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SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2015 The Lost Hour has been Found! The clocks go back an hour and to celebrate the cosy darker nights, the people of Portsmouth are invited to take their pick from a fantastic programme of events. For the whole day and into the evening of 24th October venues across the city open up to the people of Portsmouth, giving them the opportunity to enjoy tours, workshops, exhibitions and performances. Most events are part of the National Family Arts Festival. Unless indicated, the events are all Taking part in these events can contribute to your Arts Award and the Arts and Culture Passport.! To register for your passport, contact Portsmouth Music Hub: 023 9237 5655 or www.portsmouthmusichub.org Find out more with teamlocals.co.uk www.facebook.com/newtheatreroyal
1 ALL DAY Find Art on the Found Hour Portsmouth Wide Pick up your map at Like a Tea Tray in the Sky and see what treasures you might find around Portsmouth. 2 9:00am 5:00pm Found Art on The Found Hour Exhibition An exhibition featuring local artists involved in Find Art (see above). The Lost Hour has been Found! The clocks go back an hour and to celebrate the cosy darker nights, the people of Portsmouth are invited to take their pick from a fantastic programme of events. For the whole day and into the evening of 24th October venues across the city open up to the people of Portsmouth, giving them the opportunity to enjoy tours, workshops, exhibitions and performances. www.facebook.com/newtheatreroyal 10:00am 5:00pm 3 Learn to Play Day featuring Portsmouth Music Hub Musicroom 93-95 Commercial Road, PO1 1BQ Most events are part of the National Family Arts Festival. Unless indicated, the events are all Taking part in these events can contribute to your Arts Award and the Arts and Culture Passport.! To register for your passport, contact Portsmouth Music Hub: 023 9237 5655 or www.portsmouthmusichub.org Find out more with teamlocals.co.uk A fun day at Musicroom to fill that extra hour! Children and adults will have opportunities to try an instrument during Learn to Play Day. Anyone trying out an instrument will be given a FREE gift plus 20% off all music books purchased on the day. Further details available from Musicroom Portsmouth, 02392 863792. 10:00am Djembe Drums Featuring a djembe drum workshop from Portsmouth Music Hub. 10:00am The Brewhouse Boardgame Championships 4 The Brewhouse and Kitchen 26 Guildhall Walk, PO1 2DD The Brewhouse and Kitchen are proud to support The Found Hour with their very own Brewhouse Board Game Championships. Top prizes for winning your favourite traditional games! 10:00am - 2:00pm Democracy Street Eastney Community Centre Cafe Bransbury Park, Bransbury Road, PO4 9SU Visit the web app via a mobile device to start exploring and discovering streets. www.democracystreet.com 5 6 11:00am & 2:00pm Behind The Curtain 11 2:00pm Circus Skills Drop In Made With Hartt 80 Elm Grove, Southsea, PO5 1LN New Theatre Royal 20 24 Guildhall Walk PO1 2DD Palmerston Road Precinct A series of free up-cycling workshops at Community Fusion s quaint community craft store. Pick up a few tips how to make do, re-do and mend! For more information: www.community-fusion.org or pop in and chat to the team. A talk and tour about the fascinating history of this beautiful theatre from 1856 to the present day. This is a great opportunity to have an in depth view of the newly redeveloped building. Numbers are limited so please book in advance on 023 9264 9000 Come along and meet Top Banana Circus Trainers, who will help you try out hoola, juggling, diablo, tight-wire and much more! Try a new skill and have fun too. Suitable for adults, young people and accompanied children. 10:00am - 2:30pm MACONDO Silvia Mercuriali Masterclass Like a Tea Tray in the Sky 31 Osborne Road, Southsea. PO5 3LR SATURDAY 24 OCTOBER 2015 10:30am 4:00pm Re-Finding Treasures 11:30am & 1:30pm Words That Move 7 Join in this fantastic opportunity to work with an international artist in a new kind of performance in which audience members perform the piece themselves. For ticket prices and to book, Call NewTheatre Royal Box Office: 023 9264 9000. 12:00 Noon The Missing Manuscript 8 10:30am 3:30pm The Sands of Time 12:00 Noon 2:00pm Futurators: People of Portsmouth Big Draw! 9 HMS Warrior 1860 The Historic Dockyard, PO1 3QX Southsea Library 19-21 Palmerston Road, PO5 3QQ Half hour sand or watch glasses were used on board HMS Warrior for timing the striking of the bell which marked the passage of time. In this drop-in workshop, your challenge will be to make a sand timer that will run for one minute every time you use it! FREE with a valid ticket (for details visit: www.historicdockyard.co.uk/) Come along to Southsea Library to take part in a fun drawing workshop! The Futurators, Aspex s young curators group, have been working with the archive service to delve into the history of Portsmouth and uncover some interesting stories. In this workshop the Futurators will be working alongside an artist to host a creative workshop using drawing to tell stories! Suitable for all ages. 10:30am 13 10 Mysteries of the Guildhall The Guildhall Guildhall Square, PO1 2AB See the hidden secrets of this iconic building in the heart of Portsmouth. Visit corners of the building not open to the public, including the backstage areas and dressing rooms, where stars have prepared for shows and much more. Numbers are limited so please book in advance on 023 9387 0193 or email: hayley.reay@portsmouthguildhall.org.uk Have you seen a Southseasaurus? 1:00pm New Theatre Royal Film Showcase The Big Screen Guildhall Walk Showings of film projects from schools and young people in association with New Theatre Royal on a BIG scale! 