GET INVOLVED. SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust is a registered charity

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1 GET INVOLVED OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO GET INVOLVED WITH THE CORN EXCHANGE & NEW GREENHAM ARTS SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust is a registered charity

2 YOU RE INVITED TO GET INVOLVED... Welcome to our brand new Get Involved brochure, a one-stop-shop for all the workshops, classes, groups, opportunities and events that make up the participation programme for all things creative and social to do in Newbury or Greenham this autumn. Over the last year the Corn Exchange and New Greenham Arts have been working hard developing relationships with artists, arts groups, workshop leaders and our visiting companies to generate a whole programme of activities that you, your family and your friends can Get Involved in. If you want to receive regular updates about ways to Get Involved please join up for updates at We think there is something for everyone to participate in this season. So take this opportunity to try something new, meet new people and develop old skills with us. Sarah Gregson Learning and Participation Manager Julie-Ann Jones New Greenham Arts Centre Manager Be part of a brand new social arts initiative launching this autumn 2 Tickets to MOTHERLAND BY VINCENT DANCE THEATRE Fri 5 October, 7.45pm A&CC Meeting date: Tue 16 October, 6.30pm-8pm 2 Box Office Arts and Culture Club is the live performance and fi lm version of a book club for anyone with an interest in theatre, dance, music and fi lm. Membership not only buys two tickets to three events in the season but also includes a monthly informal discussion group led by artist and drama worker, Rebecca Glover. Held on Tuesday evenings at the Corn Exchange these discussion meetings provide a great opportunity for you to socialise, share your experiences with others and fi nd out more about the companies and shows you have seen. So why not join up and see something new this autumn? In its fi rst season, Arts and Culture Club events are: 2 Tickets to BACKGAMMON FOR BEGINNERS BY SO & SO CIRCUS Wed 7 November, 7.45pm A&CC Meeting date: Tue 6 November, 6.30pm-8pm 2 Tickets to DECEMBER: FILM IN SCREEN ONE Date TBC A&CC Meeting date: Tue 11 December, 6.30pm-8pm Membership costs 25 per season. For more information and to join, please call our Box Office on Plus, members will also be invited, as VIPs, to the MANMADE BOYS DANCE PLATFORM Tue 20 November 7.45pm

3 Discover a new talent and meet like-minded people YOUNG CORN EXCHANGE Young Corn Exchange (YCE) is an event management collective for young people aged based at the Corn Exchange. This arts collective produces large- and small-scale events, run entirely by them with training and support provided by staff at the Corn Exchange. Members run their own budget, evaluate their own work and decide on the content and aims of their events. YCE is FREE to join and membership benefits include free and discounted tickets to live events, monthly social meetings and the opportunity to take part in at least three projects every year. If you, or someone you know, would like to join, download a membership form at or admin@cornexchangenew.co.uk This season s meetings, held in the Balcony Bar include: Sat 15 September 4.30pm pm Sat 13 October 3.30pm pm Sat 17 November 4.30pm pm Sat 1 December time TBC Come along and see what the YCE do at their next event NEWBURY TALENT Saturday 3 November, 3pm Corn Exchange Book Now: STITCH & CHAT WITH MANDI BAINBRIDGE Fridays 2pm 4.30pm New Greenham Arts 14 and 28 September 12 and 26 October 9 November and 7 December Come and join us for an afternoon of Stitch & Chat - your chance to meet like-minded crafters and make new friends. Bring along your knitting, stitching, crochet or any craft project you are working on and share ideas over a cup of tea and homemade cake. On hand will be Mandi, Textile Artist and member of the Open Studios scheme to offer help and advice. Open to all, so whether you can crochet with your eyes shut or just want to learn a new craft this is the place to be. Mandi will be offering Christmas themed craft workshops alongside the regular Stitch & Chat in the last two sessions this term, price to be confirmed. All tea, coffee and cake is provided free of charge. Cost: 5 per drop-in session (to cover running costs) POETRY IN PRACTICE Wednesdays 7pm-9pm Another new initiative this autumn, Poetry in Practice provides a place for anyone interested in writing poetry from beginners to more experienced writers to develop their writing skills and meet others who share their interest. Led by Louise Ordish in an informal setting, you will discuss a range of published poems and do writing exercises and there will be opportunities to share work and get feedback. Drop in for individual weeks, or come along to the whole series. Cost: 4 per session /6 sessions 20 12, 26 Sep CE Balcony Bar 10 Oct Quaker Meeting House 24 Oct CE Balcony Bar 7 Nov St Nicholas Church Hall 21 Nov Quaker Meeting House SATURDAY STORIES Saturdays 11am 15 Sep, 20 Oct, 17 Nov Corn Exchange Balcony Bar Once a month on Saturday mornings, join us for storytime for families and under 5 s. Come along and help us take over the Balcony Bar! Book your free ticket and get a 10% off voucher at the Coffee House. (All children must be accompanied by an adult) Tickets: FREE Book Online at 3

