Getting in touchLincoln Business Improvement GroupT: 01522 545 233 / events@lincolnbig.co.ukwww.lincolnbig.co.uk

beam! box o� ce T: 01522 873894 / www.lincolndrillhall.com

Devised and managed by cultural solutions UKdavid@culturalsolutions.co.uk

Festival DirectorsDavid Lambert | Leanne Taylorwww.culturalsolutions.co.ukwww.leannectaylor.co.uk

beam!internat ional 2011

Lincoln Children and Young People’s Festival

2 - 9 july

beam! I internat ional 2011

Now in its third year, beam! International 2011 is one of 12 Lincolnshire projects taking part in the Igniting Ambition Lincolnshire Showcase 2011 programme. Igniting Ambition is an East Midlands programme funded by Legacy Trust UK, ERDF and the East Midlands Development Agency, with the support of Arts Council

England, Lincolnshire County Council and many others, and it’s making a real cultural difference across the region.

The first day of beam! has quickly become an anticipated must-see occasion as the streets of Lincoln are brought alive to the wondrous sights and sounds of street

performers. For 2011 children and young people have been working with national street theatre company ‘Mark Mark Productions’ to devise a slap stick Olympics-style opening ceremony where things just don’t go as well as they were planned!

beam! is brought to you by the Lincoln Business Improvement Group, who are committed to offering visitors to Lincoln city centre great events and promotions; from artists and crafts markets to music festivals! There’s just about something for the whole family all year round. Have a great time in Lincoln this summer!

Late Night Shopping1 - 27 August

On 7 July, Lincoln’s stores will open their doors to a new permanent late night trading scheme, with extended hours running until 8pm every Thursday.

To mark the start of this new initiative a variety of activities are taking place during the evening (don’t miss the fire-eater!), and plenty of discount vouchers and offers available. There will also be the chance to enter a competition to win a late night shopping spree!

Joel Stickley, Lincolnshire’s Poet Laureate will be reading his work at this event.

For a list of discounts and offers and a full list of participating retailers, visit www.shoplincoln.co.uk

LINCOLN BY THE SEABefore you start to look through

the many events on offer at beam! International 2011 you

must be sure to visit Lincoln by the Sea this summer! Yes, Lincoln’s very own beach…

Take a trip to the seaside in the heart of Lincoln! Back by popular

demand, City Square will be transformed into a beach, along with deck-chairs, rides, and lots

and lots of golden sunshine! Bring your bucket and spade and

get making those sandcastles!

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Saturday 2nd of July is a date for your diary. Lincoln will come alive with monkeys, snails, acrobats and clowns as we launch beam! International 2011 with a free street festival day.

BG Touring (Lincoln UK)Local college Bishop Grosseteste will be bringing 4 street theatre groups to the festival. Watch out for lifeguards, postmen, and gnomes!

Black Eagles (Tanzania)Set to lively African music, the show progresses through a series of powerful and graceful acrobatic and dance routines.

Faceless Company Speedy Snails (UK)A couple of sporty snails try to break the

world record for the 50m dash. Inspired by Olympic ideals of athleticism and healthy competition, READY…STEADY…SLOW! is a versatile, accessible and entertaining performance for all the family.

Jestival The Street Amigos (Lincoln/Mexico!)A multi-arts street performance this male guitar duo mix displays of musical virtuosity with moments of sublime ridiculousness. Also don’t miss Jestival’s Circus workshops.

Rhubarb TheatreHorrible History Walking Tour (Lincoln)There’s horrible history lurking around every corner so why not joinRhubarb Theatre on a weird and wonderful walk around Lincoln’s rotten Roman remains. You might even find out where the great Roman generals Marcus & Sparkus went shopping! Meet outside the Odeon Cinema, The Brayford. Walks limited to 20 people on a FCFS basis. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Zanzibar (France) Zanzibar le crazy French man can be seen throwing his 3 diabolos like rockets in the air or juggling 3 knives on a 10 foot ladder! This orange and black frog entertains in French or in English with his outrageous accent. Danger, skills and comedy guaranteed!

