by telephone: 01243 781555

The details in this brochureare correct at the time ofgoing to press but theChichester Fringereserves the right tomake changes to thepublished programme inthe event ofunforeseen circumstances.Brochure design:www.paulburt.co.ukBrochure © 2001Oxmarket Arts

How To BookBy Telephone:

01243 781555Payment by credit card isaccepted (no booking fee)

By Post:Chichester Fringe Festival 2001The Oxmarket@Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court,ChichesterWest Sussex PO19 1YH

Please make cheques payable to:‘Chichester Fringe Festival’

In Person:Chichester Fringe Festival Box OfficeThe Oxmarket@Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court, off East StreetChichesterorWaterstone’s,The Dolphin & AnchorWest Street,Chichester

On-line:www.chichester-fringe.co.uk

Reservations will be held for threeworking days.Concessions areapplicable to: under16’s, students,registered unemployed, registereddisabled and over 60’s.Groupdiscounts available.

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3Wednesday 27th JuneTheCasalsTrio

Jasón Diáz (violin)Rachael Evans (cello)

Pauline Van Ardenne (piano)The Casals Trio has been formedespecially for this year’sChichester Fringe. It unites threemainly solo performers for adelightful programme ofchamber music includingSchubert and Mozart.

7.45pm The Oxmarket @Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court,off East Street

Tickets £5 (£3 concessions)

Thursday 28th JuneOrange,Rubber,AirA collection of physical theatreand dance companies cometogether to create a celebrationof the sublime and theridiculous. Performing tonightare Map, Sweet-n-us, EOSDance Theatre, Nimblelimbs andI Love Trish.

7.30pm The Studio TheatreUniversity College Chichester


Monday 25th JuneTheLifeofReilly

Rittenhouse TheatreProductions

An absurd tale of imprisonment,meaningless conversation andplagiarism. The story, by turnssurreal, unnerving and hilarious,follows three inmates strugglingto make sense of their senselesscaptivity through witty dialogue,existentialist musings and failedattempts at autobiography.

8pm The Studio TheatreUniversity College Chichester


Tuesday 26th JuneAislingandNajaAisling, an Irish singer/song-writer, teams up with Naja, aDanish jazz/contemporary singerfor an evening of intimate song.Join them on a mystical journeythrough their original music,favourite ballads and love songs,spreading out into some smoothjazz as the evening lightstretches and fades…

8pm The Oxmarket @ Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court,off East Street


Saturday 23rd JuneFlowAn evening of artistic expressionand experience. Immerseyourself in the richness of youthculture. Warehouse youthchurch and local artists offercreative stimulation and food forthe soul. Includes live music,dance, video projections, artexhibitions, installations, poetry,in a relaxed inspiringatmosphere.

7.45pm The VenueSpur Road,Quarry Lane Industrial Estate

All tickets £2

Sunday 24th JuneMusicLive!Live music from localcomposers and musicians –featuring the eclectic style ofNeil Haydock and Julie Palmer,plus excitement and innovationfrom Phase 111 (Geoff Henseand Phil Palmer). Tickets sold inaid of Masquerade (a localintegrated dance/theatrecompany of people with andwithout learning disabilities).



Tuesday 26th JuneBlitheMusic to titillate and make yourhair stand on end from OllyBradley and friends. Blithe aremade up of a guitar, drum andbass trio. Adults only. Containsmaterial that may offend.



Wednesday 27th JuneU Turn Theatre Company

ADayInTheLifeOfAFishActor Paul Makinson gives asearing portrayal of one man’sstruggle with an obsessivecompulsive disorder. This newpiece of theatre combinesphysical theatre, text, music anddance and looks at obsession asa form of dependency within usall.

‘Paul Makinson shouldcommand a much wider

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Friday 22nd JuneAnyQuestionswithJonathanDimbleby

This hugely popular programmewas first broadcast in 1948 andcurrently has a national audienceof around 1.5 million people.There will be an opportunity foryou to suggest a question andpossibly feature in the livebroadcast yourself.

6.45pm The VenueSpur Road,Quarry Lane Industrial Estate,

Tickets Free (call Box Office to reserve tickets)

Friday 22nd JuneSpaceBabySpace Baby create music for thehead, heart and feet…taking thevitality and technical progressionfrom the 90’s dance movementand re-fusing it with realmusicians, instruments,personality and ideas. Theycreate a futuristic hybrid oftechno/house/ambient acid jazz.



