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End of Year Showcase

SATURDAY 30 May

3,4,5 JUNE

4 Parts Guitar

FRIDAY 17 APRIL

FeaturingRAY BURLEY

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HELLO AND WELCOME TO THE CREATIVE ARTS LIVE SPRING/SUMMER SEASON Theatrical treats include The Reduced Shakespeare Company with their Complete History of Comedy (abridged) guaranteed to make you chuckle! The amazing talents of 4 Parts Guitar bringing 4 guitar legends together for one amazing concert (Gordon Giltrap John Etheridge, Ray Burley and Clive Carroll). If you are a musical fan then don’t miss The Addams Family Musical in March and a mystery musical in June. Younger children should not miss the delightful story of Arthur’s Dream Boat brought to life by Long Nose Puppets in February Half Term. There are lots of other exciting events from rocking band nights to our action packed dance shows. It’s a cliché but there really is something for everyone in our action packed new season. Creative Arts Live are based at Colchester Institute, promoting professional and student live music and performance events throughout the year. With a licensed bar and FREE car parking in the evening, why not make this your venue of choice for an evening out? We look forward to welcoming you!

Victoria BarnesCreative Arts Live Manager

WHAT’S ON

January 22 And the World Goes ‘Round £523 Secrets Every Smart Traveller Should Know £5

February16 Arthur’s Dreamboat £7.50 £5 March 1 Single Reed Festival Free admission20 Reduced Shakespeare Company £16 £1427/28 The Addams Family Musical £12 £8 Music competition various dates £5

April 16 CELL £8 £617 4 Parts Guitar £18 £14 May 14 Century 21 £420 Cantores Chamber Choir £420-21 Dance show £8 £630 BA(HONS) Year 3 Musical Theatre End of Year Showcase £10 £6 June 3, 4 and 5 Showcase at The Mercury Theatre Studio Tickets available from The Mercury Theatre Box Office

12 School of Art Summer Shows

Various - Rotary Festival The Rotary Festival is proudly sponsored by Colchester Institute and Colchester County High School for Girls. It provides an opportunity for hundreds of performers to showcase their talent as dancers, singers or instrumentalists. There are numerous categories to enter with cash prizes and prestigious awards and cups. It is set over numerous dates and comes to an end on the 4th of July with an amazing finale. For more details see page 15. Please see www.colrotfest.org for an online registration and to apply to be involved in the festival.

Full Concession

Arthur’s DreamboatMonday 16 February

AND THE WORLD GOES ROUNDTHURSDAY 22 JANUARY

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm £5 Music and lyrics by John Kander and Fred Ebb Conceived by Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman and David Thompson. BA2 Musical Theatre Students present American songwriters John Kander and Fred Ebbs glittering revue of gems from their Broadway and television careers, spotlighting songs from many of their hit shows, including Cabaret, Funny Lady, Chicago, The Rink and Kiss Of The Spiderwoman. With specialty songs added to numbers from their stage successes. This revue is a happily satisfying mix of sugar and spice, sentiment and contemporary jazz sure to get toes tapping and the audience humming. Songs include Sometimes A Day Goes By, All That Jazz, We Can Make It and Money, Money.

SECRETS EVERY SMART TRAVELLER SHOULD KNOW FRIDAY 24 JANUARY

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm £5

Songs and sketches by Douglas Bernstein, Francesca Blumenthal, Michael Brown, Barry Creyton, Lesley Davison, Addy Fieger, Stan Freeman, Dave Frishberg, Murray Grand, Glen Kelly, Jay Leonhart, Denis Markell and Nick Santa Maria. Originally produced by Scott Perrin Inspired by ‘Secrets Every Smart Traveler Should Know’ by Wendy Perrin (Fodor’s). If you’ve ever travelled anywhere by boat, plane, train or bus, then this is the show for you! Based on the best-selling book from Fodor’s, BA2 Musical Theatre students present this hilarious revue which offers travel tips and cautionary tales that everyone can relate to. Everything from lost luggage to pesky custom officials are gently (or not) lampooned in this smash-hit off-Broadway show. A hysterical, sure-fire hit - hop on for the ride!

ARTHUR’S DREAM BOAT - KIDS SHOW MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY

Swinburne Hall 11.00am and 2.00pm£7, £5.50 concessions One night, Arthur has an amazing dream about a beautiful pink and green boat with a stripy mast. He can’t wait to tell everyone about it but no one (not even his dog!) is interested. In fact, they don’t even notice that this very same boat is growing on his head, getting larger and larger by the minute! A magical playful children’s show with breath-taking puppets, so enchanting that everyone will want to sail away with Arthur in his dream boat! This brand new show is brought to you by Long Nose Puppets, makers of Shoe Baby and Penguin.Music by Tom Gray, of the Mercury Award winning band Gomez. This tour is presented by house.