Also featuring Lincoln’s own MAD4 Residents Gone Solo and Voices Together Choir along with artsNK youth dance groups!

DTC Productions – The (Sort of) Complete History of the Olympic Games (in 17 minutes)Having identified and entered into a series of workshops with 12 young people over the two months leading up to beam!, the streets of Lincoln come alive to something never attempted before – the retelling of the complete (sort of ) history of the Olympic Games through song! You have been warned!

beam! on the streetsSaturday 2 July – 11am – 3pm

knit2getherlincs (Lincoln)knit2getherlincs will be reclaiming the Mayfield Bridge by covering it in a colourful knitted wrapping. Come and help us yarn-bomb the city centre! All contributors will be credited on the final work. You will also be able to have a go at lots of different knitting techniques; finger knitting, french knitting, extreme knitting, crochet and remind yourself how to cast on and off!

Mark Mark ProductionsChefs des Chansons (UK)From the country that brought you baguettes, berets and briewe present these patriotic, partisan pastry-chefs. A travelling trioof comedic characters, who improvise, vocalise, romanticise andscandalise! ‘Le jour de gloire est arrive!’

NakupelleMonkey Business (Finland/USA)

Italo wants to make some money. He’s got ideas, a pocketful of tutti-frutti and a street organ he bought on ebay. What he doesn’t have

is a cooperative monkey. Will she dance? Will this monkey ever get funky? Nakupelle’s new show is part slapstick,

part Italian Commedia, classic European Street

Theatre and a bit of the Animal Channel.

Brayford (outside Odeon)

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Times St Marks Cornhill High Street City Square

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Lincoln Children & Young People’s Festival - Summer 2011 Programme

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Programme 2011Lincoln High Street / Castle Hill / FreeCome support the 30 Lincolnshire Schools who travel from all over the county to perform for you from 4th–8th July. Now in its 7th year, the BIG Schools Programme is much loved by both Lincoln’s residents and city centre shop-owners and provides a unique platform for Lincolnshire’s young talent.

Monday 4 July – Outside BHS, High Street

Times School Performance Title10.00 Ellison Boulters Primary Extracts from ‘The Lion King’

10.30 Ruskington Chestnut A Musical Celebration Street Primary

11.00 Potterhanworth Primary GEL

11.30 Kelsey Primary The Masked Cleaning Ladies

12.00 Sir Francis Hill Jungle Book

13.00 Kidgate Primary The Twits

Tuesday 5 July – Outside BHS, High Street

Times School Performance Title10.00 St John’s Primary Respect and Inspiration

10.30 Swinderby Primary Fairytale Dance and others

11.00 Ellison Boulters Primary Choir

11.30 William School What A Knight!

12.00 Gipsey Bridge Wizard of Oz

13.00 Gosberton House Boys and girls come out to play

Wednesday 6 July – St Benedicts Square, High Street

Times School Performance Title10.00 Brant Broughton Primary Fun In The Sun

10.30 Millfield Primary Medieval Millfield

11.00 Welbourn Primary We’ve had the time of our life

11.30 St Christophers Time Travel

12.00 West Grantham Academies The Circus

13.00 Malcolm Sargent Malcolm Sargent Primary School Choir

Thursday 7 July – Castle Square

Times School Performance Title10.00 Grasby All Saints Grasby All Saints Orchestra

10.30 St Peter in Eastgate Pirates Ahoy

11.00 Westgate Junior School Westgate School’s Summer Concert

11.30 Cowbit St Mary’s Cowbit St Mary’s Primary School School Choir

12.00 John Fielding School POW! Dance/Drumming Medley

13.00 Tealby Primary Musical Pot Pourri

Friday 8 July – St Benedicts Square

Times School Performance Title10.00 St Botolphs St Botolph’s Band

10.30 St Botolphs St Botolph’s Choir

11.00 Chad Varah Primary Pirates & Gangsters

11.30 Phoenix Federation The Lotus Flower

12.00 Bardney Primary Dances through the Ages

13.00 Donington Cowley Flash Primary

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buy tickets from Lincoln Drill Hall 01522 873894Lincoln Children & Young People’s Festival - Summer 2011 Programme

Children’s TheatreProgramme

This year beam! is playing host to two exciting international theatre companies who will perform shows for young people and their families.