4 A new weekly arts club for 8-16 year olds NEWBURY YOUTH THEATRE Wednesdays 7.30pm 9.30pm New Greenham Arts NYT, the resident Youth Theatre of the Corn Exchange, provides young people aged with the opportunity to develop their theatrical skills and explore the Arts. They regularly perform at the Corn Exchange and, every year, take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Having received outstanding critical acclaim they are now widely regarded as one of the UK s leading young companies. To join or to fi nd out more visit NYT won The Bobby Award at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2012 This young company will restore your faith in life and in the alchemy of theatre Newbury Weekly News 4 Box Office NEW GREENHAM ART CLUB Saturdays 10am 12pm 22 Sep, 6 & 20 Oct Join tutor Sarah Martinez in three one-off sessions to introduce Art Club. Painting: Learn how to make paint, experiment creating brushes, pens, pencils from everyday materials and then let your creativity run wild. Be prepared to get messy! Suitable for ages Painting with light: Use digital cameras, long exposure, torches and glow sticks to paint with light. Suitable for ages Silkscreen: Design your own logo, then print your own canvas bag in this whistle stop tour of basic silkscreen printing. Suitable for ages Cost: 16 (including materials) Class size up to 10 Contact the Box Office to book your place

5 Get Creative ahead of the festive season Discover a new talent and meet like-minded people CHRISTMAS CREATIONS Saturday 17 November Need some inspiration for Christmas gifts? Want to get creative with your decorations? Come along to our Christmas Creations workshops. Feel free to attend just one, two, or get a discount when you come to all three just 35! Contact Box Office to book your place. BIJOUX BEADING WITH HELEN MORTIMER 10am 11.30am Make and take home gorgeous jewellery for friends and family. Learn tricks of the trade to create your own choice of earrings, brooches, rings and bookmarks. Cost: 15 including all materials DÉCOUPAGE DELIGHTS WITH HELEN MORTIMER 11.45am 1.30pm Learn the art of découpage - decorating surfaces with cut-out images. Paint and decorate a chosen object, from a variety provided, to make the perfect Christmas gift. Cost: including all materials DECORATIONS WITH CLARA FLINTOFF 2pm - 4pm Learn how to make elegant decorations out of paper. Create snowflakes, three tiered hanging decorations and an origami bauble to give your home that festive feel. Cost: 10 including all materials LANTERN MAKING WORKSHOPS Newbury looks forward to celebrating its third Lantern Procession, the Festival of Light on Sunday 16 December. Every year we work with schools groups and members of the public to build lanterns in advance of the town centre event. This year we are running 3 public lantern making workshops and a new Group Leaders workshop, so if you work with children and young people you can come come to New Greenham Arts on Sunday 9 December, learn how to make a lantern and take away the materials to make lanterns with your group in the following week. PUBLIC WORKSHOPS Sat 24 Nov & Sat 1 Dec 10.30am - 5pm Newbury Library Sat 8 Dec 11am - 4pm New Greenham Arts GROUP LEADERS WORKSHOP Sun 9 Dec, 1pm - 3pm New Greenham Arts To sign up for the group leaders workshop sarahg@cornexchangenew.co.uk Book Online at 5