SINGLE REED FESTIVAL SUNDAY 1 MARCH

Swinburne Hall

9.00am - 5.30pm

FREE ADMISSION to 4.30pm concert For further information and to find out how to participate visit www.singlereeds.co.uk The East Anglian Single Reed Choir presents the East Anglian Single Reed Festival, a day packed with exciting performances, masterclasses, and workshops showcasing the best of single reed music.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY MUSICAL FRIDAY 27 and SATURDAY 28 March

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm£12 full, £8 concession A New Musical - Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa. Based on Characters Created by Charles Addams.

THE ADDAMS FAMILY features an original story, and it’s every father’s nightmare. Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family, a man her parents have never met. And if that weren’t upsetting enough, she confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before - keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.

COME MEET THE FAMILY. WE’LL LEAVE THE LIGHTS OFF FOR YOU.

ANNUAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS MARCH 2015 - Various Dates

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm FREE Our annual competition series features a plethora of contests featuring performances from our talented Music students.

WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH - Solo CompetitionWEDNESDAY 11 MARCH - Concerto CompetitionTHURSDAY 19 MARCH - Ensembles/Composers Competition

REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY THE COMPLETE HISTORY OF COMEDY (ABRIDGED) FRIDAY 20 MARCH

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm £16 full, £14 concession

Following a hugely successful, critically acclaimed season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2014 the Reduced Shakespeare Company will set out to reduce the UK to tears of laughter in Spring 2015. Yes that’s right, the bad boys of abridgement will finally tackle the subject they were born to reduce. From the high-brow to the low, The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) covers comedy through the ages, from Aristophanes and Shake-speare to Vaudeville and Charlie Chaplin. The Complete History of Comedy (abridged) is far more affordable than tickets to an amusement park, but you’ll still come away with the same feeling of nausea and motion sickness. From cavemen telling “Rock Rock” jokes to Chris Rock and everything in-between, the Company leave no joke untold as they deconstruct the entire history of comedy in 90 rollicking minutes.

Presented by Newbury Productions

“THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY ARE BACK, DOING WHAT THEY DO BEST.” What’s On Stage (2014)

“THIS SHOW PROVES (THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY) HAVE NOT LOST THEIR TOUCH - OR THEIR REMARKABLE ENERGY.” The Stage (2014)

Fd/A BA courses

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Open Events usually include a tour with current students and a course overview from the Head of discipline.

CELL BY LITTLE CAULIFLOWER AND SMOKING APPLES THURSDAY 16 APRIL

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm

£8, £6 concession After being diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease, Ted goes on the trip of a lifetime...and so does his pet fish. As the disease starts to cause his mobility to degenerate, Ted rushes towards experiencing a world that is outside of his comfort zone; from the streets of Lille to the romance of Venice. Humorous, heart-warming and hopeful, CELL features charming puppetry, physical theatre and an original musical score to tell the story of one man’s final adventure to create enough memories to last a lifetime. CELL is the outcome of a new collaboration between two of the most exciting young companies in the UK. Having lost their Grandfathers to the disease, the subject of MND is close to the hearts of those involved. ‘CELL is as perfect a piece of theatre as one is likely to see’ ***** The New Current This tour is presented by house. Supported by public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England.

www.cell-show.co.uk www.housetheatre.org.uk

4 PARTS GUITAR FRIDAY 16 APRIL

Swinburne Hall

Doors and bar 7.00 pm, starts 8.00 pm £18, £14 concession. Four of the most influential guitarists in Britain on one stage, with spontaneous, exciting, and technically brilliant individual styles. With over forty years in the business, Gordon Giltrap is one of the most innovative acoustic guitarists in the UK. He will perform his much loved hits, as well as explaining the history behind his many guitars. John Etheridge enjoys a glowing reputation throughout the jazz world as a gifted and creative player. His range is illustrated by years of touring and recording with the iconic Stephane Grappelli as well as with the legendary jazz-fusion group, The Soft Machine. Raymond Burley has appeared at The Wigmore Hall, The Purcell Room and Birmingham’s Symphony Hall. He has worked with many of England’s foremost orchestras including the BBC Symphony, the Philharmonia, the English Chamber Orchestra and the Royal Philharmonic. The youngest member of the group is multi-award winning Clive Carroll, described by Acoustic Guitar magazine as ‘probably the best and most original young acoustic guitar player and composer in Britain’. The concert consists of a mix of solo, duo, and quartet pieces.

feat. RAY BURLEY, CLIVE CARROLL, JOHN ETHERIDGE & GORDON GILTRAP

CENTURY 21 CONCERTFRIDAY 14 MAY

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm£4 ‘Century 21’, the Colchester Institute New Music Ensemble offers a very wide selection of music, ranging from Francis Poulenc’s Piano Concerto and Milhaud’s Percussion Concerto to music by Arvo Part together with music for large percussion ensemble. In addition, we feature performances from student soloists, in advance of the BA Music Recitals.