Saturday 23rd JuneTheWasteland

A BX Plant Ltd. EventAudrey Lee delivers a powerfuland intensely dramaticinterpretation of the TS Eliotmasterwork. This theatricalversion features an original scoreand an introduction by HugoDonnelly. Wiley Prize winner,Audrey Lee brings her acclaimedperformance back to Chichesterafter its successful premiere in1999.



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Leighton EvansDirector – Chichester Fringe Festival 2001

WelcometoChichesterFringeFestival2001

Now in our third year, we present thirty days of the finest music, comedy, drama, art and dance. There will bevisits from the Poet Laureate, BBC Radio 4, the creator of Bagpuss, and a host of international dance and dramacompanies. All this, and performances from the musical world with all its diversity and excitement, guaranteesthat we can promise you an excellent, amazing and truly inspirational festival.

It’s going to be a summer to remember!

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Friday 29th JuneZephyr inZanussiAn evening of four cutting edgedance pieces choreographedand performed by Helen Plewis,Steffen Döring and Ruth Taylorand featuring Abby White, IanParker, Carolyn Grayson ,Adriana Daniela Pegorer, EmmaPascall-Willis and Sarah Warke.A wide range of emotions areexplored through the sheerphysicality of dance.



Saturday 30th June SambaDaywith Bat2k

An RPM Reprographics EventCome and join familyworkshops in Dance, SambaDrumming or Art from 10ambefore taking to the streets in acarnival atmosphere throughthe city! There are limited placeson the workshops so pleasebook early!

10am The Studio TheatreUniversity College Chichester

Workshops £5 (£3 concessions)

Saturday 30th June TheLondonCommunityGospelChoir

with special guest Lucy VictoryReturning to Chichester bypopular demand for a trulyunforgettable evening. Join theLondon Community GospelChoir as they perform in theirown dynamic and joyous style.Formed in 1982 the choir toursextensively around the worldperforming to sell out audiencesin Europe, Africa, Israel and theWest Indies. Special guest Lucy Victory hasbuilt up an awesome reputationwith roles in Disney’s ‘Beautyand the Beast’ and ‘Return ToThe Forbidden Planet’. She isback in Chichester after heracclaimed solo concert last year.



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Thursday 28th JuneSpikedriversDeitra Farr with DinoBaptisteThe Blues Band

Friday 29th JuneGeoff Aitchinson BandConnie Lush & Blues ShouterBig Daddy & Red Hot Java

Saturday 30th JuneJohn CramptonParkers AlibiSean ChambersHubert SumlinPopa Chubby

Sunday 1st JulySoul ConnectionPaul Cox BandBig Bill MorganfieldAmor

APPLEDRAM CIDER presents

Single days £17.50 or all four days £60.00Book tickets on 01243 781555 orwww.chichester-fringe.co.uk

Hubert Sumlin

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Sunday 1st JulyTango-extravaganzaTango workshops 2pm – 4.30pmwith Adriana and LeroyWhether you are an absolutebeginner or have someexperience this is just for you.

Tango salon 5pm –10pmLive music with Tango Vivo. Alight buffet and wine will beserved. The evening will featurea demonstration by Adriana andLeroy, with music from guest DJNad.

The Murray HallUniversity College Chichester

Tango Workshop £16 (single),£20 (couple)Salon £12

Special price for both events £26For more information contact Adriana on

0958 –277 462 or email:[email protected]

Sunday 1st JulyTheDeadMaxine O’Reilly, former radioactress from Dublin, will do adramatised reading of The Deadfrom James Joyce’s TheDubliners. It is an atmosphericstory set in the turn of avanishing world of Dublin’sspacious undertones that will be

Tuesday 3rd JulyAnEveningOfTonguesandStringsDo you write, sing or play aninstrument? Then why not comealong and hear the cream oflocal talent. Poets, storywritersand musicians read and play foryour delectation. Hosted byshort story writer Dave Swannand Hugh Dunkerly, the WestSussex Poet Laureate.

