 1 The Storey 11am – 6pm. 6 FebruaryAndy Smith: The Preston Bill The Auditorium, The Storey 8pm. 9 FebruarySeason Butler: Happiness Forgets The Auditorium, The Storey 8pm. 12 FebruaryDay of Questions 2 The Storey 11am – 6pm. 20 FebruaryIgor and Moreno: Idiot-Syncrasy Nuffield Theatre 8pm. 23 February

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Escher String Quartet Great Hall 7.30pm. 4 FebruaryChetham’s Symphony Orchestra Great Hall 7.30pm. 18 FebruaryPioneers of Percussion Nuffield Theatre 7.30pm. 25 FebruaryHaffner Orchestra Great Hall 7.30pm. 27 FebruaryLiebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Great Hall 7.30pm. 3 MarchKathryn Stott (Piano) Great Hall 7.30pm. 17 MarchUniversity of Lancaster Music Society Great Hall 7.30pm. 19 March

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New Year Messy Play Peter Scott Gallery 10am. 30 JanuaryLost in Translation Circus: The Hogwallops Nuffield Theatre 11am & 5pm. 13 FebruaryUnicorn & Filskit Theatre: Breaking the Ice Nuffield Theatre 11am & 2pm. 16 February Noisy Gallery: The Gingerbread Man Peter Scott Gallery 10am & 11.15am. 27 FebruaryMessy Gallery: Bunny Bonanza Peter Scott Gallery 10am. 19 March

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TO BOOK TICKETS

The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.orgVISIT: lancasterarts.orgEMAIL: boxoffice@lancasterarts.orgCALL: 01524 594151 (Tue-Fri from 12 Jan 2016)

Purchasing tickets in person?Our box office is only staffed within the Peter Scott Gallery between Tuesday – Friday from 12noon – 2pm and from90mins before the start of the published performance. At all other times please call or email ahead if you wish to buy aticket in person.

Photo: Christa Holka

Welcome to Lancaster Arts' brochure for Spring 2016.

During this special Art & Politics Season, we bringinternational culture to the heart of Lancaster,returning to The Storey for our inaugural Festival ofQuestions from 2nd to the 20th of February.Through talks, panel discussions and participatoryevents, ‘FestQ’ will add context to our Springprogramme where an exciting cluster ofpresentations have been chosen to reflect thepolitical, economic and cultural questions of ourtime.

Do join us to explore how culture can frame ourconversations and help us make sense of the world.Invited commentators like Melissa Benn and OwenJones, and those with real-life experience togetherwith you, our patrons I’m sure will make for a richand inspiring three weeks in February.

Alongside FestQ, we continue to offer innovativeTheatre, Physical Theatre, Circus, Dance and Musicfor Spring 2016, with something for all ages and allinterests within these pages.

We look forward to seeing you.

With best wishes,Jamie EastmanDirector

Price A Web Saver: Adults £13. Under 26 & Students: £9Standard: Adults: £15. Under 26 & Students: £11Supporters: £11.

Price BWeb Saver: Adults £8. Under 26 & Students: £5Standard: Adults: £9. Under 26 & Students: £6Supporters: £5.

FREE TICKETS are available to Under 26 Supportersbut these are limited and may only be available forcertain performances.

Tuesday 2 – Saturday 20 FebruaryVarious Locationswww.lancasterarts.org/festqFestival of Questions is an innovative and engaging series ofpublic-facing talks, panels and cultural projects, seeking toexplore the social, economic, political and cultural climate ofour time. Featuring academics, thinkers, writers and brightsparks from across the political spectrum, 'FestQ' speakersinclude Melissa Benn, Alvin Carpio, David Goodhart, SarfrazManzoor, Owen Jones and David Kynaston.

As well as keynote lectures, many events event during thefestival are prompted by a question, such as:

‘Do Young People Stand a Chance in Modern Britain?’‘Is the Internet Good for Feminism?’‘The War in Syria: How Should the World Respond?’

Listed in this brochure are projects from the world ofperformance taking place during FestQ. For a completeschedule of all talks and events and to buy tickets please seethe Lancaster Arts website. ‘Free’ fringe FestQ events willalso be listed at /festq and on our facebook page.