DANCE SHOW PRESENTED BY EXTENDED DIPLOMA YEAR 2 DANCERSWEDNESDAY and THURSDAY 20 & 21 MAY

Main Hall 7.30pm£8 , £6 concessions A fabulous evening featuring our talented dancers who will showcase a variety of wonderful choreography featuring amongst others Ballet, Tap, Contemporary and Hip Hop!

CANTORES - COLCHESTER INSTITUTE CHAMBER CHOIRWEDNESDAY 20 MAY

Main Hall 7.30pm£4 Director: Mark BellisAccompanist: Peter Humphrey‘Cantores’, the Colchester Institute Chamber Choir, is offering a very varied programme for their major end-of-year concert, in advance of their usual tour to St Edmundsbury Cathedral. The concept this year is: “2015 Anniversaries”, and the concert will feature a series of works which were first performed in 1415 up to the present day, or works where the composers were born in those years. Composers will include: John Sheppard, Gabrielli, John Nares, Schubert, Rachmaninov and George Dyson. There will be other works also, including Bach’s Cantata 147 (‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’), Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and excerpts from Gershwin’s ever-popular musical, ‘Porgy and Bess’.

BA(HONS) YEAR 3 MUSICAL THEATRE END OF YEAR SHOWCASESATURDAY 30 MAY

Swinburne Hall 7.30pm £10, £6 concessions BA (Hons) Final Year degree students present their end of year showcase. This promises to be a fantastic evening of Musical Theatre performances as we say farewell to our talented students before they leave for pastures new! Past students have gone on to gain places at prestigious drama schools including The Royal Academy of Music, Arts Educational Schools and Mountview Academy. We currently have two past students starring in The West End!

BA(HONS) YEAR 3 END OF YEAR SHOWCASE3, 4 & 5 JUNE

Mercury Theatre Studio 7.45pm

Extended Diploma final year students present their end of year play at The Mercury Theatre Studio. Tickets available from Mercury TheatreBOX OFFICE: 01206 573948

PHOTOSHOP Fees: £144 Starting Date: 24/02/2015Duration: 7 WeeksPart-TimeLocation: Colchester Tuesday 6pm - 9pm COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is aimed at artists wanting to use Photoshop more effectively for their artwork and the recording and distributing of that work. Beginner and intermediate users will be taken through the use of Photoshop from the basics to advanced editing techniques. Digital photography, colour printing, scanning and the optimisation of images for emailing and web publishing will also be covered. The course covers both theory and practical aspects. Participants are expected to work in between sessions and so it is highly recommended that they have access to Photoshop and a digital camera. Email support will be given during the period of the course. Course notes and sample images will be supplied.Course Code: ZH13061

PORTFOLIO PREPFees: £20 Starting Date: 24/02/2015Duration: 7 WeeksPart-TimeLocation: Colchester Tuesday 6pm - 9pm COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is aimed at students intending to apply for the Diploma in Foundation Studies in Art and Design or the BA (Hons) Art and Design with Foundation Year. The course will focus on the major areas that should be represented in an applicant’s portfolio and will provide advice on what constitutes a good portfolio, such as the range of drawing skills required or which craft skills are desirable. Sessions will include different approaches to recording and drawing, along with the expression of ideas or concepts through working with different media. This course involves a combination of set projects, demonstrations, practical and theoretical investigation, tutorials and studio practice. Coure Code: ZE24731

EXPLORING LIFE DRAWINGFees: £100 (£20 per session) Starting Date: 14th April Duration: 6 WeeksPart-TimeLocation: Braintree COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis series of six workshops will help you to further develop your drawing skills through specialised life drawing practice. These will be the second of the series of workshops, which can be attended individually or as a programme. The workshops will enable you to develop a personal and creative response, working directly from the life model. Easels, boards, paper, charcoal and ink will be provided.

PRINTMAKING Fees: £144 Starting Date: 24/02/2015Duration: 7 WeeksPart-TimeLocation: Colchester Tuesday 6pm - 9pm COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is centred on the printmaking processes of etching, relief and silk-screen printing. Students will be introduced to different techniques in printmaking, along with traditional and innovative approaches to image making via these processes. The course is delivered in a well-equipped printmaking studio and is suitable for both beginners to the printmaking processes and those with prior knowledge.Course Code: ZH13181

CERAMICS Fees: £144 Starting Date: 24/02/2015Duration: 10 WeeksPart-TimeLocation: Colchester Tuesday 7pm - 9pm COURSE DESCRIPTIONAn opportunity to build and sculpt in clay. The nature of the course is student led, allowing your ideas to form a personal pathway. This will be supported by thorough skills-based learning to bring your ideas to life. Opportunities include hand building, press moulding, slab rolling, extrusions and some wheel work. The course is open to all skill levels, and would benefit those wanting to work in a sociable professional atmosphere.Course Code: ZH19631

PRINTED TEXTILESFees: £144 Starting Date: 24/02/2015Duration: 7 WeeksPart-TimeLocation: Colchester Tuesday 6pm - 9pm COURSE DESCRIPTIONThis course is aimed at those with little or no experience of screen-printing for textiles. You will learn the key techniques and processes that will enable you to produce a variety of unique textile prints.