7.30pm The Oxmarket @ Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court,off East Street

All tickets £3

Tuesday 3rd JulyTheatre of the Unconscious

presentsalt sand-waveIn ‘salt sand-wave’ theperformers allow part of theirunconscious lives to emerge,interrelating their experience in atapestry of movement andimages. The performers are theSpanish choreographer EsterMomblant-Ribas, the Russianartist Irina Brzeski and theEnglish poet Mike Coote.



enhanced with original musicalaccompaniment by AnitaMunson.

7.30pm The Oxmarket @ Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court,off East Street,Tickets £5.50 (£3.50 concessions)

Monday 2nd JulyForEsmeWithLoveandSqualor

presented by Random ActsA free adaption of a short storyby JD Salinger. This piece ofcontemporary physical theatre,explores the last vestiges of 40’simagery: love, loss, breakdownand breakthrough – a simplestory told with humour andpathos, touching the heart ofdesire, despair, and delight. Textby Mike Coote withchoreography by KarenMcBride. Direction by Juliet StarLarken.


All tickets £3

Wednesday 4th JulyHenriOguikeDanceCompanyJerwood award winningchoreographer Henri Oguikepresents a contrasting triple bill.‘Shot Flow’ – An exciting newduet. Shot Flow explores therelationship betweentwo people governed bytheir environment withphysical and emotional energyreacting to shifts of rhythm,disturbances and interruptionsin their surroundings.‘A Moment of Give’ – Anemotionally charged quartet.Four women console each otherthrough fear, anger andfrustration in the aftermath ofloss.‘Melancholy Thoughts’– A sextetset to ‘Histoire du Tango’, AstorPiazzolla’s highly passionateand contemporary neuvotango compositions forviolin and guitar.8pm The Studio TheatreUniversity College ChichesterTickets £8 (£5 concessions)

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7Thursday 5th July and Friday 6th JulyTara Arts present

Exiled from their homelands,come two of the greatest heroes

the world has ever known:sea-faring Odysseus and

forest-bound Rama. Each man’svoyage takes him acrosscontinents, encountering

magical monkeys and many-headed monsters, as they

journey towards the very heart ofwhat it means to be human.

Now marvel in wonder as, for thefirst time, the astonishing storiesof Rama and Odysseus collide in

one extraordinary evening.

‘Tara Arts is themost consistently shining

example in the whole of Britishtheatre of the possibilities thatlie beyond conventional realisticdrama’

BBC Radio 4

‘The Tara spell seldom falters’Financial Times



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Friday 6th JulyVickyConeyandAlanDurhamVicky Coney (piano) and AlanDurham (piano) have studiedperformance with ChizumiWatanabe for the duration oftheir BA course. For this Fringeconcert they will perform aselection from their repertoire,including Romantic works byChopin, Scriabin and Liszt.

8pm Chapel Of The AscensionUniversity College Chichester


Saturday 7th JulyMarcusAndrewsWest Sussex pianist MarcusAndrews returns to Chichesterto present a programme of fourBeethoven sonatas. The progr-amme shows the variety andinventiveness that Beethovenachieved within the piano sonatagenre. The evening includes:Sonata in F major, opus 10, no 2,Sonata in D major, opus 10, no 3and Sonata in C major, opus 53 –‘Waldstein’.



Sunday 8th Julycompany:collisions presents

la petite mortan adult adaption of the little mermaid

An absorbing visual re-interpretation of Hans ChristianAndersen’s tragic fairy story. Thisall female production boastsspecially commissioned music,high tech settings, fetishisticimagery and aerial theatre.

With a reputation for startlingvisuals, Company:Collisionscontinues to work with Brightondesigners ‘Hard As Frock’, whosefusion of fetish and industrialinfluences underpin such imagesas rope-bound mermaidssuspended from scaffolding.

Saturday 7th JulyTheFiyaWaterBandA three piece band who play amixture of acoustic and electricgroove with an alternative hint.The members are made up ofMatthew Argyle (guitar and vocals),Peter Lancaster (bass and guitar),Tim Lawson (drums). Influencesinclude jazz guitarists WesMontgomery and RussellMalone – and songwriters likeDavid Gray and SarahMclachan.