6 MOVEMENT ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE AWARENESS WITH TANYA WHANNELL Sat 6 October 10am - 1pm Identify and prevent harmful postural habits that lead to stress and pain. This workshop introduces you to simple procedures in a fun, relaxed way. Students need to wear comfortable loose clothes, bring a blanket or sleeping bag and 2 paperback books. Cost: 40 (discounts for booking lesson on the day) Contact Box Office to book your place. MAKING PHYSICAL THEATRE WITH VINCENT DANCE THEATRE Sun 7 October 10am - 4pm New Greenham Arts Auditorium Following their UK premiere of Motherland (Corn Exchange, Friday 5 October), Vincent Dance Theatre offer a one-day professional development workshop. Join the dancers, actors and Artistic Director to explore the integration of movement in performance. Open to professional performers with or without physical training, explore what dance can be and how it can move people. Cost: 35 Age Guide: 18+ MUSIC PIANO FOR BEGINNERS & INTERMEDIATES WITH MARIE KVASNIK Tuesdays 11 Sep 20 Nov (excl. 30 October) 12.30pm pm An 8-week course of 30-minute lessons for complete beginners and intermediates. Students will gain a solid understanding of the piano and the ability to play classic songs. Cost: 120 (Single student, 8-week course) 180 (2 students, beginners/children only) Plus price of Piano Books - approx 5 Contact Box Office to book your place. 6 Box Office TEXTILES INTRODUCTION TO IRON-FIXED SILK PAINTING WITH HELEN MORTIMER Mon 24 September 10am pm Ideal for beginners, you will learn the basics from stretching silk onto a frame to using gutta to outline a design. You will also have a chance to experiment with different silk painting techniques. Cost: 25 (including all materials) Contact Box Office to book your place. INTRODUCTION TO STEAM-FIXED SILK PAINTING WITH HELEN MORTIMER Mon 1 October 10am 12.30pm Experiment with a variety of exciting techniques on silk including salt, water and alcohol using steam-fix dyes. Ideal for those with some experience of silk painting, but beginners are also welcome Cost: 25 (including all materials) Contact Box Office to book your place. ART CLASSES WATERCOLOUR & PASTELS WITH TESSA KIRBY Tuesdays 11 Sep - 20 Nov (excl. 30 Oct) 10am 12pm Perfect for beginners and intermediates, this course explores mixed media with emphasis on watercolour and pastels. Cost: 95 Contact Tessa Kirby on EXPERIMENTAL DRAWING WITH SALLY HAYNES Tuesdays 11 Sep - 20 Nov (excl. 30 Oct) 7.30pm 9.30pm or Thursdays 13 Sep - 22 Nov (excl. 1 Nov) 10am 12.30pm Experienced students are encouraged to explore a variety of media, methods and materials using all the senses not just the visual. Each week subject matter will be provided and students will choose to develop their work in a variety of ways. Cost: 110 Contact Sally Haynes on or syh.artsci@gmail.com ACRYLICS IN THE AFTERNOON WITH SIMON JARDINE Thursdays 13 Sep - 22 Nov (excl. 1 Nov) 1.30pm 3.30pm A ten-week introduction to painting in acrylics. Explore this user-friendly medium and lots of general drawing and art techniques too by tackling a different subject each week. Cost: 110 Contact Box Office to book your place

