Location: Lighthouse, Poole
Cost: £10 All Day ticket
homegrown - 4th July 08 - Lighthouse, Poole
Activate, the Theatre and Dance Development Agency for Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole invite you to a day of performance that will showcase some of the best work from Dorset and the South West. Taking place within the walls of the Lighthouse, Poole will be an eclectic mix of high quality performance.
homegrown’s secret garden space will be packed with fantastic music, film and performance art. There are no weeds here!
So why not discover what’s on your doorstep?
homegrown is the culmination event of an Activate project which included Growbags “Performance Scratch Nights” across the county.
Performances to include the best work from Dorset & the South West:
- Suitcase. Created & performed by Herbie Treehead.
- Horseplay. Performed by Niki McCretton. Directed by Amit Lahav.
- The Wayside. Performed & choreographed by Laila Diallo.
- Confession. Written by Nell Leyshon. Performed by Lee Hart.
- On Cigarette Papers. Written and performed by Pam Zinnemann-Hope.
- Interval. Performed by the Carly Reader Dance Company.
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Suitcase. Created & performed by Herbie Treehead.
Suitcase is a solo family indoor show, involving my invisible band and a monologue by the infamous Norman the Depressed Dinosaur. It’s stand up comedy, songs, routines, lots of audience interaction. Also using projector and sound effects. The whole show is self-contained, will fit anywhere.
Suitcase brings together Herbie’s vast performing experience of stand-up comedy, music, circus and theatre to create this off the wall show for all the family.
Biography:
Herbie Treehead has being a performer for twenty years, starting on the streets of London's Covent Garden doing a comedy, magic and juggling show. He has taken his shows all over the world performing street festivals in a host of places from Australia to Ethiopia, as well as America, Europe and Japan.
Herbie has also written, directed, produced and performed in many theatre shows, appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with 'Cherub's Garden' which then transferred to the National Theatre in London for a sellout run in 1999.
Herbie also created 'The Dinosaur Circus' playing to 5000 people in Edinburgh in 2003. For the next two years he moved on to phase 2 of that project making 'The Dinosaur Show' seen by over 40,000 whilst touring around the UK.
Herbie has been involved in a number of film and tv projects, presenting 'Outrageous' for Channel 7 in Australia and Xperimental for the BBC in the UK.
He has also written, and directed and performed in 'Mr Punch', a 12 minute short.
For many years Herbie has been a regular at many festivals including Glastonbury with his band. His album 'Sleepy songs and not very sleepy songs' has sold over 15,000 copies and 'The happy song' has been downloaded for free over 40,000 times from www.happysong.co.uk .
Horseplay. Performed by Niki McCretton. Directed by Amit Lahav.
Set within a horse’s stable, Horseplay is a magical, multi-sensory world containing live performer, Niki McCretton, beautiful props, miniature landscapes, lighting, sound and images to support children’s imaginative ideas.
Initiated by Niki’s pony-tale, the children take over as their play becomes the performance. Parents and teachers watch the unfolding story through nooks and crannies in the stable wall. Horseplay is guaranteed to thrill children and will please arty parents too!
Horseplay has been developed to meet the new Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum guidelines and directly meets specified areas of learning and development through physical exploration and investigation, imagination and imaginative play.
Commissioned by The Lighthouse, Poole, endorsed by 5x5x5=creativity and supported by Bournemouth and Poole Cultural Hub, The Brindley, Activate, The Merlin Theatre, and Arts Council England.
Photo: Ravi Deepres
The Wayside. Performed & choreographed by Laila Diallo.
The Wayside is a new solo performance inspired by the theme of departure. Showcasing Laila’s vivid dancing, it explores a physicality of loss and resilience. The sixteen minute piece features Lhasa de Sela’s song Pa’llegar hasta tu lado and reunites Laila’s favoured team of collaborators: Andy Downie, Theo Clinkard and Phil King who respectively contribute lighting, costume and sound designs.
The Wayside was created with the support of Arts Council England, South West and Dance Bristol and The Brewhouse Theatre.