8pm The Chichester38 West Street

Free Admission

Sunday 8th JulyCommonGroundJoin S’rae Saffold-Geri, JossAmbros, Rebecca Laslett andFelix Bamba for a joyous night ofmusic, poetry, art and dance.There is a distinctly internationalflavour to the evening, andwhatever your roots, join themas they explore our ‘CommonGround’.

7.30pm The Oxmarket@Centre of ArtsSt Andrew's Court,off East Street


The production also boasts anoriginal soundtrack from award-winning composer JulesDearing. Directed by TanushkaMarsh, ‘la petite mort’ is richwith romantic imagery and afitting follow up to ‘Frankenstein’,which earned five-star reviews atEdinburgh 2000.



Monday 9th July Hub Dance Theatre presents

Two Minutes InThe MicrowaveHub Dance Theatre bringssomething you can mosh to,your wife can do the wash to,marigolds and safety pins,sponge cakes and mohicans.Two minutes in the microwave,for skins, mods, rockers, punks… and your mother.Hub Dance Theatre are aninnovative young companyexploring the dimensionsbetween dance and theatre. Anexciting and fun for allperformance.



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Wednesday 11th July

Robert Cray NightThe Robert Cray Band – withone double platinum album,two gold albums, and fiveGrammy Awards, Robert Craydominates the field as amodern-day purveyor ofblues-and-soul.Plus support to be announced.

Tickets for Wednesday £25

Thursday 12th July

Blues NightHarmonica Blow OutPaul Lamb and the King Snakes– former best UK BluesHarmonica player of the yearfive times over.Plus:West Weston’s Bluesonics

Tickets for Thursday £16

Friday 13th July

Tribute NightThe Strolling Bones – one ofthe very first tribute bandsformed 18 years ago. Probablythe greatest rock and rolltribute band in the world!

Utter Madness – ‘Hey You! ...Don’t Watch That – WatchThis. This is the Heavy, HeavyMonster Sound’. The ultimatetribute to Madness.

Tickets for Friday £16

Saturday 14th July

Swing NightKing Pleasure and the BiscuitBoys

‘Easily the best Rhythmand Blues Band on thePlanet’

Blues & Rhythm Magazine

The Red Stripe Band – return offestival favourite Neil Drink-water with his new band.

Tickets for Saturday £16

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The Weird Sisters areinternationally known formultiple role-playing, boldhumour, big emotions and utterinhibition, and in ‘Cheap DayReturn’ they break new groundin a lunatic show that will haveaudiences begging for mercy.Directed by Cal McCrystal, aworld-renowned comedycraftsman, ‘Cheap Day Return’is sexy, absurd and deliciouslygrotesque. Adults only. Containsmaterial that may offend!



6.30pm – Workshops – three levels of salsaworkshops. Ideal for beginners

and those with more experience.8pm – Take to the dance floor to DJ music

from Salsa Ambiente Dance Company 9pm – The rest of the night belongs to SonidoLatino for an evening of the very best in salsa,

mambo and merengue.The Venue

Spur Road,Quarry Lane Industrial EstateTickets £10 (£8 concessions)

Sunday 15th JulyKikiDeeandCarmeloLuggeri

An acoustic concert featuringthe impeccable vocal abilities ofKiki Dee. Kiki and CarmeloLuggeri perform tracks from theirlatest album Where Rivers Meet.

Friday 13th JulyJohnO'RourkeAfter his successful concert lastyear John O’Rourke presentsanother piano recital. Hisprogramme tonight includesworks by Liszt. John is readingMusic at University CollegeChichester.

7.30pm Chapel Of The AscensionUniversity College Chichester


Saturday 14th JulyThe BiggestSalsa Party InThe South

With Sonido Latino.Join Sonido Latino for a hotnight of Salsa. Sonido Latinowas formed in 1999 byVenezuelan born singer andpercussionist Luis Martinez andSussex pianist Nick Gleadow.Sondio’s repertoire will take youon a tour of Latin music withvisits to Cuba, Puerto Rica,Santo Domingo, Venezuela andNew York. With Luis Martinezbacked by brass and percussionsections underpinned by pianoand bass, the band makesexcursions into Cuban son anddescarga, Puerto Rican salsa,Dominican merengue and NewYork salsa and mambo.