Other FestQ highlights include: Owen Jones: The Politics of Hope (Fest Q keynote)Wednesday 3 February, 8pm, The Dukes, Lancaster

Melissa Benn, David Kynaston & more Saturday 6 February (Day of Questions 1) 11am – 6pm, The Storey, Lancaster

'People Pavilion' by Laurence Payot & Ailie Rutherfordwith Lancaster University students Saturday 6 February1pm - 5pm, Market Square the Lancaster streets thereafterFree

Alvin Carpio, Sarfraz Manzoor & moreSaturday 20 February (Day of Questions 2) 11am – 6pm, The Storey, Lancaster

#FestQ #myquestionis

Festival of Questions

[?]Sarah Vanhee:OblivionThursday 4 – Saturday 6 February 5pm (Thursday) 7pm (Friday & Saturday)The Gallery, The Storey. Ticket price BWhen does your trash stop being your trash? Ayear’s worth of real and virtual trash -everything that Belgian artist Sarah Vanhee wouldhave normally discarded during 12 months of livingand working - comes back. A moving exploration ofconsumer loyalty, western values and our ongoingdenial of the waste we create.

150mins. 14yrs+

Proto-typeTheater: A Machine They’reSecretly Building7pm. Tuesday 2 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Ticket price AFrom what might be a news desk, an office, abedroom, a bunker under a mountain or a theatre,two people speak up, speak out, blow the whistleand lift the veil on the insidious machine ofsurveillance.

60mins. 14yrs+

Action Hero:ExtraordinaryRenditionThursday 4 - Saturday 6 February (Times via website) Ticket price BThe Reading Room, The Storey How does culture become a weapon of war? Whatconnects a Britney Spears song to a global network ofsecret prisons? Enter a cabin built from the samematerials as the temporary detention facility atGuantanamo Bay, with the internal dimensions of adetainee’s cell. Extraordinary Rendition uses video,sound and live performance to interrogate thecolonisation that begins with the battle for hearts andminds. A solo experience. 15mins. 14yrs+

ForcedEntertainment:The Notebook7.45pm. Thursday 4 FebruaryThe Dukes Theatre. Ticket price ABased on the award winning novel by Ágota Kristófand set during WW2, The Notebook tells the story of apair of twin brothers evacuated to their impoverishedgrandmother’s farm in order to shelter from theconflict. These unnamed children are social outsiders,mavericks who survive and understand the world by aharsh private code. As the war deepens, the brothersare slowly revealed as struggling moralists, trying tolive by consistent principles in a Central Europecrumbling into cruelty and opportunism.

180mins. 16yrs+

Andy Smith: The Preston Bill8pm. Tuesday 9 FebruaryThe Auditorium, The Storey Ticket price AA story from The North. The story of a life. The story of our lives.

Award winning theatre maker Andy Smith tells atale of a man from a city in the north of England, andall that has happened here, there and everywhere inthe last 80 years.

60mins. 14yrs+

Season Butler:Happiness Forgets8pm. Friday 12 FebruaryThe Auditorium, The Storey Ticket price ARemember the good old days when everyone gotalong, when life was simple, when our televisionscreens protected us from sex, violence and thediscomfort of difference? Me neither. HappinessForgets interrogates the space between celebritiesand fans, credibility and doubt, comedy and tragedy.It’s about race, sex, nostalgia and the moment whenwe see something familiar in a whole new light

It's also about The Cosby Show - one of the mostpopular sitcoms in television history.

40mins. 14yrs+

imitating the dog:The TrainThursday 21 – Monday 25 January (Times via website)Nuffield Theatre. Ticket price AImagine a world that exists solely as a train. Imagineentering a terrible nightmare in which those who youassume are dead tell you what your future mightbring you. An audience of 12 listen throughheadphones and sit in a moving auditorium whichpans and tracks as it follows our heroine’s journeythrough a multimedia landscape that is bothbeautiful and disturbing.

40mins. 14yrs+

Igor and Moreno:Idiot-Syncrasy8pm. Tuesday 23 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Ticket price A We started with wanting to change the world with aperformance. We felt like idiots.

Then we danced a lot. We jumped. We called on thefolk traditions of Sardinia and the Basque Country.We sang. We jumped some more. We committed.

Now we promise to stick together. We promise topersevere. We promise to do our best.

60mins. Suitable for all ages

Gob Squad: Artist MasterclassTuesday 2 – Thursday 4 FebruaryLancaster Arts. Tickets: £40-£20This three-day workshop offers an insight intostrategies and methodologies employed by GobSquad when creating new work. The workshop willexplore the company's approach to using text, videoand site in creating touching, humorous andconfessional performance works which mix realitywith fiction. See /festq for more information.

Tania El Khoury:Gardens Speak Wednesday 3 - Saturday 6 February(Times via website)The Auditorium, The Storey. Ticket price BAn interactive sound installation containing the oralhistories of 10 ordinary people who have beenburied in Syrian gardens. Each narrative has beencarefully constructed with the friends and familymembers of the deceased to retell their stories asthey themselves would have recounted it. Anextraordinary piece of immersive theatre referencinghumanity and the Syrian conflict.