7 LIFE PAINTING/DRAWING WITH JANE WHITAKER Thursdays 13 Sep 22 Nov (excl. 1 Nov) 7.30pm 9.30pm Whether you re an experienced artist, a student or beginner, this structured programme of ten sessions will help you maintain and improve your painting and drawing skills at a pace to suit you. Cost: 100 (not including materials) Age Guide: 16+ Contact Jane Whitaker on EXPERIMENT WITH MIXED MEDIA WITH JANE WHITAKER Sunday 28 October 10am 4pm Enhance your creative painting and experiment with unusual and unexpected equipment to create a more varied approach to your work. Open to all abilities. Cost: 60 (not including materials) Contact Jane Whitaker on PORTRAIT PAINTING/ DRAWING WITH JANE WHITAKER Sunday 18 November 10am 4pm This workshop is designed for students with some experience. Materials can be whatever you prefer and Jane can provide basic colour theory and advice and guidance. Cost: 65 (not including materials) Contact Jane Whitaker on ARTS & CRAFTS EXPERIMENTING WITH GLASS HOPS WITH SHIRLEY ECCLES WORKSHOP 1: INTRODUCTION TO GLASS Sat 29 September 10am 4pm Taster session introducing the basic techniques involved in creating glass objects. WORKSHOP 2: FUSING AND SLUMPING Sunday 27 October 10am - 4pm Create a bowl of platter and learn to create relief texture and colour in glass. WORKSHOP 3: GLASS CASTING Sat 24 November 10am 4pm Experiment and create! Explore mould making and glass casting. Cost per workshop: 75 (inc. materials and kiln firing) Contact Shirley Eccles on or shirley.e@btopenworld.com PAPER AND WIRE SCULPTURE WITH FLORA GARE Sat 13 October 10am - 4pm This workshop introduces a fun, easy technique to create sculptures using wire frames and papier mâché to be painted and decorated for your home or garden. Cost: 55 (including all materials) Contact Box Office to book your place. WILLOW SCULPTURE WITH FLORA GARE Sat 10 November 10am - 4pm One-day workshop using buff willow to create a sculpture for your home or garden. Instruction and guidance will be given as well as time to develop your own sculpture. Please bring secateurs and gloves. Cost: 55 (including all materials) Contact Box Office to book your place. Book Online at 7

8 Schools and Groups The Corn Exchange & New Greenham Arts work closely with schools and community groups to provide learning opportunities alongside the productions staged in the main venues. Each season, a number of workshops are available to compliment the learning opportunities provided by attending live dance and theatre. For information about how your school or group can Get Learning please sarahg@cornexchangenew.co.uk. Get Learning opportunities this season include: For year 11+ THE LAST OF THE LAKE BY ROUGH FICTION WORKSHOPS AND OPEN REHEARSAL Rough Fiction will be rehearsing at New Greenham Arts prior to their Newbury Premiere, enabling us to make a unique offer to schools: Two school groups, booked to see the performance and taking up a Follow up Workshop with Rough Fiction Director, Simon Pitman, will also be invited to attend the company s rehearsals on Tuesday 11 September. Offer available on a first come, first served basis. Open Rehearsal: Tue 11 September, 1pm onwards. Performances: Mon 17 & Tue 18 September, 8pm At New Greenham Arts Workshops with the Director are available in the week of performance or as a follow up and development activity in early November Cost: 160 for 2 hours. 8 Box Office For year 9+ THE LOCK IN BY THE DEMON BARBERS BESPOKE SCHOOLS PROGRAMME The fantastic Demon Barbers, with their unique blend of dance and cultural styles, are running a subsidised schools programme offering a day long programme for one whole school year group including a 30-minute professional performance showcasing clog, Morris and hip hop dance styles followed by a whole day of workshops with six professional dancers introducing students to a taste of all three dance styles. An amazing cultural experience for a whole year group. Full Day Experience for a whole year group. Cost: 250. The full cost of the day would be 1000 without subsidy. Workshops available during the last two weeks of September. For key stages 2 & 3 OTHER HANDS BY LAURA WADE & VITAL SIGNS WORKSHOP We are delighted to welcome Vital Sign s production of Laura Wade s 2006 play about love, human interaction and repetitive strain injury to New Greenham Arts following the Royal Court s critically acclaimed transfer of her latest play Posh to the West End. Alongside this production, Vital Signs offer three workshops for school groups to take part in, including: THE PLAY AND THE PLAYWRIGHT Laura Wade s place in the contemporary canon. Contrasting excerpts of the play with other current playwrights and looking at language, style and tone. THEATRE THROUGH THE AGES: Other Hands in contrast to noncontemporaneous works. DEVELOPING A CHARACTER: Workshops led by the director and actors exploring different routes into a character. For more information please contact sarahg@cornexchangenew.co.uk