La Barraca from Italy perform Colours of Water which was recently awarded the Best Show for the Very Young at the International Festival of Theatre for Young People in Bucharest. Vision Mechanics from Scotland will perform the well-loved classic a Frog Princess.

colours of waterLa Barraca (Italy) 6 July - 11.30am - 12.15pmLincoln Drill Hall - The Room Upstairs Suitable age 1-4 years / £5

Water came with the rain and the hidden garden was suddenly brought into life. Fountains and basins were filled. Fruit, leaves, trees and plants have dusted off their colours and the rainbow appeared high up in the sky. In the middle of the hidden garden, there is someone who is looking for water. The yellow of corn, the deep red of tomatoes, the purple of flowers...

“Colours of water” is a play made of lights, sounds, images and movements, where words fade into the background to accompany the action.

storybook day Hansel and Gretel (Germany) 9 July - 1pm-3pmLincoln Drill Hall – The Room Upstairs Suitable ages 4-8years / £7.50 per child

Workshop based on the Brothers GrimmHansel and Gretel. Join us in a creative afternoon inspired by the much-loved traditional story. Activities will involve drama, craft, including making your own sweet house, games, and pebble art. www.storybookdays.co.uk

frog princessVision Mechanics (Scotland) 9 July - 11am - 11.45pm Lincoln Drill HallSuitable age 3 – 8 / £5

Based on a Russian folktale about a prince who marries a strange Frog Bride the show combines storytelling and puppetry in this show full of warmth and humour, for audiences aged 3 –8 years old and their families. The Russian tale tells of three brothers who are ordered by their father to find a bride. Each prince must shoot an arrow into the air, and marry whoever finds it. Perfect princesses return the arrows to the eldest two brothers. Unfortunately a frog finds the third brother’s arrow.

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beam! fest in association with

6 July / 7pm till late FUTURES (UK) + That Sunday Feeling (UK) + Local supportLincoln Drill Hall / £7 in advance / £8 on the doorSpecial Offer - £12 for both FUTURES and THePETEBOX GIGS @ THE BOX OFFICE

Last year it was General Fiasco whoplayed to an almost sold out crowd;this year it’s the turn of Indie rock bandFUTURES.

Futures is a four-piece rock and received critical acclaim whilst remaining unsigned. In June 2010 the band signed to Mercury Records. They went in the studio in February 2011 to record with Grammy award winning producer Gil Norton (The Pixies, Foo Fighters) for their debut album, set for release in summer 2011.The band headlined the Kerrang stage at the Slam Dunk Festival at Leeds and Hatfield. This band is going to be BIG.www.myspace.com/futures

That Sunday Feeling hail fromGrantham and have just come off a major national tour with McFly and are headingstraight to beam! as a way ofthanking all its east Midlands’ fans.www.thatsundayfeelingband.com

Check with the Box Office to see which local band is supporting.

buy tickets from Lincoln Drill Hall 01522 873894

9 July - Hip Hop / Beatbox Masterclass – Come do it!Lincoln Drill Hall / 3pm – 4.30pm - £2 Come join 3rd Dimension andTHePETEBOX in a face to face, hands on session where you get to doit with the professionals. Book early …

7.30 till Late / THePETEBOX / 3rd Dimension (Holland) / Dwayne Hayden (UK)Lincoln Drill Hall / £7 in advance / £8 on the doorFresh from Glastonbury and V Festival 2010, Creamfields 2010 and Reading 2010, human beatbox and Radio 1 beatbox champion.

THePETEBOX arrives in Lincoln. Not only is THePETEBOX one of the world’s finest human beatboxers. His live show is more that of a full band and sees him creating fully crafted songs as well as demonstrating his world class beatbox skills. Creating each layer of his tracks live using a loop pedal THePETEBOX’s shows lead the audience through a journey of real time music production which builds up and delivers a full frequency spectrum of sound, from deep bass, to high pitched trumpets, to multiple vocal harmonies - all made with his mouth!