‘Versatility her chart years onlyhinted at’

The Times

‘The voice, sweet, rich andcoaxing – this is the kind ofthing you should experience

first hand’Time Out

‘Smokey sensuality,with grittilysoulful edge – the audience

was rapt throughout’The Daily Express



Sunday 15th JulyAnitaMunsonandLouiseMansbridgeAnita Munson (clarinet) andLouise Mansbridge (violin)present an evening of musicfrom Hungary, Bulgaria andPoland including works byPenderecki and the Bruch ViolinConcerto. Also included aresome twentieth century worksby John Ogdon and Phyllis Tate.



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Philip Larkin was awarded theWhitbread Prize for Biography,and shortlisted for the NCRAward. He was appointed PoetLaureate in May 1999He is joined by award-winningpoet Vicki Feaver. Vicki won theHeinemann Prize for heracclaimed collection TheHandless Maiden. She isProfessor of Poetry at UniversityCollege Chichester. Her otherpublications include CloseRelatives, and she is a featuredwriter in Penguin Modern PoetsVolume Two.Join these two great writers asthey read selections from theirwork.


Tickets £5 (£4.50 concessions)

Friday 13th JulyThe Weird Sisters present

CheapDayReturn‘Cheap Day Return’ is 75minutes of ravishing,uncensored entertainment. TheWeird Sisters take you on anunforgettable world tour,featuring characters fromEngland, Ireland, the USA,Germany, Bali, Greece, Peru andItaly, as you have never seenthem before.

Tuesday 10th JulyAnEveningOfTonguesAndStringsDo you write, sing or play aninstrument? Then why not comealong and hear the cream oflocal talent? Poets, storywritersand musicians read and play foryour delectation! Hosted by localshort story writer, Dave Swann,and Hugh Dunkerley, WestSussex Poet Laureate.


All tickets £3

Wednesday 11th JulyDancingOnTheFringeA superb evening featuring thetalents of dance pupils fromWest Sussex schools including:Bishop Luffa C of E School,Bourne Community College,Central C of E School,Chichester High School for Girls,Felpham Community College,Littlehampton CommunitySchool, Midhurst GrammarSchool, St. Philip Howard HighSchool.


All tickets £2.50

Tuesday 10th JulyInTheMoment/Meditation

Rebecca Skelton andTac-au-Tac Dance Theatre

In The MomentRebecca Skelton performs inand curates an evening ofImprovised Dance involvingLondon based dancerscommitted to Improvisation inPerformance as an art form.Expect real-time composition,audio-visual and visceralengagement. Also featuringdancer and choreographer KateBrown.

MeditationTac-au Tac Dance Theatrepresents Meditation. This pieceexpands where movement,melody and pulse aresuspended, while real lifeintrudes. Dancers include GalinaKalicin, Melanie Newman, JoellePappas.



Wednesday 11th JulyBangtheDrumJoin percussionist Ken Evansand special guests for anevening of percussion influencedby countries from around theglobe including Japanese taikoand West African drumming. Theperfect antidote to a ‘quiet nightin!’

8.15pm Chapel of The AscensionUniversity College Chichester


Thursday 12th JulyAn Evening With The Poet Laureate

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Andrew Motion’s work hasreceived the Arvon/ObserverPrize, the John Llewelyn RhysPrize and the Dylan ThomasPrize. In 1994 his biography of

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Friday 20th JulyNews From The Hot House:TheNewYork-ChichesterDanceProjectDrawing upon the collectedexperience of young composersand choreographers from NewYork and Chichester the workswill explore the cultures ofAmerica and England juxta-posing our many distinctionsand common roots. The projectis led by Edward Smaldone (NY),Ben Hall (UK) and Cathy Childs (UK)



Saturday 21st JulyWashingDayClothes have a life of their ownon washing day, taking ongigantic proportions andclashing personalities. A poeticand magic dance piece foryoung children with an originalscore by Jackie Walduck.Washing Day Workshop 1.30pmOpen to children aged four tosix. A chance to create a shortplay for parents before theperformance of ‘Washing Day’.