Biography:
A native of Québec, Laïla Diallo was a member of Random Dance Company for 8 years and is now based in Bristol. Recent choreographic works were shown at the Linbury Studio, Royal Opera House (London), the Robin Howard Theatre (London), Arnolfini (Bristol), Greenwich Dance Agency (London), Diversions Dance House (Cardiff), Swindon Dance, LEAP Festival (Liverpool) and La Rotonde (Québec City).
Laïla also choreographs for theatre, television and opera. Credits include amongst others Movement Direction for Therese Raquin, National Theatre (London) and for Days of Significance, Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford Upon Avon). She was awarded a Rayne Fellowship for Choreographers in 2006.
Current projects include a collaboration with Montréal-based choreographer Mélanie Demers, which will take place in Kenya, Canada and the UK, with the UK premiere scheduled at the Robin Howard Theatre on 15 April 2008.
Photo: Grant Read
Confession. The Salt Factory. Written by Nell Leyshon, Performed by Lee Hart.
In his search for peace and truth, a man makes a startling confession to the mother of his son.
Confession is a work in progress, and is the germ of what will be a 70 minute two-hander.
It is the first project from The Salt Factory, which has been created by Lee Hart and Nell Leyshon, to create outstanding work in Dorset for national and international audiences. The company works inclusively, and each project will leave a legacy within the community.
Confession is inspired by three years’ work with Vita Nova, a theatre group for people in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The process of this first stage has included extensive interviews, then sessions with the interviewees, where they workshopped the script. They were also encouraged to produce their own writing, and this was used to create regular scratch nights, where members of the recovering community perform their own work.
The next stage of confession will involve further work with the recovering addicts, and will continue to engage them in the development of the piece.
The project was funded by Arts Council Grants for Arts. This funding included research and development, the writing, and this performance. It was also showcased at Growbags, and has been supported brilliantly by Activate throughout.
Biography:
Lee Hart – Performer. Has worked with Boilerhouse, Company of Angels, Theatrum Botanicum, and has collaborated with National Dance Company of Malawi, Kiev Experimental Theatre and Theatre77, Poland.
Nell Leyshon – Writer. Award winning playwright, also novelist and writes for Radio 3 and 4.
On Cigarette Papers. Written and performed by Pam Zinnemann-Hope.
The journey begins in 1990 with my mother’s death when I find an envelope containing fifty recipes, pencilled on cigarette papers, in Russian, in her handwriting. I know no Russian but the recipes, (for this is surely what they are), must have been written during her imprisonment, in Kiev. What feasts could they possibly contain that would be worth the risk of being found with a forbidden pencil?
The story stretches from 1905 and tells of love, exile, dislocation and survival; family relationships are drawn across lands both physically and politically remote. Grandmother, mother, daughter, (and others), emerge into the cold freedoms at the end of the Second World War: a new life and a new home.
On Cigarette Papers has two lives: one as a longer poetry performance and the other as a full length theatre piece.
Biography:
Pam Zinnemann-Hope’s is currently adapting On Cigarette Papers for the stage, with the support of industry professionals & a grant from ACESW. Her short theatre pieces have had rehearsed readings at Forest Forge, The Exeter new Writing Festival & at Dorchester Arts Centre.
She co-founded and facilitates Poetry Dorchester & the Poetry Dorchester Cafes & is an occasional tutor for the Poetry School. She also runs creative writing workshops in schools & can offer a workshop based around today’s performance.
Her poems have appeared in NW15, The Anthology of New Writing, Granta/British Council 2007, Why Does My Mum Always Iron A Crease In my Jeans, (Puffin 2005), in other anthologies & in poetry magazines, including Stand and Poetry London. Her Ned books for young children were published by (Walker 1986/7).
Interval. Performed by the Carly Reader Dance Company.
Interval explores behaviours and interactions during an interval in the interval, using the surroundings of the foyer as inspiration.
Choreography:
Carly Reader with Company.