3rdDIMENSION is a Dutch Hip Hop group and have flown over from Amsterdam to be at beam! They bring the old school, jazzy flavours of Hip Hop back into the wide spectrum of the genre. Combining philosophical lyrics focused on society with the raw sound of Boom Bap Hip Hop, they will take you back to where it started: creativity in life.

Dwayne Hayden – PA Derby-based ‘The Trinity Band’ made it through to the semi-final of Sky’s Must Be The Music. The group impressed judges Dizzee Rascal, Sharleen Spiteri and Jamie Cullum to secure their place amongst the 15 shortlisted acts. Central to the band’s success is the voice of their lead singer Dwayne Hayden, who will be doing a Personal Appearance tonight. This man is hot!

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Lincoln Children & Young People’s Festival - Summer 2011 Programme

Photography Workshop7 July / 4.30pm – 7.30pmLincoln Drill Hall / FreePlaces Limited to 6

The workshop uses as its starting point the work of Rankin. Synonymous with dynamic and intimate portraiture, the photographer Rankin has shot everyone from royalty to refugees. Earning a reputation for capturing the character and spirit of his subjects, Rankin quickly became a formidable force in photography, shooting Brit-pop bands including Pulp and Blur and darlings of pop such as Kylie and Madonna.

Lincolnshire-based photographer Andy Weekes works across the globe. His work has been seen in top end magazines and high-powered marketing campaigns. Andy leads today’s practical workshop. Bring a camera if you have one!

Photo - Andy Weekes

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Lincolnshire Music Service County Groups Summer Calendar of Events 2010/11

Friday 1st July 2011 7.30pm Concert Lincoln Drill HallLincolnshire Youth Symphonic Wind Band, Wider Opportunities KS2 Events

Tuesday 5th July 2011 7.30pm Concert Boston StumpLincolnshire Youth Symphony Orchestra, Wider Opportunities KS2 Events

Thursday 7th July 2011 7.30pm Concert Louth Parish ChurchLincolnshire Youth Symphonic Wind Band, Wider Opportunities KS2 Events

Saturday 9th July 2011 7.30pm Concert Lincoln CathedralLincolnshire Youth Symphony Orchestra

Sunday 10th July 2011 3.00pm Service Lincoln CathedralLincolnshire Youth Symphony Orchestra

Sunday 10th July 2011 4.45pm Reception Lincoln CastleLincolnshire Youth Symphonic Wind Band

For more details please visit our website www.lincsmusicservice.org

Various locations across Lincolnshire

Igniting Ambition Festival 2011 – Connecting Communities showcases a diverse range of projects that are being delivered across the three counties of Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland (of which beam! International 2011 is one). It is the fourth annual showcase created in the region for the Cultural Olympiad in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Lincolnshire Showcase introduces a number of new exciting projects such Unlocking the City, KNIT2GETHER, Dark Materials, Moving Colour, Lincoln Hay Day, Lincolnshire Poet Laureate and SaFire Festival.

It will inspire artists to create new and ambitious projects and includes activities in unusual spaces. Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire and Rutland are home to a diverse range of landscapes and communities, with a wealth of cultural practitioner companies, cultural institutions and festival activities. The partnership, which in Lincolnshire has been managed by creative consultancy cultural solutions UK, has invested in productions which demonstrate innovation, entrepreneurship and excellence and make connections across the three counties. Igniting Ambition Festival 2011 will provide new opportunities for local communities to participate, engage in and enjoy events. It will put the three counties and the East Midlands region firmly on the map as a key contributor to the UK Cultural Olympiad, inspired by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

www.ignitingambition.co.uk

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Getting in touchLincoln Business Improvement GroupT: 01522 545 233 / events@lincolnbig.co.ukwww.lincolnbig.co.uk

beam! box o� ce T: 01522 873894 / www.lincolndrillhall.com

Devised and managed by cultural solutions UKdavid@culturalsolutions.co.uk

Festival DirectorsDavid Lambert | Leanne Taylorwww.culturalsolutions.co.ukwww.leannectaylor.co.uk

beam!internat ional 2011

Lincoln Children and Young People’s Festival

2 - 9 july