40mins. 14yrs+

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Lost in Translation Circus: The Hogwallops11am & 5pm. Saturday 13 FebruaryNuffield Theatre. Tickets: £8-£6

Thrillingly spectacular circus skills blend seamlessly withphysical comedy, clowning, juggling, theatrical storytellingand slapstick in this colourful, loud and funnydramatisation of the domestic adventures of a chaotic,dysfunctional family of misfits.

The Hogwallops family constantly bicker, scheme and playpractical jokes on each other. Their crazy home resemblesan adventure playground where the ordinary inevitablybecomes extraordinary! With an original live score this is atreat for the eyes and ears with thrills, gasps, laughs anddrama - plenty for both adults and children to enjoy.

55mins. 5yrs+

Unicorn & FilskitTheatre: Breaking the Ice11am & 2pm. Tuesday 16 February Nuffield Theatre. Tickets: £8-£6

Join Team Polar Bear or Team Husky and find new friends.

Have you heard the incredible true story of a wild polar bearwho made friends with a Husky? Be part of Team Polar Bearor Team Husky and watch as the animals learn to playtogether. Then get involved in the fun yourself by interactingwith projected images that mirror your movements.

40mins + 15mins play time. 2-5yrs & families

Messy Noisy GalleryFor families with children aged 0-5 years.

Explore, create and learn on a Saturday morning at PeterScott Gallery, Lancaster University.

Sat. 30 JanuaryNew Year Messy Play - sticky, glittery, painty, gluey,crafty fun!

Sat. 27 FebruaryThe Gingerbread Man - ‘Run, run, as fast as you can!’…take part in our mini-musical drama.

Sat. 19 MarchBunny Bonanza – cuddly crafts and a special gallery Easteregg hunt!

Details

Noisy Gallery: Performances at 10am & 11.15amTickets: £3.50 (babes in arms go free)Messy Gallery: Drop in between 10am-12pmTickets: FREE but reservation essential

Full details on our website: www.lancasterarts.org

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imitating the dog: The Train Nuffield Theatre (Various) 21 – 25 JanuaryGob Squad: 3 Day Masterclass Lancaster Arts 2 – 4 FebruaryProto-type Theater: A Machine they’re Secretly Building Nuffield Theatre 7pm. 2 FebruaryOwen Jones: The Politics of Hope Dukes Theatre 8pm. 3 FebruaryTania El Khoury: Gardens Speak The Auditorium, The Storey (Various) 3 – 6 FebruaryForced Entertainment: The Notebook Dukes Theatre 7.45pm. 4 FebruaryAction Hero: Extraordinary Rendition The Reading Room, The Storey (Various) 4 – 6 FebruarySarah Vanhee: Oblivion The Gallery, The Storey (Various) 4 – 6 February Day of Questions 1 The Storey 11am – 6pm. 6 FebruaryAndy Smith: The Preston Bill The Auditorium, The Storey 8pm. 9 FebruarySeason Butler: Happiness Forgets The Auditorium, The Storey 8pm. 12 FebruaryDay of Questions 2 The Storey 11am – 6pm. 20 FebruaryIgor and Moreno: Idiot-Syncrasy Nuffield Theatre 8pm. 23 February

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Escher String Quartet Great Hall 7.30pm. 4 FebruaryChetham’s Symphony Orchestra Great Hall 7.30pm. 18 FebruaryPioneers of Percussion Nuffield Theatre 7.30pm. 25 FebruaryHaffner Orchestra Great Hall 7.30pm. 27 FebruaryLiebeck & Apekisheva (Violin & Piano) Great Hall 7.30pm. 3 MarchKathryn Stott (Piano) Great Hall 7.30pm. 17 MarchUniversity of Lancaster Music Society Great Hall 7.30pm. 19 March

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New Year Messy Play Peter Scott Gallery 10am. 30 JanuaryLost in Translation Circus: The Hogwallops Nuffield Theatre 11am & 5pm. 13 FebruaryUnicorn & Filskit Theatre: Breaking the Ice Nuffield Theatre 11am & 2pm. 16 February Noisy Gallery: The Gingerbread Man Peter Scott Gallery 10am & 11.15am. 27 FebruaryMessy Gallery: Bunny Bonanza Peter Scott Gallery 10am. 19 March

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TO BOOK TICKETS

The cheapest tickets are always available online at lancasterarts.orgVISIT: lancasterarts.orgEMAIL: boxoffice@lancasterarts.orgCALL: 01524 594151 (Tue-Fri from 12 Jan 2016)

Purchasing tickets in person?Our box office is only staffed within the Peter Scott Gallery between Tuesday – Friday from 12noon – 2pm and from90mins before the start of the published performance. At all other times please call or email ahead if you wish to buy aticket in person.

Photo: Christa Holka