9 FOR A-LEVEL, BTEC & UNDERGRAD DANCE & PHYSICAL THEATRE IT NEEDS HORSES BY LOST DOG WORKSHOPS CINECLUB CineClub is the UK s first and only network for young filmmakers, teaching young people how to script, shoot, and edit their own short films. The Corn Exchange is regional coordinator for CineClub groups in West Berkshire schools and provides three opportunities a year for students to screen their work on the big screen in the main auditorium. There are many benefits of your school becoming members of CineClub, including: Entry into the young filmmakers awards at the BFI (Southbank, London) A full day of inset training for two staff members, to help you support students. A start-up resource pack, DVD, and regular newsletters for your school Opportunities for students to showcase their work at The Corn Exchange cinema Discount on CineClub master-classes Exclusive CineClub member access to NFTS accreditation of you and your student s work Up to 10 free films a year delivered to your school as part of the Film For Thought programme. For more information about CineClub, or to join please contact: sarahg@ cornexchangenew.co.uk Explore Lost Dog s unique creation process and the company s interest in creating work that exists between theatre and dance. Lost Dog are interested in creating worlds in which people are just as likely to express themselves physically as verbally. The idea is that the physical expression is spontaneous, just as speech is spontaneous. While interested in the idea of spontaneous movement, they also believe that movement should be crafted. Much like a skilled actor delivers a crafted piece of writing yet still convinces us, as the audience, that it is spontaneous. Creating movement that is both crafted and spontaneous is an overarching idea for these workshops. Each workshop offers a condensed version of our rehearsal process. 2 hours workshop: travel 4 hours workshop: travel Full day (6 hours): travel For information or to book, please contact Helen Holden on helen.holden@southeastdance.org.uk PRE-SHOW REVIEW GUIDANCE If you are bringing a drama or theatre studies group to review a live performance at the Corn Exchange or New Greenham Arts, we are now offering a free pre-show session highlighting key performance techniques, historical and literary context and lighting and set design details using information provided by the company. These sessions are designed to prepare your students for viewing the production with a critical eye and to help them pick up on key elements of the production - without ruining the end for them! To enquire about this free service for any performance contact Sarah Gregson, Learning and Participation Manager on sarahg@cornexchangenew.co.uk Book Online at 9

10 Arts and entertainment for everyone to enjoy... TOUCH AND SEE ART CLUB We are partnered with local charity Living Paintings and run a monthly group session for visually impaired adults who are interested in art and a chat over a cup of tea at the Corn Exchange once a month. We use Living Paintings tactile and audio resources and have visits from local artists, musicians and collectors. All welcome, visually impaired or not. For more information contact sarahg@cornexchangenew.co.uk or call AUTISM FRIENDLY FILM SCREENINGS These screenings are designed to make cinema-going more enjoyable for people with autism and their families, friends or carers. For Autism-Friendly Screenings, the soundtrack volume is reduced and low lights are left on in Screen One. It is fine for anyone to make noise or move around. Each season the autism-friendly screening is marked on the individual film pages. SIGN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES Signed performances are theatre productions interpreted by a specialist sign interpreter using BSL (British Sign Language). The Interpreter is usually positioned at the front of the stage to the left or right, in a spotlight. You do not need to book for this service by phone but our Box Office staff will be able to advise you on the best places to sit in order to gain a good view of the stage and the interpreter. If you are aware of a production at the Corn Exchange that is coming up and you would like to bring a large group of Deaf people, it is occasionally possible that signing can be arranged. AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS Audio Description, in this case, is live description of a theatre production or film. The key elements of our service are: describing the key visual elements of the performance and a pre-show touch tour of the set and stage (touch tours usually take place at 6.45pm), and enable blind and partially sighted people to share the experience with their friends and family. You don t have to sit separately and can just access the description via a headset collected from Box Office with your tickets. We also offer five AD headsets in our cinema Screen One (on selected films only). You will need to book for audio description. Please inform the Box Office Assistant at the time of booking if you wish to use the AD service. 10 Box Office