During the course you will be introduced to pattern design, screen printing processes and printing for textiles. You will be given the opportunity to explore pattern and colour independently through practical experimentation, and be encouraged to create original, multi-layer screen prints.

All the classes are run by a qualified tutor in a dedicated printed textiles workshop. At the beginning of the programme sessions will be lead via technical demonstrations, however during the 7 weeks, there will also be time for participants to work more independently once they have developed basic skills.Course Code: ZH13451

Applicants will receive an acknowledgement email or card within one week of the application being received by our Admissions team, if you do not receive this you should contact the team on (01206) 712000 to check that your application has been received. Courses will run subject to sufficient applications being received. colchester.ac.uk/courses/how-to-apply/ TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION FORM

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CELEBRATING 130 YEARS

Situated in the heart of Colchester, just minutes from the town centre, railway station, A12 and local bus routes, our venues are ideally located for your event. The two large halls at Colchester Institute are available to hire with, or without, technical support and equipment including flip-charts, laptops, projectors, microphones, PA equipment, lighting, staging, drapes and lecterns. We can also supply a licensed bar, ticket printing, catering and box office management facilities to assist with the promotion of your event. Please contact the box office for furtherinformation and to discuss your requirements, our friendly and efficient staff will be delighted to assist with your enquiry.

THE SWINBURNE HALL The Swinburne Hall is a purpose built adaptable concert hall with acoustics perfectly suited to live music, concerts, dance, meetings, seminars and more. Featuring full air-conditioning, an infrared hearing enhancement system, brand new auditorium seating adaptable into an intimate cabaret layout means everyone can enjoy your event in the utmost comfort.

THE MAIN HALL The hall has a large stage, incorporating a sprung dance floor and infrared hearing enhancement system; ideal for conference, dance, theatre shows, exhibitions and displays. PARKINGFree evening and weekend parking is available onsite, accessible via Colchester Institutes’ ‘Eastgate Entrance’ just off Sheepen Road. Outside these times, parking charges may apply.

HIRE OUR PERFORMERS AND MUSICIANSIf you require music and/or entertainment for your event, look no further. Our musicians, dancers and singers are preparing for careers as professional performers, or are indeed already in demand in the professional world. They are highly skilled, dedicated and rigorously trained individuals with an enormous passion for their profession. Our staff would be delighted to assist you with the musician or entertainment most suited for your event. All performers are selected for external engagements following audition.

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ORGANISED BYTHE ROTARY CLUB OF

COLCHESTER

The Pathway to top awards in Rotary or Voice and Instrumentalists in Britain and Ireland (RIBI).

Taking part in the Colchester Rotary Festival of Music could lead you to becoming the Colchester Rotary Musician of the Year and/or Singer of the Year. Winners are then eligible to compete in the District Finals. These are then followed by the Regional Competition. Winners of the Regional Competition are then eligible to take part in the Rotary in Britain and Ireland (RIBI) Final, in Instruments and Voice.

June 2015

COLCHESTER 2015 ROTARY FESTIVAL

OF MUSIC & DANCE

TOP MUSIC AWARD £300

OPEN MUSIC CLASS AWARDS £50

TOP DANCE AWARD

£125

Music Festival 19, 20, 21 June

Music Festival Finale Saturday 4 July

Dance Festival 26, 27, 28 June

Dance Gala Friday 3 July

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WWW.COLROTFEST.ORGCLOSING DATE FOR ENTRIES MARCH 30 2015

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COLCHESTER INSTITUTE SHEEPEN ROAD COLCHESTER CO3 3LL

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THE ART SCHOOL

CELEBRATES ITS 130TH BIRTHDAY

ON FRIDAY 12TH JUNE

2015

Events and activities are taking place at our Colchester and

Braintree campuses and at the Minories Gallery. We invite all our

alumni, students, staff and friends to join us.

The festival plans to serve up a delicious mix of food, drink and

entertainment including fashion, dance and theatre shows.

We’re enormously proud of all that

has been achieved at Colchester School of Art in 130 years and we

would be delighted to welcome you to help us mark our special birthday.

FOR MORE INFORMATION

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01206 712000 CREATIVEARTSLIVE.CO.UK

COLCHESTER INSTITUTE, SHEEPEN ROAD, COLCHESTER CO3 3LL

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