Workshop £6 (includes a Washing Day ticket )Tickets £5.50 (£3.50 concessions)

Saturday 21st JulymellafayeandtheBIGBandA jazz funk fairytale at the last night of this year’sChichester Fringe Festival. This ten piece combohave been dubbed the ‘big band sound for thenew generation’ and are guaranteed to moveyour heart and dancing feet with their uniqueand original blend of Jazz, Funk, Soul and alittle bit of Latin.

Come and hear Oliver as he tellsus how he came to create hisstories and characters,developing innovativetechniques of animation andpuppetry along the way.During the evening Oliver willintroduce excerpts from hismuch loved programmes, whichwill be projected onto largevideo screens.There’s also a chance to seesome of the original models fromthe programmes.This glorious evening will beintroduced by Spirit FMpresenter Bernard Allen.



Thursday 19th July andFriday 20th JulySamuelOyedijiAcclaimed World Music artistSamuel Oyediji is back inChichester. Samuel’s uniqueblend of African rhythms andstate of the art technology wentdown a storm at last year’sChichester Fringe Festival.Acoustic guitarist Rob Johnstonjoins Samuel as his special guest.

8pm The Oxmarket @ Centre of ArtsSt Andrew’s Court,off East Street


Wednesday 18th JulyWest Sussex County Youth

Theatre presentSparkleshark

by Philip RidleyJake, a new boy to the area,takes refuge on the roof of atower block to write his storiesand escape from people atschool who bully him.What will happen when they findhim?This is a play for young people,about the power of storytellingand its ability to help makesense of the world.Written by Philip Ridley for theBT National Connections this willbe the first chance for threeyears to see the play performedby Youth Theatre. West SussexCounty Youth Theatre hasworked with Philip on his play‘Brokenville’.

‘this is youth theatre at itsvery best’

1pm and 7pm The Studio TheatreUniversity College Chichester


Monday 16th JulyWeCanSingToo!Alison Grinstead and friendswelcome you to a collection ofsongs from the shows rangingfrom light music to jazz includingnumbers from ‘Starlight Express’,‘Porgy and Bess’ and‘Crazy For You’.

7.30pm The Oxmarket@Centre of ArtsSt Andrew's Court,off East Street


Tuesday 17th JulyComedyNightEdinburghPreviewsTrooper Comedy and MirthControl present an evening ofstand-up comedy starring RossNoble, one of the five nomineesfor this year’s coveted PerrierAward at Edinburgh. CompereGeoff Whiting will also beintroducing top support actsJimmy Carr and RebeccaCarrington.



Wednesday 18th JulyAnAudienceWithOliverPostgate

creator of Bagpuss, The Clangers,Ivor The Engine, The Pogles

and Noggin The NogFor over forty years, the nameOliver Postgate has beensynonymous with the best inchildren’s television. Oliver wroteand narrated some oftelevision’s timeless classics.

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‘mella faye and The BIG Band has the audience jumping up anddown for more of

their highly polished dance music’Kindred Spirits

‘mella faye and the BIG band are thoroughly entertaining.Theirwarm,theatrical stage presence and funky feel-good songs make

them a fantastic festival band’Big Green Gathering Music Programme

‘A righteous combination of jazz, funk,soul and Latin.Big band,bigsound and a kazoo’

The Latest

‘mella faye and The BIG Band has the audience jumping up anddown for more of

their highly polished dance music’Kindred Spirits

‘mella faye and the BIG band are thoroughly entertaining.Theirwarm,theatrical stage presence and funky feel-good songs make

them a fantastic festival band’Big Green Gathering Music Programme

‘A righteous combination of jazz, funk,soul and Latin.Big band,bigsound and a kazoo’

The Latest

8pm The VenueSpur Road,Quarry Lane Industrial Estate

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8pm The VenueSpur Road,Quarry Lane Industrial Estate

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FoldedCanvasQ. When is a deckchair not adeckchair?A. When it is part of the ‘FoldedCanvas’ exhibition which willtake place throughout thefestival as well as Sand Art atEast Head and the Sand ofTimes in Bognor.Be alert! An art deckchair couldbe unfolding near you! ‘FoldedCanvas’ is an Artel Studio Trustcommunity initiative.

21st July – 22nd JulyOpen Doors‘Open Doors’ offers the uniqueopportunity to meet local artistsin the relaxed atmosphere oftheir studio where work will beavailable to view/buy/commission.