2:00pm 4:30pm If Books Could Talk 18 Blackwells Books Shop Cambridge Road, Portsmouth PO1 2EF An important manuscript has been stolen in the Central Library and we need all detectives on the case to help catch the thief! Come along at 12pm to help solve the mystery and work out who did it! Suitable for all the family. The Kings Theatre is opening its doors for the Found Hour, allowing people to visit the historical property for free! Find out about this Grade 2* listed building and visit parts not normally open to the public. Bookings required: 023 9282 8282. 17 Doodle Club is a great, fun, free event and you don t have to be an artist, or know how to draw. Materials are provided so, just bring yourself and any friends! Central Library Guildhall Square, PO1 2DX Kings Theatre Albert Road, PO5 2QJ 1:00pm 3:00pm Doodle Club Kings Street Tavern 70 King Street, Southsea PO5 4EH Central Library Guildhall Square, PO1 2DX Set in the stillness of the library, newly formed NTR Dancers and NTR Players tell stories. Inspired by poems taken from Portsmouth Poet Laureate, Sam Cox book Timeless Tides. Sam will be signing copies after the performance. Directed by Bernie C Byrnes. Produced by Nic Williams. Minghella Studio: New Theatre Royal 20-14 Guildhall Walk, PO1 2DD 10:30am Tour of the Kings Theatre 12 16 14 There s magic in bookshops. In Blackwell s Bookshop, the Portsmouth Writer s Hub are waiting for you with words to share - words inspired by surrounding stories. Hear readings inspired by great literature & new work-in-progress in this wonderfully bookish setting. To read/perform at If Books Could Talk contact tessa@newwritingsouth.com 3:00pm Come And Sing! With Fine Voice Academy 19 Minghella Studio: New Theatre Royal 20-24 Guildhall Walk, PO1 2DD An intergenerational opportunity to sing choral classics. Absolutely no experience is required so come along and give it a go! Bring your Gran, Uncle and brother too! 15 3:00pm Tinderbox Groundlings Theatre 42 Kent Road, Portsea PO1 3BS A war-torn soldier and an obstinate princess - aided by three unearthly dogs, a strange and wizened woman with a magic tinderbox discover the unbreakable bonds of true love. For ticket prices and to book: 02392 737 370 20
On Tour! Dance Fusion Portsmouth Dance Initiative are using talented dancers from all over Portsmouth to create a Dance fushion of Street, Contemporary, Acrobatics and Break dance with a Circus theme. By Jo Williams 11:00am Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 4BJ 3:00pm Palmerston Road Precinct, The Young Creatives Portsmouth Get On Board with the Powder Monkeys Powerful, poignant and peculiar sea shanties and ballads that will entertain both young and old. 1:00pm The Brewhouse and Kitchen 26 Guildhall Walk, PO1 2DD 2:00pm Kings Street Tavern 70 King Street Southsea PO5 4EH 2:00pm Palmerston Road Precinct 21 Students from The Young Creatives have devised and chosen pieces around the theme of time especially for The Found Hour. Witness the talent of Portsmouth s young script writers, directors and performers and look out for some audience participation. 11:30am Commercial Road Portsmouth PO1 4BJ 3:30 pm Palmerston Road Precinct 22 23 After Dark... 4:00pm The Found Hour Family Fun Quiz! The Brewhouse and Kitchen 26 Guildhall Walk, PO1 2DD Get the family together for an afternoon of exciting, interactive games, including quizzical questions. Top prizes on offer for the winning team! 2 Per Team nibbles included 5:00pm Sam Cox featuring Fugitive Orchestra Southsea Coffee 63 Osborne Road, Southsea PO5 3LS Southsea Coffee celebrate the Found Hour by opening up for an extra hour! Sit back, enjoy coffee and cake while you immerse yourself with a fusion of spoken word, poetry and music by Sam Cox, Portsmouth Poet Laureate and Fugitive Orchestra. 6:00pm 8:00pm Pop-Up University Make & The Craft Kitchen 1 Cornwall Rd, Fratton, Portsmouth PO1 5AA Shake Culture Works presents the first Pop-up University for young people. Inquisitive minds are invited to attend short presentations by university students on hot topics. Working with a digital artist, they can produce work in response to the lectures which will be published online that evening. 7:00pm No More Durty Water Fundraiser Kings Street Tavern 70 King Street, Southsea PO5 4EH End your Found Hour celebrating live music. King Street Tavern hosts local band Broken Republic album launch, also featuring Brighton outfit Rotait & DJ Jo 24 25 26 27
Light Up the Night... 2015 marks the United Nation s International Year of Light and Light Based Technologies. Join in this global celebration in at Portsmouth s own iconic light; Emirates Spinnaker Tower, for an evening of interactive light activities. 4:00 pm Top Banana Circus Emirates Spinnaker Tower Gunwharf Quays PO1 3TT Top Banana Circus entertains with a special glow and light performance. Afterwards, a chance to try out your skills with Portsmouth s very own community circus. 28 29 5:00 pm Light Graffiti Emirates Spinnaker Tower Gunwharf Quays PO1 3TT Join artist Lynn Weddle and the Aspex Participation team for a special taster workshop in Light Graffiti at the Spinnaker tower. Come along to have a go at creating your own images and messages with the night sky and Spinnaker Tower as your backdrop! - suitable for all ages Lynne Weddle Lynne Weddle
For more information about the programme contact: The New Theatre Royal on: 023 9264 9000 www.facebookcom/newtheatreroyal Thank you to all the venues who have given their spaces for this event and to all the performers, artists, organisations and workshop leaders for their enthusiasm and commitment to the Found Hour. The Found Hour is presented by The New Theatre Royal and co-ordinated by the Creative Learning Team Nic Williams nic.com Bernie Byrnes bernie.com The New Theatre Royal Trustees (Portsmouth) Limited is a registered charity no. 271976 and is a company limited by guarantee and registered in London no. 1266053. Registered office New Theatre Royal Guildhall Walk, Portsmouth, PO1 2DD Media Partner