Dancers:
Kelly Andow,
Rebecca Barnes,
Lesann Barber,
Annabel Canavan,
Amy Gilroy,
Michael Meteer,
Andre Miller,
Sarah Stewart,
Aimee Symes
Comments from Growbags
audience feedback forms April 2008:
“Ingenuity, skill, effortlessness”
“Loved the interaction with audience”
“Fantastic dancing and great use of
surroundings”
Performance:
- Date: 4th July
- Times: 12pm – 9pm
- Ticket Prices: £10 all day ticket
| Main House Theatre | 12.00pm Herbie Suitcase |
1.10pm Niki M Horseplay |
3.10pm Niki M Horseplay |
5.15pm Salt Factory Confession |
6.40pm Laila Diallo The Wayside |
7.15pm Herbie Suitcase |
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| Studio | Film | 4.00pm Pam Zinnemann Hope On Cigarette Papers |
Film | 5.40pm Film Workshop |
Film | |||||
| Foyer | 3.30pm Carly Reader Interval |
6.20pm Carly Reader Interval |
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Lighthouse Address:
Lighthouse
21 Kingland Road
Poole
Dorset
BH15 1UG
How to Get There:
Lighthouse is located in the centre of Poole
opposite the bus station, the Dolphin
Shopping Centre and is only 5 minutes walk
from the train station.
By Road:
Lighhouse is two hours away from London (M3, M27), 35 minutes from Southampton (M27) and 15 minutes from Bournemouth. On entering Poole follow the brown signs to Arts Centre. Visit multimap for further maps and travel instructions.
By Train:
The train station is 5 minutes walk from Lighthouse. There are daily services to Poole from all major cities including London Waterloo, Birmingham, Manchester and Southampton. For timetable information and to plan your journey please click here or call National Rail Enquiries on 08457 484950.
By Bus:
The bus station is located immediately opposite Lighthouse with regular services until 11.30pm. Buses between Poole and Bournemouth run every 5 minutes on the M1 and M2 buses. For timetable information please click here or call Wilts and Dorset on 01202 673555.
Booking info:
Telephone:
0844 406 8666
www.lighthousepoole.co.uk
Office Hours:
Normally open from 10am-9pm Monday to Saturday.
Online:
To book online just click 'Add to basket' from the event page or choose your event from the 'Quick Buy' menu to the left of the screen. There is a 3% transaction fee for online bookings - one charge per booking. Maximum charge £3. Lighthouse is a charity. We charge a booking fee for online and phone bookings to help release funds to cover the increasing costs of running the centre and to continue to improve our facilities and services for customers.
By Telephone:
Call Lighthouse on 0844 406 8666 and you can book and pay for your tickets using a credit or debit card. There is a 5% transaction fee for telephone bookings - one charge per booking. Maximum charge £3. Lighthouse is a charity. We charge a booking fee for online and phone bookings to help release funds to cover the increasing costs of running the centre and to continue to improve our facilities and services for customers.
In Person:
Pop in to the ticket office during opening hours (see below) to book and pay for tickets.
By Post:
Send details of your requirements with a SAE to Lighthouse, Kingland Road, Poole, BH15 1UG together with a cheque made payable to Poole Arts Trust Limited.
Cards Accepted:
Maestro, Delta, Visa, Electron (for face to face transactions) and Mastercard.
Arts Organisations in and around Dorset:
- www.creativedorset.co.uk
- Artsreach is the arts development agency for rural Dorset and provides a wide ranging programme of events, working in collaboration with a network of voluntary local promoters.
- Bridport Arts Centre theatre, three galleries, cafe, bar, contemporary performances and workshops.
- Dorchester Arts Centre theatre, dance and music performances, workshops, outreach, organisers of Dorchester Festival.
- Weymouth College offers a range of performing arts Further and Higher education courses and programmes theatre, dance and music in its 250 seat theatre.
- Dorset County Council supports arts and culture for the economic, social, educational and community benefits they bring to Dorset.
- Bournemouth Borough Council Arts Development Unit works throughout Bournemouth to support creativity, learning and enjoyment of the arts.
- Borough of Poole Arts Development Unit focuses on improving the range and quality of arts activities in Poole.
For further information contact Activate on
T: 01202 884340 E: zoebuttling@activateperformingarts.org.uk or click here
The homegrown Programme has been funded by and working in partnership with Creative Dorset, Dorset Theatre Promoters Consortium and Lighthouse.