11 See backstage, meet the cast and find out more about the shows POST SHOW DISCUSSIONS When choosing your shows to see, look out for the Get Up-Close logo indicating that there is a free post-show talk for that performance. This is a chance to get up close with the actors, directors, choreographers and sometimes writers experience as they talk about their work, the rehearsal process and the work behind the show. You can ask them questions or just sit back and get to know more about the whole process. Post show talks take pace straight after the performance and are usually about 20 minutes long. This season s post show talk: OTHER HANDS WRITTEN BY LAURA WADE (Posh) Friday 28 September, 8pm New Greenham Arts MEET AND GREET An opportunity for you and your children to meet the cast (in or out of character) after a show. Meet and Greets are usually available for just one performance, and will be marked on the show page in the main season brochure. If you want to make your child s trip to the theatre that bit more magical, keep an eye out for the Get Up-Close logo. We encourage everyone to get their hand in the air and ask the performers that burning question. This season s Meet and Greet: THE ENORMOUS TURNIP BY STUFF & NONSENSE Tue 30 Oct, 2.30pm Corn Exchange BACKSTAGE TOURS There is opportunity for you and your group to book a special behind-thescenes tour of the Corn Exchange. Tours are subject to availability and are usually offered for school and special interest groups only. For more information, contact sarahg@ cornexchangenew.co.uk RESIDENT ARTISTS Resident artists at New Greenham Arts also known as Studio 8 often open their studios for the public. This is a great chance for anyone to see how an artist works and prepares for exhibitions. This autumn, Studio 8 are opening their doors for the Heritage Open Days on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 September, but if you or a group are interested in viewing the studios at another time, please contact RachelL@cornexchangenew.co.uk. Book Online at 11

12 PANTO WORKSHOPS If you are coming along to see the Pantomime with your primary school group there are a limited number of free schools workshops available. It is a really fun way to enrich the experience of attending what is often a child s first ever experience of theatre and a lovely way for our learning and participation manager to come out to meet teachers and pupils alike. The workshop looks at traditions, storytelling, and exaggerated performance and is a great way to boost confidence and group work skills through drama. One workshop is available per school, on a first come first served basis, for a maximum of 30 pupils. Available between 5-30 Nov 2012 Timings: Key stage 1: 1 hour Key stage 2: 1 hour 20 minutes. Cost: Free. For enquiries or to book a panto workshop sarahg@cornexchangenew.co.uk PANTO INSTALLATION PROJECT The annual Corn Exchange Panto Installation Project is an opportunity for nine local Year 5 children to create an art installation about our Pantomime, (this year Cinderella), alongside a professional artist. They create their work over the October half term at New Greenham Arts, planning, designing and making everything themselves. We work with new schools each year and anyone can enjoy the results for free, as over 18,000 fill the Corn Exchange Foyer and gallery space throughout the Panto run. This project is one of our initiatives to give wider hands on access to the arts. The installation will be open to the public from Friday 30 November to Friday 5 January. CONTACT INFORMATION Box Office: Corn Exchange Market Place, Newbury, Berks RG14 5BD Admin: admin@cornexchangenew.co.uk New Greenham Arts 113 Lindenmuth Way, Greenham Business Park, Newbury, Berks RG19 6HN Admin: RachelL@cornexchangenew.co.uk For more information about Get Involved activities contact Sarah Gregson, Learning and Participation Manager at SarahG@cornexchangenew.co.uk Corn Exchange (Newbury) Trust is a registered charity