Studios will be open 11am – 4pmPrinted details of locations are available

from the Fringe Festival Box OfficeThe Oxmarket @ Centre of Arts,

St Andrews Court, off East Street

22nd June – 25th JuneSarah Rubidge and Jane Rees:Time and TideAn immersive interactiveinstallation on the landscapeand history of Bosham Harbour.

12pm – 4pm The Old ChapelUniversity College Chichester

(also open 23rd June, 6pm – 7.30pmnot open on 24th Sunday)

2nd July – 6th JulyExhibitionMichelle Todd,Rashida Khatun-Uddin,Annette Robinson,Zoe Lake,Mike WilliamsA colourful collection of workfrom five contrasting artists. Theexhibition features responses toLondon, Paris and New Yorkand the objectivity/subjectivityof the female form.

10am – 4pm The Assembly RoomsNorth Street

22nd June – 21st JulyJulie PalmerPortrait ArtistJulie Palmer is a local artist whospecialises in animated portraitsof people and animals. Also inthe exhibition will be some of herrecent still life watercolours.

Hadleys4 West Street

21st JulySand Art:East Head,West Wittering,NearChichesterAnnual sand sculpture buildingcompetition with prizes for allages and categories. Free entry!Hosted by Chichester HarbourConservancy in association withPallant House Gallery, Artel andthe National Trust. Let yourimagination go wild! Parking inWest Wittering Beach car park.

10th July – 15th JulyTim Sandys-Renton:Looking UpAn interactive computer artworkusing, sound, text and videofootage. Using technologiesdeveloped for the generation ofinteractive web pages, Tim hasbuilt a ‘virtual space’ in whichthe audience controls aconversation between twopeople. The melancholy of dailyexistence is transcended by theimagination.

11th July, 1pm – 3.15pm, 5pm – 7pm12th July, 1pm – 3.15pm, 5pm – 7pm

13th July, 1pm – 3pm, 5pm – 7pm14th July, 12pm – 7pm15th July, 12pm – 7pm

University College Chichester

25th June and 26th JuneOdysseyAn exhibition by the Artel StudioTrust based on the relationshipbetween the artists and thelandscape/environment with theOrdinance Survey Map asguide. Each artist has chosenone square to work from. Workvaries from the representationalto the conceptual, painting tointeractive-video on computer.

9am – 4.30pm,The Otter GalleryUniversity College Chichester

(parking fee applies, if theweather is good get there early –it fills up quickly on sunny days)

Please register at Sand Art HQ whichwill be found on the beach at East Head

(at the far end of the car park)High tide is at 12.30pm so we envisage

the sand being uncovered from 2pmPrize giving – Children 5pm,Adults 6pm

(registration from 2pm)

The company will be runningtwo Saturday workshops.

To book a place, or for furtherinformation, contact Neil or Julie on

01243 773123(All applications before 16th June)

9.30am – 3.30pmUniversity College Chichester

Thursday 5th July

HenriOguikeDanceWorkshopMembers of Henri OguikeDance Company invite dancersof ‘A’ level standard andupwards for a days workshop.

Contact the Box Office for timesStudio 2

University College ChichesterWorkshop £25 (£20 concessions)

Sunday July 8th

Company:CollisionsWorkshopMembers of Company:Collisionsoffer an enjoyable introductionto physical theatre, drawingfrom various different practices.Fun and informal.

Contact the Box Office for timesStudio 2


Monday 25th June –Thursday 28th June

StartingToWriteA four day course for thosewishing to kick-start theirwriting. You’ll be able to create asketch-book of starting points,images, beginnings, fragments,notes to develop later. If you’vealways wanted to write or if youwrite already and would likesome fresh stimulus, comealong with a notebook, a penand your imagination.Stephanie Norgate is a prize-winning poet and playwright.Her radio plays have beenbroadcast on Radio 4 and herpoetry collection Fireclay waspublished by Smith/DoorstopBooks in 1999.


Saturday 30th June andSaturday 7th July

MasqueradeWorkshopsInterested in dance and musicimprovisation, musical theatreand physical theatre?Masquerade is an integrateddance/theatre group of adultswith and without learningdisabilities.

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