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7.30pm Tuesday 29 April Eckersley Lecture “Are you predictable? Do you follow
the crowd? No one likes to think of
themselves this way, but I will show PHILIP BALL is a freelance writer and a consultant editor for Nature. He writes regularly in the scientific and popular media, and his ten books on scientific subjects include‘Critical Mass: How One Thing Leads To Another’, which won the 2005 Aventis Prize for Science Books. Philip Ball studied chemistry at Oxford and holds a doctorate in physics from the University of Bristol. Free Tickets |
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8.00pm Friday 2 May JOHNNY FLYNN and A very special, one-off concert, in which the two headline performers are returning to a stage where they learnt some of their craft and a theatre where they saw some inspirational professional performances. Johnny Flynn’s music is brimming over
with heart, soul and intelligence.
Drawing on diverse influences – The
Pixies, Vaughan Williams and anti-folk
pioneer Dianne Cluck are all name
checked on his MySpace page – and
acknowledging his debt to these
musical traditions but never being
overwhelmed by them, Johnny is said
to offer an alternative of substance to
those who have grown sick of flimsy
singer songwriters and their inane Johnny Flynn spent much of Autumn 2007 deep in the Seattle countryside, recording his debut album with producer Ryan Hadlock (The Gossip, The Strokes, Regina Spektor) at his secluded Bear Creek studio. Here they managed to capture the raw energy of Johnny Flynn and The Sussex Wit’s live shows, underpinning the acoustic guitar, cello and ukulele with muscular drums and bass. New single ‘Leftovers’ provides a
revealing taste of what’s to come:
Johnny’s rich melodies and lyricism
are driven onwards by a pounding www.myspace.com/johnnyflynn GRACE BANKS launches the
evening with a half-hour set of her
own songs. Inspired by the likes £9 / £7 conc. |
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8.00pm Tuesday 6 May jazz series The Art of Sound trio takes its name from the Artesuono studio in which it recorded its first album. The Art of Sound Volume 1, released on 33 Records, features some of John Law’s most beautiful compositions, many of which will be played on the present tour. These compositions offer great variety, from very simple grooves to more abstract textures, and from highly expressive ballads with a classical feel for tonal simplicity to rhythmically complex structures. The trio also plays the occasional new version of a jazz standard… “The aim of the trio is not really for virtuosic solos – that doesn’t interest us so much. But rather to create a new, totally unified composition, spontaneously, every time we play. Instrumental technique is, for the trio, “A band heading for great things!” This concert is part of a UK tour supported by Jazz Services. £9 / £7 conc. |
7.30pm Tuesday 13 May AS THEATRE STUDIES Six Theatre Studies groups, from the first year of the sixth form, have been exploring themes as diverse as ‘the perfect clone’ and the dangers and fears of the ‘nightscape’. They have a broad canvas in what is always, in the final analysis, some manner of exploration of the human condition. Dark themes are always tempting for their dramatic potential and some of the resulting work may not appeal to all or be suitable for younger children. That said, all of these projects call on a wealth of theatre skills to produce Free Tickets |
2.30pm Saturday 28 June The Junior Play The Junior Play draws on just the
first two years
of Prospero, with his daughter Miranda, watches as the ship carrying his former court is wrecked before their eyes. How is it, then, that all on board– courtiers, sailors and drunken butlers alike – survive? Revenge, love, sorcery and a definite case of insobriety follow, as the ship-wrecked explore this island of spirits and monsters. Free Tickets |
the senior school
and this year the
director has spirited her
young cast away to an
isle full of noises, sounds
and sweet airs…